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Click here to subscribeTwo leather cased steel brass and hardwood cheese irons or testers Each circa 1900 the first with a brass and rosewood bullet shaped handle the blade stamped Storrar & Co with the original leather case also stamped Storrars Chester, 18.5cm, the second similar with a narrow leather case. A tool that was used to assess the quality or maturity of a wheel of hard cheese (2).
A very rare Regency mill timepiece movement Benjamin Harlow, Lane End, circa 1825 The four pillar eight-day single train movement with going wheel train set low down between the plates incorporating offset anchor escapement regulated by seconds pendulum and with centre arbor fitted with motionwork for standard two-handed hour and minute notation, the upper margin with take-off square to rear (formerly driven by mill machinery at a rate of one revolution per minute) fitted with a flag to the arbor to advance a large diameter wheel centrally positioned between the plates connected via extensive motionwork for recording mill running time on the three upper subsidiaries to the dial over a four-week period, the 10.75 inch circular single sheet silvered brass dial with small standard Roman numeral chapter ring incorporating Arabic five minutes to lower section (for the timepiece) beneath similar Arabic numeral dial for recording mill running time flanked by subsidiary day-of-the working week (Sundays excluded) and concentric D/N (for day or night) indexed recording dials, the upper and lower chapter rings enclosing engraved signature Benj'n Harlow, Lane End to centres, diameter 27.5cm (10.75ins). Provenance: The property of a private collector, Derbyshire. Literature: The current lot is illustrated in Darken, Jeff (editor) TIME & PLACE, English Country Clocks 1600-1840 as exhibit 67 pages 218-9 and Robey, John The LONGCASE CLOCK Reference Book pages 898-89 (figures 12.121-123). Benjamin Wyatt Harlow is recorded in Loomes, Brian Watchmakers & Clockmakers of the World as born in 1764 to Robert Harlow and first worked from Lane End (now Longton) near Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire before inheriting his father's workshop in Ashbourne in around 1828 where he remained in business until circa 1845. His brother, Samuel, was also a clockmaker who published The Clock-maker's Guide to Practical Clock Work in Birmingham in 1813. The current lot was made specifically for the purpose of recording the operational running time of mill machinery. The rear of the movement has a square which would have been connected (via take-off work geared to revolve once a minute) to the mechanism of the mill. The three upper subsidiaries to the dial would then index the hours, minutes, twelve hour periods (night or day) and the full days that the machinery would have been running throughout the working week. The lower dial is for actual mean time driven by a separate eight-day going train positioned between the movement plates. Theoretically if the mill had been running at optimum capacity at all times the indicated day and appropriate twelve hour period would have been correct, and both the upper 'mill' and lower 'time' dials would be synchronised at the end of the week. Naturally, in practice, there will have been times when the machinery would have been inoperative (or running slow), hence by the end of the week the 'mill time' would have been lagging behind. By recording the difference between the two the amount of 'running time' lost would have been obtained. Generally it appears that very few 'mill clocks' seem to have survived although John Robey mentions a complete example by Whitehurst made for Green's Mill, Derby as well as two other similar incomplete examples. Unfortunately it is not known for whom/which mill the current lot was made, however when first put to use it was probably deemed an invaluable tool bearing in mind the high degree of competition that would have existed between the numerous potteries and mills operating in and around Lane End, Staffordshire at the start of the 19th century.
A Cary/Gould-type lacquered brass portable compound microscope Cary, London, circa 1825 The part-tapered tube screw-fitting at the objective end into a threaded collar positioned at the top of a square section upright cut with teeth for the rack and pinion up/down adjustment of the stage, the platform fitted with sprung brass object retaining plate complete with tool post holes to leading edge, with pivoted plano-concave mirror applied beneath, the whole mounted via a threaded recessed collar into the clasp area of the open mahogany box containing accessories including forceps, specimen capsule and two bone sliders, the case 9.5cm (3.755ins) wide. The current lot was probably made by William Cary who is recorded in Clifton, Gloria Directory of British Scientific Instrument Makers 1550-1851 as born circa 1759 and apprenticed to Jesse Ramsden. Cary worked from 272 Strand, London 1789-90 then 182 Strand 1794-1822, he died in 1825. The firm was continued by his successors trading from 181 Strand until 1891. The design of the current lot was devised by Cary during the early 1820's and was subsequently published by his former apprentice, Charles Gould, in his 1827 publication THE COMPANION TO THE MICROSOPE .
A Cary/Gould-type lacquered brass portable compound microscope Unsigned, circa 1840 The part-tapered tube screw-fitting at the objective end into a threaded collar positioned at the top of a square section upright cut with teeth for the rack and pinion up/down adjustment of the stage, the platform fitted with sprung brass object retaining plate complete with tool post holes to leading edge, with pivoted plano-concave mirror applied to the cylindrical base section beneath, the whole mounted via a threaded recessed collar into the lid of the original ebony line inlaid mahogany box containing accessories including three objective lenses, forceps, specimen capsule and three bone sliders, the case 16cm (6.25ins) wide. The design of the current lot was devised during the early 1820's by William Cary (1759-1825) and was subsequently published by his former apprentice, Charles Gould, in his 1827 publication THE COMPANION TO THE MICROSOPE .
A lot to include a 9ct yellow gold cigar cutter, of rectangular form with machined design throughout, hallmarked Birmingham 1960, together with a chrome cigar cutter, two white metal cigar piercers, a white metal travel corkscrew, a white metal multi-tool, a silver vesta case, engraved with central blank shield cartouche surrounded by scroll design, hallmarked Birmingham, date letter indistinct, (A/F), a pair of silver napkin rings, having circular cartouche to centre engraved with initial, both hallmarked Birmingham 1939, a collection of white metal condiment items to include two pepperettes, two salts and two napkin rings, all of similar foliage scroll design, stamped BK, a white metal belt buckle of open metalwork design, (12).
9th-12th century AD. A miniature silver mallet with rectangular head and curved outer face with incised transverse lines, ribbed shaft and loop finial. 1.43 grams, 18mm (3/4"). Property of a German collector; acquired in the 1990s. Cf. Arbman, H. Birka I: Die Gräber, Uppsala, 1940, plate 104, item 2. The hammer, Mjölnir, was the magical weapon of the god Thor. The classic representation is short-handled with a pentagonal head. The present piece resembles the tool used in metalworking with one broad striking face and one narrow. The style of hammer with twisted handle is similar to one found at Romersdal, Bornholm, Denmark. For a discussion on the wearing of amulets in the form of model weapons and other instruments see Meaney, A. Anglo Saxon Amulets and Curing Stones BAR British Series 96, 1981. p 149 - 168. [No Reserve] Very fine condition.
2nd millennium BC. A mixed group of bronze implements comprising: a sturdy chisel with flared blade and split socket; a gouge with facetted tubular body, collared mouth, scooped blade; a narrow chisel with facetted tubular body, flared blade. 187 grams total, 68-78mm (2 3/4 - 3"). Property of a professional; acquired on the European art market in the 1980s. The gouge has a small casting flaw to the upper face. The edge has never been sharpened, perhaps because the smith intended to recycle the bronze into a new tool. [3] Fine condition; the gouge with small casting flaw.
A tray containing numerous TRIANG HORNBY and HORNBY Station Items and Scenic Accessories - R459 Large Station Set, R588 Island Platform Set, R266U 2 x Station Lamps, R494 6 x Buffer Stops, RT395 Triang 45RPM Sounds Record, R394 Hydraulic Buffer Stop, R687 Trackside Accessory Pack, R284 Coach figures, X404 Point Motor, R487 Power Connectors and R288 Tool Set - all Mint or Near Mint Boxed - Hornby Scaledale 4 x Curved Platforms and a Platform Ramp (Excellent). A Crescent Signal, Airfix Station Halt Kit and other scenic accessories.
Japanese sectional ivory model of a farmer carrying a basket on his back, a carved ivory elephant and a composition model of Daikoku and another two figures, Meiji/Taisho (4) CONDITION REPORT: Okimino 18cm high Farmer has crack to face. Broken basket now glued. Missing tool in left hand Elephant missing one tusk and three cracks to top of head and back Two small figures in reasonable condition Small red seal mark
Polish 41st Infantry Regiment Cigarette Case, silver plated rectangular engine turned decorated case with spring catch fitting. Front of the case is mounted with an enamel breast badge of the 41st Suwalski Infantry Regiment. Inside the case has stamped Clifton England. Accompanied by another continental silver cigarette case with 1938 dated inscription to the inside, small bracelet with Polish eagle to the centre, small plated brass cigarette lighter with mounted badges and a combination tool. (5 items)
Selection of Military Equipment and Headdress consisting of WW1 Austrian / Bulgarian entrenching tool, WW2 British water bottle with khaki covering, webbing side pack, 6x pairs of webbing gaiters, enamel officers wash bowl, WW1 trench saw, 2x British officer brown leather binocular cases, Sam Browne leather belt, selection of putties, 2x Swiss steel helmets, British turtle pattern helmet, plus other items. (Large quantity, viewing recommended)
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