A George III mahogany bulb cistern tube stick barometer reputedly once the property of William Wordsworth Thomas Rubergall, London, circa 1825. With arch-top caddy moulded case inset with an arched silvered scale with brass vernier and signed Thos Rubergall, 24 Coventry Str.t., LONDON above trunk with exposed tube flanked by canted crossbanded veneers above orb shaped cistern cover to the rounded base, 91cm high, B.C. Ref. 52. Illustrated in Banfield, Edwin BAROMETERS Stick or Cistern Tube page 109. Thomas Rubergall is recorded by Banfield as working from 24 Coventry Street, London 1802-54. He was optician and mathematical instrument maker to the Duke of Clarence and optician to King George III. Provenance: by repute purchased at the sale of effects from Wordsworths home Rydal Mount, Ambleside after his death in 1850, the barometer was then bought by Mr R Kellett from an old couple at Grasmere and was then sold in an auction of the effects of the late Mrs Kellett of Oak Street, Windermere (held at the Windermere Institute on February 19th 1919) to Harger Brothers of Ribblesdake House, Settle. Harger Brothers in turn sold the barometer to a Mr T.M. Gray of Bel Hill House, Giggleswick. Edwin Banfield purchased the barometer from a dealer along with the series of copy letters of provenance which are included with the Lot.
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A Regency mahogany bulb cistern tube stick barometer Caesar Tagliabue, London, circa 1830. With broken pediment above silvered scale with vernier, Fahrenheit scale alcohol thermometer and signed C. Tagliabue, 23 Hatton Garden, London behind glazed door above caddy moulded trunk with exposed tube flanked by angled crossbanded veneers, the rounded base with turned domed cistern cover, 97cm high, B.C. Ref. 60. Illustrated in Banfield, Edwin BAROMETERS Stick or Cistern Tube page 117. Caesar Tagliabue is recorded by Banfield as working from 23 Hatton Garden 1829-46.
A George III parquetry strung mahogany bulb cistern tube stick barometer Negretty & Co, London, circa 1820. With broken pediment and pineapple finial above silvered scale with vernier, mercury tube Fahrenheit thermometer and signed Negretty & Co FECIT, London behind glazed door, the caddy moulded trunk with exposed tube flanked by book-matched veneers and parquetry strung borders, with domed cistern cover to the rounded base, 99cm high, B.C. Ref. 61. Illustrated in Banfield, Edwin BAROMETERS Stick or Cistern Tube page 117. Negretty & Co are recorded by Banfield as working circa 1820-40.
A Victorian oak cistern tube stick barometer Elliott Brothers, circa 1870. With arched white ceramic register signed ELLIOTT BROS, 449 STRAND, LONDON and simple setting pointer above full-width caddy moulded trunk with exposed tube and moulded D-shaped cistern cover, 92cm high, B.C. Ref. 69. Illustrated in Banfield, Edwin BAROMETERS Stick or Cistern Tube page 126. Elliott Brothers are recorded by Banfield as working from 449 Strand 1864-86.
A fine and rare George III mahogany cistern tube angle barometer Whitehurst, Derby, circa 1775. With square section finial to the cavetto moulded and gadrooned pediment above angled silvered glazed scale calibrated from 0 to 57 with Stormy, RAIN, Changeable, FAIR, Settled Fair predictions and signed Whitehurst, DERBY to left-hand corner of lower edge, within an ogee moulded surround and behind an exposed tube, the caddy moulded trunk with concealed tube and crossbanded borders to the figured veneers, the shaped base with half cylinder turned cistern cover with ring turned girdle and finials to top and bottom, 94cm high, B.C. Ref. 81. Illustrated in Banfield, Edwin BAROMETERS Stick or Cistern Tube page 156. John Whitehurst is recorded by Banfield as being born in 1713 and dying in 1788, he moved to London in 1775 to take the post of Stamper of Money Weights at the Royal Mint, London. It is thought that his brother, James, managed the Derby business until his son, John (2), was old enough to run it. He in turn took his son, also called John (3), into partnership circa 1810 when the business became known as Whitehurst and Son. The partnership continued until 1834 when John (2) died. John Whitehurst senior became friendly with the astronomer and lecturer James Ferguson in London and took active roles within learned societies in the Midlands including Club Thirteen and The Lunar Society where he met Matthew Boulton who became a good friend. This particular barometer relates to a group of three instruments which are comprehensively described in Goodison, Nicholas English BAROMETERS 1680-1860 Part II Some Important Makers and Retailers pages 281-283. A fourth example was sold by Sothebys at their sale of the contents of Fawley House, 14th October 2003. The scale calibration appears to be arbitrary however roughly equates to three inches divided into twentieths.
A George III mahogany cistern tube stick barometer Smith, Bath, circa 1790. With arched top silvered scale with vernier signed SMITH BATH set into the full-width caddy moulded case with exposed tube and urn shaped cistern cover to the conforming shaped base, 95cm high, B.C. Ref. 32. Illustrated in Banfield, Edwin BAROMETERS Stick or Cistern Tube page 81. B. Smith is recorded by Banfield as working in Bath circa 1780-1800.
A George III mahogany cistern tube stick barometer Charles Beilby, Bristol, circa 1805. With swan neck pediment and ivory urn finial above silvered scale with vernier, mercury tube Fahrenheit thermometer and signed Beilby, BRISTOL behind glazed door, the caddy moulded trunk with ivory vernier adjustment disc and ebony strung borders, with ebonised urn shaped cistern cover to the cavetto moulded base with ivory cistern screw, 100cm high, B.C. Ref. 36. Illustrated in Banfield, Edwin BAROMETERS Stick or Cistern Tube page 92. Charles Beilby is recorded by Banfield as working circa 1795-1815. He is recorded in Moore, A.J. The Clockmakers of Bristol 1650-1900 as working circa 1814.
A George III inlaid mahogany cistern tube stick barometer with hygrometer Baptista Ronchetti, Manchester, circa 1800. With broken pediment above caddy moulded and parquetry strung case with circular silvered hygrometer and ivory vernier adjustment disc above shaped silvered vernier scale with mercury Fahrenheit thermometer and signed Bst. Roncheti behind rectangular glazed door above double floral oval cartouche inlaid caddy moulded trunk with parquetry strung borders and domed cistern cover to the rounded base, 111cm high, B.C. Ref. 40. Illustrated in Banfield, Edwin BAROMETERS Stick or Cistern Tube page 95. Baptista Ronchetti is recorded by Banfield as moving to Manchester from Tavernerio, near Lake Como, Italy in 1785. He worked from 15 High Street and was joined by his son and nephew and Dominic Bolongaro who all went their separate ways after a while. He is thought to have died circa 1810.
A Regency fiddle back figured mahogany cistern tube stick barometer Gardners, Glasgow, circa 1825. The arch top caddy moulded case with applied ivory vernier scale signed Gardners Glasgow above full-width trunk with exposed tube and hinged box cistern cover enclosing concertina action wooden cistern, 98cm high, B.C. Ref. 48. Illustrated in Banfield, Edwin BAROMETERS Stick or Cistern Tube page 106. Gardners are recorded by Banfield as being established in Crawfords Land, Glasgow by John Gardner in circa 1775. He was journeyman to Thomas Watt and advertised making mountain barometers in the Glasgow Mercury. He formed several partnerships and died in 1822 leaving the firm to be continued by his sons.
A Regency inlaid mahogany bulb cistern tube stick barometer Charles Aiano, Canterbury, circa 1830. With broken pediment above silvered scale with vernier, Fahrenheit scale alcohol thermometer and signed C. Aiano, Canterbury behind parquetry edged glazed door, the caddy moulded trunk with exposed tube flanked by parquetry banding, with rosette inlaid domed cistern cover to the rounded base, 96cm high, B.C. Ref. 62. Illustrated in Banfield, Edwin BAROMETERS Stick or Cistern Tube page 118. Charles Aiano is recorded by Banfield as working from 91 Northgate, Canterbury 1828-41, having probably moved from London circa 1825.
A fine and rare George II walnut syphon tube wheel barometer John Hallifax, Barnsley, circa 1730. With stepped caddy pediment above moulded cornice and book-matched veneers to trunk centred by a 7.5 inch circular register calibrated in inches and also divided 0-30 corresponding to the decimal divisions of the barometric inches, the foliate engraved brass centre signed John Hallifax Barnsley Inv:t fecit, within ogee moulded bezel above applied recording ring with two blued steel pointers to the rounded base, 114cm high, B.C. Ref. 119. Illustrated in Banfield, Edwin BAROMETERS Wheel or Banjo page 18. John Hallifax is recorded by Banfield as being born in 1694 and dying in 1750. His father was the vicar of Springthorpe, Lincolnshire. It is probable that John Hallifax moved to Barnsley to set up business as a clockmaker, where he became very highly regarded within the locality soon after his fathers death in 1711. Perhaps the best known barometers from Hallifaxs workshop are those that take the form of a longcase clock (see following Lot), however several of the current examples form are known, perhaps the best known being one presently housed at the Victoria & Albert Museum which is illustrated and described in Goodison, Nicholas English BAROMETERS Part II Some Important Makers and Retailers page 158. The current example benefits from having an attractive stepped caddy pediment rather than the simple domed pediment seen on almost all other known examples and the relatively restrained design is enhanced by the use of book-matched veneers on the trunk.
A fine inlaid mahogany longcase clock form syphon tube dial barometer J. Hallifax, Barnsley, circa 1770. With swan neck pediment and turned hood pilasters flanking hinged break-arch glazed door enclosing a 6 inch brass register with matted centre within silvered ring calibrated in inches and also divided 0-30 corresponding to the decimal divisions of the barometric inches, the angles with mask and scroll cast spandrels beneath circular boss signed J. Hallifax BARNSLEY Inv. & fecit flanked by conforming mounts, the trunk with cavetto moulded throat above two floral oval paterae centred inlaid panels divided by circular inset brass recording chapter ring centred by an eight-pointed parquetry star, the plinth base with conforming panel inlay centred by a marquetry rosette, 112cm high, B.C. Ref. 120. Illustrated in Banfield, Edwin BAROMETERS Wheel or Banjo page 20 and described on page 22. John Hallifax is recorded by Banfield as being born in 1694 and dying in 1750. The business was continued by his fifth son, Joseph, who died in 1762, his fourth son, George, had moved to Doncaster by 1750 where he set up business as a clockmaker, twice becoming Mayor. John Hallifax produced many examples of this highly individual form of barometer throughout the first half of the 18th century, almost all surviving examples are veneered in walnut and have stepped caddy pediments to the hood. See Goodison, Nicholas English BAROMETERS Part II Some Important Makers and Retailers pages 157-159. Banfield suggests that this barometer was possibly made by George Hallifax using surplus components after his brother Josephs death in 1762.
A late 19th Century tortoiseshell mother-of-pearl and ivory mounted Tea Caddy, of rectangular form with serpentine front with hinged lid and diamond set panel, to a velvet lined interior and twin compartments with removable lids, to a flared base, and raised on four nickel ball feet, width 6 ¾”
A late 19th Century mother-of-pearl Tea Caddy, of rectangular form with shaped front and hinged plateau cover with applied cartouche signed “Jessie”, to a red velvet lined interior and twin tin-lined compartments (one cover lacking), to a panelled body and flared base, and raise on two bone and two mother-of-pearl bun feet (losses), width 7 ½”
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