A George III mahogany stick barometer by Dominic Manticha, late 18th century, the broken pediment with gilt-bronze pineapple finial, above a hinged and glazed door enclosing a silvered scale marked in barometric inches with brass adjustment slide, inscribed MANTICHA FECIT and with Masonic symbols, chevron line inlay overall, 97cm high Note: Dominic Manticha is recorded as working in Ely Court, Holborn, London from circa 1785 and is considered one of the better of the barometer workers who emigrated from Italy at this time to work in Britain