Lot 883
A George III mahogany stick barometer, Thomas Rich, Cheltenham, circa 1800. The silvered...
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Lot 883
A George III mahogany stick barometer, Thomas Rich, Cheltenham, circa 1800. The silvered...
Lot 883
Lot Description
A George III mahogany stick barometer, Thomas Rich, Cheltenham, circa 1800. The silvered two-piece rectangular dial signed upper right in cursive script, over vernier and scale reading from 27 to 31 inches of pressure, beside a mercury thermometer reading from 10 to 120 Fahrenheit with Remarks, all behind hinged glazed door beneath architectural 'broken' pediment and brass urn finial, the exposed main tube on a double thumbnail-moulded trunk with 'butterfly' feather figuring and stained holly stringing to a turned cistern cover, 38.25", (96.5cm) high.
Thomas Rich is recorded as working from before 1788, when it was recorded in the Bristol Gazette that a 'spring quarter clock' signed by him was stolen on the 7th of February. He was at 168, High Street, Cheltenham from before 1800 and then 6, Winchcombe Street from 1820.
Postage: Auction Default
Weight: No
Total lot weight: No
Condition Report
One clip to hold tube in place is missing from silvered plate. Two minor veneer losses to glazed door, otherwise good original condition.
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