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I. TESSA, ROTTERDAM. CIRCA 1770
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A DUTCH WALNUT STICK BAROMETER
I. TESSA, ROTTERDAM. CIRCA 1770
CASE: later floral-carved urn cresting, fluted and gadrooned canted angles, moulded cistern cover, wide bore tube (cracked, mercury removed), restorations PLATES: engraved brass, with swagged urn finials and ending in garlands, signed 'I. TESSA: Fecit Rotterdam'
48 in. (122 cm.) high; 7 1/8 in. (14 cm.) wide; 4¾ in. (12 cm.) deep
I. TESSA, ROTTERDAM. CIRCA 1770
CASE: later floral-carved urn cresting, fluted and gadrooned canted angles, moulded cistern cover, wide bore tube (cracked, mercury removed), restorations PLATES: engraved brass, with swagged urn finials and ending in garlands, signed 'I. TESSA: Fecit Rotterdam'
48 in. (122 cm.) high; 7 1/8 in. (14 cm.) wide; 4¾ in. (12 cm.) deep
Provenance
The Alan S. Marx Collection, Sotheby's New York, 24 & 25 June 1996, lot 483.
Special notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 17.5% on the buyer's premium.
Brought to you by
Giles Forster
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