A 19th century oak cased long range wall barometer with thermometer in the Gothic style
Negretti and Zambra
The architectural case having a pediment with carved human head within, spiral carved columns to sides and a pierced fretwork silk backed panel with reservoir behind; the silvered plates signed 'Negretti & Zambra, Inst makers to Her Majesty, London', with glass scale and adjustable vernier, mercury thermometer. 148cm (58") high
The architectural case having a pediment with carved human head within, spiral carved columns to sides and a pierced fretwork silk backed panel with reservoir behind; the silvered plates signed 'Negretti & Zambra, Inst makers to Her Majesty, London', with glass scale and adjustable vernier, mercury thermometer. 148cm (58") high
Sold for
£1,375
inc. premium
Footnotes
- The firm Negretti and Zambra (active 1850 c. 1999) were opticians and scientific instrument makers to Her Majesty Queen Victoria, Prince Albert and Edward VII of the United Kingdom, the Royal Observatory and the British Admiralty.
Category: Clocks and Watches / Clocks
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