Bidspirit auction | A Collection of Vintage Wooden

A Collection of Vintage Wooden and Brass Items including an Aneroid Barometer and a Hand Lantern - A collection of vintage wooden and brass items including an electric hand lantern, an aneroid barometer, two brass mechanical components, a wooden mallet, and a brass valet tray. The hand lantern is constructed from polished oak featuring a heavy convex bullseye glass lens secured by a circular metal bezel, with a steel wire bail handle and a top-mounted metal toggle switch. The bulkhead style barometer is housed in a circular brass case with a dial marked ANEROID BAROMETER and BRITISH MADE, featuring a scale from 26 to 31 inches of mercury and weather indicators for Stormy, RAIN, Change, FAIR, and Very Dry. The dial includes predictive text reading FALLS FOR WET OR MORE WIND S.W. and RISES FOR DRY OR LESS WIND NELY NW. NE. and carries a white adhesive inventory label reading A562C in blue ink. The lot further includes a brass hand pump with a T-handle plunger, a brass pipe assembly with a tethered plug, a round-head turned hardwood mallet, and a cast brass tray embossed with the characters POCKET CHANGE.