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| Auction Details - AUCTION ALREADY HELD | |||
| Clocks, Barometers, Pocket Watches & Scientific Instruments | |||
| Auctioneer: | Woolley & Wallis | Location: | Salisbury, Wiltshire UK |
| Contact: | Tel: 01722 424500 Fax: 01722 424508 | ||
| Date: | 19th April 2011 | Time: | 11:00AM |
| Details: | Viewing: Friday 15th April 10 am to 4 pm Saturday 16th April 10 am to 1 pm Monday 18th April 10 am to 4 pm Tuesday 19th April 9 am to 10.45 am |
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| Auction Lots - Page 6 | |||
| 251 | |||
| A late 18th century 21⁄2-inch lacquered brass reflecting telescope, with a 171⁄4-inch vellum covered tube with a hinged hatch, with screw-rod focusing and eyepiece, the mount signed F. Watkins, Charing Cross, London, on a turned and faceted stem with folding tripod base. £2,200-2,500 |
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| 252 | |||
| A brass three-draw telescope, signed 'T. Cooke & Sons, York & London', with a leather covered tube on a folding tripod, 65in (165cm) h closed. £120-180 |
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| 253 | |||
| A lacquered brass telescope, on a hinged and folding brass and iron stand, unsigned, 31.75in (80.5cm) l, in a fitted pine box with owner's initials 'R.McN'. £30-40 |
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| 254 | |||
| A brass seven-draw telescope, signed Adie & Son, EDINBURGH, 4.75in (12cm) closed, another four-draw, unsigned, a mahogany cased set of brass and steel drawing instruments, case stamped RELFE BROTHERS LONDON, a brass Tropical Enema syringe by W & H Hutchinson, Sheffield 1840, part missing, a French rotameter, boxed, and an eye instrument marked R.RAUSCHKE, LEEDS, cased. (6) £100-200 |
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| 255 | |||
| Literature - Cesinsky & Webster. English Domestic Clocks, ACC 1991; Nicolas M Thorpe. The French Marble Clock, 1993; Richard Good. Victorian Clocks, 1996; Arthur W J G Ord-Hume. The Musical Clock,1995. Brian Loomes. Brass Dial Clocks, ACC 1998; The Camerer Cuss Book of Antique Watches, ACC 1994; Alan Shenton. Pocket Watches 19th & 20th Century, ACC 1995. (7) £50-100 |
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| 256 | |||
| Literature - Charles Allix and Peter Bonnert. Carriage Clocks their history and development, 1974. Britten's Old Clocks and Watches and their Makers, 1989. John Hunter Clocks, 1991. Donald Decarle Watches and their Value, 1978. The Arthur Negus Guide to English Clocks, 1980 and seven other books. (12) £40-60 |
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| 257 | |||
| Literature - Maurice Daumas, Scientific Instrument of the 17th & 18th Centuries and their Makers, 1972; Ronald Pearsall, Collecting and Restoring Scientific Instruments, 1974; Hurst's Architectural Surveyors' Hand Book; Hoppus's Practical Measurer; J.T.Graham, Weights and Measures; two Science Museum booklets, Microscopes and Surveying; Edwin Lancaster, Half-Hours with the Microscope. (8) £40-60 |
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| 258 | |||
| A German brass, ebonised and bakelite sextant, marked with an eagle swastika above an 'M20758', the arc marked '0-120' and '26934', with filters and mirror, in a fitted mahogany case with a small brass plaque inscribed 'A. Oliver'. £100-200 |
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| 259 | |||
| Troughton & Simms, London. A lacquered brass theodolite, marked TROUGHTON & SIMMS, LONDON, G crown R and F102, 15in (38cm) h, in a stained hardwood box. £300-400 |
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| 260 | |||
| A lacquered brass folding microscope, with a turned ivory handle, 2in (5cm) h., a small brass microscope, signed J. FIELD, Cornhill, LONDON, 2.75in (7cm) h, a lacquered brass tiered microscope, 5in (12.5cm) h, a brass and ebonised microscope by J. SWIFT & SON, LONDON, and various folding and static lenses, two stamped CASARTELLI and a slide The Bab Ballads. Captain Reece, 251, J.B.D. £200-300 |
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| 261 | |||
| A brass and ebonised microscope, the tube signed 'J. Parkes & Son, Patentees, Birmingham', with a plano/convex mirror on a hinged horse shoe base, 10.25in (26cm) h, in a fitted mahogany case with lenses. £50-80 |
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| 262 | |||
| An E. Leitz, Wetzlar, lacquered and ebonised brass microscope, no. 80090, with rack and pinion focusing to a triple interchangeable lens, a circular stage and a plano/convex mirror on a hinged stem with horseshoe base, with various lenses, in a fitted mahogany case, 12in (30.5cm) h, with printed trade card dated 1905. £100-150 |
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| 263 | |||
| A brass microscope, with body tube and square stage with a plano convex mirror, on a horse shoe base inscribed 'POWELL & LELAND 170 EUSTON ROAD, LONDON', with various lenses, in a hardwood case. Distressed. £80-120 |
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| 264 | |||
| After Thomas Chippendale. Table Clock Cases, No. CXXXVIII and CXXXVII, and Clock Cases, No. CXXXV and CXXXVI, four engravings, 9 x 14in (23 x 35.5) and landscape. (4) £40-60 |
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| 265 | |||
| Horology. 50 engraved plates from Rees's Cyclopaedia, part bound, drawn by J. Farley and engraved by W Lowry. £60-80 |
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| 266 | |||
| A gilt brass pocket aneroid barometer, with a silvered dial engraved compensated and signed 'J.HICKS, 8.9&10 PATTERN, Hatton Garden, LONDON no. 355', the button rotating the outer dial marked '0-10,000 feet', 2.75in (7cm) dia, in a fitted leather case and a European pocket combination aneroid barometer, compass and thermometer, inscribed 'V.LIETZAU, DANZIG', mounted within a steel plate in a leather case. (2) £150-250 |
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| 267 | |||
| A pocket aneroid barometer by Hamilton & Inches, Edinburgh, and a gilt metal compass, white enamel dial signed 'Carpenter & Westley, 24 Regent St, London', 38mm dia, bow lacking. (2) £150-200 |
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| 268 | |||
| A gilt brass pocket barometer by Negretti & Zambra, London, No.11863, with a compensated silver dial, signed, with a button rotating bezel marked 0-8000, 2in (5cm) in a leather case with inset chart, and a pocket barometer, with an unsigned silvered dial, cased. (2) £100-150 |
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| 269 | |||
| A rare 19th century protractor, marked '0-180' and '0-90' twice, makers mark 'J Prentice, 1 Chambers St. N.Y', 10in (25.5cm) w. £100-150 |
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| 270 | |||
| Stanley, London. An ivory folding rule, with nickel mounts, the four 6 inch parts with one side chamfered, owner's initials T.D.B., marked STANLEY LONDON, 6.5in long folded. £200-300 |
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| 271 | |||
| A German silver Napier pattern compass, inscribed 'Sir Charles Barry' to one arm, the other 'Sir John Wolfe Barry. K.C.B. Delahay House. Chelsea. 20/- Reward', 2.75in (7cm) l closed.Sir Charles Barry (1795-1860). Famous English architect, best known for his role in re-building the Houses of Parliament. His youngest son Sir John Wolfe-Barry followed in his father's footsteps, one of his more famous projects was Tower Bridge. £150-250 |
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| 272 | |||
| An 18th century six-fold boxwood and brass mounted plane table square, marked on both sides 1-15 and 1-12 inches, 0-180 and 0-360 degrees, signed with three groups of three fleur-de-lys, 19in (48cm) long closed. £400-500 |
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| 273 | |||
| A 19th century turned mahogany magnifying glass, 7.5in (19cm) l. £50-100 |
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| 274 | |||
| A boxwood and brass mounted Excise rule, marked DRING & PAGE, MAKERS No 20 TOOLEY ST, another boxwood rule, one section missing, a painted tin revolving calculator, three hygrometers, a LOG SLIDE RULE, a barometer tube and Hoppus's Practical Measurer. (9) £30-50 |
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| 275 | |||
| A Hezzanith sextant, No. 631040, with a silvered scale inscribed HEATH NAVIGATIONAL LTD LONDON S.E.9, in a fitted teak case with certificate dated 27th January 1964; and a H.HUGHES & SON LTD brass and ebonised Station pointer, signed and numbered 854, in fitted mahogany case. (2) £100-150 |
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| 276 | |||
| A set of Victorian brass hand held scales, with various weights, in an oak box with printed trade label for NICHOLL & FOWLER, Scale Makers to Her Majesty..., a set of steel and brass scales in a mahogany box, weights missing, a treen scale box, with internal sliding cover, a quantity of mainly brass weights. £40-50 |
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| 277 | |||
| Eight ivory 6 inch rules and two folding sectors; marked with scales, marked ELLIOTT (2); J. COOMBES; DEVONPORT; DUNN, EDENBURGH; E.C.PLANT'S, MACHINE DRAWING SCALE; a boxwood and brass folding rule by Sampson Aston, Birm., engraved owners name J. Craven, Bton, 1862, marked with various scales including Square, Cylinder, Globe; four other boxwood rules; set of nine card rules, marked EYRE & SPOTTISWOODE (PUBLISHERS), LTD.; a Brooks' Flexible Curve; three glass measures, two cased; a French steel and brass caliper. £150-200 |
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| 278 | |||
| A cased set of drawing instruments, the lid marked A.G.THORNTON, ST MARY'S ST DEANGATE, MANCHESTER; another set marked Elliott Bros, London; two folding compasses, one cased; a brass protractor, 3.5in (9cm) w.; and other brass instruments. (18) £100-200 |
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| 279 | |||
| A set of steel and brass diamond scales by De Grave, Short & Co, in a fitted mahogany case with weights, with a printed scale, 5.25in (13.5cm) w., a set of brass sovereign scales, stamped a crown, with one weight, a set of steel and brass scales, in a later tin case and a box containing mg weights. (4) £100-150 |
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| 280 | |||
| A small collection of photographic slides, including Indian landscapes, architecture, maps and various European maps. £20-30 |
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| 281 | |||
| A small quantity of childrens slides, including circus, animals, nursery and fables, landscapes and a part cased set of medical slides. £30-40 |
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| 282 | |||
| A Victorian boxed set of four set squares, by 'W H Harling. London MAKER' and numbered '1Ω to 1., 45., 60., and 60', inscribed with owner's name 'K Reid' on all four, in fitted mahogany box. £100-150 |
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| 283 | |||
| A graduated set of 8 bronze cup weights, six stamped with a TR monogram, the largest 12oz, 2.5in (6.5cm) dia. (8) £100-150 |
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| 284 | |||
| A painted cast iron and brass large beam scale, To Weigh 400 oz, 34in (86.5cm) h, £150-250 |
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| 285 | |||
| A set of brass cup weights, in a lidded case, 1.5in (4cm) h., a Griffin & George Ltd set of scales and a quantity of weights. £40-80 |
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| 286 | |||
| A stained wood cabinet, with six shallow drawers, one tray with teeth, 11.25in (28.5cm) w, together with a larger cabinet with four trays, 22in (56cm) w. (2) £50-100 |
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| 287 | |||
| A mahogany cased electric shock machine, with a bone and brass handle, 9.5in (24cm) h, two other electrical machines and The Wonders of Modern Electricity by C R Gibson, 1913. (4) £50-80 |
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| 288 | |||
| An early 19th century mahogany apothecary's box, with brass carrying handles, the interior with divisions above a drawer to the base, 9in (23cm) h, 10.5in (27cm) w. £80-120 |
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| 289 | |||
| A Chinese boxwood pocket sundial, the hinged and ratcheted dial with a brass gnomon to a compass, marked in calligraphy, the reverse signed, early 20th century, 4.5in (11.5cm) l. £80-120 |
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| 290 | |||
| A Philip's 12 inch library globe, terrestrial, with printed gores and an engraved brass meridian, and a printed horizon with Months and Zodiac, on a turned oak base, 19in (48cm) h. £400-500 |
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| 291 | |||
| A Danish brass perpetual calendar, signed Math. Jochimson, with days and moon phases, inscribed Tempora mutantur. mutant et tempora fata. Elev:poli. 55. gr: 40.m. 40.s. Math: Jochimson., the reverse with a needle to months and days (1-8, 4-12) and with months and day, signs of the Zodiac, length of day and night, with ring mount, 18th century, 25⁄8in (6.5cm) dia. £200-300 |
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| 292 | |||
| A German nickel perpetual calendar, with days of the week and foliage engraving, the reverse with signs of the Zodiac, length of the days and nights, times of sunrise and sunset, late 18th century, 15⁄8in (4cm) dia. £100-150 |
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| 293 | |||
| A brass universal equinoctial dial, with an engraved octagonal base and rod gnomon, hour ring divided III-XII-I-IX, the laditude arc 10-80, the compass with a paper dial and blued steel needle, the underside engraved with European towns and signed L. Girasi, 2in (5cm) dia. £250-300 |
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| 294 | |||
An 18th century brass circular calendar by Benjamin Scott, with a rotating centre engraved a chart divided by days and Interest of I1 at 3 4 5 and 6 per Cent, the borders marked 10-365, 1-52, days in the month and months, the centre signed BEN: SCOTT FECIT, the reverse a similar chart marked for the same Interest as the front and Calendar Month, with owners name Richard Laws, 5in (13cm) dia. £100-150END OF SALE |
| Auction Details - AUCTION ALREADY HELD | |||
| Clocks, Barometers, Pocket Watches & Scientific Instruments | |||
| Auctioneer: | Woolley & Wallis | Location: | Salisbury, Wiltshire UK |
| Contact: | Tel: 01722 424500 Fax: 01722 424508 | ||
| Date: | 19th April 2011 | Time: | 11:00AM |
| Details: | Viewing: Friday 15th April 10 am to 4 pm Saturday 16th April 10 am to 1 pm Monday 18th April 10 am to 4 pm Tuesday 19th April 9 am to 10.45 am |
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