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Lot 101
An Edwardian barograph in a mahogany framed case, 37cm wide Condition Report: Lot 101 - Clockwork movement in working order, brass work in need of cleaning, registration mark RD476369, one ink bottle broken, back finger pointer operated through circular hole in glass, unsure whether barometer bellows are working. The barometer dial is tarnished.
Lot 879
A Rosewood Ship's Stick Barometer with a Combined Sympiesometer, signed Gray, Strand, Liverpool, circa 1850, carved pediment, concealed mercury tube with a double vernier ivory dial signed, sympiesometer box, turned cistern cover, 100cm high see illustration 23.02.17, Case is faded in parts, pediment with chips and small dents, some chips and cracks above the sympiesometer box, wall bracket missing, metal cistern cover is split, silvered dial is discoloured, mercury tube is empty.
Lot 878
A Mahogany Stick Barometer, signed C Zappa, Fecit, circa 1820, broken arch pediment, exposed mercury tube, single vernier silvered dial signed, barber pole inlaid borders, turned cistern cover, 96cm high see illustration 23.02.17, Pediment with chips, scratches in parts, chips around the cistern cover, mercury tube with small air bubbles, mercury is visible in the tube.
Lot 880
A Very Rare and Unusual Quadrant Shaped Mahogany Barometer, signed John Hargraves & Thomas Tatham, dated 1830, renewed 1851 & 1862, the slender trunk with a good figured case and a quadrant form central glazed section containing the half-circular with the ranging scale reading from 28 inches to 31 inches, dial signed and dated, concealed mercury tube with a single brass recording hand adjusted with a knob in the centre of the trunk, 102cm high see illustration An almost identical barometer by Thomas Hargraves of Settle sold recently; he was possibly a relation of John Hargraves of Settle. Unfortunately, John is not recorded in the barometer makers' book but they must have been working around the same time in Settle and producing very unusual barometers possibly in the same workplace. The almost identical example by Thomas Hargraves sold at Bonhams, 12th December 2012, lot 69. Banfield (Edwin) Barometer Makers and Retailers 1660-1900, pg.103 records that Thomas Hargraves produced very unusual barometers which had slender rectangular cases and a quadrant or fan-shaped painted and glazed dial on one side of the case. The dial pointer was operated by a pivot mechanism. 24.02.17, The main trunk door of the barometer is bowed and springing when closed, trunk door is slightly faded in colour, quadrant part of the case with some replaced veneers, top pediment wooden block is later, some minor chips to edges in parts, some circular scuff marks from the side latches, painted card dial with small staining marks and the painted surfaces are slightly faded, mercury tube with air bubbles, barometer has not been tested for its working condition.
Lot 1109
Negretti & Zambra Instrument Makers to Queen Victoria Golden Oak Cased Attractive Carved Mercurial Wheel Barometer. c.1880, with Silvered Dial, Bevelled Glass and Set Adjuster, Encased Mercury Thermometer with Silvered Scale Plate, Supported by a Carved Double Scroll and Bobbin. 39 Inches High.
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