A DUTCH MAHOGANY AND INLAID CONTRA-BAROMETER
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 1… Read more A PRIVATE COLLECTION OF BAROMETERS (LOTS 143-151)
A DUTCH MAHOGANY AND INLAID CONTRA-BAROMETER

T. STOPPANI, AMSTERDAM. CIRCA 1775

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A DUTCH MAHOGANY AND INLAID CONTRA-BAROMETER
T. STOPPANI, AMSTERDAM. CIRCA 1775
CASE: pediment with fluted urn finial, glazed door, ebony and boxwood chequer inlays, cistern cover with patera inlay and gadrooned terminals PLATES: silvered, engraved 'BAROMETER/THERMOMETER/en/CONTRAROLEUR/T. Stoppani/fec: Amsterd.', alcohol thermometer; twin tube cracked, mercury removed
50½ in. (128 cm.) high; 11 in. (28 cm.) wide; 4 in. (10 cm.) deep
Provenance
The Alan S. Marx Collection, Sotheby's New York, 24 & 25 June 1996, lot 447.
Special notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 17.5% on the buyer's premium.

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