four-antique-continental-painted-barometers
Lot 206
Four Antique Continental Painted Barometers
Lot Details & Additional Photographs
19th century, the first a Louis XVI style instrument with gesso and various paints (36 1/2 in.); the others are stick barometers, the surfaces painted (43 in. and two 37 1/2 in.).

The Caroline Faison Antiques Collection, Greensboro, North Carolina

Not operable; two with broken tubes; one with some loss to wood mount; several with mercury; paint flaking and touch-up.