Summary
W ith such a change in the weather, there will be many a finger tapping the glass in the hall, just to see if it's really going to rain for the rest of the month. Most barometers are long, tall ornaments but the example in Eldred's Plymouth sale on Tuesday is round and set into a shaped serpentine frame.
It is one of several aneroid versions in the sale and, being conveniently small at 8.75in (22cm) across, is sensibly estimated at pounds30-pounds50. The aneroid barometer was a later development that had a sealed, evacuated chamber to provide the readings.They were popular from about 1850 and often made with additional instruments, such as clocks or thermometers, or both, inset.See the full content of this document
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On gilt metal feet is an attractive rectangular Limoges porcelain box, well painted with a...
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