AMERICAN CARVED GEORGE WASHINGTON COMMEMORATIVE WHEEL BAROMETER

AMERICAN CARVED GEORGE WASHINGTON COMMEMORATIVE WHEEL BAROMETER. Circa 1840. Designed and executed by Guiseppi Tagliabue (1812-1878), an important maker of scientific instruments in New York. The wheel barometer mounted within a heavily carved case rendered with cross, pike, gun, sword, anchor, tasseled cord and drapery and with a bust portrait rondele of George Washington. The instrument featuring a circular silvered barometer dial within a convex glass and brass bezel. The thermometer within a rectangular compartment carved with shells. The thermometer also with silvered dial, engraved “G. Tagliabue/302 Pearl St/N.Y”. The barometer dial engraved “Guiseppi Tagliabue/302 Pearl Street/N.Y.”. The aperture adjusting hole set below Washington’s profile takes a small key with round turned know which is present. Lot is sold together with a framed bibliography of the maker. SIZE: Overall height 56″ CONDITION: This fine example, beautifully carved and retaining its original finish in chocolate brown patina. The instruments in good clean order. A 3/4″ diameter hole at 1:00 above the barometer dial to which was originally attached a carved element of unknown description and now absent. 9-97391 (15,000-25,000)

Auction: Fine Art, Antiques & Asian - August 2009

Please Note: All prices include the hammer price plus the buyer’s premium, which is paid by the buyer as part of the purchase price. The prices noted here after the auction are considered unofficial and do not become official until after the 46th day.

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	3139	$0.00	AMERICAN CARVED GEORGE WASHINGTON COMMEMORATIVE WHEEL BAROMETER. Circa 1840. Designed and executed by Guiseppi Tagliabue (1812-1878), an important maker of scientific instruments in New York. The wheel barometer mounted within a heavily carved case rendered with cross, pike, gun, sword, anchor, tasseled cord and drapery and with a bust portrait rondele of George Washington. The instrument featuring a circular silvered barometer dial within a convex glass and brass bezel. The thermometer within a rectangular compartment carved with shells. The thermometer also with silvered dial, engraved “G. Tagliabue/302 Pearl St/N.Y”. The barometer dial engraved “Guiseppi Tagliabue/302 Pearl Street/N.Y.”. The aperture adjusting hole set below Washington’s profile takes a small key with round turned know which is present. Lot is sold together with a framed bibliography of the maker. SIZE: Overall height 56″ CONDITION: This fine example, beautifully carved and retaining its original finish in chocolate brown patina. The instruments in good clean order. A 3/4″ diameter hole at 1:00 above the barometer dial to which was originally attached a carved element of unknown description and now absent. 9-97391 (15,000-25,000) Auction: Fine Art, Antiques & Asian - August 2009 Please Note: All prices include the hammer price plus the buyer’s premium, which is paid by the buyer as part of the purchase price. The prices noted here after the auction are considered unofficial and do not become official until after the 46th day.

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