Based in Weston-super-Mare and selling off my lifelong ( 70+ years) collection of meteorological instruments.
Richard Twort
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Somerset, UKRichard Twort
Barometer from Havana, Cuba c.1900
REF: LA126647
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LoveAntiques Dealersince Oct 2018Approved item297 sales by dealer
LoveAntiques Dealersince Oct 2018Approved item297 sales by dealer
Description
This is a very rare antique barometer from Havana, Cuba with weather predictions on the card dial in Spanish including four historic dates of low pressure cyclones from October 1837 to September 1888. The working aneroid movement can be seen through the open dial. Above is a mercury thermometer reading in Centigrade & Fahrenheit against a porcelain face. There is a brass bezel with bevelled glass & original set hand & the case is in ebonized hardwood.
declaration
Richard Twort has clarified that the Barometer from Havana, Cuba c.1900 (LA126647) is genuinely of the period declared with the date/period of manufacture being c.1900
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Date of Manufacture:
c.1900
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This Barometer from Havana, Cuba c.1900 is located in Somerset, United Kingdom
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