What is the most common type of oak barometer?

A small-to-medium wall-hung aneroid in a polished or carved oak case, in the banjo or circular outline. Banjo forms alone account for about a quarter of titles. The word 'small' appears in a fair number of listings, and those pieces sit at the lower end of the range.

How old are oak barometers usually?

The dates dealers enter run from 1850 to 1930. The 1890s and the 1880s are the two biggest decades, so roughly two in five dated pieces fall in the last twenty years of the 19th century. The 1900s, 1910s, 1920s and 1930s carry an Edwardian and inter-war tail. Loose labels such as 'Victorian', 'Edwardian' and '19th Century' are common in titles.

Are ship's barometers a separate category?

They sit within it. Round-cased marine and bulkhead aneroids, often with a carved rope-twist edge, are a recognised group and make up somewhere between a tenth and a sixth of listings. Titles such as 'Polished Oak Ship's Barometer' and 'Rope Edge Ships Barometer' recur often enough to be a standard description.

What is a barograph and why does it cost more?

A barograph is a clockwork drum that traces pressure in ink on a paper chart, set in a glazed oak case. Chart drawers, bevelled glass and five-glass cases are the features that turn up in descriptions. They sit at the upper end of the range alongside mercury stick barometers. Though a small share of everything sold, they account for about a fifth of live stock at any moment.

Does a maker's name on the dial matter?

Sampled titles carrying an instrument maker or retailer's name sit higher in the range than an unattributed 'Victorian Oak Barometer'. Many dials carry provincial names instead, from Hull, Aberdeen, Whitby, Sunderland, Carlisle and elsewhere, reflecting how widely opticians and instrument sellers put their own names on stock.

Which oak barometers turn up least often?

Admiral Fitzroy storm barometers are a small slice of the category, and skeletonised movements, where the case is cut away to show the works, appear in only a handful of titles. Odd one-offs surface too: a barometer hatstand, a lucky-horseshoe barometer, a hypsometer aneroid, and advertising pieces made for shop display.

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Oak-cased weather instruments for the hall or the ship's bulkhead, from small wall-hung aneroid dials to mercury sticks, Admiral Fitzroy storm barometers and clockwork barographs.

Quality Antique Edwardian Carved Oak Aneroid Barometer

1900 - 1920

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Quality Antique Edwardian Carved Oak Aneroid Barometer

From Unique Antiques by Emma Jade

£565

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Fantastic Quality Antique Victorian Black Forest Aneroid Barometer

19th century

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Fantastic Quality Antique Victorian Black Forest Aneroid Barometer

From Unique Antiques by Emma Jade

£775

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Victorian Oak Geometric Design Cased Barometer

19th century

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Victorian Oak Geometric Design Cased Barometer

From Sturmans Antiques

£155

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Negretti & Zambra Oak Stick Barometer, Mercury Filled 1890s

19th century

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Negretti & Zambra Oak Stick Barometer, Mercury Filled 1890s

From Arundel Clocks

£950

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Antique Oak Barograph by Short & Mason, England

1900 - 1920

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Antique Oak Barograph by Short & Mason, England

From Shackladys Antiques

£995

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Oak Cased Stick Barometer by J Hughes London

19th century

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Oak Cased Stick Barometer by J Hughes London

From Shackladys Antiques

£1,095

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Lovely Quality Antique Edwardian Carved Oak Banjo Clock Barometer

1900 - 1920

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Lovely Quality Antique Edwardian Carved Oak Banjo Clock Barometer

From Unique Antiques by Emma Jade

£795

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Superb Quality Antique Mahogany Negretti & Zambra Aneroid Barometer

19th century

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Superb Quality Antique Mahogany Negretti & Zambra Aneroid Barometer

From David Wolfenden Antiques

£975

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Barograph and Barometer by Negretti & Zambra

1900 - 1920

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Barograph and Barometer by Negretti & Zambra

From Shackladys Antiques

£1,275

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1900 - 1920

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Small Barometer Hatstand

From witchantiques.com

£295

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Place-names in titles on Sellingantiques read like a shipping list: Hull, Aberdeen, Whitby, Sunderland, Glasgow, Whitehaven. Provincial opticians put their names on the dials.

1900 - 1920

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Barograph

From Midwinter Antiques

£795

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Barograph by Short & Mason. In an Oak 5-Glass Case.
circa 1930.

1920 - 1940

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Barograph by Short & Mason. In an Oak 5-Glass Case. circa 1930.

From M. C. Taylor

£1,850

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Antique Victorian Carved Oak Banjo Barometer by Maple & Co

19th century

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Antique Victorian Carved Oak Banjo Barometer by Maple & Co

From Marylebone Antiques

£475

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Outstanding Quality Antique Victorian Carved Oak Barometer

19th century

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Outstanding Quality Antique Victorian Carved Oak Barometer

From Rebecca Sarah Antiques

£2,450

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1900 - 1920

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Oak Barometer

From Shackladys Antiques

£575

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1900 - 1920

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Oak Cased Barometer by Admiral Fitzroy

From Georgian Antiques

£650

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Antique Oak Barometers

Quality Antique Edwardian Carved Oak Aneroid Barometer

Fantastic Quality Antique Victorian Black Forest Aneroid Barometer

Victorian Oak Geometric Design Cased Barometer

Negretti & Zambra Oak Stick Barometer, Mercury Filled 1890s

Antique Oak Barograph by Short & Mason, England

Oak Cased Stick Barometer by J Hughes London

Lovely Quality Antique Edwardian Carved Oak Banjo Clock Barometer

Superb Quality Antique Mahogany Negretti & Zambra Aneroid Barometer

Barograph and Barometer by Negretti & Zambra

Small Barometer Hatstand

Barograph

Barograph by Short & Mason. In an Oak 5-Glass Case. circa 1930.

Antique Victorian Carved Oak Banjo Barometer by Maple & Co

Outstanding Quality Antique Victorian Carved Oak Barometer

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Oak Cased Barometer by Admiral Fitzroy

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