A good late 18th century mahogany Scottish stick barometer
A good late 18th century mahogany Scottish stick barometer
signed Molliner, Edinburgh
the waisted case with open tube terminating in a typical turned oval cistern cover, the one-piece signed silvered dial engraved in copperplate script with twelve weather predictions including those specific to winter, ie 'Set Frost, Much Snow and Tempest' with manual vernier reading against 28-31" scale, 95cms high
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A good late 18th century mahogany Scottish stick barometer
signed Molliner, Edinburgh
the waisted case with open tube terminating in a typical turned oval cistern cover, the one-piece signed silvered dial engraved in copperplate script with twelve weather predictions including those specific to winter, ie 'Set Frost, Much Snow and Tempest' with manual vernier reading against 28-31" scale, 95cms high