Lot 1342 An English Regency flame mahogany and ebony strung stick barometer An English Regency flame mahogany and ebony strung stick barometer, silvered 16.8cm scale, signed Dollond/London, bowed glass, turned lignum vitae adjuster, silvered mercury thermometer, Fahrenheit scale, brass adjuster, the case with depressed caddy top, ebonised urn reservoir cover, canted angles inlaid with ebonised inlaid lozenges, 99cm high The maker here indicated (the signature is common to most Dollond products over a long period) was almost certainly George Dollond (1774-1856) born Huggins, nephew, former apprentice and successor to Peter Dollond (1730-1820) son of a Huguenot weaver, an optical and mathematical instrument maker who strove to achieve the very highest standards..From 1804 (when Peter's brother John died) George took over and the firm moved to St. Paul's Churchyard in London,.George became instrument maker to William IV and Queen Victoria and exhibited sat the Great Exhibition of 1851.
Lot 1342 An English Regency flame mahogany and ebony strung stick barometer An English Regency flame mahogany and ebony strung stick barometer, silvered 16.8cm scale, signed Dollond/London, bowed glass, turned lignum vitae adjuster, silvered mercury thermometer, Fahrenheit scale, brass adjuster, the case with depressed caddy top, ebonised urn reservoir cover, canted angles inlaid with ebonised inlaid lozenges, 99cm high The maker here indicated (the signature is common to most Dollond products over a long period) was almost certainly George Dollond (1774-1856) born Huggins, nephew, former apprentice and successor to Peter Dollond (1730-1820) son of a Huguenot weaver, an optical and mathematical instrument maker who strove to achieve the very highest standards..From 1804 (when Peter's brother John died) George took over and the firm moved to St. Paul's Churchyard in London,.George became instrument maker to William IV and Queen Victoria and exhibited sat the Great Exhibition of 1851.
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