A GEORGE II BRASS-MOUNTED BURR-WALNUT AND WALNUT BAROMETER, HYGROMETER AND THERMOMETER The thermometer by Rice Williams, London The case in the form of a longcase clock with ogee moulded base to the trunk with glazed rectangular door set with alcohol thermometer against a printed paper ground signed ' Rice Williams Londini Fecit ' at the top, the scales from ' Extra hot ' to ' Extra cold ' read against a sliding hinged index finger, concave throat moulding to the hood with giltmetal-caped three-quarter-columns supporting the inverted bell top with foliate pierced-wood blind fret-frieze and surmounted by a giltmetal ball finial, the acanthus-engraved arched dial, possibly replaced, having a matted centre and applied with a silvered barometer ring engraved with the weather variants, the pierced blued-steel counter-poised 'minute' hand indicating the barometric change, the smaller pierced blued 'hour' hand for recording the previous reading. Indian-mask-and-foliate spandrels, the arch with silvered hygrometer ring flanked by dolphin spandrels and with matted centre, pierced blued-steel recording hand (lacking hygrometer hand); some restoration 64 in. (162.5 cm.) high; 12¾ in. (32.5 cm.) wide; 6½ in. (16.5 cm.) deep
A GEORGE II BRASS-MOUNTED BURR-WALNUT AND WALNUT BAROMETER, HYGROMETER AND THERMOMETER The thermometer by Rice Williams, London The case in the form of a longcase clock with ogee moulded base to the trunk with glazed rectangular door set with alcohol thermometer against a printed paper ground signed ' Rice Williams Londini Fecit ' at the top, the scales from ' Extra hot ' to ' Extra cold ' read against a sliding hinged index finger, concave throat moulding to the hood with giltmetal-caped three-quarter-columns supporting the inverted bell top with foliate pierced-wood blind fret-frieze and surmounted by a giltmetal ball finial, the acanthus-engraved arched dial, possibly replaced, having a matted centre and applied with a silvered barometer ring engraved with the weather variants, the pierced blued-steel counter-poised 'minute' hand indicating the barometric change, the smaller pierced blued 'hour' hand for recording the previous reading. Indian-mask-and-foliate spandrels, the arch with silvered hygrometer ring flanked by dolphin spandrels and with matted centre, pierced blued-steel recording hand (lacking hygrometer hand); some restoration 64 in. (162.5 cm.) high; 12¾ in. (32.5 cm.) wide; 6½ in. (16.5 cm.) deep
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