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

Offered by: Wick Antiques LTD

Description
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.

Provenance: Supplied to the Lords Vernon for Sudbury Hall, Derbyshire

By descent until sold by the Right Hon. Lord Vernon at Sotheby’s, February 1923.

Literature: Advertised in Country Life, 3rd of February 1923

in a Sotheby’s preview

The Braund Society Journal, Issue 154, September 2020 ‘John Braund’s Barometer’

Footnotes: J. Braund was well known in artistic circles in Victorian London as a designer, retailer of furniture and as an architect. A table either designed or retailed by Braund is dated 1839 and he exhibited at the Great Exhibition in 1851.

More Information

Origin:	England
Period:	19th Century
Materials:	Lime wood
Condition:	Good.
Creation Date:	Circa 1840
Styles / Movements:	Traditional
Incollect Reference #:	817196

Dimensions

W.	6.75 in;	H.	49 in;	D.	3.5 in;
W.	17.15 cm;	H.	124.46 cm;	D.	8.89 cm;

Message from Seller:

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