Auction: Sale #2133 - 2133Location: BoltonDate / Time: April 13, 2002 10:00AM
Description:
Mahogany Traveling Barometer by Putois Rochette, France, late 18th century, signed "quai de l'Horloge a Paris," with silvered scales, sliding vernier, and forecast plate dated "22 N'bre 1768," the mercury divided 31-26, mercury valve, Reaumur thermometer in door and mahogany case with sliding glass aperture, (barometer tube damaged),ht. 39 1/2 in.
Estimate $3,000-4,000