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Broken pediment above a glass-encased and painted tin face; thermometer on left side and mercury barometer in center with corresponding gauge at right; glass tube enclosing mercury continues complete length of barometer to a domed and capped bottom; striped holly wood inlay encompasses case at top, both sides of shaft; double ring of inlay on domed cap at bottom.
barometers
mahogany (wood)
ebony (wood)
brass (alloy)
glass (material)
holly (wood)
mercury
painting (coating)
pine (wood)
tin (metal)
Sheraton
Barometer
Barometer
Original to Sayward-Wheeler House (York Harbor, Me.),
G. Mangacaulo & Co. (Manufacturer)
Carlisle, England
36 1/2 x 5 1/8 x 1 7/8 (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of the heirs of Elizabeth Cheever Wheeler
1977.273
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