AN UNUAL VICTORIAN CARVED BOXWOOD MINIATURE ANEROID WHEEL BAROMETERTHOMAS ARMSTRONG AND BROTHER, MANCHESTER AND LIVERPOOL, CIRCA 1880The 1.5 inch circular silvered register calibrated in barometric inches divided into hundredths and with the ual observations over signature THOMAS ARMSTRONG & BROTHER, MANCHESTER & LIVERPOOL and serial number 372 set behind glazed rotating milled gilt bezel incorporating recording pointer to the inside edge, the case with fine rosette-centred leafy scroll-carved pediment over applied Fahrenheit silvered scale glazed mercury thermometer to the slender scroll-edge upright, the base with conforming rosette-centred leafy scroll carved decoration.22.5cm (8.875ins) high, 6.5cm (2.5ins) wide.Provenance: The exhibition collection of Barometer World Meum, Merton, Devon.Thomas Armstrong and Brother are recorded in Banfield, Edwin BAROMETER MAKERS AND RETAILERS 1660-1900 as working from circa 1875 until after 1900.The unual size and fine accurate detailing of the current lot would suggest that it was probably intended as a tradesman's sample designed to give trade ctomers a feel for the overall quality and appearance of the maker's products.