Sometimes the most unassuming run of the mill item can represent a shift in regional and national history and in that the run of the mill item becomes priceless and highly sort after .
Take for instance this onion top banjo barometer .
Made from pine covered with a Mahogany veneer this 4 panel barometer is very much of a simple design it is the same height as a standard barometer the same width , the same depth and even when it was listed in the auctioneers booklet it was listed at a prices which would have been the same in any booklet through out the country so what made us pay 4 times the book price for this run of the mill piece ????
This little disk right at the bottom of the Barometer to us is priceless .
This is the only barometer we have seen in 50 years of trading that is attributed to the Owen family of Llanrwst it was said there was one signed by Watkin Owen which is possible as banjo barometers came into Britain with the migration of Italian Craftsmen around 1800 and seeing a business develop and look for other avenues to generate revenue buying in what would seem to be a specialist new on the seen item from said craftsmen and fixing your own name plate to it would give a local business the edge over there rivals our modern generation seem to think that we developed such things as branding and mass production where in reality they have been used effectively for hundreds of years by small business's .
This wonderful little barometer has now been fully restored by us and will stay here at Snowdonia Antiques in Llanrwst , it will be put on display so all passers by both local and from afar can share in its beauty and in the knowledge that even a small beautiful peaceful town such as Llanrwst and the Owen family " Clockmakers and forward thinking businessmen " played their part in the history of our great country , " Wales ".
Snowdoniaantiques.co.uk
Take for instance this onion top banjo barometer .
Made from pine covered with a Mahogany veneer this 4 panel barometer is very much of a simple design it is the same height as a standard barometer the same width , the same depth and even when it was listed in the auctioneers booklet it was listed at a prices which would have been the same in any booklet through out the country so what made us pay 4 times the book price for this run of the mill piece ????
This little disk right at the bottom of the Barometer to us is priceless .
This is the only barometer we have seen in 50 years of trading that is attributed to the Owen family of Llanrwst it was said there was one signed by Watkin Owen which is possible as banjo barometers came into Britain with the migration of Italian Craftsmen around 1800 and seeing a business develop and look for other avenues to generate revenue buying in what would seem to be a specialist new on the seen item from said craftsmen and fixing your own name plate to it would give a local business the edge over there rivals our modern generation seem to think that we developed such things as branding and mass production where in reality they have been used effectively for hundreds of years by small business's .
This wonderful little barometer has now been fully restored by us and will stay here at Snowdonia Antiques in Llanrwst , it will be put on display so all passers by both local and from afar can share in its beauty and in the knowledge that even a small beautiful peaceful town such as Llanrwst and the Owen family " Clockmakers and forward thinking businessmen " played their part in the history of our great country , " Wales ".
Snowdoniaantiques.co.uk
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