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An Edwardian Mahogany Barometer, inlaid in satinwood with an urn and trailing flowers, the circular white enamel dial inscribed in black with thermometer above, 85cm long.

A George III mahogany barometer, by F Amadio, No 118 St John Str Road, inlaid with stringing and with broken arch pediment, H 106cm, diam. 30cm

A George III mahogany stick barometer, by J. White, 10 Renfield St. Glasgow, adjustor lacking, H 89cm

OAK FRAMED WHEEL BAROMETER COUSINS OF FLEETWOOD, DIAL APPROX 19cm AND APPROX 88cm HIGH

Mahogany and enamelled wall mounting early 20th century aneroid barometer. Approx. 50 x 23cms reasonable used condition not tested

A mid 20th century barometer, with teak surround and acrylic pillar ends in heavy brass mount, with acrylic back plate inset with brass detail, makers label to brush steel face, height 21.5cm, width 17.5cm, depth 8cmGood condition, light wear commensurate with age

An aneroid wheel barometer, by T A Reynolds Son & Wardale Ltd of London, 21 cm

A large Georgian mahogany banjo barometer by Joseph Walker of Workington, 112 cm

A George IV mahogany-cased banjo barometer by Keen & Frodsham of Tower Hill & East Smithfield, London, 112 cm

A late 19th / early 20th Century pocket aneroid barometer by Negretti & Zambra, in transit case, 47 mm excluding stem and bow, (tested and functioning)

Metal work: a table clamping bottle opener, candlesticks, clocks, tins, a meat jack, an aneroid barometer, pewter mugs, etc 

A foot stool, trays, table lamps, soft toys, an aneroid barometer, wooden cased cutlery, etc.

Clocks, clock parts and an aneroid barometer.

A quantity of collectables, clocks, movements, brasswares, a barometer, etc. 

Three magnifying glasses, a microscope, a child's sewing machine, an aneroid barometer, a stereoscopic viewer, etc

An Aneroid barometer.

A 1920's Negretti & Zambra circular mahogany case barometer wtih line inlay, 20cm

VICTORIAN BRASS CASED POCKET BAROMETER, MAKER NEGRETTI & ZAMBRA, LONDON of circular form, in fitted leather casepocket barometer 4.5cm wide

An Art Nouveau silver-mounted barometer, the hammered silver front of shaped outline with small enamelled floral motifs, (barometer working), on wood back with strut, 16 x 9cm, Birmingham 1903, makers Levi & Salaman. 

An early-20th century carved oak aneroid barometer/thermometer, 97cm high.

F. J. READ, MANNINGHAM LANE, BRADFORD; an early 20th century oak aneroid barometer, with ivorine dial and thermometer above, in a scroll case, length 89cm.Condition Report: Some carving missing to top right corner, some scratches, knocksCannot confirm working condition

A quantity of plated ware, to include a rose bowl, an Art Nouveau crumb tray, a teapot, a pair of slender candlesticks, height of each 28.36cm, a leaf-shaped dish, a small swing-handled basket, etc, also a Beldray Arts & Crafts crumb tray and brush, a Two's Company horn beaker with silver plated rim, a Trade + Aid miniature cloisonné teapot with Modigliani-style portrait, and vintage clocks including a Swiza brass pear-shaped alarm clock, a Staiger plastic anniversary clock, a barometer, etc.

D. LUVATE, PRESTON; an oak cased banjo barometer, with thermometer, length 106cm, diameter of barometer dial 26cm, and a 19th century copper bed warmer with walnut turned handle, diameter 30cm, length 109cm (2).

A 1920s mantel clock, the dial set with Arabic numerals, with presentation plaque verso dated 1929, height 24.5cm, a smaller mantel clock, the dial set with Roman numerals, height 17cm, together with a Shortland Smiths barometer, height 32.5cm (3).

A modern President wallclock together with a small barometer. (2)

A collection of silver items, including a Edward VII silver tabacco box, hallmarked for Birmingham 1906, a white metal wine taster, a George V silver gravy boat, hallmarked for Birmingham 1930, a George V porringer bowl, hallmarked for London 1929, an Edward VII silver travel clock/barometer, hallmarked for 1901, a George V silver tea strainer, hallmarked for Sheffield 1931, together with a Victorian silver plated spoon warmer, nautilus shell shape.Weighable silver; 392.9 grams / 12.6 ozt.

Art Deco three train mantle clock with inlaid sunburst; and a carved oak cased aneroid barometer by Barry & Sons, Cardiff. (2)

A walnut cased late 19th century Vienna style regulator wall clock with a Roman dial, along with a reproduction stick barometer Location: RWFIf there is no condition report shown, please request

A mixed lot to include fishing rods, a wheel barometer, mixed ephemera, candle snuffers and other itemsLocation: 8.2If there is no condition report, please request

Boxes and objects - a long embroidered and embellished panel, 155cm x 23cm, Victorian inlaid work box, 30cm long, barometer with ceramic dial; etc (4)

Flambards Flight-Propellers A propeller barometer The high-quality aneroid barometer set into the laminated hub of a Maurice Farman propeller dated 1913 WxHxD 28x19x15cm. Impressed markings I P C DG 67 1913 HP 70 Ren M Farman B21523

Britain in the Blitz Contents of the Front Room of House The contents of the front room of the house in Britain in the Blitz (excluding the wax model of Enoch Powell, the Morrison Air Raid Table & the stove). Comprising a set of 4 Beswick flying Mallard ducks,1930's setee & chair, display cabinet with contents of china, circular oak side table & contents of games, Blackout & ARP books, coloured plastic fruit bowl & Avon Ware trefoil dish, brass fire tools, copper kettle, mantle clock, postcards & ornaments on mantlepiece, oak cupboard & items on top, brass wall plate & bin, ARP first aid case, rug, Kensington Ware teaset, Wilkinson fruit shaped jam pot, wood breadboard, glass lampshade & an oak cased wall barometer, a Pye valve radio, etc..

A Royal Polytechnic walnut barometer, 19th century, by Joseph Davis & Co, the circular dial above glazed front enclosing mercury tube and printed tables of 'Admiral Fitzroy's Remarks' to the backboard 106cm highProvenance:Tanners, Kedington, SuffolkAll appears to be present. Glass panel present fronting the main body of the case.

M. Berge, London, a George III walnut stick barometer, with signed arched brass register, visible tube and vase shape cistern cover, vernier lacking pointer 96cm

Box containing walking stick, stained glass, barometer and more

A Frank J Gould military pocket compass with leather case, another by Barker & Son and a cased pocket barometer.

J Birkett of Keswick a rosewood and mother of pearl inlaid barometer.  Height 102 cm, width 33 cm.

A Victorian rosewood cased banjo barometer, with hygrometer, thermometer, mirror and spirit level. Height 97 cm.

An early 19th century mahogany boxwood and ebony strung banjo barometer, by I Gale Lincoln, with hygrometer thermometer and spirit level. Height 98 cm.

An early Georgian oak cased stick barometer "The True Barometer" by J Hamer. Height 93 cm (see illustration).

An early 20thC aneroid barometer, the dial stamped Ross Wigmore Street London, in carved walnut case, 22cm diameter.

A 19thC wheel barometer, signed Terzza Nottingham, in mahogany and marquetry case, 100cm high. (AF)

Dobell, Hastings carved case barometer clock.

A three piece Georgian style tea service and a barometer

A barometer and thermometer in serpentine surround, height 25cm.

Y A REGENCY SCOTTISH PARTRIDGEWOOD MERCURY STICK BAROMETERW. URE, GLASGOW, CIRCA 1820The herringbone banded partridgewood veneered trunk with triangular top over visible tube and inset with a two-piece ivory scale calibrated in barometric inches 27-31 to the right-hand side opposing the usual observations over signature W. Ure, Glasgow to the left, the base with hinged box cover enclosing the tube bulb cistern.100cm (39.5cm) high, 7.5cm (3ins) wide. Provenance:The Dr. Castle Collection of barometers and other weather instruments. Purchased from W. Stockbridge and Sons Limited, Cambridge, 19th June 1976 for £145. William Ure is recorded in Banfield, Edwin BAROMETER MAKERS AND RETAILERS 1660-1900 as working from 15 Deanside Lane, Glasgow 1812-20, and 40 Stockwell, Glasgow 1819-20. Condition Report: IVORY LICENCE REF - 9XB7M5F4Condition Report Disclaimer

A RARE MAHOGANY CASED COMBINED BAROGRAPH AND THERMOGRAPH OR STORMOGRAPHRETAILED BY G. PRESCOTT, BELFAST, SECOND QUARTER OF THE 20th CENTURYThe barograph mechanism with eight-segment aneroid chamber connected via a silvered brass armature to an inked pointer for recording the change in barometric pressure on a clockwork-driven rotating paper scale lined drum, the thermograph with coiled bimetallic strip mounted within the same armature operating a second inked pointer, the armature stamped REG. No. 476369 and the silvered collar around the right-hand of two ink bottles engraved G. PRESCOTT, OPTICIAN, BELFAST, the case with bevel-glazed five-panel cover over ogee moulded skirt base applied with silver presentation plate engraved TO MR. J.D. CAMPBELL, FROM THE PUPILS & TEACHERS OF, MOSSLEY P.E. SCHOOL to front, above an apron drawer for spare charts, on disc feet.23cm (9ins) high, 36cm (14.25ins) wide, 21.5cm (8.75ns) deep. G. Prescott of Belfast does not appear to be recorded in the usual sources, however A firm with the name George Prescott is recorded in Banfield, Edwin BAROMETER MAKERS AND RETAILERS 1660-1900 as working from various addresses in Dublin from 1879 until after 1901. It is therefore probably likely that the suppliers of the present lot were a branch of this firm operating out of Belfast during the early 20th century. The present lot was probably supplied to G. Prescott by Short and Mason who developed such instruments in collaboration with Taylor Instrument Companies Limited during the inter-war period. Products of this collaboration were mostly sold under the 'Tycos' brand. Condition Report: Timepiece movement is in working condition however a gentle clean/service is probably advisable. The aneroid mechanism will respond to change in pressure (has been carefully bag-tested) hence the bellows appear sound. The thermograph also responds to change in temperature hence also is in working order. The mechanism retain silvered finish with minimal wear but with overall patchy oxidation and some micro-bubbling to the baseplate plating. The ink bottle is stained but appears undamaged. The case is in good original condition with faults very much limited to minor bumps, scuffs and other age-rleated blemishes.Instrument is complete with winder for the clockwork mechanism and a quantity of spare charts. Condition Report Disclaimer

A REGENCY MAHOGANY AND LACQUERED BRASS TWO-INCH REFRACTING TELESCOPEDOLLOND, LONDON, EARLY 19th CENTURYThe 28.75 inch slightly tapered mahogany tube with brass dust cap to the objective end opposing rack-and-pinion focus adjustment and telescopic eyepiece assembly threaded into the tube end piece engraved DOLLOND * LONDON to circumference, mounted via an universal pivot joint onto a rotating column turned upright over folding tripod supports cast as cabriole legs with pad feet, in original mahogany box with additional eyepiece tube, eyepiece lens and a filter.The box 77cm (30.25ins) long, 16.5cm (6.5ins) deep, 10cm (4ins) high.  Peter Dollond is recorded in Banfield, Edwin BAROMETER MAKERS AND RETAILERS 1680-1860 as born 1730 and died 1820. He was the son of John Dollond, a Huguenot silk weaver and started business as an optician in 1750. He was joined by his father in 1752 until his death in 1761, and then by his brother, John, until his death in 1804. The family business was continued by Peter Dollond's nephew, George Huggins, who changed his surname to Dollond. George Dollond became instrument maker to William IV and Queen Victoria, exhibited at the Great Exhibition in 1851 and died 1856. The firm became one of the largest makers and suppliers of scientific and optical instruments and continued trading under various guises throughout the 19th and 20th centuries. 

A FINE AND RARE GEORGE III SCOTTISH INLAID MAHOGANY MERCURY WHEEL BAROMETER WITH TWELVE-INCH DIALBALTHAZAR KNIE, EDINBURGH, CIRCA 1790The 12 inch circular silvered register calibrated in barometric inches 28-31 and divided into hundreds three times to outer track, the centre finely engraved with foliate festoon swags signed Knie, Fecit over starburst and conforming oval cartouche inscribed Edinburgh, within inner track annotated Stormy, Much Rain, Rain, Changeable, Fair, Settled Fair, Very Dry, with steel hand and a brass recording pointer set behind glazed cast brass cavetto moulded bezel, the chevron-edged rounded-top case inset with silvered HYGROMETER, also with fine foliate festoon engraved centre signed KNIE EDIN'R, annotated DRY/DAMP and set within glazed brass bezel, over baluster-shaped upright centred with an arched glazed silvered Fahrenheit scale alcohol Thermometer within moulded surround and flanked by inlaid oval conch shell motifs, the base also rounded and centred with a circular fan cartouche.107cm (42.25ins) high, 34cm (13.5ins) wide. Provenance:The Dr. Castle Collection of barometers and other weather instruments. Purchased at Christie's, London sale 500 Years: Decorative Arts, Europe 23rd September 2010 (lot 145) for £5,643.79. Balthazar Knie is recorded in Goodison, Nicholas ENGLISH BAROMETERS 1680-1860 and Banfield, Edwin BAROMETER MAKERS AND RETAILERS 1660-1900 as working in Cork, Ireland from 1773 before moving to Edinburgh in 1776 where he remained until his death in 1817. He was born in Germany and spent several years travelling around Europe demonstrating his skills as a glass blower and barometer maker before finally settling in Edinburgh. He gained a considerable local reputation as a maker and repairer of barometers (and sand glasses including for maritime use). Knie was a notably inventive maker who is perhaps best known for developing a form of angle tube barometer which, by introducing a second acute angle bend into the tube, resulted in a more compact design (see Goodison, page 171, Plate 107). 

Y A WILLIAM IV ROSEWOOD CASED SYMPIESOMETERDOLLOND, LONDON, CIRCA 1830The glazed rectangular case with concave upstand and cavetto cornice to pediment above rectangular silvered scale inscribed Improved Sympiesometer nest to the applied central siphon tube filled with pink-stained oil incorporating low cistern bulb to the left limb beside tube terminating with a further sealed bulb at the top, the left hand margin with mercury tube Fahrenheit scale thermometer, opposing vertical scale for degrees Fahrenheit ranging between 10 and 110 set behind slide with scale annotated for barometric inches 27-31 and with the usual weather observations to the right, the upper edge of the slide fitted with angled brass pointer for calibration against the temperature scale behind and with rack-and-pinion screw adjustment via a brass knob to the exterior of the case, the lower edge with recessed circular level recording disc labelled Register, engraved with barometric scale visible through an arched aperture in the plate and manually adjusted via projecting rim to the left hand side of the case, the lower margin signed DOLLOND, LONDON.59cm (23ins) high, 7.5cm (3ins) wide.  Provenance:The Dr. Castle Collection of barometers and other weather instruments. Purchased at Bonhams, London sale of FINE CLOCKS Wednesday 7th July 2016 (lot 7) for £1,820. Peter Dollond is recorded in Banfield, Edwin BAROMETER MAKERS AND RETAILERS 1680-1860 as born 1730 and died 1820. He was the son of John Dollond, a Huguenot silk weaver and started business as an optician in 1750. He was joined by his father in 1752 until his death in 1761, and then by his brother, John, until his death in 1804. The family business was continued by Peter Dollond's nephew, George Huggins, who changed his surname to Dollond. George Dollond became instrument maker to William IV and Queen Victoria, exhibited at the Great Exhibition in 1851 and died 1856. The firm became one of the largest makers and suppliers of scientific and optical instruments and continued trading under various guises throughout the 19th and 20th centuries. The sympiesometer was invented by Alexander Adie of Edinburgh in 1818 and is essentially an improved version of Robert Hooke's thermobarometer which was subject of a paper presented to the Royal Society in 1668. The instrument works by having a syphon tube filled with liquid open to the air at one end and with trapped gas at the other (sulphuric acid and hydrogen were used in later sympiesometers). As barometric pressure increases the liquid will be forced down the tube causing the gas to be compressed, resulting in a change in level in the tube; however the volume of the gas changes with temperature so before a reliable reading can be taken the instrument would first need to be calibrated by adjusting the position of the movable barometer scale in relation to the temperature scale behind to reflect the reading provided by the thermometer. The sympiesometer was conceived by Adie as an alternative to the mercury marine barometer as it was smaller and believed to be less susceptible to the motion of a vessel at sea. 

A FINE GEORGE II/III MAHOGANY MERCURY STICK BAROMETER WITH LARGE SCALE THERMOMETERJOHN BENNETT, LONDON, MID 18th CENTURYThe break-arch case with central brass Classical bust finial over cavetto cornice and hinged brass-framed arch glazed door enclosing silvered Vernier scale calibrated in barometric inches to right hand side opposing the usual observations to the left beneath signature Bennett, LONDON to upper section, the caddy moulded trunk applied with a tall shaped-top silvered Fahrenheit Scale alcohol thermometer incorporating drilled brass shield to the bulb and with annotations ranging from Extreme Cold to Extreme Hot, over rounded base applied with a hemispherical cistern cover and incorporating level adjustment screw to underside.101cm (39.5ins) high overall 16.5cm (6.5ins) wide. Provenance:The Dr. Castle Collection of barometers and other weather instruments. Purchased at Sotheby's, London sale of Important Clocks, Watches & Wristwatches 14th December 2006 (lot 7) for £4,322.50. John Bennett (III) is recorded in Clifton, Gloria Directory of British Scientific Instrument Makers 1550-1851 as gaining his Freedom of the Clockmakers' Company in 1733, and working from Hatton Wall, London, until 1746, when he relocated to Old Bailey before finally moving to Fleet Street in 1751. Nicholas Goodison in ENGLISH BAROMETERS 1680-1860 notes that John Bennett worked up until 1768 and illustrates an undated trade card indicating that he was located at 'The Globe, Crown Court, between St. Ann's, Soho, and Golden Square'. Bennett was a fine maker who held warrants to three members of the Royal Family and most likely had a working relationship with the eminent scientific instrument maker Jonathan Sisson. 

Y A VICTORIAN CASED SET OF GILT BRASS ANEROID POCKET BAROMETER WITH A COMPASS AND A THERMOMETERNEGRETTI AND ZAMBRA, LONDON, LATE 19th CENTURYThe 1.75 inch circular silvered register inscribed NEGRETTI & ZAMBRA, LONDON, 19510 beneath Compensated and with blued steel pointer to centre within concentric scale calibrated for barometric inches 25-31 divided down to twentieths of an inch and with the usual observations, within outer 0-6,000 altimeter scale divided into fifty foot intervals, the frosted gilt brass case with recording pointer applied to the inside of the knurled rotating glazed bezel beneath suspension post fitted with a ring, set beside a conforming compass with engraved rose and signed NEGRETTI & ZAMBRA, LONDON to the recessed centre divided N, NE, E, SE, S, SW, W and NW within a raised outer scale divided for degrees numbered for every ten, beneath needle-locking plunger to the suspension post, the green velvet-lined D-ended folding case also inset with an ivory scale mercury tube Fahrenheit and Reaumur scale thermometer inscribed NEGRETTI & ZAMBRA to lid incorporating embossed gilt crown trademark to the velvet, the exterior covered in iron-red Morocco leather gilt inscribed E.E.P. to the domed lid within a tooled border.The compass and barometer each 4.8cm (1.875ins) diameter; the leather case 13.5cm (5.25ins) wide, 9cm (3.5ins) deep, 3.5cm (1.375ins) high closed.  Provenance: Gifted by Elizabeth Palmer (Huntley and Palmer) to the vendor. The firm of Negretti & Zambra are recorded in Banfield, Edwin BAROMETER MAKERS AND RETAILERS 1660-1900 as being established in 1850 when a partnership between Enrico Negretti and Joseph Warren Zambra was formed. The firm became one of the most prolific makers of scientific instruments and continued trading well into the 20th century. Condition Report: IVORY LICENCE REF - ZTP65TZ9Barometer needle did move when bag tested suggesting the vacuum chamber is sound however the reading provided does not reflect barometric pressure hence attention to mechanism is required. The silvering is in fine condition with negligeable discolouration. Barometer case retains original finish albeit with notable discolouration to circumference band, a spot to the rear cover and the suspension post/ring. Compass is working and scales are in good condition with almost no discolouration. Gilt brass case has similar patchy discolouration/tarnishing as the barometer. Thermometer is in fine condition. Travelling case has wear and overall aging/discolouration to the exterior surface and the interior of the lid around the clasp hook. The velvet lining is in fine condition. Condition Report Disclaimer

A GEORGE III INLAID MAHOGANY MERCURY WHEEL BAROMETERI. POLTI, HULL, EARLY CIRCA 1800 The 8 inch rosette leafy floral spray decorated circular silvered register signed I. POLTI, HULL within concentric scale divided in barometric inches and annotated with the usual observations, with steel pointer set behind glazed cavetto moulded brass bezel with a brass recording pointer applied to the glass, the chevron edged case with circular fan rosette to the open triangular pediment over arched glazed silvered Fahrenheit scale spirit thermometer and twin oval conch shell motifs to the baluster-shaped trunk, the rounded base further inlaid with conforming fan rosette.99cm (39ins) high, 25cm (9.75ins) wide. Provenance:The Dr. Castle Collection of barometers and other weather instruments. Purchased from Christopher Sykes Antiques, Woburn, June 27th 1983 for £330. I. Polti is recorded in Banfield, Edwin BAROMETER MAKERS & RETAILERS 1660-1900 as working in Hull circa 1780-1800. Condition Report: Tube is filled and currently plugged for transport. The dial/register is in fine condition with good even slightly mellow colour to the silvering. The thermometer is in fine working condition with silvering matching the dial. The case is I very good original condition with faults very much limited to monor veneer shrinkage and a few minor historic bumps and scuffs. Condition Report Disclaimer

A RARE FRENCH COMBINED ANEROID BAROMETER AND TIMEPIECE COMPENDIUME. BOURDON AND RICHARD, PARIS, CIRCA 1875The circular eight-day single train timepiece movement with silvered platform lever escapement vertically planted on the backplate engraved with a regulation scale and stamped RICHARD, A PARIS over serial number 237 to left hand margin, the backplate also applied with a cocked gear for driving the centre arbor for the concentric-scale barometer hand, engaging with a delicate curved toothed rack pivoted beneath a shaped bridge and connected via a crank to the opposing ends of a curved Bourdon-type elliptical section aneroid pressure-sensing chamber enveloping the movement and secured to rear of the dial via a bracket at the apex, the lower rear edge of the dial plate further stamped with FR monogram roundel over 7180 and RICHARD, A PARIS, the circular two piece white enamel dial with recessed 3.5 inch Roman numeral centre and blued steel moon hands set within outer scale calibrated in barometric inches and annotated with the usual observations in German, the lower margin inscribed METALL, BAROMETER between E BOURDON, ET RICHARD, BREVETTE'S, PARIS, GOLDENE MEDAILLIE, DER AUST'NE 1849 and a second obscured/incomplete medallion, the cylindrical case with bevel-glazed hinged bezel fitted with a barometer recording pointer to the glass opposing conforming push-fit glazed bezel to rear, beneath suspension ring pivoted within a ball-shaped post to top; cradled in original dark blue velvet-lined Morocco covered travelling case with hinged brass carrying handle to the arched-top and removable dial shutter panel to front.The timepiece 15cm (6ins) diameter, 7.5cm (3ins) deep, and 17cm (6.75ins) high with handle down; the case 22cm (8.5ins) high with handle down, 17cm (6.75ins) wide, 10cm (4ins) deep.  The firm Freres Richard is noted in Banfield, Edwin Antique Barometers, an illustrated survey as being founded in Paris in 1858. Although they were predominantly clockmakers Richard Freres produced barometers for the engineer and inventor Eugene Bourdin who had devised a design of aneroid barometer alongside Lucien Vidie. Both Bourdon and Vidie exhibited Aneroid Barometers at the Great Exhibition of 1851; Vidie subsequently sued Bourdon for the infringement of his Patent. Vidie initially lost the case but was granted an award of 10,000 francs on appeal in 1861 by which time his patent had expired. The present lot is a fairly rare model with only around 500-600 believed to have been made by Richard, and benefits from retaining its original travelling case in fine condition. Condition Report: REPORT UPDATED 12/02/2025The timepiece movement is in relatively clean working condition and appears free form any visible alteration or noticeable replacements, a precautionary gentle clean/service may be advisabele. The barometer mechanism also appears to be in good condition and will respond to change in pressure when 'bag tested'. The Bourdon tube however is a replacement so no assurances as to the accuracy of the barometer can be provided. The timepiece dial is in very good condition with no visible damage other than a couple of light surface scratches. The outer concentric barometer scale however has a filled loss/chipping to the lower edge causing the right-hand medallion to be mostly missing; there are also numerous less visible hairline cracks to the barometer ring. The case is in fine condition with minimal blemishes/discolour to the lacquer finish. The outer leather travelling case is also in fine condition with only minimal wear to the interior linings and some very slight wear/scratching to the exterior.Timepiece is complete with a winding key. Condition Report Disclaimer

A SCOTTISH GEORGE III CHEVRON-EDGED MAHOGANY MERCURY STICK BAROMETER BALTHAZAR KNIE, EDINBURGH, CIRCA 1800The onion-top chevron-edged case with visible tube and inset with an arched silvered Vernier scale calibrated in barometric inches to the right, opposing the usual observations to the left, beneath banner issuing floral sprays signed KNIE, EDIN'R to the arch, the base with oval lozenge-shaped cistern cover.99cm (39ins) high, 10cm (4ins) wide. Provenance:The Dr. Castle Collection of barometers and other weather instruments. Purchased from The Old Malthouse Antiques, Hungerford, 14th January 1989 for £1,500. Balthazar Knie is recorded in Goodison, Nicholas ENGLISH BAROMETERS 1680-1860 and Banfield, Edwin BAROMETER MAKERS AND RETAILERS 1660-1900 as working in Cork, Ireland from 1773 before moving to Edinburgh in 1776 where he remained until his death in 1817. He was born in Germany and spent several years travelling around Europe demonstrating his skills as a glass blower and barometer maker before finally settling in Edinburgh. He gained a considerable local reputation as a maker and repairer of barometers (and sand glasses including for maritime use). Knie was a notably inventive maker who is perhaps best known for developing a form of angle tube barometer which, by introducing a second acute angle bend into the tube, resulted in a more compact design (see Goodison, page 171, Plate 107); a very similar instrument to the present is illustrated by Goodison on page 175 (plates 112-13). 

A RARE GEORGE III MAHOGANY HODOMETER OR WAYWISERDOLLOND, LONDON, CIRCA 1800With 31.5 inch diameter wheel bound with an iron tyre and with six tapered spokes around a brass hub engaging with take-off gearing contained within the left hand fork of the handle assembly, the right hand fork incorporating a hinged section to allow removal of the wheel with locking via a knurled brass screw, the upper section with inverted 7.25 inch circular silvered register engraved Dollond, London to centre within concentric inner scale calibrated in Roman numeral Miles (I to X) and Arabic Furlongs (0 to 8 for each mile) to be read by the shorter of the two blued steel hands within outer scales calibrated in Poles (0 to 40) and Yards (0 to 220) to be read by the longer hand, set behind a hinged glazed circular moulded wooden bezel beneath elaborate yoke-shaped handle.137cm (54ins) high overall, 30.5cm (12ins) wide at the handle.  Provenance:Private Collection. Peter Dollond is recorded in Banfield, Edwin BAROMETER MAKERS AND RETAILERS 1680-1860 as born 1730 and died 1820. He was the son of John Dollond, a Huguenot silk weaver and started business as an optician in 1750. He was joined by his father in 1752 until his death in 1761, and then by his brother, John, until his death in 1804. The family business was continued by Peter Dollond's nephew, George Huggins, who changed his surname to Dollond. George Dollond became instrument maker to William IV and Queen Victoria, exhibited at the Great Exhibition in 1851 and died 1856. The firm became one of the largest makers and suppliers of scientific and optical instruments and continued trading under various guises throughout the 19th and 20th centuries. The current lot would have been a particularly valuable instrument for surveyors charged with creating maps and plans during the latter years of the 18th century. The importance of the instrument's role is reflected in the quality of its construction with the dial in particular being finely engraved and finished. When reviewing comparable surviving instruments of this type it becomes clear that different makers such as Dollond, Thomas Rubergall, William Frazer, and W. and S. Jones appear to have sold essentially identical instruments. This would suggest that they were probably made in one workshop who then supplied them to various makers for retail. One possible candidate for the supplier would be the workshop established by George Adams, as several earlier variants of this design by him are known including an example in the King George III collection housed at The Science Museum, London. This suggests that Adams was used to making such instruments hence was best suited to supply them in reasonable numbers to other makers.  

A VICTORIAN MAHOGANY CASED STORM GLASST.W. WATSON, LONDON, CIRCA 1880The shallow arch white-opaque glass panel applied with a central cylindrical glass cannister filled with fluid, the upper margin inscribed T.W. WATSON, 4. PALL MALL, London over Storm, Glass and two columns of various INDICATIONS titled FOR FINE WEATHER opposing FOR RAIN, then HIGH WINDS, OR STORM and finally additional appearances for various polar currents to lower section, the bottom margin inscribed REGISTERED, 351867 set with a shallow-arched cross-grain moulded mahogany surround.52cm (20.5ins) high, 20.5cm (8ins) wide. Provenance:The Dr. Castle Collection of barometers and other weather instruments. Purchased at Dickens Fine Art Auctioneers, Middle Claydon, sale of the THE RICHARD COOKSON COLLECTION 20th April 2008 (lot 78) for £440 hammer. Thomas William Watson is recorded in Banfield, Edwin BAROMETER MAKERS & RETAILERS 1660-1900 as an optical, philosophical and mathematical instrument maker working from 4 Pall Mall, London 1878-84. The origins of this type of Storm Glass are unknown with Admiral Fitzroy in his 1863 publication The Weather Book noting that 'the inventor is now uncertain; but they were sold on old London Bridge, at the sign of the Goat and Compasses'. He studied them as curiosities and suggested that they served to indicate what he termed 'electrical tension' in the wind, hence were potentially useful as meteorological instruments. Edwin Banfield in BAROMETERS, Stick or Cistern Tube adds that such instruments are really an irregular form of thermometric barometer, and goes on to list the recipe for the contents of the tube which contains water, alcohol, ammonium chloride, potassium nitrate and camphor. The solution, once prepared, would then exhibit changes in the form of cloudiness, crystal formation etc. signifying atmospheric conditions as per the indications listed on the panel. Condition Report: Tube is filled with fluid. The glass panel has an edge chip at the centre of the lower margin otherwise is in fine condition with overall light wear to the annotations only. The case is in fine original condition with faults limited to slight shrinkage and other age-related blemishes; the rear panel has replacement securing screws.  Condition Report Disclaimer

Y A FINE GEORGE III EBONY BANDED MAHOGANY MERCURY STICK BAROMETER WITH HYGROMETERCARY, LONDON, CIRCA 1800The case with swan neck pediment over circular silvered hygrometer annotated DAMP/DRY set behind convex glazed brass bezel, over rectangular brass-framed glazed door enclosing silvered Vernier scale calibrated in barometric inches to right hand side opposing the usual observations to the left beneath signature Cary, London to upper margin, the ebony-banded caddy moulded trunk applied with arch glazed silvered Fahrenheit and Reaumur scale mercury thermometer over circular convex cistern cover to the rounded base incorporating level adjustment screw to underside.108cm (42.5ins) high, 14cm (5.5ins) wide. The celebrated Cary family business of scientific instrument and globe makers was established by John Cary at Johnson's Court, Fleet Street, London in 1782 moving to a new address at 'Corner of Arundel Square', Strand the following year. He was primarily an engraver of maps, charts and globes who moved again in 1783 to 188 Strand. By 1791 he had entered into what appeared to be a relatively casual partnership with his brother, William; this partnership lasted until circa 1816 by which time William and John Cary had moved again to 181 Strand before finally settling in 86 St. James in 1820. The following year he was succeeded by his sons, John (II) and George Cary, who continued from the firm's 181 Strand address until 1851/2 when the business was acquired by Henry Gould. Condition Report: Instrument is in good original condition having been cosmetically restored at some time in the fairly recent past. The tube is filled with mercury however the column stops a little short of the top of the tube when the instrument is tilted slightly suggesting the presence of some air. The register plate has good clean even silvering and. the brass door is in sound condition however we do not have a key for the lock. The thermometer is in fine working condition. The case is generally very good. The pediment appears original but with evidence that some of the ebonised mouldings may have come loose and been re-stuck at some point. Both sides of the case at the cistern level have some slight bruising otherwise faults to the case are limited to minor bumps, scuffs shrinkage and wear commensurate with age and use.Condition Report Disclaimer

A RARE GEORGE III SCOTTISH CHEVRON-EDGED MAHOGANY MERCURY STICK BAROMETERJOHN RUSSELL, FALKIRK, CIRCA 1790The chevron banded case with swan neck pediment above arch-glazed door enclosing fine engraved silvered brass scale with arched banner titled BAROMETER over Vernier scale calibrated in barometric inches to the right and opposing the usual weather observations to the left, the lower margin signed Rufsell, Falkirk, the trunk applied with full-height half column enclosing the tube flanked by forty-five degree angle-grain veneers and chevron angles, over a slightly domed oval cistern cover.98cm (38.5ins) high, 15cm (6ins) wide. Provenance:The Dr. Castle Collection of barometers and other weather instruments. Purchased at Bonhams, London sale of FINE CLOCKS Wednesday 7th July 2016 (lot 2) for £1,690. John Russell is recorded in Goodison, Nicholas ENGLISH BAROMETERS 1680-1860 as settling in Falkirk in 1770 where he set up shop opposite the top of Kirk Wynd. He proved to be a very talented watchmaker who was subsequently appointed maker to the Prince of Wales in 1811. In addition to making watches and barometers he advertised as being able to supply musical clocks, organs, microscopes and thermometers. Of his barometers his best known models are a type similar to the present lot, but also fitted with a hygrometer and thermometer (following the specification of Benjamin Martin's 'weather glasses'), and his landmark 'royal' barometers - which are essentially an early design of wheel barometer with subsidiary dials allowing changes in pressure to be obtained down to increments of 0.001 of an inch. John Russell died in 1817 and was succeeded by William Dobbie who was known to have produced a few barometers to Russell's designs. Condition Report: Instrument is filled with mercury but has a very small amount of air as the column will stop around 5mm short of the top of the tube when the instrument is inclined slightly. The scale is in good condition with fairly bright and relatively even colouring to the silvering. The case presents very well however the pediment has been restored and there is a small veneer patch repair to glazed aperture surround. Visible faults are otherwise visible faults are otherwise limited to a small stain to the lower part of the right hand-side and a few very minor age related bumps, scuffs, shrinkage and wear.Condition Report Disclaimer

A FINE AND RARE GEORGE III INLAID MAHOGANY MERCURY WHEEL BAROMETERWHITEHURST, DERBY, CIRCA 1790The 10 inch circular silvered register calibrated in barometric inches 29-31 divided into hundredths to outer track, the centre signed Whitehurst, DERBY within inner track annotated FAIR, CHANGEABLE, RAIN, with steel hand and a pierced recording pointer set behind convex glazed cast brass cavetto moulded bezel and fitted with recording adjustment knob to right hand side, the arch-top case decorated with a with fan-inlaid roundel over recessed silvered Fahrenheit scale alcohol thermometer set within generous glazed moulded surround surmounted by fan lunette inlay, with a larger conforming lunette beneath within a geometric parquetry strung border, the rounded base with further parquetry fan lunette and strung border.101.5cm (40ins) high, 30.5cm (12ins) wide. Provenance: The Dr. Castle Collection of barometers and other weather instruments. Purchased at Christie's, London sale 500 Years: Decorative Arts, Europe 23rd September 2010 (lot 144) for £3,881.25. John Whitehurst (I) was born in Congleton, Cheshire in 1713, he was apprenticed as a clockmaker to his father (of the same name) before setting up business in Derby in 1736 - the same year he installed a turret clock to the newly completed Guildhall. He was an accomplished maker and scientist who had a particular interest in geology. He moved to London in 1780 in order to take up position at the Royal Mint as 'Stamper of the Money Weights' as well as pursue his scientific interests. He was founder member of the Lunar Society and was elected to the Royal Society in 1783. He died in 1788 leaving the Derby clockmaking business to his nephew also called John (II) who in-turn took his son of the same name (John III) into partnership in 1809. The firm traded as 'Whitehurst & Son' until 1834 when the business reverted to just 'Whitehurst' on the death of John (II). The business continued under the Whitehurst name until the death of John (III) in 1855 when it was sold to Roskell of Liverpool who subsequently wound-up operations in 1862. However, a former employee, John Smith, resurrected the business which is still trading today as 'Smith of Derby'.  John Whitehurst (I) is known for his distinctive design of angle barometer, an example of which was sold in these rooms in the THE BANFIELD COLLECTION OF BAROMETERS 4th September 2007 (lot 125) for £8,000 hammer. His son was one of the first to make wheel barometers, with his earliest models constructed with a Classical column forming the upright above the dial (see Goodison, Nicholas ENGLISH BAROMETERS 1680-1860 page 284, Plate 193). Condition Report: Barometer is generally in good original untouched condition. There is currently no siphon tube fitted (hence is not in working order) however the pulley assembly and recording pointer mechanism are present and in working order. The dial is in fine condition with slight oxidation/mellowing to the silvering only; the glass has probably been reset as the plaster which secures it to the bezel appears relatively fresh. The thermometer is in fine original working condition. The case is essentially untouched retaining fine old surface. The only notable faults are two vertical shrinkage cracks (from movement within the carcass) to each side the lower (drop) section and a small veneer patch repair to the lower edge. Otherwise faults are very much limited to minor age-related bumps, scuffs and minor shrinkage. Condition Report Disclaimer