Mahogany Stick Barometer by B. Roncheti

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Mahogany Stick Barometer by B. Roncheti, Manchester, England, c. 1825, with pitched pediment and brass finial, hinged glazed door over the engraved silvered brass dial with thermometer and signed B. Roncheti, Manchester, matched pattern veneers with barber pole inlay flanking the glass tube and lower cistern, ht. 39 1/2 in.
Estimate $400-600

Mercury drained from tube, lacking wooden cistern cover and sections of side cornice molding.

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