Rare Hand Hammer Guttie Golf ball hammer c.1860- with circular face and wide chisel - fitted with leather sheepskin grip - screw/pin just below the head - overall 9" see illustration of one found in the work shop of Old Tom Morris St Andrews (ex- Maurice Anderson) Note See Mullocks Auction Oct 17 lot 2060 similar slightly less refined £240
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Neolithic, 4th-3rd millennium BC. A mixed bone group comprising: a spearpoint with one pointed and one chisel end; a spearpoint with both ends pointed; a harpoon with one pointed end and the other with two barbs. 23 grams, 60-120mm (2 1/4 - 4 3/4"). Property of a professional gentleman, acquired 2011; formerly in a private collection formed before 1950. [3, No Reserve] Fine condition.
THE LAUNCHING CASKET FOR H.M. TORPEDO GUNBOAT HUSSAR, DEVONPORT DOCKYARD, JULY 3RD, 1894, carved with decorative roundels, the lid inscribed H.M.S. Hussar and lined with glazed watercolour of the ship with her specifications, designer, builders and launching dedication to Miss Osborn, the plush-lined base with fitted supports for carved ceremonial mallet and chisel - 7¬ x 13ó x 9óin. (18.5 x 35 x 24.7cm.); together with a manuscript list of Devonport launch dates between 10.3.1887-18.10.1899 and the lady invited to launch vessels; and a photocopy of the Military Record describing Hussar and her launch. (3), One of five ~Dryad~ class torpedo gunboats, they were essentially enlarged ~Alarm~ class vessels and retained the same slightly eccentric profile with wide-apart funnels and raised forecastles. Displacing 1070 tons, they measured 250 x 30«ft and were manned by 120 officers and crew. Armed with five 18in. torpedo tubes, a quick firing gun, one 6pdr and two 12pdrs, she could steam at a slightly stately 19¬kts at a time Thornycroft was already producing thirty-knotters. Serving as part of the International Squadron at Malta until 1905, in 1898 she embarked the final Ottoman forces in Crete after the Christian uprising of 1897-8, removing them to Salonica. In 1907 she had her armament removed and she served as a yacht and dispatch vessel for the Royal Navy~s Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean. In 1914 she was converted to a minesweeper and served at Gallipoli. She was broken up at Malta in 1921.
Very Unusual 19th Century Burmese Sword Dha, curved single edge blade with chisel tip, the hilt and scabbard made from brass with traces of gilding and with 14 separate raised encircling collars each formed with pointed borders and inlaid with facetted and foiled red glass/stones (?) of rectangular and tear-drop shapes, swollen pommel with finial en-suite. Overall 98cms, blade 57cms. Good untouched condition, requires cleaning, some stones missing, bottom section of scabbard bound with copper wire.
A fine early Victorian mahogany fusee drop-dial wall timepiece Vulliamy, London, supplied for the H.M. Government Poor Law Commission, circa 1836 The substantial rectangular four-pillar single fusee movement with thick plates and half-deadbeat escapement regulated by 15.5 inch heavy disc bob pendulum suspended from typical wide-jaw backcock, the backplate signed VULLIAMY, LONDON over serial number 1378 , the 12 inch circular silvered Roman numeral dial further signed VULLIAMY, LONDON beneath crowned Royal V.R. cypher and ribbon banner inscribed POOR LAW COMMISSION to centre, with blued steel spade hands set behind heavy cast brass convex glazed bezel within generous ogee moulded mahogany surround, the rectangular case with hinged side doors and flame-figured front over astragal moulded waist and canted chisel base incorporating hinged pendulum access flap bordered with half-round mouldings, 61cm (24ins) high. Provenance: Private collection, Hampshire (C4); purchased at Bonhams, London, 12th December 1980 (lot 65) for £600 hammer. Various paper labels applied to the inside of the left hand door include one inscribed with the name Mr. Heath and indicate that it was housed at Whitehall in Room 3, 4th Floor on the 16th April 1948. Benjamin Lewis Vulliamy is recorded in Baillie, G.H. Watchmakers & Clockmakers of the World as born 1780 to Benjamin Vulliamy and gaining his freedom of the Clockmakers' Company in 1809. He worked from 52 Pall Mall, served as Warden 1821-5 and was appointed Master five times. He was the last of the celebrated dynasty of Royal clockmakers which started with his grandfather, Justin, forming a partnership with George II's clockmaker, Benjamin Gray. Benjamin Lewis Vulliamy was perhaps one of the most influential horologists of his time publishing many works and undertaking numerous high profile public commissions as well as holding the Royal Warrant. He supplied many clocks to the Royal family including the turret clock for Windsor Castle in 1829 (replacing an earlier movement by Joseph Knibb); however his horological legacy is perhaps somewhat slightly blighted by his tendency to undertake controversial alterations to earlier important clocks by makers such as Tompion. The Vulliamys started numbering most of their clocks from 1788 until 1854. Two of the original Vulliamy work books still survive in the library of the British Horological Institute at Upton Hall, these often can provide valuable information regarding the manufacture and provenance of many clocks made by the workshop. Unfortunately the records are incomplete hence only note clocks with serial numbers 296-469 and 746-1067. From the engraved V.R. Cypher and banner POOR LAW COMMISSION it would appear that the present timepiece was supplied by Vulliamy for use by The Poor Law Commission at Somerset House in around 1836 - very soon after the ascension of Queen Victoria to the throne. The current lot would have been added to a large inventory of Vulliamy s work in the possession of the Crown as reflected by a third surviving workbook, relating only to repairs and servicing dating to the period 1846-53, which records at least sixty five clocks being in the possession of the government Office of Works and another forty being in the possession of Queen Victoria at Buckingham Palace. Another comparable but slightly later wall timepiece by Vulliamy (number 1525), this time inscribed with Royal V.R. cypher and inscribed PAYMASTER OF EXCHEQUER BILLS over date AD 1842, was sold at Bearnes, Hampton and Littlewood, Exeter, 7th October 2015 (lot 744) for £8,800 hammer. The Poor Law Commission was a body established to administer poor relief after the passing of the Poor Law Amendment Act 1834. The intention of the Act was to essentially tackle chronic social issues of unemployment and homelessness by taking those who were unable to provide for themselves off the streets and place them in a workhouse. The commission was made up of three commissioners who became known as The Bashaws of Somerset House , their secretary and nine clerks or assistant commissioners. The Poor Law Commission was independent of Parliament which gave them far reaching powers but also left them vulnerable to criticism from members of both houses. This inevitably resulted in divisions, scandals and other problems within the organisation which ultimately resulted in its dissolution and replacement by The Poor Law Board in 1847.Within the ‘Provenance:’ footnote - reference to a label applied to the interior of the case being inscribed ‘Mr. Heath’ has been misread, the label actually refers to the Ministry of Health.
11th-15th century AD. A group of iron arrowheads comprising: one socketted swallowtail type; five tang leaf-shaped; one tanged triangular-section; one tanged chisel-shaped; three small square-section. 107 grams total, 3.5-13cm (1 1/2 - 5"). Property of a private collector; acquired before 1975.[11] Fair condition.
7lb chisel and point pick axe and Buffalo 14lb sledge hammer (2)This lot is either a catalogue return, unclaimed good or a despatch return and is sold without reserve. It is boxed and sealed and therefore cannot be viewed in its entirety and as such we are unable to give a condition report. Sealed boxes cannot be opened for viewing and refunds cannot be given for lots that are faulty or incomplete.
A Victorian mahogany cased hammer and chisel set used to launch 'HMS Pearl' in 1855, the lid bearing paper label inscribed 'hammer and chisel used by Lydia Gordon to launch the ship described on card - possibly by her mother but I think it was L.C.G. the Admiral's daughter'. Condition Report: Gavel: 27cm longChisel: 26cm long.Head: 10cm

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