Lot 231
SCOTTISH REGENCY MAHOGANY STICK BAROMETER, ADIE, EDINBURGH Y
CIRCA 1815-25
Auction: Five Centuries Day One | Wed 13th May | Lots 68 to 297
Description
the square moulded pediment above a glazed engraved silvered gauge plate with a sliding vernier scale, signed ‘Adie, Edinburgh’, the bow-front reeded stem with ivory adjustment knob and the also set with a mercury thermometer, the glazed silvered gauge plate similarly signed, the base with a square moulded cistern cover, mercury filled
Dimensions
100cm high, 9cm wide, 6cm deep
Provenance
Property from a West of Scotland Collection
Footnote
Alexander James Adie (1775-1858) was apprenticed to his uncle the eminent Scottish instrument maker John Miller in 1789. In 1804 his uncle took him into partnership trading under the name Miller and Adie. The business continued until Miller's death in 1815. Adie then continued operating under his own name. Later becoming Adie & Son when he brought one of his sons, John, into partnership in 1835, while his two of his other sons set up businesses in London and Liverpool.
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