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Click here to subscribeA 7¼IN. RADIUS KAISERMARINE VERNIER SEXTANT BY H. HAECKE, NEUKÖLLN, polished brass lattice frame with silvered scale divided to 130º, signed on the index arm as per title and numbered ‘7252’, sighting tube, seven shades, pin feet and wooden handle inset with Kaisermarine emblem and numbered ‘1816’ (lacks case), Provenance: Christie’s, London, 7th June 1972 (£115)
AN HISTORICALLY INTERESTING KRIEGSMARINE SEXTANT, RECOVERED FROM U858, alloy frame signed and numbered on the arc C. Plath, Hamburg / 25282, index arm with micrometer adjustment, Kriegsmarine symbol and issue number ‘9823’, universal telescope, mirrors, seven shades, feet and hollowed Bakelite handle, contained in fitted case of issue with issue certificate dated ‘18 Juli 1944’, a U.S. Customs certificate dated 1949 granting ownership as a ‘Military Souvenir’, and some historical data, the box -- 12¾in. diameter, Ordered on 5 June 1941, laid down on 11 December 1942 and launched on 30 September 1943, U858 was sent by Germany towards the end of the war to cause havoc along the East Coast of America. In the event she saw no combat and held the distinction of becoming the first German warship to surrender to US forces on 14 May 1945. Initially used for publicity in War bond drives, latterly for torpedo practice, she was scuttled at the end of 1947.
A 19TH-CENTURY 7½IN. RADIUS VERNIER SEXTANT BY CRICHTON, LONDON, the oxidised brass ladder frame with polished arc signed as per title and inscribed for retailers Norie & Wilson, silvered scale divided to 150°, index arm with magnifier, seven shades, ebonised handle and feet, contained in fitted keystone case with accessories and trade label for Francis M. Moore, Belfast -- 13in. (33cm.) diameter
A THREE-CIRCLE VERNIER SEXTANT BY J.W. GABRIEL, HALIFAX, with polished brass frame, signed as per title and numbered ‘6091’, contained in fitted box with telescopes and test certificate dated 1937 -- 10in. (25.4cm.) diameter; together with a micrometer example by H. Hughes & Son with crackle-finish frame numbered ‘54904’, in box with accessories and certificate for 1947, (2)
A DRUM SEXTANT BY W.R. WATTS, LONDON, CIRCA 1866, of typical form, constructed in lacquered brass signed by inset silvered scale E.R. Watts, Old Kent Rd. London, detachable sighting tube, threaded cover inscribed F. Livsey, contained in fitted leather case with owner’s name and dated ‘1866’ -- 4in. (10cm.) cased, Provenance: Phillips, London, 20th May 1975 (£75)
COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, Medals by Subject, Exploration, Polar Exploration, Sweden, the Centenary of S A Andrée’s Arctic Balloon Expedition, Large Silver Medal, 1997, signed AR ’97, the balloon with the three explorers at a table to left, and photographing the first polar bear shot to right, POLAR EXPEDITIONEN 1897, rev sextant, journals, watch and film, ANDREE STRINDNERG FRÆNKEL, edge stamped “GUSS” and “900”, 103mm. As made. The expedition was an attempt by Salomon August Andrée, Knut Hjalmar Ferdinand Frænkel and Nils Strindberg to to reach the North Pole by a hydrogen balloon, named Eagle. All were to perish for their bodies to be discovered by chance in 1930. Strindberg was the expedition’s photographer and the image of Andrée and Frænkel with the polar bear, as depicted on the medal, was recovered along with the bodies.
EARLY 20TH 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 and silvered inset scale,to 130°, with a plaque to the arm "Hezzanith" Endless Tangent Screw, Automatic clamp, the mahogany case with accessories and Hezzanith Observatory Works test certificate dated September 1928, sextant no. X947, case 28cm wide
DUTCH EARLY 20TH CENTURY BRASS INCLINE COMBINATION SEXTANT makers Caminada Bros., Rotterdam, established 1856, with thick brass base fitted with calibration to move fifty degrees to both side of the y axis, the set square supporting a spirit level on the x axis able to move fifty degrees and a fitted mirror to catch light, inside a wooden box, box 16cm long
A cased Naval sextant of painted bronze and brass manufacture, by Elliott Brothers of London, complete with index mirror, filters, horizon mirror eyepieces and graduated brass arc inscribed 'Hon. C A Colville RN', the fitted mahogany case with inset brass plaque similarly inscribed, with Kelvin Hughes examination certificate to the cover dated 9.10.1981 Provenance: The sextant belonged to Commander Charles Alexander, 3rd Viscount Colville of Culross, R.N, who served in World War I as Cdr Royal Navy at the Battle of Jutland 1916; served in World War II, being killed on active service in a flying accident in the Azores
A SINGLE OWNER COLLECTION OF SCIENTIFIC APPERATUS TO INCLUDE FIVE LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY MICROSCOPES, A RARE 19TH C.CLOCKWORK TELEGRAPH RECEIVER, A BRASS TRANSIT THEODOLITE, A SEXTANT GIMBLE, BRITANNIC CALCULATOR, A CLINOMETER, A PLANIMETER,19TH C. QUADRANT, DENTAL AND SURGICAL TOOLS ETC
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