LOT 29 A George III mahogany mercury stick barometer, Jonathan Illingworth, Hallifax, circa 1800
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A George III mahogany mercury stick barometer Jonathan Illingworth, Hallifax, circa 1800 With elaborate 'whales tail' crest over glazed door enclosing paper scales calibrated in barometric inches and annotated for both winter and summer within borders decorated with landscape panels and incorporating simple brass recording pointer, the arched upper margin printed Jon'n Hollingworth, fecit Hallifax, the panel veneered trunk with visible tube and moulded circular cistern cover to base, 98cm (38.5ins) high. Jonathan Illingworth is recorded in Banfield, Edwin Barometer Makers and Retailers 1660-1900 as working in Hallifax circa 1790-1810.
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