A George III inlaid mahogany stick barometer, Thomas Knight, Thaxted, circa 1790
A George III inlaid mahogany stick barometer, Thomas Knight, Thaxted, circa 1790
A George III inlaid mahogany stick barometer, Thomas Knight, Thaxted, circa 1790
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A George III inlaid mahogany stick barometer, Thomas Knight, Thaxted, circa 1790
exposed tube, the open scale with vernier, mercury thermometer and engraved with flowers and a neo-classical urn, signed Thos. Knight, Thaxstead, MAKER, the case with architectural cresting and urn finial above a hygrometer, half-turned cistern cover, the whole crosssbanded and inlaid with chequered stringing
113cm. high; 3ft. 8½in.
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