An 18th Century Gold and Rayskin Lancet Case
lot 101 (Fine Instruments of Science & Medicine, 21st Sep, 2017)
cap, base and fittings in gold, body covered in pink rayskin, compartments holding two lancets with tortoiseshell guards, case length 78mm approx ... read more
Sold for £900 Result plus buyers premium More details 4
A Set of Georgian Dental Scalers with Mirror
lot 102 (Fine Instruments of Science & Medicine, 21st Sep, 2017)
together with another scaler, set of five instruments in velvet lined Morocco leather case with mirror to lid, plus scaler with fixed octagonal ivory ... read more
Estimated at £120 - £180 More details 3
An Early Gold-plated Contraceptive Coil
lot 103 (Fine Instruments of Science & Medicine, 21st Sep, 2017)
intra uterine device circa 1920, 63mm long.
Sold for £120 Result plus buyers premium More details 1
An 18th Century Sharkskin Domestic Medicine Chest
lot 104 (Fine Instruments of Science & Medicine, 21st Sep, 2017)
containing seven out of nine original bottles, each with ground-out pontil base and a glass funnel, case 222mm across
Sold for £660 Result plus buyers premium More details 5
Three original prints from the First Edition of Surgical Anatomy by Joseph Maclise 1851
lot 105 (Fine Instruments of Science & Medicine, 21st Sep, 2017)
each mounted under glass in beechwood frame
Sold for £96 Result plus buyers premium More details 4
A Transitional Laennec Type Stethoscope
lot 106 (Fine Instruments of Science & Medicine, 21st Sep, 2017)
turned from a single piece of wood, with a typically thick stem, length 17cm, circa 1830-35
Estimated at £2,000 - £2,500 More details 4
A Large Detailed Model of the Human Brain
lot 107 (Fine Instruments of Science & Medicine, 21st Sep, 2017)
by Dr Auzoux, in hand painted papier-mâché, disassembling into numerous parts, with over 120 structures and features numbered, with signature of Dr ... read more
Estimated at £3,000 - £4,000 More details 3
A Large Optical Demonstration Model Eye
lot 108 (Fine Instruments of Science & Medicine, 21st Sep, 2017)
retina represented by a ground glass screen mounted in brass drawer-tube, the enamelled metal eyeball mounted on ebonised wood and cast iron stand, ... read more
Estimated at £1,500 - £1,800 More details 4
An Rare Early 20th Century Facial Prothesis
lot 109 (Fine Instruments of Science & Medicine, 21st Sep, 2017)
prothetic right cheek in cast aluminium, hand painted, secured by spectacles, together with a false nose in cast aluminium, hand painted, mounted on ... read more
Sold for £1,680 Result plus buyers premium More details 1
A Small Plaster Phrenology Bust
lot 110 (Fine Instruments of Science & Medicine, 21st Sep, 2017)
with areas of the skull painted and numbered by hand, in black and red, 19th century
Estimated at £800 - £1,000 More details 4
Porcelain Figures of Bears as Dentist & Patient
lot 111 (Fine Instruments of Science & Medicine, 21st Sep, 2017)
formed as an inkwell, with the bear dentist in the process of extracting a tooth, hand painted, 19th century, 12cm high
Estimated at £750 - £1,000 More details 2
A Case of 50 Prosthetic Glass Eyes
lot 112 (Fine Instruments of Science & Medicine, 21st Sep, 2017)
each individually hand crafted, case compartments velvet lined
Sold for £1,680 Result plus buyers premium More details 2
A Dental Teaching Model by Wakabe
lot 113 (Fine Instruments of Science & Medicine, 21st Sep, 2017)
articulated metal jaws with interchangable teeth different fillings, gold bridges etc., with the upper jaw stamped 'Wekabe 2 DRP Ausl Pat Angem', and ... read more
Estimated at £750 - £1,000 More details 5
An 18th Century Etui with Gold Fittings
lot 114 (Fine Instruments of Science & Medicine, 21st Sep, 2017)
body covered in black leather, with gold piqué work, some contents replaced, with one knife blade stamped 'Bernad', height 102mm overall
Estimated at £600 - £800 More details
A Pyrometer by Watkins and Hill
lot 115 (Fine Instruments of Science & Medicine, 21st Sep, 2017)
circa 1840, brass, with silvered scale and indicator arm with vernier scale, engraved 'Watkins and Hill Charing Cross London', in fitted mahogany ... read more
Sold for £1,200 Result plus buyers premium More details 2
lot 116 (Fine Instruments of Science & Medicine, 21st Sep, 2017)
by John Browning, single prism model with lacquered brass telescope and collimator, enamelled iron base, scale reading to one arc minute by vernier, ... read more
Sold for £228 Result plus buyers premium More details 5
Large Double Prism Spectroscope
lot 117 (Fine Instruments of Science & Medicine, 21st Sep, 2017)
by John Browning, double prism model with lacquered brass telescope and collimator, lacquered base with chasing, scale reading to one arc minute by ... read more
Sold for £336 Result plus buyers premium More details 9
A Five Prism Direct Vision Spectroscope
lot 118 (Fine Instruments of Science & Medicine, 21st Sep, 2017)
by John Browning, lacquer brass in three sections, with second eye piece, signed 'John Browning, 63 Strand, London.'
Sold for £120 Result plus buyers premium More details 3
lot 119 (Fine Instruments of Science & Medicine, 21st Sep, 2017)
by John Browning, lacquered brass, signed 'Grace's Spectroscope, John Browning, 63 Strand, London.'
Sold for £156 Result plus buyers premium More details 2
lot 120 (Fine Instruments of Science & Medicine, 21st Sep, 2017)
by John Browning, lacquered brass, with RAS thread signed 'John Browning London.', with draw tube engraved 'McClean's Star Spectroscope Patent'
Sold for £216 Result plus buyers premium More details 3
lot 121 (Fine Instruments of Science & Medicine, 21st Sep, 2017)
lacquered brass, signed 'John Browning, London.', eyepiece diameter 31.5mm
Sold for £120 Result plus buyers premium More details 2
A Browning Direct Vision Spectroscope
lot 122 (Fine Instruments of Science & Medicine, 21st Sep, 2017)
lacquered brass, signed 'John Browning, London.', in domed leather case
Sold for £96 Result plus buyers premium More details 2
A Browning Direct Vision Spectroscope
lot 123 (Fine Instruments of Science & Medicine, 21st Sep, 2017)
lacquered brass, signed 'John Browning, London.', in leather covered case
Sold for £90 Result plus buyers premium More details 1
Two Browning Direct Vision Spectroscopes
lot 124 (Fine Instruments of Science & Medicine, 21st Sep, 2017)
both lacquered brass, one signed 'John Browning, London.', uncased, with the other signed 'John Browning, 138 Strand, London 7277.', cased (2)
Estimated at £100 - £150 More details 1
Thorp's Direct Vision Diffraction Reading Spectroscope
lot 125 (Fine Instruments of Science & Medicine, 21st Sep, 2017)
by R and J Beck, lacquered brass, signed 'Thorp's D. V. Diffraction Reading Spectroscope, R & J Beck Ltd Patent.', in fitted case
Sold for £120 Result plus buyers premium More details 2
A Beck Direct Vision Spectroscope
lot 126 (Fine Instruments of Science & Medicine, 21st Sep, 2017)
lacqered brass, signed 'D. V. Spectroscope PAT. APP. For. R & J Beck Ltd, London.', in fitted case
Estimated at £100 - £150 More details 2
A Hilger Direct Vision Spectroscope
lot 127 (Fine Instruments of Science & Medicine, 21st Sep, 2017)
lacquered brass, signed 'A Hilger, London.',in fitted case
Sold for £132 Result plus buyers premium More details 2
A Hilger Direct Vision Spectroscope
lot 128 (Fine Instruments of Science & Medicine, 21st Sep, 2017)
lacquered brass, signed 'A Hilger, 192 Tottenham Court Road, London.', in domed leather covered case
Sold for £120 Result plus buyers premium More details 3
A Hilger Direct Vision Spectroscope
lot 129 (Fine Instruments of Science & Medicine, 21st Sep, 2017)
on alt-azimuth stand, lacquered brass, signed 'A Hilger, London.', in fitted wooden case
Sold for £132 Result plus buyers premium More details 4
A Large & Important Biot's Polariscope By Lerebours a Paris
lot 130 (Fine Instruments of Science & Medicine, 21st Sep, 2017)
standing on a large (9 inches diameter) base, with a tall column supporting body of instrument on an adjustable inclining mount, body constructed in ... read more
Sold for £2,160 Result plus buyers premium More details 6
lot 131 (Fine Instruments of Science & Medicine, 21st Sep, 2017)
physics demonstration appatatus, in glass and lacquered brass, 19th century, 680mm high
Estimated at £300 - £400 More details 3
lot 132 (Fine Instruments of Science & Medicine, 21st Sep, 2017)
tube acid etched 'Philips X-Rays Ltd W.C.1' and mounted on a wooden stand, with ceramic insulators , tube 52cm
Sold for £252 Result plus buyers premium More details 5
lot 133 (Fine Instruments of Science & Medicine, 21st Sep, 2017)
by Apps, coil covered in blue velvet, supported on ebonite uprights, mahogany base with switch and terminals, label reading '1185 Apps 433 Strand ... read more
Sold for £264 Result plus buyers premium More details 4
lot 134 (Fine Instruments of Science & Medicine, 21st Sep, 2017)
by Siemens Bros. & Co., glazed lacquered brass frame mouted on mahogany base, with three levelling screws, scale divided to one degree in four ... read more
Estimated at £400 - £500 More details 3
A Large Cold Cathode X-Ray Tube
lot 135 (Fine Instruments of Science & Medicine, 21st Sep, 2017)
heavy anode gas discharge tube, bearing label 'Very Good Tube', on wooden display stand, tube 57cm
Estimated at £350 - £450 More details 3
A Large George Adams Senior Static Barrel Machine
lot 136 (Fine Instruments of Science & Medicine, 21st Sep, 2017)
hand blown glass barrel mounted on 2 mahogany uprights, turned by a mahogany crank handle, with arm for friction pad (missing) at rear, barrel 28cm x ... read more
Sold for £420 Result plus buyers premium More details 4
lot 137 (Fine Instruments of Science & Medicine, 21st Sep, 2017)
hand blown glass barrel mounted on 2 mahagany uprights, turned by a mahogany crank on a wheel connected via a band (missing) , with arm for friction ... read more
Sold for £360 Result plus buyers premium More details 4
A Bohnberger's Sphere (Gyroscope)
lot 138 (Fine Instruments of Science & Medicine, 21st Sep, 2017)
brass, the ball with string roller to one pivot, 165mm high, mid 19th century
Estimated at £1,200 - £1,500 More details 2
lot 139 (Fine Instruments of Science & Medicine, 21st Sep, 2017)
by Newton & Co, rare fully adjustable demonstration gyroscope in lacquered brass and ebonised brass, signed 'Newton & Co 3 Fleet Street London.', ... read more
Estimated at £1,500 - £2,000 More details 3
A Molecular Model of Crystal Structure
lot 140 (Fine Instruments of Science & Medicine, 21st Sep, 2017)
by Crystal Structures Ltd, components in plastic coated wire, with plastic atoms in four colours, with label reading 'CSL Bottisham, Cambridge ... read more
Estimated at £300 - £400 More details 4
lot 141 (Fine Instruments of Science & Medicine, 21st Sep, 2017)
by Benjamin Martin, circa 1780, lacquered brass with cloth-covered lead weight, one arm engraved 'Made and Improved by 'B. Martin Fleet Street LONDON' ... read more
Sold for £360 Result plus buyers premium More details 2
A 3 Tier Case of Drawing Instruments
lot 142 (Fine Instruments of Science & Medicine, 21st Sep, 2017)
by Elliott Brothers, many instruments stamped 'Elliott', with the rolling ruler engraved 'Elliot Bros, 449 Strand London', case 357mm across
Sold for £252 Result plus buyers premium More details 3
lot 143 (Fine Instruments of Science & Medicine, 21st Sep, 2017)
by Chadburn Brothers, telescope with 2 eyepieces and sunshade and compass with magnifyer, with graduated bubble with viewing mirror, in mahogany case ... read more
Sold for £120 Result plus buyers premium More details 3
A C&E Layton's Improved Arithmometer
lot 144 (Fine Instruments of Science & Medicine, 21st Sep, 2017)
a development of Samuel Tates design of the calculating machine invented by Thomas de Colmar, patents for 1907 and 1909, the instrument dated 1912
Estimated at £500 - £700 More details 4
A Fine & Complex Ebony & Brass Pantograph
lot 145 (Fine Instruments of Science & Medicine, 21st Sep, 2017)
by Adrien Gavard of Paris, with shaped black lacquered weight and two additional arms, circa 1860, in walnut case
Estimated at £600 - £800 More details 3
An Early Pocket Set of Brass Drawing Instruments
lot 146 (Fine Instruments of Science & Medicine, 21st Sep, 2017)
by William Parson(s) of London, sector with 4.5 inch arms and 4.5 inch protractor, with wheat-ear engraving and sector with 4.5 inch arms, both ... read more
Sold for £1,152 Result plus buyers premium More details 3
An English Compass Sundial Calendar Compendium
lot 147 (Fine Instruments of Science & Medicine, 21st Sep, 2017)
in the form of a complex perpetual calendar box, with two volvelles and revolving world times indicator, interior reveals a compass sundial gnomon ... read more
Estimated at £500 - £800 More details 4
lot 148 (Fine Instruments of Science & Medicine, 21st Sep, 2017)
by Watkins and Hill, including sundial, with floating card compass, in velvet lined red morocco case
Estimated at £400 - £600 More details 3
Six 18th Century Calendar Medals
lot 149 (Fine Instruments of Science & Medicine, 21st Sep, 2017)
by John Powell, with Julian calendar example, 1748, and Gregorian calendars for 1756, 1774, 1787, 1793 & 1797, all with moon phase calendar to ... read more
Sold for £120 Result plus buyers premium More details 6
lot 150 (Fine Instruments of Science & Medicine, 21st Sep, 2017)
finely drawn and illustrated in pen & ink, in rosewood frame, calendar covering 144 years from 1832
Sold for £240 Result plus buyers premium More details 1