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A mahogany stick barometer, stamped Comitti Holborn, together with a smaller round barometer. (2)

Late 19th/early 20th century Negretti & Zambra stick barometer and thermometer with bone scales, in a mahogany case, 92cm high Condition ReportSome surface scratches and scuffs to case, accretions, flecks of white paint in places. Dust build up behind glass. Mercury looks fine and is intact. General wear and tear.

Cort & Co, Leicester, a mahogany stick barometer, with an engraved brass register, a visible mercury shaft, flanked with feather banding, with a turned well, the top mounted with a broken arch pediment, and centered with a brass urn, 100cm highCondition ReportGood overall. Some knocks to the edge of the case.

Boxes and Objects - a Hermle bulkhead type aneroid barometer, 22cm diameter; an Edwardian silver mounted umbrella or parasol; an antler handled walking stick; an oak biscuit barrel; polished stone specimens, as eggs; etc, qty

Rapport London - 20th century mercury stick barometer, in a mahogany case with a silver register and an adjustable circular brass recording collar, register indicating barometric air pressure from 27 to 31 inches, with a Fahrenheit spirit thermometer, full length visible cistern tube with a turned wooded cover to the base.

A George III mahogany stick barometer, by J. White, 10 Renfield St. Glasgow, adjustor lacking, H 89cm

A walnut cased late 19th century Vienna style regulator wall clock with a Roman dial, along with a reproduction stick barometer Location: RWFIf there is no condition report shown, please request

M. Berge, London, a George III walnut stick barometer, with signed arched brass register, visible tube and vase shape cistern cover, vernier lacking pointer 96cm

Box containing walking stick, stained glass, barometer and more

An early Georgian oak cased stick barometer "The True Barometer" by J Hamer. Height 93 cm (see illustration).

Y A REGENCY SCOTTISH PARTRIDGEWOOD MERCURY STICK BAROMETERW. URE, GLASGOW, CIRCA 1820The herringbone banded partridgewood veneered trunk with triangular top over visible tube and inset with a two-piece ivory scale calibrated in barometric inches 27-31 to the right-hand side opposing the usual observations over signature W. Ure, Glasgow to the left, the base with hinged box cover enclosing the tube bulb cistern.100cm (39.5cm) high, 7.5cm (3ins) wide. Provenance:The Dr. Castle Collection of barometers and other weather instruments. Purchased from W. Stockbridge and Sons Limited, Cambridge, 19th June 1976 for £145. William Ure is recorded in Banfield, Edwin BAROMETER MAKERS AND RETAILERS 1660-1900 as working from 15 Deanside Lane, Glasgow 1812-20, and 40 Stockwell, Glasgow 1819-20. Condition Report: IVORY LICENCE REF - 9XB7M5F4Condition Report Disclaimer

A FINE GEORGE II/III MAHOGANY MERCURY STICK BAROMETER WITH LARGE SCALE THERMOMETERJOHN BENNETT, LONDON, MID 18th CENTURYThe break-arch case with central brass Classical bust finial over cavetto cornice and hinged brass-framed arch glazed door enclosing silvered Vernier scale calibrated in barometric inches to right hand side opposing the usual observations to the left beneath signature Bennett, LONDON to upper section, the caddy moulded trunk applied with a tall shaped-top silvered Fahrenheit Scale alcohol thermometer incorporating drilled brass shield to the bulb and with annotations ranging from Extreme Cold to Extreme Hot, over rounded base applied with a hemispherical cistern cover and incorporating level adjustment screw to underside.101cm (39.5ins) high overall 16.5cm (6.5ins) wide. Provenance:The Dr. Castle Collection of barometers and other weather instruments. Purchased at Sotheby's, London sale of Important Clocks, Watches & Wristwatches 14th December 2006 (lot 7) for £4,322.50. John Bennett (III) is recorded in Clifton, Gloria Directory of British Scientific Instrument Makers 1550-1851 as gaining his Freedom of the Clockmakers' Company in 1733, and working from Hatton Wall, London, until 1746, when he relocated to Old Bailey before finally moving to Fleet Street in 1751. Nicholas Goodison in ENGLISH BAROMETERS 1680-1860 notes that John Bennett worked up until 1768 and illustrates an undated trade card indicating that he was located at 'The Globe, Crown Court, between St. Ann's, Soho, and Golden Square'. Bennett was a fine maker who held warrants to three members of the Royal Family and most likely had a working relationship with the eminent scientific instrument maker Jonathan Sisson. 

A SCOTTISH GEORGE III CHEVRON-EDGED MAHOGANY MERCURY STICK BAROMETER BALTHAZAR KNIE, EDINBURGH, CIRCA 1800The onion-top chevron-edged case with visible tube and inset with an arched silvered Vernier scale calibrated in barometric inches to the right, opposing the usual observations to the left, beneath banner issuing floral sprays signed KNIE, EDIN'R to the arch, the base with oval lozenge-shaped cistern cover.99cm (39ins) high, 10cm (4ins) wide. Provenance:The Dr. Castle Collection of barometers and other weather instruments. Purchased from The Old Malthouse Antiques, Hungerford, 14th January 1989 for £1,500. Balthazar Knie is recorded in Goodison, Nicholas ENGLISH BAROMETERS 1680-1860 and Banfield, Edwin BAROMETER MAKERS AND RETAILERS 1660-1900 as working in Cork, Ireland from 1773 before moving to Edinburgh in 1776 where he remained until his death in 1817. He was born in Germany and spent several years travelling around Europe demonstrating his skills as a glass blower and barometer maker before finally settling in Edinburgh. He gained a considerable local reputation as a maker and repairer of barometers (and sand glasses including for maritime use). Knie was a notably inventive maker who is perhaps best known for developing a form of angle tube barometer which, by introducing a second acute angle bend into the tube, resulted in a more compact design (see Goodison, page 171, Plate 107); a very similar instrument to the present is illustrated by Goodison on page 175 (plates 112-13). 

A VICTORIAN MAHOGANY CASED STORM GLASST.W. WATSON, LONDON, CIRCA 1880The shallow arch white-opaque glass panel applied with a central cylindrical glass cannister filled with fluid, the upper margin inscribed T.W. WATSON, 4. PALL MALL, London over Storm, Glass and two columns of various INDICATIONS titled FOR FINE WEATHER opposing FOR RAIN, then HIGH WINDS, OR STORM and finally additional appearances for various polar currents to lower section, the bottom margin inscribed REGISTERED, 351867 set with a shallow-arched cross-grain moulded mahogany surround.52cm (20.5ins) high, 20.5cm (8ins) wide. Provenance:The Dr. Castle Collection of barometers and other weather instruments. Purchased at Dickens Fine Art Auctioneers, Middle Claydon, sale of the THE RICHARD COOKSON COLLECTION 20th April 2008 (lot 78) for £440 hammer. Thomas William Watson is recorded in Banfield, Edwin BAROMETER MAKERS & RETAILERS 1660-1900 as an optical, philosophical and mathematical instrument maker working from 4 Pall Mall, London 1878-84. The origins of this type of Storm Glass are unknown with Admiral Fitzroy in his 1863 publication The Weather Book noting that 'the inventor is now uncertain; but they were sold on old London Bridge, at the sign of the Goat and Compasses'. He studied them as curiosities and suggested that they served to indicate what he termed 'electrical tension' in the wind, hence were potentially useful as meteorological instruments. Edwin Banfield in BAROMETERS, Stick or Cistern Tube adds that such instruments are really an irregular form of thermometric barometer, and goes on to list the recipe for the contents of the tube which contains water, alcohol, ammonium chloride, potassium nitrate and camphor. The solution, once prepared, would then exhibit changes in the form of cloudiness, crystal formation etc. signifying atmospheric conditions as per the indications listed on the panel. Condition Report: Tube is filled with fluid. The glass panel has an edge chip at the centre of the lower margin otherwise is in fine condition with overall light wear to the annotations only. The case is in fine original condition with faults limited to slight shrinkage and other age-related blemishes; the rear panel has replacement securing screws.  Condition Report Disclaimer

Y A FINE GEORGE III EBONY BANDED MAHOGANY MERCURY STICK BAROMETER WITH HYGROMETERCARY, LONDON, CIRCA 1800The case with swan neck pediment over circular silvered hygrometer annotated DAMP/DRY set behind convex glazed brass bezel, over rectangular brass-framed glazed door enclosing silvered Vernier scale calibrated in barometric inches to right hand side opposing the usual observations to the left beneath signature Cary, London to upper margin, the ebony-banded caddy moulded trunk applied with arch glazed silvered Fahrenheit and Reaumur scale mercury thermometer over circular convex cistern cover to the rounded base incorporating level adjustment screw to underside.108cm (42.5ins) high, 14cm (5.5ins) wide. The celebrated Cary family business of scientific instrument and globe makers was established by John Cary at Johnson's Court, Fleet Street, London in 1782 moving to a new address at 'Corner of Arundel Square', Strand the following year. He was primarily an engraver of maps, charts and globes who moved again in 1783 to 188 Strand. By 1791 he had entered into what appeared to be a relatively casual partnership with his brother, William; this partnership lasted until circa 1816 by which time William and John Cary had moved again to 181 Strand before finally settling in 86 St. James in 1820. The following year he was succeeded by his sons, John (II) and George Cary, who continued from the firm's 181 Strand address until 1851/2 when the business was acquired by Henry Gould. Condition Report: Instrument is in good original condition having been cosmetically restored at some time in the fairly recent past. The tube is filled with mercury however the column stops a little short of the top of the tube when the instrument is tilted slightly suggesting the presence of some air. The register plate has good clean even silvering and. the brass door is in sound condition however we do not have a key for the lock. The thermometer is in fine working condition. The case is generally very good. The pediment appears original but with evidence that some of the ebonised mouldings may have come loose and been re-stuck at some point. Both sides of the case at the cistern level have some slight bruising otherwise faults to the case are limited to minor bumps, scuffs shrinkage and wear commensurate with age and use.Condition Report Disclaimer

A RARE GEORGE III SCOTTISH CHEVRON-EDGED MAHOGANY MERCURY STICK BAROMETERJOHN RUSSELL, FALKIRK, CIRCA 1790The chevron banded case with swan neck pediment above arch-glazed door enclosing fine engraved silvered brass scale with arched banner titled BAROMETER over Vernier scale calibrated in barometric inches to the right and opposing the usual weather observations to the left, the lower margin signed Rufsell, Falkirk, the trunk applied with full-height half column enclosing the tube flanked by forty-five degree angle-grain veneers and chevron angles, over a slightly domed oval cistern cover.98cm (38.5ins) high, 15cm (6ins) wide. Provenance:The Dr. Castle Collection of barometers and other weather instruments. Purchased at Bonhams, London sale of FINE CLOCKS Wednesday 7th July 2016 (lot 2) for £1,690. John Russell is recorded in Goodison, Nicholas ENGLISH BAROMETERS 1680-1860 as settling in Falkirk in 1770 where he set up shop opposite the top of Kirk Wynd. He proved to be a very talented watchmaker who was subsequently appointed maker to the Prince of Wales in 1811. In addition to making watches and barometers he advertised as being able to supply musical clocks, organs, microscopes and thermometers. Of his barometers his best known models are a type similar to the present lot, but also fitted with a hygrometer and thermometer (following the specification of Benjamin Martin's 'weather glasses'), and his landmark 'royal' barometers - which are essentially an early design of wheel barometer with subsidiary dials allowing changes in pressure to be obtained down to increments of 0.001 of an inch. John Russell died in 1817 and was succeeded by William Dobbie who was known to have produced a few barometers to Russell's designs. Condition Report: Instrument is filled with mercury but has a very small amount of air as the column will stop around 5mm short of the top of the tube when the instrument is inclined slightly. The scale is in good condition with fairly bright and relatively even colouring to the silvering. The case presents very well however the pediment has been restored and there is a small veneer patch repair to glazed aperture surround. Visible faults are otherwise visible faults are otherwise limited to a small stain to the lower part of the right hand-side and a few very minor age related bumps, scuffs, shrinkage and wear.Condition Report Disclaimer

Y A REGENCY CHEVRON-BANDED MAHOGANY MERCURY STICK BAROMETERP. CAMINADA, TAUNTON, CIRCA 1820The case with open triangular pediment above rectangular glazed mahogany door enclosing silvered Vernier scale calibrated in barometric inches and with the usual observations to right-hand side opposing spirit Fahrenheit scale thermometer to the left, beneath signature P. Caminada, FECIT to upper margin, with visible tube to the chevron banded caddy moulded trunk over domed circular cistern cover to the rounded base.96.5cm (38ins) high, 13cm (5.25ins) wide. Peter Caminada is recorded in in Banfield, Edwin BAROMETER MAKERS AND RETAILERS 1660-1900 as working in Taunton circa 1820-40. Condition Report: IVORY LICENCE REF - 6MNYFDS5Condition Report Disclaimer

Y A GEORGE III CHEVRON-BANDED MAHOGANY MERCURY STICK BAROMETERSNELLING, ALTON, CIRCA 1800The case with open triangular pediment above rectangular chevron-edged glazed mahogany door incorporating concave lower corners, enclosing silvered Vernier scale calibrated in barometric inches to right-hand side opposing the usual observations to the left beneath signature Snelling, ALTON to upper margin, with visible tube to the chevron banded caddy moulded trunk over domed circular cistern cover to the rounded base.96.5cm (38ins) high, 15cm (5.5ins) wide. Provenance:The Dr. Castle Collection of barometers and other weather instruments. Purchased at Dickens Fine Art Auctioneers, Middle Claydon, sale of the THE RICHARD COOKSON COLLECTION 20th April 2008 (lot 59) for £1,350 hammer. James Snelling is recorded in Banfield, Edwin BAROMETER MAKERS AND RETAILERS 1660-1900 as a clock and watchmaker and silversmith working from High Street, Alton, Hampshire, 1793-1830. Condition Report: Instrument is in fine working condition with tube filled and no apparent airlocks. The register plate has good fairly bright even silvering. The case has some historic worm train damage to the rear upper section (behind the scales) infestation has long gone. Otherwise case is in very good original condition although has been given a coat of polish resulting in a slightly muddy appearance to the surface.Condition Report Disclaimer

Braham of Bath, a 19th century golden oak stick storm barometer, 95 cm h

A Georgian mahogany and marquetry inlaid wheel barometer by Cetti & Co. London along with an early 19th century mahogany stick barometer by Francis Saltery & Co.

A Geo III stick barometer by Thomas Roncheti The mahogany cased barometer with acorn finial to the broken arch pediment, the silvered dial with thermometer and signed Thomas Rocheti, Dukes Head, Bow Street, Bloomsbury.13cm wide x 98cm highIn good condition, the tube probably replaced and the dial re-silvered, the cistern cover a little loose and in need of some minor attention.

A reproduction Georgian style mahogany stick barometer by Comitti & Son. With inlaid decoration, H97cm.

A 19th century French walnut stick barometer, the plain outer case with unusual fold-out action, opening to reveal inset thermometer and barometer tubes, with pokerwork annotations and signed Fontana Opticians Rodez, h.95cm

An early 19th century English mahogany stick barometer, having unsigned paper scale, the case with fluted edging, h.101cm

A Victorian Vienna regulator 8-day wall clock together with a 19th century stick barometer A/FLocation:LWFIf there is no condition report shown, please request

An early Victorian stick barometer with internal thermometer box maker E C Wood Cheepside London. In need of restoration sold without reserve

ANTIQUE STICK BAROMETER

Comitti-20th century mercury stick barometer in an 18th century style mahogany case with satinwood stringing, with a broken pediment, brass finial and round base, silvered register with recording vernier, weather predictions and a centigrade/Fahrenheit spirit thermometer enclosed within a glazed door, visible tube with a bulb cistern and turned mahogany cover.Mercury clean and present with no air locks.

A Selection of Collectables; Vintage Oak Barometer, Cameras & Cini camera, small Dressing table mirror & Brass Stick stand

Davis Derby Oak Cased Stick Barometer 8.5cm wide Smiths wall clock.

A modern Comitti stick barometer, 38" high

A lot comprising a 20th century uplighter standard lamp, oak stick stand, barometer/thermometer, wrought iron chandelier, two assorted wall mirrors and assorted framed pictures Condition Report:Available upon request

A stick barometer in brass and wood

Mahogany stick barometer signed J Blatt, Brighton.

THOMAS HARRIS & SON OF LONDON; a late 19th century stick barometer, inscribed with maker's name, length 87cm.

Mahogany and Brass Stick Barometer by A. Comitti & Son London, with Brass Bracket

A 19th century oak stick barometer, the ivory dial inscribed 'Negretti & Zambra, 11 Hatton Garden, London'. DEFRA Ivory Act submission ref: UEL9KAWC.

Griffin & George Limited, early 20th century cased scientific stick Barometer. Original makers plaque to top. Height: 118cm

Griffin & George Limited, early 20th century cased scientific stick Barometer. Makers labels to bottom of case. Height: 118cm

Brass and copper bed warming pan, barometer and walking stick

RUSSELL, NORWICH; a reproduction stick barometer with silvered dial, height 92cm.

A stick barometer by D Luvate, Preston

A Victorian oak Gothic stick barometer, by Negretti & Zambra, with a silvered register and thermometer and carved decoration,99cm highCondition Reportgood, no major faults

A George III mahogany cased stick barometer by Fraser of Bond Street, London - with a broken arch pediment above the bow fronted case with silvered dial incorporating vernier scale, thermometer and urn shaped bell, 100cm long, Note: William Fraser is recorded as born circa 1720 and died 1815. He worked as 'Optician and Mathematical Instrument maker to the King and The Prince Wales' from 3 New Bond Street, London, and took his son into partnership in 1799. Ivory reference number TBPHVQHA

A Victorian mahogany and walnut stick barometer, signed Stebbing, Southampton, with arched walnut veneered case turned cistern cover, concealed mercury case with a single dial thermometer tube and adjustment knob, circa 1860s, 91cm long. An 1858 advertisement listed the various items made by the J. R. Stebbing firm. They were located at Southampton Observatory, opposite the docks at Southampton. At that time, they were Optician and Mathematical Instrument Maker to Her Majesty the Queen (Queen Victoria). They also provided items to the Royal Yacht Squadron. Joseph was the fourth son of George Stebbing, an optician and instrument maker, specialising in nautical instruments in Portsmough

Early 20th century wooden and glazed cased stick barometer, by Griffin & George Ltd. Case Approx. 119 x 16 x 14cms reasonable used condition not tested

A Mahogany stick barometer by I. Blatt, Brighton 19th century, having silvered dial and subsidiary thermometer, mounted with ivory adjuster 10cm wide 95cm highIMPORTANT NOTEThis lot contains elephant ivory material. Please be advised that several countries, including those in the EU and the USA, now prohibit the importation of ivory items unless under specific conditions. Accordingly, prospective buyers should familiarise themselves with the relevant customs regulations of their country and ensure they are able to import this item prior to bidding.

Early 19th century Regency mahogany and brass stick barometer by John Young, Hampton Court, the brass dial engraved with adjustable scale enclosing mercury thermometer and later Bosmere thermometer within hinged glazed arched rectangular hood, with a turned cistern cover, inset with bone inlay, 91cm high (PLEASE NOTE VAT WILL BE PAYABLE ON THE HAMMER PRICE)

J Hicks, Hatton Garden, London, a burr walnut veneered stick barometer fitted with a mercury thermometer. Ivory Submission Reference: 1UR28AZP

A quality mid 19th century oak cased stick barometer with well carved decoration throughout, no thermometer gauge, 23cms wide x 108cms high. Estimate £30-50.

A Victorian figured walnut two-dial stick barometer, the upper scale signed John Browning, London

A Reproduction Mahogany Stick Barometer, signed Shortland BowenScuff marks to parts of the case, cistern cover with dents and scratches, dial with some staining marks, main tube with air bubbles and mercury visible, tube needs filling with more mercury and needs a service. Barometer not working at present.

Adie & Son Edinburgh Stick Barometer. A Regency cased stick barometer by Adie & Son, Edinburgh, the projecting cornice above a silvered register inscribed by maker. Height 102cm, Width 14cm.

GEORGE III MAHOGANY STICK BAROMETER, BY L. DONAGAN, LONDON LATE 18TH CENTURY the signed silvered register plate with an alcohol thermometer and main scale over long trunk with visible tube, terminating in a circular cistern cover 97cm high

EARLY VICTORIAN MAHOGANY AND EBONISED STICK BAROMETER, BY HENRY FRODSHAM, LIVERPOOL MID 19TH CENTURY the bow-front case with silvered vernier scale from 27 to 31 inches and a thermometer, signed ‘H. Frodsham, Liverpool’, beneath a concave-moulded pediment, the base with ebonised urn-shaped cistern cover 100cm long For a comparable example, see Christies, London, Important Clocks & Scientific Instruments, 11 Jul 2003, Lot 125, sold for £5,375

A 19th century mahogany stick barometer, broken architectural pediment, the silvered dial inscribed E Garne, Newsome, mercury thermometer, 92cm high

EARLY STICK BAROMETER - DOLLOND OF LONDON - 90 CMS (LENGTH) APPROX

A pair of reproduction stick barometers together with a further oak cased aeronoid barometer

A VICTORIAN CARVED AND STAINED OAK STICK BAROMETER/THERMOMETERWith details for 'C. Medlock 29 New St. Dorset Sq. N.W.', 106cm high

A XIX Century Thomas Harris and Son Oak Stick barometer, 91cms long.