Lot Essay
The case, formed as a bracket-supported miniature longcase clock with vase finials and Doric-columned hood, relates to that of a barometer in the F.R. Poke Collection also signed by John Hallifax (d. 1750), who was established around 1710 as a clock and barometer manufacturer in Barnsley (N. Goodison, English Barometers, London, 1977, p. 146). Another barometer with similar ribbon inlay is illustrated in R.W. Symonds, English Furniture from Charles II to George II, London, 1929, fig. 213 and R. Edwards and P. Macquoid, The Dictionary of English Furniture, London, rev. ed., 1954, vol. I, p. 31, fig. 14.