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Lot 177
A pair of 19th century Berlin hexagonal small candlesticks. With scale blue grounds, gilt gitterwerk and enamelled with Watteauesque panels. Underglaze sceptre marks, 13.5cm (2). Condition Report. To be used as a guide only. One with four chips to the underside rim of the base. Gilt wear to both. No other issues and free from repair.
Lot 76
18TH CENTURY ITALIAN SCHOOL "The Holy Family with attendants, a figure in the background holding a sprig of lilies, a further sprig spilt upon the floor", oil on copper, unsigned, bears later stamp and inscription verso "BY697 - Lot 108 18 6 82", 27 cm x 21 cm, housed in an early carved giltwood and gesso frame with dragon scale and guilloche carved decoration CONDITION REPORTS Has areas of flaking throughout especially evident on the top edge and to Mary's arm and sleeve. There is dirt and paint marks all over, areas of surface scratching. There is an area of flaking which is black but doesn't appear to show any touching up under UV in line with Jesus' foot underneath the blue of Mary's skirt. Crackalure and crazing throughout. Wear and tear conducive with age and use. The frame has heavy worm, flaking to the gilding, cracks showing throughout, especially in the joins - see images for more details
Lot 165
JOHN WARD (born 1938); a straight sided stoneware vessel with ring above tapered base covered in mottled green glaze, impressed JW mark, height 13.5cm (D). CONDITION REPORT: Nibbles to ring and some lime scale marks to interior, otherwise appears good with no further obvious signs of faults, damage or restoration.This lot qualifies for Artist Resale Rights. For further information, please visit http://www.dacs.org.uk
Lot 13
A fine and rare Scottish brass mounted mahogany stick barometer with hygrometer William Dobbie to a design by John Russell, Falkirk, circa 1845 The chevron banded case with swan neck pediment and cavetto cornice above arch-glazed door enclosing fine engraved silvered brass scale incorporating HYGROMETER calibrated 0-30 in both directions and annotated DRY/MOIST flanked by fine foliate scroll infill to arch, above arched banner titled BAROMETER and signed W m Dobbie, Falkirk over Vernier scale calibrated in barometric inches and with the usual weather observations positioned to the right of the tube, opposing spirit tube Fahrenheit thermometer similarly labelled THERMOMETER in an arch above to the left, the trunk applied with full-height Corinthian half column with reeded shaft and cast brass capital and base over slightly domed oval cistern cover, 110cm (43.25ins) high excluding finial. Provenance: Private collection, Hampshire (ref. B44); purchased from J.W. Blanchard Limited, Winchester, 14th January 1993 for £1,700. William Dobbie is recorded in Loomes, Brian Watchmakers & Clockmakers of the World, volume 2 as a clock and watchmaker born in Falkirk, 1796 and died 1845. The design of the current lot was devised by the celebrated clock and watch maker John Russell who settled in Falkirk in 1770 in a shop opposite the top of Kirk Wynd. He subsequently became watch maker to the Prince of Wales and died in 1817. The basic design of the current lot was probably developed around 1785 by Russell and appears to have be closely related to that of Benjamin Martin s Triple Weather Glass (an example of which was sold in these rooms in our sale of Mallett: Taking Stock 8th November 2018, lot 109). In his work English BAROMETERS 1680-1860 Nicholas Goodison refers to an excerpt from the Alloa Monthly Advertiser of 7th February 1845 in which it was announced that William Dobbie of Falkirk had just completed two of Russell s splendid royal barometers (now scarce), warranted identical with those made by the original constructor.. from this it would appear that Dobbie was trading on the back of Russell s reputation or perhaps even as his successor. Indeed the current lot would support the latter as the engraving to the register plate is all but identical to an example by Russell illustrated by Goodison on page 230 (plate 157).
Lot 14
Ω A fine Regency mahogany mercury stick barometer with ivory cistern float probably for use in a lighthouse Alexander Adie, Edinburgh, early 19th century The slender figured mahogany case with brass Vernier adjustment screw to top above inset rectangular silvered Vernier scale with canted upper angles and calibrated in barometric inches to right hand margin beneath engraved signature A. Adie, Edinburgh to upper edge , the trunk with visible tube above moulded reeded square section cistern cover with ivory mercury float to right hand side and brass level adjustment screw beneath, 94.5cm (37.25ins) high. Provenance: Private collection, Hampshire (B105); purchased from Michael Sim, Chiselhurst, 12th January 2001 for £2,650 who, in-turn, had acquired the instrument directly from The Trustees of the Northern Lighthouse Commissioners. Alexander Adie is recorded in Goodison, Nicholas English BAROMETERS 1680-1860 as born 1774 and apprenticed to his uncle, the eminent Scottish instrument maker John Miller, in 1789. In 1804 his uncle took him into partnership under the name of Miller and Adie which continued until after Miller's death in 1815. Adie was particularly interested in meteorological instruments and is perhaps best known as the inventor of the Sympiesometer in 1818. In recognition of his work he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 1819. He was appointed optician to William IV and later Queen Victoria and took one of his sons, John, into partnership in 1835. Two of his other sons set up businesses; Robert in Liverpool and Patrick in London. Unfortunately John Adie was prone to 'fits of despondency' which resulted in him shooting himself in 1857, Alexander Adie died the following year - no doubt expediated by the stress of his son's demise. The current lot appears to be a well made but functional model from Adie's range that has practical refinements such as screw Vernier adjustment to the top of the case and ivory cistern float. Adie is known to have supplied parabolic reflectors for the Northern lighthouse Board as well as barometers which required careful calibration due to their likely use in an elevated position within the lighthouse structure; the provenance provided by Michael Sim would strongly suggest that the current lot was supplied for this purpose.Cites Regulations Please note that this lot (lots marked with the symbol Ω in the printed catalogue) may be subject to CITES regulations when exported from the EU. The CITES regulations may be found at www.defra.gov.uk/ahvla-en/imports-exports/cites
Lot 15
Ω A George III mahogany mercury stick barometer with hygrometer Wisker, York, circa 1800 The ebony banded case with swan-neck pediment and cavetto cornice above inset silvered Vernier scale calibrated in barometric inches and with the usual observations beneath signature Wisker, York to upper margin set behind flush-fronted glazed door, the trunk with hygrometer over conforming inset silvered Fahrenheit scale mercury tube thermometer with decorative border to the bulb aperture and leaf crest to upper margin behind flush glazed cover, the rounded base with circular moulded domed cistern cover, (part dis-assembled), 96cm (37.75ins) high. Provenance: Private collection Hampshire (B163). A Matthew Wisker is recorded in Banfield, Edwin BAROMETER MAKERS & RETAILERS 1660-1900 as working from Spurriergate, York 1777-1804. He was succeeded by his son, John, who presumably continued the business until his death in 1822. The firm was subsequently managed by John s widow, Elizabeth, who in-turn passed it on to their son, Matthias in 1827.Cites Regulations Please note that this lot (lots marked with the symbol Ω in the printed catalogue) may be subject to CITES regulations when exported from the EU. The CITES regulations may be found at www.defra.gov.uk/ahvla-en/imports-exports/cites
Lot 16
Ω A Regency mahogany bowfronted mercury stick barometer Henry Andrews, Royston, circa 1820 With curved swan-neck pediment and cavetto moulded cornice over silvered Vernier scale calibrated in barometric inches and with the usual observations beneath signature Hen y Andrews, Royston to upper margin, behind bowed glass within moulded surround above trunk with the same bowed profile incorporating Vernier setting screw over flat fronted inset mercury tube Fahrenheit scale thermometer, the base with turned ebony half vase cistern cover flanked by canted angles decorated with ebony lozenge inlay over cavetto moulded underside incorporating level adjustment screw, 100cm (39.5ins) high. Provenance: From the collection of the late John Marsh of Lawnsford House, South Staffordshire. William Henry Andrews is recorded in Banfield, Edwin BAROMETER MAKERS & RETAILERS 1660-1900 as working in Royston circa 1790-1830. He was succeeded by his son, also called William, who worked until circa 1860.Cites Regulations Please note that this lot (lots marked with the symbol Ω in the printed catalogue) may be subject to CITES regulations when exported from the EU. The CITES regulations may be found at www.defra.gov.uk/ahvla-en/imports-exports/cites
Lot 17
A George III style mahogany mercury column stick barometer Unsigned, 20th century With ogee moulded cornice over glazed rectangular door enclosing brass Vernier scale calibrated in barometric inches with the usual observations over trunk carved as a fluted column with brass Corinthian capital over rectangular box cistern cover with chevron veneers to fascia between moulded upper and lower margins and with level adjustment screw to underside, 95cm (37.5ins) high.
Lot 18
A fine George III inlaid mahogany mercury wheel barometer Bruner and Company, Manchester, circa 1800 With generous swan-neck pediment and cavetto cornice, over double-line strung baluster outline upright inset with tall arch-glazed Fahrenheit scale alcohol thermometer flanked by oval conch-shell marquetry motifs above silvered hygrometer incorporating square for independent adjustment of the beard beneath, the 10 inch sunburst centred circular silvered register signed Bruner & Co., Salford Bridge, MANCHESTER to centre within concentric scale annotated in barometric inches with the usual observations to circumference and generous glazed cast brass bezel, the rounded base with further marquetry lozenge over silvered spirit level engraved with festoon swags , 100cm (39.5ins) high excluding finial. Provenance: Private collection, Hampshire (ref. B158); purchased at Netherhampton Salerooms, Shaftsbury, 1st October 2008 (lot 850) for £1,200 hammer. Bruner and Company of Manchester appear unrecorded in the usual sources.
Lot 19
Ω A rare George III inlaid mahogany mercury wheel barometer with unusual indication Joshua Springer, Bristol, circa 1795 With triple line-edged rounded top inset with a hygrometer scale engraved DRY/MOIST and signed Springer, Bristol over conforming strung baluster outline upright with large glazed rectangular Fahrenheit scale mercury thermometer flanked by foliate oval lozenge marquetry motifs, the 8.5 inch circular register further signed J. Springer, Bristol to centre over central spindle applied with ivory pulley assembly flanked by text Fair if Rise opposing Foul if Fall, the lower section beneath the spindle with vertical scale calibrated in barometric inches 28-31 and annotated with usual observations, the circumference with concentric scale divided for hundredths of a barometric inch annotated for every tenth, the rounded base with marquetry fan rosette , (unrestored, lacking hygrometer centre and glass, tube, bezel, hand and cursor weight), 97cm (38.25ins) high. Joshua Springer is recorded in Goodison, Nicholas English BAROMETERS 1680-1860 as succeeding the London scientific instrument maker John Wright (who had trained under Benjamin Cole and settled in Bristol in 1756) in 1759. Springer initially worked from Hadleys Quadrant, St. Stephen s Lane, Bristol, before moving to 2 Clare Street in 1775 where he remained until 1808. Goodison notes several angle barometers by Springer in addition to a very small group of wheel barometers made with the same design of dial as the current lot. The highly unusual register plate of the current instrument is designed to allow the vertical barometric scale beneath the centre spindle to be read via a small brass cursor weight suspended from a line wound around the ivory pulley. This is in-turn, driven by a second pulley on the other end of the spindle connected in the usual manner (via a line and glass float) to the open-end of the mercury syphon tube. The diameter of both pulleys have been carefully tuned to ensure that the spindle revolves once for every barometric inch covered, thus allowing the hand to provide a reading to two decimal points for each inch covered by the cursor weight. Another example by Springer with an almost identical dial to the current lot is illustrated by Goodison on pages 246-47 (plates 168 and 169).Cites Regulations Please note that this lot (lots marked with the symbol Ω in the printed catalogue) may be subject to CITES regulations when exported from the EU. The CITES regulations may be found at www.defra.gov.uk/ahvla-en/imports-exports/cites
Lot 2
A George III brass surveyor's sighting compass dial Cole, London, circa 1770-90 The 3 inch circular silvered dial with foliate engraved eight-point compass rose annotated N, NE, E, SE, S, SW, W, NW and signed Cole, Fecit within scroll cartouches flanking the fleur-de-lys North terminal, the outer margin scale annotated in tens 0-90 for each quadrant and further raised concentric scale calibrated 0-360 , the steel pointer with pin pivot set within glazed moulded bezel applied with a pair of hinged alidades incorporating opposing tension line and hairline slot viewing apertures, the outer edge with further degree scale calibrated 0-360 , the underside with socket and clamp screw for tripod mounting, 10cm (4ins) diameter; with a later base comprising post over moulded brass disc applied to circular wooden plinth, 17.5cm (7ins) diameter overall. Provenance: Private collection, Hampshire. No less than five scientific instrument makers with the surname Cole are recorded in Clifton, Gloria Directory of British Scientific Instrument Makers 1550-1851 as working in London during the latter half of the 18th century. However Benjamin Cole (II), who is recorded as working from The Orrery (next the Globe Tavern) 1768-82 then 136 Fleet Street until 1785, is perhaps the most likely candidate as he is known to have produced surveying instruments including sighting compasses with folding alidades.
Lot 20
A Regency inlaid mahogany mercury wheel barometer Francis Molton, Norwich, circa 1825 With chevron-edged rounded top inset with marquetry fan roundel over conforming strung baluster outline upright applied with arch-glazed Fahrenheit scale spirit thermometer flanked by lozenge fan motifs, the 8 inch sunburst-centred circular silvered register signed Fr s Molton Fecit, Norwich to centre within concentric scale annotated in barometric inches with the usual observations to circumference and glazed cast brass bezel, the rounded base with further marquetry roundel , (part restored), 94cm (37ins) high. Provenance: Private collection, Hampshire (ref. B171). Francis Molton is recorded in Banfield, Edwin BAROMETER MAKERS AND RETAILERS 1660-1900 as working from Dove Lane and St. Lawrence Steps, Norwich 1822-30.
Lot 21
A Regency mahogany mercury wheel barometer Joseph Lafrancho, Ludlow, early 19th century With open swan neck pediment and silvered hydrometer inscribed DRY/DAMP set behind glazed brass bezel to the upper section of the double-strung case, the baluster outline upright applied with arch-glazed Fahrenheit scale alcohol thermometer over 8 inch circular silvered scroll cartouche centred register annotated in barometric inches and with the usual observations to circumference within cast brass bezel, the rounded base with bone disc for setting the recording pointer over glazed spirit level signed Jos h Lafrancho, Ludlow, (part restored), 99cm (39ins) high excluding finial. Provenance: Private collection, Hampshire (B184). J. Laffrancho is recorded in Banfield, Edwin BAROMETER MAKERS AND RETAILERS 1660-1900 as working in Ludlow circa 1815-50.
Lot 22
A Regency inlaid mahogany mercury wheel barometer Thomas Foster, Tiverton, early 19th century With open triangular pediment and marquetry rosette over double-line strung baluster outline upright applied with arch-glazed Fahrenheit scale alcohol thermometer flanked by conch shell motifs, the 8 inch rosette and star centred circular silvered register signed Tho s Foster, Tiverton within concentric scale annotated in barometric inches with the usual observations to circumference and generous glazed cast brass bezel, the rounded base with bone recording hand setting disc and further marquetry rosette , 98cm (38.5ins) high excluding finial. Provenance: Private collection, Hampshire (ref. B142); purchased in these rooms, 21st March 2007 (lot 360) for £380 hammer.
Lot 23
A George III inlaid mahogany mercury wheel barometer G. Broggi, early 19th century With open triangular pediment and marquetry rosette over line strung baluster outline upright applied with arch-glazed Fahrenheit scale alcohol thermometer flanked by conch shell motifs, the 8 inch rosette centred circular silvered register signed G. Broggi, FECIT within concentric scale annotated in barometric inches with the usual observations to circumference and generous glazed cast brass bezel, the rounded base with further marquetry rosette , 98cm (38.5ins) high excluding finial. Provenance: Private collection, Hampshire (ref. B175); purchased at Gardiner Houlgate, Corsham 22nd October 2010 (lot 951) for £450 hammer. A Gillando Broggi is recorded in Banfield, Edwin BAROMETER MAKERS AND RETAILERS 1660-1900 as working in Chelmsford circa 1815-45.
Lot 24
A Regency inlaid mahogany mercury wheel barometer B. Lanota, Portsmouth, early 19th century With open triangular pediment and marquetry rosette over double-line strung baluster outline upright applied with arch-glazed Fahrenheit scale spirit thermometer flanked by conch shell motifs, the 8 inch circular silvered register signed B. Lanota, Portsmouth to centre within concentric scale annotated in barometric inches with the usual observations to circumference and glazed cast brass bezel, the rounded base with further marquetry rosette , 97cm (38.25ins) high. Provenance: Private collection, Hampshire (ref. B180); purchased at Netherhampton Salerooms, Shaftsbury 11th November 2011 (lot 192) for £210 hammer. B. Lanota is recorded in Banfield, Edwin BAROMETER MAKERS AND RETAILERS 1660-1900 as working in Portsmouth circa 1800-20.
Lot 27
Ω A Victorian carved walnut mercury stick barometer Gargory, Birmingham, third quarter of the 19th century With scallop shell and scroll carved pediment and cavetto cornice above rectangular bevel-glazed double ivory double Vernier scales calibrated in barometric inches and with the usual observations, the upper margins annotated 10 A.M YESTERDAY and 10 A.M TO DAY, beneath signature GREGORY, 41 BULL STREET, BIRMINGHAM , the trunk with Vernier setting squares to throat above applied glazed mercury tube Fahrenheit and Centigrade scale thermometer decorated with carved motifs to upper and lower rails, the base of circular outline applied with rosette carved cistern cover with level adjustment square to underside, (tube removed but present), 98cm (38.5ins) high. Provenance: Private collection Hampshire (ref. B155); Purchased at Christies, London, 17th June 2008 (lot 5) for £750 hammer. James Gargory is recorded in Banfield, Edwin BAROMETER MAKERS AND RETAILERS 1660-1900 as working from various addresses in Bull St. Birmingham 1830-56.Cites Regulations Please note that this lot (lots marked with the symbol Ω in the printed catalogue) may be subject to CITES regulations when exported from the EU. The CITES regulations may be found at www.defra.gov.uk/ahvla-en/imports-exports/cites
Lot 28
Ω A Victorian oak mercury stick barometer Lawson and Son, Brighton, third quarter of the 19th century With moulded pediment and cavetto cornice above rectangular glazed double ivory double Vernier scales calibrated in barometric inches and with the usual observations, the upper margins annotated 10 A.M YESTERDAY and 10 A.M TO DAY, beneath signature LAWSON & SON, OLD STREET, BRIGHTON , the trunk with Vernier setting squares to throat above applied glazed mercury tube Fahrenheit and Centigrade scale thermometer decorated with moulded upper and lower rails, the base of circular outline applied with domed cistern cover with level adjustment square to underside, 95cm (37.5ins) high. Provenance: Private collection Hampshire (ref. B90); purchased at H.Y. Duke and Son, Dorchester, 9th December 1999 (lot 1067) for £450 hammer. Thomas Lawson and Son are recorded in Loomes, Brian Watchmakers & Clockmakers of the World, Volume 2 as working in Brighton 1870-78.Cites Regulations Please note that this lot (lots marked with the symbol Ω in the printed catalogue) may be subject to CITES regulations when exported from the EU. The CITES regulations may be found at www.defra.gov.uk/ahvla-en/imports-exports/cites
Lot 29
A Victorian brass Kew Pattern marine mercury stick barometer configured for use on land Adie and Wedderburn, Edinburgh, second half of the 19th century The cylindrical silvered scale calibrated in barometric inches divided to twentieths and with Vernier slide fitted flush within the tube viewing aperture, the vertical left hand margin signed ADIE & WEDDERBURN, EDINBURGH. the lower margin engraved No. 760, set behind cylindrical glass collar with Vernier adjustment screw and gimballed support over applied mercury tube Fahrenheit scale thermometer to the narrow trunk below, the base with moulded cylindrical iron cistern cover braced within further supporting ring to lower edge, 94cm (37ins) high; applied to original ogee moulded oak wall panel, 105cm (41.25ins) high overall. Provenance: Private collection Hampshire (ref. B27). Alexander Adie is recorded in Banfield, Edwin BAROMETER MAKERS AND RETAILERS 1660-1900 as born 1775 and dying in 1858. Adie was the nephew of John Miller, one of the leading Scottish makers of Scientific Instruments in the 18th century and was apprenticed to him in 1789. In 1804 they formed the partnership of Miller and Adie which continued until the death of John Miller in 1815. Adie continued the business alone specialising in meteorological instruments obtaining a patent in 1818 for his air barometer or sympiesometer. In recognition of this invention he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 1819. He was appointed optician to William IV and later Queen Victoria after forming a partnership with his son, John, in 1835 to form Adie & Son. John's brother, Richard, moved to Liverpool where he set-up business in Bold Street in 1835. He employed Thomas Wedderburn as a foreman in Edinburgh through whom the current lot was probably supplied. The current lot is made to the pattern of standard marine barometer devised by Patric Adie and John Welsh of the Kew observatory in 1855. Although the instrument is mounted via gimbals the cistern steadying ring and very close proximity of the oak board behind indicates that it was supplied for use on land possibly for a laboratory or meteorological station.
Lot 30
An Edwardian 15ct gold cased aneroid pocket barometer with altimeter scale Ross, London, 1907 The 1.75 inch circular silvered register signed ROSS, LONDON, 892 and inscribed within concentric scale calibrated for barometric inches divided into twentieths and annotated with basic weather observations within rotating outer scale calibrated in feet from 0 to 8,000 and divided for 100 foot intervals, the pocket watch type case with suspension ring, machined bezel and engraved inscription ROB T EMMET. MORETON MORRELL, WARWICK, ENG. to circumference, marks for Chester 1907, diameter 5cm (2ins). Provenance: Private collection, Hampshire (ref. B57). Andrew Ross is recorded in Clifton, Gloria Directory of British Scientific Instrument Makers 1550-1851 as working from various addresses in London 1830-59: 5 Albemarle St., St. John s Square, Clerkenwell (1831-2); 15 St. John s Square, Clerkenwell (1832-9); 33 Regent Circus, Piccadilly (1839-43); 21 Featherstone Buildings, Clerkenwell (1843-7); 2 Featherstone Buildings Clerkenwell (1848-53) and 2-3 Featherstone Buildings, Holborn (1854-59). Ross was a founder member of the Microscopical Society of London; he died in 1859 and was succeeded by Thomas Ross. The firm continued as one of the principal manufacturers of optical and other instruments through various successors until 1982. The inscription relates to Robert Emmet who was a wealthy American-born banker of Irish heritage born in New York in 1872. By 1901 he was living with his wife Louise and three infant sons in Barford, Warwickshire before building a substantial and authentic recreation of an Elizabethan manor house called Moreton Paddox at Moreton Morrell, Warwickshire. A fascinating account of him and his family can be found online at The Great War in Villages Project.The images in the printed catalogue have been transposed but are correctly illustrated on our website and other online platforms.
Lot 31
A Victorian silver-gilt cased small aneroid pocket barometer with altimeter scale Moritz Pillischer, London, 1880 The 1.25 inch circular silvered register with concentric scale calibrated for barometric inches divided into twentieths within rotating outer scale calibrated in feet from 0 to 8,000 and divided for 50 foot intervals, the pocket watch type case with suspension ring enclosing knurled crown for adjustment of the altimeter scale and engine-turned decoration to the opening rear enclosing frosted internal cover engraved M. PILLISCHER, LONDON, Compensated , marks for London 1880, diameter 3.4cm (1.375ins). Provenance: Private collection, Hampshire (ref. B33); purchased from Arthur Middleton Ltd., Covent Garden, London, November 1989 for £403. Moritz Pillischer is recorded in Clifton, Gloria Directory of British Scientific Instrument Makers 1550-1851 as working from 398 Oxford Street 1851-53 then 88 New Bond street, London 1854-87. He was succeeded by his Nephew, Jacob . The images in the printed catalogue have been transposed but are correctly illustrated on our website and other online platforms.
Lot 32
A Victorian silver cased aneroid pocket barometer with altimeter scale John Browning, London, 1871 The 1.75 inch open-centred circular silvered register signed JOHN BROWNING, LONDON, and inscribed within concentric scale calibrated for barometric inches divided into fiftieths within rotating outer scale calibrated in feet from 0 to 4,450 and divided for 25 foot intervals, the pocket watch type case with suspension ring, machined circumference and engine-turned back centred with a vacant scroll cartouche, marks for London 1871, diameter 5cm (2ins). Provenance: Private collection, Hampshire (ref. B60). John Browning is recorded in Banfield, Edwin BAROMETER MAKERS AND RETAILERS 1660-1900 as working from various addresses in London from 1662 until after 1900; he was Optical & Physical Instrument Maker to Her Majesty s Government, The Royal Observatory and Kew Observatory .
Lot 33
A silver cased aneroid pocket barometer with altimeter scale and thermometer Mappin, London, 1931 The 2 inch circular silvered register with curved mercury tube Fahrenheit scale thermometer to the recessed centre signed MAPPIN and inscribed Compensated within concentric scale calibrated for barometric inches divided into twentieths and annotated with basic weather observations within rotating outer scale calibrated in feet from 0 to 10,000 and divided for 50 foot intervals, the cylindrical outer case with hinged lid and engine-turned decoration throughout, marks for London 1931, diameter 6.4cm (2.5ins). Provenance: Private collection, Hampshire (ref. B17).
Lot 34
A silver cased aneroid pocket barometer with altimeter scale and thermometer Unsigned, London, 1920 The 2 inch circular silvered register with curved mercury tube Fahrenheit scale thermometer to the recessed centre within concentric scale calibrated for barometric inches divided into twentieths and annotated with basic weather observations within rotating outer scale calibrated in feet from 0 to 8,000 and divided for 100 foot intervals, the cylindrical outer case with hinged lid engraved with stylised monogram GKW , marks for London 1920, diameter 6.8cm (2.625ins). Provenance: Private collection, Hampshire (ref. B40); Purchased from Hannah Antiques, Oakley, Buckinghamshire, 17th January 1992 for £530.
Lot 35
An oxidised brass cased aneroid pocket surveying barometer with altimeter scale E.R. Watts and Son, London, circa 1920 The 2.75 inch circular silvered register inscribed Surveying Aneriod, Compensated, E.R. WATTS & SON, LONDON, 1306 to the recessed centre within concentric scale calibrated for barometric inches divided into twentieths and outer scale calibrated in feet from 0 to 6,000 anticlockwise opposing 0-2000 clockwise divided for 20 foot intervals, the periphery with rotating ring engraved with a Vernier 0-20 scale also divided into twentieths, the cylindrical bevel-glazed case fitted with pivoted magnifying glass and milled rotating crown for moving and viewing the Vernier scale, with suspension ring and inscribed with retailer s signature JAMES MURRAY & Co., CALCUTTA to rear, 7.6cm (3ins) diameter. Provenance: Private collection, Hampshire (ref. B76). The firm of Edward Richard Watts and Son is recorded in Banfield, Edwin BAROMETER MAKERS AND RETAILERS 1660-1900 as trading from 123 Camberwell Road, London from 1899. During the 1920 s the firm became E.R. Watts and Son Limited and amalgamated with Adam Hilger Limited to form Hilger and Watts in 1948. The retailer s signature to the back of the current lot indicates that it was supplied through the celebrated firm of watch and marine chronometer makers, James Murray and Company, who moved to Calcutta in around 1880 and traded until 1847.
Lot 37
A brass cased Naudet pattern aneroid 'Holosteric' barometer Pertius, Hulot and Naudet, Paris, circa 1870 The 4.75 inch circular open-centred silvered register calibrated in barometric inches with ususal annotations to upper section and mounted with alcohol and mercury Reaumur, Fahrenheit and Centigrade scale thermometers to lower section, the upper margin of the centre inscribed HOLOSTERIC BAROMETER and with serial number 5559 between the thermometer bulbs, the circular bevel glass fitted with a brass recording pointer retained in a moulded brass case with suspension loop and circular trademark P.H.B.N. stamped to the rear, diameter 21cm (8.25ins). Provenance: Private collection, Hampshire (ref. B55). The current lot is an English market version of the model produced by the firm of Naudet, Hulot and Cie (later Pertius, Hulot and Naudet) in Paris after Vidie's patent for the aneroid barometer had expired in 1859. A similar example retailed by Edward George Wood of London was sold in these rooms The Banfield Collection of Barometers 4th September 2007 lot 18.
Lot 38
A fine George III mahogany bayonet-tube mercury stick barometer with large-scale thermometer Nairne and Blunt, London, circa 1780 The caddy moulded case inset with arched silvered Vernier scale calibrated in barometric inches to the right hand margin opposing weather observations to the left, the upper margin signed in a curve Nairne & Blunt, London and the lower edge decorated with an engraved leafy scroll flanked cavetto-shaped angles, the trunk applied with full-height silvered-scale spirit thermometer calibrated in Fahrenheit with scale divided in degrees annotated 0-110 opposing markers inscribed Freezing, Temprate and Blood Heat, over pierced brass bulb shield and circular base applied with half sphere cistern cover incorporating level adjustment screw to underside, 96.5cm (38ins) high. Provenance: Private collection Hampshire (ref. B14); purchased at Mallams, Oxford, June 1982 for £1,050 hammer. The collaboration between Edward Nairne and his former apprentice Thomas Blunt is recorded in Banfield, Edwin BAROMETER MAKERS AND RETAILERS 1660-1900 as established in 1774 and lasting until 1793. Edward Nairne was born in 1726 and apprenticed to the celebrated instrument maker, Matthew Loft, in 1741. Latterly he worked from 20 Cornhill and published numerous booklets on navigational, pneumatic and astronomical instruments. In 1776 Nairne devised a marine barometer with a restriction to the bore of the mercury tube which served to dampen the oscillation of the mercury, he was elected Fellow of the Royal Society in 1776 and died 1806. Thomas Blunt was apprenticed to Edward Nairne in 1760 with whom he formed a loose partnership in 1774, perhaps for mutual convenience as his premises were next door to Nairne's at 22 Cornhill. Blunt designed some of the components for the 'New Barometer' devised by the Portuguese Scientist J.H. Magellan for measuring altitude, and latterly became instrument maker to George III. In 1793 he took his son, also named Thomas, into partnership and subsequently relocated to 136 Minories in 1814, he died in 1822. An almost identical instrument to the current lot (signed by Nairne alone) is illustrated in Banfield, Edwin BAROMETERS, Stick or Cistern tube on page 75.
Lot 39
Ω A fine George III mahogany mercury stick barometer with hygrometer Gilbert, Wright and Hooke, London, circa 1800 The caddy moulded and ebony banded case with open triangular pediment and cavetto cornice above hygrometer with independent adjustment for the beard pointer via a brass turn-screw set beneath, over inset silvered Vernier scale calibrated in barometric inches to the right hand margin opposing weather observations to the left, the upper margin signed Gilbert, Wright & Hooke, London, set behind flush hinged glazed door, the trunk with Vernier adjustment square to throat over conforming inset silvered Fahrenheit scale mercury tube thermometer with brass protective cover to the bulb and recording slider to right hand edge behind hinged glazed cover, the rounded base with circular moulded domed cistern cover above brass level adjustment screw to underside, 112cm (44ins) high. Provenance: Private collection Hampshire (ref. B67); purchased from C.E. Hebden, Cambridge, 28h July 1997 for £2,750. The partnership between William Gilbert, Gabriel Wright and Benjamin Hooke Hooke are recorded in Clifton, Gloria Directory of British Scientific Instrument Makers 1550-1851 as working from Navigation Warehouse, 148 Leadenhall Street, London 1794-1801.Cites Regulations Please note that this lot (lots marked with the symbol Ω in the printed catalogue) may be subject to CITES regulations when exported from the EU. The CITES regulations may be found at www.defra.gov.uk/ahvla-en/imports-exports/cites
Lot 40
Ω A George III mahogany mercury stick barometer Cately and Company, London, early 19th century With open triangular pediment above chevron bordered glazed door enclosing rectangular silvered Vernier scale calibrated in barometric inches and with the usual observations to the right opposing Fahrenheit scale spirit thermometer to the left, the upper margin signed Cately & Co. Ship Turnstile, Holborn , the caddy moulded trunk with exposed tube flanked by mahogany veneers with grain set at opposing forty-five degree angles within chevron-strung border, the conforming rounded base with hemispherical cistern cover centred with a turned ivory button, 96.5cm (38ins) high. Provenance: Private collection Hampshire (ref. B1); purchased from Lita Kaye of Lyndhurst, 12th July 1978 for £650 Cat(t)ely and Company are recorded in Banfield, Edwin BAROMETER MAKERS & RETAILERS 1660-1900 as working from 81 Holborn, London, circa 1810-30.Cites Regulations Please note that this lot (lots marked with the symbol Ω in the printed catalogue) may be subject to CITES regulations when exported from the EU. The CITES regulations may be found at www.defra.gov.uk/ahvla-en/imports-exports/cites
Lot 41
Ω A George III style mahogany mercury stick barometer The register plate bearing a signature for William Harris, London, 20th century The ebony-edged case inset with arched silvered Vernier scale calibrated in barometric inches to the right hand margin opposing weather observations to the left, the upper margin bearing an engraved signature W m Harris, Optician, 22 Cornhill , the full width line-edged trunk with exposed tube flanked by mahogany veneers with grain set at opposing forty-five degree angles over rounded base applied with ebonised half sphere cistern cover incorporating level adjustment screw to underside, 94cm (37ins) high. Provenance: Private collection Hampshire (ref. B177).Cites Regulations Please note that this lot (lots marked with the symbol Ω in the printed catalogue) may be subject to CITES regulations when exported from the EU. The CITES regulations may be found at www.defra.gov.uk/ahvla-en/imports-exports/cites
Lot 42
Ω A rare William IV or early Victorian mahogany and brass mercury portable mountain stick barometer John Newman, London, circa 1835 The slender circular section mahogany case incorporating slot applied with canted silvered brass Vernier scale calibrated in barometric inches from 18 inches to over 32 inches divided into twentieths and annotated 19-32 to right hand margin set behind brass revolving cylindrical shutter and with Vernier adjustment screw to cap, the waist applied with ivory collar engraved NEWMANS IMPROVED PORTABLE IRON CISTERN, 122 REGENT STREET, LONDON opposing annotations CORRECTION FOR CAPACITIES 1/50, NEUTRAL POINT 30.012, CAPILLARY ACTION +.038, TEMPERATURE 66 (degrees), the slightly tapered lower section with inset Fahrenheit mercury thermometer applied to ivory scale over two-part brass cased iron cistern, the lower part turning against a pinned slot engraved with two positions PORTABLE and NOT PORTABLE, 91.5cm (36ins) high; with original leather cylindrical carrying case. Provenance: Private collection, Hampshire (ref. B26). John Frederick Newman‚ is recorded in Banfield, Edwin BAROMETER MAKERS AND RETAILERS as working at 7 and 8 Lisle Street, London, 1816-25 then 122 Regent Street 1827-62 when the business was taken over by Negretti and Zambra. He made standard and portable barometers for James Clark Ross's Antarctic expeditions (1839-1843). In 1851 he exhibited at the Great Exhibition at the Crystal Palace and his meterological station barometers were used throughout the British Empire. Soon after the invention of the barometer in the 17th century it was observed that air pressure decreased with altitude. However, it was not until the latter part of the 18th century before an accurate mathematical relationship between height and drop in air pressure had been devised allowing barometers to be made with the intention of measuring altitude. The two-part iron cistern employed in the current lot was devised by Newman in 1833 to allow safe transport of the instrument. The construction of the cistern incorporates a valve mechanism which essentially shuts off the mercury column from the atmosphere when the lower half of the cylinder is rotated to the PORTABLE position. Newman s instructions for the use of the barometer advises that the instrument should be inverted before the cistern is closed-off presumably to prevent the mercury column from bouncing against the top of the column (potentially breaking the glass) and transported upside-down. Indeed the leather case present with the lot is designed for the instrument to be inverted before insertion. An almost identical instrument to the current lot was purchased by Charles Darwin in 1831 for use on the Beagle voyage (1831-36) and was presented to the Royal Society by the executors of his estate after his death in 1882.Cites Regulations Please note that this lot (lots marked with the symbol Ω in the printed catalogue) may be subject to CITES regulations when exported from the EU. The CITES regulations may be found at www.defra.gov.uk/ahvla-en/imports-exports/cites
Lot 44
A fine George III inlaid mahogany mercury wheel barometer James Gatty, London, circa 1800 With wide swan-neck pediment incorporating cavetto cornice and parquetry band over triple-line edged baluster outline upright inset with silvered hygrometer incorporating square for independent adjustment of the beard beneath over arch-glazed Fahrenheit scale mercury thermometer and 10 inch sunburst centred circular silvered register with concentric scale annotated in barometric inches with the usual observations to circumference and generous glazed cast brass bezel, the rounded base with recording pointer setting screw over circular silvered spirit level engraved James Gatty, No. 132, Holborn, LONDON, 97cm (38.28ins) high excluding finial. Provenance: Private collection, Hampshire (ref. B158); purchased at Netherhampton Salerooms, Shaftsbury, 1st October 2008 (lot 851) for £1,150 hammer. James Gatty is recorded in Goodison, Nicholas English Barometers 1680-1860 working from 130 and 132 High Holborn. His exact dates or whether he started as an optician or immigrant glassblower are unknown, however a barometer by him was included in the sale of Sir William Chambers s furniture in 1796; a James Gattey is also recorded as working from 64 Tooley Street in 1802. Gatty is considered to be probably the most sought-after maker of early wheel barometers which tend to be of the finest quality.
Lot 45
Ω A rare George III satinwood mercury wheel barometer Tagliabue and Torre, London, circa 1805 With open swan neck pediment and silvered hydrometer inscribed DRY/DAMP set behind glazed brass bezel to the upper section of the fine strung tulipwood crossbanded case, the baluster outline upright applied with arch-glazed Fahrenheit scale mercury thermometer over 12 inch circular silvered register annotated in barometric inches and with the usual observations to circumference within generous cast brass bezel, the rounded base with bone disc for setting the recording pointer over glazed spirit level signed Tagliabue & Torre, 294, Holborn, LONDON , 113cm (44.5ins) high excluding finial. Provenance: Private collection, Hampshire (ref. B148); purchased at these rooms in our sale of The Banfield Collection of Barometers 4th September 2007 (lot 98) for £1,000 hammer. The current lot is also illustrated in Banfield, Edwin BAROMETERS, Wheel or Banjo on page 54. Tagliabue and Torre are recorded in Banfield, Edwin BAROMETER MAKERS AND RETAILERS 1660-1900 as working from 294 Holborn, London 1800-07.Cites Regulations Please note that this lot (lots marked with the symbol Ω in the printed catalogue) may be subject to CITES regulations when exported from the EU. The CITES regulations may be found at www.defra.gov.uk/ahvla-en/imports-exports/cites
Lot 46
A George III inlaid mahogany mercury wheel barometer Negretty and Company, London, early 19th century With open triangular pediment, parquetry strung cornice and marquetry rosette to top over triple-line strung baluster outline upright applied with arch-glazed Fahrenheit scale alcohol thermometer flanked by oval foliate motifs, the 8 inch sunburst centred circular silvered register signed Negretty & Co. Fecit, LONDON to centre within concentric scale annotated in barometric inches with the usual observations to circumference and generous glazed cast brass bezel, the rounded base with further marquetry rosette , 97cm (38.25ins) high excluding finial. Provenance: Private collection, Hampshire (ref. B111); purchased at Woolley and Wallis, Salisbury, 8th January 2002 (lot 367) for £750 hammer. The firm of Negretty and Company are recorded in Banfield, Edwin BAROMETER MAKERS AND RETAILERS 1660-1900 as working in London circa 1820-40.
Lot 48
A Regency inlaid mahogany mercury wheel barometer A. Rivolta, early 19th century With open triangular pediment and marquetry rosette over double-line strung baluster outline upright applied with arch-glazed Fahrenheit scale thermometer flanked by conch shell motifs, the 8 inch circular silvered register signed A. RIVOLTA, Warranted to centre within concentric scale annotated in barometric inches with the usual observations to circumference and glazed cast brass bezel, the rounded base with further marquetry rosette , (part restored), 97cm (38.25ins) high. Provenance: Private collection, Hampshire (ref. B182); purchased at Gardiner Houlgate, Corsham 21st October 2010 (lot 786) for £450 hammer. An Anthony Rivolta is recorded in Banfield, Edwin BAROMETER MAKERS AND RETAILERS 1660-1900 as working from 32 Brooke Street, High Holborn, London 1822-45 and Lower Calthorpe Street, London 1846-51.
Lot 49
Ω A George III mahogany mercury wheel barometer Charles Pitsalla and Company, London, circa 1805 With open swan neck pediment and silvered hydrometer inscribed DRY/DAMP set behind glazed brass bezel to the upper section of the fine strung rosewood crossbanded case, the baluster outline upright applied with arch-glazed Fahrenheit scale alcohol thermometer over 10 inch circular register annotated in barometric inches and with the usual observations to circumference within generous cast brass bezel, the rounded base with bone disc for setting the recording pointer over glazed spirit level signed Cha. Pitsalla, No. 221 high Holborn, LONDON, (unrestored), 100cm (39.5ins) high excluding finial. Provenance: Private collection, Hampshire (ref. B147); purchased at these rooms in our sale of The Banfield Collection of Barometers 4th September 2007 (lot 96) for £550 hammer. The current lot is also illustrated in Banfield, Edwin BAROMETERS, Wheel or Banjo on page 51. Charles Pitsalla is recorded in Banfield, Edwin BAROMETER MAKERS AND RETAILERS 1660-1900 as working from 221 High Holborn, London circa 1800-20.Cites Regulations Please note that this lot (lots marked with the symbol Ω in the printed catalogue) may be subject to CITES regulations when exported from the EU. The CITES regulations may be found at www.defra.gov.uk/ahvla-en/imports-exports/cites
Lot 5
A rare English brass Gunter pattern horary quadrant Unsigned, mid 17th century The heavy brass plate applied with twin pinhole sight vanes, the apex pierced with a hole for plumb line and engraved with a shadow square annotated 1-10 in both directions and divided into fifths, below is a sector arranged as a quarter of an astrolabe for a fixed latitude showing the sky projection between equator and tropics crossed by the ecliptic divided with a Zodiacal scale, horizon and azimuth lines, the outer band with double calendar scale annotated I, F, M, A, M, I in one direction and I, A, S, O, N, D in the other within degree scale annotated 0-90 to limb, radius 10.1cm (4ins). The layout of the current lot was devised by Edmund Gunter who first published the design in 1623. Gunter was born in Hertfordshire in 1581 and studied at Oxford as an undergraduate 1600-03. During this time he developed his interest in mathematics and started designing his own instruments including a sector. In 1615 Gunter took holy orders and became rector at both St. Mary Magdalen, Oxford and St, Georges, Southwark. Around this time he also spent more and more time at Gresham College working alongside his friend Henry Briggs who was professor of geometry which ultimately led to his appointment as the third Gresham professor of astronomy in 1620. In 1623 Edmund Gunter published his work De Sectore et Radio or The Description and Use of the Sector, the Cross-staffe and other instruments which included the design of quadrant on which the current lot is very closely based. The current instrument appears to be laid out for vernal equinox of 21 March, consistent with the Gregorian calendar (still in effect in England at this time) and for latitude of 52° for London. It also incorporates an edge scale of solar declination adjacent to the quadrantal scale for observing altitudes of sun and stars onto which the sky positions of at least three bright stars are also plotted. Once supplied with a plumb line incorporating a sliding bead the quadrant can be used to establish the suns position in the Zodiac at a particular time of year and for finding the azimuth of the sun at a particular time of day as well as other astronomical functions.
Lot 51
Ω A Victorian rosewood cased sympiesometer J.R. Cameron, Liverpool, circa 1875 The rectangular silvered scale applied with siphon tube with open bulb to the left and sealed bulb to the right filled with blue stained fluid, the left hand margin with mercury tube Fahrenheit scale thermometer above engraved signature J.R. CAMERON, 54., South Castle St., LIVERPOOL opposing right hand side with engraved vertical scale for degrees Fahrenheit ranging between 20 and 120 set behind slide with expanded scale annotated for barometric inches and with the usual weather observations, the upper edge of the slide fitted with angled brass pointer for calibration against the temperature scale behind and with sliding adjustment via threaded bar previously fitted with a knob to the right hand side of the case, between the thermometer and barometric tubes, the lower edge with recessed circular level recording disc labelled REGISTER and engraved with barometric scale visible through an arched aperture in the plate and manually adjusted via projecting rim to the base, the case with shaped upstand to the cavetto moulded cornice above moulded surround to the bevel glazed front aperture, (with restoration), 49.5cm (19.5ins) high. Provenance: Private collection, Hampshire (ref. B104); Purchased at Woolley and Wallis, Salisbury, 9th January 2001 (Lot 296) for £1,600 hammer. John R. Cameron is recorded in Banfield, Edwin BAROMETER MAKERS AND RETAILERS 1660-1900 as a chronometer and watch maker working from 54 Castle Street, Liverpool circa 1850-70. The sympiesometer was invented by Alexander Adie of Edinburgh in 1818 and is essentially an improved version of Robert Hooke's thermobarometer which was subject of a paper presented to the Royal Society in 1668. The instrument works by having a syphon tube filled with liquid open to the air at one end and with trapped gas at the other (sulphuric acid and hydrogen were used in later sympiesometers). As barometric pressure increases the liquid will be forced down the tube causing the gas to be compressed, resulting in a change in level in the tube. Unfortunately the volume of the gas changes with temperature so before a reliable reading can be taken the instrument would first need to be calibrated by adjusting the position of the movable barometer scale in relation to the temperature scale behind to reflect the reading provided by the thermometer. The sympiesometer was conceived as an alternative to the mercury marine barometer as it was smaller and believed to be less susceptible to the motion of a vessel at sea.Cites Regulations Please note that this lot (lots marked with the symbol Ω in the printed catalogue) may be subject to CITES regulations when exported from the EU. The CITES regulations may be found at www.defra.gov.uk/ahvla-en/imports-exports/cites
Lot 52
A rare Victorian carved oak and opaque glass maximum/minimum thermometer Unsigned, third quarter of the 19th century The arched opaque glass Fahrenheit scale plate applied with shaped tube arranged to provide a minimum reading to the inverted scale on the left hand side and maximum reading to the ascending scale to the right, the lower bend of the tube filled with mercury acting against markers inserted within the spirit filled sections, the scale further annotated COLD to the upper left margin opposing HEAT to the right, mounted on scroll-carved an oak wall panel for wall mounting, 38cm (15ins) high. This type of maximum/minimum thermometer was invented by James Six (1731-1793) in around 1780 and relies on markers inserted in the tube to remain at the highest position gained by the mercury over a given period, hence a record of the minimum temperature on the inverted scale to the left and highest temperature to the ascending scale on the right can be obtained.
Lot 53
An unusual oak cased aneroid wall barometer possibly for use on a yacht Stebbing, Southampton, late 19th century The rectangular silvered scale bordered with a finely executed relief cast architectural arch including Tuscan pilasters and with foliate scroll engraved infill to upper quadrant areas, the curvature of the arch calibrated in barometric inches divided into fiftieths over the usual weather annotations to inner margin and signature Stebbing, SOUTHAMPTON, the centre with fine engraved strapwork flanked by a pair of banners inscribed FALL, FOR, S.W. LY., S.E., S.W., WET, OR, MORE WIND to the left opposing RISE, FOR, N.E. LY., N.W., N.E., DRY, OR, LESS WIND to the right, the lower margin inscribed REGISTERED No. 260 over panel LONG FORETOLD LONG LAST, SHORT FORETOLD SOON PAST opposing FIRST RISE ARTER LOW, FORETELS A STRONGER BLOW, fitted with steel pointer for the arched scale set behind thick bevel-glazed panel incorporating brass setting pointer within an ogee moulded surround, 19.5cm (7.75ins) high; now with a later moulded cornice 23cm (9ins) high overall. Provenance: Private collection, Hampshire (ref. B63). John Rankin Stebbing is recorded in Banfield, Edwin BAROMETER MAKERS & RETAILERS 1660-1900 as an optical, mathematical and nautical instrument maker who was working from 63 High Street, Southampton in 1833 where he was patronised by the Duchess of Kent and Princess Victoria. He then moved to 47 High Street by 1845 and went into partnership with Albert Wood in 1851 until 1853. Latterly he had an outlet at Dock Chambers (1857) and the business is believed to have continued throughout the rest of the 19th century being appointed makers to the Queen and the Royal Yacht Squadron. The compact size of the current lot together with exquisite design of the register coupled with the robust construction of the case would make it entirely appropriate for use on an expensive yacht. The annotations to the register suggest that it was made after Admiral Fitzroy published his Weather Book in 1862. Indeed the incorporation of some of the wording used on Fitzroy s design of mariners station storm barometer strongly supports the probability of the current lot being intended for use on board a sailing vessel.
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