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Click here to subscribeA pair of diamond ear clips, each designed as a line of baguette diamonds set between borders of brilliant cut stones, approximately 2 carats total, stamped “750”, 2cm long Condition Report:**+ Overall good condition, diamonds H-J colour, VVs-Vs clarity (some small inclusions difficult to see with a 10x lens)
A diamond band ring, centring on a line of baguette diamonds set between lines of brilliant cut stones, approximately 1.50 carats total, stamped “750”, finger size M Condition Report:**+ Overall good condition, diamonds H-J colour, VVs-Si clarity (some small inclusions difficult to see with a 10x lens) abrassions and scratches to mount commensurate with use
A diamond single stone ring, the old brilliant cut diamond, weighing 2.36 carats, claw set on a four claw mount, finger size M; and a patterned wedding band, stamped “platinum”, finger size J Condition Report:**+ Overall wear commensurate with age and use. The diamond is VS-SI Clarity (Minor inclusions visible with a 10X lens), Colour K-L (Slightly Tinted Colour), no apparent chips. No signs of damage or repair to the mount. Wear to the wedding band.
A pair of late Victorian diamond pendent earrings, circa 1890, the articulated drops set throughout with old brilliant and old cut diamonds, approximately 7.70 carats total, mounted in gold backed silver with later screw fittings, 4.7cm long Condition Report:**+ Overall light wear commensurate with age and use. All diamonds are present and appear original, mostly VS-SI Clarity (some minor inclusions visible with a 10X lens). Some light wera to the mounts, no signs of damage or repair.
A late Victorian diamond necklace, circa 1890, set along the front with 33 graduated old brilliant cut diamonds in individual cut down collets and old cut diamond points between, approximately 9.80 carats total, the front section removable to form a bracelet, with fancy link back chain, necklace 35cm long, bracelet 15.5cm long Condition Report:**+ Overall light wear commensurate with age and use. All diamonds are present (except one small diamond point missing) and appear original, mostly VS-SI Clarity (Some inclusions visible with a 10X lens), none are chipped. No signs of damage or repair.
A Pair of Second World War Military Issue Binoculars, the black enamelled brass body numbered 10758, V.F.2508, in a stitched leather case stamped "Binocular 2 1/2 X 50, 10degrees Field, Car.No.VF2507, JBB 1945"; a pair of Carl Zeiss, Jena Binoculars, with bakelite lens frames, brass body with leather grips, in a leather case; a similar pair of binoculars, by C.P.Goerz; a pair of Second World War Military Issue Binoculars by Kershaw. (4)
French monocular brass microscope , the barrel signed T Hartnack & A. Prazmouski, Rue Bonaparte, Paris , circa 1870, rack and pinion coarse and screw fine focussing, black slate table with lens, on rotating stand with plano-convex mirror and Y shaped foot, minimum height 29cm, in a mahogany case with two extra eyepieces, several parts for compond objectives and some slides.
A fine George II Culpeper-type microscope in style of Matthew Loft Unsigned, circa 1740 With sliding brass shutter to eyepiece and threaded two-piece moulded lignum vitae top section above gilt-tooled green vellum covered inner tube (annotated in ink corresponding to positions for focal strengths) sliding into the rayskin covered bodytube and fitted with objective lens to lower section, the whole raised on three slender diamond-section scroll-shaped gilt brass supports fitted with shaped specimen stage applied with rotating ten-hole specimen plate and centred with an oculus, the supports terminating with cylindrical feet secured via screws through lozenge-shaped flanges onto the ogee-moulded ebonised wood base applied with a pivoted mirror to centre, and with drawer containing five objective lenses and an ivory specimen canister to apron, 40cm high unextended. Provenance: The estate of a deceased collector. Purchased Sotheby`s INSTRUMENTS OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, Olympia, London, 28/05/2003 lot 90. Closely related instruments by Matthew Loft are illustrated in Clay & Court The History of the Microscope pages 118 and 120, further similar examples are also illustrated in L`E. Turner, Gerald Collecting Microscopes page 41 and The Great Age of the Microscope (by the same Author) on page 36. The slender diamond section one-piece supports with turned feet and lozenge shaped fixing plates are feature normally associated with instruments from Loft`s workshop.
A fine Regency lacquered brass `Jones`s Most Improved` pattern compound microscope Dollond, London, early 19th century The moulded sighting tube with knurled edges to the threaded sections and with rotating six-lens objective plate, screw-fitted at the objective end to an adjustable arm clamped to the top of the square section limb upright, the rectangular eared stage mounted via rack and pinion (for focussing) above condenser and pivoted plano-concave mirror substages mounted via sliding collars to the lower section of the limb, mounted via hinge joint on a columnar upright with folding tripod base signed Dollond * London, the instrument disassembling into a fitted mahogany box with accessories including frog-plate, brass slider, bulls eye lens etc (some minor components lacking, box with some damage to exterior), the instrument 45cm high assembled, the box 34cm wide. Provenance: The estate of a deceased collector. Purchased Phillips, Edinburgh 30/03/1993 lot 106. Peter Dollond was born 1730 and died 1820. He was the son of John Dollond, a Huguenot silk weaver, and started business as an optician at the age of twenty in 1750. He was joined by his father in 1752 until the latter`s death in 1761 and then by his brother, John, until his death in 1804. The family business was continued by Peter Dollond`s nephew, George Huggins, who subsequently changed his surname to Dollond. Peter Dollond was appointed optician to George III and the Duke of York and the workshop was renowned for producing high quality instruments. The design of the current lot was originally conceived by George Adams II in the latter years of the 18th century, however after his death in 1795, his stock and rights were bought by the brothers William and Samuel Jones who modified the design slightly and marketed it as their own.
A Victorian lacquered brass binocular compound microscope Baker, London, third quarter 19th century The two-part body-tube with prism slide and micrometer fine focus adjustment, fitted via tapered arm at the objective end to the top of the rack-and-pinion adjusted triangular inner-section of the telescopic limb, the circular stage with slide clip, adjustable oculus aperture and plano-concave mirror beneath, the whole pivoted between two shaped uprights on Y shaped platform base signed BAKER , 244 High Holborn, London, in original mahogany box with presentation label to inside and containing cased objective lens (other three and other accessories lacking) and a small selection of prepared slides, 43cm high approx, the box 23cm high excluding handle. Charles Baker is recorded in Clifton, Gloria Directory of British Scientific Instrument Makers 1550-1851 as working from 244 High Holborn, London 1851-1909.
A qty of miscellaneous photographic accessories including various rolls of film, large selection of filters and lens hoods, three books “Lighting for photography by W. Nurnberg”, “Photographing people by Hugo Van Wadenoyen”, “Kodak Wratten Filters” and a Williamson M.f.g. Co Ltd film magazine, type G45.
An oxidized brass transit theodolite, signed `Baker, 244 High Holborn, London`, the telescope with rack and pinion focusing, lens cap and bubble level, the axis supporting a vertical circle with silvered scales, vernier and two magnifiers, supported on two A-frames, over the horizontal plate incorporating the signed compass box, silvered scale, twin verniers, tangent and clamping screws and two bubble levels, raised on a short tapering pillar with further tangent screw and circular stand, within original fitted box.
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