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Click here to subscribeA Louis Vuitton trunk, no. 39680, the diced leather cover stamped "L. Vuitton, Marque de Fabrique, Deposee", with brass nailed hide borders and wood laths, japanned brass mounts and handles, interior with linen tray, 33cm high, 92cm wide, 50cm deep, stamped leather trade label, lock numbered 02887.
An Edwardian mahogany quarter chiming longcase clock, unsigned, early 20th century, the four-pillar two-train movement with deadbeat escapement, Vulliamy type pendulum suspension, fine-beat adjustment and Harrison"s maintaining power to going train, with quarter chime on four gongs and hour strike on a further larger gong, the 12 inch brass break-arch dial with subsidiary seconds dial to the matted centre within silvered Arabic numeral chapter ring and foliate cast spandrels, the arch with chime/silent dial between conforming mounts, the break-arch case with Corinthian pilasters to hood, arch glazed trunk door and panelled plinth base, 226cm high.
A mahogany crossbanded and inlaid oak eight-day longcase clock, J. Jeffris, Worcester, circa 1770, the four-pillar rack and bell striking movement with 12 inch square brass dial with subsidiary seconds dial and calendar aperture to the matted centre within an applied silvered Roman numeral chapter ring with Arabic five minutes signed J. Jeffris, Worcester to lower edge, with foliate scroll cast spandrels to angles, the case with broken pediment and turned pilasters to hood above oval fan cartouche centred rectangular trunk door and plinth base with moulded skirt, 226cm high. John Jeffris is recorded in Baillie, G.H. Watchmakers & Clockmakers of the World as working in Worcester from 1758.
A Longcase Clock, the 32.5 cm wide arched square dial signed CHAS TAYLOR, ILMINSTER, having a sportsman painted to the arch, with dogs and birds to the spandrals, and having Roman numerals, subsidiary seconds dial and calendar aperture, fitted and 8 day movement, in a mahogany case, the trunk door flanked by rope twist quadrant pilasters, 210 cm high overall See illustration
George III oak longcase clock having a brass finial, swan neck pediment and plain pillars to the hood, the trunk with shaped door and conforming panel to the base, the brass arch shaped dial with silvered chapter ring, strike/silent dial and calendar aperture, signed Richard Merrett, Stroud - eight day striking movement, 213cm high
Late 19th Century walnut stick barometer, the case with foliate carved pediment and cistern cover, having two day angled ceramic plates with twin sliding Vernier scales signed W.F. Stanley & Co Ltd, London, the trunk with conforming carved decoration and thermometer, 112cm high - see illustration
An early Victorian mahogany bracket clock by John Vale of Bury St Edmunds, the clock of balloon shape, having circular white enamel dial signed John Vale of Bury St Edmunds, with Roman numerals, single winding hole for a brass eight day wire driven fusee movement, the case with applied scroll and flower head decoration and mounted to integral fretwork bracket (some losses to fretwork), height 55cm Footnote: John Vale is recorded in Suffolk Clocks and Clockmakers by Hagger & Miller as follows - VALE, JOHN, Bury St Edmunds 1839-1864, watchmaker and jeweller at 14 Abbeygate Street, in directories for 1839, 1844, 1846, 1855, and 1864. There was a trunk dial in the Gershom Parkington collection
An early 19th century North Country oak and mahogany crossbanded longcase clock, the hood having a swan neck pediment, twin fluted pilasters above a brass arch dial 13 1/4 ", signed to the arch James Butler, Bolton, having a silver chapter ring, Roman and Arabic numerals, subsidiary seconds dial and rolling date dial, twin winding holes for a brass four pillar eight day movement striking on a bell, the trunk having a single door with mahogany banding and wavy frieze within quarter turned fluted pilasters to a box base with further canted fluted corners, on bracket feet, height 225cm
A 19th century oak and mahogany banded longcase clock, having a swan neck pediment and twin fluted pilasters flanking a square brass dial, within cast brass spandrels, silver chapter ring signed John Keeling, centre date aperture, the whole with weight driven thirty hour movement striking on a bell, the trunk with mahogany crossbanded panel door and box base, height 207cm
An 18th century oak longcase clock, the hood with moulded arch pediment and 2 brass mounted turned side pillars, the trunk with cross-banded and arched full length door and quarter turned pillars, on canted base and bracket feet, having arched brass dial with painted moonphase to the arch, silvered chapter ring, and lion and unicorn spandrels, 8 day striking movement by Laurence Earnshaw, Mottram (illus)
Mahogany longcased clock, the broken arch hood with twist columns and brass capitals enclosing a painted face with convex dial named Geo. G Golding Pontypool, subsidiary seconds and date aperture, two train movement, the trunk with twist corner columns, on set out plinth. Height 206cm. (Two weights, key and pendulum).
An oak and mahogany longcase clock, early 19th century, by Burton, Birstall, the swan neck hood with ring turned columns, the enamel dial painted with classical ruins, the eight day rack striking movement with anchor escapement, the trunk with shell inlaid door and canted corners, on plinth base, 242 cm high.
A late 19th Century Mahogany Cased “Norwich" Timepiece, signed H Russell of Norwich, the moulded and reeded circular hood to a plain trunk with cushion base and shaped long trunk door, to a 14" repainted Roman dial with outside minute track and blued steel hands, with winding square at 3, to a single gut fusee movement, with shouldered plates united by four knopped pillars and with anchor escapement, height 51"
A third quarter of 19th Century Mahogany Cased “Norwich" Wall Timepiece, the reeded and moulded circular hood to a plain trunk with panelled base with shaped trunk door, to a repainted Roman and Arabic dial, signed J Bennett of Norwich, with pierced steel hands, to a signed falseplate to a weight-driven A frame movement, united by four knopped pillars and with anchor escapement, height 43"
An early 19th Century Oak and Mahogany cross banded 8-day Long Case Clock, Houghton of Uppingham, the arched hood with swan neck pediment over freestanding gilt metal mounted columns, to a convex throat and plain frieze over canted corners, flanking a shaped long trunk door, and raised a plinth base, to a 12" painted dial side to the arch, with gilt floral spandrels enclosing an Arabic chapter ring and subsidiaries for seconds and date, with pierced and stamped brass hands (hour and second hands missing), to a signed false plate and movement united by four knopped pillars with anchor escapement and strike on a bell, height 85"
An early 19th Century Oak cased 30-hour Long Case Clock, Russell of Cawston, the square hood with scrolling pediment, over gilt metal mounted freestanding columns, to an ogee throat and reeded trunk, with arched trunk door and plinth base, to a 12" square painted dial, with foliate spandrels and Roman chapter ring with outside minute track, enclosing a painted rural scene, with pierced hands and date sector to a movement united by four knopped pillars with back mounted count wheel, anchor escapement and strike on a bell, height 81"
A mid 19th Century Oak and Mahogany cross banded 8-day Long Case Clock, J & E Gibson of Harwick, the hood with swan neck pediment over painted foliate frieze to freestanding reeded columns with cast brass mounts, over an ogee throat and plain frieze, to a shaped long trunk door, flanked by reeded quarter columns and raised on a panelled plinth base with bracket feet, to a 13" painted arched dial surmounted by a maiden in a rural landscape and further painted ruinous spandrels enclosing a Roman chapter ring with second and date subsidiaries and pierced and stamped brass hands, height 87"
A mid 19th Century Mahogany cased 8-day Long Case Clock, name rubbed, the arched hood to a plain frieze (lacking columns), to a wavy edged glazed door, to an ogee throat and large frieze panel, to a short trunk door flanked by barley twist columns and raised on a plinth base, to a 12" arched painted dial, with country house decoration to the arch, over painted and gilt highlighted foliate spandrels and enclosing a convex Roman chapter ring, to second and date subsidiaries, with pierced and stamped brass hands, to a signed false plate and movement united by four knopped pillars with anchor escapement, strike on a bell (bell lacking), height 79"
A LATE 19TH CENTURY CARL THIEME (POTSCHAPPEL) FLOWER ENCRUSTED TABLE CENTREPIECE the pierced basket supported by a tree trunk stem, modelled with three flower sellers in 18th century dress, the interior painted with sprays of flowers, on a waisted and pierced socle with three scroll moulded feet, 50cms high
A LATE 18TH CENTURY MAHOGANY LONGCASE CLOCK of 8 day movement, the 27.5cms brass dial with silver chapter ring and Roman numerals, seconds dial and date aperture, the spandrels cast as cherubs and leafage; the pagoda hood with three re-painted ball finials, glass door flanked by reeded and brass inlaid pilasters, the trunk with long door above a moulded panel and shaped apron, on bracket feet 228cms high.
A 19TH CENTURY MAHOGANY LONGCASE CLOCK of 8 day striking movement, lacking bell, the 30.5cms brass dial with calendar dial to the arch, the chapter ring with black painted Roman numerals, cherub head and trailing leaf cast spandrels, the dial bears engraving 'Windmill, London'; the associated continental case having a rectangular hood with arched cornice above the glass door, flanked by reeded pilasters, the trunk door with applied moulding, on reeded supports with shaped feet, 234cms high.
Railways--Stephenson, Robert and George Robert. General power of attorney, Robert Stephenson to George Robert Stephenson, signed by both, 24 September 1855, 2 folio sheets, folded, with, on the verso, the manuscript registrations of the Norfolk Railway Co., Eastern Counties Railway, West End of London & Crystal Palace Railway Co., Midland Railway, London & N.W. Railway Co., London Tilbury & Southend Extension Railway, Grand Trunk Railway Co. of Canada & S. Staffordshire Railway Co.
A rare and important Queen Anne walnut cistern tube stick barometer with Royal Society scale thermometer Attributed to Stephen Davenport or John Patrick, London, circa 1715. The ogee caddy top pediment with three giltwood ball finials above cavetto moulded cornice and rectangular herringbone border engraved silvered scales with brass setting pointer and annoted for summer and winter conditions and inscribed Fair if Rise and Foul if Fall, flanked by pilasters with gilt capitals and bases above cavetto moulded throat moulding with inverted acorn gilt pendant finials, the trunk applied with alcohol thermomer with (restored) paper scale calibrated from 0 at the top down to 90 and with annotations from Extream Cold to Extream Hot flanked by vertical cross-grain cavetto mouldings to sides and with half dome above waisted cylinder turned cistern cover also enclosing thermometer bulb and with conforming gilt pendant finial to base, 99cm high, B.C. Ref. 7. Illustrated in Banfield, Edwin BAROMETERS Stick or Cistern Tube page 32 and on the front cover. Also illustrated in Edward, Ralph DICTIONARY OF ENGLISH FURNITURE Vol. 1, page 11, fig. 4. Provenance: Thorpe & Foster Ltd, 49 West Street, Dorking advertised in APOLLO magazine, December 1973 from the collection of Mr R.A. Leckie. Stephen Davenport is recorded by Banfield as working Against the Distillers in High Holborn, near Drury Lane London 1720-37. A fragment of one of his adverts (included with the Lot) was found behind the cistern during restoration enabling a probable attribution to be made. However a remarkably similar instrument signed I. Patrick, London, currently housed at the National Maritime Museum is illustrated and described in Goodison, Nicholas English BAROMETERS 1680-1860 Part II Some Important Makers and Retailers page 202. These two instruments essentially only differ in the detail design of the pediments and the fact that the finials are made from gilt brass rather than giltwood on the National Maritime Museum example. The engraved decoration to the scales is essentially identical. Therefore it may be reasonable to surmise that Stephen Davenport may well have been the retailer of the current Lot which was supplied to him by John Patrick. A third similar unsigned instrument with an identical ogee caddy top and cistern cover to the current Lot but with break-arch scales and differing silvered scale thermometers to the trunk is illustrated and described in Claxton Stevens, Christopher and Whittington, Stewart 18TH CENTURY ENGLISH FURNITURE, THE NORMAN ADAMS COLLECTION, page 163. The Royal Society scale thermometer was devised by Robert Hook in 1664 and was calibrated to every degree representing an increase of 1/500 in volume of the thermometer liquid. The scale used the freezing point of water as the fixed point and was scaled from high to low with the increase of temperature. As the rate of expansion of the alcohol varied between instruments, each scale had to be individually made for the instrument. The current Lot has an accurately restored paper scale as the original had almost entirely worn away. Hooks original thermometer was adopted and became known as the standard of Gresham College and used by the Royal Society until 1709.
A fine George II mahogany cistern tube stick barometer Edward Scarlett, London, circa 1740. The arch-top caddy moulded case with silvered vernier scale and bayonet shaped tube above trunk applied with tall arched silvered scale mercury thermometer signed Scarlett Fecit to upper edge calibrated in unusual units with 0 rated as temperate and with sliding brass pointer above shaped base with spiral volute turned inverted vase shaped cistern cover which also conceals thermometer bulb, 91cm high, B.C. Ref. 6. Illustrated in Banfield, Edwin BAROMETERS Stick or Cistern Tube page 43. Edward Scarlett is recorded by Banfield as born circa 1688 and died in 1743. He worked from the sign of Archimedes and Globe, near St Anns Church, Soho, London from circa 1700 and, according to a trade card, was Optician to King George II. The thermometer scale does not seem to conform to any known recognised units from this period and may have been devised by Edward Scarlett for use on his own instruments. The work of Edward Scarlett is further described in Goodison, Nicholas English BAROMETERS 1680-1860 Part II Some Important Makers and Retailers pages 237-239.
A George III mahogany cistern tube stick barometer John Bird, London, circa 1760 Now with elaborate break-arch pediment and three ball finials above break-arch silvered vernier scale signed J. Bird, London and with applied brass dome cover to arch, flanked by turned pilasters above cavetto moulded throat and exposed tube to the conforming moulded trunk, the shaped base with ovoid cistern cover and swollen finial beneath, 112cm, high, B.C. Ref. 14. Illustrated in Banfield, Edwin BAROMETERS Stick or Cistern Tube pages 52 and 53. John Bird is recorded by Banfield as being born in Durham 1709 and dying in 1776. He moved to London in 1740 and worked for George Graham and Jonathan Sisson. He is known to have been operating from his premises At the Sea Quadrant, Court Gardens, Strand by 1744. He published a Treatise relating to his method of dividing astronomical instruments in 1767 and generally became highly regarded due to his work relating to the improvement of the accuracy of the scales on astronomical and other instruments. The current example originally would have had a bulb at the top of the tube (protected behind the brass dome cover) which would help to reduce the effects that any air percolating through the mercury would have on the vacuum above the column.
A fine George III mahogany cistern tube stick barometer with hygrometer or Triple Weather Glass Benjamin Martin, London, circa 1760. The arched top case with leaf carved surround for the inset herringbone border engraved vernier scale with arched hygrometer scale above Fahrenheit and Reaumur mercury thermometer and signed B. Martin, London, the caddy moulded trunk with scroll carved edges to throat and exposed tube above hemispherical cistern cover mounted onto the scroll edged rounded base, 94cm high, B.C. Ref. 18. Illustrated in Banfield, Edwin BAROMETERS Stick or Cistern Tube pages 58 and 59. Benjamin Martin is recorded by Banfield as working 1756-82. He was a prolific writer and produced many books on differing scientific subjects and in 1755 launched a monthly magazine called General Magazine of the Arts and Sciences which ran until 1765. He is thought to be the first maker to incorporate a hygrometer into a barometer with a thermometer and marketed the instrument as Triple Weather Glass. The hygrometer utilises a length of gut (which expands or contracts with variations in humidity) linked to a rack and pulley rather than the usual oat beard found on later hygrometers. The work of Benjamin Martin is further described in Goodison, Nicholas English BAROMETERS 1680-1860 Part II Some Important Makers and Retailers pages 179-185. Goodison illustrates a very similar example to the current Lot (plates 120 and 121) a well as reproductions of similar scale layouts from Martins original publications (plates 118 and 119).
A George III mahogany cistern tube stick barometer Unsigned, circa 1765. With broken pediment above caddy moulded case inset with silvered vernier register above exposed tube to trunk and inverted vase shaped cistern cover to the shaped base, 94cm high, B.C. Ref. 20. Illustrated in Banfield, Edwin BAROMETERS Stick or Cistern Tube page 66.
A fine George III mahogany cistern tube stick barometer with whalebone hygrometer and ivory cistern float Dollond, London, circa 1770. The swan neck pedimented case with circular silvered scale whalebone hygrometer above glazed silvered vernier scale with Fahrenheit mercury thermometer and signed Dollond, London above caddy moulded trunk with brass vernier adjustment disc and concealed tube, the base with demi-lune section cistern cover incorporating turned ivory float, 111cm high, B.C. Ref. 21. Illustrated in Banfield, Edwin BAROMETERS Stick or Cistern Tube page 66. Peter Dollond is recorded by Banfield as born 1730 and died 1820. He was the son of John Dollond, a Huguenot silk weaver, and started business as an optician at the age of twenty in 1750. He was joined by his father in 1752 until the latters death in 1761 and then by his brother, John, until his death in 1804. The family business was continued by Peter Dollonds nephew, George Huggins, who subsequently changed his surname to Dollond. Peter Dollond was appointed optician to George III and the Duke of York and the workshop was renowned for producing high quality instruments. This particular instrument has survived in fine original condition and exhibits the fine crisp quality for which the workshop became famous. See Goodison, Nicholas English BAROMETERS 1680-1860 Part II Some Important Makers and Retailers pages 141-143 for further details of work from the Dollond family workshop.
A George III mahogany cistern tube stick barometer with hygrometer Henry Pyefinch, London, circa 1770. With triangular pediment above circular hygrometer set into herringbone border engraved silvered vernier scale signed PYEFINCH, LONDON, the cockbeaded trunk with Fahrenheit mercury thermometer above half-reeded hemispherical cistern cover to the rounded base, 101cm high, B.C. Ref. 22. Illustrated in Banfield, Edwin BAROMETERS Stick or Cistern Tube page 69. Henry Pyefinch is recorded by Banfield as working 1763-90, he was apprenticed to Francis Watkins in 1753 and became freeman of the Spectaclemakers Company in 1793. In conjunction with J.H. de Magellan, a Portuguese scientist, he patented an instrument to measure the effect of the weight of the atmosphere and the variations caused by temperature. Further details of Pyefinchs work can be found in Goodison, Nicholas English BAROMETERS 1680-1860 Part II Some Important Makers and Retailers pages 204 and 205. A fine carved mahogany barometer with similar layout of hygrometer and thermometer is in the Victoria & Albert Museum.
A fine and rare George III mahogany cistern tube stick barometer with protective case Troughton, London, circa 1770. With arch glazed silvered vernier register with Fahrenheit mercury thermometer and signed Troughton, London above full-width caddy moulded trunk incorporating silvered sleeve vernier adjustment lever and enclosed tube above rounded base with domed cistern cover, 92cm high, with rectangular hinged-front case to cover up to just below the scale, 101cm high overall, B.C. Ref. 23. Illustrated in Banfield, Edwin BAROMETERS Stick or Cistern Tube page 71. Edward Troughton senior is recorded by Banfield as working circa 1740-60, he was primarily a calibrater and engraver of instruments. He was joined circa 1760 by his nephew, John, who then went into partnership with a younger brother named Joseph 1764-70. After Josephs death in 1770 Edward junior joined the firm, inheriting the business on Johns death in 1804. The business continued forming partnerships and mergers with other firms throughout the 19th century. The current lot demonstrates the high quality of finish often found on instruments made by the Troughton family, the engraving to the silvered register is particularly fine. Further details regarding the work of the Troughton family can be found in Goodison, Nicholas English BAROMETERS 1680-1860 Part II Some Important Makers and Retailers pages 259-260.
A fine George III mahogany cistern tube stick barometer Dollond, London, circa 1770. With broken pediment above inset silvered vernier register signed Dollond, London above caddy moulded trunk with exposed tube and rounded base with orb shaped cistern cover, 100cm high, B.C. Ref. 27. Illustrated in Banfield, Edwin BAROMETERS Stick or Cistern Tube page 75. Peter Dollond is recorded by Banfield as born 1730 and died 1820. He was the son of John Dollond, a Huguenot silk weaver, and started business as an optician at the age of twenty in 1750. He was joined by his father in 1752 until the latters death in 1761 and then by his brother, John, until his death in 1804. The family business was continued by Peter Dollonds nephew, George Huggins, who subsequently changed his surname to Dollond. Peter Dollond was appointed optician to George III and the Duke of York and the workshop was renowned for producing high quality instruments. This particular instrument has survived in fine original condition and exhibits the fine crisp quality for which the workshop became famous. See Goodison, Nicholas English BAROMETERS 1680-1860 Part II Some Important Makers and Retailers pages 141-143 for further details of work from the Dollond family workshop.
A George III mahogany cistern tube stick barometer with A Perpetual Almanac Watkins, London, circa 1780. With broken pediment above silvered panel inscribed A Perpetual Almanac with movable Days of the Week sector beside fixed Days of the Month grid and movable Month of ... Days aperture, each being adjusted in order to give the correct calendar for any given month via two squares to lower edge of the plate, the silvered vernier barometer scale with Fahrenheit alcohol thermometer and signed Watkins, London above caddy moulded trunk with exposed tube flanked by angled crossbanded veneers and ebony stringing, with orb shaped cistern cover to the rounded base, 111cm high, B.C. Ref. 28. Illustrated in Banfield, Edwin BAROMETERS Stick or Cistern Tube page 78. Francis Watkins is recorded by Banfield as working from the sign of Sir Isaac Newtons Head, 5 Charing Cross, London 1747-84. He is best known for his angle barometers which incorporate a Perpetual Regulation of Time. After his death in 1784 the firm was continued by his nephews Jeremiah and Walter Watkins. See Goodison, Nicholas English BAROMETERS 1680-1860 Part II Some Important Makers and Retailers pages 269-280 for further details of work by the Watkins family and associates.
A fine George III mahogany cistern tube stick barometer George Adams, London, circa 1780. With broken pediment above inset silvered vernier scale with Fahrenheit mercury thermometer and signed G. ADAMS, Fleet Street, LONDON to upper edge, the caddy moulded trunk with exposed tube, with orb shaped cistern cover to the rounded base, 96cm high, B.C. Ref. 30. Illustrated in Banfield, Edwin BAROMETERS Stick or Cistern Tube page 77. George Adams junior is recorded by Banfield as being apprenticed to his father (also called George) in 1765 and taking over the family business at 60 Fleet Street, London on his fathers death in 1773. He continued in his fathers 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, who operated until his death in 1826. Further information regarding the Adams family and their work can be found in Goodison, Nicholas English BAROMETERS 1680-1860 Part II Some Important Makers and Retailers pages 116-129.
A George III oak bulb cistern tube stick barometer Dominick Manticha, London, circa 1780. With shallow cavetto moulded cornice above arch top glazed foliate decorated paper scale signed Manticha Fecit, LONDON with simple brass pointer and flanked by turned pilasters, the plain trunk with concealed tube above longcase clock form plinth base enclosing the cistern, 93cm high, B.C. Ref. 33. Illustrated in Banfield, Edwin BAROMETERS Stick or Cistern Tube page 85. Dominick Manticha is recorded by Banfield as working from 11 Ely Court, Holborn, London 1781-1805. The paper scale utilises the same basic print as the scale signed A. Routledge used on Lot 139).
A George III parquetry strung mahogany bulb cistern tube stick barometer William Hardy, London, circa 1810. With broken pediment above shaped foliate engraved silvered scale with vernier, mercury tube Fahrenheit thermometer and signed Hardy, 171 Holborn, London behind shaped glazed door, the caddy moulded trunk with exposed tube flanked by book-matched veneers and parquetry strung borders, with brass button centred domed cistern cover to the rounded base, 95cm high, B.C. Ref. 41. Illustrated in Banfield, Edwin BAROMETERS Stick or Cistern Tube page 96. William Hardy is recorded by Banfield as working from 171 Holborn, London 1800-30.
A George III mahogany cistern tube stick barometer Jones, London, circa 1810. With swan neck pediment above glazed front silvered scale with vernier and signed Jones 241 Oxford Strt, LONDON, the caddy moulded trunk with ivory vernier adjustment disc, arched Fahrenheit alcohol thermometer and ebony strung borders, the base with moulded circular cistern cover, 96cm high, B.C. Ref. 45. Illustrated in Banfield, Edwin BAROMETERS Stick or Cistern Tube page 101. Jones & Co are recorded by Banfield as working from 241 Oxford St, London, circa 1800-21.
A William IV mahogany cistern tube stick barometer Henry Hughes, London, circa 1835. With arched pediment above glazed front silvered vernier scale with Fahrenheit and Reaumur scale mercury thermometer and signed H. Hughes 120 Fenchurch Strt LONDON, the trunk with exposed tube and vernier adjustment square above rounded base with shallow dome cistern cover, 95cm high, B.C. Ref. 50. Illustrated in Banfield, Edwin BAROMETERS Stick or Cistern Tube page 108. Henry Hughes is recorded by Banfield as working from 120 Fenchurch Street, London circa 1830-76.
A George III mahogany bulb cistern tube stick barometer reputedly once the property of William Wordsworth Thomas Rubergall, London, circa 1825. With arch-top caddy moulded case inset with an arched silvered scale with brass vernier and signed Thos Rubergall, 24 Coventry Str.t., LONDON above trunk with exposed tube flanked by canted crossbanded veneers above orb shaped cistern cover to the rounded base, 91cm high, B.C. Ref. 52. Illustrated in Banfield, Edwin BAROMETERS Stick or Cistern Tube page 109. Thomas Rubergall is recorded by Banfield as working from 24 Coventry Street, London 1802-54. He was optician and mathematical instrument maker to the Duke of Clarence and optician to King George III. Provenance: by repute purchased at the sale of effects from Wordsworths home Rydal Mount, Ambleside after his death in 1850, the barometer was then bought by Mr R Kellett from an old couple at Grasmere and was then sold in an auction of the effects of the late Mrs Kellett of Oak Street, Windermere (held at the Windermere Institute on February 19th 1919) to Harger Brothers of Ribblesdake House, Settle. Harger Brothers in turn sold the barometer to a Mr T.M. Gray of Bel Hill House, Giggleswick. Edwin Banfield purchased the barometer from a dealer along with the series of copy letters of provenance which are included with the Lot.
A Regency mahogany bulb cistern tube stick barometer Caesar Tagliabue, London, circa 1830. With broken pediment above silvered scale with vernier, Fahrenheit scale alcohol thermometer and signed C. Tagliabue, 23 Hatton Garden, London behind glazed door above caddy moulded trunk with exposed tube flanked by angled crossbanded veneers, the rounded base with turned domed cistern cover, 97cm high, B.C. Ref. 60. Illustrated in Banfield, Edwin BAROMETERS Stick or Cistern Tube page 117. Caesar Tagliabue is recorded by Banfield as working from 23 Hatton Garden 1829-46.
A George III parquetry strung mahogany bulb cistern tube stick barometer Negretty & Co, London, circa 1820. With broken pediment and pineapple finial above silvered scale with vernier, mercury tube Fahrenheit thermometer and signed Negretty & Co FECIT, London behind glazed door, the caddy moulded trunk with exposed tube flanked by book-matched veneers and parquetry strung borders, with domed cistern cover to the rounded base, 99cm high, B.C. Ref. 61. Illustrated in Banfield, Edwin BAROMETERS Stick or Cistern Tube page 117. Negretty & Co are recorded by Banfield as working circa 1820-40.
A fine early Victorian carved mahogany cistern tube stick barometer Watkins & Hill, London, circa 1850. The case with elaborate shield centred foliate carved top incorporating glazed front angled silvered scales with vernier, Fahrenheit and Reaumur scale mercury thermometer and signed WATKINS & HILL, 5 Charing Cross, London above rocaille decorated throat and ribbon tied foliate festoon carved trunk with vernier setting disc and ivy leaf trails to sides, the shaped base with basket of profuse fruiting foliage relief decorated cistern cover, 105cm high, B.C. Ref. 63. Illustrated in Banfield, Edwin BAROMETERS Stick or Cistern Tube page 118. The partnership of Watkins and Hill is recorded by Banfield as working in London 1819-57.
A Victorian rosewood cistern tube stick barometer Negretti & Zambra for W. Lund, London, circa 1850. With arched top glazed front ivory scale with vernier opposing a Fahrenheit and Reaumur scale mercury thermometer and signed W. LUND, 23 & 24 FLEET STRT, LONDON above exposed tube and ivory vernier adjustment disc to trunk, the rounded base with orb shaped cistern cover, 94cm high, B.C. Ref. 64. Illustrated in Banfield, Edwin BAROMETERS Stick or Cistern Tube page 124. W. Lund is recorded by Banfield as working from 23 & 24 Fleet Street, London 1840-60. A paper instruction label applied to the rear of the case indicates that this barometer was made by Negretti & Zambra.
A fine William IV/early Victorian mahogany slender bowfronted cistern tube stick barometer William Holmes, London, circa 1840 With stepped and moulded pediment above angled ivory scale with vernier signed WM HOLMES, LONDON behind curved glass, the slender trunk with vernier adjustment screw, Fahrenheit scale mercury thermometer and ebony edge stringing above half-urn shaped ebonised cistern cover to the shaped panel base, 97cm high, B.C. Ref. 66. Illustrated in Banfield, Edwin BAROMETERS Stick or Cistern Tube page 121. William Holmes is recorded by Banfield as working circa 1835-55 and was probably a descendent of the noteworthy late 18th century clockmaker John Holmes.
A Victorian oak cistern tube stick barometer Elliott Brothers, circa 1870. With arched white ceramic register signed ELLIOTT BROS, 449 STRAND, LONDON and simple setting pointer above full-width caddy moulded trunk with exposed tube and moulded D-shaped cistern cover, 92cm high, B.C. Ref. 69. Illustrated in Banfield, Edwin BAROMETERS Stick or Cistern Tube page 126. Elliott Brothers are recorded by Banfield as working from 449 Strand 1864-86.
A Victorian walnut bulb cistern tube agricultural stick barometer L. Casella, London, circa 1865. With arch top above glazed paper scale inscribed AGRICULTURAL BAROMETER, COMPENSATING, L. CASELLA Fecit, LONDON and simple sliding pointer to the exposed tube, with slender trunk and moulded rectangular cistern cover to base, the rear applied with INSTRUCTIONS AND REMARKS paper, 86cm high, B.C. Ref. 70. Illustrated in Banfield, Edwin BAROMETERS Stick or Cistern Tube page 129. Louis Pascal Casella is recorded by Banfield as working from 1858, Casella became one of the largest makers of barometers in England and still traded throughout the 20th century.
A Victorian oak cistern tube Patent Farmers stick barometer Negretti & Zambra, London, circa 1865. With moulded top above ceramic scale with vernier and wet and dry bulb Fahrenheit scale mercury thermometers and inscribed FARMERS BAROMETER PATENT NO.255 NEGRETTI & ZAMBRA, OPTICIANS TO HER MAJESTY, 1 HATTON GARDEN E.C., 122 REGENT ST. W. & 89 CORNHILL E.C. LONDON, with exposed tube to trunk and cavetto moulded lower moulding to the square base with moulded cistern cover, 97cm high, B.C. Ref. 74. Illustrated in Banfield, Edwin BAROMETERS Stick or Cistern Tube pages 132 and 133. The renowned and prolific firm of Negretti & Zambra is recorded by Banfield as being established in circa 1850 when Enrico Negretti and Joseph Warren Zambra formed a partnership. The business rapidly expanded to become one of the leading barometer manufacturers of the 19th century.
A Victorian oak cistern tube stick barometer James Henry Steward, London, circa 1875. The arched top ivory scale with vernier and Fahrenheit mercury thermometer and signed J.H. STEWARD, 406 & 66 STRAND, 54 CORNHILL, LONDON above trunk with exposed tube and shield shaped base with moulded circular cistern cover, 91cm high, B.C. Ref. 77. Illustrated in Banfield, Edwin BAROMETERS Stick or Cistern Tube page 135. James Henry Steward is recorded by Banfield as working from 1857.
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