A George III mahogany and brass Hadley s navigational octant Unsigned but possibly by George Adams senior, London circa 1770 The 19 inch frame incorporating central T-shaped hand-piece inset with vacant bone signature plate , the pivoted arm mounted with mirror opposing fiduciary for reading the inset engraved boxwood diagonal scale divided into 20 arcminutes with diagonals cut across ten concentric arcs allowing the scale to be interpolated to 1 arcminute, with pin-hole sight opposing horizon glass, pair of hinged filters and conforming further horizon (backsite lacking), 21cm (51cm) to tip of fiduciary index arm. A near identical instrument attributed to Adams is illustrated in Bennett, J.A. THE DIVIDED CIRCLE on page 132 (figure 131); another inscribed G * Adams Mathl. Instt. Maker to his Majesty, Fleet Street, London. Saml. Clark, 1767 was offered by Auction Team Breker, Koln, Germany on 5th November 2016 (lot 298). George Adams senior is recorded in Clifton, Gloria Directory of British Scientific Instrument Makers 1550-1851 as apprenticed to Thomas Heath gaining his Freedom of the Grocers Company in 1733. He worked from several addresses in and around Fleet Street, London until his death in 1772, these include Tycho Brahe's Head, 60 Fleet St. where the business was based from 1738. In 1760 Adams was appointed as Mathematical Instrument Maker to King George III for whom he supplied a vast range of apparatus including items for pneumatic and mechanical experimentation almost all of which survive in The King George III Collection housed in the Science Museum, London.
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A Regency brass mounted mahogany mercury cistern tube stick barometer Bate, London, circa 1815 The ebony line strung case with swan neck pediment applied with cavetto projections to sides over circular slivered hydrometer engraved Moist Air/Dry Air to centre behind glazed cast brass bezel and rectangular glazed silvered brass Vernier scale calibrated in barometric inches and with the usual observations beneath engraved signature Bate, London to upper margin set behind hinged brass-framed glazed door, the caddy moulded trunk inset with large Fahrenheit scale mercury tube thermometer behind conforming brass-framed arch glazed door, the rounded base with moulded circular cistern and level adjustment screw to underside, 111cm (43.75ins) high excluding finial. The current lot is almost certainly by Robert Brettell Bate who is recorded in Clifton, Gloria Directory of British Scientific Instrument Makers 1550-1851 as working from Poultry, London 1808-42 and then 33 Royal Exchange 1846-47. Bate was known as a maker of all types of instrument however was celebrated for his nautical instruments including marine barometers and latterly was appointed Instrument-maker to Her Majesty s Honourable Boards if Excise and Customs .
A George III mahogany mercury tube stick barometer Lincoln, London, circa 1800 With open triangular pediment over rectangular glazed silvered brass Vernier scale calibrated in barometric inches and with the usual observations beneath engraved signature Lincoln, London to upper right margin opposing spirit Fahrenheit scale thermometer to left hand side, set behind hinged glazed door with convex lower angles over chevron line edged caddy moulded trunk incorporating visible tube, the base with domed cistern cover applied to circular section, 97cm (38.25ins) high excluding finial. A Charles Lincoln is recorded in Banfield, Edwin BAROMETER MAKERS AND RETAILERS 1660-1900 as working from 11 Cornhill, London in 1763 then at 62 Leadenhall Street from 1791 until his death in 1807.
A Victorian pollard oak mercury cistern tube stick barometer Watkins and Hill, London, circa 1840 With swan neck pediment over rectangular glazed silvered brass Vernier scale calibrated in barometric inches and with the usual observations beneath engraved signature Watkins & Hill, Charing Cross, LONDON to upper margin, with fine moulded surround over ebony line edged burr veneered trunk incorporating Vernier adjustment screw to throat, the base with vase-turned cistern cover applied to rectangular section with level adjustment to underside, 98cm (38.5ins) high excluding finial. The partnership between Francis Watkins and Joseph Hill is recorded in Clifton, Gloria Directory of British Scientific Instrument Makers 1550-1851 as makers of a diverse range of scientific instruments trading from 5 Charing Cross, London 1819-56.
Ω A fine and rare George III mahogany wheel barometer with pendulum timepiece and twelve inch dial James Gatty and George Jamison, London, circa 1800 With Swan neck pediment and silvered hydrometer inscribed Dry/Damp set behind glazed brass bezel to the upper section of the fine triple-strung rosewood crossbanded case, the baluster outline upright applied with arch-glazed Fahrenheit scale mercury thermometer over balloon-shaped timepiece with eight-day circular four pillar single fusee movement incorporating upside-down wheel train terminating with tic-tac escapement with offset pallets regulated by short silvered disc-shaped bob pendulum, the 4 inch circular silvered brass dial with engraved signature Jamison, Charing Cross over large subsidiary seconds dial interrupting the VI numeral to centre and gilt spade hands, set behind hinged balloon-shaped door with triple-line edged surround, the 12 inch elaborate foliate medallion-centred circular silvered register annotated in barometric inches and with the usual observations to circumference within generous cast brass bezel, the rounded base with disc for setting the recording pointer over glazed spirit level signed Ja s Gatty, high Holb n, LONDON, 117cm (46ins) high excluding finial. James Gatty is recorded in Goodison, Nicholas English Barometers 1680-1860 working from 130 and 132 High Holborn. His exact dates or whether he started as an optician or immigrant glassblower are unknown however a barometer by him was included in the sale of Sir William Chambers s furniture in 1796; a James Gattey is also recorded as working from 64 Tooley Street in 1802. Gatty is considered to be probably the most sought-after maker of early wheel barometers which tend to be of the finest quality. George Jamison is recorded in Baillie, G.H. Watchmakers & Clockmakers of the World as working from London (Charing Cross) and Portsmouth (Queen Street) 1786-1810. Jamison was a highly skilled watchmaker who no doubt supplied watches to many Naval officers passing through Portsmouth and later worked in partnership with William Howells and Paul Phillip Barraud to produce marine chronometers to William Mudge s design (after the arrangement between Pennington Mudge and Howells broke down in 1796). In addition to chronometers Jamison is also known for his complex spherical skeleton clocks often incorporating astronomical features (see Roberts, Derek BRITISH SKELETON CLOCKS pages 18-19). The timepiece movement of the current lot is of fine quality with generous column-turned pilasters and delicate wheelwork and was clearly purpose-made with the trains configured with the escapement at six o clock to allow the short pendulum to swing beneath the movement (rather than behind). The incorporation of this into a fine instrument by Gatty compliments his high quality approach and adds to the importance of the current lot which can probably be fairly described as one of the finest mercury wheel barometers to come onto the market in recent years.Cites RegulationsPlease note that this lot (lots marked with the symbol Ω in the printed catalogue) may be subject to CITES regulations when exported from the EU. The CITES regulations may be found at www.defra.gov.uk/ahvla-en/imports-exports/cites
A fine Victorian carved oak longcase regulator timepiece James McCabe, London, third quarter of the century The massive eight-day six double-screwed baluster pillar movement with thick chamfer-top plates measuring 10 by 7.75 inches enclosing wheel train with high pinion count, six-spoke wheel crossings, jewelled endstones for the pallet and escapewheel arbors and screw depth adjustment for all other pivots terminating at the plates, with Harrison s maintaining power and deadbeat escapement incorporating jewelled pallets regulated by mercury jar compensated pendulum with fine beat adjustment to crutch, the 11.75 inch circular silvered brass dial with subsidiary seconds over Roman numeral hour dial and signed James McCabe, Royal Exchange, London over number 3330 to centre within outer minute track and canted silvered bezel, the movement and dial supported on a substantial steel bracket screwed to the case backboard and incorporating wide-jaw pendulum suspension, the carved case with waisted drum-shaped hood applied with raised half-round moulding to front interrupted by floral motifs to the lower angles, the throat with elaborate leafy scroll carved decoration over concave-topped rectangular glazed trunk door enclosing pendulum beat scale to the backboard and flanked by tiered scroll applied canted angles, the base with complex top mouldings incorporating leafy apron to front over panel infill flanked by projecting canted angles, on stepped moulded skirt base applied with further foliate decoration to front, 195cm (76.5ins) high. Provenance: From the estate of Michael Hurst. James McCabe senior is recorded in Baillie, G.H. Watchmakers & Clockmakers of the World as a 'very fine maker' who worked from Cheapside and Royal Exchange, London 1778-1811. The business was continued under his name by his sons including James junior who was apprenticed to Reid and Auld in Edinburgh, and Robert Jeremy who ran the business up until its closure in 1883. The movement of the current lot is of the finest quality with very heavy gauge plates and massively engineered cocks for the motionwork. Refinements such as high pinion count, six spoke wheel crossings, jewelled pallets and pivots for the escape wheel and pallet arbor as well as screw end-float adjustment for other pivots are indicative of a movement built to observatory standards.
Ω A Victorian brass inlaid rosewood mercury wheel barometer with six-inch dial F. Amadio and Son, London, circa 1840 With Swan neck pediment and silvered hydrometer inscribed DAMP/DRY set behind convex glazed brass bezel to the upper section of the brass double-line edged case with tapered upright applied with bowfronted Fahrenheit scale spirit thermometer and inset brass leafy scroll motif over 6 inch rosette-centred circular silvered register annotated in barometric inches and with the usual observations around signature F. AMADIO & SON, 118 St. Johns Str t Road to centre, the squared base with brass disc for setting the recording pointer over foliate spray engraved spirit level and cavetto moulded underside, 99cm (39ins) high overall. Francis Amadio is recorded in Banfield, Edwin BAROMETER MAKERS AND RETAILERS 1660-1900 as a prolific maker of high quality barometers who operated from 10 St. John Street Road 1820-28 before moving up the road to number 118 from where he worked until 1844. His son of the same name appeared to work in partnership with him from around 1810 before setting up on his own at 63 Moorgate, London in 1840.Cites RegulationsPlease note that this lot (lots marked with the symbol Ω in the printed catalogue) may be subject to CITES regulations when exported from the EU. The CITES regulations may be found at www.defra.gov.uk/ahvla-en/imports-exports/cites
A patent electrical balance J. White, Glasgow, late 19th century With two pairs of substantial coils flanking copper and brass assembly set behind a scale carrying a slider and calibrated in single units labelled in two s from 4 to 50 over second fine scale also calibrated in single units labelled every ten divisions from 0 to 67, the whole mounted on heavy ebonite base applied with silvered oval trade plate engraved Sir W.m Thomsons, Patent, ELECTRICAL BALANCE, 73, J. WHITE, GLASGOW to rear edge, with brass framed glazed cover inscribed No. 73 to front and raised on three fine screw adjustable brass feet with substantial laminated copper connection terminal to rear, 53.5cm (21ins) wide. James White is recorded in Gloria, Clifton Diorectory of British Scientific Instrument Makers 1550-1851 as worrking from numerous addresses in Glasgow 1850 to beyond 1900, he was appointed instrument-maker to the University of Glasgow. This form of current balance was used as a secondary standard of electric current. Thomson s earliest form dates from 1882 and a more accurate one from 1887. Parallel electric currents attract or repel each other, depending on whether the currents are in the same or opposite directions. In this instrument there are two pairs of fixed coils and between each of the pairs is a moveable coil. The fixed coils are connected in opposition so that one attracts and the other repels the moving coil to increase the sensitivity. Current sent through the coils causes the balance beam to tilt. The balance is restored by placing one of the calibrated weights in the V-shaped trough on the right and by moving the slider along the graduated scale. Strings are provided to move the slider even when the protective glass cover is in place. Since the position of the slider is proportional to the square of the current, the scale is marked off quadratically. Different current ranges are available by using different weights. Five models were available which covered the range from 0.01 to 2500 amperes. Alternating currents can be read as well as direct currents. Thomson current balances were widely used for calibrating other instruments but by World War I they were superseded by more convenient systems involving springs rather than by utilizing gravity.
A Queen Anne tortoiseshell japanned eight-day longcase clock James West, London, early 18th century The five finned pillar inside countwheel bell striking movement with anchor escapement regulated by seconds pendulum, the 12 inch square brass dial with ringed winding holes, subsidiary seconds, floral scroll border engraved calendar aperture and burnished oval signature cartouche engraved James West, London to the matted centre within applied silvered Roman numeral chapter ring with fleur-de-lys half hour markers and Arabic five minutes to outer track, with scroll-pierced steel hands and applied twin cherub and crown spandrels to angles, in a japanned case with mounded cornice and gilt scroll painted blind frieze to lintel over conforming decorated glazed hood door applied with three-quarter columns to angles, the sides with rectangular glazed apertures and quarter columns set against bargeboards at the rear, the trunk with floral spray centred concave throat moulding over 40 inch door centred with a brass-bordered circular lenticle and decorated in raised polychrome and gilt with Oriental figures within an Arcadian Chinoiserie landscape on a simulated tortoiseshell ground, the surround painted with scrollwork and leafy sprays, the sides with Ho-Ho birds and large scale foliage, on conforming plinth base fronted with raised figure inhabited garden scene over moulded skirt, 211cm (83ins) high.
A lacquered brass and printed paper 'Chronosphere' timepiece Richard et Cie, London and Paris, late 19th century The 6 inch sphere applied with twelve hand coloured gores annotated with countries, principal cities, major topographic features and steamer routes etc., the North Pacific with oval cartouche PATENT 19460, RICHARDS CHRONOSPHERE, supported via a clockwork driven rotating polar shaft on a tapered fluted upright fitted with support for the canted Roman hour scale annotated Meridian ring and arm for a brass lunar sphere, the top finial with curved hour pointer, on drum shaped plinth base containing French made eight-day movement with platform cylinder escapement regulated by sprung monometallic balance and stamped MADE IN FRANCE, 184 to baseplate, 30cm (12ins) high; with an ogee moulded circular ebonised stand applied with brass ring engraved with explanation of the timepiece entitled THE CHRONOSPHERE , 26cm (10.25ins) diameter. Richard et Cie are recorded in Allix, Charles and Bonnert, Peter CARRIAGE CLOCKS Their history and development as founded in Paris in 1848. They were prolific makers of better quality carriage clocks and other decorative timepieces who received an Honourable Mention in the 1889 Paris Exposition.
A gilt brass aneroid barometer and a brass weather forecasting calculator Negretti and Zambra, London, early 20th century The barometer with 3.5 inch circular silvered register calibrated 28-31 divided into twentieths and inscribed FORECASTING ANEROID, COMPENSATED, NEGRETTI & ZAMBRA, LONDON, 21054 to centre, with blued steel pointer set behind bevel glass, the circumference of the case calibrated with altitude scale 0-3,000 feet with the rear cover rotating to calibrate the pointer for altitude error by referencing an arrow mark engraved to the rim against the scale, with post incorporating knurled nut for locking the rear cover positioned at twelve o clock, diameter 10cm (4ins); the weather forecasting calculator formed as three discs, the outer calibrated in inches for the barometer reading to the top edge and for the wind direction to the lower edge, the middle ring annotated for STEADY, RISING and FALLING and for summer or winter for lining up with the wind direction scale, the centre with instructions for use, sector revealing appropriate weather forecast and inscribed NEGRETTI & ZAMBRA, LONDON, PATENT 6276, 1915, with hinged strut to rear and suspension ring, diameter 12cm (4.75ins); both contained in two-part hinged velvet lined case (case distressed) 15cm (16ins) wide. The firm of Negretti & Zambra are recorded in Banfield, Edwin BAROMETER MAKERS AND RETAILERS 1660-1900 as being established in 1850 when a partnership between Enrico Negretti and Joseph Warren Zambra was formed. The firm became one of the most prolific makers of scientific instruments and continued trading well into the 20th century. The forecasting calculator was patented by Negretti and Zambra in 1915 using observations of actual weather conditions over a ten year period and was said to be 80% accurate by the manufacturers.
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 rare French giant gilt brass four-glass mantel clock of one month duration Ambrosoni, Paris, late 19th century The rectangular four pillar bell striking movement with five wheel trains and visible Brocot escapement mounted within the dial regulated by Ellicott type compensated pendulum with Brocot rate adjustment, the backplate signed Ambrosoni, Paris and stamped with numbers 18204 and 24.8, the two-piece white enamel dial with visible escapement, gilt collet bordered winding holes and repeat signed AMBROSONI, PARIS to the recessed centre within Roman numeral chapter ring with regulation square at twelve o'clock, with blued steel moon hands and moulded gilt brass bezel, the substantial frosted gilt brass case with tablet upstand and cavetto cornice above heavy bevel glazed panels and caddy moulded uprights to angles, the interior with enamel beat scale annotated DEGREES OF THE CIRCLE to the upper surface of the conforming cavetto moulded skirt base incorporating bracket feet to the curved angles, 48.5cm (19ins) high.
A rare limited edition domestic scale replica of the Bluewater Planisphere timepiece John Smith and Sons, Derby, to a design by Eric Kuhne and Associates, 1999 The mains-driven electric movement with 15 inch circular dial incorporating rotating silver on blue celestial projection disc annotated with the principal heavenly bodies and constellations set behind fixed elliptical mask revealing a simulation of the visible night sky for a given time of the year, the outer margin of the rotating celestial disc annotated with the months of the year with divisions for each day allowing the date to be read via a triangular pointer at six o clock, the outer margin with fixed silver on white narrow Arabic numeral chapter ring with dot minute markers, with canted mask and chrome finish moon hands set within stainless steel circular surround applied with engraved metal plate inscribed Bluewater, 16th March 1999, Designed by Eric Kuhne Associates, Manufactured by John Smith & Sons Derby, England, Limited Edition : 1 of 15 to lower edge, the rear with time and calendar adjustment screws, 43.5cm (17ins) diameter overall; with original packaging. The current lot is a domestic scale slightly simplified version of the large public timepiece supplied by John Smith & Sons, Derby for the Bluewater Shopping Centre, Greenhithe, Kent, installed on the 16th March 1999.
A German lacquered and patinated brass compound monocular microscope Carl Zeiss, Jena, late 19th century The tube with rack and pinion coarse and fine top-screw focus adjustment and signed C. ZEISS, JENA, 5085 to front above objective and rectangular stage fitted with slide clips over sub-stage condenser and pivoted plano-concave mirror beneath, the limb pivoted via axis support behind the stage on 'Y' shaped foot, in original mahogany box with five objective lens canisters (one empty), another by BECK, LONDON, six eyepiece lenses, twin nosepiece and other accessories (some vacant apertures) , the box 37cm (15.5ins) wide; with a German black japanned compound monocular polarising microscope, Winkel-Zeiss, Gottingen, early 20th century, with rack and pinion focussing and filter/prism sliders to the tube inscribed WINKEL-ZEISS, GOTTINGEN Nr. 42432 over triple nosepiece and rotating stage incorporating degree scale to outer margin with substage condenser and pivoted plano-concave mirror beneath, mounted via hinged axix support on U -shaped foot, in original pitch pine box with some accessories, the box 36cm (14.25ins) high excluding handle, (2). Carl Zeiss set up business in Jena, Thuringen, Germany in 1846. In 1866 he went into partnership with Ernst Abbe whose theories brought significant improvement to microscope design. Throughout the second half of the 19th century the business expanded rapidly to become one of the largest manufacturers of optical instruments in Europe with agents and outlets based throughout the globe. The business still operates today however was completely re-structured after WWII. Zeiss microscopes have always highly regarded for the quality of the optics and their ability to keep abreast of innovation in the field of microscopy.
A finely engineered exhibition quality 2 inch scale model of the Fowler Scenic Showmans engine 'Jill', built by the late Mr R Reed of Exeter, Devon. from Plastow castings and drawings based on the model 'Princess', the compound live steam engine with bores of 1 3/8in and 2in diameter, drain cocks to cylinders operated from the back-head, associated pipework, copper boiler built with mud-hole and fittings including twin water sight gauges, inset pressure gauge, safety valve, blower valve, water lifter, shut off clack and blowdown valves, governor, brakes fitted to back wheels, cable drum and fairleads, lubricators, crosshead guides, Stephenson's link reverse, direction control, driver's seat, simulated plank flooring and diamond shaped step treads, eccentric driven feed pump with bypass, two road speeds and solid flywheel with polished brass star decoration and rim mounted brake. Chassis details include spoked wheels with fitted rubber road tyres, worm and roller chain steering, side belly tanks with rivet work and applied star decoration, electric generator, canopy supported on brass olivers with fascia board painted but not sign written. Rear mounted crane with extension boom for tent pole erection in the fairgrounds. The engine is finished in red, yellow and black paintwork with polished brightwork and polished brass road lamps. Total Length 108cm. No boiler history available. This model would appear to have only been run on compressed air with an air intake fitted below the cylinder block.
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.
An exhibition quality model of a 3 1/2 inch gauge WWI 2-6-2 side tank locomotive, No.1227, built to 1 3/4 inch to the foot scale based on the American Loco Company two foot gauge 1917 design for service in World War I working in France behind the trenches by The Royal Engineers, built by Mr Sayer of Sussex between 2004 and 2009 and based on the Mountaineer design by Don Young, with silver soldered copper round top boiler, fittings including water sight glass, ratchet lever operated regulator, pressure gauge, safety valves, direction control lever, cab control drain cocks to cylinders, hand feed pump, steam brakes and hand brake to all driving wheels, clack and blow-down valves, chassis details including twin outside cylinders 1 1/2 inch by 2 1/4 inch stroke with Walschaert's valve gear to slide valves, planked flooring to cab and cab operated whistle, injector and ratchet type mechanical oiler system, fitted with steps, handrails and lamp irons in World War I livery having cab sides plates American Loco Corporation 57110 1917 , 102cm long, the cab 30cm wide. Boiler history: Boiler supplied by Western Steam Boilers of Bridgwater, Somerset, purchased on 5th July 2004. Model completed in 2009. Hydraulic test pressure 170 psi. Working pressure 85 psi. Southern Federation of Model Engineering Societies Hydraulic test certificate No.SF113394. Expired on 23rd January 2013. Along with other history and steam test certificates. 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 great deal of research was carried out in the building of this historic and unique model, including information supplied by the Imperial War Museum, Royal Engineers Museum, The Royal Logistic Corps Museum and The National Railway Museum.
A well engineered 1 inch scale model of a Scotch crank live steam stationary engine, built to the Anthony Mount drawings and based on the 1848 original engine, the single cylinder 1 inch bore by 2 inch stroke, linked to Scotch crank motion and central open crank with brass oiler cups, eccentric driven steam valve, the single cylinder lagged in planked hardwood with metal banding, steam control valve, bevel gear driven speed governor connected to shut off valve, spoked flywheel 22cm in diameter and small spoked belt drive wheel. The model finished in green paintwork and set on wooden plinth. 17cm x 21cm. Overall height 30cm.
LATE VICTORIAN STEINWAY ROSEWOOD GRAND PIANO, having overstrung gilded iron frame marked: 'Steinway and Sons, Overstrung Scale Patent, December 20, 1859, May 28th, 1872, New York', with other dates. Bearing label: 'Supplied by Harrods Ltd., London, no. H51376. On square tapering legs with spade feet and brass casters. Overall 182cm long. Together with a rectangular mahogany adjustable piano stool with American cloth lift seat and square tapering legs. (2) (B.P. 24% incl. VAT) CONDITION REPORT: Case has been French polished so is good but not deep lustre finish, more matt. Keys are not ivory. Overall good condition with nice grain. Various cracks in sound board appear to have been glued. As an Estate sale the family say that the piano was expensively restored and repaired by their father. No serial number found.
SET OF MID 20TH CENTURY MAHOGANY JOCKEY SCALES with sliding scale mechanism, American cloth seat and square tapering legs. 65 x 43 x 76cm. CONDITION REPORT: Overall a little dry and lacking in patination but in good condition for age, some wear and creasing to the American cloth seat, scuffed and worn to the angles in places.
AN AQUAMARINE AND DIAMOND DRESS RING, BY MARIO BUCCELLATIThe broad band set with a rectangular-cut aquamarine, weighing approximately 20.00cts, within a four-claw setting, to a finely pierced and textured lattice shoulders and gallery decorated with round brilliant-cut diamonds, mounted in 18K gold, diamonds approximately 1.80cts total, signed M. Buccellati, ring size M½Buccellati The world renowned Italian house of Buccellati is famous for its textural gold jewellery and exquisite silver objects. The pieces are bold and instantly recognisable, with a style that references the great goldsmiths of the Renaissance. The family firm was founded by Mario Buccellati (1891-1965) as the young jeweller was inspired by the forgotten antique techniques of ancient Greece, the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. He sought to revive them using traditional tools and methods. In 1919 he opened his first jewellery store in Milan, practicing these ancient traditions. Buccellati pieces are noted for their rich textural quality achieved through the painstaking techniques. The signature rigato engraving effect completed by the process which uses tiny hand-applied stripes to give gold surfaces the appearance of silk fabric. Other methods used include telato, obtained by fine cross-hatched lines, and modellato, the most delicate engraving technique, which consists of reproducing several designs chiselled in three dimensions, on a minuscule scale, mainly used for the decorations of the borders. These techniques are used to create pieces which look and feel like silk, damask, tulle, lace, or linen. The juxtaposition of precious stones with texturized metals is distinctly unique and synonymous with the Buccellati house. Mario Buccellati’s unique abilities for drawing and creative mind led him to become one of Italy’s most celebrated jeweller’s. The royal families of Europe, great cardinals of Rome and the Pope were amongst his clientele. The expansion of business internationally began in 1951 to New York. After the passing of Mario Buccellati in 1965 he was succeeded by his sons, among them, Gianmaria took over the business. Gianmaria had apprenticed under his father at a young age, embracing the antique techniques treasured by his father, designing every piece produced in the ateliers. In 1970, under Gianmaria and his brother Luca, Buccellati has further expanded the business to Asia, establishing the first Italian Jewellers in Hong Kong. This was swiftly followed by subsequent stores in Tokyo, Osaka and Nagoya in the following years. Buccellati became the first Italian jewellers to launch a boutique in the renowned Place Vendôme of Paris in 1979. In accordance with tradition, Gianmaria after his passing in 2015, was also succeeded by one of his children, his daughter Andrea, the current present and creative director of the Buccellati group today.Over the century the Buccellati group have widened their creations to silver objects, predominately unique, once off pieces, marked with the typical characteristics of the house. Recently the group have expanded further creating a line of luxury watches, both men and women’s pieces, and a line of engagement rings.
Garden Seat: An extremely rare cast iron rustic lovers seat French, circa 1870 104cm longThis seat would have been cast in one of the smaller French foundries, since it doesn't appear in any of the larger well known foundry catalogues of the 19th century. Modelled in the popular rustic style of the 1870's, its intimacy of scale makes it a rare example.
Garden Statuary: Gertrude Spencer-Stanhope: A rare H.H. Martyn and Co lead figure of Panearly 20th century79cm highGertrude Spencer-Stanhope (1857-1944) was an English sculptor and painter. She was the niece of John Roddam Spencer-Stanhope and the cousin of Evelyn Pickering de Morgan, both of whom were noted pre-Raphaelite painters. She exhibited paintings during the period 1886-1909 at both provincial and London galleries, but is known to have produced perhaps only three sculptures including this model which was cast in both bronze and lead by H.H.Martyn of Cheltenham. The three - a female nude, A Pan and a lyre playing Orpheus were allocated to Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council for display at Cannon Hall Museum housed in her former family home. The works are regarded as fine examples of the small-scale domestic bronze that was popular in late 19th century Britain, and are notable also because women rarely had the opportunity to work as sculptors at the time.The firm of H.H Martyn was established in Cheltenham in 1888 and by the 1920's employed over 1000 craftsmen as wood and stone carvers, modellers of decorative plaster, sculptors, artists in wrought iron, large and small scale casters in all metals, fine furniture makers and artists in Stained Glass. They were appointed Architectural Decorators to His Majesty the King in 1916 for work at Buckingham Palace and Windsor Castle. The company were involved in many architectural and interior projects including the Speakers Chair and dispatch Boxes for the House of Commons, St Paul's Cathedral Pulpit; and the façade of Selfridge's Oxford St, to name but a few. Their foundry was responsible for a huge variety of commissions, from the screen and gates originally at Marble Arch to the over life size bronze figure of Sir Winston Churchill by the sculptor Oscar Nemon, commissioned for the London Guildhall. The company also fitted out the first class areas of over 100 ships including The Titanic and Canberra, as well as the Queens Mary and Elizabeth for the Cunard line. Early in the First World War, their craftsmen were called upon to turn their hands to aircraft production, leading to the establishment of the Gloster Aircraft Company in 1917.They enjoyed a close connection with the Bromsgrove Guild, whose founder Walter Gilbert later worked for H.H. Martyn and produced a range of garden sculptures and ornament in bronze, lead and composition stone including these examples in which the quality of casting is comparable to the work produced at the Bromsgrove Guild. Provenance: The Hearne, Charlton Kings, Cheltenham home of Alfred W Martyn Managing Director of H.H.Martyn & Co from 1917 to 1939 and thence by descent.Literature: The Best, H.H. Martyn and Co, Specialists in Architectural Decoration and The Gloucester Aircraft Company, John Whitaker, Promenade Publications, 1985, a copy of which is included with this lot.
Dinky two Ford Capri’s in Bubble Packs, 213 Ford Capri Rally car, bronze body, black bonnet, RN2, Speedwheels, mint condition, box excellent, some discolouration to bubble, 2162 1:25 scale Ford Capri, metallic blue body, black roof, light blue interior, mint condition, box good condition, dents/crushing to bubble and some discolouration, (2 items).
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