LOT 83 A COLLECTION OF NINE ‘WEATHER HOUSES’
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A COLLECTION OF NINE 'WEATHER HOES'MOSTLY SWISS OR GERMAN, CIRCA 1900 CENTURY AND LATEREach varioly modelled as a gabled pavilion with two arched apertures revealing male and female figures mounted onto a beam spended from a gut cord at the centre.The largest 35.5cm (14ins) high, 29cm (11.5ins) wide, 9cm (3.5ins) deep.Provenance: The exhibition collection of Barometer World Meum, Merton, Devon.Weather hoes are essentially a form of hygrometer; as the twisted gut spension absorbs moisture it expands caing the beam onto which the figures are mounted to turn.
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