VINCENT SOMALVICO & CO, LONDON (c.1856-1858)

Elegant and unusual rosewood cased Marine Barometer, the delicately arched top over engraved ivory register plates, signed by the maker, bearing rack-and-pinion operated vernier, and protected by brass-framed bevelled glass. The trunk, of well-figured ‘Rio’ rosewood, inset with ivory Fahrenheit and Réaumur thermometer and with concealed marine barometer tube terminating within turned cylindrical brass cistern cover. The whole supported on replaced gimbals
c1840

Third generation member of the illustrious Somalvico family of barometer makers, which flourished for over a hundred years from the late 18th Century.