£200 - £300
TWO WATER RESERVOIR LEVEL INDICATOR SLAVE DIALSGENT AND COMPANY LIMITED, LEICESTER, EARLY 20th CENTURYEach with brass-framed mechanism incorporating opposing solanoids to pump a star wheel in each direction depending on the input driving motionwork for two handed indication of level in feet and inches, the 6.25 inch circular silvered dials with concentric rings annotated 1-12 for feet and inches and variously inscribed Gent & Co. Ltd, Makers, Leicester and GENT'S PATENT WATER LEVEL INDICATOR, INDICATING INCHES CAPACITY 12. FEET, GENT & Co. LTD, MAKERS, LEICESTER to centre, the first contained in a case with cushion-moulded cornice over arch-glazed door and canted moulded skirt, the second larger with panelled front door inset with brass porthole for the dial over moulded skirt and now fitted to wall bracket.The first 37cm (14.5ins) high, 31cm (12.25ins) wide, 14cm (5.5ins) deep, the second 65cm (25.5ins) high overall, 43.5cm (17.25ins) wide, 16.5cm (6.5ins) deep.Provenance:Believed to have originally been installed at the King Edward Hospital, Midhurst, West Sussex.
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