Object Detail
Description
stick barometer with a door to the rectangular dial enclosing a thermometer and concealed tube, terminating in a cylindrical brass cistern, with gimbal.
{"Early 19th century Ships barometer on brass gimbel and mahognay mount previously in the hands of a Tasmanian family circa 1840.}
{"Early 19th century Ships barometer on brass gimbel and mahognay mount previously in the hands of a Tasmanian family circa 1840.}
Maker and role
horologer: unknown
Production place
England
Production date
circa 1840
Media description
Mahogany, Brass
Measurements
940 mm
gimbal 228 mm x 100 mm diam
gimbal 228 mm x 100 mm diam
Credit line
bequest of C H (Roger) Brookes, Melbourne, 2021
Project credit line
This digital record has been made available on TJC Collection Online through a significant donation from the OPENING DOORS fund, the generous support of The Friends of The Johnston Collection, and Digitisation Champion Christine Bell and a specified fund established from the Estate of Mr. Clive Hele (Roger) Brookes.
Accession number
A1887
TJC reference number
6613
