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Magic Lantern Slides - Arctic Exploration
lot 151 (Photographs, Optical Toys & Science, 12th May, 2026)
collection of 8 delicately hand-painted magic lantern slides in mahogany frames of Arctic exploration, to include a set of 7 slides plus another in a ... read more
Sold for £500 Result including buyers premium More details 10
Russian Magic Lantern Slide Collection
lot 152 (Photographs, Optical Toys & Science, 12th May, 2026)
Russian, c.1880, standard square mounted slides with gilt labels, mounted in wooden frames, many with manuscript labelling, images show Russian ... read more
Sold for £106 Result including buyers premium More details 11
Magic Lantern Slide, Boat at Sea
lot 153 (Photographs, Optical Toys & Science, 12th May, 2026)
hand-painted magimagicc lantern slide showing a masted boat at sea, the handle turns an eccentric to rock the sea and make the boat bob up and down - ... read more
Sold for £81 Result including buyers premium More details 2
lot 154 (Photographs, Optical Toys & Science, 12th May, 2026)
English, c.1880, some slides marked for 'W. C.Hughes, London', large group of 33 slides from a once larger set, the slides mostly single hand-pinted ... read more
Sold for £2,625 Result including buyers premium More details 11
lot 155 (Photographs, Optical Toys & Science, 12th May, 2026)
English, late 18th/ early 19th century, unsigned, constructed of waxed mahogany with push/pull focus to front marked in manuscript DISTANT and NEAR, ... read more
Sold for £900 Result including buyers premium More details 7
lot 156 (Photographs, Optical Toys & Science, 12th May, 2026)
English, c.1890, label for 'Stereoscopic Photographic Co. Wheel of Life, Secured by Royal Letters Patent' turned French polished wooden base with tin ... read more
Sold for £525 Result including buyers premium More details 7
Spooner's Scriptural Protean View, No.1 - A View on the Red Sea
lot 157 (Photographs, Optical Toys & Science, 12th May, 2026)
with label for 'Scriptural Protean View, No.1, A View on the Red Sea, changing to the finding of Moses in the Bulrushes by G. F. Bragg, Printed by W. ... read more
Sold for £88 Result including buyers premium More details 1
Spooner's Protean Views, No.35 - Mont Blanc
lot 158 (Photographs, Optical Toys & Science, 12th May, 2026)
with label for 'Spooner's Protean Views No.35 Mont Blanc, changing to Windsor Castle from the long walkwith the Queen going to a Review, London, ... read more
Sold for £200 Result including buyers premium More details 1
Spooner's Protean Views, No.16 - The London Mail Obstructed by Snow Drifts
lot 159 (Photographs, Optical Toys & Science, 12th May, 2026)
with label for 'Spooner's Protean Views, No.16 - The London Mail Obstructed by Snow Drifts, changing to a scene in the Autumn with a fox chase in the ... read more
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Spooner's Protean View, No.10 - Napoleon, powerful & Powerless
lot 160 (Photographs, Optical Toys & Science, 12th May, 2026)
with label for 'Spooner's Protean View, No.10 - Napoleon powerful & Napoleon Powerless, the print represents the fallen Warrior in ... read more
Sold for £81 Result including buyers premium More details 1
Collection of G. W.'s Trancaprency Views
lot 161 (Photographs, Optical Toys & Science, 12th May, 2026)
including: G. W.'s Transparencies, Fisherman's Hut, Published by Reeves & Sons Cheapside and W. Morgan, 64 Hatton Garden G. W.'s Dioramic Views No.2 ... read more
Sold for £138 Result including buyers premium More details 3
Pair of Large Phantasmagoria Magic Lanterns
lot 162 (Photographs, Optical Toys & Science, 12th May, 2026)
English, c.1870, the lenses engraved NEGRETTI & ZAMBRA LONON, the large tinplate bodies with single door, crooked chimney, acetylene illuminants with ... read more
Sold for £162 Result including buyers premium More details 10
A Lawson Ether Saturator, Magic Lantern Illuminant
lot 163 (Photographs, Optical Toys & Science, 12th May, 2026)
English, c.1880, unmarked, brass body with ether reservoir, oxygen pipe and shut off valve to rear, mechanical rotation of lime light holder, with ... read more
Sold for £106 Result including buyers premium More details 4
French Ether Saturator, Magic Lantern Illuminant
lot 164 (Photographs, Optical Toys & Science, 12th May, 2026)
French, c.1890, no makers mark but profusely engraved with instructions for lighting & extinguishing, with valves to the back for oxygen, ether tank, ... read more
Sold for £562 Result including buyers premium More details 9
Good Collection of Magic Lantern Catalogues & Books
lot 165 (Photographs, Optical Toys & Science, 12th May, 2026)
including: Optical Lantern Catalogueof Magic, Optical and Disolving Lantern Views, 1898-99, red cloth Illustrated catalogue of Magic Lanters, ... read more
Sold for £300 Result including buyers premium More details 6
Bresil - The Smallest Stereo Viewer
lot 166 (Photographs, Optical Toys & Science, 12th May, 2026)
French, dated 1910, label to the front of the box reads 'BRESIL, Souvenir de L'Exposition de Bruxelles 1910, Le plus petit appareil stereoscopique de ... read more
Sold for £150 Result including buyers premium More details 2
Lowden, G., Brewster-Pattern Pedestal Dioramic Stereoscope
lot 167 (Photographs, Optical Toys & Science, 12th May, 2026)
(I) Scottish, c.1856, the plaque on the top engraved 'Patent Dioramic Stereoscope, G. Lowden Opticians, DUNDEE', the viewer with shaped lens board, ... read more
Sold for £812 Result including buyers premium More details 4
lot 168 (Photographs, Optical Toys & Science, 12th May, 2026)
American, early 20th Century, with brass plaque for 'MUTOSCOPE TRADE MARK, INTERNATIONAL MUTOSCOPE REEL COMPANY IMC, NEW YORK U.S.A. No.926M', the ... read more
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Salesman's Model of Goodall's Patent Grinding & Levigating Machine
lot 169 (Photographs, Optical Toys & Science, 12th May, 2026)
English, 1853, unsigned but with paperwork titled 'By Hew Majesty's Royal Letters Patent A.D. 1853 Goodall's Patent Grinding & Levigating Apparatus, ... read more
Sold for £938 Result including buyers premium More details 9
Squire, Alexander Balmanno, Photographs (Colored from Life) of the Diseases of the Skin
lot 170 (Photographs, Optical Toys & Science, 12th May, 2026)
Squire, Alexander Balmanno (1836-1908), title - Photographs (Colored from Life) of the Diseases of the Skin. Published - London: John Churchill and ... read more
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Post Mortem Surgical Instrument Set
lot 171 (Photographs, Optical Toys & Science, 12th May, 2026)
English, c.1900, instruments stamped 'HARRIS & Co, BIRMINGHAM', collection of surgical instruments with interchangeable handle in French polished ... read more
Sold for £475 Result including buyers premium More details 3
lot 172 (Photographs, Optical Toys & Science, 12th May, 2026)
Spratt, George, Obstetric Tables: Comprising Graphic Illustrations, Descriptions and Practical Remarks; Exhibiting on Dissected Plates Many Important ... read more
Sold for £38 Result including buyers premium More details 10
Victorian Anatomical Human Skull
lot 173 (Photographs, Optical Toys & Science, 12th May, 2026)
19th century Female, the cranium cut to reveal internal structure of head, with location pins and brass hooks, jaw with brass springs, jaw with ... read more
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Sandow's System of Physical Training
lot 174 (Photographs, Optical Toys & Science, 12th May, 2026)
Sandow on Physical Training: A Study in the Perfect Type of the Human Form, compiled and edited, Under Mr. Sandow's Direction, by G. Mercer Adam ... read more
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William Darker, Unknown Instrument
lot 175 (Photographs, Optical Toys & Science, 12th May, 2026)
English, c.1870, engraved 'Darker Lambeth', the instrument constructed of polished brass with steel screws and interchangeable steel points, with ... read more
Sold for £2,125 Result including buyers premium More details 10
Philips VCR N1500 - First Domestic VCR Machine
lot 176 (Photographs, Optical Toys & Science, 12th May, 2026)
Japanese, c.1972, marked Philips VCR N1500, in original box with leads and 8 BASF VC60 chromdioxide Video Cassettes, The Philips N1500 video cassette ... read more
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Willson Type Ivory Screw BarrelMicroscope
lot 177 (Photographs, Optical Toys & Science, 12th May, 2026)
English, c.1740, unsigned, microscope body constructed of turned ivory, with condenser lens, sprung brass stage, threaded boss to accept brass handle, ... read more
Sold for £6,500 Result including buyers premium More details 6
lot 178 (Photographs, Optical Toys & Science, 12th May, 2026)
English, c.1780, unsigned, screw barrel microscope mounted on a projection tube from a solar microscope and screwed into a scioptic ball, screw ... read more
Sold for £400 Result including buyers premium More details 3
A Benjamin Martin Solar Compendium
lot 179 (Photographs, Optical Toys & Science, 12th May, 2026)
English, c.1770, signed to the solar microscope plate MARTIN LONDON' and to the drawer tube if the microscope B. MARTIN Invt et fecit, LONDON. N.7, ... read more
Sold for £10,250 Result including buyers premium More details 11
Adams, George (Senior) Cuff-Type Compound Microscope
lot 180 (Photographs, Optical Toys & Science, 12th May, 2026)
English, c.1760, engraved around the stage 'Made by Geo ADAMS. Ins: Maker to His MAJESTY', the microscope based on John Cuffs design of compound ... read more
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Small & Unusual Double Ended Withering Type Microscope
lot 181 (Photographs, Optical Toys & Science, 12th May, 2026)
English, c.1800, unsigned, small brass microscope with sliding stage on 2 pillars, with objective glasses at both ends, in a leather covered card ... read more
Sold for £300 Result including buyers premium More details 4
W & S Jones Improved Compound Microscope
lot 182 (Photographs, Optical Toys & Science, 12th May, 2026)
(I) English, c.1800, engraved to the body tube 'W & S JONES Holborn London', plinth base incorporating a drawer of original accessories with circular ... read more
Sold for £1,625 Result including buyers premium More details 5
Small Collection of Early Microscopes & Accessories
lot 183 (Photographs, Optical Toys & Science, 12th May, 2026)
including a small screw barell microscope unsigned in a shark skin case, a simple microscope in a faux shark skin case with screw in objectives, and ... read more
Sold for £600 Result including buyers premium More details 3
Compound Microscope, Bate London
lot 184 (Photographs, Optical Toys & Science, 12th May, 2026)
(I) English, c.1810, engraved to the base in copperplate 'Bate London', the microscope, based on the W & S Jones Improved design, mounted on a ... read more
Sold for £875 Result including buyers premium More details 6
Dollond, Culpeper-Type Microscope
lot 185 (Photographs, Optical Toys & Science, 12th May, 2026)
(I) English, c.1820, engraved to the stage 'Dollond LONDON', the microscope of typical form, mahogany box plinth base (shrinkage & Split to one side), ... read more
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Harris & Son Culpeper Type Microscope
lot 186 (Photographs, Optical Toys & Science, 12th May, 2026)
English, c.1820, engraved to the stage 'J. Harris & Son, British Museum , London, the microscope of typical form, mahogany box plinth base, the ... read more
Sold for £975 Result including buyers premium More details 4
lot 187 (Photographs, Optical Toys & Science, 12th May, 2026)
(i) English, c.1820, unsigned, the microscope of typical form, mahogany box plinth base, the microscope on diamond shaped feet, with swept cabriole ... read more
Sold for £900 Result including buyers premium More details 4
lot 188 (Photographs, Optical Toys & Science, 12th May, 2026)
English, c.1820, the column engraved 'Banks 440 Strand London Invt 903', microscope screws into brass boss on case lid, with mirror in gimbal, ... read more
Sold for £250 Result including buyers premium More details 2
Pritchard, Andrew, Microscope Compendium
lot 189 (Photographs, Optical Toys & Science, 12th May, 2026)
A large cabinet designed to hold a microscope, slides, accessories and books, and includes: Pritchard, Andrew, A History of Infusoria Living & Fossil, ... read more
Sold for £1,375 Result including buyers premium More details 12
A Fine & Rare Nachet Pocket Microscope - Microscope de Poche
lot 190 (Photographs, Optical Toys & Science, 12th May, 2026)
French, c.1850, engraved to the outside of the case 'NACHET ET FILS a Paris, rue Serpente, 16 ', the closed body is constructed of unlacquered gilt ... read more
Sold for £4,375 Result including buyers premium More details 7
lot 191 (Photographs, Optical Toys & Science, 12th May, 2026)
Portrait of a gentleman (John Benjamin Dancer?) sitting next to a microscope (typical design and pattern by J. B. Dancer), the portrait in an ... read more
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J. B. Dancer, Compound Microscope
lot 192 (Photographs, Optical Toys & Science, 12th May, 2026)
English, c.1860, engraved to the back of the foot 'J. B. Dancer Opticien, Manchester' the microscope on 'Y' shaped base with upright columns ... read more
Sold for £688 Result including buyers premium More details 8
Large Beck No.1 Binocular Microscope
lot 193 (Photographs, Optical Toys & Science, 12th May, 2026)
English, dated from the Beck records 30th September 1874, engraved to the back of the foot 'R & J BECK, 31 CORNHILL, LONDON', and numbered 6700, the ... read more
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Collection of French Box Mounted Microscopes
lot 194 (Photographs, Optical Toys & Science, 12th May, 2026)
including 3 small Furnace type microscopes in polished mahogany cases, and a larger box mounted microscope
Sold for £200 Result including buyers premium More details 4
Newton & Co. Magic Lantern Projecting Microscope
lot 195 (Photographs, Optical Toys & Science, 12th May, 2026)
English, c.1880, the microscope engraved 'NEWTON & Co, 3 FLEET St , LONDON', obejctives engraved the same and a trade label for 'Newton & Co ... read more
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Ross, London Large Brass Zentmayer Binocular Microscope
lot 196 (Photographs, Optical Toys & Science, 12th May, 2026)
English, c.1880, engraved to the back of the foot 'ROSS LONDON 5061', microscope on unusual semi-folding base supporting microscope on large brass ... read more
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A Large Smith & Beck No.1 Circuit Stage Binocular Microscope
lot 197 (Photographs, Optical Toys & Science, 12th May, 2026)
A Large Smith & Beck No.1 Circuit Stage Binocular Microscope, English, dated March 1892*, signed to the foot ‘R & J Beck Ltd LONDON’ and ‘N°17537, ... read more
Sold for £1,750 Result including buyers premium More details 7
A Folding Microscope & Pocket Microscope
lot 198 (Photographs, Optical Toys & Science, 12th May, 2026)
a folding brass compound microscope, English, c.1880, unsigned, with single objective & eyepiece in a leather case, and a small handheld microscope ... read more
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Grand Exhibition No.1 Binocular Microscope Outfit
lot 199 (Photographs, Optical Toys & Science, 12th May, 2026)
French, c.1889, engraved to the rear of the foot 'NACHET 17 Rue St Severin, Paris', the microscope constructed of brass and palladium plated, the ... read more
Sold for £6,500 Result including buyers premium More details 13
Leitz Microsope, With Provenance
lot 200 (Photographs, Optical Toys & Science, 12th May, 2026)
German, c.1910, the microscope engraved 'E Leitz Wetzlar No. 84054', the microscope on a black lacquered brass tripod foot, plano-concave mirror, ... read more
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