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Lot 1390
A map by Alexis - Hubert JAILLOT: Amerique Meridionale . . . , 57cm x 88cm within mount, hand-coloured, pictorial cartouche and detailed headline titles, pictorially decorated scale bars, i.e. South America, (Paris, ? ca. 1680s), based on an earlier map by Nicolas Sanson, framed and glazed.
Lot 290
An oak and ivory mounted scale model of a war ship, circa. 1900, raised on a chamfered oak plinth and six ivory feet, 100cm wide. Provenance; property from the late Sir David Tang This lot has been imported from outside the UK for sale under the temporary admission scheme. Additionally Import VAT is payable at 5% on the hammer price. VAT at 20% will be added to the buyer's premium but will not be shown separately on the invoice.
Lot 603
A VICTORIAN MAHOGANY SYMPIESOMETERBy Thomas Keohan, London, circa 1850In a glazed rectangular case, with silvered dial signed KEOHAN. 2 ARBOUR TERRACE, COMMERCIAL ROAD, LONDON, and IMPROV'D SYMPIESOMETER 2248 at the base of the scale, a mercury thermometer (broken) to the left and oil pressure tube to the right, with adjustable vernier, chip to pediment58cm highThomas Keohan was a mathematical instrument maker and optician, recorded working from 1816-1873. He was at 2 Arbour Terrace 1840-1858.
Lot 635
A Fine & Rare mahogany and brass-bound eight-day chronometerBy Hatton & Harris, London No. 505, circa 1820, the mahogany case possibly original, and certainly first half 19th CenturyThe movement incorporating earlier elements by George MargettsThe three-tier brass-bound mahogany case with hinged lid and glazed observation panel, flanked to each side by a brass carrying handle, brass bezel and locking lever, the brass bowl with lift-off convex glazed bezel, the 5in. silvered dial with Roman chapters and seconds subsidiary at the VI with 8-day power reserve below the XII, the full plate movement with four steel baluster pillars, chain fusée with maintaining power, bi-metallic compensated balance with blued steel helical spring and diamond endstone, Earnshaw spring detent escapement 21 cm square PROVENANCE: Sotheby's, London, 21 March 1975, lot 124.LITERATURE:Antiquarian Horology, the Journal of the Antiquarian Horological Society, Vol. 9, no 3, June 1975, p. 340, reporting on the sale.The partnership of James Hatton & Clement Harris, a watchmaker, was formed around 1816. It continued until the former's death in around 1824.James Hatton (b. 1776) was apprenticed to George Margetts, a celebrated chronometer maker, a contemporary of John Arnold and Thomas Earnshaw.Hatton was the son of the celebrated London watchmaker Thomas Hatton. He was a talented maker, and his innovative designs and fine quality of work can be seen in the pieces he made with Margetts, as well as those finished under his own name. Jonathan Betts discusses in his recent publication 'Marine Chronometers at Greenwich', Oxford, 2017, that it was almost certain that Hatton introduced the double frame construction for his eight-day timekeepers in order to provide adequate space for the large barrel and fusee. The design also incorporated a sub-frame for the rest of the movement and escapement. The double frame went on to be adopted almost universally and the standard form for eight-day English chronometers (as seen on the previous lot 634).Hatton may also have worked with Pendleton on improvements to the lever escapement. Margetts died late in 1804 and Hatton inherited and continued the business at 4 St. Michael's Alley, Cornhill, until entering into the partnership with Harris.Hatton's inheritance from George Margetts included a number of unfinished movements. These were 'finished up' over the years by Hatton.Here in No. 505, the evidence pointing to Margetts' provenance includes the scale and shape of the frame, with its very unusual steel baluster pillars. The cutaways were intended by Margetts for his side-winding mechanism and for his rotating endstone, although he had stopped using these well before the end of his life.The bowl, which is probably again from Margetts' workshop, had to be deepened by Hatton & Harris to allow room for the balance cock, which is now sited on the backplate.Betts illustrates in 'Marine Chronometers at Greenwich' Hatton & Harris No. 590. The two compare well and are very similar. In the Ilbert Collection, now in the British Museum (1958, 1006.1942), is Margetts No. 80 which retains part of his remontoire mechanism. The Worshipful Company of Clockmakers' Collection, now at the Science Museum, includes Margetts No. 102. The movements are all of the same pattern as the offered lot.
Lot 656
A GEORGE III EBONISED BRACKET CLOCKBy Edward Howard, Kirby Street, London, circa 1785The bell-top case with brass handle surmount, above a glazed arched panel door with cast spandrels, the sides each with two fish-scale pierced panels, the 8in. arched silvered dial, with strike/silent in the arch, florally engraved spandrels, the chapter ring with Roman hours and Arabic five-minute markers, signed to the centre Edw. Howard, Kirby Street, London, with calendar aperture above the VI, the twin train fusée movement with scroll and floral engraved backplate, verge escapement and striking the hours on a bell55cm highEdward Howard is recorded working in Kirby Street 1780-1804.
Lot 1815
Original vintage advertising poster General Motors Concept Car Ford Seattle-Ite. This poster is part of a series of images of concept cars created by General Motors and its affiliated companies during the 1950s and 1960s. Designed by Oka Motto, this poster features the Seattle-Ite, a visionary concept car built by Ford and presented at the 1962 Seattle World's fair. Designed by Alex Tremulis, it was only ever shown as a 3/8-scale model, yet many ideas pioneered in the car have become a reality, including steering that worked with just a fingertip touch and a host of navigational aids. These included a primitive GPS, continuously updated weather conditions, and vehicle monitoring systems. Good condition, photo of the car is tipped in onto a thick gold paper, creases in the margins of the paper on which the image is backed. County: USA, year of printing:1980s, designer: Mikio Okamoto, size (cm): 51x63.5 (Horizontal)
Lot 2203
Original vintage colour railway map of the Great Western Railway, includes details, to larger scale, of the system in London & suburbs, South Wales, and Birmingham & district. The Great Western Railway (GWR) was a British railway company that linked London with the south-west and west of England, the Midlands, and most of Wales. It was founded in 1833, received its enabling Act of Parliament on 31 August 1835 and ran its first trains in 1838. It was engineered by Isambard Kingdom Brunel, who chose a broad gauge of 7 ft (2,134 mm)—later slightly widened to 7 ft 1â„4 in (2,140 mm)—but, from 1854, a series of amalgamations saw it also operate 4 ft 8 1â„2 in (1,435 mm) standard-gauge trains; the last broad-gauge services were operated in 1892. The GWR was the only company to keep its identity through the Railways Act 1921, which amalgamated it with the remaining independent railways within its territory, and it was finally merged at the end of 1947 when it was nationalised and became the Western Region of British Railways. Printed by Emery Walker Ltd. Horizontal. Very good condition, original folds. UK County: 1920s, year of printing:Unknown, designer: 65x50.5cm, size (cm): Travel Poster
Lot 4610
Original vintage Soviet propaganda poster featuring colourful cartoon style artwork warning people about the possible prison term to encourage them against retail business fraud by showing two shop assistants lying about the quality and quantity of their goods with an image of them below sitting on a large red weight scale being shown by a Soviet worker wearing red overalls featuring the hammer and sickle on the front the true value of their misleading action as three years jail time. Very good condition, waving, minor tears and cracks in margins. Country:Russia. Year:1963. Designer:G. Valk. Size (cm):58x43
Lot 688
A collection of nine Corgi Aviation Archive scale models, comprising AA34707 English Electric Canberra, AA36606 Lockheed F-4-1-LO Lightning, AA3702 DH Vampire, Battle of Britain Avro Lancaster, Military Short Sunderland MII - W4004, Avro Vulcan B.2 - XM600, Hawker hunuter F MK6, Submarine Spitfire KMIIA, AA35002 Gloster Meteor F.Mk.8, with a Corgi Fighting Machines CSFS10004, a Centry of War fighter scramble set, with one other and a mug (13)
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