WATKINS AND SMITH, AND ATTRIBUTED TO JUSTIN VULLIAMY, LONDON, CIRCA 1765

Lot 97
25.05.2022 10:30UTC +00:00
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Lot 97 | WATKINS AND SMITH, AND ATTRIBUTED TO JUSTIN VULLIAMY, LONDON, CIRCA 1765
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£ 15 000 – 25 000
WATKINS AND SMITH, AND ATTRIBUTED TO JUSTIN VULLIAMY, LONDON, CIRCA 1765A GEORGE III WHEEL BAROMETERThe panelled case with brass finials and terminals, hinged doors to access the tube, silvered chapter ring on brass plate with mermaid spandrels, steel hands, the main hand fixed to circle with six-pointed star and a brass tail, the recording hands set manually, movement attributed to Justin Vulliamy, oatbeard hygrometer in upper panel, signed on dial on lunette 'Watkins and Smith London'Mahogany and brass39 in. (99 cm.) high; 10 1⁄2 in. (26.7 cm.) wide; 4 1⁄4 in. (10.8 cm.) deep Provenance Acquired from Hotspur, London, May 2001. Literature COMPARATIVE LITERATURE:N. Goodison, 'Clockmakers and Cabinet-makers', Furniture History, Vol. II, 1966, pl. XVI.N. Goodison, 'A Clockmaker's Barometer', Connoisseur, June 1975, pp. 138-141. N. Goodison, English Barometers, Woodbridge, 1977, pp. 262-268.E. Banfield, Barometers, Wheel or Banjo, Trowbridge, 1985, pp. 24-29, figs. 21-23.N. Goodison, ‘English Barometers’, Masterpieces of English Furniture, The Gerstenfeld Collection, E. Lennox-Boyd (Ed.), London, 1998, pp. 162-169. Special notice This lot will be removed to Christie’s Park Royal. Christie’swill inform you if the lot has been sent offsite. Our removal and storage of the lot is subject to the terms and conditions of storage which can be found at Christies.com/storage and our fees for storageare set out in the table below - these will apply whether the lot remains with Christie’s or is removed elsewhere.Please call Christie’s Client Service 24 hours in advance to book a collection time at Christie’s Park Royal. All collections from Christie’s Park Royal will be by pre-booked appointment only.Tel: +44 (0)20 7839 9060Email: [email protected] the lot remains at Christie’s it will be available for collection on any working day 9.00 am to 5.00 pm.Lots are not available for collection at weekends.
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