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RARE 6" DIAL MAHOGANY WHEEL BAROMETER BY DOLLOND, LONDON.
CIRCA 1840
The
flame mahogany veneered case has a well carved swan neck pediment
below which there is a hygrometer dial.
The long bow front mercury thermometer has a silvered Fahrenheit
scale and text markings.
The circular silvered level plate is beautifully engraved with an
urn and foliate decoration.
The 6 inch silvered brass barometer dial is engraved with a scale
of 28 to 31 inches of mercury , the makers name and the weather
indications.
Dollond, George b.1774-d.1856 Opt. Math. & Phil. Instrument
Maker London. 59, St. Paul's Churchyard (1804-56). His real name
was George Huggins but he changed it to Dollond, the name of his
famous uncle, Peter Dollond. He was apprenticed to Peter in1788
and became his partner in 1804when another uncle, John Dollond,
died. John had been inpartneship with Peter, his brother. George
was one of sixteen instrument makers who exhibited at the Great
Exhibition at the Crystal palace in 1851; he was instrument maker
to William IV and Queen Victoria. Peter Dollond died in 1820 and
George continued his business.
Length: 36½
inches
Price:
£
Ref:S57
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A WALNUT WHEEL BAROMETER.
Husbands & Clark. Bristol. Circa 1860
The walnut venered case with scrolled mouldings has a 10" main
silvered barometer dial with a blued steel pointer and matching
brass set hand . It is engraved with the standard weather indications
and a foliate design to the center. The long mercury thermometer
reads on a silvered and engraved Fahrenheit scale.
Husbansds
& Clark. e. 1855-1865 opt. IM . 8 , St. Augustine's Parade,
Bristol.
PRICE:
£
Ref:
T17
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A
VICTORIAN MAHOGANY SUTHERLAND TABLE .
CIRCA 1870.
Turned
legs and stretcher. Original casters.
Height:
23¾ins.
Closed:
23¾ins. X 10 ins.
Table
Top open: 27ins. X 23¾ins.
Price:
£SOLD
Ref:N15
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LOUIS XVth GILTWOOD CONSOLE TABLE.
CIRCA 1760
A fine giltwood console table with cabriole legs and central scroll
stretcher. Replaced "Occhi di Pavone" marble top, and
19th Century regilding as was common with 18th Century provincial
console tables .
Provenance:
From a château owned by the family " Teissier Du Cros"
in Vallerauge (Cévennes area in the South of France famous
for the manufacturing of silk).
Height:
33ins. ( 84 cms.)
Width : 44ins. ( 112 cms.)
Depth: 22 ins. ( 56 cms.)
Price:
£SOLD
Ref:O61
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"FIVE DIAL" MAHOGANY WHEEL BAROMETER by PRICE, SALISBURY..
CIRCA 1840
The mahogany veneered case with ebony and boxwood edge stringing
has a swan neck pediment with ivory paterae and a brass urn finial.
The alchohol thermometer has a silvered Fahrenheit scale and text
markings. Above this there is a hygrometer dial and below a convex
mirror with an ebonised surround.
The 8 inch silvered brass barometer dial is engraved with a scale
of 28 to 31 inches of mercury , and also " PRICE, SALISBURY.".
The dial center is engraved with a foliate wreath with "Prince
of Wales " feathers.
There is a blued steel pointer hand and a brass set hand of a diamond
pattern.
Below thew main dial there is an ivory set knob and below this a
glazed level with brass bezel and silvered plate engraved "Warranted
Correct".
Height:
38 ins. ( 96.5 cms.)
Price:
£SOLD
Ref:
Q13
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