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Lot 144
A 7¼IN. RADIUS KAISERMARINE VERNIER SEXTANT BY H. HAECKE, NEUKÖLLN, polished brass lattice frame with silvered scale divided to 130º, signed on the index arm as per title and numbered ‘7252’, sighting tube, seven shades, pin feet and wooden handle inset with Kaisermarine emblem and numbered ‘1816’ (lacks case), Provenance: Christie’s, London, 7th June 1972 (£115)
Lot 155
A RARE ONE MINUTE TORPEDO TIMER BY CHARLES FRODSHAM, CIRCA 1944, with 11in. black painted sealed dial divided every ten seconds between 1-10, signed Chas. Frodsham / 27 South Molton St. / London / W.2563, electric contacts, stowage for reset and winding knobs, contained within a substantial oak case with inset carry handles, lid restraints, twin locks and securing catch. Overall measurements -- 6¾ x 16¾ x 16¾in. (17 x 42.5 x 42.5cm.); battery operated switch and wires, (2), Whilst this is spring powered, the electric stop/start and large scale of dial allows for greater accuracy than might be achieved with a stop watch, surprisingly little is known about their commission or precise purpose. How they were activated or arrested in timing a torpedo flight for instance, and why a large (and very expensive) instrument weighing in at 18 kilos would be needed has yet to be answered. Another, No. 2551, is known to have been used/trialled by the Royal Australian Navy; three others are now in the Frodsham Museum, London and a further one is understood to be in a private collection, making a total of six known examples to date. The serial numbers, if consecutive, suggest there may have been at least fourteen produced but no more are known of at this time.
Lot 242
A MODERN BRASS PLANISPHERIC ASTROLABE, after Jean Fusoris (15th-Century) with single plate engraved for latitude of London, the reverse for Paris, rete for nineteen stars, the back engraved with shadow square, degree scale, zodiac calendar and unequal hour scale -- 8¼in. (21cm.) diameter, Made in 1985 using the reprinted treatise by Jean Fusoris found in E. Poules Un Constructeur d’Instruments Astronomiques au XV Siècle (1963) from the Science Museum London, and following his directions translated from medieval French, parts of this instrument were made using the gear cutting engine forming lot 234. An original example which is similar can be seen at the History of Science Museum, Oxford, Inv. 49636.
Lot 249
Ø A VERY RARE FRENCH IVORY AND SILVER CRUCIFIX DIAL AND RELIQUARY, POSSIBLY DIEPPE, CIRCA 1600 OR EARLIER, the outer surfaces incised with depictions of the crucifixion, and Mary holding the Christ Child flanked by cherubs, the sides divided for ante and post meridian hours, the inside containing a 7mm. glazed painted compass with needle, gilt painted latitude list on blue ground, engraved silver hinge at base with silver latitude scale and support, six reliquary compartments behind, the cross arms decorated with flowers, securing hook and suspension loop to top -- 25?8in. (6.7cm.) high, Apparently unsigned or marked for a maker, the distinctive French Royal Blue and gilt latitude list appears to only list French towns, and matches those on slightly later dials (see M. Cowham’s A Dial in your Poke, Henry Ling Ltd, p.56-8). The unusual compartments behind the hinged silver latitude scale are recessed for (missing) glass covers and may have been intended for holy relics.
Lot 251
AN ENGLISH BOXWOOD GUNTER OR HORARY QUADRANT, POST 1752, scored over one side to the latitude of London (52º), shadow square with positions for five stars, hour scale, degree scale, equinox dates set aligned for the Gregorian calendar, plummet bob hole at apex with remnant edge sights to the right -- 4¼in. (10.7cm.) radius, Ref: Cowham, M. A dial in your Poke, The Dorset Press, 2011, p.32-3
Lot 261
A 19TH-CENTURY 13IN. RADIUS VERNIER OCTANT BY WALKER & SON, LIVERPOOL, the wooden ‘T’ frame with inset scale divided to 105º, signed on maker’s plate as per title, lacquered brass index arm and fittings including pinhole sights, three shades and pin feet, contained within fitted keystone box -- 13 x 12in. (33 x 30.5cm.), Provenance: Phillips, London, 20th May 1975 (£120)
Lot 263
A 19TH-CENTURY 7½IN. RADIUS VERNIER SEXTANT BY CRICHTON, LONDON, the oxidised brass ladder frame with polished arc signed as per title and inscribed for retailers Norie & Wilson, silvered scale divided to 150°, index arm with magnifier, seven shades, ebonised handle and feet, contained in fitted keystone case with accessories and trade label for Francis M. Moore, Belfast -- 13in. (33cm.) diameter
Lot 266
A DRUM SEXTANT BY W.R. WATTS, LONDON, CIRCA 1866, of typical form, constructed in lacquered brass signed by inset silvered scale E.R. Watts, Old Kent Rd. London, detachable sighting tube, threaded cover inscribed F. Livsey, contained in fitted leather case with owner’s name and dated ‘1866’ -- 4in. (10cm.) cased, Provenance: Phillips, London, 20th May 1975 (£75)
Lot 271
A LATE 19TH-CENTURY MASON-PATTERN HYGROMETER BY SQUIRE, the ivorine double scale signed at top MASON’S HYGROMETER / SQUIRE / 277 Oxford St. London, with filled mercury tubes with silk-covered bulbs and detachable main tube, mounted on lacquered brass stand for lid attachment, contained in fitted felt-lined case with blank charts inside lid -- 9¼in. (23.5cm.) diameter
Lot 323
AN EARLY 19TH-CENTURY BRASS RULE, unsigned, the obverse engraved with a set of scales inscribed Linia Planorum; Poligeni in Circulo; Poligani Aequalia; Corpora in Scriptibilia; Corpora Aequalia; Subtenfe; Solide; Metalle; the reverse inscribed with a 60º arc and a linear scale -- 5¾in. (14.5cm.) long
Lot 329
A BRASS THEODOLITE BY THOMAS RUBERGALL, LONDON, CIRCA 1840, signed and inscribed on the 2½in. silvered dial Thomas Rubergall / Optn. to H.R.H. the Duke of Clarence / 24 Coventry St. London, silvered scale with vernier to edge of platform, needle clamp and spirit level, the sighting tube with cross wires and spirit tube over, mounted on arc with silvered scale and rack-and-pinion adjustment -- 6½ x 10½in. (16.5 x 26.5cm.), Provenance: Sotheby’s, July 23rd 1973
Lot 333
A FRENCH SURVEYING COMPASS BY JACQUES CANIVET, CIRCA 1760, with 4in. printed compass rose signed Canivet AParis by South, half blued-steel needle on jewelled pivot with retainer under, silvered circumference scale, glazed with retaining spring, contained in wooden case counter signed on inset brass plate Canivet à la Sphére à Paris, sliding lid, pivoted side sight and inset table attachments underneath -- 6½ x 7in. (16.5 x 18cm.), Provenance: Sotheby’s, 9th June 1977.
![AN ATTRACTIVE 20TH-CENTURY SCALE MODEL OF THE AMERICAN REVENUE CUTTER DALLAS [1815], the carvel planked hull with rudder and](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/b4d57fab-8867-44ff-a413-a4760122f180/df73b651-df43-485d-b382-7219d83c2031/468x382.jpg)
Lot 341
AN ATTRACTIVE 20TH-CENTURY SCALE MODEL OF THE AMERICAN REVENUE CUTTER DALLAS [1815], the carvel planked hull with rudder and chain plates, plank deck with fittings including bowsprit with dolphin striker, bitts, bell, gratings, stovepipe, shot racks with shot, central brass carronade bilge pumps on swivel mount, saloon lights and tiller, twin-raked masts with yards, booms, standing and running rigging and full suit of stitched linen sails with reefing points, patched repairs, staining and shot holes, mounted on turned ebonised columns on plush-lined display base within glazed mahogany case -- overall measurements 26 x 36 x 12in. (66 x 91.5 x 30.5cm.)
Lot 342
A FINE 1:48 SCALE MODEL FOR AN 8-GUN ARMED YACHT, CIRCA 1840, the 27in. framed, planked and pinned hull with black topsides, bust-height female figurehead, metal anchors with boxwood anchor winch, bitts, belaying rails, companionways with sliding lids, carved and fitted boats swung out on davits, brass guns with tampion plugs rigged in stepped trucks, wood and brass helm on steering gear, raked masts fully rigged as in working practice with standing and running rigging of correct weight, white-painted blocks and other fine details, mounted on a cradle stand within glazed wooden case with top-hinged side panel. Cased measurements -- 29½ x 45 x 18in. (75 x 114 x 45.7cm.), Although presently unidentified, it was routine practice until around 1855 for members of the Royal Yacht Squadron to arm their yachts. This lot will be available for viewing at Imperial Road,
![A 1:96 SCALE MODEL OF THE IRON FULL-RIGGED SHIP HARBINGER [1876], modelled by J. Armstrong with carved and painted hull and d](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/b4d57fab-8867-44ff-a413-a4760122f180/8ad88379-5773-44b1-8ae5-9a002f14c114/468x382.jpg)
Lot 343
A 1:96 SCALE MODEL OF THE IRON FULL-RIGGED SHIP HARBINGER [1876], modelled by J. Armstrong with carved and painted hull and deck, fittings including capstan, companionways, suite of fitted ship’s boats in davits over main saloon, covered hatches etc. masts with standing and running rigging, mounted on two pedestals to display base. Overall measurements -- 25¼ x 34in. (64 x 86.5cm.)
![A 1:24 SCALE STERN MODEL OF THE U.S.S. CONFEDERACY [1778], modelled by H. Phillips, lower frame exposed with planked top side](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/b4d57fab-8867-44ff-a413-a4760122f180/74413a4f-1502-4387-c0bc-7ea9bdf9950a/468x382.jpg)
Lot 347
The following lot will be offered as a set, in the event of it not being placed the models will be offered separately thereafter. A SET OF SEVEN 1:96 SCALE WATERLINE MODELS REPRESENTING THE ROYAL NAVY BETWEEN 1805 AND 1946, modelled by H. Phillips in carved laminated wood and comprising Victory (1805); Orion (1854); Victoria (1887); Hermes (1898); Dreadnought (1906); Hood (1918) and Vanguard (1946), (7), This lot will be available for viewing at Imperial Road.
![A FINELY DETAILED 1:48 SCALE MODEL OF THE ‘TOWN’ CLASS LIGHT CRUISER H.M.S. SHEFFIELD [1936], modelled by P. Oakley, the carv](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/b4d57fab-8867-44ff-a413-a4760122f180/ca1b7257-7256-45f8-fd32-b6a2ce00edc3/468x382.jpg)
Lot 357
A FINELY DETAILED 1:48 SCALE MODEL OF THE ‘TOWN’ CLASS LIGHT CRUISER H.M.S. SHEFFIELD [1936], modelled by P. Oakley, the carved, plated and painted hull with lined paper decks, detailed fittings, superstructure and armament as appropriate mounted on wooden cradle stand within Plexiglas case. Cased measurements -- 21¾ x 77 x 9¾in. (55 x 195.5 x 24.5cm.), Built by Vickers Armstrong, launched in 1936 and completed a year later, Sheffield displaced over eleven thousand tons when fully loaded and was, appropriately, finished with stainless steel fittings rather than traditional brass; Whilst this was an effort to reduce the need for constant and time-consuming polishing by the crew (who nick-named her ‘Shiny Sheff’), the fact she was built with the financial support of her named-town and the home of stainless steel was highly appropriate. Involved in hostilities immediately on the outbreak of War in 1939, she assisted in three famous battleship actions - Bismarck; Scharnhorst and Tirpitz as well as several other significant actions, landings and campaigns. Her busy post-War life included a stint masquerading as Ajax in the film The Battle of the River Plate, before she went into reserve, finally being broken up in 1967. This lot will be available for viewing at Imperial Road,
![A FINELY PLANKED ½IN.:1FT. SCALE MODEL OF THE CORNISH PILOT GIG NEWQUAY [1812], built by R. Philips, of lime, holly, spruce a](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/b4d57fab-8867-44ff-a413-a4760122f180/6dc97f15-8123-4610-9ab3-fdc7b6aa7f48/468x382.jpg)
Lot 361
A FINELY PLANKED ½IN.:1FT. SCALE MODEL OF THE CORNISH PILOT GIG NEWQUAY [1812], built by R. Philips, of lime, holly, spruce and mahogany, fully framed and with clinker-built planking, bottom boards, foot rests, thwarts and rowlocks for six oarsmen, finished in blue, white and varnish and mounted on two turned columns, display base with six oars and plate. Measurements overall -- 4 x 17¾in. (10 x 45cm.). Carrying box, historical notes and builder’s certificate, The Newquay, originally built by William Peters of St. Mawes, Cornwall, is still extant and is used for racing events.
Lot 362
A 1:18 SCALE HALF-MODEL FOR A FAIREY HUNTSMAN 28, modelled by P. Ward, with laminated carved and painted hull, with brass propeller and rudder, raised cabin superstructure with engine air intake and mast, mounted on mahogany display board with engraved plate -- overall measurements 12 x 24½in. (30.5 x 62cm.)
Lot 364
A SCALE MODEL FOR THE CRUISING YACHT PESTIFER, DESIGNED BY PAOLO SCANU AND BUILT BY CRN, ITALY, 1990, the solid moulded hull with painted fittings and superstructure as appropriate and mounted in a curve-ended Plexiglas case. Overall measurements -- 13½ x 27½in. (34 x 70cm.); together with published chartering data; an anchor in acrylic paper weight; and a paper-clad half model of a paddle steamer, (4), Provenance: George Nicholson
Lot 373
THE BUILDER’S ¼IN.: 1FT. SCALE HALF-BLOCK MODEL FOR THE LEGENDARY TEA CLIPPER THERMOPYLÆ, BUILT FOR G. THOMPSON & CO BY WALTER HOOD, ABERDEEN, 1868, carved from 5?8in. laminated yellow pine with black-painted topsides, rudder, carved warrior-form figurehead and cut-away masts, mounted on wooden display board with nameplate inscribed CHINA CLIPPER “THERMOPYLÆ” / ABERDEEN LINE, and brass builder’s plate engraved THERMOPYLÆ / 212 x 36 x 21. / 947 TONS. / WALTER HOOD & Co. / ABERDEEN / 1868 -- 10½ x 50½in. (26.5 x 128cm.), Provenance: Walter Hood & Co. Builders, and thence by descent. Thermopylæ was built in Walter Hood’s yards in Aberdeen in 1868, to the order of George Thompson & Co of London. Designed by Bernard Waymouth, she was 212 feet long and registered at 947 tons (net). A splendid sea boat, she was fast in any weather and especially quick at going to windward. Launched on 19th August 1868, she sailed from Gravesend on her maiden voyage to Melbourne on 7th November the same year. Anchoring in Port Phillip after a record run of 60 days (pilot to pilot), she went straight on to Newcastle, NSW, to load cargo for Shanghai. Crossing the Pacific in another record passage of 28 days, she then proceeded to Foochow to load tea. In the race home, she narrowly missed setting the record time for the year, and this first voyage set the standard for her entire career. Continuing to make extremely fast passages throughout the 1870s, she loaded her final tea cargo at Foochow in 1881, before being transferred to the Australian wool route. During the 1880s, she frequently raced her old tea-trade rival Cutty Sark from Sydney to London, via Cape Horn. Her best passage was 76 days in 1882, although Cutty Sark, who revelled in the stronger winds of the southern hemisphere, was generally quicker. In 1890 Thermopylæ was sold to Canadian owners for £5,000 and from 1892 to 1895 she was used in the trans Pacific trade. In 1896 she was resold to the Portuguese Government, renamed Pedro Nunes and put to work as a cadet training ship. Her condition deteriorated gradually and by 1907 her working life was over. On 13th October that year, she was towed out of the Tagus into the open sea and sunk by gunfire; it was a sad end for such a thoroughbred as she. Considered by many to have been the fastest clipper of them all, there were even those who believed her to be the fastest sailing vessel ever launched. Whatever the truth of the claims, she was - and has remained - one of the legends of the age of sail.
Lot 379
A 1:64 SCALE BUILDER’S MODEL FOR THE FAMED ‘NORTH ATLANTIC GREYHOUND’ MAURETANIA, BUILT FOR CUNARD BY SWAN HUNTER & WIGHAM RICHARDSON, TYNE AND WEAR, 1906, carved from laminated wood, replete with gilt and painted fittings and superstructure and finished in Cunard service livery, mounted on seven turned balustrade supports on later display base within modern two-part case supported on three ebonised plinths. Model measurements -- 42 x 153½ x 17in. (106.5 x 390 x 43cm.); Cased measurements overall -- 79 x 173½ x 24in. (200.5 x 440 x 61cm.), Provenance: Loaned by Swan Hunter to the Science Museum, London 1938-2015, Ref No. 1938-507. This model is available for viewing from mid-March, 2015 at the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel, Chelsea, Imperial Road, Imperial Wharf, SW6 2GA - please see map inside back cover. Charles Miller Ltd is grateful for their kind assistance. It is thought that this model probably appeared in a pre-War exhibition about the famed ‘Blue Riband’ but was then dismantled for the duration of hostilities. After the War, the ageing 1864 museum buildings were largely rebuilt and the fine collection of both ship and engineering models it had inherited from the old South Kensington Museum (which in turn had inherited them from the Royal Institution of Naval Architects) returned in the 1963 installation of the Shipping Gallery. It seems likely that it was at this time that the models were removed from their original cases and placed on uniform plinths within more standard exhibition cases. The Shipping Gallery was closed in 2012, having lasted fully forty-nine years, and the models removed to various storage facilities in London and Wiltshire. The precise fate of the original ship model cases, bases and plates appears not to have been recorded and, sadly, the one which had housed this particular model has still not been located and must therefore be presumed destroyed. A companion model to this lot, which retains its original carved mahogany case, display base and builder’s plates, can be seen in the Discovery Museum, Newcastle to where it was likewise loaned by Swan Hunter in 1938. Of all the great liners that plied the North Atlantic, the first-named Mauretania was perhaps the most famous. Conceived with her sister Lusitania, the two ships were built as a British response to the increasing threat to Cunard’s domination of the transatlantic passenger trade posed by the White Star Line which, in 1901, had passed into American ownership. Mauretania, at 31,938 tons, was launched on 20th September 1906, and was ready for trials exactly a year later. Her builders, Swan Hunter, handed her over to Cunard on 7th November 1907, and she sailed from Liverpool on her maiden voyage to New York on 16 November. On the return passage, she established a new record for the eastward crossing with an average speed of 23.69 knots, amply justifying the faith that had been placed in her giant turbine engines. In May 1908 she broke the record for the westbound crossing, only losing it to her sister a few months later. In September 1909 her average speed on the westward passage reached 26.06 knots and this new record was to stand for twenty years until broken by the German liner Bremen. Both Lusitania and Mauretania were financed with Government loans and, when completed, Cunard received an annual subsidy for them in return for the promise to make the ships available to the Government in the event of a national emergency. When the Great War broke out, however, the authorities perceived at once that the two liners were far too large to be fitted-out as cruisers. At first Mauretania was laid up and then served as both a troop transport and a hospital ship. Lusitania continued the New York passenger service but fell victim to the German submarine U20, which torpedoed and sank her, with a huge loss of life, on 7 May 1915. After the Armistice in 1918, Mauretania was initially kept busy repatriating American troops until the following May, but on 27 June 1919, she cleared Southampton for New York and resumed the scheduled service with her new consort Aquitania. In July, 1921, Mauretania was severely damaged by fire in Southampton Docks and, during the subsequent repairs, her accommodation was remodelled and her coal furnaces were converted to oil. Returning to service in March, 1922, she once again justified the capital spent on her conversion by setting new speed records and regularly averaging 25.5 knots. Despite her advancing age, she was becoming an institution among the travelling public and became almost a living legend as the 1920s drew to a close. When she lost the ‘Blue Riband’ to the Bremen in July 1929, she took up the challenge to recover it immediately with her fastest-ever crossings over the measured distance. Her average speed on the homeward run of 27.2 knots just failed to catch the Bremen’s 27.9 but it was an astonishing achievement for the twenty-two year old veteran against the brand new German contender. The international economic climate sent her cruising to warmer waters after 1930, although she still did the occasional transatlantic crossing. She left New York for the last time on 26 September 1934, ironically the very same day that the Queen Mary was launched on Clydeside; Mauretania’s reign was drawing to an end. In April 1935 she was sold for scrapping and, following the auction of her interior fittings, she sailed for Rosyth and the breaker’s yard. The public mourned her as affectionately as they had honoured her in her prime. She had won for herself a place in maritime history such as no other steamship had ever done and it was not in the least surprising that even long after she had been broken up, she was still always known as ‘The Grand Old Lady of the Atlantic’.
Lot 102
UNBOXED MAINLY LESNEY MATCHBOX DOUBLE DECKER BUSSES AND COACHES, some pieces playworn or repainted includes No 66c Greyhound coach with clear windows and two with amber windows; No 40 b Leyland Tiger coach and TWO SLIGHTLY LARGER SCALE MINT AND BOXED DOUBLE DECKER BUSES AND A MINT AND BOXED PLASTIC LEYLAND ROYAL TIGER COACH No 101 made in Hong Kong, 29 pieces in total
Lot 131
JOUEF EVOLUTION MINT AND BOXED 1:24 DIE CAST SCALE MODEL OF A MERCEDES BENZ TYPE 770 - 1935 vintage car together with MINT AND BOXED POLISTIL ITALY 1:27 SCALE PORSCHE 956 in hard plastic display case and three smaller scale die cast SPORTS AND RACING CARS AYRTON SENNA COLLECTION in hard plastic cases, boxes good (5)
Lot 98
POLISTIL ITALY UNBOXED LARGE 1-16 SCALE "TONKA" MODEL OF A MERCEDES BENZ RW 199 RACING CAR in silver No 8 similar scale ROAD TOUGH 1987 VW BEETLE in yellow AND SEVENTEEN VARIOUS BOXED AND UNBOXED DIECAST TOYS includes Corgi Classics mint and boxed Double Deck open top tram - Blackpool together with BOXED PARTLY MADE AIRFIX 1:72 SCALE MODEL OF A PANAVIA TORNADO F3 JET FIGHTER (completeness not known) (19 items)
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