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Lot 1604
A Coalport bone china tyg, circa 1891-1920, the low bellied body painted with a panel of two exotic birds and two small flower vignettes within gilt overlaid scroll and floral frames, reserved against a blue scale ground, the twisted gilt handles with acanthus terminals, on scroll feet, green printed factory mark and gilt 'V.6894' to base, height approx 17cm (one handle repaired).
Lot 660
A large scale tinplate clockwork model, Alfa Romeo P2 vintage racing car by CIJ, c.1928, the aubergine coloured bodywork numbered '2', with stencilled cloverleaf emblems to bonnet and standing on spoked wheels and black rubber tyres. In overall playworn condition, lacking only two filler caps, one leather bonnet strap and steering wheel rim, 53 cms long
Lot 1594
A quantity of metalware collectables, including; Chinese bronze rule, relief moulded with gilded dragons and inset with a compass, a copper mounted hunting horn, two wooden and brass mounted spirit levels, a walrus tooth, Hughes pocket balance scale, a cast iron door knocker shaped as a hand clutching an apple and sundry.
Lot 14
A bronze sunshine recorder Gregory, London, circa 1900. With glass sphere supported within vertical arc calibrated for fixing the latitude at the base and with horizontal curved scale with channels to take calibrated card for recording the hours of sunshine, mounted on square black marble slab base applied with plaque inscribed GREGORY, 51 STRAND, LONDON, 29cm high.
Lot 15
A brass heliochronometer Negretti & Zambra, London, early 20th century The angled rotating plate with fixed backsight and pinhole foresight adjusted via a disc calibrated for the date to allow a reading for mean time to be taken from the circumference via a sector divided for minutes against a movable hour scale, the mechanism mounted within a green painted bowl on an adjustable pivot for latitude, the disc base with drilled mounting flange, the top-plate engraved NEGRETTI & ZAMBRA, 122 REGENT STREET, LONDON W., 22.5cm diameter. The current lot is made to a design patented by George James Gibbs on 14th February 1907 in response to general demand for a method of setting clocks to Greenwich mean time (which had been adopted by the UK by Act of Parliament in 1880). The design utilises a shaped cam to adjust the foresight to automatically compensate for the difference in solar and mean time. When properly set up the instrument will provide readings accurate to the nearest minute.
Lot 20
An oak cased aneroid barograph Callaghan, London, early 20th century The mechanism with concealed vacuum chamber operating inked pointer for the rotating drum lined with a paper scale, the armature signed CALLAGHAN, 23A. NEW BOND STREET, LONDON W., in a five-glass oak case with ogee base on disc feet, 37cm wide.
Lot 21
A mahogany mercury wheel barometer J. Dubini, London, early 19th century The 10 inch circular silvered register with scroll and urn engraved centre and calibrated in inches with the usual observations beneath circular fan inlaid panel and Fahrenheit scale arched alcohol thermometer to the baluster shaped trunk, the rounded base with spirit level signed J. Dubini, 8 Brooks Market, hygrometer and pediment lacking, 108cm high.
Lot 22
A Victorian mother of pearl inlaid rosewood wheel barometer Thomas Bale, Bristol, circa 1840. The silvered star centre engraved circular register beneath bowfronted Fahrenheit scale alcohol thermometer and hygrometer to the swan neck pediment, the square base with rectangular spirit level signed T. BALE, BRISTOL beneath setting pointer adjustment disc, the case with foliate inlays to borders, 106cm high. Thomas Bale is recorded in Moore, A.J The Clockmakers of Bristol 1650-1900 as working at 2 Narrow Wine Street 1839-44, then at Dial House, 13 Broadmead in 1849, then moving to 36 Wine Street where he is thought to have worked until circa 1875.
Lot 25
A George III inlaid mahogany bulb cistern tube mercury stick barometer P. Stillo, Manchester, early 19th century The rectangular silvered vernier register calibrated in inches with Fahrenheit scale mercury thermometer and signed P. Stillo N.4 Thomas Street, Manchester behind glazed door beneath broken pediment, with caddy moulded and line inlaid trunk with domed cistern cover to the circular base, 97cm high.
Lot 26
An oak cased mercury ‘Admiral Fitzroy’s Barometer’ Unsigned, circa 1890. The full-height paper scales annotated with Admiral Fitzroy’s observations and with brass sliding pointers above Fahrenheit scale alcohol thermometer and storm tube flanking the visible bulb cistern, in a glazed front Reformed Gothic influence case with chamfer moulded rails and uprights projecting through the corners, 108cm high.
Lot 27
A black japanned mercury marine stick barometer H. Hughes & Sons Ltd, London, early 20th century The cylindrical silvered vernier scale calibrated in inches and inscribed H. HUGHES & SONS LTD, LONDON, NO.805 above cylindrical shaft applied with brass vernier adjustment knob and Fahrenheit scale mercury thermometer with moulded cistern to base, wall-mounted via gimbals and hinged arm fixed beneath scale, 94cm high.
Lot 28
A brass Kew pattern marine barometer with Gold slide thermometer scale Short & Mason Ltd, London, early 20th century With brass cap above glazed cylindrical silvered vernier scale calibrated in millibars signed Short & Mason Ltd, London and inscribed B.O.T. Marine Barometer Mk.II, AB224/213, the cylindrical shaft with brass vernier adjustment knob, gimbal wall mountings and Gold type adjustable thermometer scale inscribed MET Ref No.1657, above silvered cistern cover, thermometer tube lacking, 91cm high. The use of the millibar as the standard unit for measuring atmospheric pressure was adopted by the Meterological Office in 1914 after recommendations made by E. Gold. Gold also devised the sliding thermometer scale to allow for corrections to be made for latitude, height of cistern above mean sea level, mean Index error as well as temperature. A similar barometer by Negretti & Zambra was sold in these rooms ‘The Banfield Family Collection of Barometers’, 4th September 2007, Lot 201.
Lot 29
A Victorian rosewood mercury marine barometer Soulby, London, mid 19th century The canted glazed arch-top bone vernier register calibrated in inches and signed SOULBY, LONDON to upper margin, in arch-top case with waisted rectangular section trunk applied with mercury Fahrenheit and Reamur scale thermometer, the base with moulded cylindrical brass cistern, gimbals lacking, 91cm high.
Lot 30
An ebony and brass navigational quadrant Unsigned, mid 18th century The ebony frame with T-shaped bracing, inset ivory scale calibrated from 0 to 90 degrees and foliate scroll engraved pivoted radius arm initialled J.C. to scale aperture, with pinhole sight and prism, filters and mirror lacking, generally distressed, 44cm diameter.
Lot 34
Edinburgh--Goad, Charles E. Fire insurance plan of Edinburgh. London: Charles E. Goad, 1892-1941. Key plan [scale 400ft. - 1inch], 24 detailed plans [40ft. - 1 inch] and index sheet, hand coloured in pink, blue, green and yellow, 64 by 53cm Note: The key plan and sheets 2 & 7-8 are dated Feb 1892, sheets 11-14, 17-22 April 1906, sheets 9-10, 15-16B Feb 1926, index Feb 1932, sheets 3-4 Feb 1935, sheet Feb 1941 [uncoloured]. The population is noted as 267,000 in 1892. The key plan outlines sheets 1-10 only, the full length of Princes Street north to Thistle Street. The remaining sheets cover areas to the south including North & South Bridges, the University and the Grassmarket; to the west including the West End, Fountainbridge breweries and Dalry; to the east including Waverley train station. The plans record, in detail, the businesses of both Edinburgh's commercial centre of the New Town and the traditional hub of the city around the Royal Mile and the University. Sheet 5 even includes Lyon & Turnbull at its original position at 54 George Street.
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