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Lot 375
A MECHANICAL BAROGRAPH BY TORWIN, CIRCA 1950clockwork mechanism, eight capsule pressure drum and chart drawer and bevelled glass cover -- 9 x 15in. (23 x 38cm.) Pressure drum disconnected. Several loose pieces of case where glue has dried and failed. Clockwork mechanism works well at time of cataloguing.
Lot 60
An early 20th century Negretti & Zambra of London The "Jordan" barograph, registered design No. 62871 within an oak case with single drawer below containing various charts, width 42cm, depth 24cm, height 21cmThis does not seem to be in working order. The needle is bent and not attached. The glass is intact. There is a small split to the back of the case. The front drawer is quite stiff.
Lot 262
Edwardian barograph by Kelvin Bottomely & Baird Ltd, Glasow, lacquered glass movement contained within mahogany case with bevelled glass panels, plinth with single drawer for storing papers.36cm (14") x 20cm (8"), height 22cm (9")Condition report: All in good order with original ink bottle and spare papers.
Lot 16
A rare Victorian walnut self-recording aneroid barometer, L Casella London, c1880, the timepiece with chain fusee movement with shouldered plates driving the barograph drum, that instrument on a substantial brass bed with columns and bubble level, the architectural case with glazed fall front flanked by pilasters, on stepped plinth with hinged flap in the top and two panelled doors to the back, pendulum and clock and case keys, and an early Victorian Elizabethan oak wall bracket, probably to the design of Thomas Johnson of Lichfield, 1836-40, the shelf and apron carved with leaves and strapwork, the volute supports with pendants, overall height 78cm; shelf 28 x 97cm (2) (Bracket) Commissioned for the Heath House by John Burton Philips For several similar instruments by contemporary British makers, see Collins (P R) - Barographs, 2002, chapter 1, in which the terms 'self recording barometer' and 'barograph' are discussed Condition ReportA high quality instrument in good original condition. Case a little splashed with paint. Mechanisms untried but no reason to suspect they are defective. Sold with copy of a receipt for overhauling "English clock and barograph set in a mahogany (sic) case made by Casella" dated December 1983
Lot 636
A 20th Century Mahogany Cased Recording Barograph, with mahogany framed and bevelled glass cover, rectangular base, fitted one drawer, on bracket feet, 14.5ins x 9ins x 9ins highCondition ReportThis lot appears to be in good condition with no obvious damage/loss/restoration. It has not been tested.
Lot 262
An oak cased barograph, by T B Winter & Son, Newcastle-on-Tyne, with a bevelled glass top, over plain glass sides, with a drawer, containing paper sleeves, 36.5cm wide 21.5cm deep22cm highCondition report: Good overall. Bottle of ink, a key. Ink smudge to the barrel and all paper sleeves used. Tarnishing to the brass areas.
Lot 874
A SHORT & MASON BAROGRAPH in a glazed mahogany case with integral drawer to base and bevelled glazing, 38cm wide. Condition Report : Clockwork mechanism appears to have been over-wound. Condition reports are offered as a guide only and we highly recommend inspecting (where possible) any lot to satisfy yourself as to its condition.
Lot 234
A FINE SCOTTISH GEORGE II MAHOGANY AND BURR ELM DOMESTIC REGULATOR WITH CENTRE-SECONDS ALEXANDER CUMMING, INVERARAY, CIRCA 1755The substantial five pillar rack striking movement with deadbeat escapement regulated by a later seconds period wood rod 'Ludlam' pendulum with heavy brass faced lenticular bob, bolt-and-shutter maintaining power and six wheel going train, the backplate with aperture cut for the pallets, the 12 inch square single sheet silvered brass Roman numeral dial with blued steel hands and signed Ale:r Cumming INVERARAY to an arched cartouche to centre within chapter ring with Arabic five minutes to outer track and fine scallop shell inhabited foliate scroll engraved decoration to spandrels, in a case with complex moulded dentil cornice, fretwork frieze and turned three-quarter columns to the hood door, the sides with break-arch glazed apertures and quarter columns applied to bargeboards at the rear, the trunk with convex throat over burr elm veneered panel inset break-arch door, the plinth base veneered with conforming rectangular panel over ogee bracket feet.207cm (81.5ins) high, 55cm (21.75ins) wide, 29cm (11.5ins) deep. Provenance: Possibly constructed for Archibald Campbell, the third Duke of Argyll, whilst the maker was working for him at Inveraray circa 1755.Alexander Cumming was born circa 1732 and is believed to have been apprenticed to an Edinburgh based watchmaker. At an early stage his talent for the mechanical was noticed by Lord Milton through whom he is most likely to have ended up working alongside his brother, James, at Inveraray for Archibald Campbell, the third Duke of Argyll during the 1750's. Alexander and James Cumming were commissioned by the Duke to install an organ for his new castle at Inveraray and Alexander was also tasked to produce a clock.Alexander Cumming was a founder member of the Scottish Royal Society in Edinburgh and by 1761 (after the death of Archibald Campbell) he had moved to London possibly through the encouragement of Thomas Grignon. By 1763 Cumming was established in New Bond Street and supplied the first ever recording barometer to George III which is still in the Royal Collection at Buckingham Palace. He was subsequently appointed as an 'expert' by Act of Parliament to assess Harrison's marine timekeepers and in 1766 he published The Elements of Clock and Watch Work. In addition to clockmaking Cumming is also credited with other notable inventions such as the first accurate recording barograph (1766), the microtome - a machine for making extremely thin slices as used in microscope slide-preparation (1770) and an advanced design of flushing toilet which included a trap to prevent odours re-entering the room.By the mid 1790's Alexander Cumming had retired to Penton Place in Pentonville, then a suburb of London, where he wrote a number of essays on mechanical questions. He died at home on 8th March 1814, aged eighty-two, and was buried at St James's Chapel, Pentonville Road, Finsbury, London. The current lot is an interesting and potentially historically significant example of Cumming's early work due to being distinctly experimental in nature and dating to his time at Inveraray. The escapement is perhaps particularly noteworthy as it appears to follow a design by Thomas Grignon which was conceived as an improvement over Graham's deadbeat (see Rees, Abraham Rees's Clocks Watches and Chronometers 1819-20 page 200 and Fig 6). If this is the case then evidence of collaboration between Grignon and Cumming would serve as confirmation of a direct connection with Archabold Campbell due to the fact that the third Duke also commissioned Grignon to produce a clock for presentation to the Royal Society of Arts in London (also see Rees, page 68). The six-wheel going train is unusual but was probably necessary in a hour-striking clock that was also intended to serve as an accurate timepiece and possible 'test bed' for an improved design of deadbeat escapement. It would seem that the going train was conceived to allow the delivery of a high degree of motive power through the motionwork in order to proportionally minimise the effect of friction (and interference from the strike train during lifting) on the power delivered to the escapement. Indeed the fact that the current lot was designed with a strike train and a 'domestic-friendly' dial layout would strongly suggest that the it was made for a knowledgeable patron who wanted a highly accurate timepiece suitable for domestic use. When this is considered alongside the strong possibility of collaboration between Cumming and Grignon at Inveraray then the most likely patron would have to be Archibald Campbell, third Duke of Argyll.
Lot 75
AN BLACK CRACKLE FINISH STEEL CASED MICRO-BAROGRAPHSHORT AND MASON, LONDON, CIRCA 1938 The mechanism with eleven-segment aneroid chamber connected via a gilt brass armature to an inked stylus for recording the change in barometric pressure on an enlarged clockwork-driven paper scale lined drum to take millibar charts measuring 457 by 189 mm, the baseplate inscribed with Met. Office M.O. monogram over MICRO-BAROGRAPH, BY, SHORT & MASON, LONDON, MADE IN GREAT BRITAIN, No. 292/38, the case with glazed five glass cover incorporating brass carrying handles to sides over cavetto moulded base fitted with stylus lever and marking plunger over cylindrical feet.26cm (10.25ins) high, 37cm (14.5ins) wide, 22cm (8.625ins) deep. Provenance: The exhibition collection of Barometer World Museum, Merton, Devon; acquired direct from the Meteorological Office. The firm of Short and Mason are recorded in Banfield, Edwin BAROMETER MAKERS & RETAILERS 1660-1900 as operating from 62 Hatton Garden, London 1873-75 then 40 Hatton Garden from 1876. They were leading makers of barographs and aneroid barometers well into the 20th century later merging with Taylor Instruments in 1969.
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