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Lot 2131
Bell (John Thomas William) Plan of the Hartlepool Coal District in the County of Durham including part of the Wear District in the Same County, being the First of a Series of Plans of the Great Northern Coal Field..., 1843, Castle Eden, large hand coloured map, linen-backed, (wear to lower edge); with four Ordnance Survey maps of Hartlepool, 1/2500 scale c.1859, coloured, rolled sheets (5)
Lot 373
A late 19th/early 20th Century travelling apothecarys scale in mahogany veneered box with brass fittings; a later boxed set of apothecarys weights; two boxed breast relievers; a boxed Holmspray Atomiser; a boxed Rolls Razor; a razor strop; a Boval enema syringe box containing assorted eye droppers, glass tubes etc and other items (a lot)
Lot 508
A late 19th Century pocket barometer the silvered metal dial marked "F L West Maker 31 Cockspur St London" in brass case (lacks outer case) 5cms diam; an Airey's Altitude Scale, compensated, with silvered dial and in white metal casing, 7.25cms diam and a Waltham travelling timepiece in leather case (3)
Lot 175
Birmingham. Sherriff (James), A Map of Upwards of 25 Miles round the Town of Birmingham..., published Jas. Sherriff & Wm. Faden, 1798, large engraved map with contemporary outline colouring, sectionalised and laid on linen, decorative uncoloured cartouche and mileage scale, table of explanation and compass rose, slight spotting, 845 x 705 mm Uncommon. (1)
![*Greece. Speed (John), Greece, published Thomas Bassett & Richard Chiswell, [1676], hand coloured engraved map, ornate strapw](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/a21f5fd7-def9-4b2a-95ed-a5f700d54520/812e83aa-3eb7-4a89-dc47-0a836abe8897/468x382.jpg)
Lot 196
Lancashire. Blaeu (Johannes), Lancastria Palatinatus Anglis Lancaster et Lancas Shire, published Amsterdam, circa 1645, engraved map with contemporary hand colouring, ornate cartouche and mileage scale, 400 x 515 mm, Latin text on verso, together with, Jansson (Jan), Lancastria Palatinatus Anglis Lancaster & Lancasshire, published Amsterdam, circa 1655, engraved map with sparse hand colouring, central fold strengthened on verso, slight mount staining, 380 x 505 mm, French text on verso (2)
Lot 208
Northamptonshire. Blaeu (Johannes), Comitatus Northantonensis vernacule Northamton Shire, published Amsterdam, circa 1648, hand coloured engraved map, large ornate cartouche and mileage scale, slight spotting, largely confined to margins, 420 x 505 mm, French text on verso, together with, Saxton (Christopher & Kip William), Northamtoniae Comitatus Descriptio in quo Coritani olim Insederunt, [1637], uncoloured engraved map, slight spotting, central fold partially strengthened on verso, 290 x 360 mm, together with another fifty-eight engraved maps of Northamtonshire, including examples by Lewis, Archer, Morden, Kitchin, J & C Walker, Cary, Pigot, Harrison, Duncan, Teesdale, Seller/Grose, Fullarton, Collins, Greenwood and Moule, some duplicates, various sizes and condition (60)
Lot 217
Shropshire. Speed (John), Shropshyre described, The Sittuation of Shrowesbury Shewed with the Armes of thos Earles and other Memorable things observed, published George Humble, circa 1627, hand coloured engraved map, large strapwork cartouche and mileage scale, inset town plan of Shrewsbury, central fold partially strengthened on verso, slight overall toning, 390 x 510 mm, English text on verso (1)
Lot 218
Staffordshire. Blaeu (Johannes), Staffordiensis Comitatus vulgo Stafford Shire, published Amsterdam, circa 1645, engraved map with contemporary hand colouring, ornate cartouche and mileage scale, 415 x 505 mm, Latin text on verso, together with another seven maps of Staffordshire, including examples by Walpoole, Archer, Morden and Saxton/Kip, some duplicates, various sizes and condition (8)
Lot 219
Suffolk. Saxton (Christopher), Suffolciae Comitatus continens in se Oppida Mercatoria 25 Pagos et Villas 464 una cum Singulis Hundredis & Fluminibus in eodem Vera Descriptio, circa 1579, engraved map with early hand colouring, ornate strapwork cartouche and mileage scale, central fold partially strengthened at base, slight creasing in mrgins, 340 x 480 mm With the bunch of grapes watermark. (1)
Lot 224
Warwickshire. Saxton (Christopher & Kip William), Warwici comitatus a Cornauiis olim inhabitus, [1637], uncoloured engraved map, strapwork cartouche and mileage scale, 295 x 350 mm, bound with eleven pages of descriptive text, 20th century cloth boards, slim 4to, together with, Kitchin (Thomas), A New and Accurate Map of Warwickshire drawn from the best Surveys and Intelligence..., published R.Sayer, T. & J. Bowles, circa 1760, engraved map with contemporary outline colouring, sectionalised and laid on linen, slight staining, 670 x 530 mm, contained in contemporary card slipcase with printed label to upper cover, with, Richmond (George, publisher), New Map round Birminham from the Ordnance Survey, circa 1870, large engraved map with contemporary outline colouring, sectionalised and laid on linen, 1040 x 1270 mm, publisher's cloth boards, upper board detached, with another seven maps and part volumes similar, various sizes and condition (10)
Lot 295
*Kipling (Rudyard, 1865-1936). Typed letter signed, 'Rudyard Kipling', Bateman's, Burwash, Sussex, 15 January 1920, headed 'Private' and addressed to Admiral Hopwood, in full, 'Thank you ever so much for the new book. I like every word of it and most specially your quatrain for the Dover Patrol memorial. I had a try at it but I couldn't get it all to the proper scale. I think you have and I hope it will stand on the stone. Joshua was a gentleman who knew a very great deal about the Hun of his day. I don't defend all his actions but his views on the men of Ai etc. were singularly just', with a postscript, 'I think The Standard Ship went home to me very close. I've seen 'em and heard about 'em', one page on personal stationery, 4to Rear Admiral Ronald Arthur Hopwood CB (1868-1949) was a British naval officer and poet. In 1915 he married Gladys Wolryche-Whitmore, daughter of Rev. Henry Bazeley Wolryche-Whitmore and Harriet Douglas Robinson (see Theodore Roosevelt letter below). The book referred to is Hopwood's 'The New Navy and Other Poems' published by John Murray in 1919. The quatrain is entitled 'The Sure Shield, 1914-1919' and was written at the request of the Mayor of Dover's Committee as a proposed inscription for the Dover Patrol Memorial Obelisk. This monument is a war memorial designed by Sir Aston Webb to commemorate the Royal Navy's Dover Patrol of the First World War. Two identical obelisks were erected near Dover and Calais in 1921 and 1922. (1)
Lot 470
Cipriani (Giovanni Battista). I cinque ordini dell' architettura di Andrea Palladio illustrati e ridottia metodo facile..., Rome, 1801, engraved title, engraved scale plate (often lacking), twenty-five copper-engraved plates (including one folding), all on folding guard, first sixteen plates numbered in contemporary manuscript to verso, light scattered spotting, near contemporary half vellum, rubbed and scuffed with slight loss to spine, 4to (1)
Lot 199
A FINE LACQUERED BRASS SUNDIAL BY HENRY SHUTTLEWORTH, LONDON, CIRCA 1770, engraved to a latitude of 55° (Newcastle or Londonderry) with finely worked sixteen-point compass rose, outer minute scale, perspective radiused Roman hour numerals recording IIIIam to VIIIpm each separated by a decorative fleur-de-lys motif, signed at south Shuttleworth London, gnomen, three threaded pad feet, (retaining much original lacquered finish and black-waxed filling) -- 10in (25.5cm.) high, Literature: Turner, A: Early Scientific Instruments Europe 1400-1800, Sotheby's 1987, p.176, this dial illustrated fig. 182, Henry Raines Shuttleworth (w. 1760-1797) was apprenticed to the famous London Maker John Cuff in 1746. Made a Freeman of the Spectacle Makers Company 1756 he subsequently established his own Mathematical Shop near the west end of St. Paul's in Ludgate Street. Succeeded by his son, (also Henry, apprenticed to his father 1778) in Ludgate Street 1797-1811. His signature denotes some of the finest London mathematical instruments of the period.,
Lot 221
A FINE 'CAPTAIN KATER' PATTERN SIGHTING COMPASS BY THOMAS JONES, LONDON, CIRCA 1815, the 5in. mica card with arsenic green scale, signed in manuscript Thomas Jones No. 62 Charing Cross, steel needle, removable inclined lens assembly (later) and folding sight with lens -- 5¼in. (13.3cm.) wide, This pattern was invented by Captain Kater in 1811. A small inclined mirror and lens eyepiece assembly allows simultaneous viewing of the scale and the distant object via the opposite vertical folding sight. Kater's design pre-dates Schmalcalder's use of a prism but was not patented and became superseded by it., Literature: Scientific Instrument Society, Bulletin No. 127 (December 2015) p.36.
Lot 223
A SIMPLE SURVEYING LEVEL BY WILLIAM WILTON, ST. DAY, CORNWALL, signed on the cross bar W. Wilton, St. Day, Cornwall, pin hole sight with cross hair, scale divided from '0' at centre to 40° either side, the reverse with mounting cap for a ?telescope -- 5in. (12.5cm.) diameter, Wm. Wilton worked from St. Day in Cornwall between 1830 and 1851. It is uncertain at present what the mounting cap is for, but seems likely that it was to attach the tripod mounted telescope to survey as a primitive level.,
Lot 289
Ø A 7½IN. RADUIS VERNIER SEXTANT BY HARRIS & CO. LONDON, CIRCA 1840, signed on the arc as per title, with brass tulip pattern frame, inset scale divided 135°, vernier with magnifier, braced arm, sighting tube, shades and mirrors, containing in original fitted keystone box with retailer's label for B.R. Cousens Swansea -- 10in. (25.5cm.) wide
Lot 290
Ø An EARLY 19TH-CENTURY EBONY AND BRASS 10IN. VERNIER OCTANT BY MATTHEW BERGE, LONDON, the arc with inset ivory scale divided to 90°, signed to the right BERGE LONDON, fouled anchor division engine mark at 45°, stamped JR, brass index arm, pinhole sights, three shades, two mirrors, pencil cap and note plate to reverse, contained in original keystone box -- 13in. (33cm.) wide
Lot 291
Ø AN 11¼IN. RADIUS VERNIER OCTANT BY CARY, LONDON, WITH DOLLOND-TYPE BACK-GLASS ADJUSTMENT, CIRCA 1800, the scale divided to 100°, signed on the cross bar as per title, pin-hole sights with swivelling shade and back-glass adjusting lever behind, three shades, mirrors and pin feet, contained within stepped keystone case with shaped escutcheon -- 14½ x 13in. (37 x 33cm.), The reverse glass adjustment is not commonly seen. A similar but earlier version can been seen in the collection of the Royal Museums, Greenwich, numbered NAV1356
Lot 294
A FINE 5IN. RADIUS VERNIER REFLECTING CIRCLE BY EDWARD TROUGHTON, LONDON, CIRCA 1820, the 10¾in. diameter lacquered brass lattice frame signed and numbered on the index arms Troughton London 210, inset silvered scale, vernier magnifier with light diffuser, wooden handles with threaded holes for mounting, removable bulbous handle, six shades, two mirrors, contained within original fitted box of issue with accessories including four sighting tubes and two eyepiece shades -- 7 x 11½in. (17.8 x 29cm.),
Lot 295
A 5IN. RADIUS VERNIER SEXTANT BY ELLIOTT BROS. LONDON, CIRCA 1850, the lacquered brass ladder frame signed on the arc as per title, with inset silvered scale divided to 150°, Vernier with magnifier, adjustable sighting tube mount, seven shades, two mirrors, mounted on black painted section, ebony handle with mounting hole, pin feet, contained within fitted keystone box of issue with accessories including trade label annotated to 449 Strand, the lid with brass mounting slot at apex, and mounting pillar escutcheon -- 7¼ x 9in. (18.5 x 23cm.),
Lot 296
CAPTAIN DOUGLASS'S REFLECTING PROTRACTOR, BY WILLIAM CARY, LONDON, CIRCA 1825, constructed in lacquered brass, arc divided to 130° and signed Cary, London, vernier scale inscribed Patent 289, index arm with pinhole sight, attached to square protractor, contained within original fitted wooden case -- 7in. (17.5cm.) diameter
Lot 297
A FINE 8IN. RADIUS PLATINUM SCALED VERNIER SEXTANT BY CARY LONDON, CIRCA 1840, constructed in lacquered brass, 'T' frame with arc inscribed and numbered Cary London, Platina & Gold, 950, platinum scale divided to 150°, vernier with gold scale, swivel magnifier and bubble level, adjustable sighting tube socket, black painted mirror and shade assembly with threaded cap over adjusting screw, ebony handle with mounting recess for stand, on three brass feet, contained within fitted box complete with accessories and key, and later retail label in lid for Scientific Instrument Works Johannesburg -- case 11½in. (29cm.) square approximately
Lot 299
A LATE 19TH-CENTURY 6½IN. RADIUS VERNIER SEXTANT, unsigned, oxidised brass three circle frame, brass arc no. '2275', silvered scale divided to 150º, vernier with magnifier, sighting tubes, mirrors, shades, shaped ebony handle, contained within fitted box with accessories, trade label for Henry Hughes & Son and test certificate for 1892, -- 10in. (25.5cm.) square
![A FINELY OBSERVED ½IN. TO 1FT SCALE MODEL OF THE PILOT GIG BONNET [1830], modelled by R. Phillips in cherry and spruce wood a](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/1549e2bc-0f33-4c48-96b6-a5e10115989c/5688cf39-2551-48a1-b1aa-15dcd77d5f2d/468x382.jpg)
Lot 302
A FINELY OBSERVED ½IN. TO 1FT SCALE MODEL OF THE PILOT GIG BONNET [1830], modelled by R. Phillips in cherry and spruce wood and constructed as in working practise with clinker hull complete with seats, foot rest, rollocks, etc., mounted on wooden columns to display base with six carved awls -- 4½ x 18 x 6in. (11.52 x 46 x 15cm.)
Lot 303
AN EXCEPTIONALLY WELL MADE AND PRESENTED 8FT:1IN. SCALE STATIC DISPLAY MODEL OF H.M.S. VICTORY AS FITTED AFTER HER 'GREAT REPAIR' OF 1800-1803, modelled by D. Patrick-Brown with a planked and framed hull sheathed in verdigris 'copper' below the waterline, contrasting yellow black livery, gun ports with rigols and opening ropes mainly closed with several open revealing iron guns with red tompions, carved entrance port, chain plates and deadeyes, anchors with bound stocks, catheads with polychrome crowns, lined head rails, carved crest with cherub supporters, carved and glazed stern and quarter lights; planked deck with inked treenails complete with detailed fittings including gratings, stove pipe, belfry, well deck with fitted gun carriages, shot racks, fitted dinghy, hammocks nets, moulded handrails, binnacle with chimney, rigged double helm, deck lights; bound masts with yards, s'tun'sl booms, foot ropes, standing and running rigging with blocks, tackle and much other fine detail. The hull mounted in 'dry dock' along runners set into a cobbled section with side supports and a scale workman on starboard side, on display base set within glazed wooden case with battery compartment and switch to operate stern cabin illumination and engraved plate. Cased measurements -- 34 x 50 x 22in. (86.5 x 127 x 56cm.), A high-quality offering of this much-modelled ship, it was produced at this slightly unusual scale to prove that it could not, in any part, emanate from one of the many kit versions now available. The quality, eye for detail, attractive finish and presentation set it apart from the many others offered to this House., This lot will be available for viewing at Imperial Road
Lot 304
A REMARKABLY DETAILED 1IN:1FT SCALE MODEL OF THE 'BRISTOL' CLASS FRIGATE BRISTOL (1861) MODELLED BY COMMANDER A.H. OLIVER CIRCA 1870 AND LATER, the hull carved from the solid with copper-coloured 'sheathing', raising propeller, rudder with guide chains, enamelled name plate, gun ports with guns, figurehead; planked decks with contrasting central divide, gratings, bitts, belaying rails, cleats with rope coils, retractable funnel with chains, fully fitted long boat complete with oars, rollers, seats, foot rests etc, and steam pinnace with steam engine with folding chimney, opening grate etc, painted capstan, rigged double helm and binnacles, poop with propeller lifting gear, side and stern davits with fully-fitted boats in straps; bound masts constructed as in working practice, fully rigged with standing and running rigging with running blocks and sheaths, yards with s'tun'sl booms and footropes, mounted on later perspex stand. Overall measurements -- 23 x 33in. (58.5 x 84cm.); Copies of historical data, Provenance: Oliver-Bellasis family and thence by descent; loaned to the Science Museum 1931-2016, inv. 1931-660., Algernon Hardy Oliver (1855-1934) completed his training aboard Britannia in 1869 and joined H.M.S. Bristol in December 1870 for eighteen months. He went on to serve on many vessels of which he kept meticulous logs which are now housed in the library of the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich. He retired a Commander in September 1900 and pursued a career as a silversmith and jeweller - skills he clearly drew on in this model where the most minute details are observed. His talent as a modeller was mentioned in his obituary of February 1934 which also noted that his model was now in the care of the Science Museum., The 'Bristol' Class comprised fourteen vessels with some enlarged retrospectively as the "modified" Bristol Class. Built at several yards, the design was approved in 1858 and was basically a conventional 'wooden wall': a 250ft gundeck mounting 51 assorted guns manned by 550 crew. The nameship was built at Woolwich by Napier & Son, fitted with a steam engine able to produce an impressive eleven knots and launched in 1865. Commissioned the same year as the Flagship of Commodore G.T.P. Hornby for a cruise to West Africa, she was paid off in 1868. Recommissioned later that year as a cadet training ship, it was a role in which she remained until sold to the famous Lambeth breakers firm of Castle in July 1883.,
Lot 307
A RARE 1IN:32FT SCALE WATERLINE MODEL OF H.M.S. HAWKINS MODELLED BY NORMAN OUGH, 1926, the hull carved from the solid with painted sides and natural deck, carved and painted fittings including capstan, bitts, anchors with painted chains, main and secondary armament, bridge with fire control, masts with radio aerials and signal lanyards, stayed funnels, covered boats in davits, and other details, mounted on raised cloth-covered plinth with maker's plate, name and scale plates, and contained within ebonised wood glazed cover with exhibition label to one corner. Cased measurements -- 6½ x 23½ x 6½in. (16.5 x 60 x 16.5cm.), Norman Ough (1898-1965) was principal model maker to both the National Maritime Museum and Imperial War Museum and made commissions for many others as well as private clients. A considerable eccentric, he was sometimes found half-starved having forgotten to eat for days being so wrapped in his work. His models are considered amongst the finest evocations of the genre, capturing the essential spirit of the ship and, at an age when few, if any short cuts were available, did not see the need to over-crowd detail. This model was presumably a private commission for someone connected to Hawkins, another example of this ship is held in the Imperial War Museum, Catalogue No. MOD1637., H.M.S. Hawkins was one of the five 'Cavendish' class cruisers ordered in 1915. Designed primarily for trade protection, Hawkins was built at Chatham where she was laid down in June 1916. Displacing 9,750 tons (12,190 deep loaded) and measuring 605 feet in length with a 65 foot beam, she could steam at 30 knots and carried a surprisingly heavy main armament of 7-7.5in. guns. Launched in October 1917, she was not completed until after the end of the Great War and her first tour of duty was as flagship to the 5th Light Cruiser Squadron on the China Station where she served from 1919 - 29. After a spell in the East Indies, she was rearmed in 1939 just in time for active duty in the Second World War during which she initially served as Flagship to Rear Admiral Sir Henry Harwood immediately after the Battle of the River Plate; She was scrapped in 1947.,
Lot 308
A 16FT TO 1IN. SCALE WATERLINE MODEL OF NORWEGIAN TYPE 2 HUNT CLASS DESTROYER K.N.S ARENDAL (EX. H.M.S. BADSWORTH) AS DEPICTED IN 1946, modelled by E. Dyke, carved and laminated hull finished in red below the waterline and grey above, with detailed fittings and armaments as appropriate and depicted underway in a calm painted sea, contained on wooden display glass, with legend and plexiglass cover, overall -- 6½ x 19½ x 6in. (16.5 x 48 x 15cm.), Badsworth was built by Cammell Laird in 1941 as one of 33 produced under the emergency building programme. Displacing 1050 tons, they were 2ft 6in. wider than the Type 1s, their Parsons gears turbines developed 27kts and they were crewed by 168 personnel. Sold to Norway in 1946 and named Arendal she was struck from the list in 1961.
Lot 309
A 16FT TO 1 IN. SCALE WATERLINE MODEL OF THE NORWEGIAN S-CLASS DESTROYER K.N.S STORD (EX H.M.S. SUCCESS) AS DEPICTED ON OPERATIONS CIRCA 1943, modelled by E. Dyke, carved and laminated hull finished in camouflage colours with detailed fittings and armament as appropriate and depicted underway in a calm painted sea, contained on wooden display glass, with legend and plexiglass cover, 9½ x 26 x 10in. (24 x 66 x 25.5cm.), Built at Whites of Cowes in 1943, Success and her yard sister Shark were two of a small number immediately sold to the Norwegian Government in exile to boost their navy. Displacing around 1710 tons and crewed by around 200 personnel, their Parson's turbines developed an impressive 36kts. Renamed Stord, she survived the War to be broken in 1959; her sister (transferred to Norway in 1944 and renamed Svenner) was less lucky and was sunk by a German MTB whilst supporting the D-Day landings - the only vessel to be sunk in the first wave of 6th June.
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