A REGENCY MAHOGANY AND EBONISED BOW-FRONT STICK BAROMETER
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A REGENCY MAHOGANY AND EBONISED BOW-FRONT STICK BAROMETER

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
来源
The Vitale Collection, Christie's New York, 30 October 1996, lot 102.
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VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 17.5% on the buyer's premium.

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Giles Forster
Giles Forster

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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.