An exhibition quality aneroid barometer, by Negretti & Zambra, London, the rosewood case profusely inlaid with ribbon-tied swags, pendant husks, mythical beasts and scrolling flowering foliage, the inlaid dial with a lightning rod hand within ivory plaques engraved with the seasons, below is an engraved ivory plaque depicting a village church, dial 18cm diameter case 93cm high Provenance: The Bryan and Valerie Steele Collection.