Description
Condition: Heavy bronze case in very nice condition with wear to the lacquer finish. French made barometer with a silvered dial is very clean with some wear to the paint in the engraved areas. Original silvered dial has some minor tarnish, a couple of scratches and most of the name worn off. Hands are original. See the Desk series in Demeter's book titled Chelsea Clock Company, the First Hundred Years, pages 148-9, this model introduced in 1911, and was re-named the "Columbus" in 1928. Barometer seems to work and clock is running and striking. Ht. 9"
Record courtesy of R. O. Schmitt Fine Arts