A REGENCY MAHOGANY AND SATINWOOD INLAID TWIN-TUBE ANGLE BAROMETER , SAMUEL LAINTON, HALIFAX, CIRCA 1810 | Christie's

Sale 8548

The Vitale Collection of Highly Important European Clocks

New York, Park Avenue

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30 October 1996

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Lot 62

A REGENCY MAHOGANY AND SATINWOOD INLAID TWIN-TUBE ANGLE BAROMETER

SAMUEL LAINTON, HALIFAX, CIRCA 1810

Price realised

USD 12,650

Estimate

USD 4,000 - USD 6,000

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A REGENCY MAHOGANY AND SATINWOOD INLAID TWIN-TUBE ANGLE BAROMETER
samuel lainton, halifax, circa 1810
The case of typical form with fan-inlaid molded cistern cover, satinwood veneer to the borders, the paper barometer scale with the makers signature Samuel Lainton, maker Halifax and with the printers name Stott.sculp above, (now lacking mercury level indicators)
37in. (94cm.) high, 27in. (69.5cm.) wide
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Lot Essay

A similar twin-tube angle barometer by Lainton also with Masonic symbols on the register papers is illustrated in E. Bamfield, Barometers, stick or cistern tube, 1985, p. 161. There is also another of a similar type in the Whipple Museum, Cambridge, England
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