A George III brass-mounted mahogany stick barometer, by Joseph Finney, Liverpool, c.1770, the case with carved scroll pediment, the silvered register plate calibrated in barometric inches 28-31, enclosed in a glazed hinged square frame, encased...

A George III brass-mounted mahogany stick barometer, by Joseph Finney, Liverpool, c.1770, the case with carved scroll pediment, the silvered register plate calibrated in barometric inches 28-31, enclosed in a glazed hinged square frame, encased tube and lidded box at base for open cistern, with manually adjusted brass pointer extending on right to engraved table enabling measurements to 1/100th inch, signed on the plates Jos. Finney in Liverpool, 113.7cm high, 25.4cm wide, 7.6cm deep Provenance: Acquired from Anthony Woodburn, Lewes, June, 2001. Note: Sir Nicholas Goodison noted: Two eighteenth-century watch and clock makers of this name are recorded at Liverpool - Josephy Finney (1), 1734-61, d.1772, the most likely maker of this barometer, and Joseph Finney (2), 1770-96. The cistern was originally open and survives, but at present there is an ordinary portable cistern in its place. An angle barometer by Finney with an architectural case and an open cistern is in the Science Museum collection (Inv. no. 1927-1911; N. Goodison, English Barometers, Woodbridge, 1977, p.69, pl. 18). Please note Roseberys do not guarantee the working condition of barometers offered for sale. Photographs: © Christie's Images.

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