A LATE 18TH-CENTURY 11½IN. RADIUS SEXTANT BY DOLLOND, LONDON, with diamond-pattern oxidised brass frame, polished arc divided to 130°, signed on the index arm Dollond London, magnifier with shade ring, index mirror with Maskylene's flap accessory, sighting tube, shades, rosewood handle and brass pin feet -- 13 x 15in. (33 x 38cm.) overall,
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A 5IN. RADIUS VERNIER SEXTANT BY ELLIOTT BROS. LONDON, CIRCA 1850, the lacquered brass ladder frame signed on the arc as per title, with inset silvered scale divided to 150°, Vernier with magnifier, adjustable sighting tube mount, seven shades, two mirrors, mounted on black painted section, ebony handle with mounting hole, pin feet, contained within fitted keystone box of issue with accessories including trade label annotated to 449 Strand, the lid with brass mounting slot at apex, and mounting pillar escutcheon -- 7¼ x 9in. (18.5 x 23cm.),
A FINE 8IN. RADIUS PLATINUM SCALED VERNIER SEXTANT BY CARY LONDON, CIRCA 1840, constructed in lacquered brass, 'T' frame with arc inscribed and numbered Cary London, Platina & Gold, 950, platinum scale divided to 150°, vernier with gold scale, swivel magnifier and bubble level, adjustable sighting tube socket, black painted mirror and shade assembly with threaded cap over adjusting screw, ebony handle with mounting recess for stand, on three brass feet, contained within fitted box complete with accessories and key, and later retail label in lid for Scientific Instrument Works Johannesburg -- case 11½in. (29cm.) square approximately
A LATE 19TH-CENTURY 6½IN. RADIUS VERNIER SEXTANT, unsigned, oxidised brass three circle frame, brass arc no. '2275', silvered scale divided to 150º, vernier with magnifier, sighting tubes, mirrors, shades, shaped ebony handle, contained within fitted box with accessories, trade label for Henry Hughes & Son and test certificate for 1892, -- 10in. (25.5cm.) square
SECOND WORLD WAR AVIATION - 56TH FIGHTER SQUADRON - A NAMED GROUP PHOTOGRAPH dated October 1929 by Arthur Hands Studios of Wanstead and Epping, mounted framed and glazed, 45cm x 35cm, together with an RAF Bubble Sextant Mk IX Serial no. 12905/42 cased, an Air Ministry marked 'Bombsight D', a photographic image of Royal Naval Personnel, Hawker Hart (T) no.1 FTS Netheravon, mounted framed and glazed33cm x 26cm and a cold war double-sided RAF escape map 'Leningrad' and 'Smolensk' dated 1952, 48cm x 65cm, (5).
EARLY TWENTIETH CENTURY BLACK LACQUERED BRASS SEXTANT by Heath & Company, New Etham, London, the pierced frame with pivoting arm mounted with mirror and aperture with vernier for the signed brass and silvered inset scale to 130°, with a plaque to the arm "Hezzanith" Endless Tangent Screw, Automatic clamp", the mahogany case baring label for "The National Physical Laboratory, Teddington", with accessories
An early 20th Century Heath & Co. of New Eltham London "Hezzanith" sextant with endless tangent screw and automatic clamp, bearing labels to interior "Hezzanith Observatory London Oct 23rd 1930" and "Frederick Robson & Co. Manufacturing Opticians ..... Newcastle-on-Tyne" CONDITION REPORTS Box with various scratches, marks, dark marks, split to back, general wear and tear throughout. Sextant has various scratches to the metal, small signs of wear, tarnish. Wear and tear. There is any empty compartment on the right side of box, there is also a notch cut out at the back of the lid of the box to the interior and a split to the base of the box. General signs of wear and tear throughout.
A German ebonised cased pair of coin scales Johann Caspar Mittelstenscheid A German ebonised cased pair of coin scales Johann Caspar Mittelstenscheid, Lennep, early 19th century With filed steel beam fitted with central knife-edge pivot incorporating vertical pointer within arched armature to centre and loops for attaching the brass pans suspended via three cotton lines to each end, in ebonised pocket case with a selection of various weights named with their numismatic equivalent and applied with trade label to lid inscribed Deife geachte Waag und Gewicht, macht, Ibro Churfurftl. Durchl., zu Pfalz-Bayern, gnagigft privilegirter und, gefchworner, JOHANN CASPAR MITTELSTENSCHEIDT, in der Bergifchen Hauptftadt Lennep, 18.. the exterior of the case with caddy moulded edge to top and two hinged securing clasps, (two weight apertures vacant), 18cm (7ins) wide; with a German simple portable lacquered brass table-top sextant, Polytechniker Brandegger, Ellwangen, mid 19th century, the folding frame with cylindrical section lower rail drilled to take adjustable tripod supports and fitted at one end with pivoted arched scale calibrated in degrees, the other end with angled upper frame member drilled for a plumb bob at the apex and central adjustable arm stamped Brandegger fitted with pin-hole projection sight and steel pointer for the elevation scale, in original scumbled pine box with wooden rule and printed with trade label inscribed Taschen-Sertant, .. Stellung der Uhr, nach der Sonne, von, Polytechniker Brandegger, in Ellwangen , the box 23cm (9.125ins) long, (2). Johann Caspar Mittelstenscheid was born in 1764 and trained under his uncle Peter Braselmann, in Wichlinghausen. He specialised in producing coin scales and died in 1819.
A mid 19c marine sextant with reflecting mirrors, set of filters and two lenses. The scale is silvered and it has a wooden hand grip. It is very salt corroded and has an indecipherable inscription around the scale on which is the date 1862. It is contained in a battered fitted mahogany box, 11l.
AN ENGLISH BRONZE BELL-FRAME SEXTANT BY HEATH & CO LTD, EARLY 20TH C with two sets of three and four coloured glass filters, engraved scale with vernier and magnifier, index arm with Hezzanith clamp engraved HEATH & CO LTD NEW ELTHAM LONDON MADE FOR SOS LTD 113 FENCHURCH ST LONDON with accessories in fitted walnut box with label "BELL" PATENT MARK III SEXTANT, 27.5cm w ++In reasonably good but dirty unrestored condition with no obvious faults and a good selection of accessories. The underside of the lid of the box with certificate of examination
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