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Lot 10
A Gothic revival carved oak 'Royal Polytechnic Barometer', Joseph Davis & Co, London, late 19th century. With foliate carved gabled pediment above 9.5 inch glazed circular silvered register inscribed ROYAL POLYTECHNIC BAROMETER and with shield-shaped trade name cartouche JOSEPH DAVIS & CO. SOLE MANUFACTURERS ROYAL. POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION, LONDON and annoted with two sets of scales titled SET YESTERDAY and SET TO DAY with brass pivoted pointers adjusted via setting squares below register, the whole flanked by pilasters, the rectangular glazed lower section with SPECIAL REMARKS plaques flanking tube above Fahrenheit and Centigrade thermometers with bulb cistern beneath, 114cm high. Joseph Davis & Co are recorded by Banfield, Edwin BAROMETER MAKERS & RETAILERS 1660-1900 as working from Royal Polytechnic Institution, 6 Kennington Park Road, London 1871. They had the sole rights to produce the Royal Polytechnic Barometer in England which was in essence a further developed form of the Admiral Fitzroy pattern barometer with similar but more detailed observations. Visit www.dnfa.com for condition reports.
Lot 264
A Chinese green dragon saucer dish, the centre painted with a single dragon about to grasp the flaming pearl of wisdom, the exterior with two further beasts on a ground moulded with overlapping scales, a six character Qianlong seal mark and of the period 1736-95, a well restored crack and an associated filled rim chip, 17.8cm.
Lot 361
A set of Chinese opium scales, in a hardwood case with a guitar-shaped lower section containing gilt metal pans and an ivory scale, together with a collection of spindles, needlecases, hair ornaments, a bone carving of a bear baiting, and an opium knife with an axe-shaped blade. (A lot). Provenance: Acquired by John Reeves after his arrival in Canton in 1812, and thence by descent.
Lot 397
A set of W. & T. Avery person scales, the No.977 'Improved [or Stanley] Portable Personal Weighing Machine', circa 1905, with a brass steelyard and slides, weighing up to 24 stone by ounces, japanned ironwork, and an oak frame, with 'W. & T. Avery' transfer printed shield trademark, 61cm long. Visit www.dnfa.com for condition reports.
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