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A Chinese Export black lacquer chinoiserie decorated sewing box, 19th century, of octagonal form, the hinged cover enclosing a lift-out tray and partially fitted interior, with a collection of turned and carved ivory sewing tools, including a clamp and pin cushion, a fitted writing drawer below, gilt metal side handles, 34cm wide x 24cm deep x 13.5cm high. Illustrated
Lot 156
BRUNEL ISAMBARD KINGDOM: (1806-1859) British Engineer. A fine A.L.S., I K Brunel, five pages, 8vo, n.p., 1st September n.y. (c.1854?) to a gentleman ('My dear Sir'). Brunel states that he wrote yesterday to enquire 'if we could take in hand a girder or two for the Wolverhampton bridge', adding that it is important, although remarking 'we must not in such a case be longer about it than the other matters'. Brunel further informs his correspondent 'I want Cootes and another man of the same class and not less than a couple of workmen…..to go to Birmingham to remain there for a fortnight or so. If they are there to begin work Tuesday morning. Butram (?) will give them direction. Their business will be cutting one twice and patching up existing work - and I want two engineer men - each to take a couple of bridges and as many men as they can get - and as it is very difficult to get men there you must send me as many as you can. I would employ 6 or 8 easily. They must take chisels & hammers and two or three ratchet braces so for cutting out rivets, rimming the holes and riveting up again - rimming tools for 7/8 holes will be very useful' and concludes by stating 'Let me know what can be done'. With blank integral leaf. Letters by Brunel referring to his engineering work are scarce and desirable. A couple of small ink smudges, one close to (but not affecting) the signature and one only very slightly affecting one word of text. VG The present letter possibly dates from 1854 and may be written in regard to Brunel's work for the Great Western Railway on their Birmingham Snow Hill to Wolverhampton Low Level Line. The opening of the line had been delayed for two months in 1854 due to the collapse of a bridge which caused Brunel to order strengthening on several other bridges.
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An English nickel-chromium plated steel watchmakers precision pillar drill, I.M.E., London, early to mid 20th century With cylindrical column fitted with a U shaped mount sleeved to take the drill spindle incorporating 8mm collet chuck opposing a graduated set of three drive pulleys, with rise/fall depth action connecting via a system of dual parallel levers to an up/down handle beneath the adjustable work stage incorporating micrometer depth stop, the top fitted with arm to the rear carrying drive belt guide pulleys, the base with tapered foot incorporating drilled flange for bench mounting, 34.5cm (13.5ins) high. The Ideal Machine Tool and Engineering Company (I.M.E.) were originally based at 282 Kingsland Road, London E.8 and made a small range of precision machine tools that including an 8 mm watchmakers' lathe with an 80 mm centre height, two larger instrument-makers' lathes of later manufacture (models 100 and 300) and a fine quality drill. All the lathes, and the drill, were their own design with the firm's original product, the 8 mm lathe, being built in relatively large numbers. By the mid 1950’s I.M.E. had moved to Woburn, Bedfordshire where they continued to produce high quality precision lathes and drills.
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