£250 - £350
A George III mahogany stick barometer, by Worthington, London, c.1810, with arched caddy-moulded upper section applied with silvered brass vernier scale calibrated in barometric inches, with the usual observations and signed Worthington, London to lower left hand corner, the caddy-moulded trunk inset with visible tube and with figured veneers over hemispherical cistern cover with moulded band to waist to the rounded base incorporating brass level adjustment screw to underside, 10cm wide, 92.5cm high
A barometer maker with the surname Worthington is recorded in Banfield, Edwin BAROMETER MAKERS AND RETAILERS 1680-1860 as working in London circa 1810-30
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