A fine Victorian mahogany marine barometer S. Bithray, London circa 1840 With gadroon carved caddy above bowfronted two-piece canted ivory vernier register signed S. BITHRAY, ROYAL EXCHANGE, LONDON, with ivory vernier adjustment disc and brass gimbal mount to collar above spiral twist turned trunk applied with a mercury tube Fahrenheit scale thermometer, terminating in a moulded brass cylindrical cistern canister to base, lacking mercury and glazing, 94cm high. Stephen Bithray is recorded in Banfield, Edwin BAROMETER MAKERS AND RETAILERS 1660-1900 as working from 29 Royal Exchange, London 1827-43.
A fine Victorian mahogany marine barometer S. Bithray, London circa 1840 With gadroon carved caddy above bowfronted two-piece canted ivory vernier register signed S. BITHRAY, ROYAL EXCHANGE, LONDON, with ivory vernier adjustment disc and brass gimbal mount to collar above spiral twist turned trunk applied with a mercury tube Fahrenheit scale thermometer, terminating in a moulded brass cylindrical cistern canister to base, lacking mercury and glazing, 94cm high. Stephen Bithray is recorded in Banfield, Edwin BAROMETER MAKERS AND RETAILERS 1660-1900 as working from 29 Royal Exchange, London 1827-43.
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