A WILLIAM IV IVORY-MOUNTED MAHOGANY STICK BAROMETER
Lot 143

A WILLIAM IV IVORY-MOUNTED MAHOGANY STICK BAROMETER

THOMAS JONES, LONDON, CIRCA 1830

Closed29 November 2023

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GBP 2,000–3,000

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A WILLIAM IV IVORY-MOUNTED MAHOGANY STICK BAROMETER
THOMAS JONES, LONDON, CIRCA 1830
The bow-fronted case with vase-shaped cistern cover, the silvered scale signed 'Thomas Jones/62 Charing Cross/LONDON', the trunk with mercury thermometer scale, ivory knop to urn to base
39 in. (99 cm.) high
Please note that 100% of the hammer proceeds from this auction will be paid to the Sandys Trust, registered charity number: 1168357, with the exception of limited deductions towards sale costs across the auction which cannot be accurately calculated at this time, capped at a total of £10,000.

Specialist note

Thomas Jones was apprenticed to Jesse Ramsden. He was active as an optical, mathematical and philosophical instrument-maker from 1806 until 1850. (E. Banfield, Barometers: Stick or Cistern Tube, Trowbridge, 1985, pp. 107-111.)