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BALTHASAR KNIE, EDINBURGH, CIRCA 1776
Lot 185

BALTHASAR KNIE, EDINBURGH, CIRCA 1776

A SCOTTISH GEORGE III ANGLE BAROMETER

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BALTHASAR KNIE, EDINBURGH, CIRCA 1776
A SCOTTISH GEORGE III ANGLE BAROMETER
The shaped case with silvered scales 'Magnum Barometrum AProbatum', with Continental inch scales and English weather indications, brass tube fixings, manual sliding pointer, bulb cistern, Fahrenheit spirit thermometer headed 'Thermometrum', signed 'Balthazar Knie' to upper dial, inscribed 'DAWSON' to the reverse
Mahogany, brass
34 1⁄2 in. (87.5 cm.) high; 10 3⁄4 in. (27.3 cm.) wide; 1 in. (2.5 cm.) deep

Anonymous sale [The Rt. Hon. The Lady Tredegar], Christie's, London, 24 November 1966, lot 2, (£16.16s).

Note du spécialiste


Sir Nicholas Goodison noted: This must be one of the earliest barometers sold by Knie, who was born in Germany, after he settled in Edinburgh in about 1776.