How common are banjo barometers on Sellingantiques?

Around 48 are listed in a year, and 49 different dealers have handled one. It is a form almost any general dealer carries at some point rather than a specialist's preserve. The archive behind this guide runs to 370 listings, sold and for sale.

What period do most of them come from?

The dated field runs from 1800 to 1930. Of the 227 listings with a clean year, 62 fall in the 1880s and 68 in the 1890s, so two-thirds of them sit in that twenty-year stretch. After that come the 1900s with 39, then the 1860s and 1870s. Eighteenth-century cases are the rarest arrivals, at ten listings, one placed at circa 1785.

Which timber turns up most often?

Oak, and by a wide margin: 140 of 370 titles. It is described as carved in 57 and polished in 45, with golden oak named in several. Walnut follows at 44 titles, then mahogany and rosewood, which carry most of the Georgian and inlaid work.

Are mercury or aneroid movements more usual?

Aneroid is named in 20 titles, mercury in 10. The aneroid movement needs no mercury and became the normal fitting for the later Victorian and Edwardian oak cases. Mercury movements and Georgian mahogany cases together account for almost everything at the top of the range.

What does pendant mean in a barometer title?

It describes a small, slim banjo case. Nineteen titles use the word, and those are almost always walnut. Small or smaller qualifies 71 titles in all, so short-format cases are a steady presence rather than an oddity.

Does anything unusual show up in this category?

Now and then, yes. A tortoiseshell case, a black chinoiserie one, an American carved walnut barometer, and a banjo clock-barometer with both dials in the one case. One case is described as oversized, and dial diameters quoted in titles stretch from a 5-inch rosewood example up to a 12-inch wheel barometer.

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Antique Banjo Barometers

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A wall-hung wheel barometer in a rounded case with a tapering neck, made to be read across a room rather than up close.

Antique George III Quality Mahogany Banjo Barometer

18th century

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Antique George III Quality Mahogany Banjo Barometer

From London City Antiques

£1,185

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Antique Walnut Barometer and Thermometer

1900 - 1920

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Antique Walnut Barometer and Thermometer

From Andrew Lovatt Antiques

£145

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19th century

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Antique George III Quality Mahogany Banjo Barometer

From London City Antiques

£1,385

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Shell Inlaid Mahogany Banjo Barometer in Good Working Order Circa 1830s

19th century

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Shell Inlaid Mahogany Banjo Barometer in Good Working Order Circa 1830s

From A and B Antiques

£445

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Large Antique Victorian Quality Rosewood Banjo

19th century

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Large Antique Victorian Quality Rosewood Banjo

From London City Antiques

£985

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19th century

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19th Century Mahogany Banjo Barometer

From Mytton Antiques - Jerrard Nares

£820

FOR SALE

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19th century

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Antique Wheel Barometer

From The Antique Clock Co.

£1,150

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Fine Victorian Rosewood and Mother-of-pearl Inlaid Wheel Barometer

19th century

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Fine Victorian Rosewood and Mother-of-pearl Inlaid Wheel Barometer

From John Beazor Antiques

£775

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Antique George III Mahogany Banjo Barometer

19th century

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Antique George III Mahogany Banjo Barometer

From London City Antiques

£1,185

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Antique Victorian Quality Mahogany Banjo Barometer

19th century

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Antique Victorian Quality Mahogany Banjo Barometer

From Unique Antiques by Emma Jade

£945

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The most expensive banjo barometer ever sold on Sellingantiques was a shell-inlaid mahogany case by Walter Gough of London, circa 1785, sold in March 2024.

19th century

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Early 19th Century Mahogany Wheel Barometer by Roncoroni

From Quiet Street Antiques of Bath

£900

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19th century

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A Neo-classical Marquetry Barometer

From Butchoff Antiques Ltd.

£1,200

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Rare Regency Birds Eye & Mahogany Mercury Barometer

19th century

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Rare Regency Birds Eye & Mahogany Mercury Barometer

From Heydays Antiques

£1,200

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A Fine Antique Wheel Barometer by A. Rivolta

19th century

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A Fine Antique Wheel Barometer by A. Rivolta

From The Antique Clock Co.

£1,550

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Mercury Barometer by Jenkins of Old Swindon

19th century

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Mercury Barometer by Jenkins of Old Swindon

From Arundel Clocks

£245

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19th century

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Negretti & Zambra Mercurial Barometer

From Heydays Antiques

£650

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Antique Banjo Barometers

Antique George III Quality Mahogany Banjo Barometer

Antique Walnut Barometer and Thermometer

Antique George III Quality Mahogany Banjo Barometer

Shell Inlaid Mahogany Banjo Barometer in Good Working Order Circa 1830s

Large Antique Victorian Quality Rosewood Banjo

19th Century Mahogany Banjo Barometer

Antique Wheel Barometer

Fine Victorian Rosewood and Mother-of-pearl Inlaid Wheel Barometer

Antique George III Mahogany Banjo Barometer

Antique Victorian Quality Mahogany Banjo Barometer

Early 19th Century Mahogany Wheel Barometer by Roncoroni

A Neo-classical Marquetry Barometer

Rare Regency Birds Eye & Mahogany Mercury Barometer

A Fine Antique Wheel Barometer by A. Rivolta

Mercury Barometer by Jenkins of Old Swindon

Negretti & Zambra Mercurial Barometer

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