A GEORGE III MAHOGANY WHEEL BAROMETER

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A GEORGE III MAHOGANY WHEEL BAROMETER
The swan's neck cresting centering a brass urn finial, the neck fitted with a hygrometer and a thermometer above a circular barometer dial, with a shaped rounded base with a level measure signed SNART/NO215/FODEY STREET/LONDON, with overall crossbanding
47½in. (121cm.) high, 14in. (35.5m.) wide

Lot Essay

The maker appears to be unrecorded but may be related to the J. Snart (1802-31) and Neaziah Snart (from 1833) working at 215 Tooley Street in London (N. Goodison, English Barometers 1680-1860, 1977, p. 359).