A George III mahogany mercury stick barometer, Charles Aiano, London, circa 1810, with open triangular pediment above line-edged glazed door enclosing rectangular silvered Vernier scale calibrated in barometric inches and with the usual observations to the right opposing Fahrenheit scale spirit thermometer to the left, the upper margin signed C. Aianno, the caddy moulded trunk with visible tube flanked by figured mahogany veneers within chevron line border over rounded base with hemispherical cistern cover and level adjustment screw to underside, 97cm (38ins approx.) high. Charles Aiano is recorded in Banfield, Edwin BAROMETER MAKERS AND RETAILERS 1660-1900 as working in London circa 1790-1820; he is believed to have moved to Canterbury in around 1825.Condition Report: Dreweatts cannot guarantee the mechanism as working, we recommend getting it cleaned and overhauled by a professional restorer, There is mercury in the cistern and showing in the tube, The hinge holding the door closed at time of report, the internal slide is working and adjustable, Some old splits and cracks to the timber, this is mainly near the 'throat'Please refer to additional image for visual reference to condition Condition Report Disclaimer
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Walter Dendy Sadler (British, 1854-1923), hand-coloured engraving of a hunter checking his barometer, signed in pencil by Walter Dendy Sadler and G. H. Boucher, 37 x 25cm, together with a watercolour of a gatehouse, indistinctly signed to lower left, 31 x 24cm, and two hand-coloured prints to include one of a young girl feeding a rabbit and the other of a young girl holding two pigeons in a basket away from a cat, 30 x 37cm (4)
EDWARDIAN ART UNION OF LONDON, 1908, SPELTER FIGURE, 'POST PUGNAM', STANDING ON A RECTANGULAR BASE AND MARBLE PLINTH (H. 34 CM), GREEN'S CORNISH WARE FLOUR SIFTER, JUG, GLASS STORAGE JAR; GISCHARD ANEROID CIRCULAR WALNUT BAROMETER (DIA. 16 CM) AND A PAIR OF H. BROWN & SON LTD, BARKING, 'SESTRIEL' 7 X 50 BINOCULARS (6)
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