Birchall, William IV mahogany angle barometer. (c. 1835 Spread Eagle Court, Gray’s Inn, London.)

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Birchall 1835

94.00cm high    (  37.01 inches high)

An exceptionally fine angle barometer in the manner of and almost certainly made by the renowned Whitehurst family of Derby.


The vertical arm with moulded edge is veneered with rich mahogany, crossbanded with tulip wood and strung with box wood. Both the gadrooned, removable cresting and the very distinctive cistern cover with ribbed banding are very reminiscent of the work of the Whitehursts – (see ‘English Barometers’ by Nicholas Goodison, Plate 192.)


The silvered register plate in the arm is simply but elegantly laid out and engraved Much Rain, Rain, Change, Fair, Set Fair, graduated from 28 to 31 inches and signed as above below the tube.