A gilt brass Navigator skeleton timepiece Comitti, London, recent The five turned pillar single fusee movement with five spoke wheel crossings planted between waisted pierced arched plates fronted by large escape wheel mounted to the upper margin behind the dial with Harrison s grasshopper escapement regulated by twin dumb bell balances with interconnecting rack teeth and regulation screw-weights to rear, the front with circular silvered brass Roman numeral chapter ring and steel moon hands beneath silvered arched seconds sector with Arabic ten seconds and double-ended hand driven directly by the escape wheel arbor, the rear engraved H1, 067, Comitti, Made in England, No Jewels, on pair of stepped gilt brass plinths applied to rectangular mahogany stand stepped to take a framed glass cover applied with brass name plate Comitti of London, Est 1850 to front and with retailer s label MARTIN & COMPANY LTD., CHELTENHAM to interior, the timepiece 36.5 cm (14.25ins) high; 45cm (17.5ins) high overall. The firm Comitti of London was founded by an Italian immigrant instrument maker, Onorato Comitti, who set-up workshops in Clerkenwell, London in 1850. Initially he specialised in recording instruments including mercury and aneroid barometers but diversified into clockmaking with the firm receiving the Diploma of Honour for the company's workmanship in 1888. Today Comitti of London is still a family-owned business, run by the fifth generation specialising in producing hi-end timepieces. The Navigator timepiece was devised by Comitti to demonstrate the motion and working of Harrison s grasshopper escapement as applied to his first marine timekeeper H1 completed in around 1735. The retail price for the current range of Navigator timepieces is around £11,000 each.
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General workshop and restoration techniques - a selection of titles: Holtzapffel, Charles and John Jacob TURNING AND MECHANICAL MANIPULATION five volumes, Holtzapffel and Company, various editions London 1852-84 (volumes I, II and IV duplicated); Hebert, Luke THE ENGINEER S AND MECHANICS ENCYCLOPEDIA two volumes, Thomas Kelly, London 1836, half calf; Spon, Ernest WORKSHOP RECEIPTS FOR THE USE OF MANUFACTURERS, MACHANICS AND SCIENTIFIC AMATEURS five volumes/series E. and F.N. Spon, London various dates 1889-95; Hasluck, Paul N. (editor) MANUAL OF TRADITIONAL WOOD CARVING Dover Publications Incorporated reprint of the 1911 edition, New York 1977, softbound (two copies), softbound; Hughes, Richard and Rowe, Michael THE COLOURING, BRONZING AND PATINATION OF METALS Thames and Hudson, London 1991, dj; Mason, Pippa and Wiggins, Arnold Of Gilding Arnold Wiggins and Sons Limited, London 1989, softbound; Holtzapffel, John Jacob THE ART OF DOUBLE-COUNTING ON THE LATHE Holtzapffel and Company, London 1881; Campin, Francis THE PRACTICE OF HAND-TURNING E. & F.N. Spon, London 188; Brown William A HANDBOOK ON JAPANNING Scott Greenwood and Son, London 1913; Chambers, Donald HOW TO GOLD LEAF ANTIQUES George Allen and Unwin Limited, London 1973; dj; Brittain, A., Wolpert, S. and Morton, P. ENGRAVING ON PRECIOUS METALS N.A.G. Press Limited, London 1958; and a small quantity of related publications, (qty). Provenance: The horological library of Michael Hurst.
A George V oak cased G.P.O. type 16 electromagnetic master timepiece Silent Electric Clock Company, London, circa 1915 The movement with cast-iron bed inscribed in relief SECCo fitted with pendulum suspension block and pivot for the crutch assembly incorporating shunt for the Hipp-toggle escapement and switch armature for the electromagnetic coil beneath, the right hand side with the Hipp-toggle escapewheel pivoted between shaped brass plates incorporating an additional relay coil with related armatures and switches, the whole applied to the case backboard over pendulum bob alignment post and three sets of electrical connections labelled PENDULUM BATTERY, DIAL S BATTERY and DIALS within box surround with hinged front incorporating slave dial with brass electromagnetic coil driven mechanism stamped PATENT, 5758-05, 9039-11 and 3632 to frontplate, the exterior with 4.5 inch circular white painted Roman numeral dial inscribed with G.V.R. monogram over initials G.P.O. to centre behind fixed glazed brass bezel over rectangular glazed panel and applied brass plaque inscribed SILENT ELECTRIC CLOCK Co., 192, GOSWELL RD., LONDON E.C. to lower rail, (lacking pendulum), 72.5cm (28.5ins) high. The design of the current lot was devised by George Bennett Bowell of the Silent Electric Clock Company in around 1900 and was adopted for use by the G.P.O. from around 1910 in competition with the Magneta system of impulse generators already in use in some establishments. However, over time, the latter was phased-out due to the greater flexibility offered by the Hipp-toggle design of the Silent Electric Clock due to the increased number of slave dials that could made to operate from a single Master timepiece. Due to receiving a time-pulse at 10 am every morning the Silent Electric System of Hipp-toggle timepieces could reliably maintain an accuracy of around 3-4 seconds a day. Most G.P.O. establishments were supplied with type 12 timepieces whilst the type 16 was only installed in relatively few postal buildings hence the latter is the rarer model of the two. In 1917 Joseph Molden took-over Magneta before acquiring the Silent Electric Clock Company in the early 1920 s. By 1925 he had developed a new version (the type 36 ) based upon the Silent type 12 design which also rendered the type 16 obsolete.
Watches and watchmaking - nineteen volumes: Daniels, George WATCHMAKING Sotheby Publications, London 1981, dj; Daniels, George THE ART OF BREGUET Sotheby Parke Bernet, London and New York 1975, dj; Clutton, Cecil and Daniels, George WATCHES B.T. Batsford Limited, London 1965, dj; Jaquet, Eugene and Chapius, Alfred Technique and History of the Swiss Watch Spring Books, London 1970, dj; Cardinal, Catherine THE WATCH, from its origins to the XIXth century Artline Editions, Thornbury 1989, dj; Cutmore, M. Watches 1850-1980 David and Charles, Newton Abbot 1989, dj; Burton, Stanley H. The Watch Collection of Stanley H. Burton B.T. Batsford Limited, London 1981, dj; Camerer Cuss, T.P. The Camerer Cuss Book of ANTIQUE WATCHES Antique Collectors Club, Woodbridge 1976, dj; Jagger, Cedric THE ARTISTRY OF THE ENGLISH WATCH David and Charles, Newton Abbot 1988, dj; Cutmore, M. The Pocket Watch Handbook David and Charles, Newton Abbot 1985, dj; Fried, Henry B. CAVALCADE OF TIME, A VISUAL HISTORY OF WATCHES from the private collection of the Zale Corporation The Zale Corporation, Dallas 1968, gilt titled green cloth; Ullyett, Kenneth Watch Collecting Frederick Muller, London 1970, dj; Camerer Cuss, T.P. The Country life Book of Watches Country Life limited, London 1967, dj; Good, Richard Watches in colour Blandford Press, Poole 1978, dj; Hayward, J.F. ENGLISH WATCHES Victoria and Albert Museum, London 1969, softbound; Nielhaus, James J. A GUIDE TO WATCH HOLDERS Hunter Printing Co., St. Mary s OH 1978, softbound stapled spine; Thomson, David WATCHES IN THE ASHMOLEAN MUSEUM Ashmolean Museum, Oxford 2007; Shufflebotham, P.M., Leech, J.R., Barber, Tony and Naul, Peter MOMENTS IN TIME, THE HISTORY OF THE COVENTRY WATCH INDUSTRY, VOLUME 1 Coventry Watch Museum Project Limited, Coventry 1995, softbound stapled spine and a copy of Smith, Alan (contributer) THE LANCASHIRE WATCH COMPANY, PRESCOT, LANCASHIRE, ENGLAND, 1889-1910 Ken Roberts publishing Co., Fitzwilliam NH 1973, softbound (19).
An English gilt brass carriage clock Unsigned, late 19th / early 20th century The four pillar single chain fusee movement with Harrison s maintaining power and substantial platform lever escapement regulated by sprung three-arm monometallic balance, with a circular silvered brass Roman numeral dial with blued steel arrow hands set within rectangular gilt mask with canted surround, in a case with substantial hinged baton carrying handle over bevel glazed escapement aperture to top and narrow repeating panel inset frieze, the front with rectangular bevelled glass flanked by gilt octagonal section three-quarter columns with flared caps and bases, the sides with gilt panels within stepped upper and lower margins, the rear with gilt door, on skirt base incorporating small inset squab feet, 19cm (7.5ins) high excluding handle.
Janvier, Antide MANUEL CHRONOMETRIQUE, OU PRECIS, DE CE QUI CONCERNE LE TEMS, SES DIVISIONS, SES MESURES, LEURS USAGES, etc. Impremerie De M me Ve Courcier, Paris 1815, 298 pages with frontispiece of Trajan s column and two folding horological plates at end, with dedication incorporating initials A.J. in ink, contemporary blue card with red calf label, 8vo. Provenance: The horological library of Michael Hurst. A scarce work by one of the most important French horologists.
A rare Charles II eight-day longcase timepiece movement with nine-inch dial William Clement, London, circa 1670-5 and later The six finned and fully latched pillar movement with plates measuring 7.5 by 4 inches and 9 inch square brass dial plate now applied with rectangular silvered nameplate engraved W m Clement, London to the later matted centre fitted with card mock-ups for the subsidiary seconds dial and narrow Roman numeral chapter ring, (lacking escapement, maintaining power, hands, dial fittings pendulum and weight; dial plate with alterations). Provenance: From the estate of Michael Hurst. William Clement is recorded in Loomes, Brian Clockmakers of Britain 1286-1700 as born before 1622, possibly 1621 in St. Albans. He was made a Freeman in the Blacksmiths Company in 1654 and rose to the Livery in 1664. From around 1665 Clement lived in the Parish of St. Saviours, Southwark, possibly to escape the plague from which his two sons William and Francis may have died. In 1659 a William Clement was commissioned as Lt Colonel in the White Regiment of Foot of the Parliamentarian Army. Clement was still alive in 1675 however records from this time onwards become confused with that of his son of the same name. In 1671 William Clement supplied a turret clock for Kings College, Cambridge, this clock was traditionally considered to be the earliest surviving timepiece to be regulated by anchor escapement and long pendulum supporting the possibility that Clement was the inventor. This view was further supported by an entry in Smith, John Horological Disquisitions (1694) which credits Clement as the Contriver of that curious kind of long pendulum . Two years later William Dereham in The-Artificial Clock-Maker puts the case forward for Dr. Robert Hooke who it is said demonstrated the long pendulum (with a form of recoil anchor escapement) to the Royal Society soon after the Fire of London. Despite this, and although it is generally accepted that Hooke devised the spring pendulum suspension, there is no direct documentary evidence to confirm that he devised the recoil anchor escapement. Another contender for its invention is Joseph Knibb who supplied a turret clock for Wadham College, Oxford with anchor recoil escapement and long pendulum in early 1670 before relocating to London. In 1677 William Clement was made a Free Brother of the Clockmakers Company and the following year was appointed Assistant by unanimous consent and approbation and for good reasons and especial esteem . He later served as Warden in 1690 and Master in 1694. In 1697 Clement signed the Oath of Allegiance and was from September of that year excused from attending meetings on account of his age. From April 1704 he received charity payments from the Company until his death in July 1709. The current lot, although bearing an 18th century nameplate signed for him to the centre of the dial is undoubtedly William Clement s work and can be closely compared to a month-going timepiece illustrated in Loomes, Brian Clockmakers of Britain 1286-1700 on page 95 (Figs. 57-59) and another illustrated in Bruton, Eric The Wetherfield Collection of Clocks on page 138. Both of these timepieces have pendulum regulation via a dial applied to the side of the movement and 1¼ seconds pendulum. Whilst there is no evidence of the current movement being fitted with a regulation dial it may well have originally had a 1¼ seconds pendulum however as both the escapement and subsidiary seconds dial are now missing this cannot be confirmed. The dial shows evidence of previously being all-over engraved with fine tulip inhabited foliage to the centre similar to that on a clock by Tompion previously in the Iden Collection illustrated in Dawson, Percy G. THE IDEN CLOCK COLLECTION on pages 66-67. This evidence combined with the fact that the dial plate is only 9 inches square would suggest a date close to 1670.
Nineteenth century clock and watch makers - four monographs: Mercer, Vaudrey THE FRODSHAMS, THE STORY OF A FAMILY OF Chronometer Makers The Antiquarian Horological Society, Ramsgate 1981, dj; Mercer, Vaudrey JOHN ARNOLD & SON CHRONOMETER MAKERS 1762-1843 The Antiquarian Horological Society, London 1971, dj; Vulliamy, David G. THE VULLIAMY CLOCKMAKERS The Antiquarian Horological Society, Ticehurst 2002, dj; Jagger, Cedric PAUL PHILIP BARRAUD 1750-1929 The Antiquarian Horological Society, Ramsgate 1968, with supplement 1979, both softbound, and a copy of Rees, Abraham Rees s Clocks Watches and Chronometers (1819-20) David and Charles reprint of extracts form the 1819-20 edition, Newton Abbot 1970, dj, (6).
A George III style mahogany hour-striking miniature longcase regulator Unsigned, the movement early 19th century, the dial and case later The substantial five knopped pillar bell striking movement with five-spoke wheel crossings, Harrison s maintaining power and deadbeat escapement with adjustable pallets regulated by wood rod seconds pendulum with large brass lenticular bob and position adjustment screws to the T -bar suspension, now with 9 inch shallow ogee-arch top silvered brass dial with subsidiary seconds over Arabic twenty-four hour dial to centre within outer minute track, with blued steel hands, winding hole shutter lever to upper right hand corner and N/S selection lever to arch, in a purpose made mahogany case with shallow chamfered stepped superstructure over cavetto cornice, plain frieze, glazed dial aperture and rectangular side windows to hood, the trunk with concave throat and flame figured caddy moulded rectangular door, on crossbanded plinth base with moulded skirt, 171cm (67ins) high. Provenance: From the estate of Michael Hurst.
Engineers - a collection of eleven engraved portraits: Including James Brindley anonymous after an unknown artist, oval tableau entitled MR. JAMES BRINDLEY, framed and glazed, 14 x 8.5cm (5.5 x 3.25ins); John Smeaton engraved by William Bromley after Mather Brown entitled John Smeaton, Civil Engineer. F.R.S.. , framed and glazed, 19 x 12.5cm (7.5 x 5ins) to mount, and another unframed; Robert Stephenson engraved by J.R. Jackson after John Lucas entitled ROBERT STEPHENSON ESQ RE. beneath image, published 1846, unframed, 55 x 41cm (21.5 x 16ins) approx. to margin; another engraved by D.J. Pound from a photograph by Mayall entitled THE LATE ROBERT STEPHENSON, ESQ. C.E... unframed, 37 x 25cm (14.5 x 9.75ins) approx. to edge of paper; Thomas Telford engraved by W. Raddon after S. Lane entitled THO S TELFORD, ESQ. F.R.S. L. & E... beneath image, published 1831, unframed, 42 x 31.5cm (16.5 x 12.5ins approx.. to margin; another engraved by W.G. Jackman after an unknown artits entitled THOMAS TELFORD, CIVIL ENGINEER published by A. Appleton, New York, unframed, 25.5 x 17cm (10 x 6.75ins) approx. to edge of paper; James Watt engraved by C. Picart after William Beechey entitled MR. JAMES WATT beneath image, published 1809, framed and glazed, 28 x 20.5cm (11 x 8ins) to mount; Matthew Boulton engraved by A. Cardon after William Beechey entitled MATTHEW BOULTON, ESQ. F.R.S. & S.A. beneath image, published 1812, framed and glazed, 30.5 x 20.5cm (12 x 8ins) to mount; and Marc Isambard Brunel engraved by J. Carter aftyer S. Drummond with facsimile signature M c I Brunel beneath image, unframed 52.5 x 37.5cm (20.75 x 14.75ins) approx. to edge of paper; and one other indistinctly titled in pencil, unframed, (11).
Scientific Instruments - nine volumes: Turner, Anthony EARLY SCIENTIFIC INTRUMENTS, EUROPE 1400-1800 Sotheby s Publications, London 1987, dj; Hawkes, Nigel EARLY Scientific INSTRUMENTS Abbeville Press, New York 1981, dj; Michel, Henri SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS in art and history Barrie and Rockliff, London 1967, dj; Mills, John FitzMaurice ENCYCLOPEDIA OF ANTIQUE SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS Aurum Press, London 1983, dj; Daumas, Maurice SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS of the 17th & 18th Centuries and their Makers B.T. Batsford, London 1972, dj; Turner, Gerard L E SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS 1500-1900 An Introduction Philip Wilson, London 1998, dj; Hambly, Maya Drawing Instruments 1580-1980 Sotheby s Publications, London 1988, dj; Turner, Gerard L E ANTIQUE SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS Blandford Press, Poole 1980, dj; and a copy of Stone, Edward (translator) THE CONSTRUCTION AND PRINCIPAL USES OF Mathematical Instruments Translated from the FRENCH of M. BION, Chief Inftrument-Maker to the French King facsimile reprint of the 1758 second edition, Holland Press, London 1972, dj (9).
A Charles II brass lantern clock Unsigned, London, circa 1670 The posted countwheel bell-striking movement with separately wound trains and later verge escapement with short bob pendulum swing behind the frame at the rear, the dial with a central rose decorated alarm disc enveloped by stylised leafy tulip sprays issuing from a three-petal flowerhead positioned just above six o'clock, with iron hand within applied narrow Roman numeral chapter ring with stylised wheatear half hour markers and engraved leafy infill to angles, the standard London third period frame with column turned corner posts beneath dolphin inhabited foliate pierced frets, vase turned finials and domed bell bearer, the sides with hinged brass doors and the rear with a brass backplate (no weights), 38cm (15ins) high. The current lot is a textbook example of London third period practice using frame castings developed probably just prior to 1660 (see White, George English Lantern Clocks page 180 figures IV/37 - IV/39 and lot 153). By this time the design of the dial engraving had also become relatively standardised hence the tulip decoration on the current lot can be closely compared with that seen on a clock by Benjamin Hill which was sold in these rooms on Tuesday 15th September 2015 (lot 155), as well as numerous other examples by the likes of Nicholas Coxeter, Richard Ames and Thomas Wheeler made during the 1660's-70's.
Horological Auction catalogues - a large collection: Including Christies sales of The Celebrated collection OF English and Continental Clocks FORMED BY THE LATE COURTENAY ILBERT ESQ., F.B.H.I., FIRST PORTION London, 6th and 7th November 1958; The Samuel Messer Collection of English Furniture, Clocks and Barometers London, 5th December 1991; and Sotheby s sales of The Justice Warren Shepro Collection of Clocks New York, 26th April 2001; Masterpieces from The Time Museum New York, 2nd December 1999, ... PART TWO New York 19th June 2002, ... PART FOUR Volumes one to four, New York, 13th to 15th October 2004; THE GEORGE DANIELS HOROLOGICAL COLLECTION London, 6th November 2012; and THE PERCY WEBSTER COLLECTION... EARLY CLOCKS AND WATCHES London 25th and 27th May 1954 (two volumes), (qty). Provenance: The horological library of Michael Hurst.
Early European Horology - twelve volumes: Leopold, J.H. THE ALMANUS MANUSCRIPT Hutchison and Company, London 1971, dj; Maurice, Klaus and Mayr, Otto THE CLOCKWORK UNIVERSE German Clocks and Automata 1550-1650 Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C. 1980, dj; Bassermann-Jordan, Ernst Von THE BOOK OF OLD CLOCKS AND WATCHES translated from the German by H. Alan Lloyd, George Allen & Unwin Ltd., London 1964, gilt titled red cloth; Edwardes, Ernest L. Weight-driven Chamber Clocks of the Middle Ages and Renaissance John Sherratt and Son, Altrincham 1965, dj; Lloyd, H. Alan SOME OUTSTANDING CLOCKS OVER SEVEN HUNDRED YEARS 1250-1950 Leonard Hill, London 1958 dj; A. JUANELO TURRIANO, CHARLES V S CLOCKMAKER, The man and his legend Antiquarian Horological Society and Editorial Castalia, Ticehurst and Madrid 1986, softbound; Baillie, G.H., Lloyd, H. Alan and Ward F.A.B. THE PLANETARIUM OF GIOVANNI DE DONDI Antiquarian Horological Society, Ticehurst 1974, dj; Coole, P.G. and Neumann, E. THE ORPHEUS CLOCKS Hutchinson, London 1972, dj; Guye, Samuel and Michel, Henri TIME & SPACE, Measuring Instruments from the 15th to the 19th Century Pall Mall Press, London 1971, dj; Turner, Anthony The Clockwork of the Heavens exhibition catalogue, Asprey, London 1973, softbound; King, Henry C. Geared to the Stars, THE EVOLUTION OF PLANETARIUMS, ORRERIES AND ASTRONOMICAL CLOCKS Adam Hilger Limited, Bristol 1978, dj; Willsberger, Johann CLOCKS & WATCHES The Dial Press, New York 1975; with copies of Price, Derek J. (editor) THE EQUITORIE OF THE PLANETS The University Press, Cambridge 1955, dj; Needham, J., Ling, W. and Price, D.J. De Solla HEAVENLY CLOCKWORK great astronomical clocks of medieval China Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 1986, dj; and a small bundle of related sundry publications, (qty). Provenance: The horological library of Michael Hurst.
A Victorian lacquered brass binocular compound microscope Smith and Beck, London, mid 19th century The bifurcated tube with rack and pinion coarse and fine screw focus adjustment just above the objective, the stage fitted with screw positioning subject table and the underside with pivoted plano-concave mirror, the curved limb pivoted via axis support behind the stage onto a column-turned upright and triform platform foot signed Smith & Beck, 6. Coleman St., LONDON to front, in original mahogany box with four objective lens canisters, two pairs of eyepiece lenses, twin nosepiece, bullseye light condenser lens on stand, Lieberkühn attachment, Wenham s substage paraboloid, limb mounted condenser and numerous other accessories, the box 43cm (17ins) high excluding brass handle. James Smith worked from 50 Ironmonger Row, London from 1839 took on Richard Beck (the nephew of J. J. Lister inventor of the achromatic microscope) firstly as an apprentice but later as a partner to form Smith & Beck now working from 6 Coleman St. London. This partnership would last from 1847-1856 before Richard Beck's brother Joseph Beck joined the company in 1851 having already apprenticed at Troughton & Simms and by 1857 he too became a partner now forming Smith, Beck & Beck. James Smith retired from the company in 1865, from then on it would be known as R. & J. Beck and moved to new premises at 31 Cornhill, London.
A brass Bell Pattern No. 1 sextant Heath and Company Limited, London, late 19th century The elaborate bell-pierced frame with pivoted arm mounted with mirror opposing hinged magnification lens over aperture for reading the silver inset brass Vernier scale signed Heath & Co. Ltd., Crayford. London, and engraved with owner s name E.W. Sinclair. R.N., with two sets of hinged filters, brass sighting tube and wooden grip to rear of frame, the fitted mahogany box with various accessories and paper test certificate inscribed National Physical Laboratory, KEW OBSERVATORY... dated April 1904 applied to a maker s card to the interior of lid, the exterior with shaped brass name plate engraved E.W. Sinclair R.N. to top and ivorine plaque inscribed BELL PATTERN, No. 1, SEXTANT over recessed carrying handle to right hand side, the box 28cm (11ins) wide. The firm of Heath and Company was founded in 1845 by George Heath in Erith, Kent. He specialised in supplying instruments to the maritime trade as was succeeded by his sons Frederick Thomas and George William on his death in 1872. By 1900 the firm had expanded to become one of the most prolific manufacturers of nautical and surveying instruments and had adopted the 'Hezzanith' trade name; in 1926 the business was amalgamated with W.F. Stanley of London.
A fine George III gilt brass mounted ebonised quarter-chiming table clock with enamel dials Robert Philp, London, circa 1770 The substantial six pillar triple chain fusee bell striking movement with verge escapement regulated by short bob pendulum and chiming a melody for the quarters on a graduated nest of eight bells with eight hammers, the leafy foliate scroll engraved backplate signed Rob t Philp, London to an elaborate scroll cartouche, the 7 inch brass break-arch dial applied with circular convex white enamel Roman numeral centre with Arabic five minutes to outer track and pierced gilt brass hands , the angles with applied foliate cast spandrels beneath subsidiary STRIKE/SILENT selection dial flanked by conforming cast mounts to arch, the gilt brass mounted ebonised bell top case capped with urn finial to the scroll-outline upstand over rococo scroll cast gilt brass mounts and four further gilt finials to superstructure, the front door with inset gilt fillet moulding to the glazed dial aperture and scroll cast upper quadrant frets flanked by canted angles adorned with fine female caryatid and tied rose drapery cast mounts, the sides with hinged gilt brass handles over circular and concave-topped musical trophy and sunburst cherub mask cast sound frets, the rear with break-arch glazed door, the cavetto moulded shallow skirt base applied with lion s mask centred drapery swag mount to front, on generous leafy scroll cast feet, 51cm (20ins) excluding top finial; 56cm (22ins) high overall. Robert Philp is recorded in Loomes, Brian Watchmakers & Clockmakers of the World, Volume 2 as working in London circa 1740-81. He was maker of musical and astronomical clocks and watches who was known to have supplied clocks sent to China and also movements for installation in Chinese cases (see White, Ian English Clocks for the Eastern Markets pages 223 and 225, Figure 8.14b). A particularly fine ormolu cased quarter striking table clock with revolving spherical moon made by Philp for the Chinese market was sold at Sotheby s in their sale entitled Arts of Europe , London, 10th July 2013 (lot 85) for £73,300.
A Victorian mahogany microscope slide box containing a collection of specimens The box unsigned, late 19th century The interior with two trays containing approximately two hundred microscope slides many professionally prepared including, botanical, entomological, zoological and other such as Sounding HMS CHALLENGER 30 Aug. 1875, preparer s labels include W. A. FIRTH; FLATTERS & GARNETT L.T.D., 309 OXFORD RD., MANCHESTER and SMITH BECK & BECK, 31 Cornhill E.C., the interior of the lid blue velvet lined, the exterior with brass carrying handle to one end, the box 36cm (14ins) wide excluding handle.
Sundials - twenty four volumes: Strode, Thomas A New and Eafie METHOD TO THE ART OF DYALLING facsimile reprint of 1688 edition, North American American Sundial Society, Glastonbury CT 2002, gilt titled blue cloth; Clerke, Gilbert THE SPOT-DIAL facsimile reprint of 1687 edition, North American Sundial Society, Glastonbury CT 2001, gilt titled blue cloth; Foster, Samuel THE DESCRIPTIONOF A RULER Upon which is infcribed divers SCALES AND Vfes thereof: facsimile reprint of 1652 edition, North American Sundial Society, Glastonbury CT 2001, gilt titled blue cloth; Emerson, William DIALLING OR THE Art of drawing DIALS facsimile reprint of 1770 edition, North American Sundial Society, Glastonbury CT 2001, gilt titled blue cloth; Foster, Samuel THE ART OF DIALLING facsimile reprint of 1638 edition incorporating non-facsimile transcription of the 1675 edition, North American Sundial Society, Glastonbury CT 2001, gilt titled blue cloth; Sawyer, Frederick W. III The Analemmatic Sundial SourceBook North American Sundial Society, limited edition numbered 84/140, Glastonbury CT 2004, gilt titled green cloth; Cousins, Frank W. SUNDIALS, A Simplified Approach by Means of the Equatorial Dial John Baker, London 1969, dj; Gibbs, Sharon L. Greek and Roman Sundials Yale University Press, New Haven and London 1976, black titled gilt cloth; Herbert, A.P. SUNDIALS OLD AND NEW Methuen and Company Limited, London 1967, dj; Mayall, R. Newton and Margaret L. SUNDIALS HOW TO KNOW USE AND MAKE THEM Charles T. Branford Company, London 1958, dj; Gatty, Mrs. Alfred THE BOOK OF SUN-DIALS facsimile reprint of the 1900 George Bell and Sons edition, London undated, softbound; Rohr, Rene R.J. Sundials HISTORY, THEORY, AND PRACTICE University of Toronto Press, Toronto and Buffalo 1970, dj; Waugh, Albert E. SUNDIALS THEIR THEORY AND CONSTRUCTION Dover Publications Incorporated, New York 1973, sofbound; Heilbron, J.L. The Sun in the Church CATHEDRALS AS SOLAR OBSERVATIONS Harvard University Press, Cambridge MA 1999, dj; Jenkins, Gerald and Bear Magdalen Sundials & Timedials Tarquin Publications, Diss 1987, softbound cut-out pattern publication softbound stapled spine; Lennox-Boyd SUNDIALS Francis Lincoln, London 2005, dj; Putelat, Pierre cadrons solaires des alpes Louis-Jean, Gap 1993; Putelat, Pierre cadrons solaires des hautes-alpes Louis-Jean, Gap 1992; Homet, Jean-Marie les cadrans solaires Edotions Ch. Massin, Paris undated, dj; Berge, Len Cornish Church SUNDIALS Short Run Press Limited, Exeter 2002; dj; Lester, John (editor) Mrs Crowley s Sundial Sketchbooks of Devon & Cornwall The British Sundial Society and The Antiquarian Horological Society, Crowthorne and Ticehurst 2007, softbound; Green Arthur Robert SUNDIALS Incised Dials or Mass Clocks SPCK, London 1978, softbound; Gotteland, Andree and Camus, Georges CADRONS SOLAIRES DE PARIS CNRS Editions, Paris 1993, softbound; Cowham (editor), Mike SUNDIALS of the BRITISH ISLES Published by the editor limited edition numbered 10/600 with dedication, Cambridge 2005, dj; Pattenden, Philip Sundials at an Oxford College Roman Books, Oxford 1979, softbound, with a selection of related sundry material; a run of BULLETIN Journal of The British Sundial Society vols. 14-19 inclusive and various other publications by the society, (qty).
Horological and other workshop tools and practices - thirteen publications: Crom, Theodore R. Horological Shop Tools 1700 to 1900 Published by the author, Melrose FL 1980, gilt titled brown cloth; Crom Theodore R. HOROLOGICAL WHEEL CUTTING ENGINES 1700-1900 published by the author, Gainesville FL 1970, softbound; Dane, E. Surrey PETER STUBS and the LANCASHIRE HAND TOOL INDUSTRY John Sherratt and Son Limited, Altrincham 1973, dj; Wyke, John A CATALOGUE OF TOOLS FOR WATCH AND CLOCK MAKERS reprint of the late 18th century catalogue published for The Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum by the University Press of Virginia, Charlottesville 1978, dj; Hoopes, Penrose R. SHOP RECORDS OF DANIEL BURNAP CLOCKMAKER The Connecticut Historical Society, Cennecticut 1958, brown cloth; The Hoffman Supply Company Watch-Makers Tools, Material and Supplies reprint of the late 19th century trade catalogue, Lindsay Publications Incorporated, Bradley IL 1994, softbound; Woodbury, Robert HISTORY OF THE GEAR-CUTTING MACHINE Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge MA 1958, softbound; Woodbury, Robert HISTORY OF THE LATHE TO 1850 , Society for the History of Technology, Cleveland OH 1961, softbound; S. Tyzack and Son Limited Illustrated Price List of Tools and Machines for Wood and Metal Workers and METAL WORKING TOOLS, two original century trade catalogues, London 1936 and 1938, later green and blue cloth respectively; W. and C. Wynn A Pattern Book of Tools and Household Goods reprint of the 1810 trade catalogue, Early American Industries Association Incorporated, Soth Dartmouth MA 2006, softbound; Walker, Philip THE VICTORIAN CATALOGUE OF TOOLS FOR TRADES AND CRAFTS reprint of the circa 1845 trade catalogue, Studio Editions, London 1994, dj; Hummel, Charles, F. With Hammer in Hand, the Dominy Craftsmen of East Hampton, New York The University Press of Virginia, Charlottesville 1968; with four further sundry publications (17). Provenance: The horological library of Michael Hurst.
Rees, Abraham REES S CYCLOPEDIA - excerpts: Rees, Abraham Rees's Clocks, Watches and Chronometers (1819-20) David and Charles, Newton Abbot 1970 reprint of excerpts from the 1819-20 edition, dj; Rees, Abraham REES S CYCLOPEDIA two volumes of excerpts on horology and allied subjects and a third volume of plates collated by M.G. Hurst and R.J. Law, Hendon 1953; Rees, Abraham REES S CYCLOPEDIA excerpts on steam engines, mining and mechanics including plates collated by M.G. Hurst and R.J. Law, Hendon 1953; Rees, Abraham Rees's Manufacturing Industry (1819-20) David and Charles, Newton Abbot 1972 reprint of the 1819-20 edition in five volumes, each with dj; with a bundle of loose excerpts presumably intended for a final volume to be collated by Hurst and Law, (11). Provenance: The horological library of Michael Hurst.
Longitude and marine timekeeping - 10 volumes: Gould, Rupert T. MARINE CHRONOMETER, IT S HISTORY AND DEVELOPMENT Holland Press, London 1971, dj; Betts, Jonathan TIME RESTORED Oxford University Press, Oxford 2006, dj; Laycock, William The Lost Science of John Longitude Harrison Brant Wright Associates, signed by the author and numbered 696, Ashford 1976, dj; Howse, Derek GREENWICH TIME AND THE LONGITUDE Philip Wilson Publishers Limited, London 1997, dj; Andrewes, William J.H. The Quest for Longitude Collection of Historical Scientific Instruments, Harvard University, Cambridge MA 1998, dj; Taylor, Dr. John C. and Wolfendale, Sir Arnold THE EXCITEMENT OF Time, JOHN HARRISON, THE ROYAL SOCIETY AND TIME MEASUREMENT Fromanteel Limited, Isle of Man 2006; Whitney, Marvin E. The Ship s Chronometer American Watchmakers Institute Press, Cincinnati OH 1985, gilt titled blue cloth; Good, R., Amis, P. and Miles Robert H.A. (contributors) PRECISION TIMEKEEPING Antiquarian Horological Society, Ramsgate undated, green cloth; Mudge, Thomas (II) A DESCRIPTION WITH PLATES OF THE TIMEKEEPER INVENTED BY THE LATE THOMAS MUDGE Turner and Devereux, facsimile reprint of the 1799 edition, London 1977, green cloth and a copy of Betts, Jonathan (editor) THE PRINCIPLES OF MR. HARRISON S TIME-KEEPER WITH PLATES OF THE SAME PUBLISHED BY ORDER OF THE COMMISSIONERS OF LONGITUDE British Horological Institute, Upton 1984, quarter bound leather with marbled boards, and five sundry publications, (15).
Seventeenth century clockmaking - eight volumes: Dawson, P.G., Drover C.B. and Parkes D.W. Early English Clocks Antique Collectors Club, Woodbridge 1982, dj; Symonds, R.W. THOMAS TOMPION his life and work Spring Books, London 1969, dj; Evans, Jeremy THOMAS TOMPION at the Dial and Three Crowns The Antiquarian Horological Society, Ticehurst 2006, dj; Neale, A.J . Joseph and Thomas Windmills, Clock and Watch Makers 1671-1737 The Antiquarian Horological Society, Ticehurst 1999, dj; Edwardes, Ernest L. The Story of the Pendulum Clock John Sherratt ans Son Limited, Altrincham 1977, dj; Dawson, Percy G. THE IDEN CLOCK COLLECTION Antique Collectors Club, limited edition of 1000 copies this copy unnumbered, Woodbridge 1987, dj; Darken, Jeff HOROLOGICAL MASTERWORKS English Seventeenth-Century Clocks from Private Collections exhibition catalogue, The Antiquarian Horological Society, Ticehurst 2003, softbound; Ende, Kersen, Kersen-Halbertsma, Taylor and Taylor HUYGENS LEGACY The Golden Age of the Pendulum Clock exhibition catalogue, Fromanteel Limited, Isle of Man 2004, dj and a copy of Harvey, Lawrence and Allix, Charles HOBSON S CHOICE, ENGLISH BRACKET CLOCK REPEATING WORK THE WORKING SKETCHES MADE OVER MORE THAN SEVENTY YEARS by CHARLES HOBSON limited edition numbered 47/2,000 signed by Charles Hoboson, Malcolm Gardner, Sevenoaks 1983, softbound stapled spine, (9).
Early European clocks and clockmaking - ten volumes Leopold, J.H. THE ALMANUS MANUSCRIPT Hutchinson, London 1971, dj; Lloyd, Alan H. SOME OUTSTANDING CLOCKS OVER SEVEN HUNDRED YEARS 1250-1950 Leonard Hill, London 1958, dj; Beeson, C.F.C. PERPIGNAN 1356 The Making of a Tower Clock and Bell for the King s Castle Antiquarian Horological Society, London 1982, dj; Edwardes, Ernest L. Weight-driven Chamber Clocks of the Middle Ages and Renaissance John Sherratt and Son, Altrincham 1965, dj; Garcia-Diego, Jose A. JUANELO TURRIANO, CHARLES V S CLOCKMAKER, The man and his legend Antiquarian Horological Society and Editorial Castalia, Ticehurst and Madrid 1986, softbound; Cipolla, Carlo M. CLOCKS & CULTURE 1300-1700 Collins, London 1967, dj; Baillie, G.H., Lloyd, H. Alan and Ward F.A.B. THE PLANETARIUM OF GIOVANNI DE DONDI Antiquarian Horological Society, Ticehurst 1974, dj; Coole, P.G. and Neumann, E. THE ORPHEUS CLOCKS Hutchinson, London 1972, dj; Bassermann-Jordan, Ernst Von THE BOOK OF OLD CLOCKS AND WATCHES translated from the German by H. Alan Lloyd, George Allen and Unwin Limited, London 1964, dj; Guye, Samuel and Michel, Henri TIME & SPACE, Measuring Instruments from the 15th to the 19th Century Pall Mall Press, London 1971, dj, with copies of Needham, J., Ling, W. and Price, D.J. De Solla HEAVENLY CLOCKWORK great astronomical clocks of medieval China Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 1986, dj; Needham J., Gwei-Djen, L., Combridge J.H. and Major J.S. THE HALL OF HEAVENLY RECORDS Korean astronomical instruments and clocks 1380-1780 Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 1986, dj; Mody, N.H.N. JAPANESE CLOCKS Charles E. Tuttle and Company, Rutland VT and Tokyo 1977, dj and two sundry publications, (15).
Wilson, Henry Leybourn s Dialling IMPROV D, Or, The Whole ART Perform d, I. Geometrically..., II. Arithmetically... Third edition corrected and improved by Charles Leadbetter, H. Parker, London 1728, 12 folding plates spaced throughout text, modern full calf gilt line to spine, 16mo. Provenance: The horological library of Michael Hurst.
A well engineered 5 inch gauge model of a 0-6-0 side tank locomotive Albert , built to the design 'Butch' by LBSC. The silver soldered, super-heated, copper boiler with fittings including pressure gauge, water sight-glass, regulator, safety valve and other usual fittings. Chassis with twin outside cylinders, Walschaert s valve gear and Stephenson s reverse gear, eccentric driven oil pump from axle, lubricating system with associated pipework, hand feed water pump to tender, brakes, whistle and cylinder drains. The model finished in red and black livery with polished brass boiler bands, brass framed porthole windows to cab, fitted steps and hand-irons with LMS to side tanks. Name plate Albert to cab side. Locomotive length 73cm. Cab width 25cm. The locomotive is sold together with a driving trolley in the form of a goods wagon with metal straps, rivet-work and drivers foot rests. Driving trolley 86cm by 36cm including foot rests. The locomotive was bought from Christie's in the spring of 1981.
A live steam model of a Stuart Turner Major Beam engine, with beam supported on bright-work turned central pillar with Watt s parallel motion linkage to single vertical cylinder 1 3/4" bore by 3 3/4" stroke having inside steam chest and brass oiler cup. The steam valve with bevel gear linkage to open crank with fitted speed governor, water pump driven from beam which is fitted with brass oilers and has a 13 1/2" diameter six spoked flywheel. The model finished in green and red paintwork with polished bright-work and mounted on wooden plinth with moulded edge. Length 60cm. Width 29cm. Overall height 50cm.
A well built model of the steam Tug ÃŽrvia', the model built in the 1960's to a traditional design with fitted wheelhouse, life boat, ladders,hand-rails and other usual fittings. The tug is fitted with a 'Proteus' horizontal live steam plant from Cheddar Models Ltd by the vendor in 1998. The model is finished in tan, black and green paintwork. Overall length 89cm. Width 23cm. It comes together with a wooden transportation case and Focus 4 radio control unit. The model was exhibited in The London Model Engineering Exhibition 1970. Original boiler test certificate No 000140 issued by Cheddar Models Ltd 12th of March 1998. Working pressure 90 psi. PLEASE NOTE: All boiler history records and references made in this catalogue are made for guidance only and the auctioneers are not able to convey any guarantees or warrantees as to the safety of the boilers or their present condition.
A part built 5 inch gauge King Class tender locomotive, work to-date carried out by Mr S G Reeve of Cumbria. (Age forcing sale).To include rolling chassis, front bogie, tender chassis, smoke box and chimney, splashers, fluted motion, four cylinders, copper boiler tubes. Much machining work completed. All items illustrated in photograph.
A well engineered 3 1/2 inch gauge model of a 2-6-4 side tank locomotive 'Jubilee', the copper boiler with fittings including pressure gauge, sight-glass, regulator and other usual fittings. The chassis with twin outside cylinders, Walschaert s valve gear and fluted motion. The model finished in polished brass platework and bright-work with fitted steps and hand rails. The locomotive appears to be in almost new condition and has never been steamed. Length 91cm. Cab width 18cm. No boiler history available.
A well engineered model of a 7 1/4 inch gauge Great Western Railway 0-4-2 side tank locomotive No 5800, the silver soldered copper boiler with fittings including steam pressure gauge, water sight-glass, regulator and other usual fittings. The chassis with twin inside cylinders and Stephenson s valve gear, fitted brakes, hand operated water feed pump fitted to side tank and sanding gear. The model finished in traditional green and black livery with detailed rivet-work, fitted steps, hand rails, lamp irons, vacuum hose, tool box and cab side number plate. Length 116cm. Cab width 34cm. Height 48cm. No current boiler history available.
A 3 1/2 inch gauge model of a 4-2-2 Stirling Single Great Northern Railway tender locomotive No 1 , built by award winning builder the late Mr A J Bodily of Northamptonshire. The silver soldered super-heated copper boiler with cab fittings including regulator, pressure gauge, sight-glass, direction control, cab operated cylinder drain cocks and smoke box door. The chassis with twin outside cylinders, Stephenson s internal valve gear, brakes and water pump. The six wheel tender with suspension, hand feed pump, steps, hand-rails and couplings, brakes, simulated coal panel and sign-written GNR . The model finished in traditional green lined livery with fitted handrails, steps, lamp irons and couplings. Brass builders plaque A J Bodily 1978 Cogenhoe . Total length 101cm. Cab width 14cm. Past boiler history: Boiler Identification No. N47-80-47. Northern Association of Model Engineers Boiler Test Certificate No. 47/0. Dated 10th of June 1991. Test pressure 160 psi. Working pressure 80 psi. Awards: This model was awarded The Clarkson Cup at the 1st Midlands Model Engineering Exhibition. Leicester 1978. PLEASE NOTE: All boiler history records and references made in this catalogue are made for guidance only and the auctioneers are not able to convey any guarantees or warrantees as to the safety of the boilers or their present condition.
A collection of twenty one books on railway, engineering and related subjects, to include Janes World Railway 1970-71, Encyclopedia of Model Railway, Manual of Model Steam Locomotive Construction by Martin Evans, LBSC s Shop, Shed & Road, A Passion for Steam by Marc Horovitz, Forgotten Railways by H P White, Miniature Locomotive Construction by John H Ahern, Model Engineer s Handbook by Tubal Cain, George and Robert Stephenson The Railway Revolution by L T C Rolt, Collectors Guide to Transport Toys by Gordon Gardiner & Richard O Neill, Building a Stuart No 9 by Tubal Cain, Model Traction Engine Construction by John Haining and others. Modern Power Generators by James Weir French BSc (two volumns), Hand and Machine Tools Illustrated catalogue John Hall (Tools) Ltd 1951, Buck & Hickman Limited, 2 White Chapel Road, London E.1 Tools and Supplies 1935., Popular Engineering by F Dye 1895 and a copy of Christie s Woodworking Tools Collectors Guide (21).
A well engineered gauge 1 model of British Railways 4-6-2 tender locomotive Arrow No 70017, built by The Gauge One Model Company and being live steam spirit fired. The model with twin outside cylinders with Walschaert s valve gear, fluted motion and cylinder drain cocks. The six-wheel tender having fitted hand feed pump set under imitation coal panel, rear ladder and couplings. The model finished in British Railways dark green lined livery with fitted smoke deflectors bearing locomotive nameplate Arrow fitted steps, hand-rails, lamp irons and couplings. Length 66cm. Cab width 9cm.
A well engineered model of a 'Vulcan' live steam beam engine, built to the design by Edgar T. Westbury, the A frame type engine with Watt s parallel action and single cylinder, approximately 7/8 inch bore by 2 1/4 inch stroke, open crank with brass cup oilers, eccentric driven steam valve, water pump linked to beam, steam control valve and spoked flywheel 22cm diameter. The model finished in green paintwork, supported on black painted trestle pillars with wooden plinth measuring 33cm x 15cm.
A well engineered 1 inch scale freelance model of a live steam table engine, based on a Waller s table engine, the single cylinder approximately 7/8 inch bore by 1 3/4 inch stoke, with open crank having brass cup oilers and set on angular supports, eccentric driven steam valve, the single cylinder lagged in planked hardwood with metal banding, steam control valve, spoked flywheel 22cm diameter, small spoked belt drive wheel. The model finished in black paintwork and mounted on hardwood plinth measuring 17cm x 17cm. Overall height 39cm. Note: The first table engine is credited to Henry Maudsley in 1805, the type was built by many manufacturers during the 19th century. This example is a later one from the 1880s. Details came from a book published in the 1880s, the author was a director of George Waller and Co.
A rare and well engineered 7 ¼ inch gauge model of a LNWR 4-4-0 Class 'George the Fifth' tender locomotive No 5000 Coronation , believed to have been built from Bassett Lowke castings and restored by George Swift in 1989 with copper boiler replaced and fitted by Swindon Boilers. The model was totally re-built by Mr R S Hammond of Basingstoke between 1992 and 1994. It is believed the locomotive originally ran at the garden railway at Gunton. North Walsham. The silver soldered copper boiler with fittings including pressure gauge, water sight gauge with drains, regulator, direction control, safety valve, brake and other usual fittings. The chassis having twin inside cylinders 1 ¾ bore by 3 stroke with Joy valve gear, injectors and lubricating system. The model finished in black lined livery with cab-side number plate, 'Coronation' name plate and hand painted gartered crests to each side of six wheel tender. Fitted hand-rails, steps, vacuum hose, detailed rivet-work and cushion driver's seat. Total length 130cm. Boiler history: Boiler Identity No SB 107. No current boiler history available. Passed boiler history from the 1990 s to 2016 available for inspection at the auction rooms on view days. PLEASE NOTE: All boiler history records and references made in this catalogue are made for guidance only and the auctioneers are not able to convey any guarantee s or warrantee s as to the safety of the boilers or their present condition.
A well engineered 5 inch gauge model of a 0-6-0 side tank locomotive, built by the late Mr F Tucker of Ashford in 1986 from the LBSC s design Gert . The silver soldered copper boiler with fittings including boiler and cylinder pressure gauges, sight-glass, regulator, lever operated fire doors, vacuum gauge, whistle, reserve gear, steam brakes, hand operated brake, water feed by twin weir pump, injector, hand pump and twin safety valves. The chassis with twin outside cylinders having cylinder drain cocks and Stephenson s internal valve gear, fluted motion and oil feed via two large ratchet pumps. The model finished in British Railways black lined livery with crests to side tanks and fitted with steps, handrails, rivet-work and lamp irons. Length 84cm. Cab width 23cm. The model comes complete with carrying cradle. No current boiler history available. Steamed in the past.
A very rare exhibition quality 5 inch gauge model of the British Railways Standard Class 9F 2-10-0 tender locomotive No 92024, built to the Franco Crosti boiler design of which only 10 where built at Crewe in 1955. All ten went to Wellingborough shed 15A. This model is as the locomotive was originally built with no later alterations or re-building. The model built by Mr B G Aldred of Peterborough over a 30 year period together with a sister Locomotive No.92184 also being offered for sale in this auction. The locomotive fitted with a silver soldered copper boiler with super-heater, twin injectors fitted, cab backhead fittings include twin water gauges, pressure and other scaled gauges, lever-operated sliding firehole doors, glazed windows, simulated planked cab floor, checker plate-work, drivers seats, brake and blower valves, screw reverser. Chassis with twin outside cylinders having piston valves operated by Walschaert's gear, cab operated drain cocks, fluted motion - work and ratchet lubrication. A BR1-B type 4725 gallon six wheel tender with coal division, riveted tank, fitted folding side doors, hand brake, steps, hand rails, lamp irons, rear ladder, leaf spring suspension, couplings, connection hoses and vacuum hoses. The model is finely finished in British Railways black livery with British Railways emblem on the tender. Detailed rivet-work, fitted steps, hand rails, coupling and vacuum hoses. Length 180cm. Cab width 24cm. Boiler History: No boiler history available. The model comes together with a photographic history folder of the locomotive and boiler being built.The boiler was tested by the owner when built but the model has never been steamed. The original boilers were designed in the 1930 s by Attilio Franco and Dr Piero Crosti. The British Railways BR Standard Class 9F 2-10-0 is a class of steam locomotive designed for British Railways by Robert Riddles. The Class 9F was the last in a series of standardized locomotive classes designed for British Railways during the 1950s, and was intended for use on fast, heavy freight trains over long distances. It was one of the most powerful steam locomotive types ever constructed in Britain, and successfully performed its intended duties. The class earned a nickname of 'Spaceships', due to its size and shape. At various times during the 1950s the 9Fs worked passenger trains with great success, indicating the versatility of the design, sometimes considered to represent the ultimate in British steam development. Several experimental variants were constructed in an effort to reduce costs and maintenance, although these met with varying degrees of success. The total number built was 251, production being shared between Swindon (53) and Crewe Works (198). This Locomotive No 92024 was built in Crewe and went to Wellingborough shed 15A. The chimney is blocked off in these Locomotives. The last of the class, 92220 Evening Star , was the final steam locomotive to be built by British Railways, in 1960. Withdrawals began in 1964, with the final locomotives removed from service in 1968. Several examples have survived into the preservation era in varying states of repair, including Evening Star .
A model of a 2 1/2 inch gauge live steam 4-4-0 tender locomotive, the boiler with fittings including sight-glass, regulator, sliding firebox doors the chassis having twin outside cylinders with Walschaert s valve gear. Six wheel tender with fitted water hand feed pump. The model is in need of some restoration and comes together with a six wheel tender which has been re-painted in a lighter green. Length 79cm. Cab width 12cm.
A well engineered 5 inch gauge model of a 2-6-2 Firefly side tank locomotive No 5556, the silver soldered copper super-heated boiler with fittings including pressure gauge, water sight-glass, regulator and other usual fittings. The chassis with twin outside cylinders, Stephenson s internal valve gear, fluted motion, sanding gear, brakes, oiler system and fitted whistle. The model finished in Great Western green and black livery with detailed rivet-work, steps and hand rails. Length 102cm. Cab width 26cm. No boiler history available.
A fine exhibition quality model of a 5 inch gauge Great Central Railway Robinson Class 11F Director 4-4-0 tender locomotive No 505 Ypres , built by Steam Age in 1973 with paintwork by the famous award winning model engineer Louis Raper of Failsworth, nr Manchester (documented in cab interior). He was a close friend of Harry Powell and painted all the famous locomotives built by Harry Powell. The silver soldered copper boiler with fittings including pressure gauge, twin sight-glasses, regulator, clack, direction control lever and lever operated fire doors. The chassis with twin inside cylinders and Stephenson s valve gear, drain cocks, ratchet oiler, whistle, and brake. The six wheel tender with fitted hand operated water feed pump, hand brake, leaf suspension, fitted steps, hand rails, lamp irons and vacuum hose. The model finished in traditional Great Central Railways lined green, black and red livery painted by Louis Rapier with polished bright-work and fitted hand-rails, steps, lamp irons, vacuum hose, couplings, detailed rivet-work, glazed windows and simulated plank flooring to cab. Total Length 159 cm. Cab width 23 cm. No boiler history available. The model has been on display for many years. The Great Central Railway Class 11F or Improved Director Class is a class of 4-4-0 locomotive designed by John G. Robinson for passenger work. The LNER classified them as Class D11 from 1923. They were based on the earlier GCR Class 11E "Director" class (LNER D10). Locomotive Number 506 Butler-Henderson is in preservation but is no longer running.
Taxidermy: Leopard (Panthera pardus) circa 1930, large flat skin rug with no backing material, 267cm long , 161cm across the forelimbs Accompanied by framed provenance: This Leopard (chui) was shot in the 1930's by Howell Augeraud who was farming sheep at Supuko, a 3500 acre farm on the Aberdares at Thomson's Falls, Kenya. It had been attacking the sheep and Howell and his teenage nephew Ben Allison set off into the forest to find it. After a while Ben decided to sit down, and took his rifle to pieces to clean it, he looked up and saw the Leopard looking at him. Howell managed to shoot it just in time as it sprang at Ben. Ben became head of the prison service in Kenya during the Mau Mau years of the 1950's. He finished his career as Governor of Durham prison. The farm changed from sheep to cattle and was taken over by Isabel and Richard Winnington-Ingram in 1958 and later bought by the Kenya Government in 1963 on getting their independence. CITES Appendix I Annex A, (exempt) Including original Export permit dated 22/10/64, number A15805 tail is detached and in several pieces, fur pile is very good as it has been hung up and not been used on the floor, no paws remaining ,
LIVERPOOL GIG, originally by Lawton and Sons of Liverpool and London. Vehicle was rebuilt in the 1970s on Lawton ironwork and has Lawton stamped on the axle. Said to be well balanced vehicle on 16 spoke wheels, currently blocked up to fit a 14:2hh. Bought from a dispersal sale of Mr. S. Rawlins equipment in 1981, it was restored to show condition in 1983 by J.D. Willetts of Henllan in dark blue and black, lined gold with beige cord trim. A regular winner in Private Driving classes locally and qualified for National competitions on several occasions. Unused for the last ten years, it has been stored safely but will need repainting for the show ring.(B.P. 24% incl. VAT)
GEORGE V CANTEEN OF FITTED CUTLERY in oak, twin handled box, the hinged top revealing three layers of comprehensive cutlery, including carving set, various knives, forks, spoons, soup ladles etc., Sheffield, 1912, maker's initials: W.G. & S. Overall with scroll and shell design and engraved initial: W. 143 Troy ozs approx. The box 46 x 32.5 x 18cm. (B.P. 24% incl. VAT) CONDITION REPORT: Appears in good overall condition, possibly one or two items missing on the top rack, otherwise fairly complete and in reasonable condition, the box also in good overall condition with no significant problems.
HOPKINS HORSLEY HOBDAY HORSLEY, (British, 1807-1890), 'No. 2, A Summer Afternoon S. Devon', signed with monogram and dated: '73, signed H.H.H. Horsley , Colton Ridgeley verso, oils on canvas. 63 x 93cm.(B.P. 24% incl. VAT) CONDITION REPORT: Overall good condition, evidence of a repair to the back of the canvas, some crackling/craquelure evident. Appearing original gilt frame.
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