Furniture

AN ANTIQUE ENGLISH REGENCY PERIOD SATINWOOD AND CHEQUER-STRUNG WHEEL BAROMETER BY THOMAS THOMSON
Edinburgh, circa 1800-1810

A very unusual English Regency period wheel barometer, the case in the form of an obelisk, being carried out in Satinwood with boxwood and ebony chequer stringing to the front angles, the top surmounted by a turned and moulded brass urn, the alcohol thermometer with silvered scale within a hinged door, this door, when opened, releasing a locking-catch below, thus enabling the door to the silvered wheel barometer to drop down, where upon the base cover can slide upwards to reveal the glass mercury tube, the barometer signed T. THOMSON fecit.

Height 40in (101.5cm). Width 6 3/4in (17.2cm). Depth 3in (7.5cm).

Reference:J6399

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