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Click here to subscribeA reproduction gilt composition framed wall mirror, a set of iron and brass grocer's scales with weights, a leather suitcase, four wooden candlesticks, a pair of hand screens, a Decca "Junior" gramophone, a framed embroidery, a framed machine woven tapestry picture,and an unframed tapestry.(13)
BRITISH TRADE TOKENS, 18th Century, Warwickshire, Birmingham, Bn Jacob, Penny, 1798, man behind counter holding scales, rev hand holding auction gavel (DH 31). Facial detail weak, otherwise good extremely fine with much lustre. only 108 struck Benjamin Jacob, auctioneer, ironmonger, engraver and appraiser
COIN SCALES, A Napoleonic Period set of French coin scales contained in a shaped rectangular fruitwood () box, hinged lid with closing hooks, the steel balance complete with brass pans, the case with recess for four cup weights and lidded recess for grain weights, the inner lid with printed “Table de monnaies d’or et d’argent qui ont cours dans les différens Etats de l’Europe, avec la designation de leur poids …”, the list includes “Ecu de 6 liv de France” and “Pièce de 5 fr. De France”, the case 170mm x 50mm x 19mm. In excellent order. The silver 6-Livres was struck between 1793-1794, year II, whilst the 5-Francs was introduced in year IV, 1795. The chart also includes the regal “Louis”, suggesting the set could date as early as the Directory (1795-1799).
COIN SCALES, Two late Georgian balances, both probably for apothecary use; brass balance with pendulum finial and original brass pans, in mahogany box, lacking all weights, 173mm x 88mm x 35mm, in excellent order; steel balance with swan-neck finials, complete with brass pans, with 13 weights, in oak box, 176mm x 85mm x 32mm, in good order. (2)
BRITISH TRADE TOKENS, 18th Century, Middlesex, Meymott’s Silver Proof Halfpenny 1795, MEYMOTT+&+SON+LONDON+, seated Britannia holding spear and scales, rev SCALES+WEIGHTS+&+STEEL-YARDS+, the arms of London, edge plain (DH 377a). Usual obverse die break beginning at about 2 o’clock and extending across most of the top of the token, younger die breaks also at 4 o’clock and 7 o’clock, light brush marks, very fine with nice rainbow toning, extremely rare. Meymott & Son, scale-makers, Bishopsgate Without in London
BRITISH TRADE TOKENS, 18th Century, Middlesex, Thomas Spence, Halfpennies (3), obv sun, rev cornucopia and scales (DH 676), obv bust of Fox, rev American Indian (DH 765), obv heads of Pitt and Fox conjoined, rev heart in hand (DH 804c); Farthings (2), obvs names of Spence, More and Paine, rev bull with ass's head (DH 1112), rev pig (DH 1117). DH676 very fine but probably struck from clogged dies which has left sections of the outer legends very weak, DH1112 fine, the others extremely fine, DH765 nicely bronzed. (5)
BRITISH TRADE TOKENS, 18th Century, Somersetshire, Bath, Lambe, mule Farthing, rev scales, from the die for the Pice of Bombay, India (see KM 193, dated 1791 and 1794) (DH 118). Good extremely fine, overstruck on another piece, part of the legend of one side of which reads . .HANGE, extremely rare and interesting.
A gentleman’s 18k gold cased Universal Geneve COMPAX chrono-graph wristwatch, circa 1960, the silvered dial and with gold batons, three subsidiary dials indicating constant seconds, 30 minute and hour registers, within outer calculating scales, case stamped to the reverse 1635194 12494.1.’, 34mm diameter (see lot 257 for illustration)
MOLLINER, FELIT (CHAS MOLLINER, WORKING EDINBURGH 1784-1801) AN 18TH CENTURY MAHOGANY STICK BAROMETER having a pineapple finial over an arched brass dial, inscribed Molliner Felit, and with scales 31 to 28, thermometer also with scale, the plain trunk with exposed tube over a rectangular cistern. 105cm (41.5in) high.
A Lynton cartouche shaped Freedom casket, painted by Stefan Nowaki, signed, the cover, front and sides with raised gilt acanthus scroll cartouche shaped reserves with Houses of Derbyshire on a cobalt blue ground applied in gilt with beaded scales, the corners in turquoise, gilt scroll feet, 29cm wide, printed mark
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