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Lot 84
A mahogany cased Sikes' Hydrometer, Buss, London, late 19th century, with calibrated brass float, bone Fahrenheit scale mercury thermometer stamped BUSS 48 Hatton Garden, LONDON, ten circular brass weights and a wooden rule, in red velvet-lined mahogany box. Approximately 20cm x 6cm. This lot is to be sold without reserve.
Lot 53
A pair of large Italian marmo giallo Grand Tour souvenir models of Temple of Castor and Pollux and the Temple of Vespasian, after the Antique, second quarter 19th century, each mounted to a rosso antico plinth, the larger model 72cm high, 37cm wide Marble renditions of Roman monuments were popular souvenirs for Grand Tourists visiting the Eternal City during the later 18th and 19th centuries, and both temples represented by the present models were much-visited stops at the Forum Romanum. The Temple of Castor and Pollux, or Tempio dei Dioscuri, was erected in 495 century BC to commemorate the victory in the Battle of Lake Regillus - a battle in which the Tarquins, the former Etruscan rulers of Rome, attempted to reclaim their throne shortly after the Roman Republic had been established. The temple was dedicated to Castor and Pollux, the twin sons of Zeus and Leda, as legend had it they fought on the side of the Romans during this battle. The iconic columns however are from a much later date, as the temple was rebuilt after a fire and dedicated by Emperor Tiberius in 6 AD. The Temple of Vespasian was built by the late Emperor's son Titus several decades later, in 79 AD.Both temples sustained significant damage including during the middle ages, and their ruinous nature likely appealed to the romantic imagination of foreign tourists. As Goethe notes in his Roman letters: 'He [who wishes to study art] must patch it up and put it together for himself out of endless, but still gorgeously rich, ruins.' (J. W. von Goethe, Rome, 22 January 1787) The present pairs are rare in their substantial size and attention to architectural detail, which indicates quality craftsmanship. Two sets of similar scale recently appeared on the market, including the pair sold at Christie's London, 12 April 2018, lot 260, and the models offered at Christie's New York, 23 October 2018, lot 333
Lot 142
Dollond, London, an early 19th Century long thermometer: the engraved silvered register signed Dollond, London with the scale showing the temperature to 220 degrees rather than the usual 110 and showing Spits. Boil and Water Boil, in a rectangular mahogany case with integral suspension loop, height 58cm.* Biography. Peter Dollond was the eldest son of the Hugenot silk weaver John Dollond. He set up as an optician at the age of twenty and became the most eminent optical instrument-maker of the late eighteenth century with the 1763 Directory describing him as Optician to His Majesty and the Duke of York and sole maker of the refracting telescopes invented by the late Mr. John Dollond who obtained his Majesty's Royal Letters for the said invention' the patent being dated 1757 following his father John, a keen amateur physicist, joining the business as a partner in 1752 and remaining so until his death in 1761. Peter Dollond took his brother John into partnership following which, after John's death in 1804, he took on his nephew George. Among the workmen in the Dollond workshop was Jesse Ramsden, brother-in-law to Peter, who went on to become an eminent maker himself.* Note Ref. Nicholas Goodison English Barometers 1680-1860. Pub. Cassell 1968.
Lot 232
Six 'pocket' aneroids, the first by F Barker & Son, London, the second a surveying aneroid and barometer, the third by John Davis, optician, Derby, leather case (poor), the fourth by the Army & Navy C S Ltd., Westminster, surveying aneroid, the fifth by J Hicks, maker, London No. 5967, with moving magnifier, leather carrying case, silver-cased, push stem wind for altitude scale, leather viewing case with compass, the sixth by Ross Ltd., London, with smaller metallic thermometer dial, leather case with easel stand (6)
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