This has to be the most incredible barometer I’ve ever seen! Petite at 9 1/2″ tall by 7″ wide and about 3 1/2 deep. I have no idea how it works or if it works properly but when you pull the tiny lever out at the bottom of the bezel, the hand and bird move. The bird is a gilded almost 3D ormolu. The paper dial is rising up slightly around the edges so this may impinge on the free movement of the bird and hand. There was a covered up chip on the wind God’s nose and it looks as if a piece of the rays on the left hand side near his head is also gone. The back board where the hanging loop is looks slightly offset to the center of his head but when I hung it on a hook it seemed to hang fairly straight but I don’t know how straight it would hang off a nail. The angle of the piece when hung seems to allow to adjust it straighter. It reads Bernadin et Cie Inventeurs. The Dealer I bought it from said it came straight out of a house in Brooklyn NY from a 4th generation French family whose Grandfather was the Ambassador to the USA. I can’t find anything like this at ALL on the internet. This is my favorite thing that I’ve bought in a long time! A truly remarkable one off conversation piece dating to the 19th Century. This has to be filed under Find another one! The item “Rare Antique French petite barometer with gilded bird dial Wind God gilded gesso” is in sale since Wednesday, September 11, 2019. This item is in the category “Antiques\Science & Medicine (Pre-1930)\Scientific Instruments\Barometers”. The seller is “impeeryus” and is located in West Brookfield, Massachusetts. This item can be shipped to North, South, or Latin America, all countries in Europe, all countries in continental Asia, Australia.
- Maker: Bernardin et Cie
- Original/Reproduction: Original
