Barometer
Category
Horology
Date
circa 1800
Materials
Mahogany
Measurements
103 x 26.5 x 5 cm
Collection
South Lakes, Cumbria
NT 642248
Summary
Mahogany wheel barometer of banjo form, c.1800, with silvered dials, thermometer and spirit level inscribed ‘Dr Rumney, Keswick’; fine-grained mahogany case with boxwood stringing, waisted above and below barometer dial; scrolled swan-neck pediment with brass finial; small hygrometer dial in brass bezel at the top; long drop alcohol thermometer in the tapered neck; wheel barometer dial with engraved gradations and weather indicators, blued steel hand and brass bezel; turned boxwood set knob; inscribed spirit level in circular brass bezel in the base; cavetto moulding at the foot.
Marks and inscriptions
On spirit level dial: DR RUMNEY / KESWICK