A GEORGE III MAHOGANY BAROMETER

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A GEORGE III MAHOGANY BAROMETER
BY JOHN CUFF

The rectangular case surmounted by an associated gilt-metal finial and scrolled stepped frieze, egg-and-dart moulding above a rectangular brass register plate with engraved signature J.Cuff London, the moulded canted shaft with fluted sides surmounted by foliate scrolls above a turned and domed cisterne cover and spirally-fluted boss terminating in gilt-metal finial, minor losses to the moulding
39½in. (100cm.) high

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Lot Essay

John Cuff (1708-1772) working in Serjeants Inn Gate, Fleet Street, advertised on his trade card 'all types' of optical and scientific instruments including barometers and thermometers (N. Goodison, English Barometers 1680-1860, Woodbridge, 1977, p. 138).

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