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A rare George III mahogany 'bayonet' tube stick barometer
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A rare George III mahogany 'bayonet' tube stick barometer

BENJAMIN COLE, LONDON. CIRCA 1775

细节
A rare George III mahogany 'bayonet' tube stick barometer
Benjamin Cole, London. Circa 1775
The case with bone-capped swan neck pediment and moulded hemispherical cistern cover, moulded edges, concealed bayonet/bent tube, with silvered plate signed B. Cole London, sliding vernier scale, with adjustable hygrometer above, the trunk applied with silvered later register plate for mercury thermometer signed Fisher/Philad.
36¼ in. (96 cm.) high
来源
The Alan S. Marx Collection, Important Watches, Wristwatches and Clocks, Sotheby's New York, 24 & 25 June 1996, lot 591.
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VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium.

拍品专文

Born in 1725, Benjamin Cole was the son of an instrument maker, also called Benjamin Cole. He was apprenticed to his father and was in partnership with him by 1751, until the latter's death in 1766. In 1748 his father had opened premises at 136 Fleet Street and Benjamin Jnr continued the business there until his retirement in 1782, when he sold it to J. and E. Troughton. He died in 1813.
The 'bayonet' tube is a straight glass tube which is crimped/bent below the register plates. This allows the lower part of the tube to be concealed behind a panel or plate upon which a thermometer is often mounted, as with the present example.