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THERE ARE MANY MAKERS 'P. GALLY' RECORDED AS WORKING DURING THE EARLY TO MID-19TH CENTURY.
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A GEORGE III MAHOGANY BAROMETER, DATED 1787, BY P. GALLY, THE BROKEN SWAN'S NECK CRESTING ABOVE THE RECTANGULAR ENGRAVED SILVERED BRASS REGISTER PLATE SIGNED 'P. GALLY & CO. FECIT', AND DATED '1787', BENEATH A GLAZED DOOR, THE RECTANGULAR CASE ABOVE A CISTERN, THE BACK WITH INK INSCRIPTION '1862' AND 'CHARLES G..VALLY A DOUAI(?)'--38 IN. HIGH