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Lot 84
Benjamin Donn A Map of the County of Devon with the City and County of Exeter large scale engraved map on 11 folding sections (of 13?) including a plan of Falmouth published 1765, (incomplete) each section circa 74 x 52cm (tears and other damage; disbound); together with An engraving of the Wanstead Estate in the County of Essex (trimmed) and a small view of the house
Lot 242
AN IMPORTANT AND POSSIBLY UNIQUE 9¾IN. RADIUS MAHOGANY AND BRASS PROTOTYPE DOUBLE-FRAMED VERNIER OCTANT BY EDWARD TROUGHTON, LONDON, C.1782-5with curved bar frame, the arc with brass plate supporting seven pillars with raised brass scale divided to 120°, signed Troughton London, Vernier with clamp, secondary window with tangent screw adjustment, secondary free Vernier cursor punched `-15°`, brass index arm, sighting tube, two mirrors and three shades, contained within original stepped keystone box with lock plate and key (knob of tangent screw detached but present) — 13 x 14½in. (33 x 37cm.) The Troughton Family (John Troughton Snr. 1716-1788, uncle to brothers John Troughton Jnr 1739-1807 and Edward Troughton FRS 1753-1836) achieved world-wide fame for the division of scales on sextants. Realising that fluctuating temperatures caused the metallic expansion and distortion of their precision-divided index scales, they corrected this with double-silhouette sextant plate frames. Conjoining both frames together by riveting small brass pillar-stays of about 10mm., they created the double-frame structural rigidity required to avert temperature distortion of both the frame and index scale divisions. This sextant is thought to have the earliest Troughton signature witnessed on their instruments and an example of one of their primary attempts at averting such scale expansion. John Troughton Jnr. patented his double-frame in 1788 and once perfected, the firm produced many fine all brass examples purchased by the East India Company amongst others. Literature: Morzer-Bruyns, W.F.J. Sextants at Greenwich, NMM/OUP 2009, p. 177, No. 155.
Lot 243
AN EXCEPTIONALLY WELL-PRESERVED EARLY 19TH-CENTURY 7IN. RADIUS BRIDGE-FRAMED VERNIER SEXTANT BY BERGE, LONDON, LATE RAMSDENwith oxidised-brass straight-bar frame, silvered scale divided to 140°, Vernier scale with tangent-screw magnifier, cross bar signed as for title, bridge incorporated shades, mirrors and sighting tube mount, mahogany handle, contained within fitted keystone box with sighting tubes, trade label for J.C. West & Co. and fitted leather outer cover, the lid with plaque engraved A. Nicholson — 10¼ x 11½in. (26 x 29.2cm.)
Lot 245
AN 8IN. RADIUS VERNIER SEXTANT BY HEATH & CO., LONDONthe oxidised-brass triangle-pattern frame with silvered scale divided to 155°, the polished arc signed as per title and numbered `U 812`, contained within fitted box with accessories and error certificate for 1921, the lid with plate inscribed `NNW` — 12¼in. (31cm.) diameter
Lot 246
A 19TH-CENTURY 6½IN. RADIUS VERNIER SEXTANT BY T.L. AINSLEY, SOUTH SHIELDSwith polished brass `bell` pattern frame signed on the arc Made For T.L. Ainsley, South Shields, silvered scale divided to 155º, adjustable telescope and horizon glass, secured in original brass-bound fitted box with press-button release and accessories, Kew test certificate with `0` error from 1904 and ivorine "Hezzanith" plate — 10¼in. (26cm.) diameter. T.L. Ainsley worked, or sold, from several locations between 1858-1886. This example appears to be of higher quality than later `bell` framed examples and is presumably one of the first of this well-known model to be retailed. Originally the frame would have been oxidised brass, the special mirror key ensured that this instrument`s errors could be maintained at `0`.
Lot 247
A 19TH-CENTURY DRUM SEXTANT BY TROUGHTON & SIMMS, LONDONof typical form, silvered scale divided to 150º, signed as per title and contained within lacquered-brass drum case with leather outer cover, diameter including case — 3in. (7.5cm.); together with a military issue fob watch, formerly the property of Admiral Irving (2)
Lot 288
A FINE 1:48 SCALE FULLY RIGGED, PLANKED AND FRAMED STATIC DISPLAY MODEL OF THE MINERVE OF CIRCA 1780 modelled by Charles d`Clinton from plans supplied by Jean Boudriot, with fully framed half-planked and pinned hull, warrior form figurehead of Minerva, finely carved transom and court galleries, half-planked decks revealing internal framing and complete with capstan, companionways, fully fitted ship`s boats lashed within well deck, bound masts, yards with s`tuns`l booms, standing and running rigging and other fine detailing, contained within brass-bound glazed case (stern panel broken) on inlaid table stand with brass plaque and fragment of oak from H.M.S. Victory and book shelf suspended under, model measurements — 34 x 46in. (86.5 x 117cm.); overall measurements including stand — 70 x 56½ x 29in. (178 x 143.5 x 74cm.); notes and historical data of the making of this model This model was the subject of two lengthy articles in issue numbers 67 and 68 of The Model Shipwright, both of which are included in this lot.
Lot 289
A HIGHLY DETAILED, PLANKED AND FRAMED ¼":1` SCALE MODEL OF THE 74-GUN SHIP VANGUARD AS FITTED FOR LORD NELSON PRIOR TO THE BATTLE OF THE NILE 1798 researched and modelled by Charles d`Clinton in boxwood with fully framed port side and semi-planked and framed starboard side, carved and gilt figurehead, stern carvings and gun whale trophies, with semi-planked deck exposing internal framing with details including stove, belfry, capstan, shot racks, cannons in trucks, deck lights, companionways etc., bound masts, yards with s`tuns`l booms, hand-wound standing and running rigging with sheathed blocks with fully fitted longboats being slung out, and a number of finely modelled crew including Nelson and marines going about their duties, mounted on a light oak panel with side brace, overall measurements — 52 x 64 x 26in. (132 x 162.5 x 66cm.); together with framed details and `gold` certificate from the Model Engineer Exhibition, videos and photographs of construction (2) H.M.S. Vanguard, 1,604 tons, was one of the "Arrogant" class of two-decked 74-gun third rates designed by Sir Thomas Slade in 1758. Although several ships were begun immediately, Vanguard herself was not actually ordered until 1779 and it took a further three years before her keel was laid on 16 October 1782. Finally launched at Deptford on 6 March 1787, she measured 168 feet in length with a 47 foot beam, and was commissioned with a crew of 550 men. Assigned to the Channel fleet on the outbreak of war with Revolutionary France in 1793, she was soon dispatched to the West Indies where she first distinguished herself on 29 September 1795 by capturing the French 50-gun Superbe off the Leeward Islands. This was clearly a prelude to greater things for when she returned home to refit in late 1797, it was announced that she was to become flagship for Nelson for his forthcoming tour of duty in the Mediterranean. Ready for sea by the end of March, Vanguard sailed from Portsmouth on 10 April 1798 and was nearly lost in a severe storm off Toulon in May. On 1 August - after three months of searching - Nelson at last located the French fleet lying in Aboukir Bay at the mouth of the Nile, and even though it was already six o`clock in the evening, he astonished his own captains as well as the enemy by attacking them immediately. Outgunned and unprepared for an action they believed would not come until the next morning, the French were decisively defeated in a brilliant show of Nelsonian daring. It was a glorious victory and one which brought England`s hero to the pinnacle of his fame. Although Vanguard was to see plenty more action before the Napoleonic Wars were finished, particularly in the West Indies, much of it - even the bombardment of Copenhagen in 1807 - was an anticlimax after the battle of the Nile. Worn out by continuous service at sea for almost twenty years, she was hulked to become a prison ship in December 1812, relegated to a powder store in 1814, and finally broken up at Portsmouth in September 1821.
Lot 290
A WELL-PRESENTED AND FINELY DETAILED FRUIT AND BOXWOOD 16`:1" SCALE MODEL OF H.M.S. LEOPARD (1790) modelled by J. Ryan with plank-on-frame hull, carved stern and quarter galleries, pinned deck with Venetian red gratings and gun trucks, full suite of fitted ships boats over well deck, bound masts with standing and running rigging, yards with s`tuns`l booms and other details, mounted on a burr walnut base with glazed cover. Model measurements — 12 x 15in. (30.5 x 38cm.); Case overall — 16 x 24 x 12½in. (40.5 x 61 x 32cm.); travel box H.M.S. Leopard was a Portland Class Fourth Rate ordered in 1785, but only completed in 1790. She enjoyed a busy and quite illustrious career and served as a flag ship on three occasions, the last to Vice Admiral Sir George Berkley on the Halifax Station during which time she captured - and released - the U.S.S. Chesapeake in June 1807. She was wrecked in the Gulf of St. Lawrence in 1814.
Lot 291
A WELL-PRESENTED 14`:1" SCALE FRUIT AND BOXWOOD MODEL OF CAPTAIN COOK`S ENDEAVOUR (1768) modelled by J. Ryan with framed, planked and pinned hull cutaway on port side revealing internal compartments, planked deck with fittings, bound masts with standing and running rigging and other details. Mounted on a mahogany display base with brass bound glazed cover, cased measurements — 11¾ x 12¾ x 7in. (30 x 32.5 x 18cm.); travel box
Lot 292
A WELL-PRESENTED AND DETAILED 20`-1" SCALE ADMIRALTY BOARD-STYLE MODEL OF THE ROYAL GEORGE (1715) modelled by J. Ryan in box and fruitwoods with frames exposed below the main wale and planked above, intricately carved bow and stern with double-equestrian figurehead and caryatids, partially planked decks revealing lower decks, fittings including belfry, capstan, bitts etc., the bulwarks finished in Venetian red and other details, mounted on a burr walnut display base with wood-bound glazed cover. Model measurements — 2½ x 8in. (6.5 x 20cm.); cased measurements — 7 x 12¾ x 7¼in. (18 x 32.5 x 18.5cm.) Originally built as Royal Charles in 1673, she was rebuilt in 1693 and re-named Queen. Rebuilt again in 1714 and re-named Royal George but not commissioned until 1741 she was now a first rate of 90-guns. After a quiet career, she served as Flagship to Admiral Vernon in the Downs, was paid off in 1748 and remained at Sheerness until 1756 when she was re-named Royal Anne (to make way for the new Royal George) but, after some brief service was paid off in 1761 and finally broken up in 1767 at Portsmouth without ever having fired a shot in anger.
Lot 293
AN UNUSUAL COLLECTION OF APPROXIMATELY 100 FINE SCALE WATERLINE WOOD AND METAL MODELS OF PRE-DREADNOUGHT WARSHIPS apparently for various navies and comprising most classes of vessel typically constructed between approximately 1880 and 1900, mostly finished with painted superstructure, masts, main armament and named on the underside, a few rigged, the largest — 10½in. (26.5cm.) diameter
Lot 294
A WELL-PRESENTED 32`-1" SCALE STATIC DISPLAY MODEL OF THE COURT LINE PASSENGER CARGO SHIP S.S. FRAMLINGTON COURT (1924) modelled by R.A. Wilson with laminated, carved and plated hull, detailed deck fittings and superstructure, finished in company livery and mounted within Plexiglas wooden case with plaque, overall measurements — 19 x 6½in. (48.3 x 16.5cm.); carry box and historical data
Lot 295
A 32`-1" SCALE WATERLINE MODEL OF THE SHIRE LINE CARGO SHIP S.S. STIRLINGSHIRE (1928) modelled by R.A. Wilson with laminated carved and plated hull, detailed deck fittings and superstructure, finished in company livery and depicted steaming in a calm sea, within Plexiglas wooden case, overall measurements — 6½ x 21in. (16.5 x 53.5cm.); carry box and historical data
Lot 296
A 32`-1" SCALE STATIC DISPLAY MODEL OF THE CLAN LINE PASSENGER CARGO SHIP M.V. CLAN SHAW (1950) modelled by R.A. Wilson with laminated, carved and plated hull, detailed deck fittings and superstructure, finished in company livery and mounted in Plexiglas glazed case with plaques, overall measurements — 8½ x 22½in. (21.5 x 57.5cm.); carry case and historical data
Lot 302
A WELL-PRESENTED AND FINELY DETAILED 1:192 SCALE WATERLINE MODEL OF H.M.S. AJAX AS FITTED IN 1939 modelled by John R. Haynes, with bespoke preformed hull, lined decks complete with highly detailed fittings and armament including studded chain, deck rails, superstructure with carley floats, bridge complete with telegraph, binnacles etc., search lamps, rangefinder, fitted ship`s boats and assorted launches and other much fine detailing, set on a moulded and painted seascape within metal-bound glazed case - overall measurements 11¼ x 40¼ x 8½in. (28.5 x 102 x 22cm.) In December 1939, three British cruisers - Ajax, Achilles and Exeter, under the command of Commodore Henry Harwood - formed one of various task forces searching the South Atlantic for the German pocket-battleship Graf Spee which had been preying on the Allied merchant shipping since soon after the War began. Harwood believed Graf Spee would be attracted to the busy shipping lanes off the estuary of the River Plate and his intuition proved uncannily accurate when he sighted his adversary on 13 December. Splitting his force to sail either side of Graf Spee, Harwood went into action immediately. Within half an-hour, all three of his cruisers had been damaged, with Exeter and Ajax so severely mauled that Harwood was forced to retire. Instead of pursuing his quarry when he was in a position either to defeat them or to escape, Captain Langsdorff took Graf Spee into the neutral port of Montevideo where he was allowed to remain for a few days. Believing that he was boxed in by a superior force which was growing by the day, Langsdorff took his ship out into the Plate estuary on 17 December and scuttled her. A somewhat hollow victory for the Royal Navy, the three cruisers had nevertheless fought valiantly against a much more powerful enemy whose sinking provided a sorely-needed boost to British morale as the War gathered momentum. Ajax was decomissioned in February 1948 and broken at Newport November 1949.
Lot 14922
Circle of Francesco Solimena (Italian, 1657-1757): The Martyrdom of St Ursula, the nun saint depicted slumped on a dais, an arrow piercing her breast, surrounded by attendant angels and putti, oil on canvas Solimena became Naples leading painter after the departure of the painter Luca Giordano for Spain in 1682 and like his predecessor he too painted in a flamboyant Baroque style albeit with a lighter touch which tended more towards classicism in his later years as the middle years of the 18th century progressed. Solimena works ranged from large history pictures, alter pieces and frescos as well as portraits and small-scale paintings, Much admired throughout Europe and in demand among the princes and aristocracy of France, Spain and Austria during his lifetime, the composition of the current lot illustrates a typical use of a particular reddish brown ground which came be associated with the artist. 119cm x 85cm Condition: The canvas relined, revarnished and with typical restorations to surface commensurate with age. View on auctionatrium.com
Lot 215
A Regency mahogany bow front stick barometer by Stephen Bithray, with a moulded cornice above silvered dials signed S. Bithray, Royal Exchange, with vernier scale above a brass and ebonised adjuster knob, detachable thermometer with silver dial, the base with canted corners inlaid ebonised lozenges and with a urn shape cover, 37.5in (95cm) h.
Lot 116
An English delft blue and white charger, probably London or Bristol, decorated with stylized plants and scale ground borders, 33.5cm diameter, circa 1760 Please note: See Northern Ceramic Society Journal 25 2008-9 for discussions on plates of this type and attribution to Lancaster delftware.
Lot 1035
A Late 17th or Early 18th Century Walnut Cased Gold Scale by Henry Neale, with engraved pictorial label to underside of lid `Henry Neale at Ye Corner of Bartholomew Lane, near The Royal Exchange, London`, the scale with steel balance and brass pans, with a quantity of mixed weights, the case lid stamped with geometric patterns and with set with brass fittings, length 19cm
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