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LOT 1160
21st January 2021
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LOT 1160
A rare George III Russian interest mahogany stick barometer, the silvered brass rectangular dial with vernier scale and signed 'Tangate' and 'St Petersburg' in Cyrillic script above further detail in Cyrillic, the bowfront case with gilt metal surmount above a glazed panel, the trunk with mercury thermometer and Cyrillic detailed silvered dial above an urn shaped cistern cover, height 100.5cm (thermometer box missing glazed front). Note: Robert Tangate is recorded in the 'Directory of British Scientific Instrument Makers 1550-1851' by Gloria Clifton as working in London from 1766 until his death in 1808. Tangate had premises in both London and St Petersburg.
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