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A Heath & Co. Sextant "Hezzanith" in fitted box with certificate and fittings

19th Century brass cased surveyors pocket sextant and telescope, Elliott Brothers, 30 Strand, London, 7.5cm diameter, in leather case

A 20th century sextant, by Cassens & Plath of Germany

A sextant by Whyte Thomson & Co., Glasgow and South Shields, in fitted mahogany case - see illustration

An American US Navy Bureau of Ships Sextant by the Bendix Aviation Corporation in wooden case.

A brass Sextant by Henry Barrow & Co. London.

AN ENGLISH `HUSUN` TRIPLE-RING MICROMETER SEXTANT by Henry Hughes & Son Ltd, with black crackle finish lacquer, pierced frame and pivoted arm mounted with mirrors, filters and brass sighting tube, the vernier scale with fine adjustment, in mahogany box with test certificate dated 13/10/49. 15cm(h) x 26xm(w) x 28cm(d) Condition Reports: Scratches to case, mould or oxidation throughout sextant.

SEXTANT DE POCHE en laiton de la Maison H. Hughes & SON, 59 Fencherche Srt à London, dans sa boîte en cuir.

Reproduction pocket `sextant` (transit instrument) with later brass bound box and instructions

A 19thC ebony sextant by Parnell of London, with ivory scales, etc. 32cm wide.

A cased sextant marked Stanley Sextant 1894 together with a wooden carved cow, Larry Adler harmonica, ivory opera glasses etc.

A brass and silvered sextant, 20th Century, detailed `Kelvin Hughes, London`, fitted with two sets of coloured filters and a mirror, length approx 26cm, together with two Astro Mark II compasses, one boxed.

A good quality antique Ebony, Ivory and Brass Sextant

An early 20th century brass sextant marked for Troughton & Simms London 1910, in walnut and brass case

A PAGET ANGLE SEXTANT BY H. HUGHES & SON, LONDON, with 4½in. ivorine dial, signed and inscribed as per title, with black-painted frame, threaded wooden handle, contained in fitted wooden box -- 7¼in. (18.5cm.) diameter; together with a station pointer by the same maker, with black-painted brass frame, contained in fitted wooden box of issue -- 19¾in. (50cm.) diameter, (2)

A 6IN. RADIUS MICROMETER SEXTANT BY HENRY HUGHES & SON LTD, LONDON, with three-circle crackle-finish brass frame, the polished-brass arc signed as per title and numbered 31018, with scale divided to 130°, index arm with micrometer, quick-release clamp and hinged lamp, Bakelite handle containing battery compartment and switches, contained within original fitted wooden case with test certificate for 1953 -- 11in. (28cm.) square

A 19TH-CENTURY 7½IN. RADIUS VERNIER SEXTANT, unsigned, oxidised-brass ladder frame with polished-brass arc numbered 1704, silvered scale divided to 145°, contained within fitted wooden keystone box with sighting tubes and accessories -- 10in. (25.5cm.) diameter; together with an oxidised and lacquered-brass clinometer, Mark I by ER Watts & Son Ltd, London, dated for 1943 and contained within fitted teak case with original test report, (2)

AN HISTORICALLY INTERESTING 20TH-CENTURY 7IN. RADIUS VERNIER SEXTANT BY KEUFFEL & ESSER CO. NEW YORK, with oxidised-brass frame, polished arc with inset silvered scale divided to 115º, signed as per title on the index arm and numbered 4932, contained within fitted wooden box with sighting tubes and trade labels within lid and inset plaque inscribed US Navy No. 4932 in lid -- 10½in. (26.6cm.) square, This sextant was saved from the sinking wreck of the S.S. Strathallan on 21st December 1943.

AN EARLY 20TH-CENTURY 7¼IN. RADIUS VERNIER SEXTANT BY KELVIN AND JAMES WHITE LTD, the brass arc signed as per title and numbered J847, with inset silvered scale divided to 155°, polished-brass ladder frame, with mirrors, seven shades and mahogany handle, contained within original wooden fitted case with accessories including five sighting tubes and Error Certificate for 1912 -- 5¼ x 11¼ x 10¼in. (13.5 x 29 x 26cm.)

A LATE 19TH-CENTURY 6IN. RADIUS VERNIER SEXTANT BY WHITBREAD, LONDON, with oxidised-brass frame, polished-brass arc, signed and numbered G. Whitbread London 2182 and further inscribed for F.H.P. WILLIAMS-TRUMAN. R.N. inset silvered scale divided to 160°, contained within fitted wooden box with accessories -- 9in. (23cm.) diameter

A MID 19TH-CENTURY 7½IN. RADIUS VERNIER SEXTANT BY SPENCER BROWNING & CO, LONDON, the oxidised-brass ladder frame with polished-brass arc, signed as per title and inscribed and numbered Made for Jo. Sempel, Blyth G531 and inset silvered scale divided to 150°, contained within fitted wooden case complete with accessories including three sighting tubes, detachable shade and loup lens, the lid with owner`s plate for Captain T. Adams, Folkestone, 1876 -- cased measurements 11in. (28cm.) square

A 19TH-CENTURY 7½IN. FRENCH VERNIER SEXTANT BY EDMOND LORIEUX, PARIS, with black-painted brass lattice frame, polished-brass arc signed and inscribed E. Lorieux a Paris (2033) Schiaretti Bellieni a Brest, with inset silvered scale divided to 170°, vernier with hinged magnifier, shades, mirrors and mahogany handle, contained within original fitted wooden box with sighting tubes and accessories, securing hooks and drop handle -- 10¼in. (26cm.) square

A pocket box sextant by Elliott Bros, London, in an oxidised case, silvered scale and vernier, with shades and magnifier, 3in (8cm) diameter, with leather travelling case.

A three ring sextant, unsigned, the anodised brass frame in a mahogany box with two telescopes; and an anodised brass microscope by Ross, London, in a mahogany box. (2)

A 19th century sextant by J. G. West & Co., Fleet Street, London, in original mahogany case

A sextant by Henry Barrow & Co., London

A 19th century circular brass pocket sextant, marked for S.W.E Archbutt, Westminster Bridge, London, with screw on cover/stand, 3.25in.

A MID 20TH CENTURY BRASS MARINE "WHALE" PUMP BY MUNSTER SIMMS, BELFAST ALONG WITH A BRASS SEXTANT

KELVIN AND HUGHES LIMITED PERISCOPE SEXTANT CODE KSH0203, COLLECTOR`S ITEM ONLY

Military bubble sextant, ^ 6B/313, numbered 7914/41, contained in carrying case

A miniature brass sextant.

A “Hezzanith” nautical sextant, No 62624, black finished alloy body, in its wooden case with some tools, certificate of examination dated 21st Feb 1963. Sextant VGC (slight rubs to case finish)

A Japanese Sextant in fitted case

A bubble sextant in fitted case, No. 6B/312 and another similar

A boxed 20th c. Sextant in Mahogany box, possibly Indian

A 19th century brass sextant by C.H. Price, Bristol with three spare lens and seven filters within a stained pine case.

A modern brass sextant in brass mounted hardwood case, and a similar brass survey compass in leather case, both by Nauticalia (2).

Smith & Son of Southampton sextant, in mahogany fitted case

A brass pocket sextant with leather case

1970`S COOKE`S OF HULL MARINE SEXTANT in a mahogany case, 23cm high Good condition.

WWII Bomber Command Bubble Sextant with Calibration Certificate 1944

A mid 20th Century boxed micrometre sextant, in good general order, bearing a label of Observation Ltd, Rotterdam, circa 1966.

A MINIATURE BRASS SEXTANT

Nineteenth century mahogany cased sextant by Smith & Son of Southampton

Henry Hughes & Son `Husun` brass nautical sextant, No.30235, with other optics, in fitted mahogany case, 8.5" wide,

A 7 1/2 inch radius vernier sextant by Cooke of Hull, black crackle finish frame with sighting telescope, shades and mirrors, brass arc signed as per title and calibrated to 130 degrees, in a fitted case.

A 9 1/2 inch vernier sextant by Henry Hughes & Son Ltd, London, the black frame with brass arc and silvered scale numbered `8384` also marked `W E L Evans RN`, with telescope, shades and mirrors in a mahogany case.

A sextant stamped `W. Cochrane, Guernsey`.

AN ELLIOTT BROTHERS BRASS BOX SEXTANT with platinum inset scale and vernier with magnifier, the lid engraved J B Gilmore,7.5cm diam, signed Elliott Brothers London, leather case and shoulder strap, c1900, a Victorian gilt brass pocket barometer, signed on the silvered dial MARTIN & CO CHELTENHAM, with curved thermometer, in watch type case, maroon morocco case, an English 18th c fishskin covered instrument case, containing an ivory folding rule and brass protractor and dividers and an English mahogany magnetic compass with printed paper rose and blued steel needle, in square box (4) The sextant in fine original condition with the appearance of never having been used, retaining all the original lacquer, the leather case of pleasing old patina. Pocket barometer showing the effects of damp, particularly inside the case and with some localised verdigris around the bezel, the silvered dial discoloured, registers a change in pressure (by blowing in a bag). Fish skin instrument case with a few paint splashes. The compass in good condition

A cased black lacquered and brass sextant by Heath & Co, of New Eltham, London, the pierced frame with pivoted arm mounted with mirror and aperture, with vernier for the signed and silvered inset scale, sold with numerous lenses and with telescopic lens opposing two sets of filters, the mahogany case with accessories and Hezzanith Observatory Works test certificate dated September 1917, case w.29cm

A WW1 lacquered box (or pocket) sextant by Troughton & Simms, No.6129 1918, with screw cover/stand enclosing silvered scale, hinged lens and rack and pinion lens and mirror mechanism 88 cm diameter Condition Report Good condition

A brass World War II period sextant, frame with label stamped Husun, with numerals 34235, with the broad arrow mark, the wooden case with label for Henry Hughes & Son Ltd, London, sextant 110, retailed by E R Watts & Son London, dated 7th May 1942

Lacquered Brass Pocket Sextant, Hughes & Son Ltd, London, No. 5463, 1916; and a Travelling Barometer/Compass, J.B. Dancer, Manchester, in a Fitted Case (2)

Stanley Brass Sextant and a Pair of Early 20th Century Racing Glasses

Henry Hughes & Son, Sextant, stamped `Huson`, boxed

A MID 20th CENTURY SEXTANT, made by Kelvin & Hughes, number 4928, with test certificate for 20th January 1958, in original mahogany box

A nautical brass pocket sextant by Stanley of London circa 1911, cylinder case with details of operation to the inside of the cover, diameter 8cm.

A Korean War issue sextant

A small brass sextant

A Fine Victorian lacquered brass box sextant Cary, London, circa 1864 The circular top plate with screw for rack and pinion index mirror adjustment against a fine inset silver vernier scale with magnification arm, the circumference with sliding pinhole shutter revealing threaded telescope mounting aperture and levers for raising/lowering the coloured glass filters, the underside with further shuttered aperture to allow filter arms to move clear when not in use, the instrument enclosed by a threaded canister-shaped cover engraved with surveyor`s table to circumference and with presentation inscription Royal Military College, Presented to Gentleman Cadet William A. Law for Attention to and Progress in Military Surveying, June 1864 to top surface, complete with single-draw telescope attachment fitted with revolving filter selection to eyepiece, in original blue velvet lined mahogany presentation box, the instrument 7.2cm (3ins) diameter, the box 12cm (4.75ins) wide. The firm of William Cary is recorded in Clifton, Gloria Directory of British Scientific Instrument Makers 1550-1851 as working from various addresses in the Strand, London 1789-1891. Gentleman Cadet William Arthur Law`s commission is recorded in The London Gazette (available online) `21st Foot, Gentleman Cadet William Arthur Law, from The Royal Military College, to be Ensign without purchase, vice Pollard, promoted, Dated 28th June 1864`, no further records of his service appear in the usual sources.