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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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An early 19th Century inlaid mahogany wheel barometer

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

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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'"

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