I just love watching movies, don't we all! Unfortunately, a lot of times I catch myself paying more attention to the settings rather than the plots. The interior decor and especially do so when watching a movie set in the 1700-1800s. All of the beautiful decorative items they use as props, we've even had a studio or two ask us about sending pieces out on approval to use in sets. In any event, you nearly always see a great old barometer hanging on the wall and this week we're adding a few more fine old Victorian to Edwardian pieces. This one impressive, French or Swiss as the barometer dial text would indicate and hand carved in the Black Forest style with reticulated case, foliate accents and Fruits of the Hunt style bust of a dog or hound at the top and hare or rabbit & game hen flanking the barometer face/dial. A brass framed aneroid barometer on the lower end, the paper dial with maker along the bottom reading "Fontbertaud, Opticien - St. Germain". A centigrade thermometer is intact and mounted on the original white enamel on copper plaque/panel. Of course, we really don't have time to test the accuracy (and the weather here in Southern California is pretty much the same everyday) but they always make simply fabulous decorative accents and, with the myriad of sources for the weather, not many of us would be checking these to determine how our day is going to be :).
Very good condition. Possibly a tiny nip or two but I see no other chips, breaks or repairs and the card barometer dial is in great shape. There would likely originally have been a wooden cover over the back of the thermometer (like the one over the back of barometer) but it's no longer there. As you can see, the piece is in overall wonderful shape given age and materials. See pictures for all measurements.
