870 |
Nine Victorian miniature dolls, the glazed porcelain shoulder-head with moulded black hair and rosy cheeks on padded body and biscuit limbs, some in contemporary dress, 10-20cm; another, similar with biscuit head and wool nun's habit; two other dolls in a bed-box and a miniature bisque googly-eyed doll (12) £150-250 | Nil |
|
200 |
| 871 | Three German embossed giltmetal doll's house tables, largest 6cm h; a similar firegrate, clock and three other items; a German cast metal JDEAL doll's carpet sweeper, late 19th and early 20th c (9) £100-150 | Nil |
|
110 |
| 872 | A Victorian prize-winning gaff rigged pond yacht, the varnished light wood deck with grained planking, the hull finished in black, red below the waterline with rudder, and brass fittings, contemporary sails, 118cm l overall, c1890; an EPNS two handled cup with engraved yachting scene, 35cm h (2) The engraved inscription on the cup reads: BOSTON MODEL YACHT CLUB CHALLENGE CUP FOR ANNUAL COMPETITION BY MEMBERS OF THE CLUB 1893. £400-600 | Nil |
|
750 |
| 873 | An unusual Victorian pond yacht, in the form of a ship of the line, of planked construction over a frame with copper pins and retaining some deck details and rudder, approx 40cm h x 178cm l £600-800 | Nil |
|
600 |
| 874 | A Bermuda rigged pond yacht, of pine, built in the solid, with cream painted hull and varnished deck with 'planking', approximately 77cm h x 61cm l, early 20th c £80-120 | Nil |
|
90 |
| 875 | A pond yacht, the hull carved of pine and painted cream, green below the waterline, the varnished deck with 'planking', brass detail including a gun and chimney, retaining a contemporary electric motor and contemporary fittings, approximately 84cm h x 182cm l overall, early 20th c £200-300 | Nil |
|
320 |
| 876 | A Victorian pond yacht in the form of a schooner, the hull of pine and carved from the solid, the deck retaining some details, two masts and part rigging, approximately 135cm h x 165cm l £300-500 | Nil |
|
750 |
| 877 | A pond yacht in the form of a Portuguese felucca, of dark varnished wood, probably pine, inscribed OPORTO, with removable cabin, three masts and contemporary sails, approximately 55cm h x 152cm l overall, early 20th c £200-300 | Nil |
|
200 |
| 878 | The "Cicero". A fine pond yacht, the hull and deck of pine with 'planking', retaining much of the original dark varnish, black below the waterline and lettered in gilt with the name CICERO, having part of the lacquered brass self steering mechanism and other details, approximately 26cm h x 134cm l overall, early 20th c Provenance: "Cicero" was acquired by Sancroft Grimwood-Taylor and sailed on the boating pond in Alvaston Park, Derby. The gaff rig was replaced by an up-to-date Bermuda rig but this proved unsuccessful as she veered to leeward with each puff of wind and even with the 'brain' mechanism could not hold a straight course. £400-600 | Nil |
|
1300 |
| 878A | A fine model speedboat based on the Riva Aquarama, of mahogany and frame built construction with brass pins, brass propeller and drive shaft, steering and plated brass details, the hull cream painted, 77cm l, c1970 £100-200 | Nil |
|
140 |
| 879 | A Victorian brass surveyor's level, engraved on the circular base W & S JONES 30 Holborn London, the telescope with sliding pinhole sight and bubble level, the support engraved with 90-0-60º and with vernier, between trunions, the silvered compass rose with edge bar needle and engraved 360º scale, with staff head mount, 24cm h, fitted mahogany case with brass handles £100-200 | Nil |
|
300 |
| 880 | A Victorian brass compound binocular microscope, signed on the foot R & J BECK LONDON 19536, having fully mechanical stage with substage condenser and plano/ concave mirror, four eyepieces and four objective lenses in maker's cans calibrated from 1/8 to 11/2, 37cm h, fitted mahogany case with printed pink card TABLE OF LINEAR MAGNIFYING POWERS to the inside of the door, brass handle, c1900 £300-400 | Nil |
|
750 |
| 881 | An English brass watchmaker's lathe by J & T Jones of Prescott with spoked hand wheel secured by a wing nut on a swan necked bracket, chuck with three adjusting screws and fully mechanical tool stage, 28cm h, 34cm l, early 19th c £100-150 | Nil |
|
380 |
| 882 | An English brass compound and simple microscope, the tapered pillar on flat-folding stand, one leg engraved G & C Dixey New Bond St LONDON, with compass joint to the limb and rack focusing, partly conical body tube and retaining the original accessories, in fitted mahogany box, with a further set of ivory sliders and brass forceps in fishskin case, box 23 x 18cm George & Charles Dixey were at 3 New Bond St from 1825 until 1838. As they were appointed Opticians to King William IV, the present instrument is likely to ante-date 1830. £600-900 | Nil |
|
1300 |
| 883 | An English brass 3 inch astronomical achromatic refracting telescope by Dollond, engraved on the end plate DOLLOND* LONDON, with star finder, steadying rods and six eyepieces, in fitted mahogany box, 115 x 19cm Provenance: Sold with a letter of Thomas Armstrong & Brother Optical, Meteorological & Scientific Instrument Manufacturers of Deansgate, Manchester to Dr Winterbottom of Swinton, dated March 7th 1903, quoting the value of the present telescope as from "£6 to £8". £700-900 | Nil |
|
750 |
| 884 | A Victorian monaural stethoscope, of ivory and ebony, the chest-piece turned with rings, 17.5cm h £150-200 | Nil |
|
450 |
| 885 | Two pairs of English beam scales, with brass pans hanging from a bright steel faceted beam, and a small quantity of contemporary brass weights, in fishskin or tortoiseshell japanned oval case, 14.5 and 13cm w respectively, early 19th c £70-100 | Nil |
|
|
| 886 | Three English mahogany pocket compasses, with printed rose, blued steel needle and brass bezel, in square cases, 5.5-7.5cm, early 19th c £80-120 | Nil |
|
170 |
| 887 | Two English beam scales, with brass of glass pans hanging from a bright steel beam and various weights, in fitted mahogany cases, 17 & 17.5cm w, early 19th c £50-70 | Nil |
|
|
| 888 | A French ivory spy glass, with flared barrel and ring-turned, 7cm l, in silk lined scarlet morocco case, early 19th c £100-150 | Nil |
|
140 |
| 889 | A Victorian brass 1.5 inch refracting telescope, engraved on the third draw-tube J Abraham Bath, with mahogany barrel, eyepiece shutter and lens cap, morocco covered case £60-100 | Nil |
|
160 |
| 890 | A George III terrestrial and celestial 3 inch pocket globe published by Dudley Adams, the papier mâché sphere coated in plaster and covered with twelve engraved, hand coloured and varnished gores laid from equatorial pole to pole and with pivot holes, inscribed in a cartouche A New GLOBE of the Earth by Dudley Adams and outside J Mynde Sc. with the tracks of "Cook's going out" and "Cn King's Return 1780", the coastlines of Australia and New Zealand as after Cook's discoveries with "Dimens Land" in both the N and S E, "Ice Sea 1772" and "English Colonies" in America, the concave hemispheres of the celestial globe made up of engraved hand coloured gores and serving as the lining of the sharkskin-covered wood case, c1795 Provenance: A Grimwood-Taylor when at 36 St Mary's Gate, Derby (1882-1914). Literature: Dekker (E), Globes at Greenwich, Oxford 1999, Catalogue GLBOO42, p247. £2000-3000 | Nil |
|
5500 |
| 891 | Early wireless. A collection radio tuning coils, including three of large size with slider, another with rotary switch and eleven taps on ebonite panel and about fifty others, wound on tubes of ebonite, board, wood, including 'cartwheel' formers and various bobbins, largest coil 50cm w, early 20th c (60 approx) Provenance: Made by members of Derby Wireless Club in about 1913-14 for listening to medium or longwave transmitters £100-150 | Nil |
|
|
| 892 | Early telephony. Various handsets, coils, wall boxes and other components, including unused bobbins of wire etc, all early 20th c £50-100 | Nil |
|
40 |
| 893 | A Victorian lacquered brass induction coil, with steel wire rod, on mahogany base, 20cm w; an early commercial electric motor with cast-iron frame, probably by the M Cornwell Co of New York, on wood base, 18cm h, c1890 (2) £80-120 | Nil |
|
250 |
| 894 | A pair of H W Sullivan headphones, marked PATENT H W SULLIVAN; eight GEC GECOPHONE and other headphones; about twenty-five various condensers, all c1915-35 £40-80 | Nil |
|
50 |
| 895 | A fine Victorian brass and mahogany Kelvin Marine Galvanometer by Elliott Brothers, signed on the top of the cylindrical housing ELLIOTT BROS LONDON NO 238, on turned mahogany base and square plinth with two brass terminals, 16cm h, in the original iron bound, red painted wood box with pasted to the inside of the door, a handwritten specification for the instrument dated 3/9/[18]90 in printed border, with a set of three mahogany cased brass slides, the lid stamped No 242 containing the invoice of Elliott Brothers (London) Ltd for supplying new mirrors and magnets addressed to S G Taylor Esq 35 St Mary's Gate, Derby, April 1936, 1890; a brass mounted mahogany galvanometer screen and scale and a cylindrical brass and ebonite resistance coil calibrated 1/9, 1/99 and 1/999 (4) £200-400 | Nil |
|
360 |
| 896 | A quantity of early electric domestic light switches, mainly of lacquered brass with white earthenware pattress; various early forms of resistor and other components and fittings, etc £40-80 | Nil |
|
60 |
| 897 | Twelve early electric glass lamp bulbs, various patterns, one frosted, early 20th c-c1930; a quantity of radio valves and valve sockets by various manufacturers, etc £50-80 | Nil |
|
80 |
|
898 |
World War One. An English torpedo gyroscope, of iron and bronze, 16.5cm h, stamped W Co 2619, on folding mahogany base, in carrying case with, on the underside of the lid, the Certificate of the Royal Navy Torpedo Depot Portsmouth (tested 8 April 1921); a contemporary 600 Volt DC hand generator by The Marconi Wireless Telegraph Co Ltd, No 103524, in grey painted oak case, with ebonite insulated winding handle; a Joseph Lucas Ltd King of the Road 8 Amp dynamo, with blueprint diagram, wood box, c1920; a Victorian lacquered brass air pump (4) £80-120 |
Nil |
|
300 |
