A fine William IV mahogany mercury cistern tube marine stick barometer, London, circa 1830 With brass suspension ring and rectangular brass plate signed Dollond, London above hinged rectangular door enclosing canted silvered vernier register plates annotated with the usual observations, the inside of the door applied with mercury Centigrade thermometer, the rectangular section trunk with slightly bowed sides above stepped cylindrical brass cistern, bulkhead mounted via original gimbals of unusual pattern incorporating leaf spring dampening and hinged circular wall plate, the instrument 95cm (37.5ins) high. Dollond is recorded in Banfield, Edwin BAROMETER MAKERS AND RETAILERS 1680-1860 as born 1730 and died 1820. He was the son of John Dollond, a Huguenot silk weaver and started business as an optician in 1750. He was joined by his father in 1752 until his death in 1761, and then by his brother, John, until his death in 1804. The family business was continued by Peter Dollond’s nephew, George Huggins, who changed his surname to Dollond. George Dollond became instrument maker to William IV and Queen Victoria, exhibited at the Great Exhibition in 1851 and died 1856. Condition report disclaimer
A fine William IV mahogany mercury cistern tube marine stick barometer, London, circa 1830 With brass suspension ring and rectangular brass plate signed Dollond, London above hinged rectangular door enclosing canted silvered vernier register plates annotated with the usual observations, the inside of the door applied with mercury Centigrade thermometer, the rectangular section trunk with slightly bowed sides above stepped cylindrical brass cistern, bulkhead mounted via original gimbals of unusual pattern incorporating leaf spring dampening and hinged circular wall plate, the instrument 95cm (37.5ins) high. Dollond is recorded in Banfield, Edwin BAROMETER MAKERS AND RETAILERS 1680-1860 as born 1730 and died 1820. He was the son of John Dollond, a Huguenot silk weaver and started business as an optician in 1750. He was joined by his father in 1752 until his death in 1761, and then by his brother, John, until his death in 1804. The family business was continued by Peter Dollond’s nephew, George Huggins, who changed his surname to Dollond. George Dollond became instrument maker to William IV and Queen Victoria, exhibited at the Great Exhibition in 1851 and died 1856. Condition report disclaimer
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