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Lot 78
AN EARLY 19TH-CENTURY NAPOLEONIC FRENCH PRISONER-OF-WAR BONE, BRASS AND WOOD AUTOMATON MODEL OF A SINGLE CYLINDER PUMPING ENGINE, with decorated chamber supporting fly wheel to twin arms operating piston in brass cylinder block, mounted on a wooden plinth with turned feet and contained in a later case with sliding access panel. Overall measurements Ñ 10 x 7in. (25.5 x 18cm.)
Lot 109
R.M.S. QUEEN MARY: A SOUVENIR TABLE LIGHTER, 1936 modelled in electro-plate in the form of the waterline liner with removable middle funnel presenting a permanent match, mounted on an ebonised plinth with side-mounted strike boards and design registration number for 1936 Ñ 12in. (30.5cm.) diameter overall
Lot 157
A FINELY-REALISED WORKING SCALE MODEL OF THOMAS EDISON`S `JUMBO` ENGINE-DRIVER DYNAMO, 1882 built by C.A. Holt with bound and lacquered coils, field switch, drum armature with pulley and copper gauze brush gear, finished in maroon with polished brightwork and mounted on a wooden plinth Ñ 16 1/4 x 8 1/4 x 12in. (41 x 21 x 30.5cm.) Edison designed this pattern of dynamo to run in a series of six, powered by a steam engine, in 1882. Fire destroyed five of these in 1890, the remaining example working until 1893. It has been preserved since 1930 at the Ford Museum as a working example. According to a label on this model, it is capable of producing 12 volts, 6 amps at 2,400 r.p.m.
Lot 213
A WELL-PRESENTED SCALE MODEL OF THE CAMPER & NICHOLSON-DESIGNED FOUR-MASTED BARQUENTINE ESMERALDA, BUILT FOR THE CHILEAN NAVY AS A TRAINING SHIP, 1954, the hull with figurehead, finished in white, red and green with varnished wooden decks with detailed fittings, painted masts with standing and running rigging and sails furled above booms, mounted on a double plinth with white metal plaques in Spanish within a glazed display case with cloth-covered wooden back. Measurements overall Ñ 12 x 23 x 11in. 30.5 x 58.5 x 28cm.)
Lot 223
A WELL-PRESENTED MODEL OF A DOUBLE-ENDED CAPTAIN`S GIG, the 10 1/4in. carvel-built hull finished in white with pale blue topsides and rudder with brass yoke with full internal fittings in fruitwood including gratings, benches, cross boards, thwarts, knees, foot rests and bound quantity of oars, mounted on a mahogany plinth with brass-bound cover. Overall measurements Ñ 4 3/4 x 13 x 5in. (12 x 33 x 12.5cm.)
Lot 239
AN EARLY 19TH-CENTURY FRENCH WOOD AND BALEEN MODEL OF A 60-GUN FRIGATE, the planked and pinned hull with baleen wales, turned metal guns with main deck gun port lids, stern and quarter galleries with windows, balustrading and decoration made from gilt paper on a black ground, simple deck fittings including capstan, brass rings, woven grates, bound masts with standing and running rigging, yards with s`tuns`l booms and other details, secured to wooden cradles and base on ebonised plinth with brass-bound glazed cover. Model measurements Ñ 14 x 20in. (35.5 x 51cm.); Overall measurements Ñ 24 x 24 x 11in. (61 x 61 x 28cm.)
Lot 241
A FINE MINIATURE NAPOLEONIC FRENCH PRISONER-0F-WAR BONE AND BALEEN MODEL OF AN 80-GUN THIRD RATE SHIP-OF-THE-LINE, with planked and pinned hull, finely carved polychrome warrior-form figurehead, stern and quarter galleries, bone deck fittings, bound masts with yards and s`tuns`l booms, standing and running rigging, mounted on a stepped bone plinth, secured within mahogany case with brass drop handle. Overall measurements Ñ 9 1/2 x 10 1/2 x 5in. (24 x 27 x 12.5cm.)
Lot 227
A French Kingwood and rosewood secretaire a-abbattant, in the Louis XVI taste, the white marble top over an arrangement of a short frieze drawer over two false drawer fronts, opening to reveal an arrangement of one long and two short drawers to the fitted interior, over five short drawers, all fitted with Rococo style gilt metal handles and key escutcheons, between canted front corners with gilt metal caryatid and foliate mounts, raised on a cut-out plinth, 51.5cm wide, 125.5cm high, 29cm deep Provenance: Offered in the auction of contents by Allsop Sellers on the direction of Mr & Mrs R H Widdowson at Green Acres, Tuck Hill, Six Ashes, Nr Bridgnorth, Shropshire; held on Tuesday and Wednesday 12th & 13th July 1977, lot 167.
Lot 246
A mahogany break-front library bookcase, early 19th century, of country house proportions, the four doors to the upper section each having six panes of rectangular glass with moulded glazing bars, opening to reveal an arrangement of adjustable shelves, on a four door cabinet base and plinth support (the right hand section adapted to be free standing) (at fault), 330cm wide, 277cm high, 52cm deep
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