4A GEORGE II WALNUT STICK BAROMETER by Edward Nairne, the arched brass register plate flanked by detached columns and surmounted by three finials, the rectangular brass trunk inscribed NAIRNE FECIT, and with acorn-shaped reeded reservoir, with restorations and damage to the thermometer

THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN (Lots 157-179)

细节

4A GEORGE II WALNUT STICK BAROMETER by Edward Nairne, the arched brass register plate flanked by detached columns and surmounted by three finials, the rectangular brass trunk inscribed NAIRNE FECIT, and with acorn-shaped reeded reservoir, with restorations and damage to the thermometer
40½in. (102cm.) high

拍品专文

Edward Nairne (b.1726) was apprenticed to Matthew Loft in 1741. . This barometer probably dates from his early years, when still working independently from his former apprentice Thomas Blunt, with whom he entered a partnership in 1774