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Lot 373
A quantity of die cast agricultural vehicles, comprising fifteen boxed Ertl vintage vehicles including Massey Harris 44 tractor, Ford 8N, English Fordson, a large boxed 1/16 scale ERtl Massey Harris Challenger, two packaged Ertl Replica Farm machines sets (John Deere Historical Tractor set and Case IH Historical Tractor set) together with eight boxed Shell Classic Sportscar Collection cars. (26)
Lot 143
A 19th century mahogany and brass inlaid cased bracket clock, brass pineapple finial, cream dial with Roman numerals, fluted detail to borders, pierced fish scale grill, brass sides, ball feet, handle side rings with cornucopia of flowers and fruit, twin barrel movement, backplate unmarked, pendulum engraved with starburst petal ring, key, movement striking on bell, 28 by 17 by 50cm.
Lot 23
A French Empire gilt and patinated bronze figural mantel timepiece Now with rack lever watch movement by Litherland and Company, Liverpool, early 19th century The four pillar fusee full-plate movement with rack lever escapement and sprung three arm monometallic balance, the backplate with large Slow/Fast regulation scale and diamond endstone to the chased balance cock incorporating signature LITHERLAND & CO., PATENTEES, now with circular white enamel Roman numeral dial with gilt spade hands within cast laurel surround, in a case modelled as an anchor resting against a bale of cotton opposing a figure of a first generation African American wearing pantaloons, on oval plinth base applied with mount cast with tied bale of wheat flanked by dolphins above shallow skirt and turned toupe feet, 18cm (7ins) high; with original oval outline black marble base, 21cm (88.25ins) high. Peter Litherland is recorded in Baillie, G.H. Watchmakers & Clockmakers of the World as working from circa 1790 until his death in 1805 with the firm continuing as Litherland, Whiteside & Company until 1816 when it became Litherland, Davies & Company. The escapement fitted to the current lot is a rare form of rack lever (non-detached) that was patented by Litherland in 1792 (Patent number1889).
Lot 29
A Victorian Tunbridge ware mercury desk thermometer Thomas Barton, Tunbridge Wells, late 19th century The rectangular tablet applied with ivory Fahrenheit scale mercury thermometer signed T. BARTON, TUNBRIDGE WELLS to upper margin, flanked by vertical bands of parquetry floral trail decoration on a ground of macassar ebony, on stepped base with repeating rosette decoration to upper tier and conforming floral band to lower tier, 13.5 (5.25ins) high. Thomas Barton is perhaps one of the best known makers of Tunbridge ware parquetry objects and worked for 86 Mount Ephraim Road, Tunbridge Wells 1845-1903.
Lot 31
A mahogany barograph Unsigned, early 20th century The mechanism with eight segment aneroid chamber within gilt brass armature operating via a system of pivoted levers an inked pointer for recording the change in barometric pressure on the clockwork-driven rotating paper-scale lined drum, the case with five glass cover and cavetto moulded base with squab feet, 37cm (14.5ins) wide.
Lot 32
A mahogany barograph Hague and Son, Bath, circa 1900 The mechanism with eight segment aneroid chamber within patinated brass armature operating via a system of pivoted levers an inked pointer for recording the change in barometric pressure on the clockwork-driven paper-scale lined rotating drum, the baseplate with ivorine plaque signed HAGUE & SON, BATH, the bevel-glazed case with five glass cover above ogee moulded skirt base incorporating chart drawer to apron, on compressed bracket feet; 36cm (14.25ins) wide; the drawer containing a supply of additional charts and instruction booklets.
Lot 34
A rare Edwardian brass mounted inlaid mahogany barograph with barometer dial and thermometer S.D. Neill Ltd., Belfast, early 20th century The mechanism with eight segment aneroid chamber within frosted gilt finish armature operating via a system of pivoted levers an inked pointer for recording the change in barometric pressure on the clockwork-driven paper-scale lined rotating drum, the front with open-centred circular silvered register with upper margin calibrated in barometric inches and with the usual observations above curved mercury tube Fahrenheit thermometer to the lower margin inscribed S.D. NEILL, LTD BELFAST to outer edge, the base panel with further ivorine trade label, the case with bevel-glazed five glass cover with moulded cornice above arched panels with foliate scroll inlaid upper quadrant infill and brass column uprights to angles, on ogee moulded skirt base incorporating repeating ribbon tied husk swag inlaid chart drawer to apron, on squab feet, 37.5cm (14.75ins) wide. Sharman D. Neill is recorded in Banfield, Edwin BAROMETER MAKERS AND RETAILERS 1660-1900 as a watch and clockmaker and jeweller working from 12 Donegal, Belfast from 1884 onwards.
Lot 35
An Edwardian Regency style inlaid mahogany aneroid wheel barometer Kelvin and James White Limited and Hutton, London, early 20th century The 8 inch circular silvered register signed KELVIN & J`AS WHITE LTD & HUTTON, 11 BILLITER S`T, LONDON to centre within scale calibrated in barometric inches and with the usual observations set beneath arched alcohol tube Fahrenheit thermometer flanked by oval marquetry conch shell decoration with radial fan roundel to the open triangular pediment and to the rounded base within ebony and box chevron border to case, 96cm (37.75ins) high. Kelvin,White and Hutton were chronometer and nautical instrument makers working both from 11 Billiter Street, London and 16, 18 and 20 Cambridge Street Glasgow from the late 19th century up to around 1925.
Lot 36
A George III inlaid mahogany mercury wheel barometer Thomas Bignell, London, early 19th century The 8 inch foliate swag engraved circular silvered register signed THO`s BIGNELL, London to centre within scale calibrated in barometric inches and with the usual observations set beneath arched mercury tube Fahrenheit thermometer flanked by oval parquetry fan decoration with conforming roundels to the open triangular pediment and to the rounded base within ebony and box triple line border to case, 98cm (33ins) high. Thomas Bignell is recorded in Baillie, G.H. Watchmakers & Clockmakers of the World as a clockmaker apprenticed in 1769.
Lot 37
A near pair of Regency inlaid mahogany mercury wheel barometers C. Belati, Burton, early 19th century Each with 8 inch decorative roundel-engraved circular silvered register signed C. Belati to centre within scale calibrated in barometric inches and with the usual observations set beneath arched alcohol tube Fahrenheit thermometer flanked by oval marquetry conch shell decoration with matching roundels to the open triangular pediment and to the rounded base within ebony and box line borders to case, each 98cm (38.5ins) high. C. Belati is recorded in Banfield, Edwin BAROMETER MAKERS AND RETAILERS 1660-1900 as working in Burton-on-Trent circa 1810-30
Lot 39
A Regency mahogany mercury stick barometer L. Bellatti, Grantham, early 19th century With open triangular pediment above glazed rectangular silvered vernier scale calibrated in barometric inches and with the usual observations, beside an alcohol tube Fahrenheit scale thermometer and signed L. Bellatti, Grantham to upper margin, the caddy moulded trunk with exposed tube over rounded base with hemispherical cistern cover, 97cm (38ins) high. Louis Bellatti is recorded in Banfield, Edwin BAROMETER MAKERS & RETAILERS 1650-1900 as a maker of angle barometers working in Grantham circa 1825-45.
Lot 40
A Victorian figured mahogany mercury stick barometer L. Bellatti, Lincoln, mid 19th century With cavetto moulded upstand above glazed canted ivory vernier scale calibrated in barometric inches together with the usual observations and signed L. Bellati, LINCOLN to upper margin opposing mercury tube Fahrenheit and Centigrade scale thermometer, the flame figured caddy moulded trunk with vernier adjustment square to throat above circular base with moulded domed cistern cover and level adjustment screw to underside, 97cm (38ins) high. Louis Lawrence Bellatti is recorded in Banfield, Edwin BAROMETER MAKERS & RETAILERS 1650-1900 as working from 34 Steep Hill, Lincoln 1849-68.
Lot 41
A Regency mahogany mercury stick barometer J. Springer, Bristol, early 19th century With arch-glazed shaped ebony and box strung door to the silvered vernier scale calibrated in barometric inches, with the usual observations and signed J. Springer, Bristol to upper margin, the trunk with conforming ebony and double box line strung edges above circular base with ivory button-centred moulded domed cistern cover, (lacking level adjustment screw), 89cm (39ins) high. James Springer is recorded in Moore, A.J. THE CLOCKMAKERS OF BRISTOL 1650-1900 as working in the parish of St. Thomas, Bristol in 1797.
Lot 42
A Victorian rosewood mercury stick barometer Lee and Son, Belfast, late 19th century With moulded pediment above bevel-glazed canted ivory double vernier scale calibrated in barometric inches and signed Lee & Son, BELFAST to upper margin, the caddy moulded trunk with vernier adjustment squares and foliate carved ears to throat above arched mercury tube Fahrenheit and Centigrade scale thermometer and base applied with urn shaped domed cistern cover over level adjustment screw to the ogee moulded underside, 97cm (38ins) high. Joseph Lee and Son are recorded in Banfield, Edwin BAROMETER MAKERS & RETAILERS 1650-1900 as working at 57 High Street, Belfast circa 1850-70.
Lot 49
A Victorian carved oak `Admiral Fitzroy` mercury tube barometer Davis and Company, London, circa 1870 The full-height glazed case with stylised foliate crest and turned finials to the shaped arch pediment enclosing applied gilt brass Royal coat of arms and heavy bulb cistern mercury tube with paper scale printed DAVIS AND COMPANY, Admiral Fitzroy`s, Prize Medal, Barometer, TRADE MARK above twin scales calibrated in barometric inches and with the usual observations and labelled SET YESTERDAY and SET TO-DAY to lower margin, over two columns of further text entitled ADMIRAL FITZROY`S SPECIAL REMARKS and foliate carved band with applied mercury tube Fahrenheit scale thermometer signed DAVIS & Co. 163 FENCHURCH S`T opposing unusual instruction panel for ADMIRAL FITROY`S, STORM, WARNING SIGNALS, the moulded side uprights fitted with rack and pinion setting pointer adjustment screws and with shallow moulded skirt base, 120cm (47.25ins) high. The current lot was made in accordance with the principals set out by Admiral Robert Fitzroy in his 1862 publication Weather Book. Although there appears to be no record of a Davis and Company working from Fenchurch Street, London in the usual sources, it is probable that they are an earlier incarnation of the firm of Joseph Davis and Company who worked from the Royal Polytechnic Institution, 6 Kensington Park Road, London from 1871-93 who advertised themselves as the sole manufacturers of the `Royal Polytechnic barometer`.
Lot 50
A Victorian carved walnut mercury stick barometer Unsigned, late 19th century With break-arch cavetto moulded and floral carved pediment above rectangular bevel-glazed double canted opaque glass vernier scales flanking large bore tube calibrated in barometric inches and with the usual observations, the margins annotated 10 A.M YESTERDAY and 10 A.M TO DAY, to upper and LONG FORETOLD LONG LAST, SHORT NOTICE SOON PAST and FAST RISE AFTER LOW FORETELLS STRONGER to lower, the top right corner further inscribed ADD ONE TENTH FOR EACH NINETY FEET ABOVE SEA LEVEL, the trunk with scroll carved ears and vernier setting squares to throat above applied bevel-glazed mercury tube Fahrenheit and Centigrade scale thermometer decorated with carved motifs to upper and lower rails, the base of shaped cartouche outline applied with rosette centred scroll carved cistern cover with level adjustment square to underside, 103cm (40.5ins) high.
Lot 51
A Victorian figured mahogany mercury stick barometer Frankham, London, late 19th century With canted pediment and lappet carved frieze above bevel-glazed canted silvered brass vernier scale calibrated in barometric inches together with the usual observations, annotated YESTERDAY 9 A.M. and TODAY 9 A.M. to lower margin and signed Frankham, 40 Baker Str., Pentonville to upper margin flanking large-bore mercury tube, the fine flame figured and ebony strung caddy moulded trunk with vernier adjustment squares to throat above circular base with moulded domed cistern cover and level adjustment screw to underside, 97cm (38ins) high. Richard William Frankham is recordedin Banfield, Edwin BAROMETER MAKERS & RETAILERS 1650-1900 as working from 40 Baker Street in 1872, 5 Little James Street 1887-89 and 28 Anwell Street from 1895.
Lot 54
A Victorian figured mahogany bowfronted flat-to-the-wall mercury stick barometer Watkins and Hill, London, mid 19th century With canted pediment and lappet carved frieze above bow-glazed canted silvered brass vernier scale calibrated in barometric inches together with the usual observations and signed Watkins & Hill, 5 Charing Cross, LONDON to upper margin flanking mercury tube, the flame figured bowfronted trunk with vernier adjustment square to throat above glazed mercury tube Fahrenheit and Centigrade scale thermometer and ogee moulded swollen base with level adjustment screw to the cavetto moulded underside, 97cm (38ins) high. The partnership between Francis Watkins and Joseph Hill is recorded in Clifton, Gloria Directory of British Scientific Instrument Makers 1550-1851 as makers of a diverse range of scientific instruments trading from 5 Charing Cross, London 1819-56.
Lot 55
A Queen Anne style walnut mercury pillar barometer Unsigned, in the manner of Daniel Quare, probably early 20th century The rectangular glazed two-piece silvered scale divided for barometric inches and annotated with summer and winter observations beneath comment Fair if Rise, Foul if Fall to upper margin, the top with brass finial-shaped recording pointer adjustment screws above tube concealed within Doric column-turned upright with cavetto moulded upstand to capital and brass collars to the spiral fluted lower section of the shaft, the base with moulded cylindrical cistern incorporating pendant finial for level adjustment to underside, 99cm (39ins) high.
Lot 56
A Queen Anne style brass mounted walnut mercury pillar barometer Unsigned, in the manner of Daniel Quare, early 20th century The rectangular engraved brass superstructure enclosing two-piece silvered scale divided for barometric inches and annotated with summer and winter observations beneath grotesque mask engraved caddy flanked by brass finial-shaped recording pointer adjustment screws, above floral decorated rectangular panel to throat and tube concealed within Doric column-turned upright with cavetto moulded upstand to capital and brass collars to the spiral fluted lower section of the shaft, the base with moulded cylindrical cistern, 92cm (36.25ins) high; with a large alcohol Fahrenheit scale thermometer, recent, with arched brass plate in arch-glazed mahogany case with cavetto moulded base, 61.5cm (24.25ins) high, (2).
Lot 59
A lacquered brass compound binocular microscope Smith Beck and Beck, London, late 19th century The bifurcated body tube with rack and pinion coarse focussing and eyepiece adjustment, the nosepiece with fine focus and carrier for two objectives, the circular stage with X and Y subject positioning and screw rotation against a scale divided for 40-0-180 degrees to circumference above sub-stage condensor with iris diaphragm and pivoted plano-concave mirror, the shaped upper limb pivoted via axis support on stand cast with two columnar uprights on a triform platform base issuing three horizontal supports signed Smith Beck & Beck, 31 Cornhill, London and numbered 4376 to upper surface of one, in original mahogany box with brass carrying handle above panelled front door and containing brass canisters for the two objective lenses, 50cm (19.25ins) high excluding handle; with a small rosewood box containing a quantity of unprepared glass slide plates, 23cm (9ins) wide.
Lot 60
A French brass pocket universal equinoctial sundial Jean Gabiel Augustin Chevallier, Paris, circa 1840 The recessed silvered centre with central rosette and radial lines engraved with French annotations for the four cardinal points and sixteen subdivisions within raised outer ring divided for degrees, beneath glazed panel within octagonal surround signed L. Ing`r Chevallier OPTICIEN, Place du Pont Neuf 15 Paris flanked by list of latitudes for Londres, Paris, Alger, Constantinople, Berlin and Lima, the hinged open hour circle pivoting against curved latitude scale and engraved IIII-XII-VIII with quarter-hour divisions and with pivoted needle gnomen between, 8.5cm wide, now set in a later mahogany case with hinged lid, 10cm (4ins) wide. Jean Gabriel Augustin Chevallier is recorded working in Paris 1778-1848, he relocated from Tour de l`Horloge, du Palais 1 to 15 Pont Neuf 15, Paris in 1838.
Lot 61
A Fine Victorian lacquered brass box sextant Cary, London, circa 1864 The circular top plate with screw for rack and pinion index mirror adjustment against a fine inset silver vernier scale with magnification arm, the circumference with sliding pinhole shutter revealing threaded telescope mounting aperture and levers for raising/lowering the coloured glass filters, the underside with further shuttered aperture to allow filter arms to move clear when not in use, the instrument enclosed by a threaded canister-shaped cover engraved with surveyor`s table to circumference and with presentation inscription Royal Military College, Presented to Gentleman Cadet William A. Law for Attention to and Progress in Military Surveying, June 1864 to top surface, complete with single-draw telescope attachment fitted with revolving filter selection to eyepiece, in original blue velvet lined mahogany presentation box, the instrument 7.2cm (3ins) diameter, the box 12cm (4.75ins) wide. The firm of William Cary is recorded in Clifton, Gloria Directory of British Scientific Instrument Makers 1550-1851 as working from various addresses in the Strand, London 1789-1891. Gentleman Cadet William Arthur Law`s commission is recorded in The London Gazette (available online) `21st Foot, Gentleman Cadet William Arthur Law, from The Royal Military College, to be Ensign without purchase, vice Pollard, promoted, Dated 28th June 1864`, no further records of his service appear in the usual sources.
Lot 62
A patinated brass sextant Heath and Company Limited, London, late 19th century The heart-pierced frame with pivoted arm mounted with mirror opposing hinged magnification lens over aperture for reading the silver inset brass vernier scale signed Heath & Co. Ltd., Crayford. London, with two sets of hinged filters, brass sighting tube and wooden grip to rear of frame, the mahogany box with paper test certificate by W.F. Stanley & Co. Limited dated May 16th 1916 applied behind perspex-glazed cover to interior of lid and with carrying handle to front, 28cm (11ins) wide. The firm of Heath and Company was founded in 1845 by George Heath in Erith, Kent. He specialised in supplying instruments to the maritime trade as was succeeded by his sons Frederick Thomas and George William on his death in 1872. By 1900 the firm had expanded to become one of the most prolific manufacturers of nautical and surveying instruments and had adopted the `Hezzanith` trade name; in 1926 the business was amalgamated with W.F. Stanley of London.
Lot 154
A fine engraved and patinated brass tripod table clock of month duration with aneroid barometer and mercury thermometer Thomas Cole, London, pre-numbered, circa 1845 The tapered two-tier movement with six-wheel train with five-spoke crossings between spotted plates, the upper section with four pillars retained by blued steel screws to backplate enclosing Vulliamy type deadbeat escapement and train as far as the centre wheel, the conforming deeper lower section containing spring barrel and 2nd wheel and with knurled hand setting screw to backplate, the 5.75 inch circular silvered Roman numeral dial with subsidiary seconds dial and small oval reserve signed THO`s COLE, LONDON to the lower margin of the fine engraved centre decorated with intense scrolling foliage on a hatched ground, with blued steel spade hands within slender moulded glazed bezel applied with foliate engraved shaped pendant cartouche incorporating winding square beneath, the dial and movement assembly resting on two turned supports fitted to the front two uprights of the tripod easel support and secured with knurled fixing screws to rear at top, the frame terminating with a disc applied with surmount cast as a curved bracket for hanging a small plumbline bob at apex and fitted with wide jaw for suspending the steel-alloy bob pendulum with fine screw adjustment to the spherical silvered brass bob beneath, the whole mounted on circular frosted gilt base with glazed demi-lune silvered barometer sector calibrated for barometric inches, with the usual observations and with gilt setting pointer set before an angled mercury Fahrenheit scale thermometer and pendulum beat scale rising to double-up as a pendulum holdfast within recessed field finely engraved with foliate scrollwork, the outer collar with conforming engraved panel infill between the supports incorporating oval repeat signature THO`s COLE, London to leading edge, on patinated brass cavetto moulded skirt base with ledge to take the original glass dome cover and with three screw-adjustable compressed bun feet, the clock 50cm (19.5ins) high; 53.5cm (21ins) high including dome, complete with original engraved gilt brass winding key. The life and work of Thomas Cole is extensively documented in Hawkins, J.B. THOMAS COLE & VICTORIAN CLOCKMAKING. Thomas Cole was born in Nether Stowey, Somerset in 1800. His father, Thomas senior, was a local clockmaker who is now known to have moved his family to Taunton in around 1815; he was a talented maker who probably taught both Thomas and his older brother, James Ferguson, the clockmaking trade. By 1821 James Ferguson had moved to London and filed a Patent for a pivoted detent escapement, by 1823 he was working from New Bond Street where he was joined by his younger brother, Thomas. Over the next twelve years the two brothers worked alongside each other and produced a series of highly complicated silver `humpback` carriage clocks very much in the manner of Abraham Louis Breguet (leading some to speculate a connection between Breguet and the Cole brothers). The brothers then went their separate ways with James Ferguson going on to explore his technical abilities later developing a series of escapement designs including a `resilient` lever escapement (1830), a `double rotary` escapement (1840), a detached escapement calliper (1849) and an escapement with negative diameter (1859). Thomas Cole sought to specialise in small decorative timepieces of the highest quality. By 1845 he was advertising himself as a `designer and maker of ornamental clocks` and in 1851 submitted examples for display at the Great Exhibition, both under his name, and on the stands of other leading retailers such as Hunt & Roskel and Hancocks. He then went on to exhibit at the Paris Exhibition of 1855 where his entry warranted an `Honourable Mention`, and again at the British International Exhibition in 1862 where he was awarded a medal for `Excellence of taste and design`. Thomas Cole was elected to the Royal Society of Arts in June 1861; he died three years later of typhoid fever, at his home at 1 Westbourne Park Road, Paddington, leaving his second wife Charlotte and their three children (two boys and one girl). The originality and inventiveness of design coupled with the exceptional quality of finish ensured an enduring popularity for Thomas Cole`s work, mainly from the rising Nouveau Riche class of Victorians made wealthy from the Industrial Revolution. The current lot belongs to one of four designs of tripod clock produced by Cole from around 1840 to circa 1865. The engraving to the centre of the dial, with its horizontal line hatching, indicates that this timepiece belongs to his earlier phase of production (see Hawkins, THOMAS COLE.. pages 40-1), this coupled with the lack of serial number (numbering commenced circa 1846/7) would suggest a production date of around 1845.
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