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Lot 360
Four various gents silver cased keyless pocket watches to include one full hunter example, each having white enamel dial, subsidiary seconds dial, one annotated The Essex Lever, one The Farringdon of USA, and one Swiss example, the dial signed John Myers & Co, all with engine turned back covers and circa 1900, the largest dia. 5.3cm
Lot 427
A late 19th century continental silver cased gent's open faced pocket watch, the unsigned and engraved silvered dial having subsidiary seconds dial, keywind movement, the back plate stamped Moulinie Geneva, the inner back cover annotated 'Examined by Norris Maker, Notting Hill, London', case with engine turned back cover, dia.47mm
Lot 178
Nameplate JOE ex Hawthorn Leslie 0-4-0ST built in 1899 as works number 2431. Delivered new to J. Hill & Co Middlesbrough, it moved in 1914 to Sir Hedworth Williamson's lime works Ltd at Fulwell Sunderland as was then named Joe. It is thought that the nameplate may have been used on an earlier engine which was withdrawn in the same year as it is widely known that nameplates from earlier engines at this works were transferred. Cast brass with ornate ends, face restored measures 27in x 7.25in. The other nameplate from this locomotive is in the Doncaster Grammar School Museum.
Lot 40
Worksplate AVONSIDE ENGINE CO BRISTOL 1421 1900 ex 0-6-0 ST originally built for and delivered to the Burry Port & Gwendraeth Valley Railway and named Pontyberem and numbered 2. The locomotive was sold in 1914 to Llewelyn (Nixon) Ltd, later Mountain Ash Colliery, and numbered 11 in 1962. It was transferred to Penrikyber Colliery and was withdrawn around 1970 and is now preserved at Didcot.
Lot 95
Diesel worksplate THE HUNSLET ENGINE CO LTD LEEDS 175HP No HE 9163 1987. Ex 20 tonne 900mm gauge battery rack adhesion 0-4-0 locomotive running number RA2. Delivered to the Channel Tunnel group and used during the construction of the tunnel. Oval cast brass in as removed condition measuring 11.5in x 8in.Together with a cast brass Hunslet radiator plate from one of these locomotives. A plate from one of the locomotives that worked on the most significant engineering feet of the 20th Century.
Lot 193
Victorian 18ct yellow gold open face key wind fusee pocket watch, engraved exotic bird, fruit and floral image to centre of dial, cast floral and thistle border in yellow and rose gold, Roman numerals, black poker hands, engine turned case with blank cartouche, presentation inscription to 18ct gold dust cover "Charles Klanert, the gift of his father 20th May 1835", the movement signed John Cross, Charterhouse Square, London, the case hallmarked London 1834, diameter approximately 5cm
Lot 195
Early 20th century 14ct yellow gold full hunter top wind fob watch, the initialled engine turned case opening to reveal white enamel dial and subsidiary dial, black Roman numerals and poker hands, the face signed Henry Birks & Sons Limited, the dust cover with presentation inscription dated 1906, suspended from 9ct rose gold mounted ribbon with 9ct rose gold toggle and 9ct gold fob modelled and two entwined serpents
Lot 255
George V small silver easel back photograph frame, engine turned decoration with rectangular blank cartouche, makers WI Broadway & Co, Birmingham 1932, length approximately 8cm; a small silver square photograph frame, makers Gourdel Vales & Co, Birmingham 1900, length approximately 4cm and another similar silver photograph frame (3)
Lot 265
Victorian white metal parcel gilt presentation spade, with inscription "Presented to His Excellency W.W. Cairns C.M.G 1876", length approximately 15cm; Itam 60 Anos 1946-2006 commemorative medallion; silver napkin ring, engine turned decoration with blank rectangular cartouche, makers mark partially indistinct, hallmarked Birmingham 1938, width approximately 2.5cm; an Irish silver sugar bowl (af) and a pair silver sugar tongs, makers Lee & Wigfull, Sheffield 1898, length approximately 9cm (q)
Lot 292
Early 20th century silver part dressing table brush set, comprising hand mirror, two clothes brushes and the silver back of the hand brush (bristles missing), engine turned banded decoration, blank oval cartouche, makers Colen Hewer Cheshire, Chester 1912, length of hand mirror approximately 27.5cm (4)
Lot 38
Babbage (Charles) The Exposition of 1851; or, Views of the Industry, the Science, and the Government of England, first edition, half-title, ex-library copy with ink stamp to title and book label, original cloth, spine slightly faded and with small nick at head, cloth chemise and slip-case, [Tomash & Williams B24; Van Sinderen 61; Norman 95; Origins of Cyberspace 67], 8vo, John Murray, 1851.⁂ "Babbage had been proposed to head the Industrial Commission for the Great Exhibition of 1851, but was rejected because of his early radicalism and his conflicts with the government over the Difference Engine. Resentful over his treatment, Babbage decided to publish a book on the Exhibition to set before the public the ideas that he otherwise would have presented to the Exhibition's governing committees. Babbage's Difference Engine, although certainly one of the engineering marvels of the nineteenth century, was not included in the Exhibition" (Norman).
Lot 41
Babbage (Charles) Observations addressed... to the president and fellows of the Royal Society, first edition, original printed wrappers, margins creased and darkened, vertical crease, [Tomash & Williams B43], 8vo, 1856.⁂ Rare. Babbage's paper directed to the awards committee of the Royal Society in which he attempts to draw their attention to Per Georg Scheutz's difference engine.
Lot 67
Brewster (Sir David) Letters on Natural Magic, Addressed to Sir Walter Scott, first edition, text illustrations, including 2 with movable parts, contemporary brown straight-grain morocco with gilt stamp to upper cover, extremities rubbed, [Origins of Cyberspace 47; Tomash & Williams B248; Toole Stott 136], small 8vo, John Murray, 1832.⁂ Includes mention of Babbage's engine: "Of all the machines which have been constructed in modern times, the calculating machine is doubtless the most extraordinary..."Provenance: Law Society of Upper Canada (gilt stamp to upper cover).
Lot 209
Edward VII Art Deco style silver cigar and cigarette box, with engine-turned stepped rectangular cover, enclosing wood-lined interior of two divisions, on four feet, Birmingham 1936, sponsor William Neale & Son Ltd, 16.5cm wide Condition: very minor wear to cover commensurate with age and use. Engraved rectangular cartouche to front with initials E.K. and a bruise beside lower left corner. A couple of bruises to rear edge. Marks rubbed but date letter and makers mark just discernible. **General condition consistent with age
Lot 92
George V 9ct gold cigarette case, of rectangular form with engine-turned exterior, initialled RLA to front and with dedication inscription dated 1934 internally, London, 1933, sponsors SJB (possibly Sir John Bennett), 9.8cm x 8.3cm, 140g approx Condition: Very minor surface scratching to rear panel and a few signs of use but overall sound - **General condition consistent with age
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