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• Auction House:
  Shapiro Auctions
• Sale Name:
  Fine Furniture, Silver, Asian and Decorative Arts
• Sale Date:
  05 Dec 2018 ~ 6pm (AEDT)
• Lot #:
  160
• Lot Description:
  Early Victorian Mahogany Banjo Wheel Barometer, c. 1840
  level signed 'Grassi & Fontana, Exeter', swan-neck pediment with urn finial, over a hygrometer, mercury thermometer, and a convex mirror, the silvered dial with brass bezel and signed level under
  height 102 cm
• Provenance:
  Master Clockmakers, Camden, NSW, Private Collection, Sydney
• Notes:
  See for comparison: Nicholas Goodison, English Barometers 1680-1860, 1977, p. 306, where listed; 'BULLA, GRASSI and FONTANA fl. 1830, 134 Fore St., Exeter'
• Estimate:
  A$600 - 900
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Scientific & Industrial

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