19TH CENTURY ANTIQUE ENGLISH MAHOGANY MARINE BAROMETER SIGNED NIXON

United Kingdom, 1830

H 39 inch (99 cm)

An early 19th century mahogany marine barometer of exceptional quality and originality. The elegant carved, fluted and turned case has an inset engraved bone register plate reading from 27 to 31 inches which shows the usual states of the weather from stormy to very dry and has the signature of the maker or original owner set at the bottom on the left. The daily reading of barometric pressure in inches is taken by setting the top of the vernier pointer against the top of the column of mercury which rises or falls.

The elegant turned and fluted mahogany trunk has a parcel gilt opening door at the top in the form of a sliding shutter. It is surmounted by an original turned and carved wood finial. The instrument hangs on a good brass gimbal.

Condition Good

MATERIALS Mahogany