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Lot 825
Victorian silver deskstand of oval form decorated with embossed foliage and with scroll borders, standing on conforming feet. Fitted a central taper stick flanked by an ovoid shaped cut glass inkwell to either side. Bears presentation inscription to David Davies M.R.C.S. I.S.A., 1876. Makers Richard Martin and Ebenezer Hall, Sheffield 1875, 33cm wide. David Davies was the Medical Officer of Health for Bristol, he was succeeded in the position by his son David Samuel Davies in 1886 (see lot 781).
Lot 3
A VICTORIAN BRASS CHESTNUT ROASTER, with a shaped pierced shallow bowl, the flat handle with onion shaped pierced finial with fleur-de-lys crest, 56cms; together with a cast iron boot jack in the form of a stags head, 30cms and a late Victorian mahogany walking stick with embossed silver knob handle, Chester 1897, 86cms (3)
Lot 631
A foil backed colourless gem set cluster stick pin, a gold topped stick pin, a gilt metal tie slide, an Oriental tie stud, two gold studs, a silver fob medal, an abalone shell cufflink, stud and dress button set, a pair of cufflinks, a pair of cufflinks with circular fronts detailed `925`, the case detailed `Charles Rennie Mackintosh`, and a pair of 9ct gold mounted amber circular earstuds.
Lot 27
A George III mahogany cistern tube stick barometer George Adams, London, circa 1770 The rectangular brass vernier register (previously silvered) calibrated in inches with the usual observations and signed Made by G. Adams, Fleet Street, LONDON, Instrument Maker To His MAJESTY, above caddy moulded trunk with exposed tube and hemispherical cistern cover to the rounded base with level adjustment screw to underside, 98cm (3ft 2.5ins) high overall. George Adams was born circa 1704, he became free of the Clockmakers Company in 1754 and quickly established himself as one of the leading Instrument makers of the period being particularly well known for his globes and microscopes. In 1753 he advertised himself as `Instrument Maker to His Majest`ys Office of Ordnance` and subsequently was appointed Instrument Maker to the Prince of Wales later George III, several instruments made by Adams can now be seen in the George III collection at The Science Museum, London. George Adams died in 1772 leaving the business to his son also called George who also inherited the royal appointment. The current lot was probably made by George Adams senior towards the end of his career and according to the price list published in the 1769 second edition of his treatise would have cost £2-2s.
Lot 28
A George III mahogany bulb cistern tube stick barometer Manticha, London, circa 1800 With concave sided pediment above cavetto cornice and glazed paper scale calibrated in inches and signed Mantica Fecit, LONDON within the rococo scroll and Masonic symbol printed border, flanked by turned side columns and above mounded trunk with exposed tube, the square base with moulded underside (cistern cover lacking, tube empty), 96cm high excluding finial. Provenance: Private collection, Gloucestershire. Dominic Manticha is recorded in Banfield, Edwin BAROMETER MAKERS AND RETAILERS 1660-1900 as working from 11 Ely Court, Holborn, London 1781-1805.
Lot 29
A George III inlaid mahogany bulb cistern tube stick barometer Leoni and Tarone, London, circa 1800 With broken triangular pediment above silvered vernier scale calibrated in inches, annotated with the usual observations and applied with an alcohol Fahrenheit thermometer beneath signature Leoni & Tarone, LONDON to upper margin, behind glazed door with ebony and box chevron strung edges above caddy moulded trunk with angled veneers within conforming parquetry borders, and domed cistern cover to the rounded base, 97cm high.
Lot 30
A Regency mahogany mercury cistern tube marine stick barometer Joseph Cetti & Co., London circa 1820 With brass suspension ring and rectangular brass plate signed J. CETTI & Co., 25 Redlion St., Holb`n, London above hinged rectangular door enclosing canted silvered vernier register plates annotated with the usual observations, the inside of the door applied with mercury centigrade thermometer, the rectangular section trunk with brass-sleeved gimbal pivot holes to the slightly bowed sides above stepped cylindrical part ebonised cistern cover with brass level adjustment screw (gimbals lacking), 99cm high. Joseph Cetti & Co. are recorded in Banfield, Edwin BAROMETER MAKERS AND RETAILERS 1660-1900 as working from 25 Redlion Street, Holborn 1816-39.
Lot 41
A Victorian carved walnut mercury cistern-tube stick barometer West, Liverpool, mid 19th century With stepped break-arch pediment above bevel-glazed rectangular canted ivory double vernier scale calibrated in inches and signed WEST, Optician, Liverpool to upper margin, above foliate carved corbels to throat and Fahrenheit/Centigrade scale mercury thermometer within conforming carved surround to the rectangular section trunk, the rounded base with further leaf carved decoration to cistern cover, 103cm high.
Lot 42
A Victorian carved oak mercury cistern-tube stick barometer James Gargory, Birmingham, mid 19th century With stepped cavetto moulded pediment above bevel-glazed rectangular canted ivory double vernier scale calibrated in inches and signed J. GARGORY, BIRMINGHAM to upper margin, above ivyleaf cartouche carved throat and Fahrenheit scale mercury thermometer within conforming carved surround to the slender rectangular section trunk, the rounded base with further leaf carved decoration to cistern cover, 94cm high. James Gargory is recorded in Banfield, Edwin BAROMETER MAKERS AND RETAILERS 1660-1900 as working from various addresses in Bull St. Birmingham 1830-56.
Lot 44
A Victorian carved oak mercury cistern tube `Standard` forecasting stick barometer Unsigned, circa 1870 With fan carved break-arch pediment above bevel-glazed canted ivory twin vernier scales calibrated in inches, with the usual observations and annotated 9 AM YESTERDAY and 9 AM TODAY to upper margins around the large bore tube, the trunk with vernier adjustment squares flanked by shaped corbels to throat, above ivory plaque inscribed Standard, and bevel-glazed mercury tube thermometer calibrated for both Fahrenheit and Centigrade to the ivory scale and with ivy leaf carved decoration to the surround, the base with ogee moulded square cistern cover decorated with scroll carved crest flanked by inverted corbels to upper margin and with level adjustment square to underside, 102cm high. Provenance: Private collection, Gloucestershire.
Lot 45
A fine Victorian carved oak mercury cistern tube forecasting stick barometer William Callaghan, London, circa 1870 With scallop shell and scroll carved pediment above bevel-glazed canted ivory twin vernier scales calibrated in inches, with the usual observations, annotated 9 AM YESTERDAY and 9 AM TODAY to lower margins and signed CALLAGHAN 23A New Bond St. corner of Conduit St., London to upper edge around the large bore tube, the trunk with vernier adjustment squares flanked by foliate corbels to throat, above bevel-glazed mercury tube thermometer calibrated for both Fahrenheit and Reaumur to the ivory scale and with acorn carved decoration to the surround, the base with cartouche shaped cistern cover carved with elaborate foliate designs and with level adjustment square to underside, 107cm high. Provenance: Private collection, Gloucestershire. William Callaghan is recorded in Clifton, Gloria Directory of British Scientific Instrument Makers 1550-1851 as trading from 23A New Bond Street 1859-75.
Lot 46
A rare Victorian oak FitzRoy forecasting stick barometer Negretti & Zambra, London, mid to late 19th century With moulded pediment above rectangular bevel glazed double enamel vernier scales calibrated in inches and annotated LONG FORETOLD LONG LAST SHORT NOTICE SOON PAST to the 10 A.M. YESTERDAY scale and FIRST RISE AFTER LOW FORETELLS STRONGER BLOW to the 10 A.M. TODAY scale, signed NEGRETTI & ZAMBRA, INSTRUMENT MAKERS TO HER MAJESTY, 1 HATTON GARDEN E.C., 122 REGENT St. W. & 59 CORNHILL E.C., LONDON to upper margins and numbered (1024) to lower margins, around a large bore tube, the sides applied with brass framed wet and dry mercury Fahrenheit thermometers scales above double vernier adjustment screws to throat and further large bevel glazed mercury thermometer with repeat signature to the enamel scale, the rectangular base with ogee moulded cistern cover and cavetto moulded underside with level adjustment screw, 102cm high. Provenance: Private collection, Gloucestershire. The basic form of the current lot is similar to that of a Fishery or Sea Coast storm barometer originally devised by Admiral Robert FitzRoy in the 1860`s to aid mariners in the forecasting of storms. The addition of wet and dry tube thermometers provides the observer with a reasonably accurate hygrometer allowing more accurate prediction with regards to cloud and rainfall to be made. 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.
Lot 49
A Black japanned Fortin type mercury stick barometer Townson & Mercer, London, early 20th century With suspension loop above two-part silvered vernier scale calibrated on both inches (27 to 32) and centimetres (68.5 to 81.4), the upper margins engraved TOWNSON & MERCER, LONDON, No. 1241, THE STUDENTS STANDARD BAROMETER, Rd. No. 420297 and with vernier adjustment screw to bottom right corner, the slender cylindrical shaft above cistern incorporating glazed section over smaller diameter reservoir with level adjustment screw to underside, 97cm high; with original back panel applied with suspension brackets, opaque panels to assist with taking readings and with silvered Fahrenheit and Centigrade scale mercury thermometer, housed in an unusual pitch pine glazed corner cabinet, 122cm high overall. Provenance: Private collection, Gloucestershire. 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. This particular type of barometer provides an accurate reading hence was generally adopted for laboratory use throughout the 19th and early 20th centuries.
Lot 52
Barometers -sixteen reference works: Goodison, Nicholas ENGLISH BAROMETERS 1680-1860, Cassell and Company, London, 1st edition 1969, dj; Banfield, Edwin BAROMETERS Stick or Cistern Tube Baros Books, Trowbridge, 1985, dj; BAROMETER MAKERS AND RETAILERS 1660-1900 Baros Books, Trowbridge 1991; Antique Barometers an illustrated survey Baros Books, Trowbridge reprint 1996; THE ITALIAN INFLUENCE ON ENGLISH BAROMETERS from 1780 Baros Books, Trowbridge 1993 (two copies); BAROMETERS Aneroid and Barographs Baros books Trowbridge 1996 reprint, dj; Negretti & Zambra A TREATISE on METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS Baros Books, Trowbridge 1995 facsimile of the original 1864 edition; Collins, Phillip R. BAROGRAPHS Baros Books, Trowbridge 2002; Knowles Middleton, W.E. The History of the Barometer Baros Books, Trowbridge 1994 reprint of the 1968 2nd edition; Lester, E.R. John KALABERO OF BANBURY printed by the author, Banbury 1975 (two copies); Habenicht, Wilfried and Holland, Rainer ALTE QUECKSILBER BAROMETER Bremen 1977, dj; Bell, G.H and E.F. OLD ENGLISH BAROMETERS The Wykeham Press, Winchester 1st edition 1952, dj; and two sundry publications, (16).
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