Ω A Victorian oak mercury stick barometer Lawson and Son, Brighton, third quarter of the 19th century With moulded pediment and cavetto cornice above rectangular glazed double ivory double Vernier scales calibrated in barometric inches and with the usual observations, the upper margins annotated 10 A.M YESTERDAY and 10 A.M TO DAY, beneath signature LAWSON & SON, OLD STREET, BRIGHTON, the trunk with Vernier setting squares to throat above applied glazed mercury tube Fahrenheit and Centigrade scale thermometer decorated with moulded upper and lower rails, the base of circular outline applied with domed cistern cover with level adjustment square to underside, 95cm (37.5ins) high. Provenance: Private collection Hampshire (ref. B90); purchased at H.Y. Duke and Son, Dorchester, 9th December 1999 (lot 1067) for £450 hammer. Thomas Lawson and Son are recorded in Loomes, Brian Watchmakers & Clockmakers of the World, Volume 2 as working in Brighton 1870-78. Cites Regulations Please note that this lot (lots marked with the symbol Ω in the printed catalogue) may be subject to CITES regulations when exported from the EU. The CITES regulations may be found at www.defra.gov.uk/ahvla-en/imports-exports/cites
Ω A Victorian oak mercury stick barometer Lawson and Son, Brighton, third quarter of the 19th century With moulded pediment and cavetto cornice above rectangular glazed double ivory double Vernier scales calibrated in barometric inches and with the usual observations, the upper margins annotated 10 A.M YESTERDAY and 10 A.M TO DAY, beneath signature LAWSON & SON, OLD STREET, BRIGHTON, the trunk with Vernier setting squares to throat above applied glazed mercury tube Fahrenheit and Centigrade scale thermometer decorated with moulded upper and lower rails, the base of circular outline applied with domed cistern cover with level adjustment square to underside, 95cm (37.5ins) high. Provenance: Private collection Hampshire (ref. B90); purchased at H.Y. Duke and Son, Dorchester, 9th December 1999 (lot 1067) for £450 hammer. Thomas Lawson and Son are recorded in Loomes, Brian Watchmakers & Clockmakers of the World, Volume 2 as working in Brighton 1870-78. Cites Regulations Please note that this lot (lots marked with the symbol Ω in the printed catalogue) may be subject to CITES regulations when exported from the EU. The CITES regulations may be found at www.defra.gov.uk/ahvla-en/imports-exports/cites
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