Beschreibung:

A COLLECTION OF THIRTEEN PORCELAIN WEATHER FAIRINGS MOST LIKELY OF GERMAN MANUFACTURE, LATE 19th/EARLY 20th CENTURY Each modelled as an animal fitted with tail made from natural fibre and incorporating a spill vase, comprising nine modelled with donkeys, two as pigs and one as a cat, all with gilt 'instructions' passage If tail is dry . Fine, If tail is wet . Rain, If tail moves . Windy, If tail cannot be seen . Fog, If tail is frozen . Cold, If tail falls out Earthquake, (four lacking tails). The largest 16.5cm (6.5ins) high, 9.5cm (3.75ins) wide, 9cm (3ins) deep. Provenance: The exhibition collection of Barometer World Museum, Merton, Devon. The natural fibres forming tails of the fairings in the current lot were fitted to respond with changes in humidity very much in a similar manner as a wheat beard in a barometer hygrometer