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BY JOHN WHITEHURST, DERBY, DATED 1764
Details
A GEORGE III MAHOGANY AND CROSSBANDED SIGNPOST BAROMETER
By John Whitehurst, Derby, dated 1764
The engraved silvered rectangular scale, inscribed Whitehurst, Derby, 1764, with brass adjuster screw to the extreme right, the rectangular crossbanded case surmounted by a shaped pediment with gadrooned edge, later circular cistern cover below, with shaped apron, lacking several sections of veneer and pointer, restorations
38½in. (97.5cm) high
By John Whitehurst, Derby, dated 1764
The engraved silvered rectangular scale, inscribed Whitehurst, Derby, 1764, with brass adjuster screw to the extreme right, the rectangular crossbanded case surmounted by a shaped pediment with gadrooned edge, later circular cistern cover below, with shaped apron, lacking several sections of veneer and pointer, restorations
38½in. (97.5cm) high
Literature
An almost identical signpost barometer with different but original cistern cover by John Whitehurst of Derby, dated 1776 is illustrated in Nicholas Goodison, English Barometers, 1680-1860, revised edition, Suffolk, 1977, p.282, plate 192