WHITEHURST, DERBY. CIRCA 1780

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A GEORGE III MAHOGANY AND SATINWOOD INLAID WHEEL BAROMETER
WHITEHURST, DERBY. CIRCA 1780
CASE: inlaid with fan paterae within chequer-strung borders, trunk with brass-capped alcohol thermometer, mercury tube lacking DIAL: 10 in. diameter silvered, signed 'Whitehurst/DERBY', blued steel hands, main hand replaced
49½ in. (100 cm.) high; 12 in. (30.5 cm.) wide; 3 in. (7.5 cm.) deep

Provenance

Sotheby's London, 3 October 1996, lot 264.

Literature

Edwin Banfield, Barometers, Wheel or Banjo, Trowbridge, 1985, p. 30, fig. 25.

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Lot Essay

The Whitehurst clock and barometer business was established in 1736 in Derby by the renowned maker John Whitehurst (1713-1788). The business was continued by his fourteen year old nephew, also John (1761-1834), when the elder moved to London in 1775. The business prospered under John and was chiefly known for its fine wheel barometers. In 1810 he went into partnership with his son, also John, who continued the business until 1855.

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