Lot 1802
ANDREW ROSS MAHOGANY STICK BAROMETER,
circa 1870, No. 20, the temple pediment above a scale inscribed Andw. Ross/(Inventor)/, 21 Featherstone Buildings, High Holborn, the trunk with double adjustable scales 'Set from Table' and 'Set from Barometer', double mercury thermometers and circular reservoir cover, height 98cm
Footnote: Banfield (Edwin), The Banfield Family Collection of Barometers, Baros Books, 1995, illustrations 101 and 102 for an oak barometer by the same maker sold through Dreweatt Neate on 4th September 2007, lot 193.