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Lot 665
THREE NAUTICAL SEXTANTS; TWO HEZZANITH EXAMPLES, HEATH NAVIGATIONAL AND HERBERT BOBBY NAVIGATIONAL; TOGETHER WITH KELVIN HUGHES & SON (3)Mid-20th CenturyWith black crackle finish and brass arcs engraved, with certificates dated to the boxes, various lenses and missing elements, the Kelvin Hughes Division example with side carrying handle, 26cm wide; 27.5cm deep; 14.5cm highCondition report: All very worn and oxidized surfaces throughout, with some verdi gris and pitting. Please see additional images of each sextant in its box to illustrate the contents of each. They appear to be incomplete but please contact Bellmans directly for specific questions. Boxes are worn with inevitable scuffs, scratches, dents, small chips and marks commensurate with wear, use and age.
Lot 192
AN ITALIAN PAINTED 'CARTOGRAPHER'S' CIRCULAR COFFEE TABLE 20th Century, the top decorated with trompe l'oeil of Genoese views and sextant, on baluster columns and low stretcher, 46cm high x 99cm diameter Provenance: Purchased from Christie's Interiors on the 15th of May 2012, Lot 188, for £1375.From the collection of an International Designer
Lot 17
TRANCE - 12" COLLECTION. Fantastic collection of around 49 x 12". Titles / Artists include Humate - Love Stimulation (DVNT22XR), Armin - Blue Fear, Twilo - Thunder, Peyote - I Will Fight No More, Sextant - Part of the Scene, Jens Lissat Project - Energy Flow (Remixes), Paul Van Dyk - Beautiful Place, Sander Kleinenberg - Sacred, Moonman - Don't Be Afraid, Transa - Prophase, Y Traxx - Mystery Land, Ruff Driverz - Shame, Mario De Bellis, Trance. Atlantic. Air. Waves - Chase, Graemel - Stag Beetle and X Cabs - Neuro 99. The condition is generally VG+ to Ex+.
Lot 104
MONTBLANC "ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLT" FOUNTAIN PEN.Barrel of silver and walnut.Two-tone nib 2007 with engraved sextant, 18 Kts. gold.Limited edition.No box.Measurements: 14 cm length; 16.7 mm diameter.Montblanc fountain pen special edition of its collection 'Patrons of Art', pays tribute to Alexander von Humboldt, geographer, explorer and naturalist. The barrel of the pen is made of walnut wood inlaid with 925 sterling silver with plant motifs. The silver clip bears an inscription of the Montblanc brand, as does the legendary star crowning the cap. This is a limited edition of 4810 pieces.Von Humboldt was born in Prussian Berlin during the Age of Enlightenment. He travelled around the world studying foreign cultures and flora and became a naturalist and cultural patron. The result of his studies culminated in a literary work "Kosmos" in which he presented all the knowledge he had acquired through his travels and research.Bicolour nib of 2007 with engraved sextant, 18 Kts. gold.
Lot 1215
A mid-20th century German brass sextant, signed 'C. Plath Hamburg Germany' and numbered '8054', fitted with mirror, magnifier, coloured filters and wooden handle, within a stained wooden case, case width 26.5cm.Buyer’s Premium 29.4% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price. Lots purchased online via the-saleroom.com will attract an additional premium of 6% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price.
Lot 3
EARLY 20TH CENTURY NAVAL TELESCOPE,by Ross of London no. 31252, sold by Seagrove & Co Ltd of Portsea, engraved owner's name 'E. C. Ward R. N.' and further 'N. S. L. Y 1797', with stitched leather grip, 57.4cm long, together with a brass mounted ebonised sextant, the arc with bone dial, unmarked (2)Images of telescope provided
Lot 59
A good mid-19th century two-day mahogany marine chronometerRichard Hornby, Liverpool, No. 793The three part case with blank brass cartouche inlaid on the top lid, the centre section with 12 point brass star button above an ivory number plaque, the lower section with similar twelve point inlaid brass escutcheon and hinged handles. The 3.5 inch silvered Roman dial with subsidiary power reserve dial at XII over an observatory style seconds at VI numbered 793 with blued steel and gold hands. The spotted movement with four ringed pillars and maintaining power to the chain fusee, free sprung blued steel helical balance spring with diamond endstone and Earnshaw type detent escapement, cut and compensated bimetallic balance with keystone balance weights, sitting in a weighted gimballed bowl bearing a faded stamp from an Antwerp chandler (?), with sliding dust cover. Ticking with two winding keys and a case key.Paperwork with the lot includes a ship's logbook and other items, see footnote. 16cms (6ins) wideFootnotes:Purchased 25 April 2012 from Jeffrey Formby Antiques.This lot comes with a variety of associated paraphernalia detailed below. The chronometer was on board the SS Queen Helena between 1910-1913, captained by Thomas Rankine. It is suggested by one of the chronometer's previous owners that the timepiece was personally owned by Thomas Rankine and was present on all his voyages. Thomas Rankine's Log book beginning March 1893.Chronometer Rating certificates on SS Queen Helena (1 from Liverpool, 4 from New York, 1 from Swansea, 1 from Buenos Aires) 1910-1913.Certificate of Master in the Merchant Service, dated 1884 for Thomas Rankine.Registration Ticket of Master from The Shipping Federation in 1892 for Thomas Rankine.Ship Token for Clan Buchanan, one of Rankine's ships. Photo of Rankine using a sextant on the SS Queen Helena.2 undated obituaries for Thomas Rankine.Note from a previous owner.Various computer printouts regarding Richard Hornby, Thomas Rankine, and the current lot when offered for sale by Jeffrey Formby Antiques as well as a complete printout of an Antiquarian Horology biography of Richard Hornby.For a biography of Richard Hornby, see the Appendix.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: Y ФY Subject to CITES regulations when exporting items outside of the EU, see clause 13.Ф This lot contains or is made of ivory and cannot be imported into the USA or any country within the EU.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 5035
George VI 1937 Coronation flag, the central portrait and date covered with stitched panels 56 x 83cm; sailor's hat; leather holster with belt dated 1943 containing Lone Star toy die-cast Luger gun; and reproduction Stanley brass cased pocket sextant (4)Condition Report:Flag grubby and a little faded with some holes.Sailor's hat in good condition.Holster excellent but gun incomplete.Sextant excellent.
Lot 587
The Royal Geographical Society Patron’s Gold Medal awarded to Captain Sir Alexander R. Glen, K.B.E., D.S.C., Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve Royal Geographical Society, Patron’s Gold Medal, 54mm, gold (9ct, 95.24g), the obverse featuring the bare head of George VI facing left, the reverse featuring Minerva standing left, holding wreath and map, with globe and sextant on ground, ‘Ob Terras Reclusas’ above, the edge engraved ‘Lieutenant Alexander R. Glen, R.N.V.R., 1940.’; together with the recipient’s Exploration of Polar Regions Bruce Medal for Valuable Services, 50mm, bronze, the edge engraved ‘Alexander Glen 1938’, nearly extremely fine (2) £6,000-£8,000 --- Sir Alexander (Sandy) Richard Glen was born in Glasgow on 18 April 1912, the son of a Glasgow ship-owner, and was educated at Fettes College, Edinburgh, and Balliol College, Oxford, where he read Geography. He first travelled to the Arctic in 1932, as part of an eight man crew of a 45ft fishing boat owned by a Cambridge law don; legend has it that Glen accepted the invitation to accompany the expedition under the misapprehension that it was an invitation to a debutante ball. Setting sail from King’s Lynn (with Glen still in his white tie and tails), the crew ventured to Spitzbergen, and completed 4,000 miles of sailing and two months of surveying. The following year Glen led a more official 16 man Oxford University summer expedition to Spitzbergen to carry out topographical and geological surveys, spending some winter months with the Lapps of northern Sweden. He returned to Spitzbergen the following summer with the author Evelyn Waugh amongst the team (who nearly drowned when a glacier thawed). In 1935 he led another Oxford University expedition, establishing a research station on the ice cap of North East Land, and carried our research in glaciology, geology, and radio propagation in high latitudes. In 1937 he wrote a book about the expedition, entitled ‘Under the Pole Star’. For his expeditions and scientific work in the Arctic Glen was awarded the prestigious Patron's Gold Medal of the Royal Geographical Society in 1940; at the age of 28 he was (and is) the youngest recipient of the medal. He was also awarded the Polar Medal (London Gazette 10 February 1942: ‘For good services with the Oxford University Arctic Expedition to North East Land in 1935 and 1936’) and received the Bruce Medal of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 1938. After going down from Oxford Glen worked in investment banking in New York and London. He joined the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve in 1938, and posted to Naval Intelligence he worked with Ian Fleming under its Director, Admiral John Godfrey. Inevitably, in later life it was rumoured that Glen was perhaps an inspiration for James Bond, but Glen himself always denied the link: ‘I don’t think it is true for a moment; I’m far too gentle, too law-abiding.’ In January 1940 Glen was posted to Belgrade as assistant naval attaché at the British legation, where he met his future wife, the Serbian Baroness Zora (Zorica) de Collaert. Following the bombing of Belgrade in 1941 the British legation left and made their way home via Kotor, Albania, Italy, Vichy France, and Spain. He then worked on the staff of Rear-Admiral Philip Vian in 1941 helping to evacuate Norwegian and Russian coalminers and trappers in the Arctic Circle, and he spent some time protecting Spitzbergen from a German invasion. In the early summer of 1942, he took part in two 27-hour reconnaissances of Spitzbergen by Catalina flying boats of Coastal Command, based in the Shetlands. He then joined a 70-strong joint British-Norwegian force sent by boat, which was sunk by a Luftwaffe raid as they arrived in Spitzbergen harbour. As the survivors struggled ashore, Glen remembered where to find the frozen corpses of 60 slaughtered pigs, and they lived off these, washed down with abandoned German brandy and champagne. Glen later served with distinction with the Russian Army in eastern Europe in 1943-44, sabotaging traffic on the River Danube to disrupt oil supplies to Germany. He also took part in various clandestine and dangerous operations in Yugoslavia with Fitzroy Mclean, in support of Marshal Tito. He ended the War on the British staff in Athens. For his services during the Second World War he was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross in 1942 (London Gazette 27 October 1942), and a Second Award Bar in 1945 (London Gazette 20 February 1945). He was also awarded the Norwegian and Czechoslovakian War Crosses, and was created a Chevalier First Class of the Order of St. Olav (London Gazette 9 May 1944). Post-War, Glen joined the ship-broking business of Clarksons, eventually rising to become the firm’s Chairman. Remaining in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, he was advanced Captain in the Supply and Secretariat Branch on 30 June 1955, and served as a Member of the Council of the Royal Geographical Society periodically from 1945 to 1962. Appointed C.B.E. in 1964 (London Gazette 1 January 1964), he was advanced K.B.E. in 1967 (London Gazette 1 January 1967), and went on to hold various positions in the travel and hotel sector, including the Chairmanship of the British Tourist Authority. Amongst other public appointments he became Chairman of the Advisory Council of the Victoria and Albert Museum. He published his memoirs ‘Footholds Against a Whirlwind’, in 1975, and co-wrote (with Leighton Bowen) ‘Target Danube, a River not quite too far’ in 2002. He died on 6 March 2004. The Sandy and Zorica Glen Charitable Settlement (Charity no. 326311) is a grant making charity that supports a small range of charities in helping to develop leadership qualities in the young via exploration trips and other outdoor activities; and encouraging the conservation of heritage works of art. For the recipient’s group of twelve miniature awards, see Lot 618.
Lot 740
A Superb Quality German Second World War Kriegsmarine Sextant. A superb quality Kriegsmarine sextant, by C. Plath, in its original carrying case. The sextant with all of its correct fittings, eagle and swastika and over M for Marine marked to the central bar on the sextant, model number ‘10725’, and individually numbered ‘26283’. All optics appear to be intact and present, original finish intact overall, in original wooden box, with original Wartime German Kriegsmarine certificate for Sextant 26283 dated 9 December 1944. To the upper inner lid of the box a servicing label from the UK Company Kelvin Hughes Division, for Sextant No. 26283, manufactured by C. Plath, the label dated 28 May 1963, very good condition £600-£800 --- At the end of the Second World War many of the sextants from the firm Plath of Hamburg were taken into British possession along with many sets of Zeiss binoculars. These were sold off at government auctions in the 1950s and 60s, and marketed within the U.K. by various companies; adverts from the period can be seen of these items being sold. Sold with the original bill of sale to a Mr. Adams for £46 on 26 January 1959, and English instructions of the usage of the sextant.
Lot 103
A J Coombes Brass Sextant With Provenance,the sextant, English, c. 1900, signed in script to the bottom of the arc 'J. Coombes Devonport, 11151' with magnifier to verner scale, filters, polished wooden handle, with 3 telescopes in square fitted mahogany case with adjustment certificate to inside of lid dated 1917, lid with brass plaque engraved 'E S F Fegen, R.N.' and receipt from Arthur Middleton, Covent Garden, dated 1981. Captain Edward Stephen Fogarty Fegen, VC, SGM (8 October 1891 – 5 November 1940) was a Royal Navy officer and a recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. Fegen was born into a naval family, one of four children his father being Vice-Admiral F. F. Fegen MVO. He was born at 42 Nightingale Rd, Southsea, Hampshire, on 8 October 1891. At the age of 12, he entered Osborne Royal Naval College and in 1909, he was appointed Midshipman on HMS Dreadnought where this sextant was probably used. He was 49 years old, and an acting captain in the Royal Navy during the Second World War when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC. On 5 November 1940 in the Atlantic, Captain Fegen, commanding the armed merchantman HMS Jervis Bay, was escorting 38 ships of Convoy HX 84, when they were attacked by the German heavy cruiser Admiral Scheer (often termed a pocket battleship). Captain Fegen immediately engaged the enemy head-on, thus giving the ships of the convoy time to scatter. Out-gunned and on fire Jervis Bay maintained the unequal fight for 22 minutes,although the captain's right arm was shattered, and even after he died when the bridge was shot from under him. He went down with his ship but 31 ships of the convoy managed to escape – including San Demetrio. He was remembered in Winston Churchill's broadcast speech on 13 May 1945 "Five years of War",as having defended Ireland's honour: When I think of these days I think also of other episodes and personalities. I do not forget Lieutenant-Commander Esmonde, V.C., D.S.O., Lance-Corporal Kenneally, V.C., Captain Fegen, V.C., and other Irish heroes that I could easily recite, and all bitterness by Britain for the Irish race dies in my heart. I can only pray that in years which I shall not see, the shame will be forgotten and the glories will endure, and that the peoples of the British Isles and of the British Commonwealth of Nations will walk together in mutual comprehension and forgiveness. The citation for Fegen's Victoria Cross was published in the London Gazette on 22 November 1940, reading: The KING has been graciously pleased to approve the award of the VICTORIA CROSS to the late Commander (acting Captain) Edward Stephen Fogarty Fegen, Royal Navy. for valour in challenging hopeless odds and giving his life to save the many ships it was his duty to protect. On the 5th of November, 1940, in heavy seas, Captain Fegen, in His Majesty's Armed Merchant Cruiser Jervis Bay, was escorting thirty-eight Merchantmen. Sighting a powerful German warship he at once drew clear of the Convoy, made straight for the Enemy, and brought his ship between the Raider and her prey, so that they might scatter and escape. Crippled, in flames, unable to reply, for nearly an hour the Jervis Bay held the German's fire. So she went down, but of the Merchantmen all but four or five were saved.
Lot 3137
Mid-20th century H. Hughes & Son Ltd. London Marine Bubble Sextant, serial no.166, with black crackled finish, in fitted wooden carrying case bearing label 7/7/50 and associated paperwork; both instrument and box inscribed to Captain Paul Adaolsteinsson (of Grimsby)Condition Report:Looks to have been little or unused. Original batteries still in case with factory packaging.
Lot 125
An 8 inch radius Bell Pattern (No.1) sextant by Heath & Co, London: serial number 4259, the black lacquered bell frame with brass arc inset silvered scale calibrated to 150°,signed and numbered as per title and inscribed 'E T Marshall RN, fitted magnifier, mirrors and shade, in a fitted mahogany case with sighting tube, accessories and binoculars, calibration certificate dated December 1898, the top of case inset with personalised brass plaque, together with original leather carry case.
Lot 127
An 8 inch radius vernier sextant by Kelvin, White & Hutton, London, No. 2035: the black lacquered three circle frame signed to arc as per title with silvered arc calibrated to 150°, the radius arm with coarse and fine adjust with magnifier, fitted sighting scope, mirrors and shades ,together with additional sighting scopes in a fitted mahogany case, the case 13 x 27 x 24cm.
Lot 129
A brass 8 inch radius vernier sextant by Heath & Co, Ltd, Crayford, London: No. 5781, signed as per title, the tulip frame with silvered arc calibrated to 150°, inscribed 'J H Godfrey RN', the radius arm with fine adjust and magnifier, fitted sighting tube, mirrors and shade, together with accessories in a fitted case, the case with brass cartouche signed en suite, the case 13.5x24.5x26cm
Lot 131
A 20th century 7 inch radius vernier Yacht sextant by Frieberger Prazisionsmechanik: number '105399' fitted sighting scope, mirrors and shades on a matt white frame, together with instruction booklets and calibration card in a fitted case, Carl Zeiss Jena Ltd, Borehamwood retailer's label to lid interior.
Lot 449
A SEXTANT by Heath & Co. London, the ebonised frame with brass and silvered scale, and bakelite handle, in mahogany case with plaque inscribed Iver C. Weilbach & Co., brass loop handle and examination certificate dated 1967, 11" wide (Est. plus 21% premium inc. VAT)Appears to be in good condition, wear to black of frame, scratching to box
Lot 1474
A pair of Meissen figure groups representing the Arts, late 19th century, the first depicting Drama, modelled after Jüchtzer, as two putti standing before an urn, incised shape No. H39, crossed swords in underglaze blue, height 11.5cm, the second depicting Geometry, modelled after Acier, as two putti with a globe and a sextant, both raised on naturalistic bases with gilt enriched scroll moulded detail, crossed swords in underglaze blue to bases with strikes beneath, height 11.5cm (both with faults and restoration).Buyer’s Premium 29.4% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price. Lots purchased online via the-saleroom.com will attract an additional premium of 6% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price.
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