A Regency inlaid mahogany mercury wheel barometer A

A Regency inlaid mahogany mercury wheel barometer A. Rivolta, early 19th century With open triangular pediment and marquetry rosette over double-line strung baluster outline upright applied with arch-glazed Fahrenheit scale thermometer flanked by conch shell motifs, the 8 inch circular silvered register signed A. RIVOLTA, Warranted to centre within concentric scale annotated in barometric inches with the usual observations to circumference and glazed cast brass bezel, the rounded base with further marquetry rosette , (part restored), 97cm (38.25ins) high. Provenance: Private collection, Hampshire (ref. B182); purchased at Gardiner Houlgate, Corsham 21st October 2010 (lot 786) for £450 hammer. An Anthony Rivolta is recorded in Banfield, Edwin BAROMETER MAKERS AND RETAILERS 1660-1900 as working from 32 Brooke Street, High Holborn, London 1822-45 and Lower Calthorpe Street, London 1846-51.