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Lot 123
A George III mahogany stick barometer, by James Ayscough, mid-18th century, the arched case with three pine-cone finials supported on brass Ionic columns, the silvered plate calibrated in barometric inches and with brass adjustment slide, inscribed Ayscough London, the gadrooned trunk above a hemispherical cistern cover, ivory adjustment terminal knop, 101cm high Note: James Ayscough was apprenticed as optician and mathematical instrument maker and worked with J Mann in Fleet Street from about 1740-1748. He was then in business in his own name 'at the great Golden Spectacles, in Ludgate Street, near St. Paul's, London' until about 1760. A fine carved mahogany portable stick barometer is in the Victoria & Albert Museum. Please note Roseberys do not guarantee the working condition of barometers offered for sale. Ivory registration submission reference: 6JYSAYZL This lot contains liquid mercury. If you intend to ship this overseas it is classified as hazardous cargo and will require additional declarations alongside specialist crating/packing. Prior to bidding, please contact your shipper or talk to our specialists for more information.
Lot 124
A George III mahogany bayonet stick barometer, by Thomas Blunt, late 18th century, with silvered plates marked in barometric inches with sliding adjustment above a large scale thermometer marked in Fahrenheit, inscribed T Blunt London, with moulded hemispherical cistern cover, 97cm high Note: Thomas Blunt is recorded by Banfield as working circa 1760 until he died in 1822, he became instrument maker to George III probably as recognition for the work done with the Portuguese scientist J.H. de Magellan in developing his new type of barometer. The 'bayonet' tube is a straight glass tube which is crimped/bent below the register plates. This allows the lower part of the tube to be concealed behind a panel or plate upon which a thermometer is often mounted, as with the present example. Please note Roseberys do not guarantee the working condition of barometers offered for sale. This lot contains liquid mercury. If you intend to ship this overseas it is classified as hazardous cargo and will require additional declarations alongside specialist crating/packing. Prior to bidding, please contact your shipper or talk to our specialists for more information.
Lot 125
A George III mahogany bayonet tube stick barometer, by Watkins & Smith, c.1765, with broken pediment and ball finial above silvered plates marked in barometric inches with sliding adjustment above a large scale thermometer marked in Fahrenheit, inscribed Watkins and Smith LONDON, with moulded hemispherical cistern cover, 104cm high Note: Francis Watkins (c.1723-1784) was one of the leading instrument makers in England during the second half of the 18th century. He occupied premises initially at 415 Charing Cross and then 5 Charing Cross. In 1763 he took into partnership his apprentice Addison Smith, until 1764. Much of Watkins' fame derives from his angle barometers with 'Perpetual regulation of Time'.Please note Roseberys do not guarantee the working condition of barometers offered for sale.Please note that this barometer contains mercury
Lot 127
A George III mahogany stick barometer by Dominic Manticha, late 18th century, the broken pediment with gilt-bronze pineapple finial, above a hinged and glazed door enclosing a silvered scale marked in barometric inches with brass adjustment slide, inscribed MANTICHA FECIT and with Masonic symbols, chevron line inlay overall, 97cm high Note: Dominic Manticha is recorded as working in Ely Court, Holborn, London from circa 1785 and is considered one of the better of the barometer workers who emigrated from Italy at this time to work in Britain. Please note Roseberys do not guarantee the working condition of barometers offered for sale. This lot contains liquid mercury. If you intend to ship this overseas it is classified as hazardous cargo and will require additional declarations alongside specialist crating/packing. Prior to bidding, please contact your shipper or talk to our specialists for more information.
Lot 130
A George III satinwood stick barometer, by Edward Nairne and Blunt, c.1800, the arched top with silvered scale calibrated in barometric inches and sliding adjustment scale, inscribed Nairne London, with hemispherical mahogany cistern cover, 97cm high Please note Roseberys do not guarantee the working condition of barometers offered for sale. This lot contains liquid mercury. If you intend to ship this overseas it is classified as hazardous cargo and will require additional declarations alongside specialist crating/packing. Prior to bidding, please contact your shipper or talk to our specialists for more information.
Lot 131
An early Victorian mahogany stick barometer, by Alexander Adie & Son, Edinburgh, mid-19th century, the arched silvered scale inscribed A Adie Edinburgh, and with brass adjustment screw, the cistern with domed cover, 89cm high Please note Roseberys do not guarantee the working condition of barometers offered for sale. This lot contains liquid mercury. If you intend to ship this overseas it is classified as hazardous cargo and will require additional declarations alongside specialist crating/packing. Prior to bidding, please contact your shipper or talk to our specialists for more information.
Lot 83
A George III mahogany stick barometer, by George Adams, London, c.1760, the arched case set with glazed silvered Vernier scale with manual pointer inscribed Geo Adams, Fleet Street, London, with brass cover to top of tube and portable cistern with brass screw, and rounded cover, 96cm high Provenance: with Garner & Marney, London, October 1961. Literature: N. Goodison, English Barometers, 1968, pls. 25-6. N. Goodison, English Barometers, 2nd edition, 1977, pls. 19, 23. Note: George Adams Junior is recorded as being apprenticed to his father, also called George, in 1765 and taking over the family business, at 60 Fleet Street, London, on his father's death in 1773. He continued his father's tradition of producing outstanding instruments and became instrument maker to George III and optician to the Prince of Wales. He died in 1795 leaving the business to his younger brother, Dudley. Sir Nicolas Goodison notes: In 1790 the younger George Adams published A Short Dissertation on the Barometer, Thermometer and other Meteorological Instruments. He calls it in the preface a 'hastily written tract' and published it because his large planned work on meteorology would need many years preparation. In spite of its imperfections it is a valuable source of information and evidence. In it there is a list, with prices, of meteorological instruments made and sold by him. These include 'a plain barometer, covered frame and glass door £2 12s 6d', which seems to tally with this simple but elegant instrument. Please note Roseberys do not guarantee the working condition of barometers offered for sale. This lot contains liquid mercury. If you intend to ship this overseas it is classified as hazardous cargo and will require additional declarations alongside specialist crating/packing. Prior to bidding, please contact your shipper or talk to our specialists for more information.
Lot 84
A George III brass-mounted mahogany stick barometer, by Joseph Finney, Liverpool, c.1770, the case with carved scroll pediment, the silvered register plate calibrated in barometric inches 28-31, enclosed in a glazed hinged square frame, encased tube and lidded box at base for open cistern, with manually adjusted brass pointer extending on right to engraved table enabling measurements to 1/100th inch, signed on the plates Jos. Finney in Liverpool, 113.7cm high, 25.4cm wide, 7.6cm deep Provenance: Acquired from Anthony Woodburn, Lewes, June, 2001. Note: Sir Nicholas Goodison noted: Two eighteenth-century watch and clock makers of this name are recorded at Liverpool - Josephy Finney (1), 1734-61, d.1772, the most likely maker of this barometer, and Joseph Finney (2), 1770-96. The cistern was originally open and survives, but at present there is an ordinary portable cistern in its place. An angle barometer by Finney with an architectural case and an open cistern is in the Science Museum collection (Inv. no. 1927-1911; N. Goodison, English Barometers, Woodbridge, 1977, p.69, pl. 18). Please note Roseberys do not guarantee the working condition of barometers offered for sale. Photographs: © Christie's Images. This lot contains liquid mercury. If you intend to ship this overseas it is classified as hazardous cargo and will require additional declarations alongside specialist crating/packing. Prior to bidding, please contact your shipper or talk to our specialists for more information.
Lot 87
A George III mahogany stick barometer, by J. Search, London, c.1780, the silvered scale calibrated in barometric inches with lever-adjusted Vernier scale, open cistern, bulb at top of tube, turned domed cistern cover, and brass cover to top of tube, 93cm high Provenance: with Park Street Antiques, Berkhamstead, October 1991, £2,200. Note: Sir Nicholas Goodison notes: This open-cistern barometer was adapted, as so many open-cistern barometers were, to a closed portable cistern, but has been restored successfully by Derek Rayment because the open cistern was still there. The large bulb at the top of the tube aims to dilute any infiltrating moisture that damages the vacuum. There would originally have been a scale to measure the height of the mercury in the cistern, which is missing, its place being taken by a subtly inserted piece of mahogany. Please note Roseberys do not guarantee the working condition of barometers offered for sale. This lot contains liquid mercury. If you intend to ship this overseas it is classified as hazardous cargo and will require additional declarations alongside specialist crating/packing. Prior to bidding, please contact your shipper or talk to our specialists for more information.
Lot 91
A George III mahogany stick barometer, by Francis Pelegrino, circa 1800, the silvered plate with Arabic numerals, Vernier scale and bulb tube Fahrenheit mercury thermometer, in mahogany case with broken pediment, chequered strung borders and round cistern cover, signed Frans Pelegrino Fecit to plate, 95cm high Literature: N. Goodison, English Barometers, 1968, pls. 36-7, p. 82. N. Goodison, English Barometers, 2nd edition, 1977, pls. 44-5, p. 94 Please note Roseberys do not guarantee the working condition of barometers offered for sale. This lot contains liquid mercury. If you intend to ship this overseas it is classified as hazardous cargo and will require additional declarations alongside specialist crating/packing. Prior to bidding, please contact your shipper or talk to our specialists for more information.
Lot 93
A George III Scottish mahogany stick barometer, by Balthazar Knie, late 18th/early 19th century, the arched silvered plate with floral engraving, main scale with manual Vernier scale and Fahrenheit spirit thermometer, the plate signed KNIE EDINr, the mahogany veneered case with distinctive Scottish top above the long trunk of typical form with boxwood strung edge and visible tube, with oval cistern cover having marquetry inlaid shell paterae, 99.5cm high Provenance: with Jacob Stodel, London, June 1985, £1,250. Please note Roseberys do not guarantee the working condition of barometers offered for sale. This lot contains liquid mercury. If you intend to ship this overseas it is classified as hazardous cargo and will require additional declarations alongside specialist crating/packing. Prior to bidding, please contact your shipper or talk to our specialists for more information.
Lot 94
A Scottish mahogany and satinwood crossbanded stick barometer, by Gardner, Edinburgh, late 18th/early 19th century, with visible tube and inset ivory Vernier scale calibrated in barometric inches and with the usual observations signed Gardner, Glasgow, the round topped mahogany case with satinwood crossbanded borders, with marquetry inlaid fan paterae to hinged cistern cover, having concertina cistern, 97.6cm high Provenance: Sotheby's, London, 22 October 1987, lot 118, £675. Please note Roseberys do not guarantee the working condition of barometers offered for sale. Ivory registration submission reference: 6V3YKPST This lot contains liquid mercury. If you intend to ship this overseas it is classified as hazardous cargo and will require additional declarations alongside specialist crating/packing. Prior to bidding, please contact your shipper or talk to our specialists for more information.
Lot 98
A Victorian mahogany stick tube barometer, by Ledger Smith & Co., London and Calcutta, c.1870, the wide arched glazed case with fretwork panel, enclosing enamelled scales and signature plate, scale down to 16†on right, heights in feet on left down up to 14960 at 18â€, manually adjusted pointer slide, Fahrenheit and Reaumur mercury thermometers each side of tube, Fitzroy directions ('Barometer Rises', 'Barometer Falls' etc.), a mother-of-pearl compass set at the bottom, the arched plate marked Ledger, Smith & Co., ST MARY AXE LONDON AND 21 STRAND, CALCUTTA, with registered trade mark KAISAR-I-HIND above and BAROMETER, 107cm high Note: Sir Nicholas Goodison notes: 'The fretwork suggest that this barometer was made for the Indian market'. Please note Roseberys do not guarantee the working condition of barometers offered for sale. This lot contains liquid mercury. If you intend to ship this overseas it is classified as hazardous cargo and will require additional declarations alongside specialist crating/packing. Prior to bidding, please contact your shipper or talk to our specialists for more information.
Lot 162
A quantity of vintage brooches to include Kirk Folly, micro-mosaic, an aurora borealis tree form brooch, an early 20th Century gold stone and semi-precious stone brooch with central pearlised cabochon, a silver fan shaped brooch with makers initials MJP, a bug brooch, a Sporrong stick pin with the image of a bear, a small Pinchbeck brooch, a small Wedgwood cameo brooch and other items of costume jewellery, a Swarovski gold tone bracelet and cufflinks.Locxation:BWR
Lot 5
A Victorian 9ct gold aesthetic style horseshoe brooch, a 9ct gold hollow rope chain, a wide 9ct gold patterned wedding band and a 9ct gold Chinese character mark pendant, 14.69g gross; two fine chains marked '375' or '9ct', 2.31g gross; a stick pin set with a turquoise coloured stone, a dark blue stone pendant, a Chinese character pendant and a small brooch set with a purple stone
Lot 456
Type cabinet. A 12 drawer type cabinet with brass type, cabinet of wooden construction (with non-matching drawers), containing 11 sets of brass type (serif, sans serif & old English style typefaces with letter heights ranging from 2-10 mm), and one drawer of alloy type, together with six loose drawers of type containing serif & sans serif type with letter heights ranging from 2-4mm (five sets in brass and one in alloy), plus a selection of related accessories including spacers, dies and a compositor's stick, etc.QTY: (-)NOTE:Provenance: Keith Wintersgill, bookbinder of Oxford.
Lot 60
Various costume jewellery and effects, jewellery box containing various paste brooches, floral example 5cm wide, Avon bracelet, cameo brooch, shoe brooch, pierced mask fob, polished gold coloured band, cameo ring, other costume rings, butterfly ear stud, costume solitaire ring, gold plated drop earrings, faux pearls, stick pins, various other earrings, etc. (a large quantity)
Lot 307
An English Gilded Composition Second Empire Style Frame, mid-late 19th century, with cavetto sight and added slip, ribbon-and stick, the fluted hollow with centre and corner tied and raked leaf and flower head top torus, pearl bead and demi-fleur back edge, 37.7 x 59.5 cm. (sight). Please refer to department for condition report
Lot 73
Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn, Dutch 1606-1669- A beggar in a high cap, standing and leaning on a stick; etching, 1631, a fine, clear impression of this rare print, watermark Coat of Arms (cf Churchill 288), with narrow to thread margins almost all round, 15.6 x 11.8 cm. Provenance: Collection of Akram Ojjeh.; Anon. sale, Christie's, London, 30 November 1999, lot 114 (£1,840).; The estate of the late designer Anthony Powell. Literature: Hind 15; Bartsch, Hollstein 162.Please refer to department for condition report
Lot 127
EARLY TO MID 20TH CENTURY SILVERWARE, the first a three branch silver candle stick, tapered stem leading on to a domed weighed stand, hallmarked 'J B Chatterley & Sons Ltd' Birmingham 1963, a moulded glass flask fitted with a gilt lower case, silver screw cap fitted with a cork centre, cap engraved with a monogram, hallmark part worn possibly 'WG' London 1907, a six piece toast rack of squared form, hallmarked 'Adie Brothers Ltd' Birmingham 1965, a four piece toast rack of triangular form, hallmarked 'Viner's Ltd' Sheffield 1938, approximate gross weight 13ozt, 404.4 grams, together with a pair of plated white metal candle sticks (6) (Condition report: light scratches to candle stick, some thinning to the flask lid and wear to gilt, slight distortion to second toast rack, wear to plating on candle sticks)
Lot 236
A GROUP OF 19TH AND 20TH CENTURY METALWARES, PAPIER MACHE, ETC, including a Victorian papier mache and mother of pearl inlaid rectangular desk stand, fitted with two glass inkwells, rectangular lidded compartment l cover has a chipped corner and a repaired corner and lacks finial, four bun feet, width 25.5cm, a late 19th century shaped rectangular work box, damaged and repainted hinged cover, width 23.5cm, a 1930's painted spelter table lighter / cigarette dispenser in the form of a seated terrier, height 13cm, s.d. to paint, a late 19th century bone and silk fan, lacks one guard stick and another stick is cracked at the base, a Victorian shoe shaped vesta case, etc (6)
Lot 280
A 2OTH CENTURY COLD PAINTED AND PATINATED BRONZE CANDLE HOLDER IN THE FORM OF A MIDDLE EASTERN MAN, standing and holding a walking stick in one hand and the candle holder in the other, on a square base, height 35.5cm, together with two Beswick dog figures, Bulldog 'Bosun', small, model no.1731 and Boxers - one seated, one lying, model no.3475, both gloss (3) (Condition report: the candle holder has lots of patches of wear to the painted decoration, patination worn on some areas, a small dint along the front edge, the two Beswick figures are in good condition)
Lot 296
AN EARLY 19TH CENTURY MAHOGANY AND BRASS MARINE STICK BAROMETER BY BARRAUDS OF LONDON, brass hanging loop to the top above an engraved ivory name plate, hinged door enclosing fold out thermometer (a.f.) and barometer with brass scales, ivory eyelet for the missing adjustment knob, brass gimbal fitting (currently with a small Sotheby's label attached), turned base fitted with brass cover which is missing the bulb cover at the base, height 95.5cm Important note: This lot contains elephant ivory material, please be advised that several countries, including those in the EU and the USA now prohibit the importation of ivory unless under specific conditions. Accordingly, prospective buyers should familiarise themselves with the relevant customs regulations of their country and ensure they are able to import this lot prior to bidding, this lot has been registered as exempt from the UK Ivory Act 2018 on account of it being made before 3 March 1947with less than 10% ivory by volume, ivory declaration submission reference 5E1FAUVA (Condition report: hanging loop is misshapen, replacement clasp and screw on thermometer and barometer cover, thermometer is missing two sets of fastenings and top section is loose and both the top of the thermometer and scale have dried glue residue from previous repair, the barometer scale has two replacement screws which are protruding through to the outer case and the other side of the scale has holes where screws have penetrated the case, missing adjustment knob and fittings, two screws missing from brass mount and bulb cover missing at the base, ivory declaration submission reference 5E1FAUVA)
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