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Late Georgian Period eight inch mahogany dial barometer by Joseph Gafurio, Chester
This is one of the first of the “Sheraton Shell” barometers, with the conch shell and flower inlays that were just coming into fashion. It has the late 18th century form of case, with the short shoulders below the cornice, crossbanded sides, checkered stringing, and the wide, graceful curve of the case through the thermometer section. The thermometer plate is graduated in the Fahrenheit scale and ...
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Danish mahogany stick barometer
A glass plate protects the paper scales, and a manual pointer on a wire slider sets the reading. Ripple moulding decorates the pediment. The mercury system uses a bulb cistern. The scales are Parisian inches, which are 1.066 of an English inch, and divided into twelfths. No maker's name is shown, simply the location KJÖBENHAVN, and the standard weather indications, rendered in Danish:
Meget...
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Late Georgian period shaped door stick barometer by John Merry Ronketi
Makers working in England’s late Georgian Period produced some of the most elegant barometers of any time. Forms are clean and graceful, and handsome decorative inlays and stringing were used. This is one such example made by J M Ronketi. The glazed door over the silvered register plate is shaped at the lower edge to merge smoothly with the slim trunk of the case, and boxwood and ebony checkered s...
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Mid 19th century mahogany stick barometer by Samuel Lainton, Halifax, Yorkshire
Samuel Lainton is well known to barometer collectors for his angle barometers. This stick is in a similar vein, using a large mahogany case with exuberant carving and printed paper register plates. Both case and plates are very original and in excellent condition. The finish is old and well preserved. There are no restorations beyond a cleaning and wax on the finish.
Samuel Lainton practiced i...
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Mid-Regency Period Mahogany ten-inch dial barometer with inlays, by Charles Ganna, London
This is a somewhat unusual form of dial barometer, and one which London makers produced in both eight and ten inch sizes. It uses an architectural cornice rather than the more usual scroll or swan neck, and conch shell inlays either side of the thermometer. It is very nicely made with some unusual touches such as the stringing around the thermometer box and has the good and graceful lines of the e...
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