Carved Foliage Barometer signed A. Krüss Joins the Collection
A richly carved Hamburg aneroid barometer, retailed by A. Krüss, has been added to the collection, together with a new history of the Krüss firm.
The is a large wall instrument in a walnut case carved in the Black Forest manner: a fan-shaped acanthus crest, branches framing a Fahrenheit and Centigrade thermometer, and long pointed leaves around the barometer dial. The open card dial carries two scales, in Paris inches and in centimetres of mercury, a combination typical of the years when the metric system was replacing the old units. The dial bears the German weather words and the signature of , Hamburg.