DAN QUARE, LONDON: A QUEEN ANNE WHITE AND GILT-JAPANNED STICK BAROMETER NO.11, circa 1710, the silvered register scale signed 'Invented and made by Daniel Quare London' and No.11, calibrated 28-31 with twin-pointers adjusted via two finials above, one later, the arabesque engraved face and sides upon a spirally-fluted spreading columnar shaft decorated with chinoiserie scenes, the reservoir with brass adjustment knob and paper label inscribed '1616', the decoration refreshed and partially replaced

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DAN QUARE, LONDON: A QUEEN ANNE WHITE AND GILT-JAPANNED STICK BAROMETER NO.11, circa 1710, the silvered register scale signed 'Invented and made by Daniel Quare London' and No.11, calibrated 28-31 with twin-pointers adjusted via two finials above, one later, the arabesque engraved face and sides upon a spirally-fluted spreading columnar shaft decorated with chinoiserie scenes, the reservoir with brass adjustment knob and paper label inscribed '1616', the decoration refreshed and partially replaced
38in. (96.5cm.) high

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Daniel Quare, (1649-1724), joined the clockmaker's company in 1671, became a master in 1708 and was appointed keeper of the king's clocks

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