MAHOGANY STICK BAROMETER
BY THOMAS JONES, 62 CHARING CROSS, LONDON, EARLY 19TH CENTURY
£750
Auction: 28 October 2015 at 10:00 GMT
Description
with arched ivory dial, hemispherical reservoir to base
94cm high
Footnote
Note:
Thomas Jones (1775-1852) was a highly accomplished instrument-maker whose career flourished for over 50 years after his apprenticeship to the leading maker Jesse Ramsden. He was elected Fellow of the Royal Society in 1835.
Provenance: Torridon House, Home of The Earls of Lovelace. Click here for further information: http://bit.ly/1MmigxQ