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5 5 A 1.5 inch terrestrial pocket globe Newton & Sons, London, circa 1830 The sphere applied with twelve hand-coloured gores annotated with principal countries to landmasses and exploratory routes to oceans, inscribed NEWTON & SONS, New Terrestrial Globe to North Pacific, with brass button pivot to North Pole opposing small disc plate to South Pole (some losses to varnish) diameter 3.9cm. Provenance: Property of a descendant of John Davies (see previous lot). £400-600 6 7 6 6 A black japanned and lacquered brass theodolite Casella, London, early 20th century With sighting tube and vertical silvered vernier scale calibrated for degrees of elevation pivoted between two pierced A frame uprights with spirit level, the whole rotating on similarily calibrated plinth applied with X and Y spirit levels and signed CASELLA, LONDON on two-stage triform base with levelling screws, (lacking vernier magnifiers and eyepiece, unboxed) 38cm high. £80-100 7 A George III lacquered brass solar microscope Dollond, London, late 18th century The square brass plate with two knurled screws one for adjusting the angle of the mirror (lacking) the other for the position of the three-part body-tube with condenser lens at the plate end and rack and pinion focus adjustment and specimen slide slot at the other, in original mahogany box with five spare objective lenses, three brass slides and other items, (mirror and some other accessories lacking), the box 18.5cm wide. The solar microscope was developed by John Cuff in the mid 18th century. The instrument would have projected a view of the specimen by focussing reflected sunlight through the body tube. £300-500 www.dnfa.com/donnington
8 A lacquered brass three inch refracting telescope Henry Crouch, London, 19th century The tube with single rack-and-pinion adjusted draw and signature HENRY CROUCH, LONDON to eyepiece end, standing on a brass columnar upright with folding cast iron tripod feet, length 133cm long closed, in original pine box. £600-800 9 9 A patinated brass equinoctial sundial J. H. Steward, London, early 19th century The shaped triangular baseplate with three screw adjusting feet, spirit levels and inset with a silvered compass with finely engraved rose and signed J.H. STEWARD, 406 STRAND, LONDON to centre within calibrated outer track, the hinged chapter ring annotated with Roman numerals for both South Lat. and North Lat . with folding square-section gnomen and angled against a curved scale for elevation, 14cm wide, in original mahogany box with equation of time label pasted to interior. £120-180 01635 553553 10 10 A mahogany barograph Negretti & Zambra, London, early 20th century With ten-part vacuum chamber within lacquered brass armature operating inked pointer for the clockwork driven rotating paper-scale lined drum, the mechanism baseplate stamped NEGRETTI & ZAMBRA, LONDON, R/10570, REGENCY JEWELLED MOVEMENT, the case with five panel bevel-glazed cover and chart drawer to apron, 42cm wide; with An ivorine pocket weather forecasting calculator, also by Negretti & Zambra, early 20th century, 5.5cm diameter (2). £300-500 8 11 11 An oak cased barograph Negretti & Zambra, London, early 20th century With seven-part vacuum chamber within lacquered brass armature operating inked pointer for the rotating paper scale lined drum, with mercury thermometer and signed NEGRETTI & ZAMBRA, LONDON to baseplate, with five bevelled glass cover, on moulded base incorporating apron drawer and squab feet, 36cm wide. £250-350 7
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Page 7: 4 A fine Victorian lacquered brass
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Page 15 and 16: 25 Clocks, clockmaking and horologi
Page 17 and 18: 32 32 A steel 6mm watchmaker’s la
Page 19 and 20: 42 A rare Dutch gold oval ‘Purita
Page 21 and 22: Fine Clocks
Page 23 and 24: 46 46 A French lacquered brass carr
Page 25 and 26: 52 A Victorian engraved gilt-brass
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Page 33 and 34: 66 A French Belge noir mantel clock
Page 35 and 36: 72 A large German walnut and parcel
Page 37 and 38: 74 A Victorian carved oak quarter-c
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Page 41 and 42: 81 A brass mounted mahogany chamfer
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Page 45 and 46: 86 A George III small pantry timepi
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104 A fine Queen Anne ebonised eigh
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