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Auction archive: Lot number 34

A FINE VICTORIAN MAHOGANY CASED 'WEATHER STATION'

Estimate
£1,500 - £2,000
ca. US$1,808 - US$2,411
Price realised:
£1,500
ca. US$1,808
Auction archive: Lot number 34

A FINE VICTORIAN MAHOGANY CASED 'WEATHER STATION'

Estimate
£1,500 - £2,000
ca. US$1,808 - US$2,411
Price realised:
£1,500
ca. US$1,808
Beschreibung:

A FINE VICTORIAN MAHOGANY CASED 'WEATHER STATION' JAMES HENRY STEWARD, LONDON, CIRCA 1873 With timepiece incorporating four pillar eight-day single fusee movement with anchor escapement regulated by heavy disc bob half-seconds pendulum and 7 inch circular silvered brass Roman numeral dial with recessed subsidiary seconds dial over signature J.H. STEWARD, 406 & 66. STRAND & 54 Cornhill, LONDON to centre, with blued steel hands set within canted silvered brass surround, positioned to the left of the central paper-scale lined drum rotating via a bevel-gear take-off from the clock movement, over horizontal mercury tube slivered centigrade scale 'maximum and minimum' recording thermometer, the right hand side with matching 7 inch circular silvered barometer scale calibrated in barometric inches from 28 to 31 divided into hundredths, with conforming signature to centre, blued steel pointer and canted surround, the aneroid mechanism with take-off to facilitate recording of the change in barometric pressure on the central paper scale lined drum via a vertical slide fitted with a pencil positioned against a further small vertical scale calibrated for barometric inches, the rectangular case with moulded cornice over downward hinged glazed front and moulded waist applied with engraved silver plate inscribed THE INSTITUTION OF CIVIL ENGINEERS, Man by Premium 1873, THOMAS SOPWITH. JUN'R. M. INST. C.E., the rear with door behind the clock movement, on stepped ogee moulded skirt base; together with W. Robert Dickinson, oil on canvas, portrait of THOMAS SOPWITH ESQ. M.A. F.R.S. in gilt gesso frame, (2). The weather station 42cm (16.5ins) high, 68.5cm (27ins) wide, 20cm (8ins) deep; the portrait 76cm (30ins) by 66cm (26ins) excluding frame. Provenance: The present lot was the property of Thomas Sopwith (1803-79) who trained under his father, Jacob (1770-1829) as a civil engineer completing his apprenticeship in 1824. He initially worked with Richard Grainger in the redevelopment of Newcastle-on-Tyne; and Joseph Dickinson of Alston, Northumberland assisting in the surveying of mines in the area belonging to Greenwich Hospital. His involvement with geological surveying led him to become a fellow of the geological society in 1835. Thomas Sopwith was also engaged as a railway engineer firstly in Newcastle-on-Tyne with Richard Grainger then with Robert Stephenson and Sir William Cubitt assisting with the creation of the French Railway network. He also assisted Stephenson on surveys for the construction of the Sambre-Meuse Line in Belgium in 1843. Two years later, in 1845, Thomas Sopwith was living at Allenheads, Northumberland and was engaged as an agent for W.B. Lead Mines, a position held until 1871. Thomas Sopwith was married three time and had eight children including a son who shared his name and followed in his footsteps to become a civil engineer. His Grandson, also called Thomas, went on to found the Sopwith Aviation Company. James Henry Steward is recorded in Banfield, Edwin BAROMETER MAKERS AND RETAILERS 1660-1900 as a maker of all types of barometers who worked from several addresses in London including; 406 Strand (1857-1900 and beyond), 67 Strand (1867-8), 63 St. Pauls Churchyard (1867-80), Cornhill (1867-92), 66 Strand (1869-88), 456 Strand (1879-88), 474 West Strand (1886-1900 and beyond) and 7 Gracechurch Street (1893-1900 and beyond). He advertised as maker of the celebrated Lord Bury telescope and maker of the Fitzroy barometers, as in use at all railway termini and principal hotels in London.

Auction archive: Lot number 34
Auction:
Datum:
7 Mar 2023
Auction house:
Dreweatts & Bloomsbury Auctions
16-17 Pall Mall
St James’s
London, SW1Y 5LU
United Kingdom
info@dreweatts.com
+44 (0)20 78398880
Beschreibung:

A FINE VICTORIAN MAHOGANY CASED 'WEATHER STATION' JAMES HENRY STEWARD, LONDON, CIRCA 1873 With timepiece incorporating four pillar eight-day single fusee movement with anchor escapement regulated by heavy disc bob half-seconds pendulum and 7 inch circular silvered brass Roman numeral dial with recessed subsidiary seconds dial over signature J.H. STEWARD, 406 & 66. STRAND & 54 Cornhill, LONDON to centre, with blued steel hands set within canted silvered brass surround, positioned to the left of the central paper-scale lined drum rotating via a bevel-gear take-off from the clock movement, over horizontal mercury tube slivered centigrade scale 'maximum and minimum' recording thermometer, the right hand side with matching 7 inch circular silvered barometer scale calibrated in barometric inches from 28 to 31 divided into hundredths, with conforming signature to centre, blued steel pointer and canted surround, the aneroid mechanism with take-off to facilitate recording of the change in barometric pressure on the central paper scale lined drum via a vertical slide fitted with a pencil positioned against a further small vertical scale calibrated for barometric inches, the rectangular case with moulded cornice over downward hinged glazed front and moulded waist applied with engraved silver plate inscribed THE INSTITUTION OF CIVIL ENGINEERS, Man by Premium 1873, THOMAS SOPWITH. JUN'R. M. INST. C.E., the rear with door behind the clock movement, on stepped ogee moulded skirt base; together with W. Robert Dickinson, oil on canvas, portrait of THOMAS SOPWITH ESQ. M.A. F.R.S. in gilt gesso frame, (2). The weather station 42cm (16.5ins) high, 68.5cm (27ins) wide, 20cm (8ins) deep; the portrait 76cm (30ins) by 66cm (26ins) excluding frame. Provenance: The present lot was the property of Thomas Sopwith (1803-79) who trained under his father, Jacob (1770-1829) as a civil engineer completing his apprenticeship in 1824. He initially worked with Richard Grainger in the redevelopment of Newcastle-on-Tyne; and Joseph Dickinson of Alston, Northumberland assisting in the surveying of mines in the area belonging to Greenwich Hospital. His involvement with geological surveying led him to become a fellow of the geological society in 1835. Thomas Sopwith was also engaged as a railway engineer firstly in Newcastle-on-Tyne with Richard Grainger then with Robert Stephenson and Sir William Cubitt assisting with the creation of the French Railway network. He also assisted Stephenson on surveys for the construction of the Sambre-Meuse Line in Belgium in 1843. Two years later, in 1845, Thomas Sopwith was living at Allenheads, Northumberland and was engaged as an agent for W.B. Lead Mines, a position held until 1871. Thomas Sopwith was married three time and had eight children including a son who shared his name and followed in his footsteps to become a civil engineer. His Grandson, also called Thomas, went on to found the Sopwith Aviation Company. James Henry Steward is recorded in Banfield, Edwin BAROMETER MAKERS AND RETAILERS 1660-1900 as a maker of all types of barometers who worked from several addresses in London including; 406 Strand (1857-1900 and beyond), 67 Strand (1867-8), 63 St. Pauls Churchyard (1867-80), Cornhill (1867-92), 66 Strand (1869-88), 456 Strand (1879-88), 474 West Strand (1886-1900 and beyond) and 7 Gracechurch Street (1893-1900 and beyond). He advertised as maker of the celebrated Lord Bury telescope and maker of the Fitzroy barometers, as in use at all railway termini and principal hotels in London.

Auction archive: Lot number 34
Auction:
Datum:
7 Mar 2023
Auction house:
Dreweatts & Bloomsbury Auctions
16-17 Pall Mall
St James’s
London, SW1Y 5LU
United Kingdom
info@dreweatts.com
+44 (0)20 78398880
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