WILLIAM CARY, LONDON. FIRST QUARTER 19TH CENTURY

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A REGENCY MAHOGANY AND EBONISED BOW-FRONT STICK BAROMETER
WILLIAM CARY, LONDON. FIRST QUARTER 19TH CENTURY
CASE: flat to wall, brass urn finial to swan neck pediment, trunk with mercury thermometer (tube detached -- refer to department), moulded ebonised cistern cover flanked by ebony lined angles PLATES: silvered, with sliding Vernier scale, signed 'Cary LONDON', front glass lacking, mercury removed
40 in. (101.5 cm.) high; 4¼ in. (11 cm.) wide; 2¾ in. (7 cm.) deep

Provenance

The Vitale Collection, Christie's New York, 30 October 1996, lot 102.

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Lot Essay

William Cary (1759-1825) was a pupil of the famous maker Jesse Ramsden, becoming a highly regarded instrument maker in his own right. He is recorded working at several addresses on the Strand until his death in 1825, when his two nephews, George and John, continued the business under his name.

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