Auction: Clocks, Watches & Scientific Instruments - 2345Location: BostonDate / Time: July 29, 2006 10:00AM
Description:
French Giltwood Barometer, with 13-inch painted dial on blue ground, eight-point rose in center, steel needle with arrow and moon tips, inscribed on the periphery Baromètre Selon Toricelli, in glazed circular gesso case with rose roundels in relief, surmounted by crest depicting a globe on stand, ht. 29 in., (lacking cistern and tubes).
Estimate $1,000-1,500
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