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Negretti & Zambra Ltd, London, an anodised brass and leather mounted four draw telescope, No 48548, contained in a leather carrying case.
Estimate: £80 - £100
Realised: £120
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Negretti & Zambra, London - a large and impressive carved oak Gothic barometer, with historic figures mounted within the canted corners either side of the silvered barometer dial and seated lions below, with a further figure of an angel standing below the dial, with a thermometer set within the trunk, signed 'Negretti & Zambra, Scientific Instrument Makers to Her Majesty', height: 158cm * Negretti & Zambra, a partnership formed by Enrico Negretti and Joseph Zambra, are recorded as working at various addresses in London from 1850 and were the most prolific makers of barometers at this time having taken over the business of the leading maker John Frederick Newman in 1862. They were instrument-makers to Queen Victoria and the Prince Consort.
Estimate: £1,000 - £1,500
Realised: £1,950
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