Rosewood Table Barometer

This rare table barometer is in the form of a column, the composite capital above a fluted shaft with glazed aperture with barometer and thermometer tubes against a silvered dial, raised on a stepped plinth base.

Santiago James Moore French became a member of the Company of Clockmakers in 1810 and had premises at 14-15 Sweetings Alley, Royal Exchange, London between 1822–39. In 1840 he moved to 80 Cornhill, from where he advertised in Spanish and is known to have sold clocks in New York. In addition to barometers, French made clocks, chronometers and watches.