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Optometry Diagnostic and Measurement Instruments
lot 51 (Science, Medicine & Early Technology, 1st May, 2024)
including: a surface curvature of lenses measure, American, c. 1891 - 1902, a PAT. FEB. 24 1891 PAT. PENDING GENEVA OPTICAL CO CHICAGO U.S.A on dial ... read more
Sold for £38 Result plus buyers premium More details 9
Ears, Nose and Throat Instruments
lot 52 (Science, Medicine & Early Technology, 1st May, 2024)
including: a tonsil lancet, probably British, mid 19th Century, the lancet concealed, with single ring handle – 18cm. (length); a laryngoscope, ... read more
Sold for £88 Result plus buyers premium More details 7
A Leather Cased Blood Letting Scaificator / Scarifier
lot 53 (Science, Medicine & Early Technology, 1st May, 2024)
English, c.1860, unsigned, of typical form constructed of lacquered brass with a strong spring acting on 12 blades, with burnished steel locking ... read more
Sold for £138 Result plus buyers premium More details 4
Pewter Pap Boats and a Medicine Spoon
lot 54 (Science, Medicine & Early Technology, 1st May, 2024)
including; an English, c.1800, stamped with FH and X and a crown, pap boat created to fundraise for the Foundling Hospital – 13cm. (length); an ... read more
Sold for £81 Result plus buyers premium More details 7
lot 55 (Science, Medicine & Early Technology, 1st May, 2024)
including: an enema syringe, 19th Century, pewter with turned wood nozzle – 39cm. (length); two ear-syringes with Toynbee-type nozzles, London, 19th ... read more
Sold for £119 Result plus buyers premium More details 4
lot 56 (Science, Medicine & Early Technology, 1st May, 2024)
19th Century, in the shape of a tankard, missing sliding component, metal tube and mouthpiece – 11.5cm. (height), 10.2cm. (diameter) Note: Previously ... read more
Sold for £38 Result plus buyers premium More details 6
lot 57 (Science, Medicine & Early Technology, 1st May, 2024)
French, 19th Century, stamped on the lid MÉDAILLE D’ARGENT with two incomplete/blurred stamps for the EXPOSITION INTERNATIONAL and on the underside ... read more
Sold for £262 Result plus buyers premium More details 8
An Assortment of Medical/Veterinary Instruments
lot 58 (Science, Medicine & Early Technology, 1st May, 2024)
including: a cased plated hinged-back bone saw and scalpel, Scottish, early 20th Century, by A. YOUNG & SON, 57 TO 61 FORREST RD EDINBURGH, missing ... read more
Sold for £175 Result plus buyers premium More details 7
An Unidentified French Medical Instrument
lot 59 (Science, Medicine & Early Technology, 1st May, 2024)
late 19th Century/early 20th Century, stamped COLLIN, with plated scoop with lid, the scoop with ratchet mechanism, and tortoiseshell handle – 26.5cm. ... read more
Sold for £312 Result plus buyers premium More details 4
lot 60 (Science, Medicine & Early Technology, 1st May, 2024)
European, 19th Century, with early rubber nipples – 6.2cm. (height/diameter) Note: The nipple shields were bought from Elisabeth Bennion on 13th ... read more
Sold for £375 Result plus buyers premium More details 3
A Miscellaneous Collection of Treenware and Measures
lot 61 (Science, Medicine & Early Technology, 1st May, 2024)
including: a treen pap boat, European,1900-1920, of typical form and half covered, carved with foliage decoration and ‘SOUVENIR’ – 13.5cm. (length); ... read more
Sold for £75 Result plus buyers premium More details 8
lot 62 (Science, Medicine & Early Technology, 1st May, 2024)
English, 1770-1835, possibly by Wedgwood, creamware, of teapot form with lid and perforated spout end (slight damage to lid finial) –11cm. (height)
Sold for £112 Result plus buyers premium More details 2
lot 63 (Science, Medicine & Early Technology, 1st May, 2024)
European, 19th Century and early 20th Century, of typical form, two by Maw, one (with Red Cross emblem) by Empire Porcelain Co./Staffordshire, one ... read more
Sold for £62 Result plus buyers premium More details 1
A Group of Blue and White Earthenware Spittoons and Feeding Cups
lot 64 (Science, Medicine & Early Technology, 1st May, 2024)
three spittoons, English, 19th Century, without maker’s marks, white earthenware, transfer-printed decoration in blue: the first, without spout and ... read more
Sold for £375 Result plus buyers premium More details 2
A Collection Of Eight Barber’s Shaving Bowls
lot 65 (Science, Medicine & Early Technology, 1st May, 2024)
European, 19th Century, glazed earthenware, in typical bowl form (three circular/five oval) with semi-circular cut out at rim; six with underglaze ... read more
Sold for £775 Result plus buyers premium More details 2
Silver Sick Syphon, Tongue Depressors And Spatula
lot 66 (Science, Medicine & Early Technology, 1st May, 2024)
a George III silver sick syphon, by Susannah Barker, c. 1790s, London, of typical form, 11.5cm. (length), 24g; a plated hinged tongue-depressor, 19th ... read more
Sold for £350 Result plus buyers premium More details 6
An Original George IV Charles Gibson Silver Medicine Spoon
lot 67 (Science, Medicine & Early Technology, 1st May, 2024)
by Charles Gibson, London, 1827, engraved C. Gibson, Inventor, 71 Bishopsgate St[reet] Within, 18cm (length), 74g
Sold for £438 Result plus buyers premium More details 3
A George III Silver Medicine Spoon
lot 68 (Science, Medicine & Early Technology, 1st May, 2024)
maker’s mark indistinct possibly Clement Cheese, London, 1785, with hinged lid and tubular handle, 15.2cm (length), 39g Note: The spoon was ... read more
Sold for £238 Result plus buyers premium More details 4
An Assortment Of Silver and Plated Medicine Spoons
lot 69 (Science, Medicine & Early Technology, 1st May, 2024)
including: a Victorian plated (Benares) medicine spoon, by John Round & Son, Sheffield, late 19th Century – 17.5cm. (length); three 19th Century ... read more
Sold for £562 Result plus buyers premium More details 16
lot 70 (Science, Medicine & Early Technology, 1st May, 2024)
by William Bateman, 1819, London, of typical form with shell and foliage heightened gadrooned rim, 13.3cm (length), 92g Note: Previously bought at ... read more
Sold for £262 Result plus buyers premium More details 3
lot 71 (Science, Medicine & Early Technology, 1st May, 2024)
by Peter and Ann Bateman, London, 1794, of typical form, 11.6cm (length), 58g. Note: The second bought at Sotheby’s on 13th March, 1991 (Lot 1976).
Sold for £125 Result plus buyers premium More details 3
lot 72 (Science, Medicine & Early Technology, 1st May, 2024)
maker’s mark lacking, London, 1809, of typical form, the interior gilded, with shell and foliage heightened gadrooned, 13cm. (length), 80g Note: ... read more
Sold for £175 Result plus buyers premium More details 3
lot 73 (Science, Medicine & Early Technology, 1st May, 2024)
by George Knight, London, 1818, of typical form, gadrooned rim, 13cm. (length), 80g Note: Previously bought at Sotheby’s, 12th October 1987 (Lot 86).
Sold for £162 Result plus buyers premium More details 3
lot 74 (Science, Medicine & Early Technology, 1st May, 2024)
by John Emes, London, 1803, of typical form, engraved with a band of foliage and initials, 13cm. (length), 63g Note: Previously bought at Bonhams ... read more
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lot 75 (Science, Medicine & Early Technology, 1st May, 2024)
by Rebecca Emes and Edward Bernard, 1822, of typical form, with gilded interior, engraved with initials, 12.5cm. (length), 61g Note: Previously ... read more
Sold for £138 Result plus buyers premium More details 4
Two 18th Century Silver Pap Boats
lot 76 (Science, Medicine & Early Technology, 1st May, 2024)
including: a George II silver pap boat possibly by George Greenhill Jones (maker’s mark indistinct), London, 1731, of typical form, crudely engraved ... read more
Sold for £138 Result plus buyers premium More details 9
A Colonial Indian Silver Pap Boat
lot 77 (Science, Medicine & Early Technology, 1st May, 2024)
by David Hare, Calcutta, c.1800-1815, 10.4cm. (length), 65g Note: Previously bought at Philips on 30th November, 2001 (Lot 49).
Sold for £138 Result plus buyers premium More details 3
A George IV Silver Ear Trumpet
lot 78 (Science, Medicine & Early Technology, 1st May, 2024)
possibly by Mary Ann & Charles Reilly, c.1827, London, 15.5cm. (height), 8.6cm. (diameter), 150g Note: Charles Reilly made a similar silver ear ... read more
Sold for £1,750 Result plus buyers premium More details 4
lot 79 (Science, Medicine & Early Technology, 1st May, 2024)
including: a George III silver lancet case, possibly by George Cowles, London, 1809, stamped WRIGHT & Co LONDON, later engraved with initials, three ... read more
Sold for £400 Result plus buyers premium More details 10
lot 80 (Science, Medicine & Early Technology, 1st May, 2024)
one Victorian silver lancet case, maker’s mark rubbed, Birmingham, 1838, engraved W.M., with engine-turned decoration, two tortoiseshell lancets ... read more
Sold for £362 Result plus buyers premium More details 6
lot 81 (Science, Medicine & Early Technology, 1st May, 2024)
a William IV silver lancet case, by Taylor & Perry, Birmingham, 1832, engraved with quatrefoils, with four tortoiseshell lancets – 6.3cm. (length); a ... read more
Sold for £325 Result plus buyers premium More details 8
A George III Silver Syringe, Possibly a Sick Syphon
lot 82 (Science, Medicine & Early Technology, 1st May, 2024)
maker’s mark indistinct, London, 1802, retailed by PEPYS Poultry, with plunger and perforated finial, 32cm. (length extended), 102g Note: Previously ... read more
Sold for £312 Result plus buyers premium More details 5
A Group of Silver and Plated Urology Instruments
lot 83 (Science, Medicine & Early Technology, 1st May, 2024)
including: a George III Silver Part of a Bladder Irrigator,maker’s mark indistinct, London, 1787, 21cm. (length), 43g; a 19th Century Benique-type ... read more
Sold for £375 Result plus buyers premium More details 5
A George V Silver Travelling Canteen
lot 84 (Science, Medicine & Early Technology, 1st May, 2024)
by Percy Whitehouse, retailed by Williams & Co, New Bond Street, London, 1910, with gilt interior, spice box, beaker and wine funnel, 7.5cm. (height), ... read more
Sold for £200 Result plus buyers premium More details 5
A Victorian Silver Private Die Marrow Scoop
lot 85 (Science, Medicine & Early Technology, 1st May, 2024)
by James McKay, Edinburgh, 1852, of typical form, the front stamped with a crest and mottos NIL NISI BONUM and IN ARDUIS FORTIS in foliate borders, ... read more
Sold for £600 Result plus buyers premium More details 8
Two George III Silver Nipple Shields
lot 86 (Science, Medicine & Early Technology, 1st May, 2024)
by Thomas Phipps & Edward Robinson, London, 1801, of typical form, one 5.6cm. (diameter), 17g and the other 5.3cm. (diameter), 16g Note: One shield ... read more
Sold for £600 Result plus buyers premium More details 5
lot 87 (Science, Medicine & Early Technology, 1st May, 2024)
a George III silver nipple shield, by Thomas Phipps & Edward Robinson, London, 1804, of typical form (nipple depressed), 6.2cm. (diameter), 18g; a ... read more
Sold for £688 Result plus buyers premium More details 6
A Victorian Amputee's Wooden Leg and Crutch
lot 88 (Science, Medicine & Early Technology, 1st May, 2024)
the leg constructed from turned wood with remains of leather fittings, finished in black lacquer, the crutch with sprung and padded leather arm rest, ... read more
Sold for £25 Result plus buyers premium More details 7
lot 89 (Science, Medicine & Early Technology, 1st May, 2024)
the first, London, 1874-1910, by Down BROS ST THOMAS’ STREET BOROUGH LONDON, plated, with 3 speculas, in leatherette-covered, fitted case – 11cm. x 6. ... read more
Sold for £325 Result plus buyers premium More details 6
Complete Set of The Edinburgh Stereoscopic Atlas of Anatomy
lot 90 (Science, Medicine & Early Technology, 1st May, 2024)
The Edinburgh Stereoscopic Atlas of Anatomy, Waterston and Burnet, 5 volumes containing stereo cards of anatomical photography, each card with full ... read more
Estimated at £150 - £250 More details 2
An Early Mid 20th Century Anatomical Model of the Heart
lot 91 (Science, Medicine & Early Technology, 1st May, 2024)
possibly by Adam Rouilly Ltd, composed of plaster and metal, polychrome paint and labelled with numbers, in two parts – together 12.5cm x 9cm.
Sold for £312 Result plus buyers premium More details 3
lot 92 (Science, Medicine & Early Technology, 1st May, 2024)
a conversation tube hearing aid, c.1900, possibly a E.B. Meyrowitz Model 2x-type, celluloid earphone and mouthpiece with woven fabric-covered tube ... read more
Sold for £275 Result plus buyers premium More details 4
A Very Fine Wall Mounted Electromedical Shock Machine
lot 93 (Science, Medicine & Early Technology, 1st May, 2024)
French, c.1900,unsigned, the wall cabinet constructed of French polished mahogany, with a heavy black slate backing, the set includes a ... read more
Sold for £2,375 Result plus buyers premium More details 5
lot 94 (Science, Medicine & Early Technology, 1st May, 2024)
including: a Fuchs-Rosenthal haemacytometer, London, late 19th/early 20th Century, with a glass counting chamber inscribed FUCHS ROSENTHAL Depth ... read more
Estimated at £50 - £100 More details 5
lot 95 (Science, Medicine & Early Technology, 1st May, 2024)
Mid-late 19th Century, fruitwood with ebonised detachable base – 18cm. (height) Note: Previously bought Sotheby’s 15th November 1988 (Lot 3336)
Sold for £200 Result plus buyers premium More details 1
A Miscellaneous Collection of Veterinary Instruments
lot 96 (Science, Medicine & Early Technology, 1st May, 2024)
including: a cased set of possibly sturdy disease instruments, English, 19th Century, lacquered-brass with ebony handles, containing a syringe, two ... read more
Sold for £338 Result plus buyers premium More details 10
A Largely Complete French Pocket Veterinary Surgical Instrument Set
lot 97 (Science, Medicine & Early Technology, 1st May, 2024)
Toulouse, by Ferras Toulouse, all instruments stamped for FERRAS and engraved R.P., including plated scalpels, trocar and cannulae, forceps, tweezers, ... read more
Estimated at £200 - £300 More details 5
lot 98 (Science, Medicine & Early Technology, 1st May, 2024)
Large turned wooden stand with column to accept the turned brass gyroscope, with hole on spindle for the cord, height 32cm
Sold for £725 Result plus buyers premium More details 2
An Unusual Form of 18th Century Solar Microscope Compendium
lot 99 (Science, Medicine & Early Technology, 1st May, 2024)
English, c.1779, engraved 'D. Bolton, Kimbolton, Invenit', the microscope based around a solar microscope design: as a solar microscope, the design ... read more
Estimated at £1,500 - £2,500 More details 5
18th Century Nuremberg Type Microscope
lot 100 (Science, Medicine & Early Technology, 1st May, 2024)
German, c.1800, unmarked, of typical form constructed of polished turned fruitwood, hinged mirror with turned tripod legs, simple sprung slide holder, ... read more
Sold for £1,375 Result plus buyers premium More details 2