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Lot 400
A collection of Britains 1:32 scale farm vehicles, all boxed, to include model 9570 Massey Ferguson 760 Combine Harvester, model 9573 Claas Forage Harvester, model 5703 Ford Tractor, Trailer and Farm Figures, model 9517 Massey Ferguson Tractor with engine sound, model 9525 Mercedes Benz Tractor and limited edition model 5892 Britains Centenary Tractor. (6)
Lot 401
A collection of Britains 1:32 scale farm models and machinery, all boxed, to include model 4730 Riding Stable, model 4703 Animal Shelters, model 1728 Hurdles, model 1731 Farm Gate, model 4710 Milking Parlour, model 9555 Animal Trailer, model 9562 Horsebox (S/D), model 9556 Hay Baler, model 9557 Hay Sledge, model 9551 Mini Trailer and model 9574 Front-End Loader. (11)
Lot 402
A large collection of Britains 1:32 scale farm implements and machinery, all boxed, to include model 9542 Forage Harvester, model 9541 Rotary Tedder, model 9569 Post Hole Digger, model 9546 Ploughs, model 9544 Disc Mower, model 9537 Superspray Tanker, model 9552 Folding Disc Harrow etc. (30)
Lot 407
Seventeen Tamiya 1:48 and 1:35 scale plastic model kits, military related, to include 3576-600 S.A.S Land Rover Pink Panther, 32523-1600 M4A1 Sherman, 32520-2100 German Panther Type G, 32519-1700 U.S Tank Destroyer M10 etc, together with three Emhar 1:35 scale plastic model kits, to include EM 4001 MkIV male WW1 Heavy Battle Tank, EM 4003 MkA Whippet WW1 Medium Tank and EM 4004 Tadpole WW1 Tank with Rear Mortor, all boxed. (20)
Lot 408
Eleven 1:35 and 1:48 scale plastic model kits, military related, to include 83862 Schneider CA - Armored, 84801 U.S. M4A1 W Medium Tank, 82448 Defender 110 Hardtop etc, together with ten Italeri 1:35 and 1:72 scale plastic model kits, to include 6441 LCVP Landing Craft Vehicle Personnel, 320 Commando Car, 321 Landrover, 7064 Autoblinda AB 40 Ferroviaria etc, all boxed. (21)
Lot 1140
JOBSON (20TH CENTURY SCHOOL) - World War Two beach landing and Far East battle scenes with tanks and infantry, watercolour and body colour, signed and dated '43, a pair, 46cm x 58cm, and a series of six similar scenes framed as one. (3) NB - Ron Jobson was a war poster illustrator and later artist for the 1-75 Matchbox scale models.
Lot 100
A Victorian aneroid barometer, late 19th century, the silvered dial calibrated in barometric inches over mercury tube with fahrenheit scale, marked Aneroid Barometer, with bevelled glass to the moulded surround and suspension ring, 12.2cm diameter, 5.5cm deep Provenance: with House of Buckingham, London, 1979, £25.Please note Roseberys do not guarantee the working condition of barometers offered for sale.Please refer to department for condition report
Lot 101
A Victorian brass aneroid barometer, by T. Cooke & Sons, London, late 19th century, the silvered dial calibrated in barometric inches over mercury tube with lower Fahrenheit scale, rotating bezel and suspension loop, inscribed T.Cooke & Sons, 31 Southampton St, STRAND, LONDON, 196, Compensated, 7.3cm diameter; together with a brass pocket aneroid barometer, by A & N . C . S . L. (Army & Navy Co-operative Society Ltd), the silvered dial inscribed Compensated A & N . C.S.L, 0-12,000 altitude dial, with glazed cover and suspension loop, 7.4cm diameter (2)Provenance: the first with Derek Rayment, Farndon, the second with Arthur Middleton, LondonPlease note Roseberys do not guarantee the working condition of barometers offered for sale.Please refer to department for condition report
Lot 102
A Victorian brass aneroid surveying barometer, by E. Newton & Son Ltd, Camborne, second half 19th century, the silvered dial calibrated in barometric inches and with outer altimeter scale annotated 0 to 7000, inscribed Surveying Aneroid E T Newton & Son Ltd. Camborne Cornwall Compensated, the case with rotating bezel, pivoted magnification lens and adjusting knob to adjust the outer margin, in a leather carrying case, 12.2cm diameter, 5cm deepPlease note Roseberys do not guarantee the working condition of barometers offered for sale.Please refer to department for condition report
Lot 108
A late Victorian brass aneroid barometer, by J. Hicks, London, late 19th/early 20th century, the silvered dial calibrated in barometric inches and with outer altimeter scale 0-10,000, inscribed J.HICK, MAKER, LONDON, 10121, Compensated, with rotating bezel and suspension loop, 5cm diameterProvenance: with Derek Rayment, Farndon, January 1993, £85.Please note Roseberys do not guarantee the working condition of barometers offered for sale.Please refer to department for condition report
Lot 109
A brass cased aneroid pocket barometer, by C.W. Dixey & Sons., 19th century, circular silvered dial calibrated in barometric inches, height scale on rotating bezel, inscribed to dial C.W. Dixey & Sons, Opticians to the Queen, 3 New Bond St. London 1829, set in lacquered brass case with suspension loop, in velvet and silk lined leather travelling case with white metal vacant cartouche to top, signed to interior of lid, approx. 5cm diameter Please note Roseberys do not guarantee the working condition of barometers offered for sale.Please refer to department for condition report
Lot 111
An English brass pocket aneroid barometer, late 19th century, with open-centred register calibrated in barometric inches with inner altimeter scale, the case with rotating milled bezel, bevelled glass cover and suspension loop, in original leather travelling case, 5.5cm diameter, 2.3cm deepProvenance: with Arthur Middleton, London, July 1986, £125.Please note Roseberys do not guarantee the working condition of barometers offered for sale.Please refer to department for condition report
Lot 112
An English silver aneroid pocket barometer, the case by Albert Thomas Oliver, London, 1914, the dial calibrated in barometric inches divided into tenths, the outer altimeter scale calibrated for 0 to 10,000 feet divided for every hundred feet, inscribed Compensated, RAIN CHANGE FAIR, set behind slightly convex glass, with suspension loop, 5cm diameterProvenance: Christie's, London, 11 September 1986, lot 28(?).Please note Roseberys do not guarantee the working condition of barometers offered for sale.Please refer to department for condition report
Lot 114
A late Victorian brass aneroid barometer, by Adie & Wedderburn, Edinburgh, late 19th century, the silvered dial calibrated in barometric inches and with outer altimeter scale 0-5000 feet, inscribed Compensated, Adie & Wedderburn, EDINBURGH, with rotating bezel and loop suspension, in a fitted red leather case, 7cm diameter Please note Roseberys do not guarantee the working condition of barometers offered for sale.Please refer to department for condition report
Lot 115
A late Victorian brass aneroid surveying barometer, by John and William Edward Archbutt, late 19th century, the silvered dial calibrated in barometric inches and with outer altimeter scale 0-8000, inscribed Surveying Aneroid Compensated, J & W.E.Archbutt, S.Bridge St, WESTMINSTER, with rotating bezel, swivel magnifying glass and loop suspension, 9cm diameter Please note Roseberys do not guarantee the working condition of barometers offered for sale.Please refer to department for condition report
Lot 118
A George III mahogany combination wheel barometer/thermometer, late 18th century, with swan-neck pediment, the trunk inset with a silvered temperature scale for Fahrenheit, the 10" dial inscribed Watkin Charing Cross, 113cm high Please note Roseberys do not guarantee the working condition of barometers offered for sale. This lot contains liquid mercury. If you intend to ship this overseas it is classified as hazardous cargo and will require additional declarations alongside specialist crating/packing. Prior to bidding, please contact your shipper or talk to our specialists for more information.
Lot 120
A George III mahogany and boxwood strung combination wheel barometer/thermometer, by J.Gatty, early 19th century, the trunk inset with a silvered temperature scale for Fahrenheit, the 8in dial inscribed J Gatty 132 Holborn London, 95cm high Please note Roseberys do not guarantee the working condition of barometers offered for sale. This lot contains liquid mercury. If you intend to ship this overseas it is classified as hazardous cargo and will require additional declarations alongside specialist crating/packing. Prior to bidding, please contact your shipper or talk to our specialists for more information.
Lot 122
A Regency mahogany combination wheel barometer/thermometer, by A Gatty, Reading, early 19th century, the broken pediment with brass urn finial above a silvered thermometer scale for Fahrenheit, the 8" dial inscribed A Gatty, Reading, the case inlaid with shell and flower patera, 100cm high Please note Roseberys do not guarantee the working condition of barometers offered for sale. This lot contains liquid mercury. If you intend to ship this overseas it is classified as hazardous cargo and will require additional declarations alongside specialist crating/packing. Prior to bidding, please contact your shipper or talk to our specialists for more information.
Lot 124
A George III mahogany bayonet stick barometer, by Thomas Blunt, late 18th century, with silvered plates marked in barometric inches with sliding adjustment above a large scale thermometer marked in Fahrenheit, inscribed T Blunt London, with moulded hemispherical cistern cover, 97cm high Note: Thomas Blunt is recorded by Banfield as working circa 1760 until he died in 1822, he became instrument maker to George III probably as recognition for the work done with the Portuguese scientist J.H. de Magellan in developing his new type of barometer. The 'bayonet' tube is a straight glass tube which is crimped/bent below the register plates. This allows the lower part of the tube to be concealed behind a panel or plate upon which a thermometer is often mounted, as with the present example. Please note Roseberys do not guarantee the working condition of barometers offered for sale. This lot contains liquid mercury. If you intend to ship this overseas it is classified as hazardous cargo and will require additional declarations alongside specialist crating/packing. Prior to bidding, please contact your shipper or talk to our specialists for more information.
Lot 125
A George III mahogany bayonet tube stick barometer, by Watkins & Smith, c.1765, with broken pediment and ball finial above silvered plates marked in barometric inches with sliding adjustment above a large scale thermometer marked in Fahrenheit, inscribed Watkins and Smith LONDON, with moulded hemispherical cistern cover, 104cm high Note: Francis Watkins (c.1723-1784) was one of the leading instrument makers in England during the second half of the 18th century. He occupied premises initially at 415 Charing Cross and then 5 Charing Cross. In 1763 he took into partnership his apprentice Addison Smith, until 1764. Much of Watkins' fame derives from his angle barometers with 'Perpetual regulation of Time'.Please note Roseberys do not guarantee the working condition of barometers offered for sale.Please note that this barometer contains mercury
Lot 126
A George III mahogany cased gimballed ship’s barometer, by J Watkins, Charing Cross, late 18th century, with brass suspension loop, the hinged case opening to silvered scale in barometric inches with ivory handled adjusting scale, inscribed J Watkins Charg Cross, the plain shaft with turned cistern, with brass gimbal, 95cm high Note: 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. Please note Roseberys do not guarantee the working condition of barometers offered for sale. Ivory registration submission reference: DRE93UJM This lot contains liquid mercury. If you intend to ship this overseas it is classified as hazardous cargo and will require additional declarations alongside specialist crating/packing. Prior to bidding, please contact your shipper or talk to our specialists for more information.
Lot 127
A George III mahogany stick barometer by Dominic Manticha, late 18th century, the broken pediment with gilt-bronze pineapple finial, above a hinged and glazed door enclosing a silvered scale marked in barometric inches with brass adjustment slide, inscribed MANTICHA FECIT and with Masonic symbols, chevron line inlay overall, 97cm high Note: Dominic Manticha is recorded as working in Ely Court, Holborn, London from circa 1785 and is considered one of the better of the barometer workers who emigrated from Italy at this time to work in Britain. Please note Roseberys do not guarantee the working condition of barometers offered for sale. This lot contains liquid mercury. If you intend to ship this overseas it is classified as hazardous cargo and will require additional declarations alongside specialist crating/packing. Prior to bidding, please contact your shipper or talk to our specialists for more information.
Lot 129
A George III mahogany cased ships barometer, by W & J Gilbert, London, early 19th century, with brass suspension loop, the hinged case opening to silvered scales in barometric inches, brass adjusting scale and temperature in Fahrenheit, inscribed W & J Gilbert London, the plain shaft with turned cistern, 93cm high Please note Roseberys do not guarantee the working condition of barometers offered for sale. Drained of mercury from barometer.
Lot 130
A George III satinwood stick barometer, by Edward Nairne and Blunt, c.1800, the arched top with silvered scale calibrated in barometric inches and sliding adjustment scale, inscribed Nairne London, with hemispherical mahogany cistern cover, 97cm high Please note Roseberys do not guarantee the working condition of barometers offered for sale. This lot contains liquid mercury. If you intend to ship this overseas it is classified as hazardous cargo and will require additional declarations alongside specialist crating/packing. Prior to bidding, please contact your shipper or talk to our specialists for more information.
Lot 131
An early Victorian mahogany stick barometer, by Alexander Adie & Son, Edinburgh, mid-19th century, the arched silvered scale inscribed A Adie Edinburgh, and with brass adjustment screw, the cistern with domed cover, 89cm high Please note Roseberys do not guarantee the working condition of barometers offered for sale. This lot contains liquid mercury. If you intend to ship this overseas it is classified as hazardous cargo and will require additional declarations alongside specialist crating/packing. Prior to bidding, please contact your shipper or talk to our specialists for more information.
Lot 132
An early Victorian steel portable barometer, by John Frederick Newman, mid-19th century, with engraved barometric scale and further inscribed J Newman, 122 Regent Strt, LONDON, in a fitted red leather case, 28.5cm high; together with an English Standard Mercury ships' thermometer, by Casartelli Bros, c.1920, with Fahrenheit scale, inscribed S.S MORETON BAY, CASTARTELLI BROS 1&3 DUKE ST, LIVERPOOL, N.P.L.5456, in original blue velvet-lined leather case, 42cm long (2) Note: John Frederick Newman‚ is recorded as working between 1816-1862. He made standard and portable barometers for James Clark Ross's Antarctic expeditions (1839-1843) and his meteorological station barometers were used throughout the British Empire. He was also the inventor of the Newman mountain barometer. In 1851 he was an exhibitor at the Great Exhibition at the Crystal Palace. Newman occupied two London premises: 7 & 8 Lisle Street (1816-1825) and 122 Regent Street (1827-1862). His business was taken over by Negretti & Zambra in 1862. Please note Roseberys do not guarantee the working condition of barometers or scientific instruments offered for sale. This lot contains liquid mercury. If you intend to ship this overseas it is classified as hazardous cargo and will require additional declarations alongside specialist crating/packing. Prior to bidding, please contact your shipper or talk to our specialists for more information.
Lot 133
A George III fruitwood wall thermometer, by Cary, London, early 19th century, the scale for Fahrenheit, inscribed CARY LONDON, 95cm high Provenance: The late Sir Geoffrey Codrington KCVO DSO, Humberts, King & Chasemore, Roche Court house sale 23rd, 24th and 25th October 1978, Lot 1016. The Property of the Rt. Hon. Sir Mathew Thorpe. The Roche Court Estate was formerly part of the Nelson family estate and remained in the possession of the that family until 1925. In 1938 the property passed into the possession of the Codrington family whose ancestors were closely involved in the naval battles of Trafalgar in 1805, Navarino in 1827, the Crimean War and the South African War. Wooley & Wallis, 7 January 2016, lot 671. Please note Roseberys do not guarantee the working condition of any scientific instruments offered for sale. This lot contains liquid mercury. If you intend to ship this overseas it is classified as hazardous cargo and will require additional declarations alongside specialist crating/packing. Prior to bidding, please contact your shipper or talk to our specialists for more information.
Lot 134
A George III mahogany cased wall thermometer, by W & S Jones, early 19th century, with silvered scale in Fahrenheit, with various temperature measures, inscribed W & S Jones, Holborn London, turned ivory finial, 15cm high Please note Roseberys do not guarantee the working condition of scientific instruments offered for sale. Ivory registration submission reference: ECTARLV3 This lot contains liquid mercury. If you intend to ship this overseas it is classified as hazardous cargo and will require additional declarations alongside specialist crating/packing. Prior to bidding, please contact your shipper or talk to our specialists for more information.
Lot 136
An early Victorian mahogany thermometer, by Negretti & Zambra, mid 19th century, with silvered Fahrenheit and Centigrade scale, inscribed NEGRETTI & ZAMBRA INSTRUMENT MAKERS TO HER MAJESTY LONDON, 97cm high Please note Roseberys do not guarantee the working condition of scientific instruments offered for sale.Please refer to department for condition report
Lot 140
A rare Scottish Regency mahogany cased travelling sympiesometer, by Adie & Son, early 19th century, the hinged door enclosing the engraved silvered brass register plate, signed and numbered Adie & Son, Edinburgh No.1507, bearing Fahrenheit thermometer and sympiesometer tube, with manually operated calibration slide to side of register, the case with brass clasps and suspension ring to top, 55.5cm high, 4.1cm wide, 3.2cm deep Note: Alexander Adie (1774-1858), invented and patented the sympiesometer in 1818. The patent entitled "An Improvement On the Air Barometer" was developed primarily to replace the marine barometer. The top part of the tube is filled with hydrogen whilst the lower part and the open bulb contains a coloured almond oil. Hydrogen, being affected by both pressure and temperature, makes it necessary to first take a reading from the mercury thermometer using the index finger at the top of the sliding scale and then reading the barometric pressure, ie. the level of the oil, against the lower part of the sliding scale, the figure was then recorded on the dial below. Alexander and his son, John were the only instrument makers to be elected to the Edinburgh Royal Society and worked from premises in Princes St. from 1832-57. Please note Roseberys do not guarantee the working condition of scientific instruments offered for sale.
Lot 142
A George III brass and silvered surveyor's compass, by J & W Watkins, London, late 18th century, set in a mahogany case, the four-point compass rose signed J & W WATKINS, Charing Cross, London and with scale 0-360°, 13cm diameter, the case 15cm square Please note Roseberys do not guarantee the working condition of scientific instruments offered for sale.Please refer to department for condition report
Lot 143
A Regency mahogany cased surveyor's circumferentor, by J.Raxter, Birmingham, first-quarter 19th century, the silvered dial with eight-point rose and 0-360 scale, inscribed J.Raxter, Birm, on brass mounted tripod stand, 17cm square, tripod approx. 103cm total Note: Before the theodolite came into common use the instrument most often carried by Land Surveyors to measure horizontal angles was the circumferentor. This consisted of a large conventional compass, fitted with a pair of sights and mounted on a tripod. Despite its comparative lack of accuracy it continued to be preferred in America, and other heavily forested areas where the sight lines were more likely to be obscured. Please note Roseberys do not guarantee the working condition of scientific instruments offered for sale. Please refer to department for condition report
Lot 144
A silver cased pocket compass, by W & S Jones, first half 19th century, marks partially rubbed, the enamel dial with 32-point compass rose and outer degree scale, signed W & S JONES, HOLBORN LONDON, 5.5cm diameter Please note Roseberys do not guarantee the working condition of scientific instruments offered for sale.Please refer to department for condition report
Lot 204
Attributed to William Tassie, Scottish, 1777-1860, a white paste relief of Right Hon Warren Hastings (1732-1818), on a blue ground, with gilt border inscribed RIGHT HONble WARREN HASTINGS DIES 22 AUGt 1818 AGED 86, in an oval wood frame, the portrait - 1.5cm high, the frame - 9cm diameter Note: Warren Hastings was the first Governor-General of India (1772 -85). He transformed the East India Company from a trading organisation into a great military and naval power. Alongside Robert Clive, he established full-scale British civil administration in India, but his methods led to a trial for corruption at which he was acquitted in 1795. William Tassie was the nephew of the Scottish medallion maker James Tassie (1735-1799). Born in London, he was trained by his uncle to model gems, cameos and medallions, which were generally cast in composition paste pioneered by James Tassie. When William took over James’s business it was a successful competitor to Wedgwood. He continued in a similar vein and added his own designs until he retired in 1840. His works are in the collections of the National Gallery of Scotland and the National Portrait Gallery, London.Please refer to department for condition report
Lot 80
A French brass cased Hygrometer, by Pertuis, Hulot, Bourgeois and Naudet, late 19th/early 20th century, the silvered dial with calibrated scale over mercury tube with centigrade scale, the dial engraved HYGROMETRE DE PRECISION THERMOMETRE CENTIGRADE 997, the glazed case with floral pierced decoration to sides and reverse, the reverse stamped PHBN, with suspension loop, 11cm diameter Provenance: with Derek Rayment, Farndon, June 1992.Please note Roseberys do not guarantee the working condition of scientific instruments offered for sale.
Lot 83
A George III mahogany stick barometer, by George Adams, London, c.1760, the arched case set with glazed silvered Vernier scale with manual pointer inscribed Geo Adams, Fleet Street, London, with brass cover to top of tube and portable cistern with brass screw, and rounded cover, 96cm high Provenance: with Garner & Marney, London, October 1961. Literature: N. Goodison, English Barometers, 1968, pls. 25-6. N. Goodison, English Barometers, 2nd edition, 1977, pls. 19, 23. Note: George Adams Junior is recorded as being apprenticed to his father, also called George, in 1765 and taking over the family business, at 60 Fleet Street, London, on his father's death in 1773. He continued his father's 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. Sir Nicolas Goodison notes: In 1790 the younger George Adams published A Short Dissertation on the Barometer, Thermometer and other Meteorological Instruments. He calls it in the preface a 'hastily written tract' and published it because his large planned work on meteorology would need many years preparation. In spite of its imperfections it is a valuable source of information and evidence. In it there is a list, with prices, of meteorological instruments made and sold by him. These include 'a plain barometer, covered frame and glass door £2 12s 6d', which seems to tally with this simple but elegant instrument. Please note Roseberys do not guarantee the working condition of barometers offered for sale. This lot contains liquid mercury. If you intend to ship this overseas it is classified as hazardous cargo and will require additional declarations alongside specialist crating/packing. Prior to bidding, please contact your shipper or talk to our specialists for more information.
Lot 85
A George III mahogany angle barometer, by Balthasar Knie, Edinburgh, c.1780, the shaped case with silvered scales, brass tube fixings, and bulb cistern, the Fahrenheit spirit thermometer with silvered scale mounted to trunk, signed Knie EDINr, note: bulb cistern is not plugged, 92.5cm high ++ Provenance: with MacMillan and Gentle, London, January 1962. Literature: N. Goodison, English Barometers, 1968, p. 160, pls. 93-4. N. Goodison, English Barometers, 2nd edition, 1977, p. 171-3, pls. 108-9. Note: Born in Germany in 1738, Baltazar Knie became the best known barometer maker in Scotland. After years travelling around mainland Europe and Ireland as a jobbing barometer maker, he eventually settled in Edinburgh in 1776. An early advert announced that 'He blows and spins glass before company on the table, and forms many curiosities too tedious to mention. If any of the curious have in mind to see him work, they are heartily welcome, from six to eight in the evening. His stay in the city will be short.' Despite planning a short sojourn, Knie remained in the city for another forty years. Edinburgh at this time housed a strong contingent of both amateur and professional astronomers, scientists, meterologists etc; he was obviously among kindred spirits and they provided a keen clientele. In 1814, he planned to retire and to dispose of his stock of seventy instruments (valued at £309) by way of a lottery. However, it seems that due to lack of support, the idea was abandoned. Knie died in 1817. Sir Nicholas Goodsion notes: This is a typical example of Knie's foreshortened angle barometer. For a full description see Goodison, 1977, pp.171-3. Please note Roseberys do not guarantee the working condition of barometers offered for sale. This lot contains liquid mercury. If you intend to ship this overseas it is classified as hazardous cargo and will require additional declarations alongside specialist crating/packing. Prior to bidding, please contact your shipper or talk to our specialists for more information.
Lot 86
A George III mahogany cased 'Great Double Barometer', by Domenico Sala, circa 1780, with boxwood scales and Fahrenheit spirit thermometer to left of tube, set in arched mahogany frame with boxwood inserts, signed Domenico Sala Great Double Barometer, 108cm high Provenance: Sotheby's, London, 4 February 1966, lot 125, £40. Literature: N. Goodison, English Barometers, 1977, pl. 53, pp. 102-3. Note: Sir Nicholas Goodison notes: This is an early London example of the en contraleur barometer in which the mercury column pushes a more volatile liquid upwards from the bulb cistern to extend the scale, in this case to about 28.1/2 inches. Please note Roseberys do not guarantee the working condition of barometers offered for sale. This lot contains liquid mercury. If you intend to ship this overseas it is classified as hazardous cargo and will require additional declarations alongside specialist crating/packing. Prior to bidding, please contact your shipper or talk to our specialists for more information.
Lot 87
A George III mahogany stick barometer, by J. Search, London, c.1780, the silvered scale calibrated in barometric inches with lever-adjusted Vernier scale, open cistern, bulb at top of tube, turned domed cistern cover, and brass cover to top of tube, 93cm high Provenance: with Park Street Antiques, Berkhamstead, October 1991, £2,200. Note: Sir Nicholas Goodison notes: This open-cistern barometer was adapted, as so many open-cistern barometers were, to a closed portable cistern, but has been restored successfully by Derek Rayment because the open cistern was still there. The large bulb at the top of the tube aims to dilute any infiltrating moisture that damages the vacuum. There would originally have been a scale to measure the height of the mercury in the cistern, which is missing, its place being taken by a subtly inserted piece of mahogany. Please note Roseberys do not guarantee the working condition of barometers offered for sale. This lot contains liquid mercury. If you intend to ship this overseas it is classified as hazardous cargo and will require additional declarations alongside specialist crating/packing. Prior to bidding, please contact your shipper or talk to our specialists for more information.
Lot 91
A George III mahogany stick barometer, by Francis Pelegrino, circa 1800, the silvered plate with Arabic numerals, Vernier scale and bulb tube Fahrenheit mercury thermometer, in mahogany case with broken pediment, chequered strung borders and round cistern cover, signed Frans Pelegrino Fecit to plate, 95cm high Literature: N. Goodison, English Barometers, 1968, pls. 36-7, p. 82. N. Goodison, English Barometers, 2nd edition, 1977, pls. 44-5, p. 94 Please note Roseberys do not guarantee the working condition of barometers offered for sale. This lot contains liquid mercury. If you intend to ship this overseas it is classified as hazardous cargo and will require additional declarations alongside specialist crating/packing. Prior to bidding, please contact your shipper or talk to our specialists for more information.
Lot 92
A George III mahogany sympiesometer, by Adie, Edinburgh, c.1810, the glazed case with silvered plate, with manually operated sliding barometer height scale and record dial, Fahrenheit mercury thermometer, inscribed PATENT Adie, EDINBURGH No 902, 60cm high Provenance: with Derek Rayment, Farndon, June 1992, £1,650. Note: Sir Nicholas Goodison notes: Alexander Adie is described in commercial directories as an optician and he held appointments as such to William IV and Queen Victoria. He was apprenticed to his uncle John Miller who dies c.1825 and was his partner for a time at various addresses in Nicholson Street (1804-12). Instruments survive signed 'Miller and Adie'. In 1835 he took his son John into the business. He was actively interested in meteorology as early as 1816 and did a thriving business in marine barometers for the navy and in ordinary domestic cistern barometers. He is however chiefly known as the patentee and inventor of the sympiesometer. The patent was granted in 1818. This instrument was made in large numbers by both Adie ad others and it was intended for general, not only marine, use. It had the advantage of relative portability. Please note Roseberys do not guarantee the working condition of any scientific instrument. This lot contains liquid mercury. If you intend to ship this overseas it is classified as hazardous cargo and will require additional declarations alongside specialist crating/packing. Prior to bidding, please contact your shipper or talk to our specialists for more information.
Lot 93
A George III Scottish mahogany stick barometer, by Balthazar Knie, late 18th/early 19th century, the arched silvered plate with floral engraving, main scale with manual Vernier scale and Fahrenheit spirit thermometer, the plate signed KNIE EDINr, the mahogany veneered case with distinctive Scottish top above the long trunk of typical form with boxwood strung edge and visible tube, with oval cistern cover having marquetry inlaid shell paterae, 99.5cm high Provenance: with Jacob Stodel, London, June 1985, £1,250. Please note Roseberys do not guarantee the working condition of barometers offered for sale. This lot contains liquid mercury. If you intend to ship this overseas it is classified as hazardous cargo and will require additional declarations alongside specialist crating/packing. Prior to bidding, please contact your shipper or talk to our specialists for more information.
Lot 94
A Scottish mahogany and satinwood crossbanded stick barometer, by Gardner, Edinburgh, late 18th/early 19th century, with visible tube and inset ivory Vernier scale calibrated in barometric inches and with the usual observations signed Gardner, Glasgow, the round topped mahogany case with satinwood crossbanded borders, with marquetry inlaid fan paterae to hinged cistern cover, having concertina cistern, 97.6cm high Provenance: Sotheby's, London, 22 October 1987, lot 118, £675. Please note Roseberys do not guarantee the working condition of barometers offered for sale. Ivory registration submission reference: 6V3YKPST This lot contains liquid mercury. If you intend to ship this overseas it is classified as hazardous cargo and will require additional declarations alongside specialist crating/packing. Prior to bidding, please contact your shipper or talk to our specialists for more information.
Lot 95
An early Victorian mahogany sympiesometer, by Troughton & Simms, London, mid-19th century, the glazed case enclosing a silvered plate with manually operated sliding barometer height scale and record dial, Fahrenheit mercury thermometer, signed Troughton & Simms London, 65cm high Provenance: Christie's, London, 19 July 1978, lot 14; Sotheby's, London, July 1978, lot 7. Note: Edward Troughton (1756-1835) and William Simms (1793-1860) established a scientific instrument making business in London in 1826. Troughton had previously had his own scientific instrument business, inherited from his father. Troughton & Simms's shop in Fleet Street became the hub of the finest scientific instrument making in London, in a period in which there was an expanding demand for precision instruments, for astronomy, surveying and precision measurement. They made instruments for Greenwich Observatory, for Imperial surveys and exploring expeditions. When fire destroyed the Houses of Parliament in 1834, the firm was commissioned to create new standard lengths, necessitating 10 years of testing of the remaining measures. Please note Roseberys do not guarantee the working condition of scientific instruments offered for sale. This lot contains liquid mercury. If you intend to ship this overseas it is classified as hazardous cargo and will require additional declarations alongside specialist crating/packing. Prior to bidding, please contact your shipper or talk to our specialists for more information.
Lot 96
A Victorian mahogany cased World’s Barometer Weather Indicator, by James Walter, Major 4th Lancashire Artillery, c.1861, the printed paper sheet with a large quantity of meteorological records and predictions, including 'Admiral Fitzroy's Rules' for interpreting rising and falling pressure, instructions for the use of the sympiesometer, thermometer and barometer, tables of meteorological information for past years to 1861, ivory barometer scales on each side of tube with manually adjusted Verniers, Fahrenheit mercury thermometer and sympiesometer mounted on boxwood scale to left, maximum/minimum Fahrenheit mercury thermometer on second boxwood scale to right, set in a glazed hinged mahogany frame, the cistern enclosed in cast brass casing with Royal arms and Wilson Son and Walter Liverpool further stamped with maker's name at top and at foot of paper, stamped on thermometer plates, signature at base, certifying Registered No.265 by James Walter, 104cm high, 44cm wide Provenance: with Ben Bijleveld Antiques, Amsterdam, December 1998, 1,350. Please note Roseberys do not guarantee the working condition of barometers offered for sale. Ivory registration submission reference: 6JKRWG9Z This lot contains liquid mercury. If you intend to ship this overseas it is classified as hazardous cargo and will require additional declarations alongside specialist crating/packing. Prior to bidding, please contact your shipper or talk to our specialists for more information.
Lot 97
A large Victorian mahogany barometer, c.1890, the case with square moulded top enclosing angled plastic scales with brass pointers, with glazed hinged door to the plates and hinged door to the lower half for access to the cistern and tube, maker's plate to top inscribed BARTRUM'S PATENT, J. HICKS 8, 9, 10 HATTON GARDEN LONDON, 170cm high, 20cm wide, 12cm deep Provenance: with City Fine Arts, London, 1970, £55. Note: Sir Nicholas Goodison notes: C.O. Bartrum's patent consisted of expanding the scale by the use of two liquids in the tube, an idea first proposed by DesCartes. The mercury filled the lower cistern and extended to another cistern about half way up the tube, above which a more volatile fluid, in Bartrum's words 'a liquid of small specific gravity compared with that of mercury, such for instance as glycerine, aniline, methyl salicylate, or other suitable liquid', was pushed upwards when the mercury rose to give a reading over and extended scale. In this case the midway cistern, a widening of the tube, is just below the visible part of the tube in which the more volatile fluid gives the reading. See W.E.K.Middleton, The History of the Barometer, 1964, pp.87-8. Please note Roseberys do not guarantee the working condition of barometers offered for sale. This lot contains liquid mercury. If you intend to ship this overseas it is classified as hazardous cargo and will require additional declarations alongside specialist crating/packing. Prior to bidding, please contact your shipper or talk to our specialists for more information.
Lot 98
A Victorian mahogany stick tube barometer, by Ledger Smith & Co., London and Calcutta, c.1870, the wide arched glazed case with fretwork panel, enclosing enamelled scales and signature plate, scale down to 16†on right, heights in feet on left down up to 14960 at 18â€, manually adjusted pointer slide, Fahrenheit and Reaumur mercury thermometers each side of tube, Fitzroy directions ('Barometer Rises', 'Barometer Falls' etc.), a mother-of-pearl compass set at the bottom, the arched plate marked Ledger, Smith & Co., ST MARY AXE LONDON AND 21 STRAND, CALCUTTA, with registered trade mark KAISAR-I-HIND above and BAROMETER, 107cm high Note: Sir Nicholas Goodison notes: 'The fretwork suggest that this barometer was made for the Indian market'. Please note Roseberys do not guarantee the working condition of barometers offered for sale. This lot contains liquid mercury. If you intend to ship this overseas it is classified as hazardous cargo and will require additional declarations alongside specialist crating/packing. Prior to bidding, please contact your shipper or talk to our specialists for more information.
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