Artist: Alexander Cumming-Gordon
Date: 1765
Size: 43 x 45 cm
Museum: Royal Collection (London, United Kingdom)
Technique: Bronze
A clock driven barograph with rosewood and padouk case with ivory interior fitting and chased gilt bronze ornaments surmounting the dial: elderly man (Time) with book and putto. Floral swags suspended from lion masks decorate pilasters flanking barometer, military trophies below. Among the substantial number of precision horological and scientific instruments that George III assembled at Buckingham House in the early part of the reign this exceptional barograph is outstanding for both its mechanical complexity and the richness of its case. The movement was designed and made by the Scot, Alexander Cumming, and incorporates a month-going regulator clock with Cumming
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