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Industry Science & Technology — Sotheby's
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| Number of lots recorded: | 49 |
| Lots with images: | 49 |
| Prices available: | 49 |
Category:
Industry Science & Technology
| Lot | Description | Price | Image |
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| *** | A mounted Mosasaur (Platecarpus ictericus) skull, late Cretaceous Period, Niobrara Formation, Kansas, mounted on a black enamelled metal stand, within a glazed display case. skull 47 x 46 x 25 cm, glazed case 55.5 cm high, 60 cm wide, 39.5 cm deep, plinth… | *** |  |
| *** | A limited edition grand orrery, George Gyori, recent, mounted on a wooden ebonised base, separated by brass and wooden columns, engraved with signs of the zodiac, months of the year and the four seasons, the central column projecting upwards holding six… | *** |  |
| *** | An early Australian platypus rug, 19th century, 32 pelts, 125 cm x 95 cm pelts, 134 cm x 104 cm felt | *** |  |
| *** | A pair of Newton's globes on mahogany stands, first half of 19th century. Newton was one of the most important names in English globe manufacturing during the first half of the 19th century. The business was established by John Newton (1759-1844) in… | *** |  |
| *** | A large refracting telescope, English, Dollond & Co, London, late Victorian, the tube with rack and pinion focusing starfinder mounted in parallel, large wooden tripod legs, mahogany case with additional lenses, bronze base | *** |  |
| *** | A nickelled brass ideal codigraph, French, Baveaux Freres, St. Nicolas D'alieremont Seine Inferieure, serial No. 1934, the rectangular wooden baseboard carrying a brass canister with seven aperture sets arranged in two lines, the upper line of four sets… | *** |  |
| *** | An Orrery, German, cast iron base candle armature with terrestrial globe and moon | *** |  |
| *** | An orrery, German, circa 1850, cast iron base, candle armature with terrestrial globe and moon 45 cm high | *** |  |
| *** | A jade mounted magnifying glass Qing dynasty, 18th/19th century the glass set within a white metal frame of open work chilong interspersed with green jadeite cash, the white jade belt hook handle in the form of a ruyi sceptre, the shaft, head and knop on… | *** |  |
| *** | An orrery, English, George Philip & Sons Ltd, 32 Fleet Street, London, E.C, 19th century, the cast iron base candle armature with terrestrial globe and moon | *** |  |
| *** | A brass and ebony watchmaker's gear cutting engine, swiss, cast iron legs, ebony crank handle, brass dividing plate, mounted on a mahogany base | *** |  |
| *** | A Regency mahogany stick barometer, maker Anthony Gatty, Reading, UK, the mahogany case with broken pediment and acorn finial surmount, the glazed door protecting silvered scale with vernier and mercury thermometer, the edges of casing has ebony and… | *** |  |
| *** | A brass and ebony watchmaker's gear cutting engine, mid-size, swiss, cast iron legs, ebony crank handle, brass dividing plate, mounted on a mahogany base | *** |  |
| *** | A brass Culpeper-type microscope, English, 19th century, the brass body with rack and pinion focusing, mounted on an outer sleeve with three scroll legs mounted to a circular stage projecting a further three scroll legs on a wooden square base with fitted… | *** |  |
| *** | A brass Watchmaker's gear cutting engine, Swiss, circa 1880, with ebony winding handle, brass dividing plate, mounted on cast iron legs 31 cm high | *** |  |
| *** | A mahogany display cabinet of watchmaker's tools, including calipers, jacot tool, movement holder, hand screw head polished poising tool, depthing tool, main spring gauges etc. | *** |  |
| *** | A terrestrial globe, 19th century maker Cary, on wooden stand;. Height 46 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A brass equinoctial sundial, Continental, mid-18th century, the circular base with under-slung compass, two levelling bubbles with three adjustable feet | *** |  |
| *** | A brass binocular microscope, No. 2863, Smith & Beck, 6 Coleman Street, London, English, 19th century, the 'Y' shaped foot with twin trunnions supporting the body of the microscope, mechanical stage with x and Y motions, large plano-concave mirror,… | *** |  |
| *** | A single draw brass and leather bound telescope of British Naval interest, Gilbert & Sons, London, first quarter 19th century, inscribed to the brass draw 'Mr. A. Karley Actg. Master / H.M.S. Morgiana 1811', the body bound in tan leather. 94 cm long… | *** |  |
| *** | Lorgnette, early twentieth century, the spectacles supported on a rose cut diamond mille grain set openwork handle, mounted in platinum and 14ct white gold, French hallmarks, indistinct maker's marks. Length approximately 92 mm. | *** |  |
| *** | A Victorian terrestrial globe, with a brass mount raised on a baluster turned ebonised stand | *** |  |
| *** | A brass miner's dial, English, W. Elliott & Sons, High Holborn, London, 19th century, engraved silvered dial, mounted in mahogany case | *** |  |
| *** | A rosewood and brass single draw telescope, English, Gregory, London, Georgian, with single brass draw | *** |  |
| *** | A brass theodolite, late Victorian, the four brass levelling screws supporting the tripod base surmounted by circular scale with vernier, single bubble level and inset silvered compass, with 'A' frame supporting the telescope, additional eyepiece, wooden… | *** |  |
| *** | A George III mahogany mercury barometer, 25 cm silvered dial, with thermometer, hygrometer and bubble level, the ogee top case with similarly shaped base | *** |  |
| *** | An unusual Swordfish bill barometer, Australian, 19th century and later, with a mercury filled barometer and thermometer applied to the bill, within blackwood and pine case 126 cm high | *** |  |
| *** | A rosewood stick barometer, English, Widenham, London, exposed tube, ivory plate with single vernier, inset mercury thermometer with Fahrenheit scale, the case with arched top and base | *** |  |
| *** | A brass pocket equinoctial sundial, German, 18th century, of octagonal form, with engraved brass plate, inset with compass, hinged hour ring, pin gnomon and adjustable latitude arc, the reverse engraved with European cities and their corresponding… | *** |  |
| *** | An oak stick barometer by Kent and Dobbie, Australian, 19th century, with original mercury filled barometer and thermometer to the face, signed Kent and Dobbie, Opticians Melbourne 107 cm high | *** |  |
| *** | An English brass tabletop telescope on stand, by Springer, Bristol, 19th century, circa 1840, the 49 cm brass body tube with side screw focus adjustment, on a brass tripod base, the tube signed Springer, Clare Street, Bristol | *** |  |
| *** | A pair of carved and pierced mother-of-pearl shells, circa 1900, each carved with a woman and child reading in a garden setting with bamboo, flowering plants and trees on a pierced cloud scroll ground, wood stands, (4), 22.5 cm wide | *** |  |
| *** | A brass table top telescope on stand, English, circa 1840, the single draw coated brass body tube on an adjustable tapering brass standard and tripod base 50 cm high | *** |  |
| *** | A brass and mahogany single draw Captain's telescope, by Dollond, London, circa 1775, the brass tube above a faceted lower section, inscribed to the end cap 'Dollond / London'. 84 cm long (extended). Accompanied by a letter from Russell Crowe stating his… | *** |  |
| *** | An oak stick barometer, signed T. Gaunt, Melbourne, 19th century, with original mercury filled barometer and thermometer, the silvered plate signed T. Gaunt, Melbourne 101 cm high | *** |  |
| *** | A mahogany cased aneroid barometer, thermometer, English, circa 1890, the silvered metal dial signed Callaghan, 23a new Bond Strt., corner of Conduit Strt., London, within a glazed mahogany case the case 16 by 17.5 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A large brass sector, engraved with various linear and non-linear scales | *** |  |
| *** | A brass watchmaker's uprighting tool, swiss, with three shaped legs supporting platform with centring pointers | *** |  |
| *** | Troughton and Simms telescope with original tripod, circa 1850, the terrestrial 3 inch brass telescope with sighting scope, supported on brass tripod with supporting bracket, 134 cm long | *** |  |
| *** | A jade carving, Qing Dynasty, of two badgers, carved head to tail, one biting the hind leg of the other, the whitish stone with a slight area of the russet skin on one side 4.3 cm. Other Notes: two badgers (shuanghuan) means couple rejoicing or enjoying… | *** |  |
| *** | A German gilt brass Clinometer compass, by Breithaupt Cassel, first half 19th century, silvered dial with Arabic numerals, blued-steel needle, gilt brass compact case, the dial inscribed Breithaupt Cassel 7 cm wide | *** |  |
| *** | An oval diorama, late 19th century depicting two birds in undergrowth with painted backdrop of trees and lake, glass mount and carved oak frame 48 cm x 88 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A mahogany wheel barometer by L. Barnascone, Trinbridge, 19th century, the banjo-shaped string-inlaid case with a swan-neck pediment above a silvered 'dry/damp' dial and thermometer gauge, silvered vernier dial beneath, the lower part with a silvered… | *** |  |
| *** | Two taxidermy birds, one a heron and the other a pheasant;. Height 48 cm. Height 40 cm. (2) | *** |  |
| *** | Two oval Dioramas, late 19th century one depicting four birds on rocky outcrop with painted landscape behind, the second of two water fowl with lake scene backdrop, both with glass mounts and timber frames 48 x 88 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A pair of mother of pearl shells, each carved and pierced with a scene of a dignitary and maiden in a garden setting, wood stands, each 18 cm wide | *** |  |
| *** | A brass, theodolite by Hildebrand, Frieiberg, Germany, No. 11029, the telescope with pinhole sight, silvered dial and two spirit levels, on a screw adjusted tripod base 30.5 cm high | *** |  |
| *** | A brass Gould-type pocket microscope, English, circa 1775, the brass tapering body tube, simple screw rack and pinion focusing screwing into mahogany case, concave mirror, tweezers and bone mounted stage forceps pin, velvet lined fitted case length of… | *** |  |
| *** | A George III giltwood mercury barometer/thermometer by brown of Ipswich, the silvered dial and thermometer within a classically carved giltwood case93 cm high | *** |  |