An Admiral Fitzroy's Storm Stick Barometer

 

Item Lot Number: 1463

An Admiral Fitzroy's Storm Stick Barometer, signed Negretti & Zambra, Instrument Makers to Her Majesty, Holborn Viaduct, EC 122, Regent St W & 59 Cornhill EC London, circa 1870, the oak case with arched top, concealed large mercury tube, twin vernier ceramic dial signed, thermometer box, 104cm high

Estimate: £300-500

Sold: £420
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Condition Report: 01.02.12, Case has faded in parts to the surfaces, case edges with some small dents and minor chips, surfaces with some minor scuff marks in places, main dial with a small chip to the left hand side edge, bottom side of the thermometer dial with a chip and hairline crack and the surface has faded, thermometer box with some scuff marks, bottom side under neath with a piece of wood later added, mercury is still full in the tube.