Antique Sikes Thermometer - Complete Withj Weights, Thermometer, Float, Glass Cylinder Etc

1900 - 1920

Sold by Opus Antiques

Description

A boxed Sikes hydrometer with an inlaid label to the front. The label says'Sikes HydrometerDring & Fagemakers to H M customs & Exciseof the united Kingdom & colonies & Stamford Street London. They were a long established company starting in London in 1790 and continued trading upto the 1960s. This box dates from around 1905.

Inside it comprises of a glass cylinder, a weighted bulb with scale, a small magnifying glass, a thermometer and a set of 10 small brass loop weights sitting on pegs. Each has its own compartment within a wooden box lined with velvet.

Hydrometer sets were used to determine the specific gravity or "heaviness" of a liquid./alcohol.

Unusual to find such a complete set.

Physical Dimensions

Height

6cm (2.36")

Width

13cm (5.12")

Depth

10cm (3.94")

Declaration

Opus Antiques has dated this piece to the 1900s.

Reference Numbers

Sellingantiques Reference

SA733642

Dealers Notes

Own a piece of history

Description

A boxed Sikes hydrometer with an inlaid label to the front.

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The label says'Sikes HydrometerDring & Fagemakers to H M customs & Exciseof the united Kingdom & colonies & Stamford Street London.

Opus Antiques

They were a long established company starting in London in 1790 and continued trading upto the 1960s. This box dates from around 1905.

fig 1. Antique Sikes Thermometer - complete withj weights, thermometer, float, glass cylinder etc — fig 1. Antique Sikes Thermometer - Complete Withj Weights, Thermometer, Float, Glass Cylinder Etc

Inside it comprises of a glass cylinder, a weighted bulb with scale, a small magnifying glass, a thermometer and a set of 10 small brass loop weights sitting on pegs. Each has its own compartment within a wooden box lined with velvet.

Hydrometer sets were used to determine the specific gravity or "heaviness" of a liquid./alcohol.

Unusual to find such a complete set.