A LATE VICTORIAN CARVED OAK ANEROID WHEEL BAROMETERR. AND J. BECK, LONDON, CIRCA 1895The 8 inch circular glazed ceramic register decorated with a rosette and inscribed R & J. BECK LTD, 68 Cornhill, LONDON to centre within scale calibrated in barometric inches with the ual observations, set behind glazed cast brass bezel incorporating recording hand to glass, the case with tied laurel infill to the shaped pediment over upright applied with glazed ceramic FAHRENHEIT and CENTIGRADE scale mercury thermometer applied with an eagle to upper rail flanked by carved earls, the lower section with swan-neck pediment over rectangular panel for the dial incorporating leaf-carved spandrel infill above shield and leafy scroll carved base terminating with an inverted swan-neck pendant crest.104cm (41ins) high, 30.5cm (12ins) wide.Provenance: The retail stock of Barometer World Meum, Merton, Devon.Richard and Joseph Beck who is recorded in Banfield, Edwin BAROMETER MAKERS AND RETAILERS 1660-1900 as first working from 31 Cornhill 1867-80 and then 68 Cornhill from 1868. They were best known for supplying microscopes and other optical instruments which were presumably constructed in their factory at Lister Works, Kentish Town, Holloway, East London. Banfield further notes that they often signed their instruments 'R & J Beck Ltd' from 1894.