Georgian Mahogany and Inlaid Wheel Barometer

Georgian Mahogany and Inlaid Wheel Barometer

No: 10241

A very good George III Period Mahogany and Shell Inlaid eight inch dial wheel barometer signed Bernascheni & Monli, Leicester with silvered dial and thermometer scale.


These makers are listed in "English Barometers, 1680 to 1860" by Nicholas Goodison variously as "Bernaschoni and Monthi, Leicester. Wheel Barometer with 8 inch dial, mahogany, broken pediment, case inlaid with paterae of coloured woods, Stick Barometer with bulb cistern in mahogany, broken pediment. Probably identifiable with Barnaschoni and Monthi."


Circa 1810
H: 38" (96 cms) W: 10" (25 cms) D: 2" (5 cms)

Price: £1,500 / US$ 2,280 / € 1,770


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