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Lot 881
An early 19th Century inlaid mahogany wheel barometer Monti, Sandwich
4 – 6 November 2008, 13:00 GMT
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Monti, Sandwich
Having a 7.5-inch silvered main dial, the ebony and boxwood-strung trunk with later swan-neck pediment over hygrometer, ethanol thermometer, mirror in reeded gilt slip, wooden adjusting knob, and silvered spirit level engraved "Monti, Sandwich" in cursive script 96.5cm high
Having a 7.5-inch silvered main dial, the ebony and boxwood-strung trunk with later swan-neck pediment over hygrometer, ethanol thermometer, mirror in reeded gilt slip, wooden adjusting knob, and silvered spirit level engraved "Monti, Sandwich" in cursive script 96.5cm high
Footnotes
Goodison, Nicholas, English Barometers 1680-1860, ACC 1977, p.343: "Possibly one of the partners of Maspoli and Monti, Baillie records a P. Monti, wa.[watchmaker], Sandwich 'early 19c'"
