Sale 9435
London, South Kensington
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17 July 2002
Price realised
GBP 646
Estimate
A George IV mahogany wheel barometer, circa 1830 With ivory-capped swan neck pediment and turned ivory finial, hygrometer above bayonet-fixed mercury thermometer to the tapering trunk, 10in. diameter silvered dial, the spirit level below signed J. Sordelli 17 Leather lane London -- 42½in. (108cm.) high
Provenance
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Specialist Furio Rinaldi admires this rediscovered work by the 16th-century Italian artist, which scholars had long presumed lost