SCOTTISH ROSEWOOD STICK BAROMETER BY DUNCAN MCGREGOR, GLASGOW & GREENOCK Y
19TH CENTURY
Estimate: £250 - £350
Auction: Day 1 - Wed 14th May from 10am | Lots 1 to 313
Description
with a flat moulded pediment, the tube flanked by a pair of signed ivory register plates from 26" to 31" with two sliding vernier scales. the plain trunk terminating in a circular cistern cover
Dimensions
94cm high, 14cm wide
Provenance
Property from an Edinburgh estate
Footnote
Duncan McGregor started his business in Greenock in 1836, opening premises in Glasgow in 1844. Branches were opened in Liverpool in 1879 and London in 1886. They advertised themselves as manufacturers of nautical, mathematical and optical instruments, chronometers and watches.
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Sold in compliance with UK Government and APHA regulations, with (non-transferable) exemption registration reference U13T4W5V