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AN INTERESTING VICTORIAN COLONIAL INDIA 'MILITARY INTELLIGENCE DEPARTMENT' SIGHTING COMPASSUNSIGNED, MARKED FOR THE INDIAN COLONIAL GOVERNMENT AND M.I.D., CALCUTTA, CIRCA 1880The 3 inch circular silvered plate marked with eight cardinal points annotated with East/West reversed and engraved with government arrow device over I then M.I.D. E.P.'T., CALCUTTA to centre, within scale divided for every ten degrees deviating from 0 at North and South up to 90 at East and West, within a second raised concentric scale calibrated for every degree and annotated anticlockwise in tens 0-360, the steel pointer with locking lever set behind glass secured by a brass ring bezel, the rectangular mahogany case with hinged top section opening to reveal the compass and pair of hinged brass sights positioned at North and South and set on substantial brass straps, the lid with further recessed brass strap further engraved with the government arrow device over I then M.I.D., CALCUTTA, 13.14.5cm (5.75ins) wide, 11cm (4.25ins) deep, 3.2cm (1.25ins) high closed; 9cm (3.5ins) high open. The initials 'M.I.D.' inscribed on the present lot stands for the Calcutta-based 'Military Intelligence Department' which was originally set up by the East India Company prior to the 'India Mutiny' which led to the formation of the English government controlled Indian Colonial Government in 1858. The M.I.D. had responsibility for the security of Greater India, borders and coasts (including what in now known as Bangladesh, Burma and Pakistan). The department continued operations under the Indian Colonial Government reporting directly to the Governor General then later the Viceroy. With regards to dating the present lot The Indian Colonial Government instituted the 'government arrow' over 'I' mark on their instruments and other property from around 1877.  The reversed East and West annotations ensure that the correct direction of sight is displayed on the scale when the instrument is in use. In other words when sighting North and then subsequently looking to observe to the West, the compass will need to be rotated anticlockwise. The needle will then move clockwise in relation to North thus the scale will correctly provide a 'sight' reading in the Westerly direction.

Y&nbspA REGENCY INLAID MAHOGANY MERCURY WHEEL BAROMETERG. MOROITAL, GLOUCESTER, EARLY 19th CENTURY The 8 inch rosette centred circular silvered register signed G. Maroital, Gloucester within concentric scale divided in barometric inches and annotated with the usual observations, with steel pointer set behind glazed cavetto moulded brass bezel with a brass recording pointer applied to the glass, the ebony edged case with oval conch shell motif to the open triangular pediment over arched glazed silvered Fahrenheit scale spirit thermometer and twin further oval conch shell motifs to the baluster-shaped trunk, the rounded base inlaid with a rosette.100cm (39.5ins) high, 25.5cm (10ins) wide. Provenance:The Leonard Fuller Collection. Condition Report: Condition overview:Barometer is in good clean working condition with only minor age-related blemishes/localised repairs to the case. Condition Report Disclaimer

A REGENCY INLAID MAHOGANY MERCURY WHEEL BAROMETERA. GATTY, READING, EARLY 19th CENTURY The 8 inch rosette centred circular silvered register signed A. Gatty, Reading within concentric scale divided in barometric inches and annotated with the usual observations, with steel pointer set behind glazed cavetto moulded brass bezel with a brass recording pointer applied to the glass, the chevron edged case with circular fan rosette to the open triangular pediment over arched glazed silvered Fahrenheit scale spirit thermometer and twin oval conch shell motifs to the baluster-shaped trunk, the rounded base further inlaid with conforming fan rosette.100cm (39.5ins) high, 25.5cm (10ins) wide. Provenance:The Leonard Fuller Collection. Anthony Gatty is recorded in Banfield, Edwin BAROMETER MAKERS & RETAILERS 1660-1900 as working from Royal Oak, Fisher Row, Reading circa 1810-40. 

A REGENCY BRASS INLAID MAHOGANY BRACKET CLOCK WITH AND FIRED ENAMEL DIALWIGHTMAN, LONDON, CIRCA 1815The five pillar twin chain fusee movement previously ting-tang striking the quarters on a graduated pair of bells and sounding the hours on the larger of the two, with shouldered plates and anchor escapement regulated by heavy lenticular bob pendulum with an effective length of 12.5 inches, the backplate signed Wightman, St. Martin's Lane, the 9.5 inch circular fired white enamel Roman numeral dial with Arabic five minutes beyond the minute track and wavy steel moon hands, with a strike/silent selection lever to upper margin set behind hinged convex glazed cast brass bezel, the arched case with geometric brass strung decoration incorporating rectangular motifs and a horizontal double-headed trident across the centre, the sides with gilt brass lion's mask ring handles over arched brass fish scale sound frets, the rear with arch glazed door set within the frame of the case, on cavetto moulded skirt base incorporating conforming brass inlay to fascia over block feet (quarter striking mechanism deactivated and smaller bell no longer present); with a later mahogany wall bracket with rectangular table over a single shaped panel support,The clock 51cm (20ins) high, 35cm (13.75ins) wide, 20.5cm (8ins) deep; the clock on wall bracket 77.5cm (30.5ins) high overall. Online sources record a Thomas Wightman working from 95 St. Martin's Lane, London 1798-1818. 

A GEORGE III/REGENCY BRASS MOUNTED MAHOGANY TABLE/BRACKET CLOCK WITH FIRED ENAMEL DIALBARRAUD, LONDON, EARLY 19th CENTURYThe five pillar twin fusee bell striking movement with anchor escapement regulated by lenticular bob pendulum incorporating stirrup type regulation adjustment and trip-hour repeat, the geometric border engraved backplate with pendulum holdfast and signed Barraud, Cornhill LONDON within an oval cartouche to centre, the 6.75 inch slightly convex white enamel Roman numeral dial with Arabic five minutes beyond the outer minute track and pierced brass hands, the break-arch case with brass ball finial and foliate scroll pierced and engraved brass frets to the concave-sided pyramidal upstand over complex cast brass top mouldings, the opening front applied ogee moulded convex-glazed cast brass bezel over fine foliate scroll pierced and engraved lower quadrant frets flanked by inset brass mouldings to angles, the sides with hinged brass carrying handles over brass fish scale sound frets, the rear with full-width break-arch glazed door, on brass bound cavetto moulded skirt base with brass ogee bracket feet.46cm (18ins) high, 27.5cm (10.75ins) wide, 19cm (7.5ins) deep. Paul Phillip Barraud was born in 1752 and initially worked with his father at first until his death in 1795, after which he turned his attention more towards chronometers. Using the valuable experience gained whilst working on Mudge's timekeepers with W. Howells and G. Jamieson to good effect, he became very successful. After his death in 1820 the business was continued by his sons taking John Richard Lund, a former apprentice of John Pennington (who developed the auxiliary compensation balance weight to correct for middle temperature changes), into partnership in 1838.  

AN INLAID MAHOGANY AND SATINWOOD CROSSBANDED ANEROID WHEEL BAROMETERUNSIGNED, SECOND QURTER OF THE 20th CENTURYThe 7.5 inch circular silvered calibrated for barometric inches and with the usual observations, with blued steel pointer set behind bevel glazed brass bezel incorporating further recording pointer to the glass, the satinwood banded case with triangular pediment over scallop shell roundel and inset FAHRENHEIT and CEMTIGRADE scale glazed spirit thermometer to the tapered trunk, the rounded base with conforming roundel.91cm (36ins) high, 30cm (11.75ins) wide. Provenance: From a Private Collection  

AN AUSTRIAN OXIDISED BRASS THEODOLITENEUHOFER AND SOHN, VIENNA, EARLY 20th CENTURYThe telescope with rack and pinion focus adjustment and fitted with a spirit level to top, mounted via a horizontal pivot terminating with a spoked vertical circle incorporating fine silver Vernier scale to circumference with pivoted scale magnification glass to one end opposing fine screw angle adjustment bar to the other, onto a pierced U-shaped frame and rotating table incorporating X and Y orientated spirit levels, Vernier sector with pivoted magnifier, and rotation locking clamp with fine thread adjustment and signed NEUHOFER & SOHN, VIENNA beneath serial number 7135 to the arm, the fixed base with silvered ring calibrated in degrees of rotation divided for half degree increments to the circumference, the whole raised on squat column upright issuing triform radial supports with screw feet, in original wooden box with some accessories and pasted factory calibration label to the inside of the door.The instrument 20.25cm (8ins) high, the tube 16.5cm (6.5ins) long with focus closed; the box 30cm (11.75ins) high, 20.25cm (8ins) wide, 22cm (8.75ins) deep. The firm of Neuhofer and Sohn was established when Carl Neuhofer joined his father, Joseph, as a partner in the business previously known as 'Optisches Institut Carl Cross and Comp.' trading from 8 Kohlmarket, Vienna. The business became particularly well known for their optical and surveying instruments and continued trading up until around 1940. 

Y&nbspA RARE BIEDERMEIER VIENNA ROSEWOOD MINIATURE 'DACHLUHR' WALL TIMEPIECE UNSIGNED, VIENNA, CIRCA 1840 The four pillar single-weight driven movement with slightly tapered plates enclosing four-wheel train and deadbeat escapement, with fine-beat adjustment to crutch and regulated by decorative brass and steel rod pendulum with large diameter brass-faced lenticular bob reading against a fired enamel beat-scale applied to the lower edge of the case backboard, the 4.5 inch circular white enamel Roman numeral dial with blued steel moon hands within repeating cartouche and bead cast brass bezel, the movement and dial supported within the case via keyhole slots to the backplate engaging with corresponding posts fitted to a brass plate applied to the veneered backboard, the exterior with rococo scroll carved and pierced crest applied to a platform upstand, over box line-edged canted cornice with wavy lower edge moulding and full-height rectangular two-panel glazed front door applied with stylised scroll carved capitals and ripple-moulded bases to the slender pilaster strip uprights, the sides with narrow glazed apertures, the base of stepped ogee form with panel to front over anthemion carved pendant. 73.5cm (29ins) high, 22cm (8.75ins) wide, 12cm (4.75ins) deep. Condition Report: Movement appears in good original condition with no visible evidence of alteration or noticeable replacements. The mechanism is a little dirty/neglected hence a gentle clean/service is advised before putting to use. The dial appears free from visible damage or restoration. The centre arbor pin-hole (for securing the minute hand and collet) is broken hence a pin and collet cannot be fitted, however as minute hand is a good push-fit and both hands appear to hold position this would probably not adversely affect the timepieces ability to show the time. The case is generally in very good condition with faults very much limited to very slight veneer shrinkage and a few tiny surface blemishes.Timepiece has pendulum (in good condition with only minor patchy discoloration), a crank winder and a weight (undamaged but with patchy oxidation/discolouration) but it is lacking the pulley from which the weight is hung, Condition Report Disclaimer

Y&nbspA REGENCY MAHOGANY BRACKET CLOCKWIGHTMAN, LONDON, CIRCA 1815The five pillar twin fusee bell striking movement with geometric border engraved shallow-arch backplate and anchor escapement regulated by heavy lenticular bob pendulum with an effective length of 11.5 inches, the 8 inch circular single sheet silvered brass Roman numeral dial signed WIGHTMAN, ST. Martins Lane, London to centre and with delicate pierced steel hands, with a strike/silent selection lever to upper margin set behind hinged convex glazed engine-milled cast brass bezel, the arched case with geometric looped lozenge ebony line inlaid decoration beneath the dial and the sides with brass fish scale sound frets, the rear with arch glazed door set within the frame of the case, on ogee moulded skirt base fitted with brass ball feet.The clock 43.5cm (17ins) high, 28.5cm (11.25ins) wide, 18cm (7ins) deep. Provenance:The Leonard Fuller Collection, purchased from Liberty and Company, London, 15th April 1966 for £97-10-0. Online sources record a Thomas Wightman working from 95 St. Martin's Lane, London 1798-1818. Condition Report: Movement is complete and in working condition with no visible evidence of alteration or notable replacements. The mechanism however is a little dull/dirty hence a clean/service is advised. The dial has overall moderate oxidation/patination to the silvering otherwise is in good original condition. The case is generally presentable but has slight shrinkage cracking towards the rear edge at the apex of the top and above and below each of the side frets. The rear door has a slight warp and a small veneer patch repair adjacent to the escutcheon. The front has a horizontal shrinkage crack towards the lower edge just above the skirt as well as slight shrinkage just beneath the dial. Faults are otherwise limited to minor bumps, scuffs, shrinkage, wear and other minor faults commensurate with age.Clock is complete with pendulum, case key and a winder. Condition Report Disclaimer

A LATE VICTORIAN LACQUERED BRASS ANEROID SURVEYOR'S BAROMETER WITH ALTIMETER SCALEJ. H. STEWARD, LONDON, LATE 19th CENTURYThe 2.25 inch circular silvered register inscribed Surveying Aneroid, Compensated; Temp All Scale, 50 (degrees) Fah't; J. H. Steward, 457. West Strand, 406. Strand & 7. Gracechurch St., London, 3877 to centre within scale calibrated in barometric inches also divided into hundredths, within rotating outer scale calibrated for Feet, 0-6,000 divided into hundredths and incorporating a second staggered scale to allow readings to be taken to two-hundredths, the glazed cylindrical case with knurled circumference to bezel and suspension loop.7.5cm (3ins) diameter, 2.8cm (3.125ins) deep. James Henry Steward is recorded in Banfield BAROMETER MAKERS AND RETAILERS 1660-1900 as working from various addresses in London from 1857 until after 1900. He advertised as 'maker of the celebrated Lord Bury telescope and maker of Fitzroy barometers, as in use in all railway termini and principal hotels in London'. Condition Report: Mechanism has been 'bag tested' and responds to change in pressure hence appears to be in working condition. The dial has overall moderate oxidation with some unevenness to the colour as well as some slight surface blemishes (burnish marks) visible within the rotating bezel scale. The glass has bee replaced and has some unevenness/tiny fritting to the bevelled edge left-over from the cutting process. The case is in good original condition with old lacquer finish which is now exhibition overall discolouration/oxidation and some wear. Condition Report Disclaimer

A FINE VIENNESE LACQUERED BRASS CAMPAIGN THEODOLITE CHR. AND G. STARKE, VIENNA, MID 19th CENTURYThe single short draw focusing telescope inscribed K. K. polytechn. Institut in Wien. Chr. & G. Starke to one side held within oxidised brass frame supporting a spirit level to top and with micrometer screw elevation adjustment to eyepiece end, fitted via a rotating joint onto a horizontal degree circle with fine silver scale and Vernier applied to an arm screwed to the telescope frame, the base with ball and socket sleeve joint for mounting on a tripod, in unusual tooled and textured paper covered 'admiral's hat' shaped carrying case finished to resemble leather and with moulded fabric lined interior incorporating a small selection of accessories; with a wooden tripod, 19th century, incorporating oxidised brass knuckles and threaded instrument mounting socket, (2).The case 12cm (4.75ins) high, case 18.5cm (7.25ins) wide; 11.5cm (4.5ins) deep; the tripod 84cm (33ins) long closed. The current lot was presumably made by Georg Christoph Starke (1794-1865) in partnership with his son, Gustave (1832-1917) suggesting that it was made in around 1850. 

A GEORGE III BRASS MOUNTED MAHOGANY TABLE/BRACKET CLOCK WITH MOONPHASETHAMAS WAGSTAFF, LONDON, CIRCA 1785The five pillar twin fusee bell striking movement with verge escapement regulated by lenticular bob pendulum incorporating transverse pivoted beam rise/fall regulation to suspension and with holdfast, the foliate engraved backplate decorated with a circular cartouche containing a basket of fruit on a rococo shelf to centre over leafy swag to lower margin, the 8 inch single sheet silvered brass dial with subsidiary calendar dial over signature Tho's Wagstaff, Gracechurch St., LONDON and unusual rolling moonphase aperture with lunar disc calibrated for the lunar month to circumference to the centre, within narrow Roman numeral chapter ring with Arabic five minutes beyond the minute track, with pierced blued steel hands and leafy scroll engraved infill to spandrel areas beneath arch with twin subsidiary STRIKE/SILENT and regulation dials, the break arch case with hinged brass carrying handle applied to a single brass fillet bordered raised 'pad' to top and complex cornice mouldings, over hinged front incorporating brass fillet mouldings bordering the glazed dial aperture, the sides with arched brass fish scale sound frets and the rear with break-arch glazed door set within the frame of the case, on cavetto moulded skirt base with brass ogee bracket feet.44cm (17.25ins) high with handle down, 31cm (12.25ins) wide, 19.5 (7.75ins) deep. Thomas Wagstaffe is recorded in Baillie, G.H. Watchmakers & Clockmakers of the World as working from Carey Street and Grace-Church Street, London 1756-93. Wagstaffe was a devout Quaker with strong ties with his brethren in Philadelphia, U.S.A. He is known to have supplied movements and dials for casing locally in Philadelphia, with examples noted in Moore, George and James, Arthur Thomas Wagstaffe, Quaker Clockmaker published in the December 1976 issue of the 'National Association of Watch & Clock Collectors Bulletin' (pages 534-35). Condition Report: Movement is in relatively clean working condition and appears fundamentally all-original with no visible evidence of alteration or noticeable replacements. The dial is in fine condition with nice even silvering. There is some very slight scuffing around the winding holes and the lunar disc has probably been re-touched at some point in the past. The case is in sound original condition. The curved top surface shows evidence of movement in the carcass hence there are splits flanking the raised pad running in-line with the front edge f the panel itself. The rear edge also shows movement behind the rear right-hand corner of the pad with a veneer loss approximately 2cm square at this point. The curvature of the pad itself also has historic shrinkage cracks and a small old veneer patch repair across the rear left-hand corner. The mask around the dial (behind the front door) has had a small section of veneer re-attached to the left-hand side of the arch; the front door is in good original condition. The sides both have localised small veneer patch repairs to the surround/overlap bordering the brass fret apertures and the rear door has a similar small patch repair bordering the glass. Faults to the case are otherwise to minor bumps, scuffs, light shrinkage and other age-related blemishes.Clock has pendulum, winder and a case key. Condition Report Disclaimer

A DUTCH INLAID MAHOGANY MERCURY CONTRA-BAROMETER ANTONIO PEIA, AMSTERDAM, CIRCA 1800The two-section urn surmount-outlined pewter scales with husk swag decorated oval signature cartouche engraved BAROMETER, THERMOMETER, en CONTRALEUR, door Ant, Peia, te Amsterdam, above applied spirit Fahrenheit and Reaumur scale spirit thermometer to the left hand scale, the centre tube flanked by compressed scales for both English and French barometric inches at the top and the right hand main scale annotated with additional amplified English barometric inches incorporating the Dutch `36` scale calibrated 20-0-16 with the 0 representing the mean pressure at sea level in The Netherlands, the case with parquetry banded open triangular pediment and later vase finial above chevron banded frieze panel and glazed front door with conforming inlay to surround, the base with three bell-shaped caps to the recessed waist above cistern box faced with chevron banding above an inlaid conch shell cartouche, over two vase shaped pendant finials.120cm (47.25ins) high, 28cm (11ins) wide, 10cm (4ins) deep. Provenance: From a Private Collection. Antonio Maria Carlo Abindio Peia was born in Como, Italy in 1769. He worked in Amsterdam from 1790 first 'In the Gravenstraat above the Spekslager' then, from 1797, at the St. Nicolaasstraat; before finally moving to Wijdsteeg 4 in 1820 - where he presumably worked until his death in 1845.  

A FINE AND RARE ENGLISH WILLIAM III/QUEEN ANNE SILVER BUTTERFIELD PATTERN SUNDIALJOHN ROWLEY, LONDON, CIRCA 1700The plate with three hour scales for 45, 51 and 55 degrees annotated 4-12-8, IIII-XII-VIII, 4-12-8 with the centre Roman scale divided into half and quarter hours as well as ten-minute increments, the centre with foliate engraved infill incorporating stylised interloping scrolls possibly forming an elaborate monogram, overlaid with a hinged bird engraved adjustable gnomon calibrated in degrees for elevation to the outer edge, opposing a glazed compass divided for N, E, S and W only and with gold inlaid N, S annotations to the blued steel pointer, the underside engraved with latitudes for twelve cities in two panels, the left-hand Rome 41.04, Hague 52.1, Amsterdam 52.03, Venice 45.18 and Vienna 48.22 opposing London 51.30, York 53.50, Cambridg 52.17, Bristol 51.30, Exeter 50.40 and Chester 53.17 to the right, the lower edge signed in a curve John Rowley Fecit; in original silk velvet lined ray skin protective case.The instrument 8.5cm (3.625ins) long, 6.7cm (2.625ins) wide, 4cm (1.625ins) approx. high with gnomon raised; the case 9cm (3.5ins) wide, 7.5cm (3ins) deep, 2cm (0.75ins) high closed. Provenance:The Leonard Fuller Collection. John Rowley is recorded in Clifton, Gloria Directory of British Scientific Instrument Makers 1550-1851 as a mathematical instrument maker and book engraver working from 'Behind the Exchange' Threadneedle Street, London in 1691, then from 'The Globe under St. Dunstan's Church' Fleet Street 1702-15 and at Johnson's Court, Fleet Street 1710-27; Clifton noted that the latter address may well have been his living residence. Amongst Rowley's apprentices was Thomas Wright (in 1707) who then went on to become his successor and one of the most important makers of scientific instrument makers of the eighteenth century. Another apprentice was John Coggs who went on to become particularly well known for his sundials, most notably his universal ring dials. This design of portable pocket sundial was devised by Michael Butterfield, an English Instrument maker who settled in Paris around 1685. Although this type of dial became popular with other French makers (most notably those who worked nearby to Butterfield's workshop on 'Le Quay de L'Horloge') very few appear to have been made by English makers in London; hence the present lot is a particularly rare example.  Condition Report: The instrument appears to be in fine original condition with the only notable fault being a small shallow chip to the inside edge of the compass glass. The case is intact and in sound original condition. The right-hand eye for the securing latch is missing and there is a small loss to the wooden structure to the interior of the lid at this point. There is also a small section of the delicate raised lip (for locating/closing against the inner edge of the lid) to the lower section missing. The lid has a slight warp/distortion, and the velvet lining has overall fading/wear. The underside has some later pins towards one edge no doubt to secure lifting skin covering at some point. Otherwise, faults are limited to minor age-related wear. Condition Report Disclaimer

A RARE GEORGE IV MAHOGANY CASED JAMES SIX PATTERN MAXIMUM AND MINIMUM RECORDING THERMOMETERJ. SOMALVICO AND COMPANY, LONDON, CIRCA 1825The glazed rectangular case enclosing a tight U-shaped tube incorporating a downward return column to the centre connected at the top to the left, the U-bend filled with mercury and the remainder with spirit incorporating a part filled bulb to the top of the left-hand column, the right-hand column with FAHRENHEIT and REAUMUR scales opposing conforming but inverted scales to the left, with the column itself also including a metal rod 'float' for recording the minimum temperature of exposure, the upper margin inscribed R.J. EATON and signed J. SOMALVICO, MAKERS, LONDON, ('maximum' float not visible).49cm (19.25ins) high, 6.5cm (2.5ins) wide, 3.8cm (1.5ins) deep. The firm of Joseph Somalvico and Company are listed with numerous entries in Banfield, Edwin BAROMETER MAKERS AND RETAILERS 1660-1900 as working from several addresses including 81 Holborn, circa 1795-25; 37 Charles Street, Hatton Garden, circa 1820-40; 2 Hatton Garden 1840-67 and 16 Charles Street 1868-99. The design of the present lot was invented by the British Scientist, James Six, in around 1780. The inscription for 'R.J. Eaton' probably relates to the original owner. Condition Report: The tube is complete and appears undamaged. It is filled with no obvious airlocks within the columns however the 'maximum' marker cannot be seen hence could have worked its way/sunk into the mercury column. The scale has some patchy/streaky discolouration/tarnishing and two of the plate securing screws are missing otherwise appears to be in fine original condition. The case is in good original condition with faults limited to very minor bumps, scuffs and other age-related blemishes. The brass hanging eye is probably an old addition; the rear panel has two 'keyhole' mounting apertures.  Condition Report Disclaimer

Y&nbspA VICTORIAN ROSEWOOD MERCURY WHEEL BAROMETERLONG AND SANDERSON, WIGTON, THIRD QUARTER OF THE 19th CENTURYThe 9.5 inch circular basket of flowers a rococo cartouche centred circular silvered register divided for barometric inches and with the usual observations, with pierced steel pointer and recording hand set behind convex glazed brass bezel, the case with hygrometer to swan neck pediment over applied bowfronted Fahrenheit scale mercury thermometer to the tapered trunk, the squared-off base with recording hand setting square over rectangular spirit level signed LONG & SANDERSON, WIGTON.105cm (41.5ins) high, 29cm (11.5ins) wide. Provenance:The Leonard Fuller Collection. 

A VICTORIAN SCOTTISH OXIDISED BRASS SEXTANTROBERT YOUNG AND SON, GLASGOW, SECOND HALF OF THE 19th CENTURYThe pierced 7 inch frame with pivoted arm mounted with mirror opposing hinged magnification lens over aperture for reading the fine silver inset brass Vernier scale signed Robert Young & Son, Glasgow, with two sets of hinged filters, brass telescopic sighting tube and wooden grip to rear of frame, the fitted mahogany box with two additional eyepiece sections for the sighting tube and a solar filter.The box 12.5cm (5ins) high, 28cm (11ins) wide, 25cm (9.75ins) deep. Provenance:The personal collection of the former owners of Marine Instruments Limited, Falmouth, Cornwall.

A LATE VICTORIAN OXIDISED BRASS ANEROID SURVEYOR'S BAROMETERJ. CASARTELLI AND SON, MANCHESTER, CIRCA 1900The 3.75 inch circular silvered register signed J. CASARTELLI & SON, MANCHESTER beneath COMPENSATED to the recessed centre, within scale calibrated in barometric inches divided into fiftieths and concentric outer scale calibrated in feet in both directions for ASCENT and DESCENT from 0 to 3000 divided into ten-foot increments, with slender blued steel pointer and revolving canted inner bezel adjusted via the crown incorporating a small scale annotated and divided 0-5-10 in both directions and also labelled ASCENT and DESCENT, the outer bezel with thick bevelled glass and applied scale magnification lens also revolving manually; with a Stuart's Patent distance meter, retailed by G. Lee and Son, Portsea, late 19th century, with fixed shallow-angled glass prism set next to a section of concave lens whose relative position can be adjusted via a rack and pinion until the split image viewed through the telescope attachment lines-up, the upper surface of the slide applied with radial cream celluloid scale of alternating dotted and dashed lines annotated TENTHS OF MILES to upper margin, overlaid with a slider attached to the frame of the instrument moving against scale annotated in feet 0-100-200 and with locking screw. Stamped G. LEE & SON., THE HARD, PORTSEA. to lower left, the right-hand brass side panel inscribed STUART'S, DISTANCE METER, (PATENT) and No. 125, the rear with delineated table with columns titled SHIP, MAST H'D TO W L, MAST H'D TO LOWER TOP and UPPER SPEED TO STERN L'T, in original mahogany box with black japanned sighting telescope and instruction sheet (torn), (2).The barometer 14.5cm (5.75ins) high to top of crown, 7cm (2.75ins) approx. deep; the distance meter box 4.5cm (1.75ins) high, 19cm (7.5ins) wide, 10cm (4ins) deep. J. Casartelli and Son are recorded in Banfield, Edwin BAROMETER MAKERS & RETAILERS 1660-1900 as opticians and mathematical instrument makers working from 43 Market Street, Manchester, from 1896-1925. George Lee and Son are recorded by Banfield as working from Ordnance Row, The Hard Portsea and 3 Palmerston Road, Southsea circa 1880-1900. Stuart's Patent distance meter is a form of optical rangefinder which requires the height of the object viewed (ship) to be known. By setting the height (in feet) on the central slider and then lining-up the split image viewed through the telescope, after adjustment of the rack and pinion assembly, the distance of the object from the viewer can then be read-off the radial 'Tenths of Miles' scale.  Condition Report: IVORY LICENCE 6W1NDVJ7Condition Report Disclaimer

AN EARLY VICTORIAN LACQUERED BRASS THEODOLITETROUGHTON AND SIMMS, LONDON, CIRCA 1840The telescope with rack and pinion focus adjustment and fitted with spirit level to top, mounted within a frame positioned between two A-frame uprights incorporating a half circle adjusted for inclination via a rack and pinion and inset with silvered scale reading against a Vernier fixed at the base of one of the uprights, set on a circular brass revolving table applied with a glazed compass divided for degrees and labelled with eight cardinal points to centre as well as X and Y orientated spirit levels, the table signed Troughton & Simms, LONDON over a silvered Vernier sector with another to the opposing side for reading against the fixed canted silver ring to the circumference of the base calibrated for degrees of rotation divided for half degree increments, fitted with clamp and fine screw rotation adjustment over a column upright with elaborate triple-screw adjustable mount with threaded socket to underside, in original mahogany box with an additional eyepiece tube and a brass plumb weight.The instrument 22.5cm (8.75ins) high minimum, the tube 26cm (10.25ins) long with focus closed; the box 15cm (6ins) high, 29cm (11.5ins) wide, 22.5cm (8.75ins) deep. The partnership between Edward Troughton and William Simms is recorded in Clifton, Gloria Directory of British Scientific Instrument Makers 1550-1851 as formed in 1826 and operating primarily from addresses in Fleet Street, London. Edward died in 1835 followed by William in 1860; the business was subsequently continued by their successors until 1922 when the name was changed to Cooke, Troughton and Simms. 

A RARE TWO-DAY ORDINANCE SURVEY CHRONOMETERTHOMAS MERCER, ST. ALBANS, MODEL S. C. 2, CIRCA 1949The circular four pillar single chain fusee movement with Harrison's maintaining power, jewelled pivots for the escape and seconds wheels, Earnshaw type spring detent escapement regulated by split bimetallic balance with cylindrical compensating weights, helical palladium balance spring and jewelled endstone, the spotted backplate with spring set-up ratchet and blued-steel pillar and backcock securing screws, the 4 inch circular silvered Arabic numeral twenty-four hour 'sidereal' dial with subsidiary seconds dial incorporating open centre revealing ratchet-tooth wheel for opening and closing electrical contacts with the beat of the escapement at six o'clock, within annotation in red CAUTION: HANDS, FORWARD ONLY below signature THOMAS MERCER LTD, ST. ALBANS, ENGLAND across the centre and DOWN/UP, 0-56 power reserve dial numbered 18384 beneath twelve o'clock, with blued steel spade hands and red Arabic five minutes beyond the outer minute track, set beneath a screw-down chrome-plated bevel-glazed bezel incorporating dust-cap sealed winding square aperture to glass, mounted onto a disc collar stamped 18384 to underside incorporating START/STOP lever and insulated electrical contact screws engaging with sprung contact posts fitted to the exterior of the grey-speckle japanned cylindrical aluminium case, complete with typsy winding and hand setting keys, rating certificate dated 22nd March, 1949 and Mercer information sheet C 6/61, set in a metal angle reinforced baize-lined canvas covered field case hand-inscribed O.S. 821 A over M.O.D. arrow device to the lid and fitted with leather carry strap; with a ticker-tape recording chronograph, Thomas Mercer, model T. P. A., mid 20th century, the rectangular thick-gauge brushed aluminium box-type frame incorporating brass bushed pivots for the single going barrel movement regulated by an adjustable centrifugal governor, driving a milled aluminium wheel positioned beneath a tensioned jockey wheel to pull through ticker tape fed via a large spool across the top plate, past a pair of solenoids each independently operating a pivoted armature fitted with sharp 'pricker' to mark the ticker tape as it passes beneath, the front with WIND square, 2 SPEEDS, IN FAST and OUT SLOW selection plunger, ON/OFF lever and inscribed MERCER, ST. ALBANS. ENGLAND to centre over number 185 to lower right-hand corner, secured in its original mahogany-framed drop-front box with electrical feeds from paired external contact plugs labelled BATTERY, KEY and CHRONOMETER positioned on the right-hand end, the exterior lined in green painted canvas and with metal reinforced angles, the top indistinctly hand-inscribed W10/W 0002 over M.O.D. arrow device, the front with printed metal plate MERCER, MODEL T. P. A. / 2, MADE BY THOMAS MERCER LTD. ST. ALBANS. ENGLAND, with chrome winding key, contact feed cables, and Mercer information sheet C 7/61, (2).The chronometer case 17cm (6.75ins) high, 28cm (11ins) wide, 21cm (8.25ins) deep; the ticker-tape chronograph case 19.5cm (7.75ins) high, 49cm (19.25ins) wide, 17.5cm (7ins) deep. The chronometer making firm Thomas Mercer of St. Albans was established by Thomas Mercer (1822-60) at North Road, London in 1858 before moving to 45 Spencer Street, Clerkenwell in 1860. Mercer became an active member of the British Horological Institute (established in 1858) where he lectured on the need to modernise the industry and served as honorary treasurer from 1875-95. After occupying several addresses in Clerkenwell Mercer relocated the core of the business to St. Albans in 1874 setting up a factory behind his house at 14-15 Prospect Road. Although the bulk of the businesses work was undertaken in St. Albans Mercer personally made weekly trips to Clerkenwell to deliver/collect parts finished by specialist outworkers as well as visit the Horological Institute. In order to maintain a presence in London Thomas Mercer opened an outlet 18 Westmoreland Road, City Road in 1890. Succuss at the Greenwich trials was also always considered important to Mercer who entered instruments every year; he was placed second in 1881 and his son, Frank, came first in 1911. In 1900 Thomas Mercer accepted an invitation to judge at the Universal Exhibition in Paris but unfortunately caught a cold on the ferry crossing and died soon after his return. The business was subsequently continued by his successors becoming of the most prolific suppliers of chronometers and other timepiece for industrial, maritime and domestic purposes and continued trading in St Albans until 1984. The current chronometer was developed by Mercer for surveying purposes. Fitted with electrical contacts and rated to sidereal time the timepiece is designed to be used in conjunction with the ticker-tape chronograph and an Admiralty pattern 45 degree prismatic Astrolabe or theodolite (to allow accurate measurement of angular distance, or 'zenith distance' between a given star and the zenith). The very accurate timing of the zenith distance of a given star can provide precise 'local time', and, through comparison with Greenwich meantime, allow accurate longitude and latitude of the observer to be established.In practice, once the apparatus has been set-up, the seconds beats of the marine chronometer (synchronised with Greenwich meantime) will be recorded on the ticker tape at up to 1 inch intervals (depending-on the speed setting of the paper feed) through electrical connection to one of the solenoid-operated prickers. The second pricker is connected to a hand-switch (or key) operated by the surveyor observing the star through a theodolite (or prismatic Astrolabe). At the moment the given star reaches its maximum (or chosen) zenith angle the surveyor presses the switch which records this moment, alongside the regular marks of the chronometer, on the ticker tape. By knowing the time at which the chronometer feed was activated the respective time of the star reaching its zenith can be established by simply counting the pricks (for each second) up to the point of the mark created by the observation. Indeed, by taking a ruler and measuring the distance the observed mark occurs between two marks created by the chronometer feed, the time of the mark (in relation to Greenwich meantime) can be ascertained up to an accuracy of around one twentieth of a second.In order to create accurate maps, a location within 50 feet would need to be obtained; this corresponds to a timed observation within 0.03 of a second. With this in mind several observations would need to be taken and any errors in the rate of the chronometer ascertained and corrections factored-in before suitably accurate readings for location can be established. In practice the rate chronometer was often independently checked in the field (both before and after the observations) through comparison with against radio Time Signals transmitted from Greenwich. Markings to the lid of the chronometer box indicates that it was owned by the Ordinance Survey. As such it was likely to have been used alongside aerial photography for small scale maps, particularly in undeveloped or difficult locations, where the location data is governed by a series of points whose positions are fixed by radio Astro Observations.  

A FINE REGENCY LACQUERED BRASS AND MAHOGANY 'PORTABLE ORRERY' AND TELLURIANWILLIAM JONES, LONDON, CIRCA 1815The tellurian assembly with removable brass sphere representing the sun forming the central fixed axis of an arrangement of gears set between slender shaped plates engraved Monthly Preceptor No. 2 above To Miss Eliz'th Parker, Aged 14, of Mettingham, near Bungay, Suffolk, as the Reward of distinguished merit to the upper surface, terminating with a tiered arrangement of paper scale annotated with the age of the moon including eight images showing progression of the phases beneath central ring showing signed of the Zodiac and upper included ring forming the track of moon which rises and falls as it processes around a central bone terrestrial sphere, the train operated by rotating the assembly clockwise around the central pivot over a 7.75 inch disc base applied with printed paper scale annotated with calendar divided for the months and signs of the Zodiac to circumference, the middle concentric band annotated for the seasons and equinoxes, and the centre illustrated with planets of the solar system drawn to show their relative sizes along with inscription A NEW PORTABLE ORRERY, Invented and Made by W. JONES, and Sold by him in Holborn, LONDON; with original mahogany box containing a small oil can lamp can to allow the solar sphere to be substituted for a light source; together with separately cased orrery or planetarium attachment, with central post applied with brass solar sphere issuing pivoted graduated radial arms applied with bone and ivory spheres depicting Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn together with respective moons.The principal box 12cm (4.75ins) high, 22cm (8.5ins) square; the planetarium box 3.2cm (1.25ins) high, 20cm (8ins) wide, 9.5cm (3.75ins) deep. Provenance:The Leonard Fuller Collection. Purchased from Harriet Wynter Limited Arts and Sciences, London, 26th June 1975. Exhibited at Asprey and Company The Clockwork of the Heavens - An exhibition of astronomical clocks, watches and allied scientific instruments presented by Asprey & Company with the special help of Harriet Wynter and the collaboration of various museums and private collections London, November 1973, exhibit number 74.  William Jones is recorded in Banfield, Edwin BAROMETER MAKERS AND RETAILERS 1660-1900 as apprenticed to the highly regarded maker Benjamin Martin. He went into partnership with his brother, Samuel Jones (apprenticed to George Adams Junior, instrument maker to George II) in 1791. The partnership worked from several addresses in Holborn 1791-1859 (including 135 Holborn 1792-1800 and 30 Holborn 1800-1859) and became one of the most important firms of scientific instrument makers of the late Georgian/Regency period.  The design of present lot was developed by William Jones in 1812 primarily as an education aid based upon the principles of 'James Ferguson's construction'. The Tellurian was intended demonstrate astronomical phenomena such as the reasons for day and night, seasons, and eclipses, related to the diurnal rotation of the earth, the annual revolution of the earth around the sun, and monthly revolution of the moon around the earth. Whilst the 'planetarium' was a much simpler model intended to illustrate the basic construction of the solar system. Condition Report: The instrument is generally in very good original condition. The tellurium assembly is fully operational with the overlaid papers within the mechanism intact with minimal discolouration. There is some discolouration/oxidation to the brass and the ivory terrestrial sphere has a slight shrinkage crack and a couple of other small surface blemishes. The paper applied to the base are free from tears, lifting or heavy scuffs. The colour has browned to a darkish cream tone and one of the pigments used to highlight the annotations has oxidised heavily resulting in localised dark patches within the print. The base panel is free from splits/cracks and is straight. The red pigment bordering the edge has flaking/wear. The planetarium attachment is complete and in good original condition. The brass has overall light oxidation and a couple of the spheres have been re-glued onto their supports. The box containing the planetarium is in fine original condition with faults limited to a few light bumps and scuffs and other minor age-related blemishes. The box for the instrument contains a cylindrical tinned metal oil lamp fitting which is empty does not have a wick fitted, there is also a spare hole suggesting a support some other accessory or is perhaps holding place for brass solar sphere when it is removed from the tellurium. The rear top edge of the box has had a full width slip of wood let-in across the full width probably to repair a section that has split away from the rear edge; there is also a small bruise near the lock suggesting that it has been jemmied-open at some point, otherwise box is in good original with faults limited to minor bumps, scuffs and other age-related blemishes.Box has a key for the lock. Condition Report Disclaimer

A GEORGE IV BOWFRONTED MAHOGANY MERCURY WALL THERMOMETERCETTI AND COMPANY, LONDON, CIRCA 1825The rectangular silvered Reaumur and Fahrenheit scale annotated Freez,ing; Tempe,rate; Sum'r, Heat; Blood, Heat and Fever, Heat beneath signature CETTI & Co., 25 Red Lion Str.t Holb'n, the case with waisted upstand over cavetto cornice, bow-glazed front and concave base moulding.34.5cm (13.5ins) high, 7cm (2.75ins) wide. Joseph Cetti and Company are recorded in Banfield, Edwin BAROMETER MAKERS AND RETAILERS 1660-1900 as working from several addresses in London 1802-39 including 25 Red Lion Street, Holborn, 1816-39. Condition Report: Tube is filled, appears undamaged and is provided an appropriate reading. The scale has noticeable dark streaky oxidation otherwise is in fine original condition. The case is intact but with uneven finish and a slight shrinkage crack to the lower part of the left-hand side, faults are otherwise limited to light bumps, scuffs and other age-related faults. The brass hanging eye is probably an old addition. Condition Report Disclaimer

Y&nbspA FRENCH WALNUT-CASED PART SET OF NAVAL ARCHITECT OR CARTOGRAPHERS DRAWING INSTRUMENTSE. LORIEUX, PARIS, MID 19th CENTURYComprising a heavy 16.5 inch hinged brass sector engraved with two opposing angled scales each marked for single units annotated in tens 10-600, the left upper margin inscribed (Les parties egales) and signed E. Lorieux, A Paris, No. 5 and the lower inscribed Depot des cartes et plans de la marine, the right-hand side engraved with initials E.F. over N. 5 and P.B., contained in a hinged polished mahogany case; a brass and steel draughtsman's protractor with radius divided for degrees and annotated in tens in both directions, with hinged arm pivoted at the centre incorporating Vernier scale and also engraved Depot des Cartes et Plans, de la Marine (10), E. Lorieux, A Paris and initialled P.B, E.F., both the arm and the base of the arc fitted with steel extension rules; two compass radius arms, the first with 42 inch boxwood beam fitted with steel sharp point set in a T-shaped mount engraved Depot de la Marine, 22 and P.B. over E.F. to verso, opposing a conforming sliding mount fitted with a loop for a pencil and engraved E. Lorieux a Paris, the second of similar design but smaller with 23.75 inch steel beam and signed ...Hurlimann a Paris over initials E.F. to mount; four ebony square-section straight edges; three various boxwood rulers; two steel rulers; and a boxwood set square, all contained in a solid walnut box inset with brass plate engraved E. Fichol to lid and with substantial hinged cast brass carrying handles to each end.The box 120cm (47.25ins) long including handles, 13cm (5ins) high, 26cm (10.25ins) deep. The firm Lorieux was one of the most important Parisien manufacturers of sextants and other maritime instruments during the second half of the 19th century. The business was established in 1845 by two pupils of the renowned instrument maker Henri Gambey; in around 1902 the firm moved from 43, Passage Dauphine, Paris, to 6 rue Victor Considerant. It was then taken over by Albert Lepetit, in about 1914, and moved to Montrouge at 204 avenue Marx Dormoy, before passing into the hands of Roger Poulin in around 1950. 

A GEORGE III SMALL BRASS MOUNTED MAHOGANY BRACKET CLOCKJ. PERIGAL, LONDON CIRCA 1800The five pillar twin fusee bell striking movement with shallow-arch shaped plates and verge escapement regulated by short bob pendulum, the 4.75 inch circular slightly convex cream painted Roman numeral dial signed J. Perigal, Coventry Street, London to centre and with blued steel moon hands, the shallow break-arch top case with hinged brass carrying handle and complex top mouldings, over hinged front applied with moulded cast brass convex glazed bezel set between crescent-shaped upper and twin lower quadrant brass fish scale sound frets flanked by brass edged angles, the side with conforming rectangular sound frets and the rear flush incorporating arch-glazed door, on cavetto moulded skirt base with brass ogee bracket feet.28.5cm (11.25ins) high with handle down, 21.5cm (8.5ins) wide, 15cm (6ins) deep. John Perigal is recorded in Baillie, G.H. Watchmakers & Clockmakers of the World as working from Coventry Street, London 1770-1800. He was from the celebrated Perigal dynasty of clockmakers who first worked with Masquerier (1772-82) and then Browne (1794-1800). A John Perigal is subsequently recorded by Baillie as working in partnership with Duterrau from New Bond Street 1803-40.  

A FINE AND VERY RARE FRENCH EMPIRE BRASS INLAID MAHOGANY MANTEL CLOCK WITH MECHANICAL ORRERYUNSIGNED, ATTRIBUTED TO THE WORKSHOP, OF ANTIDE JANVIER, PARIS, CIRCA 1810The clock with four pillar twin going barrel movement of at least eight-day duration incorporating anchor escapement regulated by lenticular bob pendulum with knife-edge suspension and outside countwheel striking sounding the hours and a single blow at the half hours on a bell mounted behind the movement, the 4.75 inch slightly convex white enamel Roman numeral dial with Arabic fifteen minutes within the outer minute track and pierced and chased gilt brass hands, set behind a hinged engine-milled convex glazed bezel, the mahogany case of four-glass type with brass edged platform upstand supporting the orrery/tellurian mechanism over scroll dentil cornice and brass ogee fillet mounded glazed front aperture interrupted by the clock dial and bezel and with brass diamond lozenge motif to the upper rail, the sides with conforming glazed panels and lozenge inlay and the rear with rectangular glazed door set within the frame of the case, on cavetto moulded skirt base, the orrery/tellurian set on a rectangular brass plate with vertical take-off from behind the clock dial driving a gear train to advance the hands on two small silvered subsidiary dials set towards the front margin, with the first labelled SOIR/MATIN and annotated with Arabic twenty-four hour chapters and the second with days-of-the-week in French, with further cocked wheelwork to drive the principal elements of the rotating orrery assembly above, comprising a gilt sphere representing the sun with two small satellites labelled Mercure and Venus over geared train to drive their motion as well as for the tellurian, the latter constructed with a 0.875 inch terrestrial globe applied with 12 hand coloured paper gores annotated with principal land masses and oceans annotated in French and Paris marked with a raised brass pin, rotating on an inclined axis within a gilt brass meridian ring and with geared orbiting lunar satellite revolving to provide moonphase indication over a silvered ring inscribed route de la lune par courier, 29 jours 12 heures 44 minutes and labelled Noeud (for node) twice at opposing ends of one of the crossings, the whole orrery/tellurian assembly rotating annually around the central solar axis and fitted with a pin pointer to the end opposing the tellurian for reading against a silvered calendar scale, annotated with the months of the year in French and divided for each day, with Janvier also including an aperture to show the year labelled 18, the front of the brass base mounting plate with small square to manually advance the mechanism. 52.5cm (20.75ins) high, 22.5cm (8.75ins) wide, 16cm (6.25ins) deep. The form, specification and layout of the orrery and tellurian assembly of the current lot can be closely compared to that of a 'heliocentric planetarium' signed 'Janvier au Louvre' which was sold at Christies, King Street, London sale of Important Clocks, Marine Chronometers and Watches 12th June 1996 (lot 269) for £28,750. Another very closely related mechanical orrery, this time surmounting a mantel-type timepiece, was also sold at Christies, King Street sale of IMPORTANT CLOCKS, INCLUDING A FINE COLLECTION OF INDUSTRIAL, AUTOMATON AND ASTRONOMICAL CLOCKS Wednesday 4th July 2007 (lot 122) for £28,000 hammer. Although this second example was signed 'Baltazar Pere' the form of the timepiece (simple rectangular form incorporating recumbent sphinxes) was that of an Antide Janvier 'audience clock'. In addition to these timepieces, distinctive elements, such as the inclusion of Mercury and Venus alongside the tellurian, can also be observed in Janvier's 'pendule a sphere' now residing in the collection of the Conservatoire National des Arts et Metiers, Paris.  Antide Janvier was born in Brive, near St. Claude in the Jura mountains in 1751. His father was a clockmaker who, after observing Antide's natural talent, sent him to study under the Abbe Tournier at Saint-Claude at the age of thirteen. Two years later he started working on his first 'sphere movement' which he then presented to the Academie des Science in Besancon where he received a lot of praise and a certificate for his work. By 1770 Antide Janvier was in the service of Monsieur Devanne as an apprentice clockmaker where he made another orrery, this time out of boxwood. A third, smaller scale example was then produced which Janvier took with him on a journey to Paris no doubt to seek employment and make his name. Although Janvier was fortunate enough to receive an audience with Louis XV, his temperament was not well received and he returned to Verdun without the fame and patronage which he so desired.Having subsequently married and settled in Verdun as a clockmaker, Antide Janvier came to the attention of Monsieur de Lalande, professor of Astronomy at the College de France. Indeed, it is when Monsieur Lalande had seen a pair of Janvier's 'sphere mouvantes' (one heliocentric and the other geocentric) at a gilder's workshop in Paris, that he decided to call-on Janvier for re-introduction to the Royal Court. King Louis XVI was suitably impressed by Janvier's work and immediately purchased a pair of miniature orreries and placed them in his study at Versailles (the whereabouts of these orreries is now unknown).Due to his association with the Royal Court, after the French Revolution, Antide Janvier was imprisoned for a short while and subsequently fell on hard times. His wife died in 1792 and he latterly sold stock and designs to Abraham-Louis Breguet to raise funds. Despite this Janvier continued to produce clocks during the Consulat and Empire periods, most notably his 'audience timepieces' and regulators. He also went onto collaborate with Raingo to create a mechanical orrery timepiece of differing design to the present lot.On the restoration of the monarchy and accession of Louis Philippe in 1726 Antide Janvier was awarded a modest pension but died in relative poverty and obscurity in 1835. When considering the difficulties faced by Janvier post revolution, it is highly probable that he supplied other more 'acceptable' makers with timepieces etc. for them to sell-on. This would appear to be the case with the example signed 'Baltazar Pere' (mentioned above) and is most likely the underlying reason why the present lot is apparently unsigned. Condition Report: FOR CONDITION REPORT PLEASE CONTACT DEPARTMENT.A further note on attribution - the attribution stated in the description is based on the evidence outlined in the footnotes. Although provided with a good degree of confidence the attribution is stated in an 'opinion only' basis hence no guarantees can be applied.  Condition Report Disclaimer

Y&nbspA REGENCY MAHOGANY MERCURY STICK BAROMETERTHOMAS BLUNT, LONDON, EARLY 19th CENTURYThe caddy moulded case with swan neck pediment over rectangular glazed silvered Vernier scale calibrated in barometric inches and signed T. Blunt, 22 Cornhill, LON, DON to upper margin, the ebony-edged trunk with Vernier adjustment square to throat and flame-figured veneers, over ogee-moulded domed cistern cover to the rounded base incorporating level adjustment square to underside.98.5cm (38.75ins) high, 12.5cm (5ins) wide. Provenance:The Leonard Fuller Collection. Thomas Blunt is recorded in Goodison, Nicholas ENGLISH BAROMETERS 1680-1860 as apprenticed to the celebrated scientific Instrument maker Edward Nairne in 1760, with whom he subsequently formed a partnership after gaining his freedom of the Spectaclemakers' Company in 1771. Edward Nairne died in 1806 although some instruments signed for 'Nairne and Blunt' are believed to have been made after that time. Thomas Blunt was a distinguished instrument maker who was credited with assisting J.H. Magellan with some of the features of his 'New Barometer' devised in 1779. Blunt is believed to have continued alone from his Cornhill address until his death in 1822; he was succeeded by T. Harris. 

A RARE FRENCH LARGE FOUR-DIAL NOVELTY AUTOMATON LIGHTHOUSE TIMEPIECE WITH BAROMETER AND THERMOMETERSPOSSIBLY BY ANDRE ROMAIN GUILMET, PARIS, RETAILED BY F. GUILLEBOT, BORDEAUX, LATE 19th CENTURYThe timepiece with circular eight-day movement with platform cylinder escapement regulated by sprung monometallic balance vertically planted on the backplate stamped V.R., BREVETE PARIS over serial number 2524, the 2.25 inch circular dial with gilt centre inscribed F. GUILLEBOT, 52 COURS DE L'INTENDANCE, BORDEAUX within silvered Roman numeral chapter ring with blued steel spade hands set behind hinged cast gilt brass bevel-glazed bezel with canted insert to interior, mounted within a nickel-plated cylinder in a cruciform arrangement with a pair of conforming curved mercury tube CENTIGRADE and REAUMUR scale thermometers to the sides and a BAROMETRE ANEROIDE to rear, similarly signed for the retailer's to centre within silvered scale calibrated in mm hg 690-800 numbered for every ten and with the usual observations in French, with blued steel pointer and recording hand to glass matching those for the paired thermometers, the nickel-finish cylinder assembly forming the lantern of the lighthouse capped with a gilt cupola engraved with brick courses and with finely executed weather-vane, slowly revolving via a separate going-barrel driven movement set within the base of the lighthouse structure, the tower formed as a tapered column with gilt balustrade gallery supported on corbels over brick-coarse engraved shaft applied with staggered gilt arched windows, over moulded foot incorporating hinged door to reveal the winding square for the automaton movement, on rounded circular base set on a Belge noir marble plinth.62cm (24.5ins) high, 23cm (9ins) diameter at the base. Andre Romain Guilmet was born on the 10th of December 1827 in La Ferte-Gaucher, France. He was a credited as a watchmaker and inventor who specialised in producing novelty and mystery clocks for which he applied for a number of patents for designs. Amongst his other Patents was that for a bicycle where the driving chain was set below the seat. He is best known for his 'mysterieuse' figural clock with glass pendulum, this takes the form of a woman holding pendulum in her outstretched hand and arm over a marble base containing the clock below. The pendulum is impulsed by the mechanism underneath her that moves the figure imperceptibly from side to side. Guilmet's industrial series of clocks, which includes the current lot, features automated clocks in the form of windmills, lighthouses, automobiles, boats, steam hammers, boilers, etc.The present lot possibly belongs to Guilmet's 'marine series' and would appear to be a particularly rare larger variant of his lighthouse timepiece, with the other smaller variant having small exposed vertical tube thermometers to the sides of the lantern (rather than the glazed dials of the current timepiece). Condition Report: Clock movement is reasonably clean and is in working condition however a precautionary gentle clean/service is advised if intending to put into long term service. The barometer responds to change in pressure (has been 'bag tested') hence is also in working condition. Both thermometers are intact and in working condition. All four dials are in good original condition but with some slight mellowing to the gilt and silvered finishes. The bezels (rings bordering the dial glasses) have wear/rubbing to the gilt finishes and the nickel-plated finish to the lantern section has some noticeable patchy degradation/spotting to the surface. The rest of the case is in very good condition with good strong gilding exhibiting minimal wear/oxidation and the dark patination with only a few minor age-related scratches mostly near the winding hole for the rotating mechanism; the rotating mechanism/movement is in working order. The block marble plinth has one noticeable shallow edge chip and a couple of smaller ones that can only be detected on closer examination.AMMENDMENT 09/09/2024 - the rotation mechanism driving the 'lantern' section of the lighthouse is a little lazy in its action and prone to stopping hence probably requires a service.Timepiece is complete with two winding keys. Condition Report Disclaimer

Y&nbspA SWISS INLAID ROSEWOOD 'SUBLIME PICCOLO' MUSIC BOX WITH ZITHER ATTACHMENTPAILLARD, SAINT-CROIX, CIRCA 1880Playing a choice of twelve tunes via a 16.25 inch pinned cylinder on a 78 tooth comb, set within a silver-painted steel bed with nickel finish ratchet-crank wound twin going barrel and tune number notification scale to the left, opposing wheel train incorporating governor and activation of the various functions controlled by the selection levers to the right hand side as well as a lever for manual tune selection, the comb applied with a zither attachment operated via a lever within a lyre-shaped panel, set beneath hinged glazed dust cover flanked by CHANGE/REPEAT and PLAY/STOP operating levers to the right-hand side opposing ratchet crank winder to the left, the hinged lid applied with polychrome lithograph tune sheet inscribed 12 AIRES, 16 ¼ CYL to upper margin over manuscript tune list including Yeomen if the Guard, William Tell, Blue Danube and Beggar Student, the lower margin with cartouche containing hand-written serial number 45217, the exterior of the box with marquetry basket of flowers within multi-line borders and angled tulipwood banding to the ebonised ogee-edged lid over transfer decorated front with conforming borders, and grained sides and rear, on ebonised ogee moulded skirt base with squab feet; complete with a separate card instruction sheet, together with copies of Ord-Hume THE MUSICAL BOX, A Guide for Collectors Schiffer Publishing Limited, Atglen PA 1995, dj, and Bullied, H.A.V. Musical Box TUNE SHEETS The Musical Box Society of Great Britain, Cambridge undated, softbound, (3).    .23cm (9ins) high, 77.5cm (30.5ins) wide, 29cm (11.5ins) deep. Provenance:From the private collection of a professional sportsman and commentator.  Condition Report: Mechanism appears to be in fine clean fully working condition with no visible faults evident. The tune sheet has good strong colouring but has a loss to the upper right-hand corner, as well as another smaller loss to the left-hand corner and some slight tears around the mounting pins. The box is in fine condition with minimal wear or other faults evident.Box is complete with key for the lock. Condition Report Disclaimer

A VICTORIAN MAHOGANY MERCURY STICK BAROMETERJACKSON, DERBY, THIRD QUARTER OF THE 19th CENTURYThe arch top case with hinged cushion-moulded glazed door for the brass Vernier scale calibrated in Barometric Inches and with the usual observations to the right-hand side opposing a Fahrenheit scale spirit tube thermometer to the left, the upper margin signed Jackson, Derby, above slender trunk with visible tube over domed cistern cover to the rounded base.90cm (35.5ins) high, 11cm (4.375ins) wide. 

A GEORGE IV BRASS MOUNTED MAHOGANY BRACKET CLOCKTHE DIAL SIGNED FOR JONATHAN WOOD, LITLEHAMPTON, CIRCA 1825With a five pillar twin chain fusee bell striking movement with trip-hour repeat, anchor escapement regulated by lenticular bob pendulum and shouldered plates, applied to an 8 inch circular white painted Roman numeral dial inscribed JN'o WOOD, LITTLE HAMPTON to centre and with repeating ring pierced steel moon hands set behind a hinged convex glazed cast brass bezel, in a case with large brass pineapple finials to the hipped 'chamfer top' superstructure over cavetto moulded cornice and fluted frieze, the front with brass fillet moulded to recessed quadrant panels around the dial flanked by brass line inlaid slender ebonised uprights, the sides with brass leaf embossed ring handles over rectangular fish scale frets, the rear with rectangular glazed door set within the frame of the case, on skirt base with conforming fluted band to upper edge and generous brass ball feet (movement not original to dial and case).50cm (19.25ins) high, 29cm (11.5ins) wide, 16.5cm (6.5ins) deep. A John Wood is recorded in Loomes, Brian Watchmakers & Clockmakers of the World, Volume 2 as born in London in 1793. He moved from Clerkenwell, London, to Littlehampton, Sussex, during the late 1820's before emigrating to Canada in 1832. Condition Report: Movement is complete and in working condition although a gentle clean/service is advised. The rear of the dial now has a ring/falseplate applied indicating that the movement is not original to the dial; the winding holes appear to have also been enlarged slightly further indicating that the movement is not original to the dial. The dial retains old/original surface with some historic scratching and rubbing. The case is in sound original unrestored condition. There are two spare holes in the base and corresponding holes in the seatboard further indication that a different movement was fitted at some point. The rear door has lost its veneer overlap to the left-hand edge and has old repairs/filling to the veneer applied to around the glazed aperture. Faults to the case are otherwise essentially limited to minor shrinkage, historic bumps, scuffs and few small veneer chips and other blemishes commensurate with age and use.Clock is complete with pendulum, winding key and two case keys. Condition Report Disclaimer

A FRENCH NICKEL-FINISH AND GILT BRASS DESK COMPENDIUM TIMEPIECE WITH BAROMETER AND THERMOMETERHENRY MARC, PARIS, CIRCA 1880The eight-day timepiece with platform cylinder regulated by sprung monometallic balance applied to the arched backplate stamped with serial number 441 to lower left hand corner, the 3.25 inch circular white enamel Roman numeral dial inscribed H'RY MARC, PARIS to centre and with Arabic five minutes beyond the minute track, with blued steel spade hands, moulded silvered bezel and a frosted gilt oval mask engraved with symmetrical foliate designs to upper and lower margins, set within an oval moulded nickel finish case with bevel-glazed gilt cavetto moulded front and push-on rear cover, standing on an oval moulded foot beside a conforming aneroid barometer with circular enamel scale calibrated in barometric inches and with the usual weather observations, both joined at the centre with a shaped gilt panel applied with a mercury tube FAHRENHEIT and CENTIGRADE thermometer between decorative upper and pendant finials, the whole set on a rectangular marble plinth base.21.5cm (8.5ins) high, 25.5cm (10ins) wide 8cm (3.125ins) deep. Henry Marc is noted in Allix, Charles and Bonnert, Peter CARRIAGE CLOCKS Their history and development as probably a retailer of various mantel and other small clocks and refers to a relatively early carriage clock (number 26886) supplied to Marc by Japy Freres. Condition Report: Timepiece movement is wound and will run for a little while before stopping indicating that a gentle clean/service is required. The dial has slight rubbing to the signature and some oil deposits/smears otherwise appears undamaged. The barometer has not yet been 'bag tested' (as we do not currently have access to a bag big enough!) but otherwise appears to be in fine condition with no visible faults to the register. The thermometer has heavy tarnishing to the silvered scale otherwise appears undamaged. The case appears to be in very good original condition with faults limited to some oxidation/rubbing to the areas of gilding and a couple of tiny edge chips to the marble base.Timepiece is complete with a key. Condition Report Disclaimer

Y&nbspA RARE SWISS TULIP WOOD BANDED ROSEWOOD 'BELLS-IN-SIGHT' MUSIC BOX WITH DANCING FIGURES THE TUNE SHEET INSCRIBED FOR PICARD-LION, GENEVA, CIRCA 1890Playing a choice of eight tunes via a 6 inch pinned cylinder on a 43 tooth comb, with additional accompaniment on three bells with 'butterfly' hammers and with pair of small bisque-headed dolls in elaborate dress bobbing and spinning whilst the mechanism is in play, the cylinder mounted into a silver-painted steel bed with ratchet-crank wound going barrel and tune number notification scale to the left opposing wheel train incorporating governor and activation of the various functions controlled by the selection levers to the right hand side, beneath a hinged glazed dust cover flanked by CHANGE/REPEAT and STOP/PLAY levers to the right opposing an integral crank winder, the inside of the lid pasted with a large tune sheet titled Bells in Sight over a list of eight tunes including Ting-a-ling-ting-tay, Daisy Bell and Marguerite of Monte Carlo, the lower edge of the sheet inscribed Lith. Picard-Lion. Geneve, DEPOSE, the exterior with musical trophy transfer within boxwood line-strung borders, angled tulipwood banding and ogee edge mouldings to top, over conforming veneers to front and grained sides and back, on block feet.23cm (9ins) high, 49cm (19.25ins) wide, 28cm (11ins) wide. Provenance:The Leonard Fuller Collection. Condition Report: Mechanism is complete and is in reasonably clean working condition with no visible losses to the tips of the teeth. The selection levers also appear to be operating as they should as well as the automaton features. The left-hand barrel pivot block is stamped 5 2 over 4 8. Both the dancing dolls appear to be in fine condition. The tine sheet is intact but with overall light patchy browning. The veneer applied to the inside surface of the lid has a few small edge chips to each side. The front has a small loss to the crossbanding at the lower edge and some noticeable scratching. The lid has wear/degradation to the polish and losses to the transfer as well as overall wear/rubbing but otherwise appears free from significant faults other than slight veneer rippling. Graining to the sides and rear has wear/scuffing; generally the case would benefit from some light cosmetic restoration.Box does not have key for the lock. Condition Report Disclaimer

A PORTUGESE OXIDISED BRASS SEXTANTJ.J. RIBEIRO, LISBON, SECOND HALF OF THE 19th CENTURYThe pierced 7 inch triple-circle frame with pivoted arm mounted with mirror opposing hinged magnification lens over aperture for reading the fine silver inset brass Vernier scale signed J.J. Ribeiro Lisboa, with two sets of hinged filters, brass telescopic sighting tube and wooden grip to rear of frame, the fitted mahogany box with two additional eyepiece sections for the sighting tube.The box 12.5cm (5ins) high, 25.5cm (10ins) wide, 23cm (9ins) deep. Provenance:The personal collection of the former owners of Marine Instruments Limited, Falmouth, Cornwall.

A FINE EDWARDIAN CARVED MAHOGANY TUBULAR-BELL CHIMING REGULATOR WITH AUTOMATIC DAILY TUNE SELECTIONUNSIGNED BUT PROBABLY BY J.J. ELLIOTT, LONDON, EARLY 20th CENTURYThe substantial four columnar pillar eight-day movement with spotted plates, the going train with Harrison's maintaining power and deadbeat escapement regulated by wood rod pendulum incorporating fine-beat adjustment to crutch and with banking pins to the movement backplate, the rack-strike train with external fly and sounding the hours on a large nickel finish tubular gong, the quarter train also with external fly and chiming a choice of seven tunes via an 11.25 inch pinned cylinder on a graduated set of eight further tubular gongs every quarter hour, the right-hand side of the movement with extension to the plates fitted with automatic daily tune selection mechanism incorporating a twenty-four hour wheel and manual selection override via the dial, the 13.25 inch wide circular silvered brass dial with applied gilt rosette decorated subsidiary seconds to the leaf decorated diamond lattice engraved centre, within fine overlaid gilt foliate scroll pierced and engraved fretwork band to the inner edge of the narrow Roman numeral chapter ring engraved Made in England to lower margin, with scroll pierced blued steel hands and leaf engraved spandrel infill to the concave-cut corners, beneath arch with twin gilt rosette centred subsidiary CHIME/SILENT and CANTERBURY/GUILDFORD/WESTMINSTER/ST. MICHAEL/WINCHESTER/WHITTINGTON and TENNYSON tune selection dials set within conforming engraved infill, the substantial case with fine foliate carved swan neck pediment centred with a generous vase, over acanthus overlaid blind diamond lattice infill and hinged bevel-glazed dial aperture flanked by Baroque leaf carved square-section shouldered baluster uprights, the sides with large rectangular sound frets, the trunk with repeating acanthus carved ogee throat moulding over shaped bevel-glazed door centred with a baroque cartouche flanked by floral swags issuing form corbels applied to the blind-fretwork decorated canted angles, the base with concave top moulding over applied foliate decorated panel outline and conforming blind-fret canted angles, on repeating lambrequin carved skirt base with leaf decorated bun feet; together with a rare trade catalogue for Harris & Harrison, FINE IMPORTED CLOCKS..., New York, AMERICAN AGENTS FOR THE CELEBRATED ELLIOTT ENGLISH CHIME CLOCKS dated September 1915, softbound with original separate price list.253cm (99.5ins) high, 56cm (22ins) wide, 38cm (15ins) deep.  Provenance:From the private collection of a professional sportsman and commentator. Although the present lot is unsigned, detailing within the movement (such as the pillar turnings, pierced dial feet and use of external flies) are commensurate with the work of the London clockmaking firm J.J. Elliott and would probably date to around the time they merged with Grimshaw Baxter circa 1910. The quality of the finish to both the movement and case is particularly noteworthy, as is the very rare seven-tune quarter-chiming mechanism which incorporates automatic daily tune selection ensuring that differing melodies are played on successive days. Condition Report: Movement has been maintained in working condition by the vendor who had it running in his home up until consignment. The finish to the brass has been left unpolished to preserve the original spotting to the plates (hence the slightly mellow/oxidised colouring). The automatic tune selection mechanism is operational and as is the tune selection dial to the arch. There is no visible evidence of damage to the pin barrel and all hammers and gongs are in fine original condition. To the best of our knowledge there are no issues with the clock movement and chiming mechanism however, due to its scale and complexity, we have not set-it up running whilst in our possession hence can offer no guarantees - we suggest that it is probably best to have it checked-over and set-up by a clockmaker (just in case any adjustments are required) if intending to put into service. The dial is in very good original condition with only very slight oxidation to the finishes. The case is in very fine original condition with no noticeable losses to the carving or splits to the structure; faults do very much appear to be limited to minimal age-related bumps and scuffs.Clock is complete with all of its original tubular gongs, weights (with minimal denting) pendulum, winder and case key. Condition Report Disclaimer

Early 19th century inlaid mahogany-cased 8-day painted dial longcase clock, anonymous, circa 1830, the 14-inch break-arched Roman dial with subsidiary seconds and terrestrial calendar dials, the spandrels painted with the Four Evangelists, the arch with lunar calendar scale over rolling moon phase painted with a ship and thatched cottage, the knopped four-pillar movement striking on a bell, the case with brass ball and spire finials over swan-neck pediment and turned columns, triple-arched flame-veneered trunk door between inlaid flowering plants, and conforming ebony and boxwood-strung base raised on ogee bracket feet, 256cm high (sold with two weights, pendulum, key and winder)

Aviation Interest - Vickers Viscount 810 840 1:72 scale metal desktop display model by Westway Models, the aircraft in white, red and grey livery with Shell Wings emblem, screwed on brass stand, mounted on wooden base with plaque, 34cm long x 18cm high

Early 19th century inlaid oak-cased 8-day brass dial longcase clock, Jones, Chalford [Gloucestershire], the 12-inch break-arched dial with Roman hours and Arabic minutes framing subsidiary seconds and terrestrial calendar dials, within rococo spandrels, the arch with lunar calendar scale over rolling moon phase decorated with a ship and a thatched cottage, the movement with four knopped pillars striking on a bell, the case with swan-neck pediment and urn patera over fluted frieze, Corinthian columns flanking 'South West' type wavy hood door moulding, the side with lancet arch boxwood line inlay, the trunk with canted and inlaid stop-fluted corners framing conforming urn patera within lozenge-inlaid border, the canted base on bracket feet, 222cm high (sold with two weights and pendulum)Dowler, Graham, Gloucestershire Clockm# and Watch Makers, 1984, pp. 191-2 records several Jones family clockmakers, the most likely being Daniel (c. 1801-40) or his brother John (c. 1820).

Tinplate & Plastic Unboxed Tractor Group To Include - Gama Piston Battery Operated - Rd and Cream, Scale Models - Case - Plastic Made - Orange Plus others - conditions are Good overall to Excellent Plus See-Photo (5) 

Triang Large Scale Pressed Steel "Puff Puff" Locomotive - Red and Black - Fair to good (some signs of slight rust in places) and Similar Scale later made Wooden Locomotive - Red and Black - Fair (2) 

Franklin Mint (1/24th) Scale a pair - (1) Rolls Royce Silver Ghost - Silver body with green seats and (2) Rolls Royce Phantom - Blue body with black chassis and hood - conditions are Excellent to Near Mint in  Good boxes with correct display cases (2) 

Tinplate & Plastic Unboxed Group To Include - Schuco Racer -Red, Grey, racing No.7, Triang Large Scale Mobile Crane - Red and black, Remote Control Up-Down Helicopter - conditions are Fair to Good Plus (3) 

Interesting Tractor Related Group To Include - Marklin (Re-worked) Lanz Tractor - Blue, Russian Made T-2 Crawler - Orange and Grey, Plus others See-Photo also includes Border Fine arts Collectible plates, plus some larger scale implements (qty) 

Bobby's (Vansa Spain) Ferrari (1/12th) scale plastic battery operated remote control racing car - red body, black interior, racing No.20 - Good Plus lovely bright example with a Fair lift off lid - base is Good Plus 

Triang Minic Plastic Larger Scale Sheman Tank A Pair - (1) Green with black rubber tracks - Good Plus bright example and (2) Fair - (missing Tracks) - both come with Fair carded boxes with paper labels (2) 

Triang Tinplate & Plastic boxed & Unboxed  Group Of 5 - (1) "Ambulance", (2) "Police" Car, (3) saloon Car, (4) "British Railways" delivery Van and (5) Larger scale "RAF" Bedford Truck and Trailer - conditions are Poor to Good in Poor to fair boxes See-Photo (5) 

Tinplate & Plastic Group To Include - Marx Large Scale Plastic "Tricky Tommy" Tractor, Mettoy Tinplate Typewriter - conditions are generally Good to Good plus in Fair boxes and unboxed Corgi toys "Chipperfields" Mobile booking office - Fair to Good (3)

Marx Toys (USA) "Siren Police Car" - large Scale Pressed Steel "Police" Car - green with black lettering - Friction motor with siren - overall Good Plus (slight rusting to bare metal parts) - See-Photo (approx (34cm)

Triang Large scale Metal Tipper Truck, -  Red and green,  18"/46cm long approx.  overall Fair See-Photo 

Tinplate & Plastic Large Unboxed Group To Include Triang Metal large scale Crane, (Japan) Burger Chef, "sooty" Xylophone plus others See-Photo - conditions are Poor to Excellent (28)

Tractor Unboxed Group Of 5  larger scale mainly (1/16th) to include Massey Ferguson 275 - Red and White  with canopy, Ford 6000 - Red and light grey plus others manufacturers include ERTL - conditions are Good Plus to Near Mint (require very light cleaning) (5) 

Group Of Plastic, Rubber and cast Tractors To Include Scale models (USA) Farmall - Red including figure drive, black wheels - plus others - conditions are Fair to Excellent (require very light cleaning) - (5)

Shell Collection "James Bond" Smaller Scale Cars A group To Include 4 X Lotus Esprit, 4 x BMW Z3, 4 x Aston Martin DB5, 4 x Sunbeam Alpine and 4 x Aston Martin DBS - all are Mint including rigid cases in Near Mint to Mint Plain brown and black boxes (20)

Triang Plastic large scale clockwork ocean Liner - Grey and white, Cabin Cruiser - Brown and white - conditions are Good Plus to Excellent in Fair boxes and Unboxed small Triang plastic boat - Green and Cream plus 2 X Sutcliffe tinplate boats - conditions are Fair to Good (5) 

A Group Of 10 Small And larger Scale Wooden Pond Yachts To Include "Northern star" Plus others See-Photo - conditions are Fair to Good Plus all have Sails (some slight damage) - (10) 

Tippco (Tipp & Co) Tinplate Larger Scale Road Roller - Green, red, with figure - Excellent lovely bright example in a Fair carded box 

A collection of Swiss HO scale Rolling Stpck including Marklin 4235 CFF Coach, Lima Rheingold Dome Car, Roland Born 8640 Bogie Box Van, Lima 'Danzas' Box Wagon, Liliput Box Van and Cement Wagon, Lima SBB and Co-op Wagons, SBB Brake Van and a SAGI SBB Coach, together with an EFE South Yorkshire Coach

A boxed Tamiya 1:12 scale Brabham BT44B, appears complete although contents not in sealed bags

Two boxes of boxed Corgi Omnibus Models, E.F.E. 1:76 scale Buses and Great British Bus Models

Twenty three boxed Athearn HO scale American Wagons

Five boxed Universal Hobbies 1:43 scale Tractors including Deutz D25, Hulimann 1 K10, Valmet 565, Super Landini 1934 and New Holland TNF 90DT