A fine George III inlaid mahogany mercury wheel
A fine George III inlaid mahogany mercury wheel barometer Bruner and Company, Manchester, circa 1800 With generous swan-neck pediment and cavetto cornice, over double-line strung baluster outline upright inset with tall arch-glazed Fahrenheit scale alcohol thermometer flanked by oval conch-shell marquetry motifs above silvered hygrometer incorporating square for independent adjustment of the beard beneath, the 10 inch sunburst centred circular silvered register signed Bruner & Co., Salford Bridge, MANCHESTER to centre within concentric scale annotated in barometric inches with the usual observations to circumference and generous glazed cast brass bezel, the rounded base with further marquetry lozenge over silvered spirit level engraved with festoon swags , 100cm (39.5ins) high excluding finial. Provenance: Private collection, Hampshire (ref. B158); purchased at Netherhampton Salerooms, Shaftsbury, 1st October 2008 (lot 850) for £1,200 hammer. Bruner and Company of Manchester appear unrecorded in the usual sources.
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A fine George III inlaid mahogany mercury wheel barometer Bruner and Company, Manchester, circa 1800 With generous swan-neck pediment and cavetto cornice, over double-line strung baluster outline upright inset with tall arch-glazed Fahrenheit scale alcohol thermometer flanked by oval conch-shell marquetry motifs above silvered hygrometer incorporating square for independent adjustment of the beard beneath, the 10 inch sunburst centred circular silvered register signed Bruner & Co., Salford Bridge, MANCHESTER to centre within concentric scale annotated in barometric inches with the usual observations to circumference and generous glazed cast brass bezel, the rounded base with further marquetry lozenge over silvered spirit level engraved with festoon swags , 100cm (39.5ins) high excluding finial. Provenance: Private collection, Hampshire (ref. B158); purchased at Netherhampton Salerooms, Shaftsbury, 1st October 2008 (lot 850) for £1,200 hammer. Bruner and Company of Manchester appear unrecorded in the usual sources.
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