An extremely high quality compensated barometer in a patinated bronze case with with a frosted silver dial housing a thermometer inset within the recess. The extremely fine hand cut blued steel indicator hand is less than a millimetre thick and demonstrates the skill and craftsmanship of the maker, the setting needle is set into the bezel which is knurled and rotates around the dial.James Murray came from a family of clockmakers and became one of the finest clockmakers and retailers in England and India, selling top quality clocks, chronometers and barometers. This Anglo-Indian clockmaker remained the most coveted names in master-crafted timepieces in British India desired by Maharajas, industrialist, politicians and many popular personalities. James Weddell took three chronometers made by the Murray firm on his Antarctic Expedition in 1822 - 1824, examples of his work can be found in the collection of British Museum.15cm H (with loop) x 11.5cm H x 5cm DAll of our clocks co...