Auction: American Furniture & Decorative Arts - 2431Location: BostonDate / Time: November 01, 2008 3:00PM
Description:
Mahogany Stick Barometer, John Walker, England, early 19th century, curved molded pediment over two silvered dials showing temperature and barometric pressure with slide, one marked "John Walker 1 South Molton St. W1," terminating in an ebonized urn-form cistern cover, (repair to foot of cistern cover),ht. 37 1/4 in.
Estimate $1,000-1,500
Crack and losses to molding below cistern cover .