CIRCA 1720 AND LATER

Details

A George I walnut stick barometer
CIRCA 1720 AND LATER
The case with moulded breakarch top surmounted by three later brass finials, with brass columns flanking the silvered register plate, the trunk with moulded angles flanking a silvered later thermometer scale with alcohol thermometer; with moulded and tapering cistern cover; restorations
40¼ in. (102 cm.) high

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Lot Essay

The barometer's triumphal-arched and Doric-columned tabernacle, reflects the Roman taste introduced circa 1700 as featured in a 'barometer and thermometer together' trade-sheet pattern issued by the 'Old Bayly' manufacturer, John Patrick (fl. 1686-1720?) (N. Goodison, English Barometers , London, 1969, pl. 8). A similar case features on the Fleet Street manufacturer Benjamin Cole's barometer at Pallant House, Chichester (National Art Collections Review, 1989, no. 3433).

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