A fine late George III period mahogany bowfront stick barometer of rare narrow proportions, the silvered brass register plate showing States of the Weather from 27 to 31 inches. The colour and figuring of the mahogany case are exceptional.

Date: circa 1800

Height: 37 ½ in (95.25 cm)

* Robert Banks is listed on page 13 of Edwin Banfield’s Barometer Makers and Retailers 1660 – 1900. His trade card indicated he made and sold ‘all sorts of instruments on the most improved principles and lowest terms, wholesale and retail’. He was a very fine maker who was appointed as Optician to the Prince of Wales, who later became George IV.

HW6158