A very good Art Nouveau mahogany cased aneroid wall barometer c1900

Aneroid wall barometer having 8” silvered and die struck dial, standard weather prognostications, the barometric scale calibrated in inches of mercury with a range from 28” to 31” divided down to 1/100”, blued steel pointer, gilt brass index, bevelled glass set in an oxidised brass bezel. Conventional Vidie pattern movement driven from a single 1½” nickel alloy capsule tensioned on a C spring.

Box cased thermometer set below a bevelled glass, the register calibrated in degrees Fahrenheit and Centigrade with corresponding ranges 20° – 120° and -10° to 50°.

Presented in a solid mahogany case with carved Art Nouveau floral embellishments at base and apex. Hanging plate and calibration port to verso.

Condition: The subject of a full service, conservation, and calibration under laboratory conditions, see performance chart from dynamic test. The movement working well with very acceptable accuracy and sensitivity.

Overall good condition, the dial fresh and clean, the bezel re-oxidised and polished, the timber case with good colour and essentially damage free, one very small repair to extreme of apex.

Comments: An unusual and visually very pleasing pattern, clearly an instrument of good quality.