BY GEORGE HALLIFAX, DONCASTER

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A LATE GEORGE II MAHOGANY BAROMETER
By George Hallifax, Doncaster
The case in the form of a miniature longcase clock, with moulded stepped top above an arched glazed dial signed 'George Hallifax Doncaster fecit', on a silvered plaque flanked by foliate mask spandrels, the barometer dial with silvered chapter ring engraved with different weather variations and calibrated 28-31, Rudian mask-and-foliate spandrels, flanked by engaged columns, the trunk centred with a brass moulding chapter ring with pierced blued steel hand, square plinth with terminal mouldings
45½ in. (116 cm.) high

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Lot Essay

George Hallifax (1725-1811), of Doncaster, was the fourth son of John Hallifax (1694-1750) of Barnsley. George was in Doncaster by 1750 where he became a clockmaker and later Mayor (N. Goodison, English Barometers, rev. ed., London, 1977, pp. 157 and 328). George's style was closely related to that of his father, famous for walnut barometers of this type, such as one sold anonymously Christie's London, 3 July 1997, lot 9.

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