AN 18TH CENTURY STYLE WALNUT STICK BAROMETER SIGNED THOMAS TOMPION

AN 18TH CENTURY STYLE WALNUT STICK BAROMETER SIGNED THOMAS TOMPION. The recording pointers operated by a pair of rack and pinion knobs above two silvered calendar dials registering the date and month, the case with a Doric pilaster and surmounted by a flaming brass finial, second half 20th century. This barometer is a copy of the siphon-tube barometer in the Royal Collection at Hampton Court Palace supplied by Thomas Tompion.

109cm high