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Lot 237:
Description
A collection of mahogany and brass scientific instruments and curios featuring three aneroid barometers and Victorian ephemera. The group includes a mahogany horseshoe-shaped aneroid barometer with a Silver dial marked with weather indicators and a winged bird device. A rectangular mahogany combination instrument comprises an aneroid barometer with dual scales and a winged bird device, alongside a brass-mounted spirit thermometer featuring a Fahrenheit scale. A circular turned wood aneroid barometer features a Dutch-language dial bearing the printed mark L. KASNER & ZN, OPTICIEN, KALVERSTRAAT 153, AMSTERDAM. The collection further includes a brass coal miner figurine standing beside a rail-mounted hutch containing coal, set on a stepped wood plinth with a brass medallion depicting a Welsh dragon and the word WALES. An octagonal wood box features brass elephant and geometric inlays. Completing the lot is a wood box with a hinged lid containing a green paper label titled EXHIBITION TOOL CHEST, featuring illustrations of boys at work and a medallion for the 1851 Great Exhibition, alongside a paper ticket fragment.
Height: 19 cm
Width: 24 cm.
Condition report:
The wooden mount of the horseshoe barometer shows minor surface wear and small scratches (photo 1). A small chip is present on the top right edge of the rectangular wooden mount (photo 1). The brass figure and tub show age-related surface dulling and dust (photo 2). The octagonal wood box shows wear to the finish with multiple surface scratches and oxidation to the brass inlays (photo 1). The exterior wood of the tool chest shows significant age wear, and the interior label has surface scuffing and small losses to the edges (photo 3).
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