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Lot 70A
A 19th century H&R Daniel Mayflower pattern dessert service comprising of two comports, eight plates and a shaped oval dish moulded with florets and painted with floral cartouchesCondition report: Overall marking, rubbing to pattern and gilt and discolouration commensurate with age and use. Two plates have discoloured fracture marks to the bases which can be seen on the front and reverse. Slight chipping to some rims. One dish broken, but loss provided.
Lot 124
A collection of four soapstone Inuit carvings, including two seals and two hunters. Markings on the bases of each figure visible under UV light reading "R. Willie" along with indistinct numeric characters - presumably catalogue classifications (4)Condition report: The smaller seal has damage and markings to both the snout and the tail, with loss to the tail. LArger sela has marking and fading of facial features with general ware and markings to the exterior. Figure with seal has loss to the flipper of the seal and markings throughout. The final figure has general ware to the exterior.
Lot 860
An early 20th Century Kammer & Reinhardt Mein Liebling bisque socket head doll, sleeping brown eyes, closed mouth, auburn wig, head impressed K*&R S&H 117/A 55, on a composition and wood ball jointed body, height 55cm, and an Armand Marseille bisque socket head doll with sleeping blue eyes, open mouth with two teeth, blonde wig, head impressed Armand Marseille Germany 995 A10M on a five piece composition body, both S/D. (2)
Lot 564
A quantity of WWII and later Engineers related literature to include; 'The Royal Engineers Journal' vol. LV December 1941; 'Journal of the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers', no. 19, February 1969; Military Engineerings Volume III part II pamphlet No. 10, Motor Boats, Marks I and I*, 1940; General Sir Charles William Pasley, K.C.B, F.R.S, D.C.L, Colonel Commandant R.E and The School of Military Engineering; Royal Engineers Supplementary Pocket Book No. 3 Bridging 1957; Royal Engineers Reconnaissance Pocket Book 1944; R.E Pocket Book belonging to Captain T. J Gardener R E containing 'The Royal Engineers Pocket Book 1936 Indian reprint 1941, Standing Orders for War Divisional Engineers 1942 etc; and a folder containing hand typed engineering reports by S/Sgt Ford C.F
Lot 302
WW2 Robert Taylor's Memorial Flight print with 150 signatures. It's about 69cm wide x 51cm tall in a frame that is 100cm wide x 87cm tall. Dennis Lockhart Armitage Dennis DFC, Frederick James Barker Frederick DFM, Patrick Peter Colum, Paddy, Barthropp DFC, Anthony Charles, Tony, Bartley DFC, Roland Prosper, Bee, Beamont CBE DSO* DFC*, Robert Arthur, Bob, Beardsley DFC, Hugh John Sherard, Beazle, Beazley DFC, George Herman, Ben, Bennions DFC, Vaclav, Vic, Bergman DFC, John Derek, The Bish, Bisdee OBE DFC, Peter Malam, Pete, Brothers DSO DFC*, Cyril Bob, Cyclops, Brown, Frank Reginald Carey DFC** AFC DCM, Wallace Cunningham DFC, Christopher Frederick, Bunny, Currant DSO DFC* CdeG, William Dennis, Dennis, David DFC*, Robert Francis Thomas, Bob, Doe DSO, DFC*, Billy Drake DSO DFC*, Paul Caswell Powe Farnes DFM, Robert William, Bob, Forster DFC, Peter Hutton Fox, John Connell Freeborn DFC*, Robert Carl, Moose, Fumerton DFC* AFC, John Albert Axel Gibson DSO DFC, Peter Raymond Hairs MBE, Norman Patrick Watkins Hancock OBE DFC, Ronald Cuthbert, Ronnie, Hay DSO DFC*, Clive Geoffrey Hilken AE, Thomas Clifford, Tony, Iveson DFC AE, James Edgar, Johnnie, Johnson CB CBE DSO** DFC* DL, Alexander Vallance Riddell, Sandy, Johnstone CB DFC AE DL, Richard Leoline Jones, Terence Michael Kane, Jan Kowalski VM KW** DFC, Kenneth William, Ken, Mackenzie DFC AFC AE, Ludwik Martel VM KW**, Jocelyn George Power, Joce, Millard AE, Percy Frederick Morfill DFM, Christopher John, Mickey, Mount DSO DFC, Alan Duncan Murray DFC, Thomas Francis, Ginger, Neil DFC* AFC AE, Peter Olver DFC, Eric Gordon Parkin, Peter Lawrence Parrott DFC AFC, John Ralph Alexander Peel DFC, Arthur Herbert Dorrien Pond AFC, Stuart Nigel Rose MID AE, Desmund Frederick Burt Sheen DFC*, Gordon Leonard Sinclair DFC, Basil Gerald Stapleton DFC, Ronald Leslie Stillwell DFM, John Marlow, Tommy, Thompson CBE DSO DFC* AFC, Peter Wooldridge Townsend CVO DSO DFC*, George Cecil, Grumpy, Unwin DSO DFM*, Timothy Ashmead, Tim, Vigors DFC, Sydney Anthony Hollingsworth, Tony, Whitehouse, Kenneth Astill Wilkinson, Archibald Little, Archie, Winskill DFC. Bomber Command, Norman Allen, B Armitage, Arthur John, Jack, Ball DFC, F Barber, Michael James Beetham DFC, A Belson, Edwin Edward Bowry, Peter Bray DFC, Dudley Henderson Burnside DSO OBE DFC*, Dennis James Chapman, E Clark, R Clarkson, Rupert, Tiny, Cooling, Frank George Diamond DFC AE, George Lawrence, Larry, Donnelly DFM, William Lyall, Bill, Farquharson DFC*, D Frances, G Freacher, L Godfrey Alan Goldby D. 2011, Jeffery Goodwin, J Grimstone, D Hargreaves, Leslie Hay, G Hedges, Eric Hookings, Harry Hooper D. 2008, A F Hulyer, Thomas Clifford, Tony, Iveson DFC AE, Bob Jacobs, K James, Frank Jeffries, F D Jones, Harold Victor Albert Kirby, John Oliver, Jo, Lancaster, Harry LeMarchant, J B Lewis, R W Lewis, F Liner, Alfred Markham, J Mason, N Mason, William Earnest, Bill, McCrea DFC, Jim McGillivray, K Meen, Gordon Herbert Mellor, R Menzies, D Newham, G Nicholls, Ronald Frederick Penney, Geoffrey Deny Perks DFC, R J Potts, Arthur Henry Douglas, Doug, Radcliffe MBE, E Richards, E R Roland, P Rowland, P Rowney, Kenneth, Ken, Ruskell MBE DFC, C F Scandrett, Roy Smith LdH, K Stewart, I Sturges, Gerald Hubert Taylor, David Wesley, E Wheeler, Sydney Thomas, Tom, Wingham DFC, USA, Peter Rowlands Woodard. Dambusters, Kenneth William, Ken, Brown CGM, George Alexander, Jock, Chalmers DFC, Geoffrey Leonard Cheshire VC OM DSO** DFC, Raymond Ernest, Ray, Grayston, Malcolm Lennox, Mac, Hamilton DFC*, Grant Stuart Vincent McDonald, Stefan, Steve, Oancia DFC, David, Dave, Rodger, Frederick Edwin, Fred, Sutherland. Fighter Pilots, Neville Frederick Duke DSO OBE DFC** AFC FRAeS, Alexander Adolphus Dumphries, Alex, Henshaw MBE, Albert Ulrich, Bert, Houle DFC*, Irving Farmer, Hap, Kennedy DFC*, William Walter John Loud DSO DFC*, Douglas, Duggie, Oxby DSO DFC DFM*, Sir Alan Smith CBE DFC* DL. Framed within the mount, Michael John Appleby, Denis Crowley-Milling KCB CBE DSO DFC* AE, Wilfred George Gerald Duncan-Smith DSO* D FC** AE, Arthur Travers Harris GCB OBE AFC, Michael Roscoe, Mike, Ingle-Finch DFC, Wallace Hart, Digger, Kyle GCB KCVO CBE DSO DFC, Thomas Gilbert, Hamish, Mahaddie DSO DFC AFC* FRAeS, William, Bill, Reid VC, John Henry Searby DSO DFC.
Lot 341
B7 RARE - An early Battle of Britain Museum Appeal Spitfire print signed by 23 RAF pilots who all flew the famous Spitfire during the Battle of Britain. This print commemorates the 40th Anniversary of The Battle of Britain and was issued as a signed limited edition by The Battle of Britain Museum in 1980. This early print was signed at a time when ink was still commonly used and this makes this particular issue of print subject to signature fading if exposed to natural light for a prolonged period of time. This atheistically pleasing print carries a very good selection of signatories and is now widely considered by collectors to be a classic making it highly sought after particularity in. This print has been stored out of natural light for many years and is in very for this issue. The print shows a Supermarine Spitfire Mk 1A of 19 Squadron and is signed by the artist, Keith Broomfield and the following RAF pilots who all flew Spitfires during the Battle of Britain: Wing Commander. P P C Paddy Barthropp DFC AFC 602 Squadron, Flight Lieutenant J H Burgess 222 Squadron, Flight Lieutenant W J Corbin DFC 66 & 610 Squadrons, Wing Commander I H Cosby DFC 610 & 72 Squadrons, Group Captain H S Darley DSO 69 Squadron, Wing Commander Lord Dowding of Bentley Priory 74 Squadron, Warrant Officer R H Gretton DFC 266 & 222 Squadrons, Flight Lieutenant R M D Hall DFC 152 Squadron, Flight Lieutenant L W Harvey 54 & 245 Squadrons, Wing Commander R E Havercroft AFC 92 Squadron, Flight Lieutenant R L Jones 64 & 19 Squadrons, Air Vice Marshall A V R Johnstone CB DFC AE DL 602 Squadron, Group Captain D P D G Kelly DFC 74 Squadron, Wing Commander D E Kingaby DSO AFC DFM 266 & 92 Squadrons, Group Captain C B F Kingcombe DSO DFC 92 Squadron, Flight Lieutenant L A Martel 54 & 603 Squadrons, Wing Commander D A P McMullen DFC 44 & 222 Squadrons, Wing Commander C Merrick DFC 610 Squadron, Squadron Leader S N Rose 602 Squadron, Squadron Leader R L Stillwell DFC DFM 65 Squadron, Squadron Leader F Usmar 41 Squadron, Flight Lieutenant W L B Walker 616 Squadron and Group Captain A R Wright DFC AFC 92 Squadron. The print is framed, in very and has the original Battle of Britain Museum Certificate of Authenticity signed by Michael A Fopp (son of Australian Battle of Britain pilot Desmond 'Dizzy' Fopp) attached to the back. The print overall in frame measures approximately 56cm x 39cm (21. 75 inches x 15. 25 inches). Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99
Lot 351
B17 Rare "Battle of Britain Special Cover No. 1" for the Rosette in the Awards Series bearing the signatures of 21 Battle of Britain Aces who between them obtained over 160 "victories" during the actual battle and almost 400 in the war. Virtually every "high scoring" Battle of Britain pilot has signed this special cover and in doing so this cover has been all around the UK, to New Zealand, twice to the United States and to France. Signed on a 1939-45 Star with Battle of Britain Clasp 1985 cover, certified copy No. 1 of 10 so signed with a single page enclosure confirming details of all 21 signatories, these being: Sqn Ldr George Herman (Ben) Bennions DFC, Air Marshall Sir Dennis Crowley-Milling KCB CBE DSO DFC & Bar AE, Group Captain John Cunningham CBE DSO & 2 Bars DFC & Bar, Group Captain Wm Dennis David CBE DFC & Bar AFC, Air Commodore A C Deere DSO OBE DFC, Wing Commander Robert Francis Thomas Doe DSO DFC & Bar, Group Captain Tom P Gleave CBE, Group Captain Colin F Gray DSO DFC, Wing Commander Herbert James Lampriere Hallowes DFC DFM & Bar, Wing Commander N Pat W Hancock DFC, Air Vice Marshall J E (Johnnie) Johnson CB CBE DSO & 2 Bars DL, Air Vice Marshall A V R (Sandy) Johnstone CB DFC AE, Wing Commander Don E Kingaby DSO DFC DFM, Squadron Leader James (Ginger) H Lacey DFM & Bar AE, Flt Lt John K Norwell AFC, Group Captain Robert H Oxspring DFC & 2 Bars AFC, Wing Commander Robert Rowland Stanford Tuck DSO DFC & 2 Bars, Wing Commander Harbourne Mackay Stephen CBE DSO DFC & Bar AE, Group Captain Peter W Townsend CVO DSO DFC & Bar, Wing Commander George Cecil Unwin DSO DFM & Bar and Group Captain / Lt. Col. Withold Urbanowicz VM DFC. This is a well signed rare cover and is in very. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99
Lot 352
B18 RARE "Battle of Britain Special Cover No. 2" for the Rosette in the Awards Series bearing the signatures of 21 Battle of Britain veterans who all fought in the battle as sergeants or flight sergeants and all won the DFM, they were all commissioned later on and many ending their careers with a very high rank. Signed on a 1939-45 Star with Battle of Britain Clasp 1985 cover, certified copy No. 1 of 17 so signed with a four page enclosure giving details and histories of all 21 signatories, these being: Flying Officer Frederick J Barker DFM & Bar, Squadron Leader John M Bentley-Beard AFC DFM AE, Flying Officer Leonard D Bowman DFM, Group Captain Frank R Carey CBE DFC & 2 Bars AFC DFM, Flt Lt Arthur W Cook DFM, Flt Lt John D Culmer DFM AE, Squadron Leader Ronald (Hank) W Dalton DFM, Flt Lt Frederick Gash DFM, Wing Commander W J (Sticks) Gregory DSO DFC & Bar DFM, Squadron Leader Ronnie F Hamlyn AFC DFM, Squadron Leader Charlton Haw DFC DFM AE OL, Wing Commander F W (Taffy) Higginson OBE DFC DFM, Wing Commander Bernard James Jennings AFC DFM, Squadron Leader (Joe) Arthur Charles Leigh DFC DFM AE, Squadron Leader Peter F Morfill DFM, Flt Lt Bill T E Rolls DFC DFM AE, Squadron Leader Ronald L Stillwell DFC DFM AE, Squadron Leader Alfred (Whitters) Whitby DFM, Wing Commander Royce C Wilkinson OBE DFM & Bar Croix de Guerre, Squadron Leader Gwillam Trevor Williams OBE DFM MBIM and Air Commodore E W (Ricky) Wright CBE DFC DFM. This is a well signed rare cover and is in very. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99
Lot 358
B24 Unusual WW2 RAF signed cover - Flt. Lt. F C A Lanning DFC, 141 Squadron Defiants Battle of Britain. Signed on an ACM Lord Dowding of Bentley Priory RAFM HA8 cover 1976, flown in a Wessex Mk 2. This is an unusual cover as it contains an unusual amount of personal information relating to Flt. Lt. Lanning including 2 original wartime photographs with hand written notes on them, copies of his Record of Service, War Service, Discharge and DFC Citation. One of the photographs is particularly poignant as it shows three of Flt Lt Lannings 141 Squadron friends / comrades waiting to "scramble". The hand written notes gives the names as " L to R - H Tamblyn (killed), Cherry Orchard (killed) and Don Smith (killed)". The cover and contents are in (see photographs). Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99
Lot 364
B30 WW2 RAF Battle of Britain signed cover - W/O R V Cook 219 Squadron (Blenheim) Battle of Britain, signed on an RAF Museum SC24 RAF Andover Bristol Blenheim 60th Anniversary 1st Long distance International Air Race Circuit of Europe 18th June 1971 cover, flown on the route of the 1911 Circuit of Europe in a Devon VP 976 of 21 Squadron RAF. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99
Lot 377
Multi-Signed Tornado GR4 ZG794 'F' XV (R) Squadron RAF Lossiemouth. Signed by Bev Thorpe, Rich Parsons, D Simms and Chris Stradling all in pencil. 17x12 in size. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99
Lot 410
Wing Commander R A B Learoyd VC Signed FDC. Titled 50th Anniversary of The Battle Of Britain. RFDC87. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99
Lot 431
Air Vice Marshal Sir Alan Baxter Signed FDC. Titled 16th anniversary of the First Flight of the Vickers Virginia 24 November 1922. Also signed by Captain R T Cuthill. RAF B13. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99
Lot 447
Air Chief Marshal Sir Denis Smallwood Multisigned FDC. Titled 40th Anniversary of the Battle of Britain 1940-1980. Additional Signatures include Peter Ayerst, John Gibson, Alan Gear, R Wolton, K C Edwards, Z T A Wroblewski, J G P Millard, G L Sinclair and John Booth. C79. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99
Lot 452
Flt Sgt E R Rayner Signed Pilots notes for Beaufighter II Aeroplane- Two Merlin X X engines. Paperback. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99
Lot 454
Battle Of Britain Collection. Signed FDC by Don Kingaby - GPO First Day Cover. Westminster Abbey, A Service Of Thanksgiving and Rededication On Battle Of Britain Sunday 17th September 2017. Also included is a Battle of Britain Magazine, Foreword by H R H The Duke Of Edinburgh. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99
Lot 498
David Howarth Multi-Signed First Edition book. Titled Dawn Of D-Day-These Were The Men. Some Signatures Include:- J Dickinson, Peter Burr, William Holland, Ray Goodger, F Ramsey, Bill Doherty, R Sullivan, Malcolm Butler, John Wells, Bill Watts, T M Lovic, D A Jeffries, H S Gray, Jim Radcliffe, D King, Stan Hodge, Charles Poulter, Bert Greenwood and many others. book is showing signs of age. Printed in 1959. 255 pages. Included is sewn badges of the army. superb collector's item. unique. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99
Lot 523
WW2. Liberation Of Borneo on 30th June 1945 FDC (JS 50/45/13) signed by Lieutenant Colonel R C Hay DSO DSC (Air Group Commander, First Pacific Fleet). Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99
Lot 535
Battle of Britain The Skirmishing 10-21 July 1940 multi signed flown FDC includes R M B Duke Woolley, John Keatings, Richard Haine, Grp Cpt F. R Carey, Sqn Ldr Charlton Haw, G W Benn, W L B Walker, Gp Cpt A Ingle and Trevor Gray. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99
Lot 567
WW2 Battle of Britain cover signed by seven pilots inc Great Escaper Keith Ogilvie, R Fumerton, Dennis David, H Bird Wilson, Peter Parrott, R Puda, B D Russell. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99
Lot 29D
Make & Model: VW Beetle R-Line TDi BMTDate of Reg: DE67 FKMColour: Blackcc: 1968MoT: 13-12-2021Fuel Type: DIESELMileage: 14kTransmission: AUTOSummary: Two registered keepers with the latest since 2018.Sold with an after sales test driveVehicle Check Sheet: https://angliacarauctions.co.uk/umbraco/surface/auction/GetVehicleCheckSheet?id=149162
Lot 115
A Large R. & J. Beck Compound Binocular Microscope, English, circa 1875,signed to one foot R. & J. BECK, 31 CORNHILL LONDON, NO. 7653, with dual adjustment to the eyepieces, focusing by rack and pinion and lever and screw, mechanical circular stage with plano/concave mirror below, raised on two columns above tripod base, in mahogany case, together with a separate case of accessories including four oculars, eight objectives, substage with wheel of stops, double nosepiece, analyser, polariser, dark ground condenser, stage condenser and livebox, the microscope 17in (43cm) high Footnotes:Provenance:From the collection of Dr MacKinnon.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 168
A Dudley Adams 2 ¾-inch pocket globe, English, circa 1795,the cartouche printed A New GLOBE of the Earth by Dudley Adams, the terrestrial globe with twelve hand coloured and engraved gores, outside the cartouche printed J. Mynde Sc., with pin holes at the poles and showing Cook's track going out in 1776 and King's return in 1780, the American coastline north of California is drawn with Alaska and Behring, in fish-skin covered case with celestial globe applied to inner surfaces, two hooks and eyes, 3in (7.5cm) diameter Footnotes:Provenance:The Stephen Edell Collection.Literature:John R. Millburn, Adams of Fleet Street, Instrument Makers to King George III, London, 2000.From a family of renowned instrument-makers, Dudley Adams (1762-1830) was the son of George Adams Sr. (1750-1795), and younger brother of George Adams Jr. (1750-1795). He worked at Charing Cross for 16 years before relocating to the family business on Fleet Street from 1796. Along with globes, Dudley Adams also made compasses, table globes, and patented spectacles.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 31
A Leica 1A, circa 1925,No. 229, with 50mm f3.5 Anastigmat lens, this early Leica has all the features that one would expect including non-dimpled mushroom release, flat eyepiece, low profile knobs, early grained vulcanite covering, R lever with black tip, lens barrel lines match up with lines on the barrel, baseplate with early catch, in early leather pouch stamped Leitz inside and with nickel catch For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 56
A rare George Lindsay brass portable microscope, English, 1746,the silver plaque signed Geo. Lindsay Inv(r) & Fec(r), the brass stage frame stamped 1746, with serial number 130 stamped beneath the brass plate holding the objective, the side of the microscope with silver strip stamped with fiducial marks '76543', with two brass strips numbered 2-4 and 5-7 which insert into the top plate, on brass tripod base, together with accessories including two silver and brass Lieberkühn pieces, and five bone slides, housed in a later lined case, the microscope body 3 1/2in (9cm) long; 6in (15cm) wide in case Footnotes:George Lindsay (fl. 1743-1776) was a leading instrument maker during the mid-18th century, his talent confirmed by his appointment in 1760 to the role of royal watch and clock maker to George III. Prior to this Lindsay circulated advertisements for G Lindsay Watch & Clockmaker to his Royal Highness ye Prince of Wales at ye Dial near Catherine Street in ye Strand. Inventor & Maker of ye Generally portable microscope.The present microscope is an example of Lindsay's patented pocket microscopes, the first such design to receive a patent (No. 588) in 1742/3. Lindsay published a pamphlet in 1743, which championed the portability of his microscope as fitting into any case 'not exceeding six Cubic Inches'. As a result the instrument was affectionately called the 'snuff-box microscope'.A comparable brass example of this instrument is in the collection of the Royal Microscopical Society, London. Lindsay also produced two silver models were produced, one of which is now in the Whipple Museum, Cambridge.Literaturecf. Gerard L'E Turner, The Great Age of the Microscope, Bristol, pp. 261-262, No. 279.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: * Y Ф* VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.Y Subject to CITES regulations when exporting items outside of the EU, see clause 13.Ф This lot contains or is made of ivory. The United States Government has banned the import of ivory into the USA.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 179
A Rare Richard Cushee 'Mr Neale's Patent' 12-inch celestial globe, English, circa 1730,signed A New Celestial GLOBE By R Cushee 1730, the brass frame mounted with geared lunar apparatus devised and made by John Neale, brass meridian engraved with four quadrant degree scales, horizontal ring engraved with calendar and points of the compass, with operating wheel and gearing at the base, raised on turned brass column and domes base, together with a framed plate illustrating the celestial and terrestrial globe from a plate in The New Dictionary of Art and Science, 23in (59cm) high; framed plate 20in x 14in (51cm x 35.5cm) (2)Footnotes:Provenance:Christie's, London, 1967.The Stephen Edell Collection.Neale's globe accessory was a geared version of a manual device presented to the Royal Society in 1747 by James Ferguson to show the apparent geocentric movements of the Moon. In it 'a simple wheel train at the top of the globe coupled the globe's rotation to that of a quadrantal moon-arm and thereby caused the moon to move relative to the globe and a stationary sun' (King & Millburn 196-7). Exactly when Neale devised it is uncertain as his only patent, obtained in 1744 was for a form of coaxial orrery. It was perhaps by association with this patent that Neale's globes were referred to as 'patent globes'The earliest description of Neale's device is in Edward Moore, A Supplement to all former treatises on the use of the globes, render'd necesssary from the late improvements exhibited to the public on mr.Neale's patent globes. In two parts ..., London 1751. printed: and sold by M. Cooper, in Pater-Noster-Row; B. Cole, mathematical instrument maker, in Fleet Street, and by the patentee, at his House in Leadenhall-Street. It was described again in a long advertisement in Daniel Fenning; New & easy guide to the use of the Globes, London 1754 wherein a ten page description he states that 3in and 12in models were made respectively for six and twelve guineas.The 'patent globes' were also illustrated in A New and Complete Dictionary of Arts and Sciences: Comprehending All the Branches of Useful Knowledge ... Illustrated with Above Three Hundred Copper-Plates, Curiously Engraved by Mr. Jefferys ... by a Society of Gentlemen, London: 1754-1755.Only the lunar apparatus was made by Neale, the globes being supplied by Richard Cushee, a close neighbour of Neale's in Fleet Street. A pair of the 3in model with globes by Cushee fitted with Neale's device (the terrestrial dated 1731), are held in the Science Museum, London (See Calvert N° 5).John Neale (c. 1724-post 1783), was a watchmaker freed in the Skinners' Company in 1718 having been apprenticed to Jonathan Houillière. He lived in Leadenhall Street, and had a shop at the 'King's Arms and Dial', St Dunstan's, Fleet Street. He bound eleven apprentices between 1742 and 1758 and for a period employed James Watt. Neale made other instruments incorporating geared mechanisms (a waywiser is known), and also gave private lecture courses on the globes and electricity either in the homes of the clients or in his own dining room. He declared bankruptcy twice, in 1750 and 1758, but was a Common Councillor for the Ward of Aldersgate Within from 1768-83.Literature:H. R. Calvert, Science Museum illustrated booklet: Astronomy: globes, orreries & other models, 1967.Gloria Clifton, Directory of British scientific instrument makers 1550-1851, 1995.Henry C. King & John R. Millburn, Geared to the stars, the evolution of planetariums, orreries, and astronomical clocks, 1978.E. G. R. Taylor, The Mathematical practitioners of Hanovarian England, 1714-1840.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 174
A Richard/Leonard Cushee 2 ¾-inch pocket globe in case, English, circa 1750,signed in a cartouche, A New GLOBE of the Earth by L Cushee (the initial L in manuscript presumably over the printed R), the sphere applied with hand coloured and printed gores, pivot holes at both poles, North America is labelled Unknown Parts and California is shown as a peninsular, the fish-skin case with inner hemispheres applied with hand coloured goes of the celestial sphere, 2 3/4in (7cm) diameter Footnotes:Provenance:The Stephen Edell Collection.Leonard Compere Cushee is recorded at Opposite Temple Gate, Fleet Street, London in 1761 as a map engraver. It is likely that he was the brother or cousin of Richard Cushee (fl. 1730-1750), and his globes were sold from the workshop previously operated by Thomas Wright who collaborated with Richard Cushee on globe and orrery designs. Unusually for pocket globes made in the mid-18th century, the Cushee family used celestial gores which showed the constellations as seen from the Earth rather than from outside.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 176
A George Adams 2 ½-inch pocket globe in case, English, circa 1770,the cartouche printed A Terrestrial GLOBE G: Adams No.60, Fleet Street, London, the paper-mâché sphere applied with twelve printed gores, hand coloured with California as a peninsula, Australia- named New Holland- drawn according to Dutch discoveries with a hypothetical eastern coastline, New Zealand with only a small section of coastline, in fish-skin covered case, the celestial inner hemispheres with printed and hand coloured engraving of the heavens, 3in (7.5cm) diameter Footnotes:Provenance:The Stephen Edell Collection.Literature:John R. Millburn, Adams of Fleet Street, Instrument Makers to King George III, London, 2000.George Adams (1709-1772) was one of the most celebrated instrument makers of his day, becoming mathematical instrument-maker to the Office of Ordnance in 1748, and in 1760 he was appointed to the court of King George III. The Cook expedition to the South Seas used instruments supplied by Adams.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 180
A Richard Cushee 2 ¾-inch pocket globe, published 1731 English, circa 1731,the cartouche printed A New Globe of the Earth. R Cushee 1731, the papier-mache sphere applied with twelve copper engraved gores and two polar calottes, California is drawn as an island and Australia is represented according to the Dutch discoveries, the black fish-skin case has a celestial globe on the two inner hemispheres applied with twelve sets of hand coloured half gores, 3in (7.5cm) diameter Footnotes:Provenance:Christie's, London, 1967.The Stephen Edell Collection.Richard Cushee was a globe maker and surveyor who worked at the sign of the Globe and Sun, between St Dunstan's Church and Chancery Lane in Fleet Street, London. In 1731, together with Thomas Wright, he published a book by Joseph Harris: The description and use of the globes, and the orrery. The pocket globes made by Cushee were used by Wright in the construction of his orreries.Literature:Elly Decker, Globes at Greenwich, London, 1999.Sylvia Sumira, The Art and History of Globes, London, 2014.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
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