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Lot 292
Books - Group of books all relating to clocks including; English Lantern Clocks (W.F.J. Hana), Samuel Roberts Clockmaker, Watches 1850-1980 (M.Cutmore), Clocks (Simon Fleet), Gloucestershire Clock and Watchmakers (Graham Dowler), Weight Driven Chamber Clocks (Ernest L. Edwardes), English Style Clocks (Ronald E. Rose), Watchmaking England 1760-1820 (Leonard Weiss), Somerset Clock Makers (J.K. Bellchambers), British Clocks and Clockmakers (Kenneth Ullyett) etc
Lot 315
Box of Over 180 Religious & Other Part Sets of Magic Lantern Slides. To include 2 interesting Imperial Airways images. 9x 'In the Workhouse', 19x 'Our Folks' ( a Boer War soldier's allegory tale) , 'Slaves of Drink' (2 different Gamages sets of 12); 22x 'Blossom and Fruit', 36x 'Nurse Lily's Victory' (one broken) 29x 'For Mother's Sake', plus over 50 various subjects etc. (various conditions from average to very good).
Lot 325
Steam Train Related & Other Magic Lantern Slides. To include 17/18 slides 'In the Signal Box'. A cautionory tale set on Sheffield and Stocksmoor stations of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway; a set of 12 slides 'Excelsior' by H W Longfellow; 11/12 slides 'Santa Claus and His Visit on Christmas Eve' , with reading.
Lot 326
Rare Set of Twenty Six Magic Lantern Slides 'A Walk Through the White City', 1908. At the time, the 1908 Franco-British Exhibition was the largest exhibition ever held in the UK. It was situated around the Wood Lane and Shepherds Bush area in West London, later to be better known as White City, due to the number of white buildings erected. A cross between an Edwardian Kew Gardens for flower beds and parks, the 'Great Exhibition' for education and Blackpool Pleasure Beach with impressively engineered rides like the famous Flip Flap, it was extremely popular, but not so well known today. A couple of slides cracked, but a fantastic coloured set of detailed views. Also a set of eight 'Views of London', one cracked.
Lot 328
Group of Eight Magic Lantern Slides Featuring The Dajak Head-hunters of Borneo. Each in a protective sleeve and titled in Dutch/Afrikaans; Gesnelde Koppen (severed heads); Dajak met Gevijlde tanden (Dajak with filed teeth); Kloppen van Boomschors (Beating of Tree Bark); Dajak uit Centraal Borneo (Dajak of Central Borneo); Oorversiering bij Vrouuen (Women with Ear Adornments); Dajaks uit het Boven Kapoeasgebied (Dajaks from the Upper Kapoeas area); Terugroepen van de Ziel (Recall of the Soul) [shaman?]. Exposures vary.
Lot 139
A large archive compiled by George Twyman relating to the Martin Brothers, including a magic lantern projector with case by Perken Son & Co Ltd, used by Ernest Marsh for illuminated lectures, The Martin Brothers Potters by Malcolm Haslam, Gorgeously Grotesque Worthing Museum and Art Gallery catalogue, Martin Brothers Pottery Exhibition catalogue, Richard Dennis Gallery, 1978, a catalogue of the Frank Knight collection of Martinware and a large collection of photographs relating to the Martin Brothers, William Staite Murray and their contemporaries including ephemera from Ernest Marsh, (a lot) Provenance The George Twyman Collection of Martin Ware
Lot 640
A BRASS HALL LANTERN, C1900 with bevelled glass lights, 57cm h including hookOxidised/verdigris. Lacking one of the four finials, the bevelled glass lights all secure and in good condition with only a shallow edge chip on the side of one. One of the vertical corner pieces with 3mm drilled hole. A good quality relatively heavy example
Lot 1111
A ships lantern, with brass carrying handle and applied brass plate inscribed "Overtaking Patt. 4895 Metal Industries Ltd., Hamilton, Canada". Height 20 cm. CONDITION REPORT: Looking directly at the lantern the top left-hand side is sloping which would lead one to think that it had been dropped. The lens appears to be in good order. The slide out tray with reflector has a corroded rim around where the light should be. There are a few small dints throughout but nothing too significant. There is evidence of solder all around the copper which frames the lens. The carrying handle is also slightly misshapen.
Lot 389
A fine late 18th Century Welsh fruitwood knitting stick inscribed and dated 1798, of two stages united by two three link chains and a swivel, one part with a hook over a lantern and ball, the other with a lantern and ball over a cut out hook and inscribed to one side 'Thomas Bra Bruck 1798 - AW', the whole with zig zag chip carved decoration, the opposing side to the inscription incorporating within the design a shepherds crook, 39cm
Lot 660
A tin 'Magic Lantern' and a selection of slides comprising 'All British T Series' - Cinderella (12) / New Testament Series 2 No. 165 (12)/ Red Riding Hood (12)/ Babes In The Wood (12)/ Beauty And The Beast (12)/ The Elephants Revenge (12)/ Primus Junior Lectures Series' - Alice In Wonderland (8)/ Boy Scouts (6) and eight various slides (qty)
Lot 661
Seven mechanical magic lantern slides in wooden frames comprising three rotating circular slides - knife grinder/spiral/ watermill and four slip slides - pig and eggs/ pierrot throwing baby/ clown with bowl and moving eyes/ baguette carrier with long nose figure, each approx. 11 x 17.5cm (7)
Lot 50
Various items, a Spratt’s Dog Foods UPC Ltd pulped paper dog shaped container —11½in. (29cm.) high; Primus Lantern Ten Little Nigger Boys (sic) boxed slides; Peter Rabbit Race Game, in original box; three Scottish pulped card Santa Clauses; four Christmas shaped light bulbs; a quantity of tree clips and Sinbad the Sailor lantern slides
Lot 1000
A rare Charles II brass cased quarter striking "winged" lantern clock, the front fret engraved "Eduardus East Londini", the 6.5ins diameter silvered chapter ring with Roman and Arabic numerals and two steel hands, the centre silver alarm disc with engraved Tudor rose surrounded by brass dial engraved with tulips and leafage, to the verge movement with later anchor shaped bob pendulum oscillating between two inner plates, to the three train quarter striking movement with alarum, striking on two bells, contained in brass case with turned uprights and finials, heavy silvered metal bell, the brass framing with turned uprights, turned finials and three cast frets, the front engraved, and with later glazed winged apertures to the side doors with later pierced and engraved crestings, 15.75ins high, and with four brass cased weights for same Provenance: Sold Sotheby's, Bond Street, London - Important Clocks, Watches, Wristwatches and Barometers - Auction 13th October 1988 - Lot 191 - Noted as The property of Viscount Hereford Note: Edward East born 1602, apprentice 1618 to Richard Rogers, elected Master of the Clockmakers Company 1645 and 1652, and Watch and Clockmaker to Charles I, died 1696. This clock is thought to date to circa 1680
Lot 1002
An 18th Century brass lantern clock by George Clarke, Leadenhall Street, London, No. 5373, made for the Turkish market, the 7.25ins diameter silvered chapter ring with Turkish numerals and spandrels cast with crescent ornament, to the brass framed movement with turned uprights and finials and fretted and engraved side panels, the brass and steel framed movement with verge escapement, 14.75ins high, and with later wooden wall bracket for same Note: Probably George Clarke recorded working Leadenhall Street, London1725, Livery of The Clockmakers Company 1787 - Fine Table Clock in the Wetherfield Collection, Sheep's Head Clock with Turkish figures and longcase clock in the Virginia Museum.
Lot 834
A Dutch brass Heemskirk candlestick after a 17th Century original, 10.5ins high, a matched pair of early 18th Century English brass candlesticks on octagonal bases, 7.25ins high, a brass skimmer with wooden handle, 25ins long, an 18th Century copper and iron bed-warming pan with turned fruitwood handle, 40ins long, a 19th/20th Century copper ships lantern, 26ins high overall (now converted to electricity) and a small collection of other metal items, various,
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