Quiet Street Antiques of Bath has dated this piece to the 1870s.
Contained in its original Bird's Eye maple and ebony box, the lockable lid opens to reveal the (removable) aneroid barometer, with a finely engraved and silvered dial, and complete with 'horseshoe-shaped' thermometer.
Signed to the dial: C.W.Dixey, Optician to the Queen, 3 New Bond Street, London and numbered 1019.
Quiet Street Antiques of Bath has dated this piece to the 1870s.
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