Lot Essay
COMPARATIVE LITERATURE: Nicholas Goodison English Barometers 1680-1860, Antique Collectors Club, 1977, pp.206-221.
Although the design of the present barometer is essentially typical of Quare's work, there are no other recorded examples of ebonised barometers with ivory mounts by him. One of its most interesting features is the fluted volute moulding below the hood, which has a sculptural quality that gives the barometer an elegant simplicity and which is departure from the spiral-twisting and stop-fluting seen on the columns of many of Quare's other barometers.
Although the design of the present barometer is essentially typical of Quare's work, there are no other recorded examples of ebonised barometers with ivory mounts by him. One of its most interesting features is the fluted volute moulding below the hood, which has a sculptural quality that gives the barometer an elegant simplicity and which is departure from the spiral-twisting and stop-fluting seen on the columns of many of Quare's other barometers.