Lord Vernon’s Sudbury Hall lime wood barometer, by J. Braund after

Lord Vernon’s Sudbury Hall lime wood barometer, by J. Braund after Grinling Gibbons, of typical form within a case richly carved with high relief strapwork comprising bellflowers, foliage and fleshy acanthus scrolls, the finial centred on a roundel showing the four winds represented by cherubs blowing from each corner, with further cherubs reclining on the shoulders, the scallop shell and garland-carved base sliding upwards to reveal the mercury reservoir. English, circa 1840.

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