AN IMPORTANT QUEEN ANNE WALNUT COLUMN BAROMETER

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AN IMPORTANT QUEEN ANNE WALNUT COLUMN BAROMETER
Daniel Quare, London, No. 24

the silvered register plates calibrated in Quare's usual format for 28-31in., each with two steel recorders adjusted by turning the 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 masks and foliage
39¼ (99.5cm.) high

出版

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 thier makers, 1680-1860, London, pp. 192-201, pl. 116

拍品专文

This particular Quare barometer exhibits some of the qualities that one might hope to find in a walnut example of its type. All too often these examples have been over-restored however the present example still retains its original colouring and a very small amount of the gilding on the top casing. The number 24 would seem to indicate that this is an early example, however the exact numbers produced by Quare is hampered by the fact that not all of his barometers were numbered.