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German- Late 19th century aneroid Barometer in a carved mahogany case with pendants and finials, 4” open dial register and mercury thermometer, with another early Edwardian aneroid barometer in a circular carved walnut case with a 4" open dial register and curved mercury thermometer beneath.
Los 478
Sampson Mordan & Co Silver thermometer case, decorated with leaves and scrolling foliage, bears inscription 'E Biss, Bedford, Jan 31st 10', bears hallmarks for Sampson Mordan & Co, London, 1902, 17cm overall, the case excluding the handle 15.3cm Overall minimal signs of wear and age. Some scratches are consistent with this. The lid opens, closes and swings smoothly. Hallmarks are clear and legible.
Los 564
A TUNBRIDGEWARE INKSTAND, 19th century, the ebonised oval base with central obelisk and ivory Fahrenheit thermometer flanked by two cut glass square ink wells, raised on three bun feet, 9 3/4" x 9" x 7 1/2" (Est. plus 24% premium inc. VAT)Non transferable standard ivory exemption declaration number FK1AT6M2 Condition Report: The obelisk is very loose in its fitting and the two ink stands are detachable. Scratches and discolouration to the wood throughout the item. Small chips to the corners of each ink well.
Los 1178
Chadburn of Sheffield - Late 19th century rosewood four glass mercury barometer inlaid with mother of pearl, comprising a decorative gable top and square base, hygrometer, boxed mercury thermometer, spirit bubble and 8" silvered register with a steel indicating hand and brass recording hand, recording barometric air pressure from 28 to 31 inches with predictions, syphon tube with pulleys and floats.Mercury clean and present.Condition Report: Recording button missing.
Los 1179
Comitti-20th century mercury stick barometer in an 18th century style mahogany case with satinwood stringing, with a broken pediment, brass finial and round base, silvered register with recording vernier, weather predictions and a centigrade/Fahrenheit spirit thermometer enclosed within a glazed door, visible tube with a bulb cistern and turned mahogany cover.Mercury clean and present with no air locks.
Los 857
A small collection of apothecary / pharmacist / chemist tools and accessories - including two 19th century treen pill gilders, the larger 9.4cm high (both lids cracked); a collection of brass and aluminium weights; a small stoneware and turned wooden pestle and mortar, the mortar 7.7cm diameter; a china mercury Sick Room thermometer, with markings for 'Healthy Limits' for different bath temperatures from 'Hot Bath' to 'Freezing', 25.25cm long (glued repair to hanger); two ear syringes; a boxed 'Sterules' Martindale Glucose Concentrate vial; etc.
Los 359
Early 19th century mercury banjo barometer in mahogany case with domed glass brass framed window to silvered dial engraved Buchanan Boston', demountable thermometer with alcohol filled reservoir, silvered fahrenheit scale, brass finial to broken swan neck arched pediment, carved bone dial screw. Overall height 101 cm, width 24cm.
Los 841
CARTER HOWARD: (1874-1939) English archaeologist and Egyptologist who discovered the Tomb of Tutankhamun in 1922. An interesting Autograph Manuscript, unsigned, eighteen pages (mostly written to the rectos of the feint ruled sheets of paper, neatly removed from a notebook), small 8vo, n.p., n.d., in pencil. Carter´s working manuscript, with many deletions and alterations, largely reads in chronological order (the first pages are paginated 1-10) although the later pages contain sentences and paragraphs (some repeated from earlier pages in the manuscript) which are disjointed and were evidently extracted from a larger work, Carter re-writing passages in order to polish his narrative. The manuscript reads, in part,´Perhaps the reader may not be displeased if I here attempt to acquaint him with something of the life during summer residence in Upper Egypt. During the very hot spells [when the thermometer runs between a minimum of 95 F and a maximum of 115 F] and it is sufficiently oppresive (sic) to occasion considerable lassitude, the tedium of each day may be described in a few words. At half-past four in the morning one is awakened by the first glimmer of light perceptible.....Then at 5 pm (sic; am) suddenly the sun´s rise appears above the horizon decking everything with its golden light. The first hour or so of morning possess a charm; but long before midday has arrived this apparent freshness is succeeded by intense sunshine. Everything is turned into heat, and at noon you are obliged to creep under cover.....In the evening you sally forth, but by seven o´clock darkness is complete. The moon, if there be one, then becomes a great luxury.....Generally speaking the heat of the summer months at Western Thebes....is not so oppresive (sic) as one might expect. There is, however, one great drawback, and a source of much discomfort, this arises from sunset winds......Thus, after sundown, when the atmosphere within the house becomes oppressive, at times almost unberable, these winds detract from the comfort of enjoying the evening air.....When young and fit the body easily withstands these physical trials, in fact, the process of perspiring resulting from the heat dissipates most bodily ailments and generally speaking one is fitter in the warmer weather than during the winter. A far greater trial lies in the monotonous life during those summer months in Upper Egypt. The passing of months on end without companionship. The loneliness can at times become intolerable and without some mental interest or occupation it would, I believe, be suicidal. Fortunately for me....I had plenty of interests.....more than enough to keep me occupied......The rising of the Nile, which begins about the period of the summer solstice in June, and attains its greatest height about the autumnal equinox in September. This annual flood breeds thousands - one may say millions without exaggerating - of gnats amd midges, which are attracted at dark by your lamp and make any recreation like reading impossible. Added to these pests at night are the mosquitoes and the terrible sand-fly (of the dipterous family, Psychodidae......During the moonlight nights, which are so glorious in Egypt, I used to sail.....in a small sailing boat......a somewhat crazy craft from which I watched the flocks of pelican fishing......By lying on the bottom of the boat, under the cover of some straw, one could at times bump into these enormous gregarious fish-eating birds......Prior to my post as Inspector-General of the Department of Antiquities for Upper Egypt I was free to spend the hot summer months in Europe or England. But the prosecution of my new duties would not allow of such a luxury......I devoted much of my attention to studying the methods and customs of illicit diggers.....who were inveterate tomb-robbing- In.....this particular section of my work, I soon began to recognise the importance and urgency of a far greater source of trouble than illicit diggers that had to be dealt with, and that was a means of preventing the ever increasing conservation against the destruction of ancient monuments, especially the cutting out of sculptured reliefs and fresco paintings from the walls of tomb-chapels.....to sell to the unsuspecting collector whose primary object was the acquisition of antiquities.....A perfect chapel would be hacked and disfigured in one night.....But though hundreds - nay, thousands - of tombs have been opened, what remains of them today is a few hundred. The rest have been destroyed.....by the modern marauders......The natural inclination was to put steel gates upon all the more important and interesting chapels, which I commenced by doing wherever my funds made it possible. But in most cases this form of protection was of very little avail for the rock in which the chapels were excavated were of a much softer nature than the steel gate, thus to force an entrance was quite easy. As an instance when the actual chapel was built of mud brick our iron or steel gate was as useless as a wooden door. The trouble was the national feeling, or lack of feeling, towards antiquities......Until one could get an adequate law created imposing a heavy punishment in the case of such outrages, these monuments were at the mercy of these inveterate tomb destroyers - there was no adequate means of fighting them........I believe, I acquired to a certain extent their good opinion, and some of their confidence; though not to such an extent as to prevent my having to contend with many official difficulties......except with subjects they thought you were acquainted with.....Clearing that shaft took the greater part of another two months. My description can give you no idea of the tediousness of the work: the fact, for instance, there was no means of arriving at any conclusion as to how deep we should have to go, nor the amount of extra material that would be required, made it all the more wearisome. However, at the end of November, the good news at last came. At the depth of rather more than 100 feet, the workmen reached the bottom and revealed a doorway carefully sealed up with slabs of limestone. I examined it & found that the masonry by which it was closed had been built with due care. I said to the foreman "this, without doubt, is the entrance to the tomb-chamber". He nodded his assent and muttered a prayer. My desire to remove a stone and peep through was almost irresistible. The foreman gave me a look of keen curiosity with which......By that time I was able to converse with the people among whom I was residing with tolerable ease......the diversions of the village.....where at times one can listen to reciters of romances, commit the subjects to memory, they afford attractive entertainment and are often lightly amusing.....I devoted much of my attention to the customs of the illicit digger among the inhabitants, and in an intercourse of two years with these people, I soon found that all the information I received amounted to very little.....´ A manuscript of fascinating content, parts of which are almost certainly unpublished, relating to Carter´s time in Egypt, the challenges he faced, and the discoveries he made. Some light age wear and a few minor faults, generally VGCarter published a number of books during his lifetime, including The Discovery of the Tomb of Tutankhamen (1923)
Los 547
A SILVER CASED THEMOMETER AND A GLASS INK WELL, the polished portable thermometer with engraved monogram, hinged opening (does not close), hallmarked 'Mappin & Webb Ltd' Birmingham 1938, approximate gross weight 6.3 ozt, 199.1 grams, together with a square glass ink well fitted with a silver pique tortoiseshell hinged cover, hallmarked 'Henry Matthews' Birmingham 1909
Los 1093
Taxidermy: A Collection of Mounted Fox Pads, Hare Feet, Otter Paw and Deer Slot, early 20th century, to include - a mounted adult Deer slot on shaped oak shield, a Hare foot on shaped oak shield, by Army & Navy Stores, dated 1954, West Lodge, a Red fox pad on typical oak shaped shield, by Peter Spicer and Son's, Leamington, bearing ivorine legend -" Nicholas's First Fox, West Norfolk, 19-9-57", a Hare foot on typical shaped oak shield, by Peter Spicer & Son's, Leamington, bearing ivorine legend -" Dart Vale, Dec 12th 1953", a Red fox pad on shaped oak shield, by F.W. Bartlett, 23 High Street, Banbury, dated - "15-1-34", a mounted Otter paw on shaped oak shield, with painted legend to shield - "Eastern Counties Otter Hounds, Paul's Carr, June 29th 1912", and a thermometer mounted Roebuck slot, with applied turned wooden cap, (7)
Los 42
1x Glasplakat "Grundig der gute Klang in aller Welt", 50er Jahre, Nierenform mit Thermometer (funktioniert), 1x Blechschild Torpedo System Sachs, Belgien 1937, 40 x 30 cm, oberer Rand beschnitten, 1x Blechschild Cigarillos Reine Elisabeth, 1956, 36 x 24 cm, 1x Blechschild Brauerei der Brasserie L. Baeten, 10 x 34,5 cm, 1x Pappschild Jahn´s Wund, - Brand- & Flechten-Salbe, um 1910, 34 cm, Z 1-2
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