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Lot 320
A VICTORIAN SILVER CENTREPIECESTEPHEN SMITH AND WILLIAM NICHOLSON, LONDON 1859 Modelled with a horse and greyhound standing by a tree, on an ebonised base 49.5cm high, 40cm wide, 28cm deepProvenance:Barnwell Manor, NorthamptonshireWindsor House AntiquesCondition Report: Marks to the base are clearMarks to the tail of the horse are partially obscuredMarks to the foot of the greyhound partially obscuredStands wellMissing glass epergnes No engravingSlight gap to ebonised baseLight scratches and wear commensurate with age and useThe overall weight of the item, including the base and fixings is approximately 6.8kg (measured on a digital scale accurate to 0.1kg) Condition Report Disclaimer
Lot 130
An early 19th century ebonised and gilt-metal mounted single pad top bracket clockthe dial signed Barwise, Londonthe arched case with foliate cast handle on a brass-bound pad over fish scale side frets to a plinth base on ball feet, the retouched 7' painted Roman dial with strike/silent over pierced quadrants, the twin gut (now wire) fusee movement with shouldered plates united by five knopped pillars, the anchor escapement with stirrup type regulation to the pendulum, signed backplate and striking on a bell, 42cm high This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: TPTP Lot will be moved to an offsite storage location (Cadogan Tate, Auction House Services, 241 Acton Lane, London NW10 7NP, UK) and will only be available for collection from this location at the date stated in the catalogue. Please note transfer and storage charges will apply to any lots not collected after 14 calendar days from the auction date.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 218
An impressive late 19th century German carved oak quarter chiming table clockthe movement numbered 758the caddy top centred by a Green Man mask over a fish scale cornice, leopard's heads and carved corbels to an inverted breakfront base, the 7.5' arched brass dial with subsidiaries for chime/silent, regulation and chime on eight bells/Westminster over a silvered chapter ring with applied gilt Arabic numerals, the substantial triple chain fusee movement with high count pinions and anchor escapement striking the hours on a large coiled gong and the quarters on either four graduated gongs or eight bells, with pendulum and two winding keys, 60cms highThis lot is subject to the following lot symbols: TPTP Lot will be moved to an offsite storage location (Cadogan Tate, Auction House Services, 241 Acton Lane, London NW10 7NP, UK) and will only be available for collection from this location at the date stated in the catalogue. Please note transfer and storage charges will apply to any lots not collected after 14 calendar days from the auction date.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 221
An early 19th century ebonised single pad top table clockthe dial signed Paul, London, the movement, Paul, Cleveland Street, Fitzroy Square, Londonthe arched rectangular case surmounted with a brass-bound pad and carrying handle, silvered brass bezel, brass pilasters, fish scale sides and quadrant frets, raised on gilt ball feet, the repainted signed 7.5' Roman dial with blued steel hands, the five pillar twin chain fusee movement with arched plates and anchor escapement, rack striking on a bell, together with brass pendulum and winding key, 45cms highFootnotes:'Paul, London' is likely to be Philip or George Paul who are listed as working at 15 Cleveland St. Fitzroy Square from 1802-1828 and from 1830-1835 respectively, though some records list Philip as 1810-1823 and George as 1835-1838. Mary Paul, possibly Philip's widow, was recorded as working at the same address in 1832. The surname 'Paul' is alternatively listed as 'Paule' or'Paull'.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: TPTP Lot will be moved to an offsite storage location (Cadogan Tate, Auction House Services, 241 Acton Lane, London NW10 7NP, UK) and will only be available for collection from this location at the date stated in the catalogue. Please note transfer and storage charges will apply to any lots not collected after 14 calendar days from the auction date.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 222
An early 19th century brass-mounted mahogany single pad top table clock with trip repeatthe dial and movement signed Thomas Pacethe arched case surmounted by a cast brass handle on a brass-bound pad, over a finely moulded cornice, the sides with fish scale frets to a moulded base on brass ogee bracket feet, the front with brass uprights framing the cast bezel over fish scale quadrants, the 8.5' signed painted Roman dial with matching fancy spade hands, the gut (now wire) twin fusee movement with shouldered and footed plates united by five knopped pillars, signed within a formal border, the anchor escapement with engraved adjustable pendulum rod terminating in a large decorated bob, with rack striking on a bell, ticking, repeating and striking, together with a crank key, 41cms (16ins) high.Footnotes:Thomas Pace was a member of the Pace dynasty of horologists who began working in the second quarter of the 18th century and who continued working for over a century. There are two Thomas Paces recorded; Thomas Pace Snr. (1753-1819) and his son, Thomas Pace Jnr. (1777-1829). Both made bracket clocks, with Pace Snr. also making longcase clocks, while Pace Jnr. also pursued watchmaking and silversmithing in addition to clocks. The Pace family collection of clocks was sold in these rooms 15 July 2020.For further history, see Pace, D. (2013) 'The Pace family of Quaker clockmakers', Antiquarian Horology, Volume 34 (1), pgs. 60-71 (Accessed: 27 April 2022).This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: TPTP Lot will be moved to an offsite storage location (Cadogan Tate, Auction House Services, 241 Acton Lane, London NW10 7NP, UK) and will only be available for collection from this location at the date stated in the catalogue. Please note transfer and storage charges will apply to any lots not collected after 14 calendar days from the auction date.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 340
A good early 19th Century mahogany longcase clock with deadbeat escapementthe dial signed Ellicott & Taylor, Royal Exchange, the movement supplied by Thwaites, numbered 3598. the arched hood surmounted by a concave moulded plinth supporting a brass ball finial over fish-scale side frets, stop fluted canted front angles and a circular glazed aperture above quadrant frets, the long door with intricately moulded edge flanked by matching canted stop-fluted angles, on a base with applied shaped moulded panel and double stepped plinth, the 12' repainted convex circular Roman and Arabic dial with matching gilt serpentine hands, with strike/not strike lever at XII, the movement with shouldered plates united by five knopped pillars, stamped on the frontplate THWAITES 3598 and repeat numbered along the top edge of the plate, with deadbeat escapement to a pendulum terminating in a heavy lenticular bob, with rack strike on the shallow bell (the bell inscribed in ink for the one-time owner or repairer 'J. Pritchard, Southgate, 8 July 1840.') together with the pendulum, two lead weights, two crank keys, a hood key and trunk key, 216cm highFootnotes:Thwaites records suggest that movement number 3598 was sold by them in 1805. See Rose, E.D. (1978) English Dial Clocks. Suffolk: Antique Collectors' Club, Appendix III.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: TPTP Lot will be moved to an offsite storage location (Cadogan Tate, Auction House Services, 241 Acton Lane, London NW10 7NP, UK) and will only be available for collection from this location at the date stated in the catalogue. Please note transfer and storage charges will apply to any lots not collected after 14 calendar days from the auction date.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 121
Northern Asia. Goos (Pieter), Noordoost Cust Van Asia van Japan tot Nova Zemla, circa 1666, engraved map with contemporary outline colouring, decorative cartouche and mileage scale, tipped on to near contemporary paper, 450 x 545 mmQTY: (1)NOTE:An uncommon Dutch sea chart of northeast Asia, covering modern-day Japan, Korea, northeast China, and Siberia. It includes a conjectural mapping of northeast Asia that predominated at this time; with "t'Land van Eso" and "Compagnies Land" extending northeast of Japan and a much simplified and inaccurate coastline of Siberia.
Lot 133
South East England. Ordnance Survey (publishers), Nine map sheets, numbered 1 - 9, 1st edition of the 'Old series', 1805 - 22, nine uncoloured engraved Ordnance Survey maps, sectionalised and laid on linen, covering Sussex, Kent, Surrey and Middlesex, on a scale of 1inch to the mile, each sheet approximately 640 x 930 mmQTY: (9)NOTE:When the Ordnance Survey decided to publish its maps itself, rather than having them published by a separate commercial business, it started to print its newly mapped sheets as they were surveyed and engraved. This was the original 1-inch 'Old Series' which would eventually cover the whole country. The so-called 'Mudge' map of Kent was published as a county map by William Faden in 1801. After that, the county format was abandoned in favour of a complete map of the area surveyed, irrespective of county boundaries. From then on the sheets were published as soon as they were ready, starting with four sheets covering Essex (all dated 1805). From then on, as the maps carried the date of publication e.g. 'Published April 18th 1805 by Lt.Col.Mudge, Tower. This collection is of the consecutive nine sheets of the South-East of the country which represent 9 of the first 11 sheets of the Old Series published. Thus, the publication dates vary, sheet 1 1805, sheet 2 1805, sheet 3 1819, sheet 4 1816, sheet 5 1813, sheet 6 1819, sheet 7 1822, sheet 8 1816 and sheet 9 1813.
Lot 134
Spain & Portugal. Nantiat (Jasper), A New Map of Spain and Portugal, Exhibiting the Chains of Mountains With their Passes The Principal & Cross Roads, With Other Details requisite for the Intelligence of Military Operations, William Faden, January 1st. 1810, large engraved map with contemporary hand colouring on four sheets, sectionalised and laid on linen, calligraphic title, table of the distances between towns, table of explanation and an 'advertisement' explaining the topography, slight staining and offsetting, each sheet approximately 570 x 785 mm, overall size if conjoined approximately 1130 x 1570 mm, contained in a contemporary marbled card slipcase with publisher's label to upper board, wear to extremitiesQTY: (1)NOTE:A large and detailed folding map, published during the Peninsular War. Probably because of the war, Nantiat is most exercised with the borders between Spain and Portugal, especially the passes through which it was expected that Napoleon's army might come when the campaign season started in the spring. It is probable that Faden saw an opportunity to sell this detailed and large-scale map to officers in Wellington's army in Portugal, with the idea that it could be used as a reference for the campaign. In July of 1810 - six months after the publication of the map - the French military commander, Marshal Masséna led an army of 65,000 troops into Portugal, pushing on towards Lisbon, but was held back by the Lines of Torres Vedras a set of earthworks that had been built on the orders of Wellington. The campaign - significant for the emergence of large-scale guerrilla warfare - was eventually won by the British under the command of Lt. Gen. Sir Arthur Wellesley, later the 1st Duke of Wellington. It could be argued that the French defeat was sealed when Napoleon set out with a massive army on what proved to be the disastrous French invasion of Russia. This seriously depleted the French forces with the result that a combined allied army under Wellesley pushed into Spain, defeating the French at Salamanca and taking Madrid. In the following year, Wellington scored a decisive victory over King Joseph Bonaparte's army in the Battle of Vitoria. Pursued by the armies of Britain, Spain and Portugal, Marshal Jean-de-Dieu Soult, no longer able to get sufficient support from a depleted France, led the exhausted and demoralized French forces in a fighting withdrawal across the Pyrenees during the winter of 1813/1814. France, Napoleon and its European dominance would finally fall the following year at the battle of Waterloo.
Lot 143
Wales. Lhuyd (Humphrey, Mercator Gerard & Jansson Jan), Cambriae Typus Auctore Humfredo Lhuydo Denbigiense Cambro Britanno [1636 - 42], engraved map with contemporary outline colouring, large strapwork cartouche and mileage scale, quarter compass rose and numerous rhumb lines, slight spotting, 350 x 480 mm, French text on versoQTY: (1)NOTE:Booth, Antique Maps of Wales, 4.
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Lot 144
* Wales. Ortelius (Abraham & Lhuyd Humphrey), Cambriae Typus Auctore Humfredo Lhuydo Denbigiense Cambrobritano, [1574], hand-coloured engraved map, large strapwork cartouche and mileage scale, Latin text on verso, mounted, framed and double glazedQTY: (1)NOTE:Van den Broecke. Ortelius Atlas Maps. 21, first state; Booth. Antique Maps of Wales, 1. The map has Latin text and the number 9 on the verso.
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Lot 146
Worcestershire. Speed (John), Worcestershire Described, John Sudbury & George Humble [1627 - 32], hand-coloured engraved map, an inset town plan of Worcester, large strapwork cartouche, mileage scale and compass rose, central fold strengthened and repaired on verso, upper margin extended, 385 x 510 mm, English text on versoQTY: (1)
Lot 246
* Gautier d'Agoty (Jacques Fabian). Figure 2e, Démontrée par Mr. Duverney, Peinte et gravée en couleur par J. Gautier, [from Myologie complette en couleur et grandeur naturelle, composée de l'Essai et de la Suite de l'Essai d'Anatomie, en tableaux imprimés, Ouvrage unique, utile et nécessaire aux Etudians et amateurs de cette Science, Paris: Gautier, Quillau, Quillau & Lemesle, 1746], fine colour mezzotint in four colours, on laid paper (bears indistinct watermark), some marks and creases, with paper repair to verso without loss, plate size 400 x 325 mm, sheet size 415 x 340 mm, tipped on to modern backing card (to upper margin only), framed and glazed QTY: (1)NOTE:Choulant-Frank, p. 271; Garrison-Morton-Norman 7494; Heirs of Hippocrates 940; Wellcome III, p. 97.This impressive large-scale plate gives an anatomical explanation of the muscles of the lip, the eyelid, the eye, the lower jaw, hyoid bone and larynx, and was issued in Gautier's Anatomie de la tête en tableaux imprimés qui représentent au naturel le cerveau sous différentes coupes, la distribution des vaisseaux dans toutes les parties de la tête, les organes des sens et une partie de la névrologie d’après les pièces disséquées et préparées par M. Duverney …en huit grandes planches dessinées, peintes, gravées et imprimées en couleur et grandeur naturelle par le Sieur Gautier, published in Paris, chez le Sieur Gautier, M. Duverney, Quillot, in 1748.Gautier, a French printmaker, was, like Ladmiral, an assistant to Le Blon and also like Ladmiral, claimed the colour printing process as his own. He published some ten collections of coloured plates of various portions of the anatomy, and was the first person to print anatomical plates in colour on a large scale. "Although Choulant writes that 'his anatomic illustrations . . . impress the critical observer with their arrogance and charlatanry and do not recommend themselves to the student of anatomy either for their faithfulness and reliability or for their technique' (Choulant-Frank, p.270), they are of great interest from the point of view of book illustration and the history of anatomic illustration. The dissections and preparations for the eight large figures in this atlas of the anatomy of the head were prepared by Joseph Guichard Du Verney, and some of the plates are among the most elaborate produced by Gautier, especially notable for the intricate network of blood vessels which are meticulously indicated by direct color printing. This work is extremely rare." (Heirs of Hippocrates).
Lot 75
Blaeu (Johannes). Cantium vernacule Kent, Amsterdam, circa 1645, engraved map with contemporary hand-colouring, large decorative cartouche and mileage scale, large margins, 385 x 530 mm, Latin text on verso, together with Middle-Sexia, Amsterdam circa 1672, engraved map with contemporary hand-colouring, large decorative cartouche and mileage scale, large margins, slight text show through and slight overall toning, some fraying to the lower corners but not affecting the printed image, 390 x 405 mm, Spanish text on verso, with Ducatus Eboracensis pars Orientalis, The East Riding of Yorkeshire, Amsterdam, circa 1646, engraved map with contemporary hand-colouring, large margins, 385 x 510 mm, Dutch text on verso, plus Comitatus Nottinghamiensis; Nottingham Shire, Amsterdam, circa 1646, engraved map with contemporary hand-colouring, large decorative cartouche and mileage scale, 385 x 500 mm, French text on verso, and Leicestrensis comitatus Leicester Shire, Amsterdam, circa 1646, engraved map with contemporary hand-colouring, decorative cartouche and mileage scale, very slight spotting to the margins, 385 x 500 mm, French text on verso, with Rutlandia comitatus Rutland Shire, Amsterdam, circa 1646, engraved map with contemporary hand-colouring, large decorative cartouche and mileage scale, 380 x 500 mm, French text on verso, plus Ogilby (John). The Road from London to Chichester in com. Sussex, 1675 or later, uncoloured engraved strip road map, slight dust soiling, 325 x 450 mm, mountedQTY: (7)
Lot 80
British Isles. Munster (Sebastian), Engellandt mit dem anstossenden Reich Schottlandt so vor zeiten Albion und Britannia haben geheissen, Basel: Sebastian Petri, [1588 or later], uncoloured woodblock map orientated to the west, slight toning to the central fold, 320 x 360 mm, German text on verso, together with Merian (Matthaus). Magnae Britanniae et Hiberniae Tabulae. Die Britannischen Insulen, circa 1640, uncoloured engraved map, inset map of the Orkney Islands, 275 x 355 mm, with Saxton (Christopher & Kip W.). Dunelmensis Episcopatus qui comitatus est Palatinus olim pars Brigantum [1637], hand-coloured engraved map, strapwork cartouche and mileage scale, 285 x 345 mm, framed and glazed, plus Morden (Robert). The North Riding of Yorkshire [1695 or later], hand-coloured engraved map, trimmed to the printed margin, 355 x 410 mm, framed and glazedQTY: (4)
Lot 81
British Isles. De Lisle (Guillaume), Les Isles Britanniques ou sont le Royaumes d'Angleterre, tiré de Sped celuy d'Ecosse tiré de Th. Pont et celuy d'Irlande tiré de Petti..., J. Covens & C. Mortier, Amsterdam, circa 1760, hand-coloured engraved map, large decorative cartouche and mileage scale, 480 x 580 mm, together with Homann (Johann Baptist, heirs of). Regnorum Magnae Britanniae et Hiberniae Mappa Geographica..., Nuremberg, 1749, engraved map with contemporary outline colouring and later enhancement, additional title in English above the map, inset map of the Shetland Islands, slight dust soiling, central fold strengthened on verso, 490 x 555 mmQTY: (2)
Lot 92
England & Wales. Hole (G.), Englalond Anglia Anglo Saxonum Heptarchia, circa 1610, hand-coloured engraved map, large strapwork cartouche, mileage scale and compass rose, 275 x 325 mm, together with Homann (Johann Baptist). Magna Britannia complectens Angliae, Scotiae et Hiberniae Regna in suas Provincias et Comitatus divisa..., circa 1720, engraved map with contemporary outline colouring and some later enhancement to the cartouche, central fold partially split at top and base, 485 x 575 mm, with another approximately 50 maps of England & Wales and The British Isles, including examples by or after Moll, Morden, Harrison, 'Illustrated London News', Bowen, Teesdale, Cary, Kelly, Bell, Badeslade & Toms, Dower, Archer, Fullarton, Stockdale, J. & C. Walker, Bonne, Wilkinson and Bingley, some duplicates, various sizes and condition QTY: (approx. 52)
Lot 566
A Victorian carved oak Gothic Revival corner cabinet, the upper section with gadrooned, dragon scale and floral medallion decoration and lion mask with brassed rings over cherubic masks, the glazed door opening to reveal two shelves over a similarly decorated base with single door, 87 cm wide x 207 cm high, together with a similar late Victorian carved oak Gothic Revival open bookcase, 95 cm wide x 21 cm deep x 124 cm high
Lot 728
A GROUP OF THREE ASHFORD MARBLE PIETRA DURA DESK ACCESSORIES (3)Coleridge Collection, 19th CenturyComprising a thermometer obelisk inlaid with pietra dura flowers and an ivory scale, 37.5 cm high; a pietra dura paperweight; and a plaque mounted with postal scales, 17.5 cm wide, all with ‘Anthony & Marietta Coleridge Collection’ labelsSold with Ivory Certificate - submission reference ETBRJPYK.ProvenanceThe Anthony &Marietta Coleridge CollectionThe thermometer and scales: The Late R.E SummerfieldEsq., sold Christie’s, Cheltenham Racecourse, 23-28 October 1989.
Lot 1222
A PAIR OF WORCESTER SMALL SCALE-BLUE GROUND SHALLOW PIERCED BASKETS (2)Circa 1775Of the `Red line Bordered group', painted with shaped panels enclosing kakiemon style flowers, blue fretted square marks, 15.5cm diameterSome grittiness to the blue ground. Some wear to enamels to centre panels.
Lot 1223
A WORCESTER BLUE-SCALE GROUND FLARED VASE (2)Circa 1770Painted in the kakiemon style with fabulous birds and flowers inside gilt frames, blue fretted square mark, 15.5cm high; also a Worcester creamboat painted with Oriental figures, 9cm highVase- extensive restored breaks to top half of vase.Creamboat- repaired breaks. Haircrack through handle
Lot 1226
NINE GERMAN PORCELAIN PLAQUES (16)Late 19th centuryEach painted with a panel of lovers in a landscape inside gilt frames against a green scale ground, comprisiing; an oval plaque, 29cm wide, a square plaque 16.5cm wide and seven rectangular plaques, sizes 5cm by 7.5cm to 13cm by 32.5cm , oval plaque with impressed KPM and sceptre, the other plaques with some red inscriptions and numbers, with seven gilt rectangular frames of varying sizeTwo sides of the square tile have been reduces and there is a shallow chip to the bottom left corner. Otherwise in overall good condition
Lot 10
Y AN EBONY AND BRASS NAVIGATIONAL OCTANTSPENCER, BROWNING AND COMPANY, LONDON, CIRCA 1840The 11 inch frame incorporating central T-shaped hand-piece inset with bone signature plate inscribed .Spencer. Browning & Co. London. beneath turned bone finial unscrewing to reveal a pencil, the index arm mounted with mirror opposing Vernier aperture scale calibrated in minutes of arc for reading the inset curved scale stamped SBR divided for every twenty seconds of arc, the underside with pivot clamp and endless tangent screw adjustment, the sight vane with twin pin-holes and shutter opposing horizon glass and set of three hinged shades/filters, the tapered oak case with stepped lid applied with printed paper trade label inscribed C.G. KING, No. 7 Broad, third Srore from State Street, Boston, IMPORTER AND DEALER IN, Mathematical, Nautical, Surveying, AND GAUGING INSTRUMENTS... to the inside of the lid.The box 35.5cm (14ins) long, 32cm (12.5ins) wide, 11cm (4.25ins) high. The partnership between William Spencer, Richard Browning and Ebenezer Rust is recorded in Clifton, Gloria Directory of British Scientific Instrument Makers 1550-1851 as working from several addresses in Wapping, London 1784-1840. All of the founding partners had died by 1819 but the business continued trading in their name by their successors until becoming Spencer Browning and Company in 1840. They were agents for Alexander Adie and are noted for their navigational and surveying instruments.Charles Gedney King was a third-generation instrument maker who was born in 1808 and entered into partnership with his father at 7 Broad Street, Boston in 1832. He succeeded his father in 1839 and continued at that address until 1858 when the business relocated to Washington Street. Please note that the vendor has provided an ivory exemption licence ref. NBGEUXQU
Lot 11
Y AN EBONY AND BRASS NAVIGATIONAL OCTANTG. GOWLAND, LIVERPOOL, CIRCA 1840The 11 inch frame incorporating central T-shaped hand-piece inset with bone signature plate inscribed G. GOWLAND, 76. SOUTH. CASTLE. ST. LIVERPOOL beneath turned bone finial unscrewing to reveal a pencil, the index arm mounted with mirror opposing Vernier aperture scale calibrated in minutes of arc for reading the inset curved scale divided for every twenty seconds of arc, the underside with pivot clamp and endless tangent screw adjustment, the sight vane with twin pin-holes and shutter opposing horizon glass, set of three hinged shades/filters and another pair of shades beyond the horizon pane, the tapered mahogany case with printed paper trade label inscribed JOHN BRUCE, Chronometer, Watch & Nautical Instrument Maker, SALTHOUSE BUILDINGS, 26, WAPPING, opposite the South end, Salthouse Dock, LIVERPOOL... to the inside of the lid.The box 33cm (13ins) long, 29cm (11.5ins) wide, 10cm (4ins) high. George Gowland is recorded in Clifton, Gloria Directory of British Scientific Instrument Makers 1550-1851 as working from 76 Castle Street, Liverpool 1851-53. The London Gazette of 17th October 1856 lists him as working at this address as a chronometer and nautical instrument maker who registered a patent in 1853.John Bruce was also a manufacturer of and retailer of chronometers and nautical instruments who traded from 92 Wapping, Liverpool 1865-1939. Please note that the vendor has provided an ivory exemption licence ref. 9ELKPRLN
Lot 12
AN ENGLISH OXIDISED BRASS SEXTANTHEATH AND COMPANY LIMITED, LONDON, SECOND QUARTER OF THE 20th CENTURYThe 7 inch triple-ring pierced frame with pivoted arm mounted with mirror opposing hinged aperture for reading the silvered inset silvered Vernier scale incorporating screw micrometer adjustment to left hand side and inscribed RAPID-READER over trade plate 'HEZZANITH' AUTOMATIC TANGENT SCREW, AUTOMATIC CLAMP, PATENT, the edge of the scale plate beneath further inscribed HEATH & Co. NEW ELTHAM, LONDON S.E.9, the angles applied with two sets of hinged filters and horizon mirror opposing brass sighting tube, the rear with wooden grip, the mahogany box with paper test certificate issued by The 'Hezzanith' Instrument Works, LONDON annotated with performance results for the instrument reference B89 to the interior of the lid, the exterior with carrying handle to front, together with a late Victorian Scottish oxidised and patinated brass monocular microscope with telescopic eyepiece and twin nosepiece to body tube, and fine-screw focus to the top of the cylindrical limb, above rectangular stage with slide clips and subs-stage condenser assembly incorporating adjustable iris aperture, mounted via a knuckle pivot onto further squat column applied to a Y-shaped platform foot engraved J. LIZARS, OPTICIAN, GLASGOW, No. 106 to rear, in original mahogany box with two objective cannisters labelled 1/6in and 1in together with another by Leitz, (2).The sextant box 14cm (5.5ins) high, 28cm (11ins) wide; the microscope box 31.5cm (12.5ins) high, 19cm (7.5ins) wide, 16.5cm (6.5ins) deep. The firm of Heath and Company was founded in 1845 by George Heath in Erith, Kent. He specialised in supplying instruments to the maritime trade as was succeeded by his sons Frederick Thomas and George William on his death in 1872. By 1900 the firm had expanded to become one of the most prolific manufacturers of nautical and surveying instruments and had adopted the `Hezzanith` trade name; in 1926 the business was amalgamated with W.F. Stanley of London.The optician John Lizars (1810-1879) set-up business as an optical instrument maker in Glasgow in 1830. After his death his successors continued making eyeglasses, telescopes, microscopes, barometers, thermometers, magic lanterns and slides, cameras, stereo cameras and viewers and binoculars. By 1913 had branches in Edinburgh, Paisley, Greenock, Aberdeen, Liverpool and Belfast, latterly the company merged with C. Jeffrey Black to form the Black and Lizars chain of optical retailers.
Lot 13
A FINE GEORGE II MAHOGANY CASED CUFF PATTERN MONOCULAR MICROSCOPEJOHN CUFF, LONDON, MID 18th CENTURYThe body tube with stepped moulded shuttered eyepiece over ogee waist and objective tube incorporating marks for six positions on an exponential scale numbered 1 to 6, supported via a tapered collar set in a ring attached to a vertical slide moving against the fixed limb upright marked with six further positions for the respective objectives also numbered 1 to 6, with collar clamp to enable initial positioning and fine screw for focus adjustment, the concave-sided cruciform stage with central aperture fitted with a collar and slider clips to underside and with sockets for the various tools to two of the arms, the centre signed J. Cuff Maker LONDON, the base with socket and scroll-shaped bracket support over a shaped horizontal plate applied with a pivoted concave mirror assembly beneath the stage, the whole mounted on an ebonised cavetto moulded plinth incorporating drawer to front containing three (out of six) objectives numbered 2, 3 and 6, pivoted condenser lens, forceps, slider collar, specimen capsule and seven bone sliders, with original obelisk-shaped case with hinged brass carrying handle to the ogee-turned domed surmount over caddy moulded angles, the front with door opening to reveal internal apron drawer containing additional accessories including a brass frog plate and a bone cylinder containing mica slider inserts.The box 44cm (17.25ins) high with handle down, 21cm (8.25ins) square at the base. John Cuff is recorded in Clifton, Gloria Directory of British Scientific Instrument Makers 1550-1851 as an optician and maker of optical instruments, microscopes, mathematical and philosophical instruments working in London 1731-70. Clifton notes that from 1737 until 1757 he was trading as a maker of 'Reflecting Microscopes and Spectacles against Sergeant's Inn Gate in Fleet Street', then 1757-58 at 'Double Microscope, three Pair of Golden Spectacles & Hadley's Quadrant opposite Salisbury Court in Fleet Street' and finally in 1764 at 'Strand, London'. The design of the present instrument came about through John Cuff's close association with the natural philosopher Henry Baker (1698-1774) whose frustration with the limitations of the Culpeper microscope identified the need for a new and improved instrument. In response to this in 1744 Cuff developed his 'new-constructed Double Microscope' which afforded 'improved accessibility for hand manipulation of the specimen by the microscopist'. Although his design proved very popular John Cuff was unable to make enough money to sustain his business hence he was declared bankrupt in 1750. A major contributing factor to him going out of business was strong competition from the eminent instrument maker, Benjamin Martin, who set-up shop next door to Cuff in Fleet Street. The demand for Cuff's microscope was subsequently mostly satisfied by Peter Dollond, who continued producing instruments to this design well into the second half of the century.
Lot 134
A GEORGE III MAHOGANY EIGHT-DAY LONGCASE CLOCK WITH MOONPHASETHOMAS BULLOCK, BATH, CIRCA 1770The four pillar rack and bell striking movement with anchor escapement regulated by seconds pendulum, the 12 inch brass break-arch dial with subsidiary seconds dial and unusual shaped arched calendar aperture to the coastal view engraved centre depicting a square-rigged ship passing a lighthouse, within applied silvered Roman numeral chapter ring with Arabic five minutes beyond the outer minute track and signed Tho's, Bullock, BA,TH to lower margin, with scroll pierced blued steel hands and rococo scroll cast spandrels to angles beneath arch with rolling moonphase incorporating terrestrial and celestial globe decorated lunettes beneath leafy scroll engraved curved scale calibrated for THE, MOONS, AGE to the upper margin, the case with ogee geometric key moulded cornice over break-arch glazed hinged front applied with three-quarter columns to front angles, the sides with small rectangular windows and quarter columns applied against bargeboards at the rear, the trunk with concave throat moulding over caddy moulded shaped-top door, on plinth base with ogee upper moulding and conforming skirt incorporating integral bracket feet.216cm (85ins) high, 51cm (20ins) wide, 25.5cm (10ins) deep. Thomas Bullock is recorded in Moore, A.J. THE CLOCKMAKERS OF BRISTOL 1650-1900 as working in Bath 1764-1773.Condition Report: Movement is in relatively clean working condition although a precautionary gentle clean/service is advised if intending to put into long-term use. The mechanism appears all original with visible evidence of alteration or noticeable replacements. The dial is in clean condition with the plate showing light to moderate wear to the engraved decoration through previous repolishing; there are a few spots of discoloration to both the brass and the silvered finishes. The moon disc is in good condition having had some re-touching done in the past; it is connected to the movement hence is operational. The hour hand is a well-made replacement and the minute hand has been repaired. The movement retains its original seatboard which rests on the cheek uprights of the case at the correct level. This, coupled by the fact that the case is essentially a 'textbook' example of the Bristol/Bath type, would indicate that the movement and dial are original to the case. The case is generally in sound original condition. The top board to the hood has been replaced and the trunk door has a crack running from top to bottom (probably a repaired break in the panel). The trunk door retains its original hinges, the lock is a replacement. The front lower left hand corner of the plinth bas has a veneer patch repair and the sides have horizontal veneer cracks. Faults to the case are otherwise limited to minor bumps, scuffs, shrinkage and other age related blemishes.Clock has pendulum, two lead weights, a case key but no winder. Condition Report Disclaimer
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A LARGE VICTORIAN LACQUERED BRASS COMPOUND MINOCULAR POLARISING MICROSCOPEWATSON BROTHERS, LONDON, CIRCA 1885The body tube assembly fitted with a prism/filter slide aperture beneath fine screw focus at the eyepiece end, the junction with the 'Lister' type limb with rack-sliding primary focus adjustment incorporating Vernier distance scale calibrated in inches divided into fiftieths, the circular stage with X and Y diagonal subject positioning, slide clips mounted within dovetail grooves and calibrated in degrees of rotation to outer edge, the subs stage assembly with swing-out condenser lens incorporating a prism set within rotating bezel and the underside with pivoted plano-concave mirror mounted on a double-jointed pivot, the whole raised via pivoted axis support on a complex cast base with twin uprights and integral Y-shaped stand engraved WATSON BRO'S:, 4 Pall Mall, London, 5192 to the rear, in a mahogany box with three body tube filter slides only, (lacking all lenses except the substage condenser).The box 40.5cm (16ins) high, 24cm (9.5ins) wide, 20cm (8ins) deep. According to the Virtual Museum of the History of Minerology the present model of microscope was developed in London in 1879 by Thomas William Watson (son-in-law of William Tranter, gunsmith of Birmingham). The instrument was designed in collaboration with the renowned geologist Frank Rutley and was probably one of the earliest professional quality polarizing instruments made in England. Thomas was joined in business by his brother in around 1885 and the name was changed to Watson Brothers. This example comes from about this time.
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