Desk & Wall Barometers, Clocks & Compendia
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
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
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
A very good c1900 Bourdon aneroid barometer and thermometer set in an ebonised frame with strong floral designs in high relief - £950
RARE AND INNOVATIVE DENT BAROMETER No 22720 IN DECK CASE c1860
A very rare and highly significant mahogany cased aneroid barometer by Edward J. Dent, London, No 22720, c1860 - £1400
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
ANEROID BAROMETER ALTIMETER BY NAUDET RETAILED BY ROST c1875
A very good lacquered brass aneroid barometer altimeter by Naudet, retailed by Rudolf & August Rost, Wien c1875 - £600
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 BY ROSS TO A ROYAL GARRISON ARTILLERY OFFICER c1918
Very impressive lacquered brass aneroid barometer by Ross, London, presented by Anti-Aircraft Squad, Wimbledon, c1918 - £550