A French gilt-metal, glass and porcelain mantel barometer/thermometer, circa 1870
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A French gilt-metal, glass and porcelain mantel barometer/thermometer, circa 1870

细节
A French gilt-metal, glass and porcelain mantel barometer/thermometer, circa 1870
The drum case flanked by porcelain cherubs and on moulded fluted base, the engraved silvered dial inscribed HOLOSTERIC BAROMETER and with mercury fahrenheit thermometer below -- 7½in. (19cm.) high
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VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium

拍品专文

A holosteric barometer is a wholly solid aneroid barometer. See Edwin Banfield Barometers Aneroid and Barographs, Baros Books, 1985, pp.21-25.