Monte Alverno - An Irish Private Collection
Monte Alverno - An Irish Private Collection
A George III inlaid mahogany stick barometer, Thomas Knight, Thaxted, circa 1790
Auction Closed
May 26, 03:18 PM GMT
Estimate
3,000 - 5,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
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.
Christie's, London, 13 November 1997, lot 184.