THOMAS JONES, LONDON, CIRCA 1830

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A WILLIAM IV IVORY-MOUNTED MAHOGANY STICK BAROMETER
THOMAS JONES, LONDON, CIRCA 1830
The bow-fronted case with vase-shaped cistern cover, the silvered scale signed 'Thomas Jones/62 Charing Cross/LONDON', the trunk with mercury thermometer scale, ivory knop to urn to base
39 in. (99 cm.) high
Please note that 100% of the hammer proceeds from this auction will be paid to the Sandys Trust, registered charity number: 1168357, with the exception of limited deductions towards sale costs across the auction which cannot be accurately calculated at this time, capped at a total of £10,000.

Literature

Ombersley Court Inventory, June 1963, annotated Ombersley MS, in 'The Dining Room'.

Sale room notice

Please note that this item has a small piece of ivory to the top of the urn to the base and so is subject to CITES and should be flagged as such, exemption registration number QSSB76MQ.

Conditions of sale

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Lot Essay

Thomas Jones was apprenticed to Jesse Ramsden. He was active as an optical, mathematical and philosophical instrument-maker from 1806 until 1850. (E. Banfield, Barometers: Stick or Cistern Tube, Trowbridge, 1985, pp. 107-111.)

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