Alan Walker

Short & Mason - London

Very fine quality and unusual, early 20th Century Barograph; the oak case elegantly shaped and moulded, with bevelled glass panels. The 8-capsule nickel silver aneroid barometer stack movement and platform escapement clock drum with original lacquer surface. Chart drawer to base with elaborate drop-handle.
The barograph bears an intriguing commemorative plaque stating that it accompanied its owner, Capt. Thomas Leigh Goldie, during several WW1 naval battles on the ‘Dreadnought’ battleship, HMS King George V, notably at the Battle of Jutland in 1916.
c1910

Short & Mason were leading meteorological instrument makers, who prospered from c1880 into the 1950’s

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