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Lot 1076
A mid 20th Century Walnut cased Bracket Timepiece, Smiths, the caddy top with cast brass carry handle, over a single arched glazed door, to a plinth base with bracket feet and 4 3/4" lacquered arch brass dial with silvered boss and Roman and Arabic Chapter Ring, to a matted centre with blued steeled fleur de lys hands and spring driven movement, with strike on a blued steel coil gong, height 13"
Lot 1081
An early 20th Century Oak cased 8-day Bracket Clock, Winterholter and Hoffmier, the carved Oak case with a single caddy top and cast and applied brass carry handle to an overhanging cornice with reeded columns, to a plinth base on bracket feet, with cast brass bezel and convex glass enclosing a 6" silvered Roman dial with outside minute track and blued steel spade hands, to a square brass movement with anchor escapement and strike on two blued steel coiled gongs, height 16 1/4"
Lot 1088
An early 20th Century Oak and Yew inlaid Bracket Clock, Gustav Becker, the caddy topped case to a plinth base and raised on four lacquered brass bracket feet, to a cast brass bezel with convex bevelled glass, enclosing 7 1/2" silvered Roman dial with outside minute track and blued steel spade hands, to a triple barrel movement with anchor escapement and strike on five rods, height 16"
Lot 1106
An early 20th Century Mantel Timepiece, the blue lacquered caddy top case with cast and applied brass carry handle, over four urn shaped finials and raised on four bracket feet, with blue lacquered field and gilt highlighted Oriental characters, to a cast brass bezel with convex glass enclosing a 3 1/2" gilt dial with Roman numerals, outside minute track and blue steel spade hands, to a circular brass movement with platform escapement, height 9"
Lot 580
A silver sauce boat in George I style, Sheffield 1940, with flying scroll handle and upon three pad feet, 18cm long, 7.1ox (222gr); together with a sugar dredger, Birmingham 1940; a pair of vase shaped pepper casters, London 1896; a silver mustard, caddy spoon, sugar nips and a pair of napkin rings. (12)
Lot 531
A FRENCH BOULLE AND ORMOLU BRACKET CLOCK of eight day striking movement signed Vincenti, the cast dial with enamel Roman cartouche chapters and outer seconds ring, over a pierced figural spandrel signed Balthazar Paris, the caddy top case with flambŽ finials, telamon mounts and raised on four toupie feet, 59cms high.
Lot 54
A walnut cistern tube stick barometer Bearing signature for Henry Wynne, London, late 17th century With cross-grain moulded ogee outline arched pediment above caddy moulded panel veneered case now applied with silvered herringbone border and foliate engraved two-part break-arch scale annotated for Sumer and Winter, with sliding brass pointer and bearing signature Henry Wynne to lower edge above exposed tube and shaped tapered base with two-part ogee moulded half-round cistern cover with detachable upper half, 103cm high, B.C. Ref. 1. Illustrated in Banfield, Edwin BAROMETERS Stick or Cistern Tube page 14. Henry Wynne is recorded by Banfield as working near the Sugar Loaf, Chancery Lane, London 1654-1709 and is thought to have been the first English maker to have made and sold barometers in any number. A series of plugged holes to the case behind the register plates may indicate that the plates may well be replacements however the general form and design of the case would suggest a date of around 1680.
Lot 58
A rare and important Queen Anne walnut cistern tube stick barometer with Royal Society scale thermometer Attributed to Stephen Davenport or John Patrick, London, circa 1715. The ogee caddy top pediment with three giltwood ball finials above cavetto moulded cornice and rectangular herringbone border engraved silvered scales with brass setting pointer and annoted for summer and winter conditions and inscribed Fair if Rise and Foul if Fall, flanked by pilasters with gilt capitals and bases above cavetto moulded throat moulding with inverted acorn gilt pendant finials, the trunk applied with alcohol thermomer with (restored) paper scale calibrated from 0 at the top down to 90 and with annotations from Extream Cold to Extream Hot flanked by vertical cross-grain cavetto mouldings to sides and with half dome above waisted cylinder turned cistern cover also enclosing thermometer bulb and with conforming gilt pendant finial to base, 99cm high, B.C. Ref. 7. Illustrated in Banfield, Edwin BAROMETERS Stick or Cistern Tube page 32 and on the front cover. Also illustrated in Edward, Ralph DICTIONARY OF ENGLISH FURNITURE Vol. 1, page 11, fig. 4. Provenance: Thorpe & Foster Ltd, 49 West Street, Dorking advertised in APOLLO magazine, December 1973 from the collection of Mr R.A. Leckie. Stephen Davenport is recorded by Banfield as working Against the Distillers in High Holborn, near Drury Lane London 1720-37. A fragment of one of his adverts (included with the Lot) was found behind the cistern during restoration enabling a probable attribution to be made. However a remarkably similar instrument signed I. Patrick, London, currently housed at the National Maritime Museum is illustrated and described in Goodison, Nicholas English BAROMETERS 1680-1860 Part II Some Important Makers and Retailers page 202. These two instruments essentially only differ in the detail design of the pediments and the fact that the finials are made from gilt brass rather than giltwood on the National Maritime Museum example. The engraved decoration to the scales is essentially identical. Therefore it may be reasonable to surmise that Stephen Davenport may well have been the retailer of the current Lot which was supplied to him by John Patrick. A third similar unsigned instrument with an identical ogee caddy top and cistern cover to the current Lot but with break-arch scales and differing silvered scale thermometers to the trunk is illustrated and described in Claxton Stevens, Christopher and Whittington, Stewart 18TH CENTURY ENGLISH FURNITURE, THE NORMAN ADAMS COLLECTION, page 163. The Royal Society scale thermometer was devised by Robert Hook in 1664 and was calibrated to every degree representing an increase of 1/500 in volume of the thermometer liquid. The scale used the freezing point of water as the fixed point and was scaled from high to low with the increase of temperature. As the rate of expansion of the alcohol varied between instruments, each scale had to be individually made for the instrument. The current Lot has an accurately restored paper scale as the original had almost entirely worn away. Hooks original thermometer was adopted and became known as the standard of Gresham College and used by the Royal Society until 1709.
Lot 59
A fine George II mahogany cistern tube stick barometer Edward Scarlett, London, circa 1740. The arch-top caddy moulded case with silvered vernier scale and bayonet shaped tube above trunk applied with tall arched silvered scale mercury thermometer signed Scarlett Fecit to upper edge calibrated in unusual units with 0 rated as temperate and with sliding brass pointer above shaped base with spiral volute turned inverted vase shaped cistern cover which also conceals thermometer bulb, 91cm high, B.C. Ref. 6. Illustrated in Banfield, Edwin BAROMETERS Stick or Cistern Tube page 43. Edward Scarlett is recorded by Banfield as born circa 1688 and died in 1743. He worked from the sign of Archimedes and Globe, near St Anns Church, Soho, London from circa 1700 and, according to a trade card, was Optician to King George II. The thermometer scale does not seem to conform to any known recognised units from this period and may have been devised by Edward Scarlett for use on his own instruments. The work of Edward Scarlett is further described in Goodison, Nicholas English BAROMETERS 1680-1860 Part II Some Important Makers and Retailers pages 237-239.
Lot 60
A George III mahogany cistern tube stick barometer James Ayscough, London, circa 1755. The arched exposed silvered scale with vernier and signed Ayscough London applied to the straight caddy moulded case with exposed tube and orb shaped cistern cover to the rounded base, 92cm high, B.C. Ref. 12. Illustrated in Banfield, Edwin BAROMETERS Stick or Cistern Tube page 52. James Ayscough is recorded by Banfield as working in London circa 1732-63. The work of Aynscough is described in Goodison, Nicholas English BAROMETERS 1680-1860 Section II Some Important Makers and Retailers page 131 who cites that he was probably primarily a maker of optical instruments but stocked barometers and thermometers. A fine carved mahogany portable stick barometer is in the Victoria & Albert Museum.
Lot 63
A fine George III mahogany cistern tube stick barometer with hygrometer or Triple Weather Glass Benjamin Martin, London, circa 1760. The arched top case with leaf carved surround for the inset herringbone border engraved vernier scale with arched hygrometer scale above Fahrenheit and Reaumur mercury thermometer and signed B. Martin, London, the caddy moulded trunk with scroll carved edges to throat and exposed tube above hemispherical cistern cover mounted onto the scroll edged rounded base, 94cm high, B.C. Ref. 18. Illustrated in Banfield, Edwin BAROMETERS Stick or Cistern Tube pages 58 and 59. Benjamin Martin is recorded by Banfield as working 1756-82. He was a prolific writer and produced many books on differing scientific subjects and in 1755 launched a monthly magazine called General Magazine of the Arts and Sciences which ran until 1765. He is thought to be the first maker to incorporate a hygrometer into a barometer with a thermometer and marketed the instrument as Triple Weather Glass. The hygrometer utilises a length of gut (which expands or contracts with variations in humidity) linked to a rack and pulley rather than the usual oat beard found on later hygrometers. The work of Benjamin Martin is further described in Goodison, Nicholas English BAROMETERS 1680-1860 Part II Some Important Makers and Retailers pages 179-185. Goodison illustrates a very similar example to the current Lot (plates 120 and 121) a well as reproductions of similar scale layouts from Martins original publications (plates 118 and 119).
Lot 64
A George III mahogany cistern tube stick barometer Unsigned, circa 1765. With broken pediment above caddy moulded case inset with silvered vernier register above exposed tube to trunk and inverted vase shaped cistern cover to the shaped base, 94cm high, B.C. Ref. 20. Illustrated in Banfield, Edwin BAROMETERS Stick or Cistern Tube page 66.
Lot 65
A fine George III mahogany cistern tube stick barometer with whalebone hygrometer and ivory cistern float Dollond, London, circa 1770. The swan neck pedimented case with circular silvered scale whalebone hygrometer above glazed silvered vernier scale with Fahrenheit mercury thermometer and signed Dollond, London above caddy moulded trunk with brass vernier adjustment disc and concealed tube, the base with demi-lune section cistern cover incorporating turned ivory float, 111cm high, B.C. Ref. 21. Illustrated in Banfield, Edwin BAROMETERS Stick or Cistern Tube page 66. Peter Dollond is recorded by Banfield as born 1730 and died 1820. He was the son of John Dollond, a Huguenot silk weaver, and started business as an optician at the age of twenty in 1750. He was joined by his father in 1752 until the latters death in 1761 and then by his brother, John, until his death in 1804. The family business was continued by Peter Dollonds nephew, George Huggins, who subsequently changed his surname to Dollond. Peter Dollond was appointed optician to George III and the Duke of York and the workshop was renowned for producing high quality instruments. This particular instrument has survived in fine original condition and exhibits the fine crisp quality for which the workshop became famous. See Goodison, Nicholas English BAROMETERS 1680-1860 Part II Some Important Makers and Retailers pages 141-143 for further details of work from the Dollond family workshop.
Lot 67
A fine and rare George III mahogany cistern tube stick barometer with protective case Troughton, London, circa 1770. With arch glazed silvered vernier register with Fahrenheit mercury thermometer and signed Troughton, London above full-width caddy moulded trunk incorporating silvered sleeve vernier adjustment lever and enclosed tube above rounded base with domed cistern cover, 92cm high, with rectangular hinged-front case to cover up to just below the scale, 101cm high overall, B.C. Ref. 23. Illustrated in Banfield, Edwin BAROMETERS Stick or Cistern Tube page 71. Edward Troughton senior is recorded by Banfield as working circa 1740-60, he was primarily a calibrater and engraver of instruments. He was joined circa 1760 by his nephew, John, who then went into partnership with a younger brother named Joseph 1764-70. After Josephs death in 1770 Edward junior joined the firm, inheriting the business on Johns death in 1804. The business continued forming partnerships and mergers with other firms throughout the 19th century. The current lot demonstrates the high quality of finish often found on instruments made by the Troughton family, the engraving to the silvered register is particularly fine. Further details regarding the work of the Troughton family can be found in Goodison, Nicholas English BAROMETERS 1680-1860 Part II Some Important Makers and Retailers pages 259-260.
Lot 68
A George III brass inlaid mahogany cistern tube stick barometer Edward Nairne, London, circa 1780. With arched top silvered scale with vernier and signed Nairne, London set into the full-width caddy moulded case with exposed tube flanked by brass line panel inlay, the square base with foliate motif centred box cistern cover, 92cm high, B.C. Ref. 25. Illustrated by Banfield, Edwin BAROMETERS Stick or Cistern Tube page 74. Edward Nairne is recorded by Banfield as being born in 1726 and died in 1806, he was elected a member of the Royal Society in 1776. He is credited for inventing an improved form of marine barometer which had a section of narrow bore to the tube to dampen the movement of mercury within the instrument. Nairnes work is further described in Goodison, Nicholas English BAROMETERS 1680-1860 Part II Some Important Makers and Retailers pages 188-89.
Lot 69
A George III mahogany cistern tube stick barometer Nairne & Blunt, London, circa 1785. With arched top silvered scale with vernier and signed Nairne & Blunt, LONDON set into the full-width caddy moulded case, with exposed tube and egg shaped cistern cover, 90cm high, B.C. Ref. 26. Illustrated in Banfield, Edwin BAROMETERS Stick or Cistern Tube page 75. Nairne & Blunt are recorded by Banfield as being established in 1774 on formation of the partnership between the renowned instrument maker Edward Nairne and his apprentice Thomas Blunt. Both traded under their own names during this period and the partnership appears to have been dissolved by 1793 when Blunt had been joined in business by his son. The partnership is further described in Goodison, Nicholas English BAROMETERS 1680-1860 Part II Some Important Makers and Retailers pages 186-7.
Lot 70
A fine George III mahogany cistern tube stick barometer Dollond, London, circa 1770. With broken pediment above inset silvered vernier register signed Dollond, London above caddy moulded trunk with exposed tube and rounded base with orb shaped cistern cover, 100cm high, B.C. Ref. 27. Illustrated in Banfield, Edwin BAROMETERS Stick or Cistern Tube page 75. Peter Dollond is recorded by Banfield as born 1730 and died 1820. He was the son of John Dollond, a Huguenot silk weaver, and started business as an optician at the age of twenty in 1750. He was joined by his father in 1752 until the latters death in 1761 and then by his brother, John, until his death in 1804. The family business was continued by Peter Dollonds nephew, George Huggins, who subsequently changed his surname to Dollond. Peter Dollond was appointed optician to George III and the Duke of York and the workshop was renowned for producing high quality instruments. This particular instrument has survived in fine original condition and exhibits the fine crisp quality for which the workshop became famous. See Goodison, Nicholas English BAROMETERS 1680-1860 Part II Some Important Makers and Retailers pages 141-143 for further details of work from the Dollond family workshop.
Lot 71
A George III mahogany cistern tube stick barometer with A Perpetual Almanac Watkins, London, circa 1780. With broken pediment above silvered panel inscribed A Perpetual Almanac with movable Days of the Week sector beside fixed Days of the Month grid and movable Month of ... Days aperture, each being adjusted in order to give the correct calendar for any given month via two squares to lower edge of the plate, the silvered vernier barometer scale with Fahrenheit alcohol thermometer and signed Watkins, London above caddy moulded trunk with exposed tube flanked by angled crossbanded veneers and ebony stringing, with orb shaped cistern cover to the rounded base, 111cm high, B.C. Ref. 28. Illustrated in Banfield, Edwin BAROMETERS Stick or Cistern Tube page 78. Francis Watkins is recorded by Banfield as working from the sign of Sir Isaac Newtons Head, 5 Charing Cross, London 1747-84. He is best known for his angle barometers which incorporate a Perpetual Regulation of Time. After his death in 1784 the firm was continued by his nephews Jeremiah and Walter Watkins. See Goodison, Nicholas English BAROMETERS 1680-1860 Part II Some Important Makers and Retailers pages 269-280 for further details of work by the Watkins family and associates.
Lot 72
A fine George III mahogany cistern tube stick barometer George Adams, London, circa 1780. With broken pediment above inset silvered vernier scale with Fahrenheit mercury thermometer and signed G. ADAMS, Fleet Street, LONDON to upper edge, the caddy moulded trunk with exposed tube, with orb shaped cistern cover to the rounded base, 96cm high, B.C. Ref. 30. Illustrated in Banfield, Edwin BAROMETERS Stick or Cistern Tube page 77. George Adams junior is recorded by Banfield as being apprenticed to his father (also called George) in 1765 and taking over the family business at 60 Fleet Street, London on his fathers death in 1773. He continued in his fathers tradition of producing outstanding instruments and became instrument maker to George III and optician to the Prince of Wales. He died in 1795 leaving the business to his younger brother, Dudley, who operated until his death in 1826. Further information regarding the Adams family and their work can be found in Goodison, Nicholas English BAROMETERS 1680-1860 Part II Some Important Makers and Retailers pages 116-129.
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