A QUEEN ANNE WALNUT COLUMN BAROMETER

DANIEL QUARE, LONDON NO. 24, CIRCA 1710

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A QUEEN ANNE WALNUT COLUMN BAROMETER
daniel quare, london no. 24, circa 1710
the silvered register plates calibrated with Quare's usual format for 28-31in., each with two steel recorders adjusted by turning two finials atop the giltmetal hood with acanthus engraving to the front and sides, the plate below signed Invented & made by Danl. Quare London, numbered 24 on the right side plate, the slender walnut column divided into two parts, the upper fluted and reeded, barley-twist lower section with conjoining brass collets, rectangular pedestal with four folding giltmetal feet applied with a mask-and-foliate mount
39¼in. (99.5cm.) high

来源

Christies, London, 23 November, 1994, lot 118 bought direct for 43,000 pounds ($64,000)

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COMPARATIVE LITERATURE:
R.W. Symonds, English Furniture from Charles II to George II, London, 1929, p.302, fig. 256
R.W. Symonds, Masterpieces of English Furniture and Clocks, London, 1940, p. 165, fig. 128
N. Goodison, English Barometers and their makers, 1680-1860, London, pp. 192-201, pl. 116

拍品专文

Daniel Quare (d. 1724) of Exchange Alley, London, was one of the most important makers of clocks, watches, barometers and scientific instruments of his time. Three barometers by Quare were supplied to the Royal Family and now hang in Hampton Court Palace.
This barometer is an example from a similar group with part fluted and part spiral-form cases that were executed in either walnut or ivory or even on occasions as a combination of the two. These barometers with hinged feet support the cistern in a square plinth and when hung on a wall the feet neatly fold underneath. Quare's numbering system is at best sporadic and perhaps some fifteen numbered examples are known to exist. The lowest number recorded is No. 7 which was sold in these rooms April 12, 1996, lot 76 for $120,000, and the highest so far recorded is No. 148. Other examples of this form include one formerly in the collection of the late Percival D. Griffiths now in a private collection and illustrated in R. W. Symonds op. cit.