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Click here to subscribeAn early 20th Century rp of a steam train at Luncarty Station; another of Rockinge level crossing (Kent); and others including Bulford Station c.1903, Great Eastern Railway Witham, Kettering Station, Ashford Station, steam locomotives and a threshing scene with traction engine c.1950's (9) generally good and fair
Great Britain/England, British HAMMERED GOLD COINS, James I, Quarter-Laurel, 2.12g, third coinage, second laureate bust left, value level with upper tie, no stop after BRI, mm thistle both sides, rev cross upon crowned shield of arms (Schneider 95; N 2118; S 2642). Flan a little uneven, weak in parts, very fine.
A finely engineered 3in scale model of a Marshall ‘S Type’ Traction engine built by Mr J Sellman of Swindon to Terry Morris drawings single cylinder two speed multi purpose engine. The traction engine has a copper silver soldered boiler with fittings including two water sight gauges tender water level gauge pressure gauge safety valve blower operated by cab lever clack and blowdown valves. Engine details include single cylinder approximately 2in bore x 3in stroke cab operated drain cocks ratchet mechanical lubricator Marshall valve gear with instant reverse piston steam valve eccentric driven feed pump and bypass two road speeds spoked flywheel whistle chassis details include steel spoked and straked wheels worm and roller chain steering spud pan damper cable drum fairlead water lifter hand brake polished oak footboard with ladder. The model is finished in maroon and black lined paintwork Original boiler test certificate Reading ME No 17280 Tested working to 100 psi and Hydraulic test to 200 psi. Also Southern Federation of Model Engineering Societies boiler test certificate No 0750 North Wilts. Test pressure 150 psi Valid until the 30th November 2007.
A brass theodolite by W & S Jones, 30 Holborn, London, the 13" sighting barrel with screw adjustment and spirit level below, clamped onto a signed adjustable support in a stained lightwood case with paper label 'W & S Jones, Opticians, No.30 Lower Holborn, London’, also a paper label No.R2154, repaired and adjusted by J Halden & Co, the wooden case in a leather carry case with shoulder strap, 14.5" wide
A small brass theodolite, the 5.75" sighting scope with spirit level below on an adjustable stand along with a circular hand held measuring device with silvered register with degrees by 'W & S Jones, Holborn, London’, with screw on lid with table on angles in a red leather hinged lid case with two clasps, 3" diameter, also an octagonal brass measuring instrument with slits and horizontal thread to each side in a stained wooden hinge lid box, 4" wide
Totem, BR(M) TAMWORTH, F/F. Ex Midland Railway station (High Level) and LNWR station (Low Level) between Birmingham and Derby and Rugby and Stafford. Both levels had similar totems so it is impossible to say which one this came from. No matter, either way, it was the 'Mecca' for all spotters in the 50's and early 60's. Extremely good condition with no face damage just slight signs of mottling.
A Hardy Elarax Level Wind Bait Casting Reel, with twin black reverse tapered handles, on an 'S' shaped raised nickel silver cross bar, notched alloy foot, central hole, thumb support, on/off check, weight casting adjuster and oil port, circa 1940; A Hardy Exalta Fixed Spool Spinning Reel, circa 1960's (2)
A Regency figured mahogany mercury wheel barometer, with 8 inch circular silvered register calibrated in inches beneath convex mirror and arch-top alcohol thermometer calibrated in farenheit, with Damp/Dry scale and swan neck pediment above, the ebony and box line edged case with spirit level inscribed 'S. Nashall, Marden' to base, restored, 97cm high.
7 Hornby O gauge No 2 double arm signal, No 1 level crossing including 1/2 rail; flat truck with cable drum; No 1 wagon LMS, Gas cylinder wagon; 2 LMS maroon 4 wheel coaches composite brake van, all in original boxes of the early 1950's-minor wear, 1 end flap tuck missing; plus a Horton reproduction Hornby NE perishable goods van body in brown with white roof on Hornby 1940s base. FC to VGC (minor wear mainly but rusting to brake van, and some finish front to another)
A TOTEM "MERSTONE". BR(S), dark green, half-flanged. The usual half-flange edge-chipping only, with a fine deep colour and gloss. From the ex Isle of Wight Central Railway station, junction from the line from Newport to Sandown and Ventnor Town. It opened as "Merstone Junction" in 1895 (replacing an earlier station on the other side of the level crossing), was renamed in 1911, and closed in 1956. THIS TOTEM HAS NEVER APPEARED FOR SALE BEFORE.
Williams-Ellis (Sir Clough, architect, designer of the village of Portmeirion, 1883-1978) 6 A.Ls.s., 8 T.Ls.s., 4 P.cs.s. & 3 secretarial letters to Edmund Vale, 27pp., 8vo & sm. 4to, Romney's House, Hampstead & Pl s Brondanw, North Wales, 2nd December 1935-6th December 1960, discussing his interest in town and country amenities, "as to the Snowdon National Park, we are pressing on about this, though with what real hope I know not, as the Land Owner's Association, the County Council and the District Council Association seems definitely against us, though all the rest of the world is ours", his writing, "Mr. Hugh Dent of Messrs. Dent, the Publishers, has an ambitious proposition for a comprehensive book on the question of Town and Country Amenities, for which he has asked me to act as general editor", and his work at Portmeirion, "of course you and your family have the perpetual freedom of Portmeirion, which includes poking your noses where ever you will. A new building is finishing just above the Town Hall, the dome is rising, with its lantern level with the Campanile. Two or three other buildings about to start and generally the whole ensemble is at last beginning to jell into what I have dreamed", folds, one or two stained; and a small quantity of others, related material including A.Ls.s. from Cecily Williams-Ellis, article on Caravan Sites and notes on a book entitled, Preservation of England, v.s., v.d. (sm. qty).
A pair of tinplate 9.75in. circular plaques, the centre panels decorated the High Level and Swing Bridge, Newcastle upon Tyne and Stephenson's Monument; a 5.25in. tin plate box, the cover decorated The North East Coast Exhibition buildings advertising A S Wilkin Ltd, Cremona Park, Newcastle upon Tyne; and a 4in. square shaped box decorated to commemorate the Historical Pageant and Empire fair, Newcastle upon Tyne, July 1931 by I. A. Hodgson & Co. Ltd, advertising Cremona Toffees. (4)
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