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Early Victorian mahogany banjo wheel barometer, c. 1840, level…
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Sydney
Date:
5-Dec-2018
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Early Victorian mahogany banjo wheel barometer, c. 1840, level signed 'Grassi & Fontana, Exeter', swan-neck pediment with urn finial, over a hygrometer, mercury thermometer, and a convex mirror, the silvered dial with brass bezel and signed level under, height 102 cm. Provenance: master Clockmakers, Camden, NSW. Private collection, Sydney. Other Notes: see for comparison: Nicholas Goodison, English Barometers 1680-1860, 1977, p. 306, where listed, 'Bulla, Grassi and Fontana fl. 1830, 134 Fore St., Exeter
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Category:
Industry Science & Technology: Barometers & thermometers