ANTIQUE BAROMETERS & BAROGRAPHS
for sale
A large Victorian black lacquered brass FORTIN
BAROMETER.
Engraved on the
silvered scale tube “G.C.BATEMAN,
READING, ALSO AT PORTSMOUTH
& SOUTHAMPTON” Serial
No. 24275. The
silvered vernier scale calibrated in inches and millimetres of
mercury, with thermometer, mounted on the
tube and mercury sump with set point.
The whole thing is suspended on a mahogany backboard for wall
mounting - £495
A
Victorian pocket barometer
by ASPREY,
166 New Bond St.
of London, mounted in an Art Nouveau style brass
fretwork table stand. The stand
as well as the barometer
is signed, although the address
on the stand says 166
Bond St. The silver scale reads 24 to
31 inches and gives a weather indication as "sunny, fair,
etc." The barometer is 2 inches diameter and the stand is 6
inches tall. -
£295
