A Victorian anchor and rope barometer by Gray and Keen, LiverpoolA Victorian anchor and rope barometer by Gray and Keen, Liverpool

A Victorian anchor and rope barometer by Gray and Keen, Liverpool

£ 5,800.00

Date:

Circa 1860

Origin:

England and Italy

Dimensions:

Height: 37 inches (94cm) Width 17 inches (43cm)

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A Victorian anchor and rope barometer by Gray and Keen, Liverpool. The 10 ¾-inch silvered dial of this walnut barometer is set within the arms of an anchor and a coil of double twisted rope which passes over a ring handle.  The dial is inscribed in Spanish and the scale in both Fahrenheit and ‘Beaumur’.  It is The trunk inset with a thermometer.  Inscribed Gray & Keen, Liverpool on the dial.  English and Italian, circa 1860.  

Height: 37in (94cm) Width: 17in (43cm)

Gray and Keen from Liverpool exhibited in the Designers and Manufacturers Hall of the Great Exhibition of 1851.  The official catalogue entry reads ‘Wheel barometer, designed for use in naval establishments’ and ‘Gothic wheel barometer’s.  For a similar rope twist barometer by Gray & Keen, see Wick Antiques ‘Trafalgar, Trophies and Trade‘, p87.

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