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GOOD GEORGE III BOXWOOD & EBONY INLAID MAHOGANY STICK (STRAIGHT TUBE) BAROMETER
London, c1770

 

 

A good mahogany stick (straight tube) barometer,

the case veneered with well figured mahogany and

enriched with well-drawn boxwood fan inlays throughout;

the broken arch pediment centering a brass finial;

the hygrometer is set in the case below the pediment

and is enriched with fan inlaid corner spandrels;

the concealed tube with silvered plates and vernier,

signed J. Hilliard, London*, behind a hinged glazed door;

the trunk with oval fan inlays above and below a

thermometer with silvered scales, also behind a hinged

glazed door, and with checkered boxwood and ebony

inlay to the edges; the rounded cistern cover is inlaid

with a circular fan motif and with brass rating screw

below

 

* There are several Hilliard's, working as instrument makers
in London during the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
We are uncertain as to the exact Hilliard of this barometer

 

Condition : Excellent with original surfaces and tubes;

in good working order; exquisite case; wonderful color;

inlay all intact; slight erosion to the silverng

 

43.5" High

Widths : 5.25"(Pediment), 4.5"(Case), 2.75"(Trunk)

 

SOLD / #7053

 

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Also See :

 

 

"THE ART OF BRITISH BAROMETERS"

 

 

 

GEORGE III FIGURED MAHOGANY LONGCASE CLOCK

Kenneth Maclennan, London, c1778-90

5-Pillar Movement

 

 


 

 

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Good George III Boxwood and Ebony Inlaid Straight Tube (Stick) Barometer, c1770, London