Fonsie Mealy Auctioneers KILLOUGHTER HOUSE May 18th 2021

158 info@fonsiemealy.ie 535 A 19th Cen tury large mahogany framed Wheel Bar ometer, with engraved dial by A. Rivolta, Chester, 120cms (47”) high. (1) €250-€350 536 A fine quality 20th Century copy of the gilt-metal mounted, burr walnut siphon- tube Barometer, in the Royal Collection at Hampton Court Palace supplied by Thomas Tompion, surmounted by a large flaming urn finial on a moulded plinth over a trunk set with a mounted Doric pilaster on a plinth flanked by a pair of scroll side pieces over a pair of columns and shaped bow fronted lower section set with an engraved silvered inverted scale ranging from 28” to 31”with seven weather predictions, signed Tompion, London, the recording nibs operated by a pair of rack and pinion knobs below, further set to the base with two silvered calendar dials registering the date and month, 1.1m (3’8”) high. (1) * This barometer is a faithful copy of the one that Thomas Tompion supplied to Hampton Court Palace in the early 18th Century. The original is illustrated and discussed in Goodison, English Barometers 1680 - 1860, Potter 1968, plates 140 - 142. €3,000-€4,000 FRONT HALL