CIRCA 1710

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A Queen Anne walnut stick barometer
Circa 1710
The case with moulded lunette arch above the pair of brass register plates engraved for summer and winter with engraved floral decoration and wheat ear borders, the right plate with sliding vernier, the trunk with mouldings to the sides terminating with a later cover to enclosed cistern and brass adjustment screw below; restorations, tube replaced, mercury removed
42 in. (107 cm.) high

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No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 15% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.

Lot Essay

Nicholas Goodison, English Barometers 1680-1860, Woodbridge, 1977, p.48, pl.7.
Goodison illustrates an advertisement by John Patrick dating from circa 1710, showing a barometer of related design with lunette top and cross-shaped upper section.

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