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A****. Abraham, Optician, Liverpool A Mahogany Stick Barometer, having a double moulded pediment above a rectangular glazed door enclosing engraved ivory register plates, the shaft faced with figured veneers, bearing turned-ivory pointer adjustment knob and meteorological slide-calculator with ivory registers, shallow domed cistern cover, second quarter 19th Century, 92cm high (incomplete)
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Bruner & Co., Salford Bridge, Manchester A Mahogany-Cased Stick Barometer, having a broken pediment surmounting a rectangular glazed door, enclosing an engraved brass register plate, the shaft feather-banded and inlaid with ebony and boxwood stringing, above a shallow domed cistern cover, early 19th Century, 95cm
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A Sheraton period mahogany bowfront corner washstand enclosed by a pair of doors below false drawers and above a drawer flanked by false drawers, a platform under, 62cm (24.5") wide #280-320 422. A 19th Century stick back armchair with solid seat in elm, raised on turned legs with crinoline stretcher
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A pair of George I silver candlesticks by Joseph Bird London 1719 each raised on a spreading hexagonal foot tapering upwards to the knopped stem supporting the hexagonal sockets marked to the base and with the town mark to the socket engraved with armorials also with later unmarked nozzles 18.75cm high (stick only) 21.75cm (with nozzles) 26.75oz (31oz with nozzles) Family Records of the present owner indicate specifically in a 1947 inventory that the arms are those of Hafodunas and that their then owner had come by them as heir to his mother Mary Elizabeth Wynn Griffith whose own grandmother had been heiress of Penllech and Hafodunas. The (Wynn) Griffiths of Llanfairisgaer were extensive landowners in Anglesey Caernarvon and Merioneth. Members oftimes filled the post of Sheriff (the earliest recorded being that in Anglesey 1395/61) and Receiver General (of the Royal Rents) for North Wales (at various times from 1631 onwards). A collection of family papers rent rolls etc from the 16th century onwards is held in the National Library of Wales
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a violin, the two-piece back 35.5cm long, labelled 'Ch. J.B. Collin-Mezin / Luthier a Paris / Rue du Faub'g Poissonniere, No10 CM' and with a hand-written date '1889', cased; with a bow; another violin, the two-piece back 36cm long, labelled 'Andreas Guarnerius Cremonae sub / _tulo sancte Theresiae 1723', cased; with a bow, the chestnut octagonal stick impressed 'Vuillaume', the ebony frog with mother of pearl eyes, and with an ebony and plated adjuster; and another bow, impressed 'W.E. H & S 2', (5).
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James Ayscough, London (Barometer maker circa 1745-60), mahogany stick barometer, signed silvered calibrated dial surmounted with a turned half finial, moulded outlines and mahogany ball base, 93cm Note: James Ayscough is listed as working from 33 Ludgate Street near St. Pauls, specialising in spectacles, lenses and microscopes, but also selling barometers, diagonal, standard or portable and was succeeded by his apprentice Joseph Linnell who continued to use the name Ayscough until 1767. An example of his trade card is held in the Science Museum, London and is illustrated Fig. 3 of Banfields Barometer Makers and Retailers
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A 9ct gold lady's wristwatch bracelet, a 9ct gold bracelet, a gold heart shaped pendant with a neckchain, a 9ct gold neckchain with a pendant, a gold stick pin, a silver pendant cross, a silver and marcasite leaf brooch, a graduated cultured pearl necklace, a pale blue paste necklace and a collection of costume jewellery.
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Oriental: three Japanese Meiji okimonos, each carved ivory, one a scribe man in hat with gourds, 19.5cm tall, oval base signed to base with two flowers and red cartouches; one a man with hair in bun, walking stick and book at his waist, circular base, 17.5cm tall; and one a carved immortal with sword and whisk, 24cm tall (three)
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