A mahogany and inlaid mercury wheel barometer

A mahogany and inlaid mercury wheel barometer, Vitore Albino, Bourton-on-the-water, second quarter 19th century, with swan neck pediment over double line edged baluster outline upright applied with hygrometer over arch-glazed silvered Fahrenheit scale alcohol thermometer and convex mirror within reeded ebonised surround, the 8 inch country landscape centred circular silvered register with concentric scale annotated in barometric inches with the usual observations to circumference and convex glazed cast brass bezel, the rounded base with recording hand adjustment square over spirit level signed VITTORE ALBINO, BOURTON, ON THE WATER, 97.5 (38.5ins) high excluding brass finial.

Vittore Albino is recorded in Banfield, Edwin BAROMETER MAKERS & RETAILERS 1660-1900 as a clock and watch maker working in Bourton circa 1850.