Lot 313

SMALL MAHOGANY WHEEL BAROMETER, JACOB ABRAHAM, BATH
EARLY 19TH CENTURY

Auction: Day One: 19 May 2021 | From 11:00
£2,000
Description
the swan neck pediment with a brass acorn finial above a detachable thermometer plate and 4 1/2 in. dial, the level dial engraved 'Abraham/ Optician/ Bath
Dimensions
96cm high
Footnote
Note: Jacob Abraham is listed as an important maker and was Instrument Maker to the Duke of Gloucester and the Duke of Wellington. He was working in Bath from 1805 to 1841 and maintained premises in Cheltenham.
