A good late Victorian or Edwardian mahogany-cased weather-station
Thomas Armstrong & Brother, Manchester
Having a timepiece with 7-inch silvered Roman dial and subsidiary seconds dial, inscribed "T. ARMSTRONG & BRO. MANCHESTER", with chain-driven single-fusee movement in a drum-head housing, together with an aneroid barometer, additionally inscribed "88 & 90 Deansgate", reading from 28 to 31 inches of pressure, linked by a pulley to a brass barograph recording drum , above a U-shaped Fahrenheit and Centigrade thermometer, on a silvered backing inscribed as above, the case with moulded pediment over glazed hinged drop front, on a spreading plinth base, (sold with pendulum and winder)
Having a timepiece with 7-inch silvered Roman dial and subsidiary seconds dial, inscribed "T. ARMSTRONG & BRO. MANCHESTER", with chain-driven single-fusee movement in a drum-head housing, together with an aneroid barometer, additionally inscribed "88 & 90 Deansgate", reading from 28 to 31 inches of pressure, linked by a pulley to a brass barograph recording drum , above a U-shaped Fahrenheit and Centigrade thermometer, on a silvered backing inscribed as above, the case with moulded pediment over glazed hinged drop front, on a spreading plinth base, (sold with pendulum and winder)
Sold for
£1,200
inc. premium
Footnotes
- Armstrong of Manchester was founded at 88 Deansgate by Joseph Armstrong in 1825. In the 1861 census his son Thomas (1829 - 1891) is listed as head of the firm, working in the clock and watch department. The firm is listed as "Thomas Armstrong & Brother" in Slater's Directory of Manchester, 1879.
Category: Clocks and Watches / Clocks
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