Lord Vernon’s Sudbury Hall Limewood Barometer by J. Braund After Grinling Gibbons

Lord Vernon’s Sudbury Hall limewood 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.