A Victorian silver-gilt cased small aneroid pocket

A Victorian silver-gilt cased small aneroid pocket barometer with altimeter scale Moritz Pillischer, London, 1880 The 1.25 inch circular silvered register with concentric scale calibrated for barometric inches divided into twentieths within rotating outer scale calibrated in feet from 0 to 8,000 and divided for 50 foot intervals, the pocket watch type case with suspension ring enclosing knurled crown for adjustment of the altimeter scale and engine-turned decoration to the opening rear enclosing frosted internal cover engraved M. PILLISCHER, LONDON, Compensated , marks for London 1880, diameter 3.4cm (1.375ins). Provenance: Private collection, Hampshire (ref. B33); purchased from Arthur Middleton Ltd., Covent Garden, London, November 1989 for £403. Moritz Pillischer is recorded in Clifton, Gloria Directory of British Scientific Instrument Makers 1550-1851 as working from 398 Oxford Street 1851-53 then 88 New Bond street, London 1854-87. He was succeeded by his Nephew, Jacob .The images in the printed catalogue have been transposed but are correctly illustrated on our website and other online platforms.