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Lot 420
Officers 1843 pattern gilt brass helmet of the 1st Or The Kings Dragoon Guards, ornamental comb, rayed helmet plate bearing Royal Arms and supporters, with `Waterloo` scroll below, head band inscribed `1st Or The Kings Dragoon Guards` at the front and with oak wreath at the back, large ear rosettes Chin-scale largely missing, velvet head band present but lining generally missing - ** General condition consistent with age - Please see extra images and TELEPHONE department for further details
Lot 3337
An unusual late 19thC / early 20thC waterflow meter, by the British Pitometer Company Limited, London & Kilmarnock, the mahogany and cast iron case containing dials for depicting gallons, a turret, type week going clock, the enamel dial with Roman numerals and a large scale barograph, 185cm x 85cm.
Lot 2965
Mohamet Thomas Phillips (1876-1943). The figure of an angel holding a candle stand and another, pencil, 60cm x 29cm. Mohamet Phillips was born in the Congo and became a prominent sculptor in wood, stone, marble and plaster. He was a well known resident of Stamford and worked for E. Bowman & Sons Ltd who undertook ecclesiastical work on a grand scale. Phillips also produced a considerable amount of work for war memorials after WWI.
Lot 623
Important Lithograph of the Sikh Wars. Large scale First Sikh War Lithograph Ferozeshah (Kings Own) 1845. An impressive large scale lithograph. Originally painted by Henry Martens and published in London 10th March 1847. The Battle of Ferozeshah was fought on 21 December and 22 December 1845 between the British and the Sikhs^ at the village of Ferozeshah in Punjab. The British were led by Sir Hugh Gough and Governor-General Sir Henry Hardinge^ while the Sikhs were led by Lal Singh. The battle was one of the hardest-fought in the history of the British Army. Title on lithograph is Charge of the 3rd (Kings Own) Light Dragoons at The Battle of Ferozeshah. December 21st 1845. The whole series of these lithographs are housed in the British Library. An extremely sought after piece. Approx size 64x55 cm.
Lot 624
Important Lithograph of the Sikh Wars. First Sikh War Battle Lithograph Ferozshah (2nd day) 1845. An impressive large scale lithograph. Originally painted by Henry Martens and published in London 5th April 1849. The Battle of Ferozshah was fought on 21 December and 22 December 1845 between the British and the Sikhs^ at the village of Ferozshah in Punjab. The British were led by Sir Hugh Gough and Governor-General Sir Henry Hardinge^ while the Sikhs were led by Lal Singh. The battle was one of the hardest-fought in the history of the British Army. Title on lithograph is Battle of Ferozshah (2nd Day) 22nd December 1845. The whole series of these lithographs are housed in the British Library. An extremely sought after piece. Approx size 64x55 cm.
Lot 626
Important Lithograph of the Sikh Wars. Rare First Sikh War Khalsa Army Lithograph 1845 Moodkee. An impressive large scale lithograph depicting the Battle of Moodkee (first sikh war). Originally painted by Henry Martens and published in London 14th June 1848. The First Anglo-Sikh War was fought between the Sikh Khalsa Empire and the East India Company between 1845 and 1846. Title on lithograph is At The Battle of Moodkee^ on the 18th of December 1845. The whole series of these lithographs are housed in the British Library. An extremely sought after piece. Approx size 64x55 cm.
Lot 627
Important Lithograph of the Sikh Wars. First Sikh War Battle of Ferozshah Lithograph 1845. An impressive large scale lithograph depicting the Battle of Ferozshah (first sikh war). Originally painted by Henry Martens and published in London 1st December 1848. The Battle of Ferozshah was fought on 21 December and 22 December 1845 between the British and the Sikhs^ at the village of Ferozshah in Punjab. The British were led by Sir Hugh Gough and Governor-General Sir Henry Hardinge^ while the Sikhs were led by Lal Singh. The battle was one of the hardest-fought in the history of the British Army. Title on lithograph is Night Bivouac of the British Army At Ferozshah on the 31st Dec 1845. The whole series of these lithographs are housed in the British Library. An extremely sought after piece. Approx size 64x55 cm.
Lot 66
Ephemera – advertising fine poster advertising Mayson’s Ordnance Model of the Lake District^ no date but 1880s. In fine condition. Approx 17x12ins. A rare poster. Mayson was a local photographer and in 1880 constructed a large scale model of the Lake District based on the Ordnance Survey. It became a popular tourist attraction at the time. The original moulds for the model still exist and are at present being conserved.
Lot 207
Smugglers in the 18th c – an important manuscript book of instructions for the Excise men running from 1741 to 1760 providing considerable information on the running of the Excise at that time when smuggling was rife throughout the coastal areas of the country. The 4to sized book contains approx 200 closely written pages^ mostly browned throughout but clearly legible^ and with the instructions neatly written in various hands over the years. The book is in an ‘as used’ condition as may be expected. There are entries mentioning the seizure of contraband such as brandy and one page dated May 28th 1748 in particular hammers out the determination to end smuggling once and for all : ‘...the Lord’s Commissioners of His Majesty’s Treasury who have received repeated information of the pernicious practices still carrying on in the clandestine running of goods and of great outrages committed by the smugglers which make the concurrence of all the officers of the Crown necessary towards suppressing them^ the Commissioners order you to direct the supervisors and officers in your collection house their utmost endeavours in discovering all persons concerned in such unlawful practices and to assist with zeal & vigour to officers of his Majesty’s Customs on all lawful occasions in seizing such persons and suppressing such practices in the future...’ The mid 18th c was the great battle ground between the authorities of the excise and the smugglers. Smuggling was organised on an almost industrial scale and in the coastal communities it was often the case that everyone^ from the local Squire and Parson down to the youngest apprentice fisherman was involved. Smuggling at this time also gave rise to considerable romantic fiction written in the 19th and beyond.
Lot 52
A 19th century ivory mounted ebonised desk top thermometer The vertical ivory scale signed Chamberlain & Son, 203 High Holborn, London and standing on an architectural moulded plinth base. 51.5 cms high. CONDITION REPORTS: Generally in good condition, expected wear, some losses to mouldings, some rubbing, shrinkage cracks.
Lot 72
FRANKLIN MINT "THE CLASSIC CARS OF THE FIFTIES (`50s)" COMPLETE SET includes 12 die-cast 1:43 scale cars and a 4-shelf display unit. All cars have doors and hoods that open, revealing precision interiors and engine compartments. Models are: 1957 Chevrolet Corvette, 1951 Mercury Monterey, 1958 Edsel Citation Convertible, 1955 Chevrolet Bel Air Convertible, 1953 Packard Caribbean Convertible, 1950 Ford Station Wagon, 1956 Ford Thunderbird, 1956 Lincoln Continental Mark II, 1953 Buick Skylark Convertible, 1950 Chrysler Town & Country, 1953 Studebaker Starliner, 1959 Cadillac Eldorado Convertible. [Original issue price $55 each]. Illustrated online at: www.mossgreen.com.au
Lot 6
A French marinerÂ’s lacquered brass hand-held sighting compass, Doninelli, Nice, late 19th century, Of cylindrical form with top surface inset with a silvered compass engraved with the eight cardinal points within outer scale calibrated in degrees set behind bevelled glass, the cylindrical body divided into two sections with the lower section incorporating inset silver collar scale divided in degrees rotating against a vernier scale engraved to a similar collar to the lower margin of the upper section, with two sets of pierced wire sights set at ninety degrees to each other and signed Doninelli a Nice, the lower section with single sight, rotation adjustment screw to underside and tapered brass handle, diameter 8cm (3ins approx.); with an English black japanned brass sextant, H. Hughes and Son Limited, London, early 20th century, the diamond lattice-pierced six inch radius frame with pivoted arm applied with HUSUN trademark label and mounted with mirror opposing aperture for the brass vernier scale, the main scale signed H. HUGHES & SON LTD LONDON beneath number 28394, the frame fitted with fixed sighting tube opposing mirror with wooden grip handle and three feet to underside, 27.5ins (10.75ins) wide overall; and a patinated brass aneroid surveyorÂ’s barometer, Stanley, London, early 20th century, with circular silvered scale calibrated in barometric inches within another calibrated in feet with vernier adjusted via knurled crown to outer track, with fine blued steel pointer and inscribed Surveying Aneroid Compensated, STANLEY, LONDON, 2023 to the recessed centre, the exterior with pivoted vernier lens and suspension loop incorporating vernier adjustment crown, diameter 8cm (3ins approx.), with original protective leather case, (3)
Lot 7
* A mahogany cased lacquered brass ‘Tates Arithmometer’, C. and E. Layton, London, circa 1900, The stepped-drum crank wound mechanism with two section top plate, the lower plate for setting comprising eight numbered slides with divisions labelled 0-9 flanked by crank handle and selection lever labelled ADD, SUB, MULT, DIV, above inscription TATES ARITHMOMETER, C. & E. LAYTON, LONDON to lower margin, the hinged upper plate with a bank of nine small windows for revolution beneath sixteen apertures for the result register each with knurled thumbscrew for individual number setting and crank handle to the right for zeroing the entire result register, housed in a mahogany box with inset brass strap reinforcements to the edges and brass carrying handles to ends, 61cm (24ins) wide; with a Fuller pattern cylindrical slide rule/calculator, Stanley, London, circa 1900, of telescopic form with outer sleeve printed with a logarithmic spiral scale inscribed FULLERS SPIRAL SLIDE RULE towards upper margin and signed STANLEY. Maker. LONDON, the inner sleeve annotated with various tables including Natural Sines, Birmingham Wire Gauge and Decimals of a Degree and Hour, the frame with central brass sleeve and turned mahogany end caps fitted with calibrated brass reading scale and handle to one end, in original mahogany box inscribed Calculator to lid, 45cm (17.75ins) wide, (2). The ‘Tates Arithmometer’ was developed by Samuel Tate from a model initially devised by the French scientist Charles Xavier Thomas in around 1820, which was then further improved by Elliot Brothers of London in response to a request put out by the Prudential Assurance Company in 1879. Tate applied for a British patent in 1881 which was granted in 1885; the firm of Charles and Edward Layton were appointed manufacturers and retailers of the machine which was first shown at the International Inventions Exhibitions held in London in 1885. The machine continued to be made until around the outbreak WWI. The Fuller pattern cylindrical slide rule was patented by George Fuller, professor of Civil Engineering at Queen’s University, Belfast in 1879 and was made by Stanley, London until well into the twentieth century. The current lot is the earlier two-section model, later versions incorporated another intermediate sliding logarithmic scale.
Lot 12
A Victorian silver cased aneroid pocket barometer with altimeter scale, R. and J. Beck Limited, London, 1895, With 1.75 inch circular silvered register signed R & J BECK LTD., 68 Cornhill, LONDON beneath Compensated to centre within concentric scale calibrated for barometric inches divided into twentieths and annotated with the usual weather observations within rotating outer scale calibrated in feet from 0 to 8000 and divided for 100 foot intervals, the pocket watch type case with engine turned rear cover and suspension ring, marks for London 1895, diameter 5cm (2ins). The partnership between Richard and Joseph Beck is recorded in Banfield, Edwin BAROMETER MAKERS & RETAILERS 1660-1900 as first working from 31 Cornhill 1867-80 and then 68 Cornhill from 1868. They were best known for supplying microscopes and other optical instruments which were presumably constructed in their factory at Lister Works, Kentish Town, Holloway, East London. Banfield further notes that they often signed their instruments ‘R & J Beck Ltd’ from 1894.
Lot 13
A Victorian silver cased aneroid pocket barometer, J.H. Steward, London, 1865, With 1.75 inch circular silvered register signed J.H. Steward, 406 strand & 54 Cornhill, LONDON centre within concentric scale calibrated for barometric inches divided into twentieths and annotated with the usual weather observations, the pocket watch type case incorporating rotating bezel with recording marker to the inside surface of the front glass and suspension ring, marks for London 1865, diameter 5cm (2ins). James Henry Steward is recorded in Banfield, Edwin BAROMETER MAKERS AND RETAILERS 1660-1900 as a maker of all types of barometers who worked from several addresses in London including; 406 Strand (1857-1900 and beyond), 67 Strand (1867-8), 63 St. Paul’s Churchyard (1867-80), Cornhill (1867-92), 66 Strand (1869-88), 456 Strand (1879-88), 474 West Strand (1886-1900 and beyond) and 7 Gracechurch Street (1893-1900 and beyond). He advertised as ‘maker of the celebrated Lord Bury telescope and maker of the Fitzroy barometers, as in use at all railway termini and principal hotels in London’.
Lot 14
A Victorian silver cased aneroid pocket barometer with altimeter scale, C. and G.E. Asprey, London, 1892, With 1.75 inch circular silvered register signed C. & G.E. Asprey, 166. New Bond St., LONDON beneath Improved Scale, Compensated and stamped registration number 149175 over triangular trademark device to centre within concentric scale calibrated for barometric inches divided into tenths and annotated with the usual weather observations within rotating outer scale calibrated in feet from 0 to 12000 and divided for 50 foot intervals, the pocket watch type case with suspension ring enclosing knurled crown for adjustment of the altimeter scale, marks for London 1892, diameter 5cm (2ins). The firm of Charles Asprey and Sons was originally founded as a silk printing business in Mitcham Surrey by William Asprey in 1781. Charles Asprey relocated the business to London in 1841 to form a partnership with Francis Kennedy, a stationer based at 46 Bond Street. This partnership lasted until 1843 after which the business was continued by Charles Asprey alone until he took in his son, also called Charles, and relocated to 166 Bond Street in 1847. In 1872 the business name was changed to ‘Asprey and Son’ followed by ‘Asprey and Sons’ in 1879 when his other son, George Edward, joined the firm. The name changed again to ‘C. and G.E. Asprey’ in 1888 before finally becoming ‘Asprey and Company’ in 1900.
Lot 15
A Victorian gilt brass aneroid pocket barometer with altimeter scale, J. Hicks, London, late 19th century, With 1.75 inch circular silvered register signed J. HICKS, MAKER, LONDON, 5493 beneath Compensated to centre within concentric scale calibrated for barometric inches divided into twentieths and annotated with the usual weather observations within fixed outer scale calibrated in feet from 0 to 10000 and divided for 100 foot intervals, the frosted gilt pocket watch type case with steel altimeter setting pointer fitted to the inside edge of the rotating bezel beneath suspension ring, diameter 5cm (2ins); with original blue velvet lined red morocco leather covered protective outer case, diameter 6cm (2.25in approx.). James Joseph Hicks is recorded in Banfield, Edwin BAROMETER MAKERS AND RETAILERS 1660-1900 as working from Hatton Garden, London from 1861 until after 1900. He was a committed Catholic who presented various meteorological instruments to the Vatican receiving the title of Knight Commander of St. Gregory for his services.
Lot 16
A fine George III mahogany bowfronted mercury stick barometer, Troughton, London, circa 1820, With swan neck pediment above silvered vernier scale calibrated in barometric inches and with the usual weather observations beneath signature Troughton, London to upper margin within moulded surround for the curved glass, the flame figured trunk of bowed profile and with ebony strung edges with convex throat moulding and vernier adjustment screw to upper section, the base with turned ebony half vase cistern cover flanked by lozenge inlaid canted angles with level adjustment to the cavetto moulded underside, (glass lacking), 100cm (39.5ins) high. The current lot was probably made by Edward Troughton who is recorded in Clifton, Gloria Directory of British Scientific Instrument Makers 1550-1851 as first working in partnership with his brother, John from several addresses in London (including QueenÂ’s Square, Bartholemew and 136 Fleet Street) from 1788 until JohnÂ’s death in 1804. Edward continued alone from their Fleet Street address until 1826 when he formed a partnership with William Simms which lasted until after TroughtonÂ’s death in 1831. Edward Troughton was apparently quite a character choosing to live a semi-reclusive life and was characterised by his snuff-stained wig and ear trumpet! However his skill both in the manufacture and design of fine instruments led him to be awarded lucrative contracts from The East India Company, The Board of Ordnance, the Royal Observatory and The Board of Longitude.
Lot 17
A fine George III mahogany mercury stick barometer with hygrometer, Edward Nairne, London, late 18th century, The caddy moulded arch-top case inset with circular glazed hygrometer with independent adjustment for the hygrometer beard pointer via a brass turn-screw set beneath operating a pair of visible geared wheels fitted to the rear of the instrument, over concave-topped inset silvered vernier scale calibrated in barometric inches to the right hand margin opposing weather observations to the left, the upper margin with engraved signature Nairne, London, the conforming caddy moulded figured mahogany veneered trunk with exposed tube above rounded base applied with half-sphere cistern cover with moulded cylindrical upstand and narrow band to waist, the underside with brass level adjustment screw, 104cm (41ins) high. Edward Nairne was born in 1726 and apprenticed to the celebrated instrument maker, Matthew Loft, in 1741. Latterly he worked from 20 Cornhill and published numerous booklets on navigational, pneumatic and astronomical instruments. In 1776 Nairne devised a marine barometer with a restriction in the bore of the mercury tube which served to dampen the oscillation of the mercury; he was elected to the Royal Society in the same year. In 1774 he formed a loose partnership with his former apprentice Thomas Blunt, perhaps for mutual convenience as BluntÂ’s premises were next door to NairneÂ’s at 22 Cornhill. Edward Nairne is believed to have retired to Chelsea in 1801 and died in 1806.
Lot 18
A fine George III mahogany mercury stick barometer, John Bleuler, London, late 18th century, The arched silvered vernier scale calibrated in barometric inches to the right hand margin opposing weather observations to the left, the upper margin with engraved signature J. Bleuler, London set behind moulded arch-glazed door, the caddy moulded figured mahogany veneered trunk with exposed tube above rounded base applied with half-sphere cistern cover with moulded cylindrical upstand and narrow band to waist, the underside with brass level adjustment screw, 94cm (37ins) high. John Bleuler is recorded in Clifton, Gloria Directory of British Scientific Instrument Makers 1550-1851 as apprenticed to Henry Shuttleworth in 1771, he took on the business of the late Thomas Whitford at 27 Ludgate Hill, London in 1791 and worked from that address until 1822. He died in 1829.
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