A Regency mahogany mercury wheel barometer Joseph
A Regency mahogany mercury wheel barometer Joseph Lafrancho, Ludlow, early 19th century With open swan neck pediment and silvered hydrometer inscribed DRY/DAMP set behind glazed brass bezel to the upper section of the double-strung case, the baluster outline upright applied with arch-glazed Fahrenheit scale alcohol thermometer over 8 inch circular silvered scroll cartouche centred register annotated in barometric inches and with the usual observations to circumference within cast brass bezel, the rounded base with bone disc for setting the recording pointer over glazed spirit level signed Jos h Lafrancho, Ludlow, (part restored), 99cm (39ins) high excluding finial. Provenance: Private collection, Hampshire (B184). J. Laffrancho is recorded in Banfield, Edwin BAROMETER MAKERS AND RETAILERS 1660-1900 as working in Ludlow circa 1815-50.
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A Regency mahogany mercury wheel barometer Joseph Lafrancho, Ludlow, early 19th century With open swan neck pediment and silvered hydrometer inscribed DRY/DAMP set behind glazed brass bezel to the upper section of the double-strung case, the baluster outline upright applied with arch-glazed Fahrenheit scale alcohol thermometer over 8 inch circular silvered scroll cartouche centred register annotated in barometric inches and with the usual observations to circumference within cast brass bezel, the rounded base with bone disc for setting the recording pointer over glazed spirit level signed Jos h Lafrancho, Ludlow, (part restored), 99cm (39ins) high excluding finial. Provenance: Private collection, Hampshire (B184). J. Laffrancho is recorded in Banfield, Edwin BAROMETER MAKERS AND RETAILERS 1660-1900 as working in Ludlow circa 1815-50.
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