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Click here to subscribeA DENT-PATTERN 182 BOAT COMPASS, BY WHITE THOMPSON & CO., GLASGOW, CIRCA 1910 signed on the card as per title, mounted within temple-top binnacle with cover stamped Patt 182 No. 494 , top handle and side securing rings -- 13in. (33cm.) highCondition report: Missing some putty around front port, brass mottled finish, overall wear commensurate with age. Lacking side lamp and label inside door.
A FAITHFUL FREDDIE COMPASS AND STAND, CIRCA 1910 constructed in wood and brass, with 3½in. compass card in liquid-filled gimballed bowl, numbered 1980KS, the front with retailer's plate for Cooke's of Hull, mounted on teak and brass drum base for deck attachment -- 32in. (81.5cm.) highCondition report: Lacking hinged brass face plate covers. Base restored, brass arms probably later replacements.
A POCKET COMPASS BY LEVY BROTHERS, LONDON, CIRCA 1870 the unsigned 2in. printed paper dial with jewelled pivot contained within plush lined green leather pocket case with locking mechanism, the lid inscribed Levy Bros., 12 Houndsditch, London ; together with a small square wooden pocket compass, early 19th century (2)Condition report: Good overall condition. Leather case scuffed.
AN EARLY 19TH CENTURY THEODOLITE BY JOHN CORLESS, LONDON, CIRCA 1815 the ½in. telescope with 9in. tube, objective focus with cross hairs, bubble level, mounted on rack-and-pinion arc to bedplate with 2in. silvered compass signed Corless, London , contained within original fitted box with accessories and some sightings dated 1866 -- 6½ x 10 x 5½in. (16.5 x 25.5 x 14cm.)Condition report: Good overall condition, box lid with parallel crack and missing one securing hook.
A 1½IN. SURVEYOR'S LEVEL BY TROUGHTON & SIMMS, LONDON, CIRCA 1830 constructed in lacquered brass with 18in. telescope, with massive bubble level over, and 3½in. silvered compass signed as per title with adjustable glass securing clamp, inscribed to side Dudley Timperley's , rack-and-pinion focus with diagonal eyepiece and removable lens cap with dust cover, contained within original box of issue with securing hooks -- 27in. (68.5cm.) wideCondition report: Diagonal lacking prism, rack-and-pinion sticky, traces of original lacquer remain, lacking adjustable base (would have fitted in left hand side of base.
A ¾IN. THEODOLITE BY BATE, LONDON, CIRCA 1810 with 10in. telescope mounted to A-frame with rack-and-pinion arc, mounted on bedplate signed Bate London with 2in. compass, on adjustable base now on a wooden display base -- 10in. (25.5cm.) highCondition report: Good overall condition, wear commensurate with age. Possibly re-lacquered.
A 1IN. THEODOLITE BY ADIE & WEDDERBURN, EDINBURGH, CIRCA 1890 the 10in. telescope with bubble level and radial arc with vernier scales and magnifiers, mounted to oxidised brass A-frame stand, the bedplate with 3in. silvered compass signed as per title, silvered scale with magnifiers and clamp, contained within fitted box with accessories, service label for Cooke, Troughton & Simms dated 1947 inside lid, leather strap -- 7½ x 13in. (19 x 33cm.)Condition report: Good overall condition.
A THEODOLITE BY TROUGHTON & SIMMS, LONDON, CIRCA 1920 constructed in lacquered brass with bubble levels, signed on the bedplate as per title, contained within fitted box with accessories including compass and admiralty service label for 1935 in lid; together with a telescope in separate box Provenance : Admiralty Hydrographic Survey No. 56 & 79. Thought to have been used aboard Black Duck Hydrographic Survey Ship. (2)
A VERY FINE 1:36 SCALE ADMIRALTY BOARD STYLE MODEL FOR THE SIXTH RATE 28-GUN SHIP ENTERPRISE [1774] modelled in alder wood, fruit wood and ebony, the framed hull planked and pinned, with ebony main wale, gun ports with cast brass guns in trucks with tackle, finely carved figurehead with carved decoration along bulwarks and stern, with trophies of arms, scrollwork, caryatids, glazed stern with ionic pillar supports, oxidised brass stern lights, the deck with details including bitts with belaying pins, gratings, stove pipe, belfry with inscribed and dated bell, well deck with fitted pinnace over with bottom boards, seats, gratings etc., bound cutaway masts, capstan, double helm with 12 turned spokes, compass box, swivel guns etc., mounted on ebonised cradle stand to wooden display base, overall -- 15 x 48in. (38 x 122cm.)Condition report: Very fine overall condition.
* GREGORY RANKINE (SCOTTISH b 1971), CUTTY SARK oil on board, signed 14cm x 20cm Mounted, framed and under glass. Titled on Compass Gallery, 178 West Regent Street, Glasgow label verso3 Note: In Burns' poem Tam o' Shanter (first published in 1791) the drunken Tam, riding home on his horse, happens upon a witches' dance. Among the dancing figures is a particularly beautiful young witch named Nannie (Scots pet form of Anna), "ae winsome wench and wawlie" (line 164). She is wearing a harn (linen) sark (nightshirt) which fitted her as a child (a "lassie") but is now rather too short for her. Artist: Gregory Rankine graduated from Glasgow School of Art in 1996 and since that time has exhibited in the UK and abroad, including London, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Dublin, Limassol and New York. He undertook a six-month residency in Cyprus, exhibits at the RGI and RSA and was awarded the N.S. Macfarlane Trust Award at the Royal Scottish Academy in 2007. Rankine’s horses are not portraits of bloodstock, but evocations of the strength, elegance and movement embodied by the animal. Widely collected across the UK, Ireland, France, Finland and the US, Rankine’s work is in private and public collections, including The Woolwich, The Prince’s Trust and the University of Strathclyde.
* JOHN JOHNSTONE (SCOTTISH b 1941), MCGONAGLE AND THE TAY WHALE oil on board, signed 46cm x 53cm Framed Label verso: Compass Gallery, 178 West Regent Street, Glasgow. Note: John Johnstone has works in numerous public and private collections at home and aboard including HRH the Duke of Edinburgh, Carnegie Trust’s Art Collection, Angus Council Collection, Dundee City Collection, The McManus Galleries Collection and Fife Council Museums West Collection.
A collection of assorted Victorian gilt metal and yellow metal brooches, mostly of Rococo design, one set with small turquoise stones, including two mourning brooches, a compass pendant, a brooch frame, mostly having 'C' clasps, together with a large glass and porcelain plaque with hair and a central cartouche, also including a late 18th Century pocket watch engraved mechanism plate (one bag)
A selection of vintage pocket watches to include a gold plated pocket watch with with enamelled face and subsidiary dial to six, a Smiths black faced pocket watch, a Smiths dashboard clock having a black with original magnet to verso, a white metal pocket compass and a gilt pocket watch in its original box.
A LARGE JAPANESE PRINTED MAP OF TOKYO MEIJI PERIOD, 19TH CENTURY Orientated to the West and printed on four sheets of paper, showing the old centre of Edo with the Imperial palace and the mouth of the river Sumida, with areas and details picked out in red and blue and with a compass rose device, framed and glazed, 91cm x 64cm. The inscription in the lower left corner lists 'the eighteen most famous pine trees of Tokyo' with their locations and so this map was probably aimed at Japanese visitors sightseeing in the city.
A family group of medals comprising a WWI Military Medal, for 21231 Sjt: T.A. Brantingham. 22/Manch:R. with his 1914-15 trio named to 21231 Cpl. T.A. Brantingham. Manch.R. later Sgt. on the War and Victory Medals, with matching miniature medals, both sets mounted as worn. He was gazetted in the supplement of the 22nd January 1917, page 830, with many photographs of him in uniform, he was later promoted to Temporary 2nd Lieutenant in the Machine Gun Corps,also ephemera to include a silver M.G.C. cap badge with damaged lugs, collar dogs, a pocket compass marked 1915 etc, and a Mons Star trio for 5025 Pte. W. Brantingam. 9/Lrs, also his spurs, attestation parchment, he joined in 1909, and his medal packet. Presumably brother of Thomas above.
Opera Glasses etc., a pair of French opera glasses in gilt brass, very good condition, cased; an ivory parallel rule, 19th century; a pair of clip-on sunglasses in case by J H Steward; a cased razor and a cased reproduction miniature sextant and a reproduction Abney level with compass, cased
A large Masonic engraved crystal wine goblet, early 20th century, with folded foot and double knopped stem, the bowl engraved with Masonic symbols, to include compass and set square, the all seeing eye, moon & stars, the sun in splendour, trowel etc. 9½in. (24.1cm.) high. * Condition: Good, nothing to note.
Three 19th century Masonic firing glasses, all with engraved square and compass motif, comprising a waisted tumbler style glass, engraved no. '222', 7.4cm. high; a firing glass with funnel bowl and solid foot, engraved 'No.863', 8.9cm. high; and a firing glass with funnel bowl engraved 'Talbot Lodge 1323', 9.2cm. high. (3) * Condition: In good condition with no faults.
Halley, Dr. Edmund - A New and Correct Chart of the Channel Between England and France, c.1764, a large uncoloured engraved sea-chart with rhumb lines, compass roses and sand banks depicted, descriptive text including sounding depths, inset port charts for Plymouth Sound and the Isle of Wight, sold by Page & Mount, Tower Hill, London, 25 x 39½in. (63.5 x 100.3cm.) visible, framed. * Condition: Not examined out of frame. Two sheet with vertical joined line to centre. Three further vertical folds and one horizontal. Slight creasing and handling marks to margins. Overall good.
Visscher, Nicolas (1618-1679), 'Manica, Gallis La Manche, et Belgis het Canaal...', hand coloured engraved map of the English Channel with the Channel Islands, ornamental title cartouche, compass roses, pub. Amsterdam, 1680, engraved by D. V. Gouwen, 19 x 22¾in. (48.25 x 57.8cm.). * Condition: Not examined out of frame. Some foxing across the paper. Vertical and horizontal centre folds. A few other small creases. Mount burn.
A 19TH CENTURY MAHOGANY TEA CADDY with pierced metal mounts, a dressing table tray with glass insert and decorated with coloured stones, a pair of French parcel gilt white metal servers in a fitted case consisting of a sugar sifter and a spoon, a modern Chinese compass in a fitted case, two small unframed decorative prints and a set of eight tin plates decorated with Sevres patterns Condition: the tea caddy lid not quite shutting fully, the interior lacking, poor condition overall; the dressing table tray modern but in good condition; the Chinese compass modern and in good condition; the continental serving implements with minor marks and dents but generally good condition, the case slightly tatty; the tin plates in good condition; two prints in good condition
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