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Lot 335
Blues Interest L.Ps, twenty four titles in this noteable collection including, John Mayall - A Hard Road, Bare Wires, Empty Rooms, The Turning Point, The Blues Alone and The Diary of a Band (all original pressings), J.J Cole - Naturally and Really, Lightnin' Hopkins - Theres Good Rockin' Tonight and Lightnin' Strikes, Johnny Winter - The Progressive Blues Experiment, Big Joe Williams - Hand Me Down My Old Walking Stick, John Lee Hooker - House Of The Blues and other by B.B King, Stefan Grossman, John Renbourn, Billie Holiday, The Butterfield Blues Band and Mike Raven.
Lot 21
A pair of George V silver and tortoiseshell pique candlesticks, height 12cm, indestinct makers mark, London 1912.Condition report: one of the candlesticks apears to have been dropped at some point resulting in a crack in the base (tortoise shell) which has been glued back on. silver inlay is all in tact. rim of one candle stick is slightly misshaped.
Lot 101
Dennis CockellA Group of Punk Rock-Style Tattoo Flash Including Designs For The Stray Cats, 1979-1987comprising of seven illustration boards with hand-coloured tattoo designs in ink and colour pencil, for Punk Rock-style tattoos including some of Dennis' signature designs for the Stray Cats logo in various colourways, as well as British Bulldogs, Union Jack flags, roses, daggers, skulls and a sheet of black and red elbow shapes, each board signed and dated by the artist in black ink smallest 51 x 38cm (20 x 15in); largest 63.5 x 38cm (25 x 15in) each, (7)(unframed)Footnotes:ProvenanceOffered directly by tattooist, tattoo art collector and 'Diamond Jacks' studio owner, Darryl GatesNot only is Dennis known for his exotic designs and colour schemes, he is also known the world over for his punk rock tattoos which are worn by many music personalities. The Stray Cats were known for their updated 1950s American Rockabilly style, elaborate hairdos and colourful tattoos. The Stray Cat's drummer Slim Jim Phantom has talked about his tattoos saying, 'The first tattoo I ever had on my body was a Teddy Boy Stray Cat done by Bob Roberts in Los Angeles same as Brian (Setzer), but as soon as I was back in England I started gettin' tattooed by Dennis in Finchley Road.' Early copies of the band's debut self-titled album in 1981 also contained bonus stick-on tattoos of the Stray Cats logo, this being the first time a tattoo artist had ever been credited on an album cover.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 20
AN UNUSUAL MERCURY TUBE DEMONSTRATION STICK BAROMETER IN BOW-FRONTED GLAZED MAHOGANY CASECHADBURN, LIVERPOOL, CIRCA 1860With fully exposed tube suspended from an ornamental scroll-shaped lacquered brass bracket at the top with the base immersed in a simple cylindrical glass cistern with circular cap resting on a brass collar and supported from underneath by a disc applied to conforming bracket, the upper section with generous silvered twin Vernier scales calibrated in barometric inches and labelled Registered 8am and Registered 8pm respectively beneath signature CHADBURN, OPTICIAN &, Instrument Maker, To HRH Prince Albert, Lord St. Liverpool, to upper margin, contained in a mahogany D-shaped case with stepped inverted ogee moulded top over full height half-round glazed front door and conforming moulded base.107cm high (42ins) high, 22cm (8.5ins) wide, 18.5cm (7.25ins) deep. Provenance: The Selwyn Demmy collection. Chadburn Brothers are recorded in Banfield, Edwin, BAROMETER MAKERS AND RETAILERS 1660-1900 as 'notable makers' working from Albion Works, 26 Nursery Road, Sheffield and 71 Lord Street, Liverpool circa 1837-75.The current lot appears to have been designed to allow the working principles of a barometer to be clearly seen and presented in a high-quality manner. From this it would be reasonable to suggest that the instrument was perhaps made for showroom use, a thought that is backed-up by the full signature to the plates, or for a wealthy gentleman's home laboratory. The present barometer can also be fairly accurately dated as the double scales follows Admiral Fitzroy's principles which he first introduced in around 1857, hence the instrument would have been made after that date but before the death of Prince Albert in 1861.
Lot 23
A JAPANNED AND LACQUERED BRASS FORTIN-PATTERN LABORATORY/STATION MERCURY STICK BAROMETERNEGRETTI AND ZAMBRA, LONDON, SECOND QUARTER OF THE 20th CENTURYThe instrument with slender cylindrical case with the upper section fitted with a glass sleeve enclosing silvered scale incorporating vertical slot to reveal the tube and sliding silvered Vernier slide reading against silvered scale calibrated in barometric inches to the right and millibars to the left, the upper margin with Met Office number 2241, the reverse with additional Vernier slide reading against a cm scale calibrated 65-82 divided into tenths to the right opposing signature NEGRETTI & ZAMBRA LONDON to the left, the shaft with Vernier adjustment disc to right over brass plaque inscribed M/2241, STANDARD TEMPERATURE, AT 1000Mb... and applied mercury ABSOLUTE and FAHRENHEIT scale thermometer, the base with cylindrical glass chamber clamped between horizontal plates over cylindrical cistern and adjustment screw to base, (unrestored).109cm (43ins) high including top ring, 9cm (3.5ins) max diameter. Provenance: The archive collection of Barometer World Museum, Merton, Devon; acquired direct from the Meteorological Office. The firm of Negretti & Zambra are recorded in Banfield, Edwin BAROMETER MAKERS AND RETAILERS 1660-1900 as being established in 1850 when a partnership between Enrico Negretti and Joseph Warren Zambra was formed. The firm became one of the most prolific makers of scientific instruments and continued trading well into the 20th century.The current lot is made to the principles laid down by Nicholas Fortin (1750-1831) and incorporates a glazed cistern so that the level can be calibrated via the adjustment screw to the base against an inverted conical ivory cone in the cistern in order to obtain consistency in the readings.
Lot 24
A CASED JAPANNED AND LACQUERED BRASS FORTIN-PATTERN LABORATORY/STATION MERCURY STICK BAROMETERUNSIGNED, EARLY TO MID 20th CENTURYThe instrument with slender cylindrical case with the upper section fitted with a glass sleeve enclosing silvered scale incorporating vertical slot to reveal the tube and sliding silvered Vernier slide reading against silvered scale calibrated in barometric inches to the right and millibars to the left, the lower margin inscribed No 1081, the shaft with Vernier adjustment disc to right above applied mercury CENTS and FAH'T scale thermometer, the base with cylindrical glass chamber clamped between horizontal plates over cylindrical cistern and adjustment screw to base, mounted via hook for the top ring and screw clamp at the base onto a rectangular mahogany backboard into a pine framed case with triple panel glazed front door.The cabinet 120cm (47.25ins) high, 18cm (7ins) wide, 12.5cm (5ins) deep. Provenance: The archive collection of Barometer World Museum, Merton, Devon. The current lot is made to the principles laid down by Nicholas Fortin (1750-1831) and incorporates a glazed cistern so that the level can be calibrated via the adjustment screw to the base against an inverted conical ivory cone in the cistern in order to obtain consistency in the readings.Condition Report: Instrument is complete and in original unrestored condition. The tube is filled with mercury however the level will stop around 10mm from the top of the tube when tipped indicating that there is a small amount of air present. The silvering to the scales is a little discoloured and oxidised, the thermometer scale has significant green verdigris deposits/corrosion as does most of the originally lacquered elements of the instrument. The black japanned surfaces are in good original condition with only minor wear etc commensurate with age. The glazed case is intact and free from significant damage however the upper part is discoloured with visible historic mildew deposits and there are areas of minor historic age-related wear. Condition Report Disclaimer
Lot 25
TWO BRASS KEW-PATTERN MERCURY MARINE STICK BAROMETERS ADIE, LONDON AND ADIE, LIVERPOOL, LATE 19th CENTURYEach with slender cylindrical case the first finished in oxidised brass with silvered scale calibrated in barometric inches next to vertical slot revealing the tube and with silvered Vernier slide opposing signature ADIE, LONDON, No. 950, the other black japanned incorporating fully silvered cylindrical scale section signed Adie, Liverpool No. 325 to lower margin, the shafts with Vernier adjustment discs to right, gimbal mount and applied mercury tube Fahrenheit scale thermometers with concealed bulbs, the bases with cylindrical cisterns, (both unrestored the first lacking gimbal yoke, the second lacking tube, both lacking scale glasses), (2).The first 93cm (36.5ins) high, 6.5cm (2.5ins) max diameter; the second 90cm (35.5ins) high, 5cm (2ins) max diameter. Provenance: The archive collection of Barometer World Museum, Merton. Richard (Liverpool) and Patrick Adie (London) were the sons of the celebrated Scottish instruments maker Alexander Adie who is recorded in Goodison, Nicholas English BAROMETERS 1680-1860 as born 1774 and apprenticed to his uncle, the eminent Scottish instrument maker John Miller, in 1789. Alexander Adie was particularly noted for his meteorological instruments and is perhaps best known as the inventor of the Sympiesometer in 1818. In recognition of his work he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 1819. He was appointed optician to William IV and later Queen Victoria and took one of his sons, John, into partnership in 1835. Two of his other sons set up businesses; Richard in Liverpool from 1837 and Patrick in London from 1846. Unfortunately John Adie was prone to fits of despondency' which resulted in him shooting himself in 1857, Alexander Adie died the following year - no doubt expediated by the stress of his son's demise. Richard Adie subsequently spent a lot of time in Edinburgh looking after the business of Adie and Son up until his death in 1881.The Kew pattern marine barometer was developed prior to 1855 by John Welsh of the Kew Observatory and Patrick Adie and included refinements such as iron cistern beneath thermometer bulb within the brass tube case (in order for the temperature reading to mirror that of the mercury in the tube), a restriction in the bore of the tube (to dampen the movement of the mercury) and a Bunten air trap.
Lot 26
TWO LACQUERED BRASS AND BLACK JAPANNED STATION/LABORATORY MERCURY STICK BAROMETERSBOTH BY CASELLA, LONDON, EARLY 20th CENTURYThe first a rare bench barometer with ring over cylindrical silvered scale with vertical slot to reveal the tube and sliding silvered Vernier slide reading against millibar scale to the right opposing signature CASELLA, LONDON with Met Office monogram MO and numbered 2205 over shaft with Vernier adjustment disc to right and applied mercury tube Centigrade scale thermometer with concealed bulb, the base with disc applied with X and Y positioned spirit levels and over cage of three uprights around the stepped cylindrical cistern applied to a second conforming lower disc with the tube passing to one side and looped into the base of the cistern, on three fine screw adjusting feet; the second of standard Fortin pattern with similar cylindrical brass Vernier scale this time calibrated in barometric inches and signed C.F. CASELLA & Co. LTD, LONDON, No. 2349 to left hand margin, the shaft with Vernier adjustment screw and Fahrenheit scale mercury thermometer over base with cylindrical glass chamber clamped between horizontal plates over cylindrical cistern and adjustment screw to base, mounted via hook for the top ring bracket at the base to a mahogany panel for wall hanging, (both unrestored), (2).The bench barometer 103cm (40.5ins) high, 15cm (6ins) diameter; the Fortin 109cm (43ins) high, 9.5cm (3.75ins) wide. Provenance: The archive collection of Barometer World Museum, Merton, Devon; the first acquired direct from the Meteorological Office. The firm of Casella is recorded in Banfield, Edwin BAROMETER MAKERS AND RETAILERS 1660-1900 as being established by Louis Casella in 1838 when he went into partnership with his father-in-law Caesar Tagliabue initially trading as Tagliabue & Casella from 23 Hatton Garden, London. His successor, Louis Pascal Casella worked from 1858 and expanded the business resulting in Casella becoming one of the largest makers of barometers and other instruments in England. Charles Frederick Casella succeeded his father, Louis Pascal, in 1897; the business subsequently became a Limited Company in 1910 and continued trading well into the 20th century. The second barometer in the current lot is made to the principles laid down by Nicholas Fortin (1750-1831) and incorporates a glazed cistern so that the level can be calibrated via the adjustment screw to the base against an inverted conical ivory cone in the cistern in order to obtain consistency in the readings.
Lot 27
THREE BLACK JAPANNED AND LACQUERED BRASS KEW-PATTERN MERCURY MARINE STICK BAROMETERSJ. HICKS, S. AND A. CALDERARA, AND KELVIN & HUGHES LIMITED, LONDON, EARLY TO MID 20th CENTURY Each with slender cylindrical case with the upper section incorporating silvered scale with vertical slot to reveal the tube and sliding Vernier reading against silvered scale calibrated in barometric inches to the right for all three and millibars to the left for the examples signed J. HICKS, LONDON with Met Office monogram MO and numbered 1298 and KELVIN & HUGHES MARINE LIMITED, LONDON, No. 8507, the third without Millibar scale and signed S. &. A CALDERARA, LONDON to upper margin over Met Office MO monogram and number 2209, the shafts with Vernier adjustment disc to right and applied mercury tube Fahrenheit scale thermometer (Hicks lacking thermometer tube), the bases with cylindrical cisterns, The Kelvin and Hughes now in a wooden box applied with paper labels relating to an instrument by 'F, Darton & Co. Ltd' supplied to the Air Ministry Meteorological Office, (all unrestored lacking scale glasses and in varying states of completeness), (3).The Hicks and Kelvin approximately 90cm (35.5ins) high, 5cm (2ins) max diameter; the Calderara 100cm (39,5cm) high, 9cm (3.5ins) max diameter. Provenance: The archive collection of Barometer World Museum, Merton, Devon; the second and third acquired direct from the Meteorological Office. James Joseph Hicks is recorded in Banfield, Edwin BAROMETER MAKERS AND RETAILERS 1660-1900 as working from Hatton Garden, London from 1861 until after 1900. He was a committed Catholic who presented various meteorological instruments to the Vatican receiving the title Knight Commander of St. Gregory in recognition for his services.The firm of Kelvin and Hughes Limited was formed in 1947 with the merger of Henry Hughes and Son Limited of London with Kelvin, Bottomley and Baird Limited of Glasgow.Serafino and Alfred Calderara are recorded by Banfield as working from 10 Cross Street, Hatton Garden, London from 1875 until well into the 20th century.The Kew pattern marine barometer was developed prior to 1855 by John Welsh of the Kew Observatory and Patrick Adie and included refinements such as iron cistern beneath thermometer bulb within the brass tube case (in order for the temperature reading to mirror that of the mercury in the tube), a restriction in the bore of the tube (to dampen the movement of the mercury) and a Bunten air trap.
Lot 28
A CASED JAPANNED AND LACQUERED BRASS FORTIN-PATTERN LABORATORY/STATION MERCURY STICK BAROMETERJ.W. TOWERS AND COMPANY LIMITED, MANCHESTER, EARLY TO MID 20th CENTURYThe instrument with slender cylindrical case with the upper section fitted with a glass sleeve enclosing silvered scale incorporating vertical slot to reveal the tube and sliding silvered Vernier slide reading against silvered scale calibrated in barometric inches to the right and millibars to the left, the upper margin with Met Office number 5483, over signature J.W. TOWERS & Co. LTD, MANCHESTER to lower margin, the shaft with Vernier adjustment disc to right above applied mercury CENTS and FAH'T scale thermometer, the base with cylindrical glass chamber clamped between horizontal plates over cylindrical cistern and adjustment screw to base, mounted via hook for the top ring and screw clamp at the base onto a rectangular oak backboard into a pine framed case with full-height glazed front door and side windows, (unrestored).The cabinet 123cm (48.5ins) high, 21.5cm (8.5ins) wide, 20cm (8ins) deep. Provenance: The archive collection of Barometer World Museum, Merton, Devon. J.W. Towers and Company Limited are recorded in Banfield, Edwin BAROMETER MAKERS & RETAILERS 1660-1900 as working in Widnes and Manchester circa 1880-1900.The current lot is made to the principles laid down by Nicholas Fortin (1750-1831) and incorporates a glazed cistern so that the level can be calibrated via the adjustment screw to the base against an inverted conical ivory cone in the cistern in order to obtain consistency in the readings.
Lot 29
A VICTORIAN BRASS KEW-PATTERN MERCURY MARINE STICK BAROMETERADIE, LIVERPOOL AND LONDON, CIRCA 1870 The slender cylindrical case with the upper section incorporating vertical slot to reveal the tube and sliding Vernier reading against silvered scale calibrated in barometric inches positioned to the right and signed ADIE Liverpool No. 375. ADIE London to outer margin, set behind a glass sleeve retained by domed cap at the top, the shaft with Vernier adjustment disc and gimbal wall mount over applied mercury tube Fahrenheit scale thermometer, the base with cylindrical cistern.92cm (36ins) high, 5cm (2ins) diameter. Richard Adie was the son of the celebrated Scottish instruments maker Alexander Adie who is recorded in Goodison, Nicholas English BAROMETERS 1680-1860 as born 1774 and apprenticed to his uncle, the eminent Scottish instrument maker John Miller, in 1789. Alexander Adie was particularly noted for his meteorological instruments and is perhaps best known as the inventor of the Sympiesometer in 1818. In recognition of his work he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 1819. He was appointed optician to William IV and later Queen Victoria and took one of his sons, John, into partnership in 1835. Two of his other sons set up businesses; Richard (the maker of the current lot) in Liverpool form 1837 and Patrick in London from 1846. Unfortunately John Adie was prone to fits of despondency' which resulted in him shooting himself in 1857, Alexander Adie died the following year - no doubt expediated by the stress of his son's demise. Richard Adie subsequently spent a lot of time in Edinburgh looking after the business of Adie and Son up until his death in 1881.The Kew pattern marine barometer was developed prior to 1855 by John Welsh of the Kew Observatory and Patrick Adie and included refinements such as iron cistern beneath thermometer bulb within the brass tube case (in order for the temperature reading to mirror that of the mercury in the tube), a restriction in the bore of the tube (to dampen the movement of the mercury) and a Bunten air trap.
Lot 31
AN INCOMPLETE GEORGE I/II 'RED WALNUT' MERCURY STICK BAROMETERUNSIGNED, CIRCA 1725With remnants of a cavetto-moulded break-arch pediment over inset frieze and panel now applied with only the right-hand half of a break-arch silvered brass scale calibrated in barometric inches with recording slider and indistinctly inscribed ...AYTON to upper margin, the slender trunk with visible tube over half-cylinder cistern cover with ogee top moulding and level adjustment screw to the rounded underside (unrestored and with losses).95cm (37.5ins) high, 11.5cm (4.5ins) wide. Provenance: The archive collection of Barometer World Museum, Merton, Devon.
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