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Lot 745
A large George V mahogany longcase clock with glazed trunk. With gilt arch top dial signed Edward Ewen, Dumfries. Having silvered chapter ring with applied Arabic numeral markers, with subsidiary seconds and subsidiaries for strike / silent and chime selector. Housing an 8 day three train movement striking on seven gongs with Westminster, Whittington and St Michael chimes, 2m 25cm high.
Lot 124
Great Western and Great Central Joint Railways 12in mahogany cased English fusee drop dial trunk railway clock. The case, with convex surround and a spun brass bezel, has 2 side doors and a bottom door secured with a ball bearing catch. The GWR & G.C. ivorine numberplate 7 is on the left hand side of the case. The dial has been restored possibly over the original paint. The brass chain driven fusee movement is in cleaned condition. In working condition complete with pendulum and key. A rare Joint clock.
Lot 32
Great Western Railway 12in mahogany cased English fusee drop dial trunk railway clock. The case, with convex surround and a spun brass bezel, has 2 side doors and a bottom door secured with a lock. The GWR ivorine numberplate 3373 is screwed on the left hand side of the case. The original dial has been lightly restored. The brass chain driven fusee movement has been cleaned and recently serviced. In working condition complete with pendulum and key, a nice example of these popular clocks.
Lot 1412
EARLY 19TH CENTURY SCOTTISH LONGCASE CLOCKby James Gow of Midcalder, the hood with swan neck pediment, rosettes and campana urn finial, the arched painted enamel dial with Roman and Arabic numerals, subsidiary seconds and calendar dials and 8 day, 2 train movement, the spandrels painted with potted plants, contained in a waisted mahogany case, the trunk with quarter round columns, the door with lozenge inlay, of bracket feet, 230cm high
Lot 109
A fine William and Mary walnut, olive wood and floral marquetry longcase clock of month duration James Clowes, London, circa 1690 The five finned pillar bell striking movement with high position outside countwheel and anchor escapement regulated by seconds pendulum, the 11 inch square brass dial with subsidiary seconds dial enclosing calendar aperture and low ringed winding holes to the matted centre, within applied silvered Roman numeral chapter ring with stylised sword hilt half hour markers and Arabic five minutes to narrow outer track, with sculpted steel hands, the lower edge of the plate signed James Clowes, London and the angles with gilt winged cherub mask and foliate scroll cast spandrels, In a case with formerly rising hood incorporating projecting ogee moulded cornice and floral trail marquetry decoration to frieze above conforming inlaid glazed dial surround applied with ebonised Solomonic three-quarter columns to front angles, the sides with rectangular windows and further quarter columns applied against bargeboards at the rear, the trunk with convex olive wood veneered throat moulding over rectangular 40 inch door centred with an oval lenticle and with three shaped marquetry panels decorated with bird inhabited scrolling flowering foliage on an ebonised fruitwood ground and incorporating unusual teardrop design within the upper panel set within an oyster olive wood field, the sides with three line-edged crossbanded panels, the base with conforming rectangular marquetry panel within further crossbanded surround, 194cm (76.25ins) high; standing on a later conforming detachable skirt plinth, 199.5cm (78.5ins) high overall. James Clowes is recorded in Loomes, Brian Clockmakers of Britain 1286-1700 as born in around 1643 in Astbury, Cheshire, older brother of John (born 1751) and son to James Clowes senior, a nail maker of Odd Rode. James Clowes became a Free Brother of The Clockmakers Company in 1671 - the same year as Thomas Tompion, Joseph Knibb, Daniel Quare and Joseph Windmills. In 1673 he was working at St. Giles in the Fields and then At. Ann s Blackfriars in 1675 when he married Mary Winckley of Biddulph, Staffordshire (at Barthomley in Cheshire). He is believed to have married again to a Jane Coulton in 1680 who was still alive in 1686. James Clowes signed the Clockmakers Company oath of allegiance in 1697 and paid quarterage up until 1705 when he is thought to have died. The case of the current lot exhibits an unusual teardrop design within the upper marquetry panel of the trunk door. This feature can also be seen on a case housing an eight-day movement and dial by his brother, John Clowes of Russell Street (Covent Garden), which was sold in these rooms on 9th September 2009 (lot 100).
Lot 113
A fine and very rare oak architectural floor-standing case for a first period lantern clock Anonymous, probably second quarter of the 17th century The superstructure now with fixed glazed top and ogee-cornice over architectural arch-glazed apertures to three sides, the front and right hand side attached by iron hinges to each other and to the backboard, the right hand side also attached via hinges to the backboard which is now applied with a print of Britannia seated on a globe, each of the three faces with faceted keystone flanked by raised quadrant panel infill to the arch springing from blocks applied with hipped pads over uprights decorated with tapered decorative split-turned batons, the integral trunk resembling a Roman Doric pilaster with moulded capital incorporating frieze bordered with slender stepped-ogee moulding to lower margin, over a full-width door to front applied with stepped oval panel centred with a domed button and issuing vertical slender straps and horizontal rails applied with further hipped pads, the lower section with additional further thicker horizontal strap issuing shaped vertical extensions and applied with another faceted panel to centre surrounded by domed buttons, the field decorated with additional vertical half-round split-batons, the sides with decoration matching the front above elaborate double skirt base with ogee top moulding to upper tier and ledge over generous cavetto moulding to the lower, 193cm (76ins) high; the body of the trunk 24cm (9.5ins) wide by 28cm (11ins) deep excluding the applied decoration. Provenance: The base of the backboard applied with a paper label inscribed in ink Cap t De Burgho Hodge, Exleigh, Tiverton. Online records of THE LONDON GAZETTE have two entries relating to Captain Edward DeBurgho Hodge: 24th May, 1861 Light Dragoons, Lieutenant De Burgho . Edward Hodge , from the 15th Foot, to be Lieu- tenant, vice Samuel Adams, who exchanges. 9th July, 1880 William Hodge , Gage John Hodge , and De Burgho Edward . Hodge , carrying on business in copartnership at Devonport, in the county of Devon, as Bankers, under the style or firm of William Hodge , William Chapell Hodge , and Company, the Devonport Bank, was, on the 1st day of July, 1880, dis- solved, by mutual consent. In addition to these The Plymouth and West Devon Record Office holds a document dated 31st July 1880 indicating the release (with later endorsements - 365/50) of De Burgho Edward Hodge of Sandwell, Harberton, Captain of the 12th Lancers. From these records it would appear that Edward DeBurgho Hodge was related to WillIam Hodge of the Devonport Bank, and, after serving in the Light Dragoons (up to 1861) and the 12th Lancers, entered into a new banking partnership with William Hodge in 1880. Exleigh, Tiverton and Sandwell, Harberton are both late Georgian Neo-Classical houses; Exleigh being a substantial Villa and Sandwell a Country House. The current lot appears to be a remarkable survivor which, on stylistic grounds, would appear to date to before the Civil War. The overall form is purely architectural conceived as a glazed arched loggia resting on top of a Roman Doric inspired pilaster. The strapwork decoration to the trunk follows that Jacobean architectural practice with similar designs often seen on fireplace surrounds. A good example dating from the 1630 s which exhibits comparable decoration (to the jambs of the overmantel) can be seen in the great chamber at Doughton House, Gloucestershire (illustrated in Cooper, Nicholas THE JACOBEAN COUNTRY HOUSE on page 105). In addition to this, details such as the applied faceted/hipped panels and buttons together with the tapered split turnings (flanking the glazed arched apertures) can be compared to those applied to an enclosed deed chest made by the joiner Francis Bower for the Shrewsbury Draper s Company in 1637 (illustrated in Chinnery, Victor OAK FURNITURE, The British Tradition on page 53, Figures 2:5 and 2:6). Evidence in the upper and lower rails of each of the arch-glazed panels indicate that when originally made the arches were narrower (i.e. were essentially semi-circular in profile). Indeed at some point the arches appear to have been widened by a little over an inch by inserting extensions into the rails at their centres. The original form of the loggia would have therefore been narrower and hence perhaps more suited to the proportions of a standard lantern clock. The overall appearance of the case in its original form would have therefore perhaps served to enclose a lantern clock and display it in almost a reliquary manner elevated on a Classically inspired pedestal. In addition to this the current lot has seen some further relatively minor repairs and additions over the years including a replacement top panel incorporating glazed insert and skirting around the base. The latter has the appearance of being executed by an estate workshop during the mid 19th century and adds to the overall country house feel of the case. The numerous split half-round batons applied to the front and sides of the trunk may also be early additions. Notwithstanding these observations the overall the structure of the case appears to have survived in remarkably sound original condition. When considering the dating evidence above (which strongly suggests a date of around 1630-40) the current lot would appear to have been made during the first period of lantern clock production. Indeed relatively detailed investigation by the cataloguer has failed to identify other floor standing lantern clock cases that can be dated to prior to the Civil War. With this in mind it would therefore be reasonable to suggest that the current case could well be the earliest surviving English purpose made floor-standing case for a domestic clock, and, as such, would make the perfect companion for the previous lot.
Lot 115
A rare George III mahogany hour-striking tavern clock The dial signed for Desbois and Wheeler, London, early 19th century The five pillar two train rack and bell striking movement with four-wheel trains and anchor escapement regulated by steel-rod brass-faced lenticular bob pendulum with effective length of approximately 30.5 inches, set on a seatboard behind the 16 inch circular white painted Roman numeral dial inscribed DESBOIS & WHEELER, GRAYS INN PASSAGE to centre and with counterweighted steel spade hands set behind a heavy cast brass convex moulded hinged glazed bezel applied to an ogee moulded wooden surround, the drop-trunk box case with movement access doors inset with sound frets to sides over flame figured panel flanked by shaped ears to throat and concave-topped rectangular caddy-moulded door, the square base terminating with a complex moulded collar over pendulum access flap to underside, 109cm (43ins) high. Daniel Desbois was apprenticed to John Johnson at Grays Inn Passage and took over his business from circa 1790 to 1846, dying two years later in 1848. The partnership between Daniel Desbois and Wheeler is also recorded in Baillie, G.H., Clutton, C. and Ilbert, C.A. BRITTEN'S Old Clocks and Watches and their Makers as working from Grays Inn Passage, London 1803-35.
Lot 118
A Regency figured mahogany fusee drop-dial wall timepiece with eleven inch dial Signed for Parkinson and Frodsham, London, circa 1825 The four pillar single fusee movement with anchor escapement regulated by lenticular bob pendulum and bottle-shaped plates, the 11 inch cream painted convex Roman numeral dial inscribed Parkinson & Frodsham, Change Alley, LONDON to centre and with blued steel hands within hinged cast brass glazed bezel and moulded turned wooden surround, the box case with side doors above drop-trunk fronted with inlaid ebonised line border flanked by shaped ears, the curved base with pendulum access flap, 56cm (22ins) high. The partnership between William Parkinson and William James Frodsham is recorded in Mercer, Vaudrey THE FRODSHAMS, THE STORY OF A FAMILY OF Chronometer Makers as being established in 1801 and worked from 4 Change Alley, Cornhill. They were primarily involved with the manufacture of marine chronometers and supplied timepieces to the Admiralty including examples used on various expeditions by Captains Ross, Parry, Sabine, King, Lyon and Foster between 1818 and 1828. The partnership continued under its founders until the retirement of William James Frodsham in 1830. William Parkinson subsequently died in around 1842 leaving the business to be continued by their successors.
Lot 13
A fine and rare Scottish brass mounted mahogany stick barometer with hygrometer William Dobbie to a design by John Russell, Falkirk, circa 1845 The chevron banded case with swan neck pediment and cavetto cornice above arch-glazed door enclosing fine engraved silvered brass scale incorporating HYGROMETER calibrated 0-30 in both directions and annotated DRY/MOIST flanked by fine foliate scroll infill to arch, above arched banner titled BAROMETER and signed W m Dobbie, Falkirk over Vernier scale calibrated in barometric inches and with the usual weather observations positioned to the right of the tube, opposing spirit tube Fahrenheit thermometer similarly labelled THERMOMETER in an arch above to the left, the trunk applied with full-height Corinthian half column with reeded shaft and cast brass capital and base over slightly domed oval cistern cover, 110cm (43.25ins) high excluding finial. Provenance: Private collection, Hampshire (ref. B44); purchased from J.W. Blanchard Limited, Winchester, 14th January 1993 for £1,700. William Dobbie is recorded in Loomes, Brian Watchmakers & Clockmakers of the World, volume 2 as a clock and watchmaker born in Falkirk, 1796 and died 1845. The design of the current lot was devised by the celebrated clock and watch maker John Russell who settled in Falkirk in 1770 in a shop opposite the top of Kirk Wynd. He subsequently became watch maker to the Prince of Wales and died in 1817. The basic design of the current lot was probably developed around 1785 by Russell and appears to have be closely related to that of Benjamin Martin s Triple Weather Glass (an example of which was sold in these rooms in our sale of Mallett: Taking Stock 8th November 2018, lot 109). In his work English BAROMETERS 1680-1860 Nicholas Goodison refers to an excerpt from the Alloa Monthly Advertiser of 7th February 1845 in which it was announced that William Dobbie of Falkirk had just completed two of Russell s splendid royal barometers (now scarce), warranted identical with those made by the original constructor.. from this it would appear that Dobbie was trading on the back of Russell s reputation or perhaps even as his successor. Indeed the current lot would support the latter as the engraving to the register plate is all but identical to an example by Russell illustrated by Goodison on page 230 (plate 157).
Lot 14
Ω A fine Regency mahogany mercury stick barometer with ivory cistern float probably for use in a lighthouse Alexander Adie, Edinburgh, early 19th century The slender figured mahogany case with brass Vernier adjustment screw to top above inset rectangular silvered Vernier scale with canted upper angles and calibrated in barometric inches to right hand margin beneath engraved signature A. Adie, Edinburgh to upper edge , the trunk with visible tube above moulded reeded square section cistern cover with ivory mercury float to right hand side and brass level adjustment screw beneath, 94.5cm (37.25ins) high. Provenance: Private collection, Hampshire (B105); purchased from Michael Sim, Chiselhurst, 12th January 2001 for £2,650 who, in-turn, had acquired the instrument directly from The Trustees of the Northern Lighthouse Commissioners. Alexander Adie 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. In 1804 his uncle took him into partnership under the name of Miller and Adie which continued until after Miller's death in 1815. Adie was particularly interested in 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; Robert in Liverpool and Patrick in London. 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. The current lot appears to be a well made but functional model from Adie's range that has practical refinements such as screw Vernier adjustment to the top of the case and ivory cistern float. Adie is known to have supplied parabolic reflectors for the Northern lighthouse Board as well as barometers which required careful calibration due to their likely use in an elevated position within the lighthouse structure; the provenance provided by Michael Sim would strongly suggest that the current lot was supplied for this purpose.Cites Regulations Please note that this lot (lots marked with the symbol Ω in the printed catalogue) may be subject to CITES regulations when exported from the EU. The CITES regulations may be found at www.defra.gov.uk/ahvla-en/imports-exports/cites
Lot 15
Ω A George III mahogany mercury stick barometer with hygrometer Wisker, York, circa 1800 The ebony banded case with swan-neck pediment and cavetto cornice above inset silvered Vernier scale calibrated in barometric inches and with the usual observations beneath signature Wisker, York to upper margin set behind flush-fronted glazed door, the trunk with hygrometer over conforming inset silvered Fahrenheit scale mercury tube thermometer with decorative border to the bulb aperture and leaf crest to upper margin behind flush glazed cover, the rounded base with circular moulded domed cistern cover, (part dis-assembled), 96cm (37.75ins) high. Provenance: Private collection Hampshire (B163). A Matthew Wisker is recorded in Banfield, Edwin BAROMETER MAKERS & RETAILERS 1660-1900 as working from Spurriergate, York 1777-1804. He was succeeded by his son, John, who presumably continued the business until his death in 1822. The firm was subsequently managed by John s widow, Elizabeth, who in-turn passed it on to their son, Matthias in 1827.Cites Regulations Please note that this lot (lots marked with the symbol Ω in the printed catalogue) may be subject to CITES regulations when exported from the EU. The CITES regulations may be found at www.defra.gov.uk/ahvla-en/imports-exports/cites
Lot 16
Ω A Regency mahogany bowfronted mercury stick barometer Henry Andrews, Royston, circa 1820 With curved swan-neck pediment and cavetto moulded cornice over silvered Vernier scale calibrated in barometric inches and with the usual observations beneath signature Hen y Andrews, Royston to upper margin, behind bowed glass within moulded surround above trunk with the same bowed profile incorporating Vernier setting screw over flat fronted inset mercury tube Fahrenheit scale thermometer, the base with turned ebony half vase cistern cover flanked by canted angles decorated with ebony lozenge inlay over cavetto moulded underside incorporating level adjustment screw, 100cm (39.5ins) high. Provenance: From the collection of the late John Marsh of Lawnsford House, South Staffordshire. William Henry Andrews is recorded in Banfield, Edwin BAROMETER MAKERS & RETAILERS 1660-1900 as working in Royston circa 1790-1830. He was succeeded by his son, also called William, who worked until circa 1860.Cites Regulations Please note that this lot (lots marked with the symbol Ω in the printed catalogue) may be subject to CITES regulations when exported from the EU. The CITES regulations may be found at www.defra.gov.uk/ahvla-en/imports-exports/cites
Lot 17
A George III style mahogany mercury column stick barometer Unsigned, 20th century With ogee moulded cornice over glazed rectangular door enclosing brass Vernier scale calibrated in barometric inches with the usual observations over trunk carved as a fluted column with brass Corinthian capital over rectangular box cistern cover with chevron veneers to fascia between moulded upper and lower margins and with level adjustment screw to underside, 95cm (37.5ins) high.
Lot 27
Ω A Victorian carved walnut mercury stick barometer Gargory, Birmingham, third quarter of the 19th century With scallop shell and scroll carved pediment and cavetto cornice above rectangular bevel-glazed double ivory double Vernier scales calibrated in barometric inches and with the usual observations, the upper margins annotated 10 A.M YESTERDAY and 10 A.M TO DAY, beneath signature GREGORY, 41 BULL STREET, BIRMINGHAM , the trunk with Vernier setting squares to throat above applied glazed mercury tube Fahrenheit and Centigrade scale thermometer decorated with carved motifs to upper and lower rails, the base of circular outline applied with rosette carved cistern cover with level adjustment square to underside, (tube removed but present), 98cm (38.5ins) high. Provenance: Private collection Hampshire (ref. B155); Purchased at Christies, London, 17th June 2008 (lot 5) for £750 hammer. James Gargory is recorded in Banfield, Edwin BAROMETER MAKERS AND RETAILERS 1660-1900 as working from various addresses in Bull St. Birmingham 1830-56.Cites Regulations Please note that this lot (lots marked with the symbol Ω in the printed catalogue) may be subject to CITES regulations when exported from the EU. The CITES regulations may be found at www.defra.gov.uk/ahvla-en/imports-exports/cites
Lot 28
Ω A Victorian oak mercury stick barometer Lawson and Son, Brighton, third quarter of the 19th century With moulded pediment and cavetto cornice above rectangular glazed double ivory double Vernier scales calibrated in barometric inches and with the usual observations, the upper margins annotated 10 A.M YESTERDAY and 10 A.M TO DAY, beneath signature LAWSON & SON, OLD STREET, BRIGHTON , the trunk with Vernier setting squares to throat above applied glazed mercury tube Fahrenheit and Centigrade scale thermometer decorated with moulded upper and lower rails, the base of circular outline applied with domed cistern cover with level adjustment square to underside, 95cm (37.5ins) high. Provenance: Private collection Hampshire (ref. B90); purchased at H.Y. Duke and Son, Dorchester, 9th December 1999 (lot 1067) for £450 hammer. Thomas Lawson and Son are recorded in Loomes, Brian Watchmakers & Clockmakers of the World, Volume 2 as working in Brighton 1870-78.Cites Regulations Please note that this lot (lots marked with the symbol Ω in the printed catalogue) may be subject to CITES regulations when exported from the EU. The CITES regulations may be found at www.defra.gov.uk/ahvla-en/imports-exports/cites
Lot 29
A Victorian brass Kew Pattern marine mercury stick barometer configured for use on land Adie and Wedderburn, Edinburgh, second half of the 19th century The cylindrical silvered scale calibrated in barometric inches divided to twentieths and with Vernier slide fitted flush within the tube viewing aperture, the vertical left hand margin signed ADIE & WEDDERBURN, EDINBURGH. the lower margin engraved No. 760, set behind cylindrical glass collar with Vernier adjustment screw and gimballed support over applied mercury tube Fahrenheit scale thermometer to the narrow trunk below, the base with moulded cylindrical iron cistern cover braced within further supporting ring to lower edge, 94cm (37ins) high; applied to original ogee moulded oak wall panel, 105cm (41.25ins) high overall. Provenance: Private collection Hampshire (ref. B27). Alexander Adie is recorded in Banfield, Edwin BAROMETER MAKERS AND RETAILERS 1660-1900 as born 1775 and dying in 1858. Adie was the nephew of John Miller, one of the leading Scottish makers of Scientific Instruments in the 18th century and was apprenticed to him in 1789. In 1804 they formed the partnership of Miller and Adie which continued until the death of John Miller in 1815. Adie continued the business alone specialising in meteorological instruments obtaining a patent in 1818 for his air barometer or sympiesometer. In recognition of this invention he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 1819. He was appointed optician to William IV and later Queen Victoria after forming a partnership with his son, John, in 1835 to form Adie & Son. John's brother, Richard, moved to Liverpool where he set-up business in Bold Street in 1835. He employed Thomas Wedderburn as a foreman in Edinburgh through whom the current lot was probably supplied. The current lot is made to the pattern of standard marine barometer devised by Patric Adie and John Welsh of the Kew observatory in 1855. Although the instrument is mounted via gimbals the cistern steadying ring and very close proximity of the oak board behind indicates that it was supplied for use on land possibly for a laboratory or meteorological station.
Lot 38
A fine George III mahogany bayonet-tube mercury stick barometer with large-scale thermometer Nairne and Blunt, London, circa 1780 The caddy moulded case inset with arched silvered Vernier scale calibrated in barometric inches to the right hand margin opposing weather observations to the left, the upper margin signed in a curve Nairne & Blunt, London and the lower edge decorated with an engraved leafy scroll flanked cavetto-shaped angles, the trunk applied with full-height silvered-scale spirit thermometer calibrated in Fahrenheit with scale divided in degrees annotated 0-110 opposing markers inscribed Freezing, Temprate and Blood Heat, over pierced brass bulb shield and circular base applied with half sphere cistern cover incorporating level adjustment screw to underside, 96.5cm (38ins) high. Provenance: Private collection Hampshire (ref. B14); purchased at Mallams, Oxford, June 1982 for £1,050 hammer. The collaboration between Edward Nairne and his former apprentice Thomas Blunt is recorded in Banfield, Edwin BAROMETER MAKERS AND RETAILERS 1660-1900 as established in 1774 and lasting until 1793. Edward Nairne was born in 1726 and apprenticed to the celebrated instrument maker, Matthew Loft, in 1741. Latterly he worked from 20 Cornhill and published numerous booklets on navigational, pneumatic and astronomical instruments. In 1776 Nairne devised a marine barometer with a restriction to the bore of the mercury tube which served to dampen the oscillation of the mercury, he was elected Fellow of the Royal Society in 1776 and died 1806. Thomas Blunt was apprenticed to Edward Nairne in 1760 with whom he formed a loose partnership in 1774, perhaps for mutual convenience as his premises were next door to Nairne's at 22 Cornhill. Blunt designed some of the components for the 'New Barometer' devised by the Portuguese Scientist J.H. Magellan for measuring altitude, and latterly became instrument maker to George III. In 1793 he took his son, also named Thomas, into partnership and subsequently relocated to 136 Minories in 1814, he died in 1822. An almost identical instrument to the current lot (signed by Nairne alone) is illustrated in Banfield, Edwin BAROMETERS, Stick or Cistern tube on page 75.
Lot 39
Ω A fine George III mahogany mercury stick barometer with hygrometer Gilbert, Wright and Hooke, London, circa 1800 The caddy moulded and ebony banded case with open triangular pediment and cavetto cornice above hygrometer with independent adjustment for the beard pointer via a brass turn-screw set beneath, over inset silvered Vernier scale calibrated in barometric inches to the right hand margin opposing weather observations to the left, the upper margin signed Gilbert, Wright & Hooke, London, set behind flush hinged glazed door, the trunk with Vernier adjustment square to throat over conforming inset silvered Fahrenheit scale mercury tube thermometer with brass protective cover to the bulb and recording slider to right hand edge behind hinged glazed cover, the rounded base with circular moulded domed cistern cover above brass level adjustment screw to underside, 112cm (44ins) high. Provenance: Private collection Hampshire (ref. B67); purchased from C.E. Hebden, Cambridge, 28h July 1997 for £2,750. The partnership between William Gilbert, Gabriel Wright and Benjamin Hooke Hooke are recorded in Clifton, Gloria Directory of British Scientific Instrument Makers 1550-1851 as working from Navigation Warehouse, 148 Leadenhall Street, London 1794-1801.Cites Regulations Please note that this lot (lots marked with the symbol Ω in the printed catalogue) may be subject to CITES regulations when exported from the EU. The CITES regulations may be found at www.defra.gov.uk/ahvla-en/imports-exports/cites
Lot 40
Ω A George III mahogany mercury stick barometer Cately and Company, London, early 19th century With open triangular pediment above chevron bordered glazed door enclosing rectangular silvered Vernier scale calibrated in barometric inches and with the usual observations to the right opposing Fahrenheit scale spirit thermometer to the left, the upper margin signed Cately & Co. Ship Turnstile, Holborn , the caddy moulded trunk with exposed tube flanked by mahogany veneers with grain set at opposing forty-five degree angles within chevron-strung border, the conforming rounded base with hemispherical cistern cover centred with a turned ivory button, 96.5cm (38ins) high. Provenance: Private collection Hampshire (ref. B1); purchased from Lita Kaye of Lyndhurst, 12th July 1978 for £650 Cat(t)ely and Company are recorded in Banfield, Edwin BAROMETER MAKERS & RETAILERS 1660-1900 as working from 81 Holborn, London, circa 1810-30.Cites Regulations Please note that this lot (lots marked with the symbol Ω in the printed catalogue) may be subject to CITES regulations when exported from the EU. The CITES regulations may be found at www.defra.gov.uk/ahvla-en/imports-exports/cites
Lot 41
Ω A George III style mahogany mercury stick barometer The register plate bearing a signature for William Harris, London, 20th century The ebony-edged case inset with arched silvered Vernier scale calibrated in barometric inches to the right hand margin opposing weather observations to the left, the upper margin bearing an engraved signature W m Harris, Optician, 22 Cornhill , the full width line-edged trunk with exposed tube flanked by mahogany veneers with grain set at opposing forty-five degree angles over rounded base applied with ebonised half sphere cistern cover incorporating level adjustment screw to underside, 94cm (37ins) high. Provenance: Private collection Hampshire (ref. B177).Cites Regulations Please note that this lot (lots marked with the symbol Ω in the printed catalogue) may be subject to CITES regulations when exported from the EU. The CITES regulations may be found at www.defra.gov.uk/ahvla-en/imports-exports/cites
Lot 54
George III mahogany longcase clock by Philip Lloyd of Bristol, the hood with swan neck pediment, blind fret frieze below, arch shaped glazed door flanked by reeded pillars with Corinthian capitals, the trunk with long door and standing on a plinth base, the arch shaped brass dial with moon phase and script 'High Water At Bristol Key', Roman and Arabic numerals, subsidiary seconds dial and calendar aperture, signed Philip Lloyd, Bristol, eight day striking movement, 226cm high Condition: We do not guarantee the movement or accuracy of clocks - Please see extra images and TELEPHONE department if you require further information
Lot 55
19th Century oak and mahogany longcase clock by Thomas Waldie of Blyth, the hood with swan neck pediment, arch shaped glazed door flanked by cylindrical pillars, the trunk with short door and standing on bracket feet, arch shaped painted dial with Roman and Arabic numerals, subsidiary seconds and calendar dials, eight day striking movement, 215cm high Condition: We do not guarantee the movement or accuracy of clocks - Please see extra images and TELEPHONE department if you require further information
Lot 56
19th Century oak and mahogany longcase clock by Francis Foulks of Bakewell, the hood with swan neck pediment, circular glazed door flanked by tapered cylindrical pillars, the trunk with short door and standing on bracket feet, circular painted dial with Arabic numerals, 30 hour movement, 212cm high Condition: We do not guarantee the movement or accuracy of clocks - Please see extra images and TELEPHONE department if you require further information
Lot 57
Early 20th Century walnut and figured walnut cased grandmother clock, the hood having a moulded cornice, square glazed door flanked by split barley twist pillars, the trunk with long door, the square brass dial with silvered chapter ring having Roman and Arabic numerals, brass striking and chiming movement, 153.5cm high Condition: We do not guarantee the movement or accuracy of clocks - Please see extra images and TELEPHONE department if you require further information
Lot 687
Small lacquered trunk with leather reinforcements (battered) containing three vintage handbags, one made with the dark spine of an alligator, the edges bound together with thongs of skin, and 'Kelly Bag' shaped brown alligator bag 28x20cm, nicely fitted leather interior once duck egg blue, a faux leather small district nurse's bag (locked), leather travel case, one piece missing, 20x8x8 approx, and leather pencil box.(5)
Lot 108
AN EARLY 19TH CENTURY OAK AND MAHOGANY LONGCASE CLOCK, BY W. ELLIS, WREXHAM, the twin-train movement with a painted dial in Arabic numerals, painted phases of the moon, the case with a broken arch pediment decorated with shells and paterae and fans, standing on a waisted trunk and box base, 221cm high, 54cm long, 26cm deep, (AF).
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