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A Large Set of Drawing Instruments, Reeves & Sons
lot 151 (Fine Scientific and Medical Instruments, 12th May, 2022)
English, c.1900, label to the back of the case and many instruments signed 'REVES & SONS, Ltd, LONDON', the French polished light oak case with ... read more
Sold for £475 Result plus buyers premium More details 3
Large Set of Drawing Instruments
lot 152 (Fine Scientific and Medical Instruments, 12th May, 2022)
English, c.1880, unsigned , the French polished burr walnut veneered case with German silver escutcheon and plaque. top velvet lined tray containing ... read more
Sold for £212 Result plus buyers premium More details 2
Three Sets of Drawing Instruments
lot 153 (Fine Scientific and Medical Instruments, 12th May, 2022)
Comprising of a set by Elliot, c.1880, French polished light oak with German silver bindings, top velvet lined tray with unusual beam compass, ... read more
Sold for £225 Result plus buyers premium More details 4
A Small 14inch Pantograph, George Adams
lot 154 (Fine Scientific and Medical Instruments, 12th May, 2022)
English, c.1770, signed in script along the arm 'Adams No. 60 Fleet Srt London' of typical design constructed of Lacquered brass with lead weight, ... read more
Sold for £1,100 Result plus buyers premium More details 4
A 'Marvel' Geometric Compass, J. F Bennett
lot 155 (Fine Scientific and Medical Instruments, 12th May, 2022)
English, c.1880, signed to the instrument and to the lid of the case 'J. F. Bennett, Patentees, Sheffield', constructed similar to a compass but ... read more
Sold for £250 Result plus buyers premium More details 1
A Collection of Pillar compasses
lot 156 (Fine Scientific and Medical Instruments, 12th May, 2022)
including sets of brass pillar compass' and sets in German Silver, all in cases (6)
Sold for £338 Result plus buyers premium More details 1
An Early 19th Century Pantograph, Dollond
lot 157 (Fine Scientific and Medical Instruments, 12th May, 2022)
English, c.1820, signed in script 'Dollond London', of standard design constructed of lacquered brass, engraved with scales, complete with all parts ... read more
Sold for £125 Result plus buyers premium More details 2
Two Good Proportional Dividers
lot 158 (Fine Scientific and Medical Instruments, 12th May, 2022)
English, a pair in nickel silver, c.1830, engraved 'W Harris & Co, 50 High Holborn London', in sharkskin case, dividers 15.8cm; with a pair of Reeves ... read more
Sold for £250 Result plus buyers premium More details 5
A Fine Magazine Case of Drawing Instruments by Stanley
lot 159 (Fine Scientific and Medical Instruments, 12th May, 2022)
English, c.1890, substantial oak case, the lid lined with watered silk with gilt trade label, the top tray with proportional compass, beam compass ... read more
Sold for £275 Result plus buyers premium More details 4
lot 160 (Fine Scientific and Medical Instruments, 12th May, 2022)
a 19th century telescopic turn-about compass in nickel silver in fitted red Morocco case, case 20.2cm, with an unusual pair of single-handed dividers, ... read more
Sold for £262 Result plus buyers premium More details 1
A Good Irish Set of Drawing Instruments
lot 161 (Fine Scientific and Medical Instruments, 12th May, 2022)
c. 1860, nickel-silver bound burr walnut case with three trays of instruments in nickel-silver, steel and ivory; 2nd tray with ivory sector signed ... read more
Sold for £312 Result plus buyers premium More details 5
Stanley's 13inch Magazine Presentation Case of Drawing Instruments
lot 162 (Fine Scientific and Medical Instruments, 12th May, 2022)
English, Late victorian, stamped to the inside of the lid 'STANLEY, GREAT TURNSTILE, HOLBORN, LONDON, TO H. M. GOVERNMENT', the case constructed of ... read more
Estimated at £1,000 - £2,000 More details 6
Large Fowlers Calculator, with a Military Compass
lot 163 (Fine Scientific and Medical Instruments, 12th May, 2022)
the slide rule Englsh, c.1910, nickel plated with glass cover, paper scale printed 'Fowlers Magnum Patent Long Scale Calculator Fowler & Co ... read more
Sold for £112 Result plus buyers premium More details 4
A 4in French Theodolite by Morin, Paris
lot 164 (Fine Scientific and Medical Instruments, 12th May, 2022)
French, c.1870, signed to the silvered compass face H Morin 3 Rue Boursault, a Pais' on three screw feet, horizontal circle with clamp vernier screw ... read more
Sold for £475 Result plus buyers premium More details 3
Brunton's Pocket Transit Compass Clinometer
lot 165 (Fine Scientific and Medical Instruments, 12th May, 2022)
American, mid 20th century, engraved ' D W Brunton's Pocket Transit Wm Ainsworth & Sons Manufacturers Denver, colo, USA' aluminium case, magnetic ... read more
Sold for £50 Result plus buyers premium More details 4
A Surveying Aneroid Barometer, Stanley
lot 166 (Fine Scientific and Medical Instruments, 12th May, 2022)
English, c.1900, signed to the face 'Stanley, Great Turnstile London, 2286', aluminium body with German silver fittings, eyepiece magnifier scale ... read more
Sold for £81 Result plus buyers premium More details 1
A Very Fine Box Sextant Stanley
lot 167 (Fine Scientific and Medical Instruments, 12th May, 2022)
English, c.1880, signed 'Stanley London' and Heavily engraved to the cover 'H W Harley Wolverhampton', the sextant with seperate telescope with sun ... read more
Sold for £600 Result plus buyers premium More details 3
A German Silver Protractor, Riefler
lot 168 (Fine Scientific and Medical Instruments, 12th May, 2022)
German, c.1890, the case signed 'C Riefler, Nesselwang, Munchen' in velvet lined brown leather case, case 19cm
Sold for £112 Result plus buyers premium More details 1
A Rare Captain W. Postes' Mactometer
lot 169 (Fine Scientific and Medical Instruments, 12th May, 2022)
English, c.1860, signed 'J H Steward, 406 Strand London', and 'No.8 WP Trade Mark', the instrument delicalty constructed from lacquered and oxidised ... read more
Sold for £1,875 Result plus buyers premium More details 4
W. Watson & Sons Ltd. 'Club' Portable Microscope Set
lot 170 (Fine Scientific and Medical Instruments, 12th May, 2022)
English, c.1910, signed to the rear of the stand 'W Watson & Sons, 313 High Holborn, 5513' on folding stand with substage condenser, stage with ... read more
Sold for £475 Result plus buyers premium More details 2
An 18th Century Acorn-Type Brass Microscope Compendium
lot 171 (Fine Scientific and Medical Instruments, 12th May, 2022)
English, c.1770, unsigned, constructed of brass with an internal loop/magnifying lens, a livebox and magnifier, the top section missing the spike and ... read more
Sold for £1,000 Result plus buyers premium More details 2
A Swift Binocular "Challenge" Microscope
lot 172 (Fine Scientific and Medical Instruments, 12th May, 2022)
A Swift Binocular "Challenge" Microscope, English, c. 1880, signed to the rear of the foot ’J. Swift & Son 81 Tottenham Court Rd, London’, standing ... read more
Sold for £1,062 Result plus buyers premium More details 2
An Unusual Victorian Microscope
lot 173 (Fine Scientific and Medical Instruments, 12th May, 2022)
English, dated from the Lozenge date stamp 1872, engraved to the back of the stand 'THOs ARMSTRONG & BRO, 88 & 90 DEANSGATE MANCHESTER, No.124', on a ... read more
Sold for £175 Result plus buyers premium More details 2
A Smith Beck & Beck Universal Monocular Microcope
lot 174 (Fine Scientific and Medical Instruments, 12th May, 2022)
English, c.1870, the base embossed 'SMITH BECK & BECK LONDON, 3061, UNIVERSAL MICROSCOPE' standing on a circular base with single pillar to rear, ... read more
Estimated at £80 - £120 More details 3
Binocular Microscope Outfit, Smith & Beck
lot 175 (Fine Scientific and Medical Instruments, 12th May, 2022)
English, dated from the Beck Records as sold March 1859, engraved to the body tube Smith & Beck 6 Coleman St, London, 2024', the microscope standing ... read more
Sold for £500 Result plus buyers premium More details 2
A Swift Student Petrological Microscope
lot 176 (Fine Scientific and Medical Instruments, 12th May, 2022)
English, c.1900, signed to foot Swift & Son, London, supported on a black enamel foot with plano-concave mirror on an articulated arm, with swing-out ... read more
Sold for £1,188 Result plus buyers premium More details 4
W. Watson & Sons Ltd. 'Club' Portable Microscope Outfit
lot 177 (Fine Scientific and Medical Instruments, 12th May, 2022)
English, c.1910, signed to the rear of the stand 'W Watson & Sons Ltd, 313 High Holborn, 17432' on folding stand with substage condenser, stage with ... read more
Sold for £288 Result plus buyers premium More details 1
A Compass-Type Simple Microscope
lot 178 (Fine Scientific and Medical Instruments, 12th May, 2022)
English, c.1820,in brass, with three lenses to achieve different magnifications, Adams-type three-claw specimen holder, turned ebony handle, 15.5cm
Sold for £1,125 Result plus buyers premium More details 3
A Very Fine Polarising Microscope Viewer
lot 179 (Fine Scientific and Medical Instruments, 12th May, 2022)
English,c.1840, unsigned, constructed of finely turned and polished Lignum Vitae, the central rotating specimen holder with corresponding engraved ... read more
Estimated at £600 - £800 More details 3
A Brass Compound Microscope, Dixey
lot 180 (Fine Scientific and Medical Instruments, 12th May, 2022)
English, c.1880, signed in script to the back of the circular base 'C. W. Dixey Optician to the Queen, New Bond St. London', the microscope on a ... read more
Sold for £325 Result plus buyers premium More details 4
An Important John Cuff 'First Form', Solar Microscope
lot 181 (Fine Scientific and Medical Instruments, 12th May, 2022)
English, c.1743, unsigned but by Cuff, the square solid mahogany plate with a rotating centre mounted to the front with a brass flange into which ... read more
Sold for £5,500 Result plus buyers premium More details 5
18th Century Compass Microscope
lot 182 (Fine Scientific and Medical Instruments, 12th May, 2022)
English, c.1750, unsigned, consisting of a delicately turned handle which screws into the base of the body of the microscope, the body with ... read more
Sold for £1,150 Result plus buyers premium More details 2
Pritchard's Achromatic Engiscope, or Microscope
lot 183 (Fine Scientific and Medical Instruments, 12th May, 2022)
English, c.1840, engraved 'A. Pritchard' and with Pritchard's 1838-1856 address, '162 Fleet Street', the microscope standing on a 'Y' shaped base ... read more
Estimated at £3,000 - £5,000 More details 9
An Impressive Grand No.1 Palladium Plated Binocular Microscope Outfit, Nachet
lot 184 (Fine Scientific and Medical Instruments, 12th May, 2022)
French, c.1870, signed to the rear of the foot ' NACHET, 17, rue St. Severin, Paris', the microscope finished in bright silver coloured palladium ... read more
Sold for £3,125 Result plus buyers premium More details 7
An Exceptional Powell & Lealand No.1 Ring Stage Binocular Microscope Outfit
lot 185 (Fine Scientific and Medical Instruments, 12th May, 2022)
English, dated 1862, signed in script to the top of the bar-limb ‘POWELL & LEALAND, 170 Euston Road, London’, of standard No.1 construction standing ... read more
Sold for £8,500 Result plus buyers premium More details 7
A Fine & Rare Nachet Pocket Microscope - Microscope de Poche
lot 186 (Fine Scientific and Medical Instruments, 12th May, 2022)
French, c.1850, engraved to the outside of the case 'NACHET opticien, rue Serpente, 16, Paris', the closed body is constructed of unlacquered gilt ... read more
Sold for £6,500 Result plus buyers premium More details 4
A Fine Example of a Cuff Microscope By John Cuff
lot 187 (Fine Scientific and Medical Instruments, 12th May, 2022)
English, c.1745, signed around the edge of the aperture on the cruciform stage 'J. Cuff Maker London', of standard form, on a mahogany base, the ... read more
Estimated at £4,000 - £6,000 More details 4
A Large Victorian Cabinet of Microscope Slides
lot 188 (Fine Scientific and Medical Instruments, 12th May, 2022)
the cabinet late Victorian with a brass retail label for 'ANDREW H. BAIRD, SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENT MAKER EDINBURGH', constructed of French polished ... read more
Sold for £1,188 Result plus buyers premium More details 8
Small Culpeper Microscope, Harris
lot 189 (Fine Scientific and Medical Instruments, 12th May, 2022)
English, c.1860, signed to the stage 'Wm Harris & Co, 50 High Holborn, London', the microscope of typical form but with later adjustments including ... read more
Sold for £500 Result plus buyers premium More details 2
A Good Zeiss VIa Brass Microscope
lot 190 (Fine Scientific and Medical Instruments, 12th May, 2022)
German, c.1890, engraved in script to the side of the foot '25213 Carl Zeiss Jena', the microscope on a Grey oxidized 'Y' shaped foot, uprights ... read more
Sold for £400 Result plus buyers premium More details 1
A Late 18th Century Compound Chest Microscope By Dollond, London
lot 191 (Fine Scientific and Medical Instruments, 12th May, 2022)
English, c.late 18th century, signed to the body tube in large font 'DOLLOND LONDON' microscope column on large compass type joint to base of case, ... read more
Sold for £2,500 Result plus buyers premium More details 3
A Crichton 'Improved Compound Microscope'
lot 192 (Fine Scientific and Medical Instruments, 12th May, 2022)
English, c. 1830, engraved to the foot 'Improved Compound Microscope by Crichton, 112 Leadenhall St, London, the body tube with rack and pinion ... read more
Sold for £725 Result plus buyers premium More details 1
lot 193 (Fine Scientific and Medical Instruments, 12th May, 2022)
English, c.1880, the slide diamond engraved 'Test Object, 1/12000 - 1/48000 Paris inch, F A Norbert fed, Barth, Pommerania' in a small leather ... read more
Sold for £1,625 Result plus buyers premium More details 1
lot 194 (Fine Scientific and Medical Instruments, 12th May, 2022)
English, c.1880, the microscope slide diamond engraved 'Test Object, 1/1000 - 1/6000, F AaNorbert fec, Barth, Pommerania' in a small leather-covered ... read more
Sold for £1,000 Result plus buyers premium More details 1
A Collection of 7 Unusual Microscope Slides
lot 195 (Fine Scientific and Medical Instruments, 12th May, 2022)
comprising of the following slides: (1) a slide with a label that reads 'Ash From COTOPAXI wh (which) Fell on Whimpers Tent when on Chimborazo 65 ... read more
Sold for £300 Result plus buyers premium More details 2
A Collection of 4 Slides By Frederick Marshall
lot 196 (Fine Scientific and Medical Instruments, 12th May, 2022)
the slides with delicate engravings of leaves and flowers, with paper labels in Marshall’s handwriting (4)
Sold for £1,025 Result plus buyers premium More details 1
A Set of 12 Microscope Micrphotographs, J. B. Dancer
lot 197 (Fine Scientific and Medical Instruments, 12th May, 2022)
English, c.1860, small card case with 12 slides by J. B. Dancer, Manchester labeled as The Madonna, Raphael (no number), J.B.D.; Deer Stalkers ... read more
Sold for £625 Result plus buyers premium More details 2
Large Cabinet of fine Victorian Microscope Slides
lot 198 (Fine Scientific and Medical Instruments, 12th May, 2022)
English, late victorian, unsigned but in the style of 'Smith & Beck (note handle design), with 28 drawers each capable of holding 39 standard slides, ... read more
Sold for £5,625 Result plus buyers premium More details 30
Large Cabinet of Microscope Slides From Bracegirdle's Book
lot 199 (Fine Scientific and Medical Instruments, 12th May, 2022)
A Large Cabinet of Microscope Slides, Cabinet, English, late victorian, unsigned but in the style of 'Smith & Beck (note handle design), with 15 ... read more
Sold for £6,000 Result plus buyers premium More details 16
A Collection of 144 Microscope Slides
lot 200 (Fine Scientific and Medical Instruments, 12th May, 2022)
The cabinet, English, c.1880, unsigned, containing 12 trays of 12 slides, with most of the slides prepared by J. T. Norman, covering a large range of ... read more
Sold for £350 Result plus buyers premium More details 13