Lot Essay
J. Huggins is recorded in Colchester 1835-1855.
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A PRIVATE COLLECTION OF BAROMETERS (LOTS 143-151)
A WILLIAM IV ROSEWOOD AND BRASS-STRUNG WHEEL BAROMETER WITH TIMEPIECE
J. HUGGINS, COLCHESTER. CIRCA 1835
Details
A WILLIAM IV ROSEWOOD AND BRASS-STRUNG WHEEL BAROMETER WITH TIMEPIECE
J. HUGGINS, COLCHESTER. CIRCA 1835
CASE: swan neck pediment, brass urn finial, brass-strung border, hygrometer above mercury thermometer (tube detached -- refer to department), brass bezel and convex glass to 5 in. diameter engraved and silvered clock dial, blued steel moon hands, the level signed 'J. HUGGINS/COLCHESTER' DIAL: 12 in. diameter, silvered with engraved centre, steel hand MOVEMENT: single fusee with anchor escapement; mercury tube removed
50 in. (127 cm.) high; 14½ in. (37 cm.) wide; 4½ in. (11 cm.) deep
J. HUGGINS, COLCHESTER. CIRCA 1835
CASE: swan neck pediment, brass urn finial, brass-strung border, hygrometer above mercury thermometer (tube detached -- refer to department), brass bezel and convex glass to 5 in. diameter engraved and silvered clock dial, blued steel moon hands, the level signed 'J. HUGGINS/COLCHESTER' DIAL: 12 in. diameter, silvered with engraved centre, steel hand MOVEMENT: single fusee with anchor escapement; mercury tube removed
50 in. (127 cm.) high; 14½ in. (37 cm.) wide; 4½ in. (11 cm.) deep
Literature
E. Banfield, Barometers, Wheel or Banjo, Trowbridge, 1985, p.88, fig. 101.
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