Desk & Wall Barometers, Clocks & Compendia
REPURPOSED WWI AIR ALTIMETER AS BAROMETER BY SHORT & MASON c1920
A very scarce Short & Mason Mk V Aircraft Altimeter repurposed as an aneroid barometer retailed by JW Ray Liverpool c1920 - £350
VERY RARE FRENCH ANEROID RECORDING BAROMETER OR BAROGRAPH c1870
An important and very rare French ormolu and japanned setting or recording aneroid barometer or barograph, c1870
ART DECO FAUX SHAGREEN DESK BAROMETER BY NAUDET No 2058 c1920
A very unusual French Art Deco green faux shagreen adjustable angle desk barometer by Naudet et Cie no 2058 c1920 - £425
FRENCH MANTLE OR BOUDOIR CLOCK BAROMETER RETAILED BY LOVEDAY c1860
An attractive French clock barometer combination arranged in an ormolu case, retailed by James Loveday, Wakefield, c1860 - £495
LARGE LATE VICTORIAN WALL BAROMETER BY SHORT & MASON c1900
A very good large sized late Victorian aneroid wall barometer by Short & Mason retailed by Robinson & Co, Shrewsbury, c1900 - £495
VERY LARGE SILVER FRONTED DESK BAROMETER BY HENRY MATTHEWS c1903
A very unusual oversized pocket style desk or side table barometer in English silver fronted stand by Henry Matthews, Birmingham, c1903 - £850
WEATHER INDICATOR ANEROID BAROMETER BY SHORT & MASON c1915
A rare brass cased Weather Indicator aneroid barometer by Short & Mason, retailed by Hutchinson’s Testing Apparatus Ltd, London, c1915 - £350
NOVELTY ORMOLU AND SILVER PLATED DESK BAROMETER BY GEORGE BETJEMANN No 2 c1880
An unusual and very attractive silver plated and ormolu Victorian novelty hourglass barometer No 2 by George Betjemann & Sons c1880 - £1150
ANTIQUE SILVER AND CUT GLASS DESK COMPENDIUM BY JOHN GRINSELL c1908
A rare Edwardian cut glass inkwell with swivelling pocket watch and pocket barometer set in substantial silver mount hallmarked John Grinsell & Sons, Birmingham, 1908 - £2250
VERY RARE ORMOLU AND SILVER PLATED DESK COMPENDIUM c1880
A rare, very fine ormolu and silver plated clock and barometer desk compendium raised on an onyx plinth, probably an official gift from Albert Edward, Prince of Wales c1880 - £2750
LARGE VICTORIAN ANEROID WALL BAROMETER BY SHORT & MASON c1890
A very good large sized Victorian aneroid wall barometer with thermometer by Short & Mason retailed by Henry Robinson, Shrewsbury, c1890 - £750
ART DECO DESK COMPENDIUM BY LUFFT c1935
A transparent Art Deco cream and lacquered brass desk barometer, thermometer and hygrometer compendium by Lufft, Germany, c1935 - £450
LATER PATTERN JULES RICHARD BOURDON BAROMETER No 45028 c1900 - Reserved
A very good c1900 Bourdon aneroid barometer and thermometer set in an ebonised frame with strong floral designs in high relief - £950
ANTIQUE DESK COMPENDIUM BY DOLLOND No 2451 c1885
A fine gilt brass desk weather station comprising an aneroid barometer and thermometer by Dollond, London No 2451 c1885 - £1600
FRENCH NAUTICAL THEME DESK BAROMETER & PAPERWEIGHT BY KELLER c1900
A very good French desk barometer and paperweight in the form of a silver mounted mahogany capstan by Gustave Keller, Paris, c1900 - £550
WEATHER FORECASTING, THE NEGRETTI & ZAMBRA WAY
Negretti & Zambra patented the weather forecaster in 1915 - Patent 6276/15 - to allow both professionals and the man in the street to predict the weather with more than 80% accuracy
NOVELTY DESK BAROMETER BY BETJEMANN c1880
A very substantial ormolu and silver plate brass novelty desk barometer modelled in the form of a military timpano or kettledrum by George Betjemann & Sons, London, c1880 - £1500
PRESENTATION BAROMETER ALTIMETER BY ROSS TO A ROYAL GARRISON ARTILLERY OFFICER c1918
Very impressive lacquered brass aneroid barometer altimeter by Ross, London, presented by Anti-Aircraft Squad, Wimbledon, c1918 - £550