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Maker: Winter, T. B.
Wheel barometer with case veneered with walnut
Dial: silver brass dial 8 inches in diameter, inscribed with the standard indications: 'Stormy, Much Rain, Rain, Changeable, Fair, Set Fair, Very Dry', round a scale extending from 28 to 31 inches, and divided into hundredths of an inch. Also inscribed 'T.B. Winter, 53 Grey Street Newcastle upon Tyne'. Original blued steel indicating hand and brass setting hand. The dial is enclosed by a flat bevelled glass set in a cast brass bezel. Modern ivorine setting hand knob. Fahrenheit thermometer with mercury in glass tube, and 12 1/8 inches silvered brass scale extending from approximately 10 to 150 degrees F, contained in a glazed walnut box.
Tube: Normal siphon type, replaced.
Case: Pine carcase veneered with figured walnut and with applied walnut C-scrolls.
Bequeathed by Mrs Alexandrina Dewar Wight Bartlett
Height: 91.5 cm
Width: 27.3 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1986) by Bartlett, Alexandrina Dewar Wight, Mrs
19th Century, Mid#
Production date:
circa
AD 1850
T.B. Winter is not recorded in standard reference books on barometers, and there is therefore a possibility that he was only a retailer in Newcastle upon Tyne.
Walnut Box
composed of
glaze
Veneer, Box
composed of
walnut
Case
composed of
pine
Hand
composed of
steel
Dial
composed of
brass (alloy)
Bezel
Glass
Scrolls
Accession number: M.9-1986
Primary reference Number: 95988
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Barometer" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/95988 Accessed: 2024-12-18 19:40:25
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