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A vintage boxed sextant by Huson

J Coombes (Devonport) Sextant no.7413, brass with Vernier scale in original mahogany case with two labels: Certificate of Examination from the National Physical Laboratory dated January 1908 and one for George Lee & Son (Portsmouth), case also has brass plaque to lid 'W A Dumbleton RN'With non-transferable standard ivory exemption declaration number 34ZGD3RV

Kelvin & Hughes The Sextant cracked black finish with bimetallic Vernier scale and electric lamp, in case with Examination certificate dated 2/8/57

Thomas Jones (London) Sextant brass with a bimetallic Vernier scale, with two eyepieces (appears to lack a third), casedEngraved 'Thomas Jones 62 Charing Cross, London'

Hezzanith Instruments Works Sextant cracked black finish, Vernier scale and Bakelite handle (surface corrosion) in fitted case with Examination Certificate dated 12th January 1965; together with four pairs of Binoculars/Opera Glasses, slide rules and a wine thermometer

Hughes & Son (Husun) Sextant cracked black finish with bimetallic Vernier scale and electric lamp, in case with Examination certificate dated 18/10/1960

A VINTAGE HUSUN BRASS SEXTANT IN WOODEN BOX

H.G. Blair & Co. Ltd. 6.5" Sextant in original wooden carrying case with National Physical Laboratory plaque indicating the instrument was examined in 1910

Heath & Co. 'Hezzanith' 6.5" Sextant No. W924 in original wooden carrying case with Certificate of Examination plaque indicating the instrument was examined in 1956

Rare WW2 Vintage Cased Military Bubble Sextant - RAF/Navy Interest

A Lilley and Reynolds Ltd. cased sextant, marked Hezzanith, 1969

A Collection of Various 19th Century and Later Metalwares, including pewter tankards, a large pewter tyg, silver plated entree dish, Art Nouveau brass andirons, an early 20th century Arts & Crafts copper mounted twin-handled vessel decorated with religious subjects, miniature brass fire curb, pewter caddies, candelabra; together with early 19th century wooden handled knives and forks, a sextant, plated cocktail shaker and a Victorian miniature cast iron fireplace etc (two shelves)From the Estate of Stephen Hamilton Rawlings, Scarborough.

A sextant by Kelvin & Hughes Ltd. in wooden case, together with a small quantity of sparsely-filled juvenile stamp albums & books, in one carton

Mid 20th Century Hughes sextant, patt. 491M, no. 26852, cased, 28cm x 29cm x 14xm high

A CASED SEXTANT, A CASED ALLBRIT PLANIMETER, A METAL CASED GEOMETRY SET AND A MECCANO NO. 1 CLOCK WORK MOTOR

ANTIQUE SEXTANT WITH BOX / FOR THE R.N.L.I. CHARITY

A HEZZANITH SEXTANT WITH BOX, ACCESSORIES AND BINOCULARS / FOR THE R.N.L.I. CHARITY

1970s Freiberger Prazisionmechanik Drum Sextant in original box together with a selection of rules and compasses

A 19th century marine sextant, in a fitted case, 39cm wide, together with a World War II period theodolite, in a fitted tin (2)Overall condition is very dirty, incomplete and the case is damaged. No maker's name.

Royal Canadian Airforce Link A-12 bubble sextant, in original case, length of case 32.5cm

A collection of vintage 20th Century brass items. To include; a pair of candle stick holders on square bases, a Nauticalia reproduction sextant. Together with a reproduction surveying repeating theodolite. Tallest measures approx. 44cm

Palitoy - Action Man - A collection of vintage accessories relating to Action Man Polar Explorer. Lot includes sledge, four Action Man Trans-Polar Expedition crates (numbered 1-4); skis, ski poles, sleeping bag, sextant, three husky dogs and similar. Items show signs of play and age ranging Fair plus - Very Good - sledge has a broken bar at front. Items are unchecked for completeness. (This does not constitute a guarantee)

A vintage cased Freiberger yacht sextant, nr. 100885, case dimensions 24.5cm by 27cm by 15.5cm

A Late 19th / Early 20t Century Naval Sextant, No Visible Makers Marks.

19th century brass pocket sextant with silvered scale by Elliot Brothers, London, the case with leather outer case

A VEB Freiberger Drum / Trommel-Sextant in Case,body G-VG, optics G-VG, in maker's case with instructions,

Military marked pocket Level Clinometer Sextant - total length 18cm & has original military marked leather case

A silver sextant with engraved damascene style decoration and central dolphin, London 1979, 13cms long.

An H Hughes & Son Ltd, London, 'Husun' patent sextant in a mahogany case, 30cms wide.

A Kelvin Hughes sextant, serial no: H Crow's Foot O 437, cased, 34cms wide.

A WWII Henry Hughes & Son Ltd Husun sextant, no. 42830, with certificate of issue, cased, 20cms wide..

A 20thC Stanley style brass sextant of small proportion, in shaped case 8cm high.

A collection of scientific instruments and equipment, including a WWII brass telescope, inscribed 'W. Ottway & Co Ltd, Ealing, London, 1941, Patt. No. G 2020' and with broad arrow below, in original wooden case, 38 by 9 by 9cm, a Britannic adding machine, cased, 36 by 19 by 18cm, a reproduction brass sextant, and a cased set of medical instruments of graduating size, possibly for female patients. (8)

A 19TH CENTURY BLACK LACQUERED SEXTANT BY S.W. SILVER & CO, CORNHILL 25cm long x 23cm wide, with two objectives and mahogany case for same

A modern reproduction brass sextant in lift-top wooden box

Antique lacquered brass sextant with silver scale, by H G Blair of Cardiff, in fitted teak case

A Huson (Henry Hughes & Son) ships sextant No53742 in it’s original mahogany box and a set of navigating dividers, bearing the brass presentation plaque to J F G Mason , Master Mariners Prize, HMS Conway July 1945.

A CASED HEATH & CO 'HEZZANITH' BRASS AND COPPER SEXTANT, with Bakelite handgrip, the case having an examination certificate dated 1958, case length 28cm x width 26.5cm x depth 14cm, together with a selection of pre-decimal coinage including a George III halfpenny dated 1807, and three George V threepences dated 1916, 1918 and 1935 (1 + coins) (Condition report: sextant appears in good condition, with some light scratches and wear, particularly to the index arm, coins are in varied used condition)

A 20th century cased naval sextant

A 9 inch radius vernier 'Hezzanith' sextant by Heath navigational Ltd, London with calibration certificate for '27th September 1962', in a fitted mahogany case.

An Air Ministry Bubble Sextant Mk IX 6B/151 No. 14695/40, together with a Dalton Dead Reckoning Computer, Model G, by the Stanley Manufacturing Co. Limited Toronto, Canada. (2)

A post WW II Air Ministry Bubble Sextant Mk IX, by Hughes & Son Ltd London, Ref. No. 6B/151, Serial No. 3994/40, in aluminium case with accessories.

Nautica: Sextant und Linse (MAG X6). Bronze, je in Massivholzschatulle, H=5 cm bis 6,5 cm, D=5 cm bis 12,5 cm. (Funktion ungeprüft)

A Freiberger grey enamelled drum-sextant, boxed, with operating manual.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.

Sextant S.Smith & Sons, Kelvin Hughes division, mid 20th Century, cased, 27cm x 28cm x 15cm high (case)

First World War period Hezzanith Nautical Sextant by the maker Heath & Co, Eltham, London, maker marked to the brass arc with serial number 'L593', inside lid is a Hezzanith Observatory Works Certificate of examination dated June 1914, 'SS Whinfield' written in pencil to lid interior, name 'F.S.R.Young' and address, difficult to read but appears to be '14, Dene Road, Grove Hill, Middlesbro, Yorks' written in pencil to inside casing, SS Whinfield was built in Newcastle in 1917 and renamed SS Alma Dawson in 1936, after the fall of France, a number of AA Detachments under the 53rd (City of London) Anti Aircraft Regiment RA escaped from Marseilles on 18th June 1940 aboard the ship, arriving in Gibraltar ,she was hit by a mine and sank on 24th November 1940 off the coast of County Antrim, all crew were rescued, two facsimile photographs of the SS Alma Dawson are included in the lot, interestingley, SS Whinfield is part of the Imperial War Museum miniature model collection showing 'dazzle' camouflage in 1918, from private collection

Reproduction brass cylindrical sextant with outer cover. (B.P. 21% + VAT)

A mixed lot to include Sestrel binnacle compass, a naval sextant cased, brass cased magnifier, ornamental bronze? Cannon, various prints, brass ware etc.

A Reproduction Cased Victorian Travelling Sextant as Made by Smith and Co, 1930

Maritimes Konvolut, England u.a., um 1900 Messing/Holz, bestehend aus 1 Sextant in Transportkiste, Graham & Parkes, Liverpool, 1 Kompass, Stanley, London, 1 S/W-Fotografie, 3-Master im Hafen Bristol, 1 S/W-Fotografie "Cobra, von Cuxhaven nach Helgoland in See stechend", sign. u. dat. 23.VII.99, Altersspuren

A boxed Merit Student's Microscope, along with a miniature sextant.

An Air Ministry aircraft bubble sextant MK1XA, sprung liquid compass and a morse code tapper (3)

A post-war German painted metal sextant by Freiberger in fitted case with instructions

A good late 18th century mahogany quarter chiming longcase clockJames Allen, LondonThe pagoda top with ball and spire finials sitting on ribbed mouldings, the centre with shaped apron over silk backed sound frets mounted on brass stop-fluted Doric columns over a long door with flame veneer flanked by matching quarter columns on a doubled stepped plinth with applied moulded panel. The 12 inch arched brass dial with strike/silent over a Roman and Arabic chapter ring and scroll spandrels framing the matted centre with recessed seconds and applied arched signature riband. The movement with heavy plates united by five large knopped pillars, the going train with anchor escapement, the original pendulum with brass strip and lenticular bob suspended from a substantial back cock on the backplate, striking the hours on a bell and chiming the quarters on eight bells and hammers. Together with three brass-cased weights 2.55m (8ft 5ins) high. Footnotes:James Allan, also spelt Allen, was born in Forres, Scotland likely around 1739. He seems to have been initially apprenticed to a blacksmith in Forres, and after completing his apprenticeship he moved to London. By chance, he shared a house with a sextant maker, and apparently Allan would assist the sextant maker in the evenings. Allan must have preferred instrument making to blacksmithing, as by 1786 he was making Borda circles, likely with Jesse Ramsden, whom he appears to have remained close to throughout his life. In 1790, he was listed as working at 76 New Gravel Lane, before moving to 12 Blewit's Buildings, Fetter Lane around 1800, where he would remain for the rest of his career. In 1809, he is listed in the trade directories at this address as a 'divider of mathematical instruments'. In 1816, he published his own method for making highly accurate screws and was subsequently awarded a silver medal for his screw making, by the Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufacturers and Commerce. This same organisation gave him several awards throughout the years: two gold medals, one for his self-correcting dividing engine (1810) and another for a theodolite of his own manufacture (1815), as well as another silver medal for a new Reflecting Repeating circle (1811). On 3 February 1820, he received another award, of £100, this time from the Board of Longitude for his 'Self-Correcting Dividing Engine' used for the manufacturing of theodolites, sextants, etc. This engine is now in the Science Museum in London. It seems that shortly after this he moved back to Forres, where he died a year later, on 7 September 1821, his obituary being published in the Inverness Courier. James Allan would later be mentioned by Thomas Reid, in his Treatise on Clock and Watch Making: Theoretical and Practical, as a late watchmaker of London and a 'master in the art of dividing mathematical and astronomical instruments'.One of his sons, also James, served an apprenticeship to the well-known instrument maker Charles Fairbone, then worked in Ramsden's shop between 1813-1816, before transferring to Matthew Berge's shop located at 196 Piccadilly. In 1819, he and Nathaniel Worthington, a former apprentice to both Berge and Allan (Snr.) inherited the business on Berge's death, setting up the partnership of Worthington and Allan. Interestingly, James Allan, of 196 Piccadilly, was enrolled at the London Mechanics Institute between June 1825 to March 1826. The partnership between Worthington and Allan continued until 1835, after which point Worthington assumed full control, until his death in 1851. Whether Allan died in 1835, or the partners simply had a falling out, remains unknown.Another son, John, seems to have worked with his father between 1790-1794, before he established himself as a marine instrument maker in Baltimore, having left the UK in 1807. His adverts boasted that all the instruments were made using his father's improved dividing engine.Reid, T (1832) Treatise on Clock and Watch Making: Theoretical and Practical. Philadelphia: Carey & Lea.McConnell, A. (2016) Jesse Ramsden (1735–1800): London's Leading Scientific Instrument Maker. Abingdon-on-Thames: Routledge.de Clercq, P. R. (1985) 'Nineteenth-Century Scientific Instruments and their Makers: Papers presented' Fourth Scientific Instrument Symposium. October 1984.The British Antique Dealers' Association (2022). Worthington & Allan-London. Available at: https://www.bada.org/object/worthington-allan-london-outstanding-flat-wall-bow-front-mahogany-stick-barometer-circa-1820Public Ledger and Daily Advertiser. Friday 25 February 1820Inverness Courier.Thursday 13 September 1821Grace's Guide (2020) James Allan (London). Available at: https://www.gracesguide.co.uk/James_Allan_(London)#cite_note-3 This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: TPTP Lot will be moved to an offsite storage location (Cadogan Tate, Auction House Services, 241 Acton Lane, London NW10 7NP, UK) and will only be available for collection from this location at the date stated in the catalogue. Please note transfer and storage charges will apply to any lots not collected after 14 calendar days from the auction date.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A leather cased pocket sextant by Lawrence and Mayo of London, with extending siting tube, 4in. (10.2cm.) long, when shut. Not tested, appears to be in good condition, case with wear and snapped buckle strap.

A Kelvin and Hughes sextant, Number 62280, cased.

AVIATION, WWII Period cased bubble sextant made for Bomber Command, marked MKIX.A

A bubble sextant Mark I XB 6B/289 no. 1828/44, British Patents 480112 and 490621 and pending, in original case, Baird & Tatlock compass and multi-tool, in original case

Edwardian 6 1/2 inch radius brass sextant by William Cary, London, in mahogany case with certificate of examination from Kew Observatory, dated 1909. (split to case lid and base, plaque missing)

A cased sextant by Sewill, maker to the Royal Navy Liverpool, label to interior marked 30/9/30 (possible repair date) with inspection label dated 4/10/48