DAN QUARE, LONDON: A QUEEN ANNE WHITE AND GILT-JAPANNED STICK BAROMETER NO.11, circa 1710, the silvered register scale signed 'Invented and made by Daniel Quare London' and No.11, calibrated 28-31 with twin-pointers adjusted via two finials above, one later, the arabesque engraved face and sides upon a spirally-fluted spreading columnar shaft decorated with chinoiserie scenes, the reservoir with brass adjustment knob and paper label inscribed '1616', the decoration refreshed and partially replaced
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DAN QUARE, LONDON: A QUEEN ANNE WHITE AND GILT-JAPANNED STICK BAROMETER NO.11, circa 1710, the silvered register scale signed 'Invented and made by Daniel Quare London' and No.11, calibrated 28-31 with twin-pointers adjusted via two finials above, one later, the arabesque engraved face and sides upon a spirally-fluted spreading columnar shaft decorated with chinoiserie scenes, the reservoir with brass adjustment knob and paper label inscribed '1616', the decoration refreshed and partially replaced
38in. (96.5cm.) high
Lot Essay
Daniel Quare, (1649-1724), joined the clockmaker's company in 1671, became a master in 1708 and was appointed keeper of the king's clocks