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Lot 122
A Victorian carved oak mercury stick barometer, unsigned, late 19th century, with scroll carved arched crest and bevel glazed canted double vernier ivory scale, calibrated in inches and with the usual annotations, above vernier adjustment squares and applied presentation plaque to throat, and glazed FAHRENHEIT and REAUMUR scale mercury thermometer with coiled bulb to trunk, the square bse with carved ogee moulded cistern cover, 102cm high.
Lot 123
An early Victorian mother of pearl inlaid rosewood bowfronted mercury marine stick barometer, Stebbing and Co., Southampton, mid 19th century, with stepped cavetto moulded caddy pediment above rectangular two-piece canted ivory vernier register calibrated in inches, with the usual annotations and signed STEBBING & Co. SOUTHAMPTON to upper edge, behind curved glass retained within a brass surround, the slender bowed trunk with cavetto moulded throat moulding above vernier adjustment square and glazed Fahrenheit scale mercury thermometer between foliate mother of pearl marquetry panels, the base with moulded brass cylindrical cistern, (gimbals lacking), 94cm high. Stebbing & Wood are recorded in Banfield, Edwin BAROMETER MAKERS AND RETAILERS 1660-1900 as working from 47 High St. Southampton 1851-3 and are listed as Makers to the Queen and The Royal Yacht Squadron, Banfield further notes that later examples (c.1860-80) were signed STEBBING & Co. Opt. to the Queen.
Lot 124
A George III chevron banded mahogany mercury stick barometer, Joseph Torre & Co., London, early 19th century, with broken pediment above a silvered rectangular vernier register calibrated in inches, with the usual observations, signed Joseph Torre & Co. LONDON to upper edge and applied with a Fahrenheit scale alcohol thermometer behind glazed door, the caddy moulded trunk with visible tube flanked by angled veneers and chevron stringing above rounded base with domed cistern cover, 95cm high.
Lot 465
Late Victorian silver chamber stick of conventional circular form with shell decorated handle and gadrooned border (Birmingham 1897), maker Deakin & Francis Ltd, associated detachable silver snuffer of conical form with scroll mount and reeded rim (London 1806) maker John Emes, approximatley 6oz, 13.5cm diameter (2)
Lot 455
WWII – Julius Streicher – Die Sturmer rare copy of this notorious anti-Semitic publication produced by one of the worst Jew haters in the Nazis Julius Streicher. This edition is dated April 1936 and carries the heading [trans.]’It’s never going to end’ with a front page cartoon showing a group of obviously Jewish people in a cafe with the caption [trans] They stick together these children of Satan’
Lot 1404
A Fine and Rare 18th Century Walnut Stick Barometer, signed Jno Hallifax, Barnsley, Invt & Fecit, circa 1730, the finely figured case in the form of a longcase clock, caddied pediment with turned brass finials, inlaid stringing and turned side columns to the pediment, trunk with boxwood stringing and a central recording chapter ring with two hands, rectangular plinth with stringing and upon a waisted base, 6-inch arched brass dial with a silvered chapter ring and elaborately engraved with scrollwork to the dial centre, the arch with a circular silvered disc signed `Jno Hallifax, Barnsley, Invt & Fecit`, 130cm high John Hallifax (b.1694-d1750), the son of a vicar, he started in business in 1711. He became a notable clock and barometer maker and only a small number of his barometers survive today. His designs are distinctive and based on longcase clocks. See Banfield (Edwin) Barometer Makers and Retailers, pg.102
Lot 1665
A Doulton Light Red Terra-cotta "The Jester" Figure, modelled by George Tinworth, circa 1900, modelled with a partially clothed jester, seated on a plinth looking at his jester stick over his shoulder, incised GT, 27.5cm (damages) A model similar to this piece is visible in the photograph of George Tinworth working on the Shakespeare memorial. Twelve copies were made for The Art Union as prizes. One example was shown in the Paris Exhibition 1900.
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