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Daniel Quare (1649?-1724)
Barometer c.1695-1705
Ivory, gilt metal, glass | 95.0 x 11.0 cm (whole object) | RCIN 1041
King's Great Bedchamber, Hampton Court Palace
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A free standing, portable barometer contained in an ivory tapering tube with a screw-type portable cistern on a stand supported by four gilt bronze male terms. The dial at the top in three stages with inscriptions in English and French and in engraved gilt brass frames. Traces of the Royal Monogram 'ЯWR' on each side.
Provenance
Acquired by William III c. 1700. Daniel Quare made several clocks, watches and barometers for William III. He was a clockmaker and instrument maker who invented a repeating watch movement in 1680 and a portable barometer in 1695. He was a Quaker, born in Somerset c.1647, who became a Brother in the Clockmakers' Company in London in 1671 and Master of the Company in 1708. Quare was offered but declined the Royal Warrant as a practising Quaker he was unable to sign an oath of allegiance. Notwithstanding he was 'free of the back stairs' at royal residences.
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Creator(s)
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Medium and techniques
Ivory, gilt metal, glass
Measurements
95.0 x 11.0 cm (whole object)
