Black Forest Hand-Carved Barometer with Deer Head, Guns, and Game Bag, ca. 1890
Black Forest Hand-Carved Barometer and Thermometer, the case with crossed shotguns and a hunting game bag, with carved oak leaves, surmounted by a stag's head; the barometer by G. Keller, Paris, with 1.63-in silvered and die-struck dial annotated in French meteorological terms: “Tempête,” “Pluie ou Vt.,” “Variable,” “Beau Ts.”, and “Très Sec,” the barometric scale calibrated in centimetres of mercury with a range from 69 – 80, the fine steel pointer formed as an arrow, rotating bezel with index supporting a convex bevelled crystal.
Dimensions: Height: 20 in. (50.8 cm) x Width: 10 in. (25.4 cm) x Depth: 4.25 in. (10.8 cm)
Black Forest Hand-Carved Barometer and Thermometer, the case with crossed shotguns and a hunting game bag, with carved oak leaves, surmounted by a stag's head; the barometer by G. Keller, Paris, with 1.63-in silvered and die-struck dial annotated in French meteorological terms: “Tempête,” “Pluie ou Vt.,” “Variable,” “Beau Ts.”, and “Très Sec,” the barometric scale calibrated in centimetres of mercury with a range from 69 – 80, the fine steel pointer formed as an arrow, rotating bezel with index supporting a convex bevelled crystal.
Dimensions: Height: 20 in. (50.8 cm) x Width: 10 in. (25.4 cm) x Depth: 4.25 in. (10.8 cm)
Black Forest Hand-Carved Barometer and Thermometer, the case with crossed shotguns and a hunting game bag, with carved oak leaves, surmounted by a stag's head; the barometer by G. Keller, Paris, with 1.63-in silvered and die-struck dial annotated in French meteorological terms: “Tempête,” “Pluie ou Vt.,” “Variable,” “Beau Ts.”, and “Très Sec,” the barometric scale calibrated in centimetres of mercury with a range from 69 – 80, the fine steel pointer formed as an arrow, rotating bezel with index supporting a convex bevelled crystal.
Dimensions: Height: 20 in. (50.8 cm) x Width: 10 in. (25.4 cm) x Depth: 4.25 in. (10.8 cm)