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Victorian Carved Oak Admiral Fitzroy Storm Barometer By J Hicks Of London
£3,495 $4,720 €4,111
For sale a Victorian carved oak stick Admiral Fitzroy’s Storm Barometer by J Hicks of London.
This superior example is comprised of an oak body with a cistern cover richly ornamented with a central floral motif, chamfered and carved stem and a carved domed top supported by scroll pediments either side.
The stem is adorned with a large 13 inch thermometer showing both Fahrenheit and Centigrade scales on an opaline glass with black numerals and has richly carved capital and pediment motifs to the top and bottom.
The 10 inch scale plate contained in the familiar dome top style has an inverted piece of opaline glass to each side with red and black detailing reflecting Admiral Fitzroy’s weather predictions and a scale of 26 to 31 inches of barometric pressure. The barometer tube rising between the scale plates is of an unusually thick bore and has a Vernier scale to either side on a rack and pinion movement adjusted by two oak setting keys below. The two scale plates and accompanyi...ng verniers would allow the user to take one measurement at 10am the first day and then another with the other side on the following day and thus enabling them to visually track the movements in atmospheric pressure over time. The dome top of the case is finished with a separate domed piece of opaline glass, stating, “J. Hicks London.”
The design for the Storm Barometer originally began life as the Sea Coast barometer and was conceived by Negretti & Zambra at the behest of Admiral Robert Fitzroy following a request to the company in 1857 to provide an example of a stick barometer that would be fit for installation at sea coast stations throughout the UK. Fitzroy’s new position at the Meteorological Office and his previous experiences in the Royal Navy and upon his famous expedition in HMS Beagle with Charles Darwin had shown him the importance of precise methods of weather prediction and his intent was to make these expensive instruments accessible to individuals who were involved in the maritime and coastal industries.
These iconic instruments were initially supplied through the Meteorological Office and paid for by HM Government but Negretti & Zambra were certainly advertising the early porcelain scaled version to the general public by 1864 as they are recorded in the company’s, “Treatise on Meteorological Instruments” with advertising that stated that, “many poor fishing villages and towns have therefore been provided by The Board of Trade, at the public expense, and through the humane effort of Admiral Fitzroy, with first class barometers, each fixed in a conspicuous position, so as to be easily accessible to all who desire to consult it”.
Negretti’s famous and voluminous catalogue of 1880 shows just how this pattern had developed and indeed how popular it had become. The standard double Vernier version was retailed at Ł6,10 and was raised to Ł8,8 for an ornamental carved oak case such as this one. With the addition of opaline glass scales the pricing of this model was further raised to Ł15,15 and were considered, “very suitable for public institutions”. Perhaps the only places that would have been able to afford such an expense!
The instrument maker, James Joseph Hicks was born in Cork, Ireland in 1837 to a poor farming family and was sent to London for schooling. He was apprenticed to the famous Louis P Casella where he remained until 1861. In that short time he had already risen to become Casella’s foreman, showing just how able the young Hicks was. He began to trade in his own right in around 1861-1862 at 8 Hatton Gardens, London and was respected enough by 1864 to have been granted membership to The British Meteorological Society from where he probably formed his business relationship with Russell.
Highly skilled in the development and the improvement of scientific instruments, Hick’s business was large enough by 1880 to hav
Antique ID Number (AIDN): SA777432
Dateline of this antique is 1880
Height is 102cm (40.2inches)Width is 17cm (6.7inches)Depth is 10cm (3.9inches)
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Antique SA777432 shown on this page was made in 1880. For historical context, the timeline below highlights the period when it was created:
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