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Click here to subscribeFORTY TWO ASSORTED STICK PINS a carved lava cameo stick pin, depiciting the bust of a lady, a gold stick pin mounted with an oval amethyst, a gold horse stick pin, a gold stick pin mounted with a cabochon garnet centred with a rose-cut diamond, together with thirty nine further assorted stick pins
A 19th Century carved coral stick pin modelled as a hand with three further stick pins and three 9ct bar brooches, weight of the brooches 7g. (6)Subject to CITES regulations and due to part of the content of this item, this lot will require a re-export permit if shipped outside the mainland UK.
Victorian agate desk seal (vacant), with unmarked white metal mounts, 5.5cm; also a pocket watch winding key seal (vacant), in unmarked white metal, 4.5cm; a Sterling silver swizzle stick, circa 1935, 9cm; two Edwardian silver and Wedgwood jasperware menu holders, Chester 1905, 4cm; Scottish silver thistle form menu holder, Edinburgh 1898, 4cm; Edwardian silver miniature funnel, Birmingham 1901, 5cm; and a pair of silver wishbone sugar tongs, Birmingham 1936 (8)
Victorian silver brooch, Birmingham 1892, oval form centred with a flowerhead, 40mm; also a Scottish silver monogram brooch, Edinburgh 1905; a silver lion rampant bar brooch, Birmingham 1935; a decorative turquoise mounted gilt stick pin; another bar brooch centred with a red cabochon stone, possibly cornelian; and a Victorian oval jet brooch, 45mm (6)
A VICTORIAN ROSEWOOD BOW FRONT STICK BAROMETER the angled ivory scale signed McLachlan & Son, 17 Upper East, Smithfield with bowed brass bezel and glass, moulded cornice, the slim trunk with bird and foliate scroll mother of pearl inlay centred by a mercury tube thermometer with fahrenheit and reaumur scales over a patinated brass cistern cover, 96cm high
Y A fine Regency mahogany bowfronted 'flat to the wall' mercury stick barometer Bate, London, circa 1825 With swan neck pediment and cavetto cornice over silvered Vernier scale calibrated in barometric inches and annotated Very Dry, Set Fair, FAIR, Change, RAIN, M'ch Rain, Stormy beneath signature Bate, London to upper margin, behind bowed glass within moulded surround above ebony line edged trunk of the same bowed profile incorporating vernier setting screw to throat, the base with turned half vase cistern cover flanked by ebony line strung canted angles over cavetto moulded underside incorporating level adjustment screw, 100cm (39.25ins approx.) high excluding brass finial. The current lot is almost certainly by Robert Brettell Bate who is recorded in Clifton, Gloria Directory of British Scientific Instrument Makers 1550-1851 as working from Poultry, London 1808-42 and then 33 Royal Exchange 1846-47. Bate was known as a maker of all types of instrument however was celebrated for his nautical instruments including marine barometers and latterly was appointed Instrument-maker to Her Majesty s Honourable Boards if Excise and Customs.Condition Report: Tube is filled with mercury with no apparent air locks. The silvered scale exhibits a very slight even mellow appearance but are free form patchy areas of discolouration or other faults and the rack-and-pinion Vernier adjustment is operational. The case is in good condition with the only noteworthy fault being the loss of a small section of top moulding from the right hand side (approx. 1 ins in length). The surface finish of the case has slightly aged/mellow appearance.Condition Report Disclaimer
A rare Regency mercury balloonist's stick barometerCox, London, early 19th centuryWith brass suspension ring above hinged long rectangular door enclosing canted silvered Vernier register plates calibrated from 20 to 31 inches divided into tenths and annotated with the usual observations to the upper left section over signature Cox, London, the inside of the door now applied with mercury Centigrade and Fahrenheit scale thermometer, the rectangular section trunk with slightly bowed sides above stepped moulded ebonised cylindrical cistern cover, 91.5cm (36ins) high; with a brass wall mounted suspension hook. The current lot was almost certainly made by James Cox who is recorded in Clifton, Gloria Directory of British Scientific Instrument Makers 1550-1851 as an optician, mathematical and philosophical instrument maker working in the Parish of St. Giles, Cripplegate, London from 1810. He is subsequently noted as working from 3 Beach Street, Barbican from 1816 and several addresses including 5 Barbican, 51 Banner Street (St. Lukes) and 85 Lombard Street from 1822 until 1855. A related instrument (also by Cox) was sold at Bonhams, London Fine Clocks 17th June 2008 (lot 13) for £3,600. The scale ranging down to 20 inches would allow the balloonist to take readings up to just over 10,000 feet in altitude. Condition Report: Tube is filled with mercury with no air locks. The silvered scale is in good condition with only a few very light/small belmishes. The thermometer is probably later in good condition with the silvering matching that of the register plate. The case is in fine condition with no visible significant faults other than probable attention to the areas around the hinges for the front cover. Condition Report Disclaimer
A William IV/early Victorian mahogany bowfronted mercury cistern tube marine stick barometerJames Bassnett, Liverpool, circa 1840With concave moulded surmount and cavetto cornice above bow-glazed canted ivory Vernier register plates annotated with the usual observations and signed JAMES BASSNETT, LIVERPOOL to lower left hand corner, the trunk with Vernier adjustment screw and brass gimbal pivots above glazed ivory Fahrenheit scale mercury tube thermometer, the base with moulded cylindrical lacquered brass cistern cover incorporating brass level adjustment screw to underside, 94cm (37ins) high. James Bassnett is recorded in Clifton, Gloria Directory of British Scientific Instrument Makers 1550-1851 as an optician, clock and chronometer maker working from 4 Barnes Court, Shaws Brow, Liverpool 1829-34 and then from several addresses in Robert Street until 1857 when the firm became known Bassnett and Son.Condition Report: Tube is filled with mercury with no apparent air locks. The ivory scales have some localised patchy discolouration to the lower angles (around the brass securing screws), otherwise appear free from faults; the rack-and-pinion Vernier adjustment is operational. The thermometer tube is undamaged and the scale has a slight crack to the left hand margin (through the 100 numeral). Both the curved 'glasses' for the thermometer and barometer scales have been replaced with polycarbonate with the latter having some adhesive fogging to the upper margin. The case has been cosmetically restored with the moulded pediment block being re-attached slightly off-centre and the timber re-polished. The brass cistern cover has been apart and put back together with the cylinder being slightly off-centre in relation to the upper collar, the lower collar has a small crack in the brass to the leading edge and the underside has been slightly pushed-up. The gimbals are modern replacements. Condition Report Disclaimer
λ A MAHOGANY MARINE STICK BAROMETER BY G. STEBBING, PORTSMOUTH, EARLY 19TH CENTURY brass mounted, the top with a suspension ring, above a hinged door revealing ivory dials signed 'G. Stebbing Portsmouth', with an adjustable vernier scale, the inside of the door a thermometer, with a gimbal with later dolphin mounts, the base with a turned reservoir 96.5cm high
λ A RARE AUTOMATON IVORY HANDLED WALKING CANE LATE 19TH / EARLY 20TH CENTURY carved in the form of a donkey's head, with a push-button mechanism which articulates the ears and mouth, with glass eyes, above a silver collar with a faint hallmark for London and marked 'C.C' for Charles Cooke, Brigg's Chief Stick Mounter, above a snakewood shaft and brass ferrule 89.6cm long Catalogue Note See Katherine Prior, 'In Good Hands, 250 Years of Craftsmanship at Swaine Adeney Brigg', pp.99-100 for a very similar donkey automaton cane attributed to the Czilinsky family of ivory and wood carvers.
A GEORGE III YEW, ELM AND ASH WINDSOR ARMCHAIR OF GOLDSMITH TYPE THAMES VALLEY, C.1790-1800 the comb top rail above a fan stick back, on bow arm supports, above a saddle seat and a 'bob tail', on turned front legs united by an 'H' stretcher Provenance The Estate of the late Jane Sumner. Literature Thomas Crispin, 'The English Windsor Chair', p.50, pl.2:15, for a similar chair.
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