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Portable barometer

Daniel Quare

In the collection of Metropolitan Museum of Art

Portable barometer, Daniel Quare, ca. 1695, Ivory, gilt bronze; mercury

Maker: Daniel Quare
Date: ca. 1695
Medium: Ivory, gilt bronze; mercury
Dimensions: Overall: 38 × 8 1/2 × 7 in. (96.5 × 21.6 × 17.8 cm)
Form: Table
Culture: British, London
Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art
Accession: 64.101.878
Credit line: Gift of Irwin Untermyer, 1964

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