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AN MOD DIVING MANUAL, BR 2806
issued by H.M.S.O. 1972, with amendments page issued 24th September 1973 stamped COMEX DIVING LTD, comprising approx. 185pp over seven chapters with numerous illustrations and technical diagrams, bound within blue cloth binder of issue with gilt block titles - 12¼ x 9in. (31 x 23cm.); together with the U.S. Navy Diving Manual Vols. I & II, second printing 1980, each with illustrated technical sections within numbered dividers contained in decorated ring-binders of issue
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Provenance: Purchased from the MoD in 1990
£40-60
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LLOYD'S REGISTER OF SHIPPING
a very useful 'researcher's run' of post-War registers comprising 1946-47 (in 1 volume), 1950-51 (2), 1954-55 (2), 1960-61 (1), 1969-70 (2), 1973-74 (2), 1981-82 (3), 1985-86 (3), 1999-2000, Millennium issue (3), 2005-06 (4), mostly practically as new, the last set in its cardboard box of issue
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This lot will be available for viewing at Imperial Road
£150-250
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ANNALS OF LLOYD'S REGISTER, 1884
2 actual portrait photographs mounted, folding printed table, original green cloth gilt, London, [no printer]; together with Annals of Lloyd's Register, frontispiece and two plates, one of portraits, 2 illustrations in the text, original red cloth gilt, [London, no printer] and two others similar
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£80-120
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TALBOT-BOOTH'S 'MERCHANT SHIPS', EDITIONS FOR 1939, 1940 & 1942
"Merchant Ships", 1939, Paymr. Lieut.-Comdr. E.C. Talbot-Booth, R.N.R., London, Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd., Naval Publishers, containing 95 half-tone illustrations, 1630 line drawings + 780 line drawings of funnels for recognition, numerous contemporary advertisements, oblong folio; and similar editions for 1940 & 1942, both significantly enlarged with many more half-tone plates and drawings, and the last including 5 pages of German aircraft recognition silhouettes, all original blind-stamped blue cloth, the first 2 re-backed using original spines, good sound condition throughout
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All the wartime editions of this invaluable work are very scarce
£150-250
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'TREASURE OF THE SPANISH MAIN', SALE CATALOGUE OF THE WORLD'S FIRST PUBLIC AUCTION OF RECOVERED WRECK MATERIAL, NEW YORK, DECEMBER 1967; AND OTHER SIMILAR CATALOGUES
"Treasure of the Spanish Main" (from the Spanish Plate Fleet of 1715), Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, 4th December 1967, fully illustrated sale catalogue of the world's first public auction of material recovered from a submerged shipwreck; and "Treasure from the site of H.M.S. Association" (sunk 1707), parts 1 & 2, Sotheby's, 14th July 1969 & 28th January 1970, these two sales being the first ever held in the UK; together with other catalogues of shipwreck material (23), including several sales of coins from the Hollandia (sunk 1743), various auctioneers, and sales of material from H.M.S. Invincible (lost 1758), S.S. Medina (sunk 1917), Atocha and Santa Margarita (both lost 1622), Maravillas (lost 1656), S.S. Douro (lost 1882), Abbatucci (lost 1869), S.S. Central America (lost 1857 - 2 catalogues, incl. that for the abandoned first sale cancelled due to legal disputes) and the "Clive of India Treasure" (lost 1755), numerous auctioneers and locations, mostly with official printed pricelists and generally in unused condition, in all a remarkable and potentially unique research archive
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This collection of catalogues has been formed with great care as well as some difficulty over many years by the vendor. The first catalogue has long been a significant rarity and numerous others are now virtually unobtainable. For any student of shipwrecks, this lot may well be a unique opportunity to acquire such a comprehensive collection
£300-500
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ALLEN, GRANT: 'THE TIDAL THAMES WITH ... PLATES BY W.L. WYLLIE A.R.A'
Five parts, 20 photogravure plates printed on India Paper, illustrations in the text. Folio, London, Cassell & Company, circa 1900. Original pictorial boards, contents loose. Printed for subscribers only
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£250-350
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A QUANTITY OF 19TH-CENTURY SHIP PROFILE PLANS
published by Day & Son, London forming part of a larger set mainly for side paddle vessels and comprising:plate 59 Royal Steam Yacht; plate 60 Extreme Shallow Water; plate 61 Extreme Shallow Water; plate 62 Channel Mail Packet; plate 68 Irish Trader; plate 70 Mediterranean Trader & Mail Ship; plate 99 The 'Great Eastern' Fourth Deck Plan (double-size); plate 122 Holyhead Royal Irish Mail; plate 147 Screw Steam Frigate Warrior Class and plate 162 Paddle Wheels & Screw Propellers - various sizes 26½ x 19½in. (67 x 49 (folded)
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£200-400
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A FINE SILVER GELATINE PRINT OF J-CLASS YACHTS, BY KIRK OF COWES, 1934
depicting the yachts Velsheda, Candida, Shamrock, Astra and Britannia at the start of a race, signed (lower right) and inscribed in Indian ink and dated 9.8.34 in black lower left, in frame of issue inscribed on reverse by Kirk with studio stamp, - 16 x 21¾in. (40.5 x 55cm.)
£400-600
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GAVIN, C.M., ROYAL YACHTS, 1932
numerous colour mounted plates and plain plates, original blue morocco gilt, top edges gilt, others uncut, London, Richard and Cowan Ltd
Published "by generous permission of His Majesty the King", in 1932, this widely-regarded standard work - which traces the entire history of British royal yachts - is still regarded as the definitive work on the subject and seems unlikely ever to be superseded
£100-150
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A SECTION OF MAST FROM THE FAMOUS RACING YACHT AMERICA [1851]
the section of yellow pine with much evidence of old weevil attack and presentation plaque inscribed A portion of the foremast of the yacht America presented by the United States International 14 team 1967 - 10½ x 17½in. (26.5 x 44.5cm.)
£400-600
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AN HISTORICALLY INTERESTING PORTRAIT FIGUREHEAD FROM THE BRIGANTINE EMILY BURNYEAT, 1862
carved from laminated yellow pine as a three-quarter length lady clutching a flower to her chest, her hair tied in a ribbon, decorated bodice, skirts and scroll terminus with slotted base and flat back with thole pin and metal bracket fixing (repainted) - 42in. (107cm.) high; together with a copy of Mariners' Market, 1961; and other data
(2)
Literature: Rolt, L.T.C.: Mariners' Market, Privately Published for Burnyeat, Liverpool by Newman Neame Ltd, 1961 and depicting this lot on the cover.
The Emily Burnyeat, named for the wife of William Burnyeat, the founder of the eponymous Whitehaven firm, was a wooden brigantine of 128 tons which, with her consort barque Sarah Burnyeat, plied a steady trade for over thirty years. Both were built at Gowan's Yard, Berwick in 1861-2. The Emily Burnyeat found fame of a sort when, during an Atlantic crossing bound for the Mersey, a violent storm had disabled all of her crew save the Master and a cabin boy of fourteen. In a remarkable feat of endurance, the Master (possibly a Captain Bale) managed, almost single-handedly, to navigate his ship to the Mersey. Unable to hove to for a pilot, he sailed on and ran the Emily Burnyeat aground on the Sloyne before collapsing from exhaustion. She disappears from the Lloyd's Register by 1896.
£12000-14000
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A CARVED GILTWOOD BILLET HEAD, PROBABLY AMERICAN, 19TH-CENTURY
of typically scrolled form with side carvings, remnant securing nails on underside - 19½in. (49.5cm.) high
£400-600
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A 19TH-CENTURY MARINE MARQUETRY WORK BOX
the lid depicting a three-masted ship underway near a lighthouse within inset plate inscribed Marjorie, internal tray with compartment lids inset with marquetry stylized signal flags - 6¼ x 13 x 8¾in. (16 x 33 x 22cm.)
£250-350
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A COLLECTION OF TREEN
comprising: a small oak tiller inscribed to top MARY HANNAH in the form of an alligator with ropework arm clasping a ball; two fids; a set of 19 lignum vitæ plumbers' turn pins; a cased set of boxwood naval architects' shapes, each stamped ER 1865; a beam compass; a wooden level; a saw, two wood and brass spirit levels and a small model of a spirit level - tiller 19in. (48cm.) long
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£300-500
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Ø two pairs of lignum vitæ speaking tube terminals, 19th-century
turned with threaded connectors and removable whistles, one with ivory indicatator, each approximately - 3in. (7.5cm.) high
(4, two pairs)
£200-300
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A PRESSED HORN SNUFF BOX COMMEMORATING SIR FRANCIS DRAKE, POSSIBLY 18TH-CENTURY
the lid pressed with the armorial device for Drake - 4in. (10cm.) wide; together with a silver militia buckle, unmarked and engraved with crown BM and XXV, the reserve with two studs and a hook
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£100-150
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A GONDOLA FORCOLA, VENICE, 20TH-CENTURY
in shaped wood of typical form, mounted on a square display base - 33½in. (85cm.) high
£200-400
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A DECORATIVE BRASS GONDOLA CAVALLI, 20TH-CENTURY
heavily cast in the form of a hippocamp and mounted on an brass socle - 13 x 15½in. (33 x 39.5cm.)
£250-350
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THE SHIP'S BELL FROM THE S.S. GERD, 1896,
cast in brass of usual form, inscribed as per title, complete with clapper on chain - 5½ x 8in. (14 x 25cm.)
The Gerd was a Norwegian collier of 575 tons built by Robert Craggs of Middlesbrough; Sold to a British firm in 1912 when she became the Laurium (and when this bell was presumbaly removed) she struck a mine laid by U-64 on the 21 April 1917 fifteen miles east of Skegness carrying coal to Rouen with the loss of one life
£150-250
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AN HISTORICALLY INTERESTING SPEAKING TRUMPET, FRENCH 19TH-CENTURY
engraved in sequence with ship names and dates upon which he served between 1825 and 1871 and including: Cécile; Atalant; Manlins; Tourville; Gange; Eclair; Ville de Malaga; Ville de Lisbon and Cadix etc., owner's initials 'AG' engraved within wreath with ?later set 'FG' engraved under - 17½in. (44.5cm.) high
This speaking trumpet would appear to span two generations of a merchant seaman's family, the earlier pertaining to 'AG' and seems to join his last ship in 1831. There is a break of several years before beginning again with 'FG' and ending in 1872. While some names are coincidental with French naval ships, the dates rarely do and so it seems likely it was used in the mercantile marine
£300-500
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A RARE ROYAL YACHT SERVING PLATTER OFF THE PRINCE REGENT'S YACHT, CIRCA 1817
a large oval creamware serving platter by Spode, the white ground decorated with oakleaf and acorn borders above nautical ropes and knots, the centre of the base reading P R in large letters separated by a crowned and garlanded anchor, integral tendril handles and the underside marked Spode in tiny red letters -19 x 14 x 3½in. (48.5 x 35.5 x 8.5cm.)
Literature: Pugh, Surgeon Captain P.D. Gordon: Naval Ceramics, Ceramic Book Company, Newport, Monmouthshire, 1971, see plates 127 & 128A for two pieces from the same service although the pattern on only one of the two is absolutely identical to the dish offered here
Far less well-known than her more famous contemporary Royal George, the royal yacht Prince Regent was laid down at Portsmouth in September 1815 but not finally launched until June 1820, by which time her namesake had already succeeded to the throne as King George IV. Little is known of this yacht and it does not appear that she was much, if ever, used by the new king. Whilst it is tempting to speculate that this dish was used in her dining saloon, it is actually far more likely that it graced the Prince Regent's table aboard Royal George which he used continually during his Regency and after he became King
Named for the Prince Regent, the future George IV, rather than his father, the ailing George III, the Royal George was built at Deptford in 1817 and bore all the hallmarks of the Regent's flamboyant taste. Carrying a full ship-rig on her three masts, she was measured at 330 tons burden and was 103 feet long on her main deck with a 26½ foot beam. Luxuriously fitted out in a manner befitting her status, she attracted much attention - "The vessel is the most elegant ever seen" wrote a contemporary observer "...with gilt mouldings and the windows of plate-glass. Ornamental devices in abundance....producing a superb appearance"
After a remarkably colourful career during three reigns, Royal George's life as a working yacht came to an end in 1843, following the completion of the first royal steam yacht Victoria & Albert I. Thereafter relegated to the role of an accommodation ship for officers and men of the Royal Yacht flotilla and based at Portsmouth, she survived, astonishingly, until 1905 when she was finally broken up
£1500-2000
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TWO STAFFORDSHIRE POTTERY MODELS OF 'SAILOR'S RETURN' AND 'SAILOR'S FAREWELL',
both unmarked, polychrome painted overall - approx. 9in. (23cm.) high; together with a Staffordshire model of a Jack Tar smoking a large briar type pipe - 12in. (30.5cm.) high
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£200-300
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THREE EARLY 20TH-CENTURY ROYAL COPENHAGEN SPIRIT(?) FLASKS
each depicting a famous contemporary vessel, comprising Jylland under full sail, rev. Danish arms; Emden under steam, rev. German arms; and Imperator Pavel at sea, rev. Russian arms - all 6.75in (17cm.) high and in excellent condition
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Jylland was an iconic wooden-hulled screw frigate of 1860 and is now preserved as Denmark's equivalent of Nelson's Victory. Emden was a German light cruiser of 1907 sunk in the Cocos Islands by H.M.A.S. Sydney in a classic action in November 1914. Imperator Pavel was a Russian battleship of 1907 which survived the Great War and was broken up in 1923
£150-250
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AN HISTORICALLY INTERESTING FIGUREHEAD FROM THE ROYAL DANISH NAVY CORVETTE H.D.M.S. NAJADEN, 1820
carved from a solid piece of stained pine in the form of a three-quarter length depiction of Ceres holding a cornucopia in her right hand and wearing a diadem over flowing locks of hair, terminating in a foliate and scrolled slotted foot - 72in. (183cm.) high
Launched at Nyholm dockyard in May 1820 and classified as a Fifth Rate of 20-guns, this was the third vessel to carry this name - her immediate predecessor (a 36-gun frigate) of 1811 having been sunk in 1812 at the Battle of Lyngør by the British Royal Navy. Quickly fitted out, she embarked that September for the first of three expeditions to the West Indies before finally returning in 1826. Used thereafter as a cadet training ship, she became a guard ship in 1844 which, apart from a short stint in active service during a national emergency in 1848, was a rôle she remained in until 1851 when decommissioned and sold. It seems probable that the Navy removed her decorative scheme before selling the ship to the merchants H. Puggaard & Co. and she made several more trips to the West Indies. It is believed she caught fire when transporting gold diggers to Alaska and became a total loss sometime in the 1850s
The choice of Ceres is appropriate for a vessel used for voyages to the West Indies. The goddess of agriculture, she is associated with plenty and is usually depicted wearing a crown of corn and carrying a sheath of corn or cornucopia as here. In mythology, her daughter, Proserpine was abducted by Pluto causing Ceres to travel everywhere in search of her, during which time crops wouldn't grow.
£10000-15000
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DR. LIVINGSTONE'S WASHSTAND AND PORTABLE DESK, BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN USED IN THE SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL AFRICA EXPEDITION, 1852-1856
probably regionally made in mahogany and comprising a patinated hinged lid with period provenance label framed within, together with additional cutting, fitted interior with vacant recesses, dummy drawer to front, turned legs and iron securing loops (old wear overall, lacks accessories for compartments, 'drawer' handles missing) - 30 x 26 x 20in. (76 x 66 x 51cm.)
David Livingstone and James "Paraffin" Young, the Scottish pioneer of chemical engineering became friendly at Anderson's College (now Strathclyde University). Having discovered its potential, Young took out a patent in 1850 for the production of paraffin oil which went on to make him a fortune and in 1858 he set up a nationwide network of shops to sell both oil and lamps, each run by local managers. The McHaffies were a long established family of lamp dealers who had started as ironmongers, and can be found at several addresses up until the 1880s living in the East End of London. Young's friendship with Livingstone never waned and he not only part-funded his expeditions, but also some of the searches for him when Livingstone disappeared. When he learnt of Livingstone's death, he paid for his servants to be repatriated and funded a statue still present in George Square, Glasgow
This washstand is not thought to be of European manufacture and is likely to be something Livingstone acquired on arrival in Cape Town. He famously travelled "light" by contemporary standards, and whilst to modern eyes it seems inconveniently large, a combined writing surface and toilette area may have been one of his few concessions. It may also have been used on his explorations of Southern and Central Africa between 1852-56 and then returned with him in 1857 before it was deposited with his other equipment at Young's premises in Oxford Street, London. Later on it seems to have passed to Alfred Marsh, a House Furnisher who was still at the 116-118 Kentish Town Road address in the 1891 census
£3000-5000
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AN EARLY 20TH-CENTURY SIGHTING COMPASS
unsigned, the aluminium compass ring stamped in reverse, half blued steel needle with steel pivot and locking clamp, in brass drum case with folding sighers and threaded handle, leather case with belt loops, scratch inscribed A.B. Amundsen, the case - 6in. (12.5cm.); together with pocket marching compass
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This compass was discovered in a lifeboat located in New Zealand, any connection to the famous explorer Roald Amundsen has yet to be made
£150-250
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A 19TH-CENTURY BRONZE SWIVEL GUN
unmarked, with 1in. bore, dolphin handles set within foliate section, trunnions, touchole and long cascabel (trunnions bent, touchole worn) - 22½in. (57cm.) long overall
£400-600
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CHRISTIE'S AND SOTHEBY'S SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENT CATALOGUES
approximately 51 Christie's Clocks & Scientific Instruments from April 1974 to April 2008 and nine Travel, Science & Natural History from 2008 to 2012; together with approx. 101 Sotheby's Clocks & Scientific Instruments from November 1971 to September 2000, full list available on request
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This lot will be available for viewing at Imperial Road
£80-120
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A FINE 2¾IN. POCKET GLOBE, PUBLISHED BY RICHARD CUSHEE, 1731
signed and inscribed in cartouche A New GLOBE of the Earth by R Cushee 1731, twelve hand painted gores with polar calottes, Australia half delineated, described as New Holland, meridian line inscribed First meridian from London, unknown parts above North America, tinted equinoctial line and elliptic lines, Africa described as Negro Land, Northern Canada described as New Britain etc., contained within original shagreen case with tinted celestial gores - 3in. (7.5cm.) overall
Provenance: The estate sale of the late William ('Backstairs Billie') Tallon, butler to the late Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, Reeman Dansie Auctioneers, 5th July 2008
Literature: Sumira, S: The Art and History of Globes, British Library, 2014, p.121; Dekker & vd Krogt: Globes from the Western World, Zwemmer, 1993, p.112 which both discuss and illustrate examples of the same edition.
£8000-12000
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A FINE 3IN. POCKET GLOBE BY NEWTON SON & BERRY, LONDON, CIRCA 1835
with well-preserved hand-painted gores signed NEWTON'S New & Improved TERRESTRIAL GLOBE Published by Newton Son & Berry, 66 Chancery Lane, LONDON, mounted within calibrated brass meridian with indicator and contained in fishskin-covered wooden case with horizon ring and celestial gores in lid - 4in. (10cm.) diameter
£2500-3500
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A FINE 18IN. CELESTIAL LIBRARY GLOBE BY W. & A.K. JOHNSTON, EDINBURGH CIRCA 1850
with 12 hand-painted gores, applied maker's label signed as per title and mounted within a calibrated brass meridian mounted in original mahogany stand with signed compass stretcher and casters - 42in. (107cm.)
£3000-5000
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A 12IN. CELESTIAL GLOBE PUBLISHED BY G.F. CRUTCHLEY, LONDON CIRCA 1850
hand-painted gores signed as per title and inscribed Crutchley's Late Cary's New Celestial Globe ..., mounted through the Colurus Aequinoctium line with calibrated brass meridian on turned wood stand with tripod foot - 18in. (45.5cm.) high; together with late 19th-century 12in. terrestrial globe by John Haywood, Manchester, London, mounted on turned stand with inset compass to base
(2)
£400-600
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A MID-19TH CENTURY DRY CARD DECK-HEAD COMPASS BY HOOPER & SON, PORTSMOUTH
the 5½in. compass card signed as per title and inscribed Compass Makers, Broadstreet, mounted on silvered pin to top glass within brass gimbal-mounted case for deck-head attachment - bracket 10in. (25.5cm.) wide
£400-600
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A DRY CARD COMPASS BY THOMAS STOKER, NORTH SHIELDS, NORTHUMBERLAND, CIRCA 1840
the 6in. card signed and inscribed Stoker, Old Fish Market, North Shields, Brazier Hardware Man, with brass pivot, sealing wax balancing contained within turned wooden bowl, white painted interior and glass aperture retained with putty - 4 x 8in. (10 x 20cm.)
Thomas Stoker is recorded as working from 21 Clyde Street, North Shields between 1834 and 1848
£300-400
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A 19TH-CENTURY LACQUERED BRASS GIMBALLED DRY CARD CONTINENTAL DESK COMPASS
with 2¾in. paper dial stamped Logia within weighted brass bowl set within gimbal rings attached to tapering support with flared foot base - 7½in. (19cm.) high; together with a finely observed nickel plated model anchor inscribed 'Anvers'
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£150-250
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A BINNACLE COMPASS, BY H.S.M.I. CO., HULL
the 7in. reverse-printed translucent card signed as per title and mounted within a liquid-filled gimballed bowl, mounted within a brassed hood with side light housing and top glass - 18in. (45.5cm.) high
Provenance: Purchased from the MoD in 1990
£100-150
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A FINE LACQUERED BRASS SUNDIAL BY HENRY SHUTTLEWORTH, LONDON, CIRCA 1770
engraved to a latitude of 55° (Newcastle or Londonderry) with finely worked sixteen-point compass rose, outer minute scale, perspective radiused Roman hour numerals recording IIIIam to VIIIpm each separated by a decorative fleur-de-lys motif, signed at south Shuttleworth London, gnomen, three threaded pad feet, (retaining much original lacquered finish and black-waxed filling) - 10in (25.5cm.) high
Literature: Turner, A: Early Scientific Instruments Europe 1400-1800, Sotheby's 1987, p.176, this dial illustrated fig. 182
Henry Raines Shuttleworth (w. 1760-1797) was apprenticed to the famous London Maker John Cuff in 1746. Made a Freeman of the Spectacle Makers Company 1756 he subsequently established his own Mathematical Shop near the west end of St. Paul's in Ludgate Street. Succeeded by his son, (also Henry, apprenticed to his father 1778) in Ludgate Street 1797-1811. His signature denotes some of the finest London mathematical instruments of the period
£2000-3000
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A FRENCH SLATE SUNDIAL, MID-17TH-CENTURY
the octagonal plate with decorative border, compass rose divided VIII-XII-IIII, with armorial device dated 1644 and further inscribed Lubin 1783 Posuit, iron gnomen with moon phase volvelle - 13¼in. (33.5cm.) wide
£1000-1500
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AN 18TH-CENTURY compass SUNDIAL BY BENJAMIN MARTIN, LONDON
the 3¼in. silvered dial with finely engraved compass rose, blued steel hand, lacquered brass case, hinged latitude, horizon ring signed B. Martin Fecit with folding gnomon, contained within a lined morocco case (later) approximately - 6in. (15cm.) square
£500-800
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A FINE 6IN. UNIVERSAL EQUINOCTIAL RING DIAL BY TROUGHTON & SIMMS, LONDON, CIRCA 1840
signed on the outer ring as per title, with silvered inner ring and bridge with sliding pinnule, and contained within original leather plush-lined case; together with a set of period instructions published by Frances West - overall height 8in. (20cm.)
£1000-1500
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A 19TH-CENTURY MARBLE AND BRASS NOON DAY CANNON DIAL
with white marble base incised with scales divided from 7-12 and 5-12 with central gnomon, 4in. brass cannon set between quadrants incised with monthly latitude indicators supporting the 1in. ignition loupe-lens - 6½in. (16.5cm.) diameter
£1000-1500
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Ø AN IVORY MAGNETIC AZIMUTH diptych DIAL BY CHARLES BLOUD, PARIS, CIRCA 1670
the lid engraved with equatorial and polar dials, the inner lid with lunar calendar scales, compass bowl with silver chapter ring and blued steel needle and the reverse with revolving calendar for hour, scale signed Charles Bloud, the lid with securing hooks - 2½ x 3in. (6.5 x 7cm.)
£1500-2000
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A WOOD AND PAPER POCKET SUNDIAL BY ROWLAND, BRISTOL, PROBABLY EARLY 19TH-CENTURY
the lid with compass rose signed as per title and folding lacquered brass gnomon; compass with blued steel needle and clamp - 2¾in. (7cm.) square
A family firm which operated between 1791 and 1841.
£80-120
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A RARE POCKET SUNDIAL BY T. GAUNT, MELBOURNE, CIRCA 1890
paper compass rose with steel needle and clamp, silvered chapter ring signed as per title, folding oxidised gnomon, the lid with printed equation of time, contained within original leather carry case with strap - 3¾in. (9.5cm.) diameter
Thomas Gaunt (1829-1890) was born in London and moved to Melbourne, Australia, in 1852. He was known as a manufacturer of turret clocks, a dealer and repairer of instruments and, rather eccentrically, also made ecclesiastical jewellery.
£200-300
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A FINE 8-DAY MARINE CHRONOMETER BY JOHN POOLE, LONDON, CIRCA 1855
the 4½in. silvered dial signed John Poole, 57 Fenchurch Street, London, 2702, maker to the Admiralty, gold hands with blued-steel subsidiaries, Earnshaw Escapement with Poole's auxiliary compensation set within a counterweighted and gimbal-mounted bowl within three-tier wooden box with tipsy key, with numbered maker's plate and inset handles, approximately - 9in. (23cm.) square
£3000-5000
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A TWO-DAY HAMILTON MODEL 21 MARINE CHRONOMETER, MID-20TH-CENTURY
with 4in. diameter silvered Arabic dial 48-hour up/down ring and subsidiary seconds ring numbered to the centre N 4639/1941 signed HAMILTON/LANCASTER. PA. U.S.A. black finished hands chain fusee with Earnshaw-type escapement with helical balance repeat signature and number to plates with parallel line spot-finishing, gimballed mounted within three-tier wooden box (later) - approx. 7½in. (19cm.) square
£1000-1500
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A TWO-DAY MARINE CHRONOMETER BY THOMAS MERCER, ST ALBANS, NO. 23750, CIRCA 1961
the 4in. silvered dial signed as per title, single chain fusee movement with counter-numbered spot finished plates, spring detent escapement to cut bimetallic balance with circular heat compensation weights, Earnshaw escapement and palladium helical balance spring, gimbal-mounted within two-tier wooden box with key and Japanese retailer's plate and label dated '1974' and a copy of the original rating certificate from Mercers - 7in. (18cm.) square
£500-800
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AN eight-DAY DECK WATCH BY WALTHAM WATCH CO. NO. 19042342, CIRCA 1914
the 2½in. silvered dial signed as per title with Roman numerals blued-steel hands up/down dial subsidiary seconds to 15-jewel movement with engraved plates signed and numbered and threaded counterweight within gimballed two-tier brass-bound mahogany box - 5in. (12.5cm.) cubed
£600-800
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A TWO-DAY RUSSIAN MARINE CHRONOMETER, 20TH-CENTURY
the 4in. frosted dial signed in Cyrillic and numbered 06191, upright black Arabic numerals, large subsidiary seconds, up-and-down dial, striped gilt plates, reverse fusee bi-metallic integral balance with four heat compensation weights and meantime adjustment nuts, free-sprung silver-metal helical balance spring, Earnshaw-type footed spring detent escapement, counter numbered plates, gimbal-mounted within three-tier box with Cyrillic label and drop handles - 8in. (20cm.) square
£500-800
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A TWO-DAY RUSSIAN MARINE CHRONOMETER, 20TH-CENTURY
the 4in. frosted dial signed and numbered NOVET 07151 ... CCCP, upright black Arabic numerals, gold hands, large subsidiary seconds, up-and-down dial, striped gilt plates, reverse fusee bi-metallic integral balance with four heat compensation weights and meantime adjustment nuts, free-sprung silver-metal helical balance spring, Earnshaw-type footed spring detent escapement, counter numbered plates numbered 07151 gimbal-mounted within three-tier box with Cyrillic label and drop handles - 8in. (20cm.) square contained within plush-guard box of issue with velvet cloth cover approximately - 10in. (25.5cm.) square
£600-800
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