A Pizzala, Hatton Garden, A Satinwood Wheel Barometer
Auction Lot
FS41/910
A Pizzala, Hatton Garden, A Satinwood Wheel Barometer (FS41/910) offered in our Two Day Fine Art Sale starting on 29th January 2019 at our salerooms in Exeter, Devon.
Lot Description
A Pizzala, Hatton Garden, a satinwood wheel barometer the eight-inch round silvered dial with typical barometer markings and having a blued-steel hand and brass pointer, with a Georgian-style cast brass bezel, the satinwood case with a thermometer set within the trunk and a silvered dialled level to the base engraved with the maker's name A Pizzala, 7 Charles Street, Hatton Garden, having an architectural pediment top with brass finial, height 97cm (inc. finial) * Biography There are a number of makers named A Pizzala working in Hatton Garden, London with the first recorded at 7 Charles Street from 1840 until 1846 having taken over the business from FA Pizzala. * Note. Reference Edwin Banfield, Barometer Makers & Retailers, Baros Books 1991.
Department
Works of Art & Clocks
Fine Art Category
Barometers
Sale Information
FS41: Two Day Fine Art Sale
Tuesday, 29th January 2019
Wednesday, 30th January 2019
Okehampton Street, Exeter
This lot will be sold after 12:30pm on Wednesday, 30th January 2019 as part of the Works of Art and Clocks section of the sale.
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