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Barometers & thermometers — Industry Science & Technology - Philips Auctions Australia
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| Philips Auctions Australia | |
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| Number of lots recorded: | 37 |
| Lots with images: | 37 |
| Prices available: | 37 |
Category:
Barometers & thermometers
| Lot | Description | Price | Image |
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| *** | A George IV mahogany-cased wheel barometer, 1820s, the trunk with a pedimented top above the later alcohol thermometer by G.H. Zeal, London, and the silvered dial signed P. Caminada with a glazed moulded brass bezel, the trunk with shells and flower head… | *** |  |
| *** | A Georgian banjo barometer, circa 1840, the shaped surround set with central circular glass topped barometer and ivory adjusting knop below a thermometer and circular hydrometer. Length 112 cm. | *** |  |
| *** | A Thomas Gaunt 'Admiral Fitzroy' barometer, 19th century the wall barometer and thermometer in a cedar case with carved scrolling pediment, printed paper back 'Adapted for the Southern Hemisphere' with rack and pinion verniers, silvered thermometer scale,… | *** |  |
| *** | An Edwardian oak barometer /, thermometer, circa 1900, the shaped Crown above a carved eagle with a lower stick thermometer and round barometer in a foliate carved case. Length 103 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A Georgian mahogany wheel barometer, signed Dubini, Beauchamp Street, circa 1820, the mahogany case with swan neck pediment, with circular hydrometer silvered dial, thermometer, convex mirror, dry/damp dial, all above a spirit level dial engraved 'L… | *** |  |
| *** | An oak 'Ellery's Indications' aneroid banjo barometer, later 19th century, with a leaf and scroll top, a thermometer to the neck and blue steel hands to the dial with indications in both Gothic and broad Roman serif script. Length 90 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A mahogany 'Sheraton' banjo barometer by Comitti Holborn, after the Sheraton style barometer first manufactured by Comitti in 1890, in a solid mahogany case with a broken pediment, ebony and boxwood edgelines and shell and bat wing inlay to the case, with… | *** |  |
| *** | A late Victorian banjo barometer, late 19th century, the wheel or 'Banjo' barometer with mahogany swan neck case inlaid with shells and floral motifs, silvered dial, top pediment, hydrometer and thermometer, unsigned. Length 100 cm, width 26 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A George III-style mahogany-cased wheel Barometer, early to mid-20th century, of typical form with a pedimented top above the silvered thermometer and dial in a shaped case, cross-banded, decoratively inlaid, and with ebony and boxwood stringing… | *** |  |
| *** | A walnut banjo barometer, circa 1870. Decorated with scroll sides, silvered dial and makers mark for Negretti and Zambra London. Height 97 cm | *** |  |
| *** | An early Victorian mahogany banjo barometer, circa 1840s, with maker's mark for T. Pini, Princes Street, Redlion square, London, of double banjo form with a swan neck pediment and having an hydrometer, mercurial thermometer, a level, convex mirror and… | *** |  |
| *** | Two German brass bound ship's barometers, Schatz, West Germany, second half 20th century comprising a Schatz Royal mariner aneroid barometer with thermometer to, the lower half of the dial, and a smaller Schatz 'Compensated precision barometer', both with… | *** |  |
| *** | A Harrods brass cased marine barometer, early 20th century in a polished brass circular case on a stepped timber mount, inscribed 'Compensated for temperature' and 'Harrods Ltd. Opticians London height 8 cm, diameter 20.5 cm | *** |  |
| *** | An English travelling compensated barometer and leather carrying case, first half 20th century, retailed by Kilpatrick & Co., Melbourne, the silvered dial within a metal drum case, the revolving glazed bezel with a magnifying disk. Diameter 10.5 cm… | *** |  |
| *** | An antique French barometer in a carved wooden frame, circa 1900, the barometer with visible escapement and thermometer set within a intricately carved and pierced Art Nouveau inspired frame with entwined poppy and seed heads, length 70 cm, width 31 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A Victorian rosewood and mother-of-pearl banjo barometer, circa 1860s, the barometer with a mihrab shape terminal, a blue spirit thermometer to the stem above a ten inch brushed steel dial, the case beautifully inlaid with delicate brass tendrils and… | *** |  |
| *** | A Lerebours et Secretan barometer on an ebony base, 1845-1855, with maker's mark to dial and address 13, Pont Neuf, Paris. An aneroid barometer with the dial set within a brass cavetto and bezel and simple brass casing and resting upon an ebony cradle… | *** |  |
| *** | A Victorian 'G. H. Zeal' wall barometer, circa 1890, London the long timber mandolin shaped carcass surrounds the central round dial and rectangular thermometer inlaid with floral and shell motifs all trimmed with a decorative striped inlaid edge. Length… | *** |  |
| *** | A French white metal wine thermometer and stand, 20th century, marked 'Etain', the removable alcohol thermometer resting in a stand engraved with the optimum serving temperatures for various wines, both parts decorated with grape bunches and leaves.… | *** |  |
| *** | A pair of folding opera glasses, and antique pocket barometer, the opera glasses by Lemaire, Paris, with lenses folding flat within the black leatherette covered case; the brass cased barometer by A.H. Ross, Dunedin, diameter 5 cm, (barometer) | *** |  |
| *** | A barometer in leather case, early 20th century, the surveying aneroid barometer marked 'Sawtell Adelaide', in original leather case. Length 11.5 cm, diameter: 8 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A Victorian walnut cased banjo barometer, H. Hughes & Son, London, circa 1880, the walnut case decorated with C-scroll sides and rounded top, enclosing a thermometer and silvered dial barometer with makers mark 'H. Hughes & Son, 59 Fenchurch St, London',… | *** |  |
| *** | A rosewood banjo barometer, late 19th century the banjo shaped barometer and thermometer with an engraved silvered dial set within a brass bezel and a framed thermometer set to the arm, the deep toned rosewood veneer case with shaped ends. Length 97 cm,… | *** |  |
| *** | A French mahogany aneroid wall Barometer and thermometer, circa 1900, the spear shaped Barometer with a pierced Art Nouveau inspired head enclosing the Barometer, a red alcohol thermometer to the stem and surmounted by a temple crest, with neoclassical… | *** |  |
| *** | A Victorian carved timber barometer, circa 1900, Ballarat & Melbourne, Carter & Werner, the small barometer and thermometer housed within a fancy carved timber frame complete with turned finials. N.B. Loss to uppermost finial. Height 47 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Two vintage Barometers, 1900 and after, one German, the other marked Maison du Lynx, Brussels, a circular barometer in a timber frame, the other housed in a carved oak case with a thermometer to the stem, length 58.5 cm, width 18.5 cm, and smaller | *** |  |
| *** | A French Art Deco walnut barometer and thermometer, circa 1930s, the thermometer and silvered octagonal-faced barometer mounted to a rectangular figured walnut case with curved bottom edges and carved stylised spandrels of foliage and flower heads, with… | *** |  |
| *** | An antique bronze Egyptian revival table Barometer, the aneroid Barometer with a drum head supported on a winged sphinx above a bronze mounted alabaster base with winged creature feet, height 17 cm | *** |  |
| *** | An oak-cased wheel aneroid Barometer, early century, the mercury thermometer above the Barometer dial, both enamelled red and black on white, in a shaped foliate-carved case. Height 53 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A wall barometer and thermometer, mid 20th century, the barometer and mercury filled thermometer set within a carved and shaped oak mount. Length 54 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A vintage German aneroid wall barometer, 20th century, the brass mounted barometer with visible workings, with a Fahrenheit and Celsius mercury scale thermometer, enclosed within a Bavarian style timber mount. Height 42 cm. Width 16 cm. | *** |  |
| *** | An antique walnut wall barometer, late 19th century, in an architectural style frame with fluted pillars, turned spindles and ornaments, enclosing a barometer and a thermometer to the stem, length 67 cm, width 25.5 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A vintage Shortland Smiths oak cased wall barometer, mid 20th century, England, the banjo shaped compensated barometer and thermometer with a shaped brush steel dial set within a chrome bezel and a framed thermometer set to the arm, the deep toned oak… | *** |  |
| *** | An antique French oak framed wall barometer, early 20th century, carved with oak leaves and rustic branches enclosing a brass barometer with, visible internal works and an enamel thermometer to the stem, length 51 cm, width 24 cm | *** |  |
| *** | An antique French timber framed wall barometer, early 20th century, carved and pierced with vegetal forms with a wicker style basket enclosing a barometer with visible internal works, an enamel thermometer to the stem, length 44 cm, width 22 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A vintage mahogany wall barometer, early 20th century, the barometer with visible escapement and a thermometer to the stem, housed, on a pierced and carved mount, length 59.5 cm, width 19.5 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Two aneroid marine Barometers, 20th century, unmarked, a brass and copper mounted wall barometer and a heavy polished brass open, dial ships barometer with a visible escapement, diameter 16 cm and smaller | *** |  |