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Auction House:
Dunbar Sloane Ltd.
Number of lots recorded:96
Lots with images:96
Prices available:96
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*** Ross of London pattern 373 telescope, single draw no 82373, with later red leather grip, 70 cm fully extended ***
*** George III mahogany telescope (maker unknown), with brass and copper mounts, 68 cm overall length ***
*** Beck & Co. London model 29 monocular microscope with wooden carrying case ***
*** Two pair lorgnettes ***
*** A shark jaw specimen. Width 27 cm. Height 31 cm. ***
*** A circular brass cased aneroid barometer with thermometer. Ex: Allardyce Estate. ***
*** Late 19th century microscope brass on black enamelled base, boxed ***
*** Compensated aneroid barometer by Elliott Brothers London circular with ring handle, brass casing and silverised dial, 11.5 cm dia ***
*** Vintage collection Paryphania shells & other ***
*** Replica Watkins & hill 1805 Opticians magnifying glass ***
*** Negretti & Zambra pocket barometer, #1120 with original case and compass ***
*** Brass Gimble bracket mounted ships stick barometer ***
*** A Neanderthal hand axe and three mammoth tooth Fossils ***
*** Brass monocular microscope, in fitted box ***
*** Victorian ebonised Stereoscopic viewer, with engraved vase of flowers to the front ***
*** Victorian all brass portable microscope, demountable, cased with lower slide, with some specimen slides ***
*** Victorian all brass field pocket microscope, with mirror reflector and bulleye mounting onto box lid ***
*** Victorian chemist china jar, 'P:Sodae Bicarb: 21.5 cm height ***
*** Late Victorian oak circular wall barometer the dial with visible escapement and acorn and leaf carved border, 23.5 cm diameter ***
*** Pair Victorian gold inlaid tortoise shell lorgnettes, gold plated glass frames 76 mm length ***
*** An unusual Art Nouveau sterling silver framed brass barometer, ring handle to the top (af) Chester 1904 ***
*** American 1852 Mascher's Stereoscope, ornate gutta percha case holding portrait of a gent (damage to hinges) ***
*** 20 assorted sea shells, small sizes ***
*** A large assortment of various shaped small bottles jars & pharmaceuticals ***
*** Pair late a 19th century ivory & shibayama opera glasses, with faults ***
*** Victorian hand carved walnut pocket thermometer, slide to stand action 7 cm length ***
*** Victorian bronzed brass prismatic pocket barometer, the green card dial stamped Troughton & Simms, London in original fitted Burgundy morocco case ***
*** A Fijian kava bowl in the shape of a turtle, with attached sennit binding and large cowrie shells, 57 cm length ***
*** Two clam shells and sea urchin, length 23 cm 18 cm 14 cm ***
*** Fossil sea sponge, from the Ward Beach area, sea coral sponge and boar tusk, 10 cm diameter each ***
*** Three Morse Code keys, one 1937 New Zealand military and various ***
*** Turtle carapace (shell) ***
*** Brass cased Negretti & Zambra Compensated barometer with silverised dial, number 20160, 12.5 cm dia. ***
*** Late 19th century pocket barometer, with silvered dial and original fitted burgundy morocco case ***
*** D. W. Brunton's 1894 patent pocket Transit compass, by Wm Ainsworth & Sons, Denver, Colorado, octagonal metal case, (mirror cracked) ***
*** A whales tooth length 14 cm ***
*** Pair Ross of London field binoculars leather bindings with original leather case ***
*** Victorian gold plated folding lorgnettes with original pouch for J G West & Co. Fleet St., London ***
*** A mounted 11 pointer deer's head ***
*** Four auger shells from 16 cm to 10 cm ***
*** Vintage bronzed pocket compass with silverised dial, 7 cm diam. ***
*** Victorian rosewood tea caddy oblong shape with mother of pearl roundel to the lid, 2 division interior, lacking lids, (cracks and small chips to rear corners), 20 cm width, together with small circular barometer with ceramic dial, 9 cm diameter. ***
*** A Dayak machete with a monkey skull sheath, 49 cm length ***
*** Three conch shells, length 25 cm 15 cm 10 cm ***
*** Large volute shell and two tonna shells, length 25 cm 17 cm 15 cm ***
*** Cox, Devonport telescope ***
*** Royce McGlashen four small shell bowls, artist's name inscribed to base, 8 cm width ***
*** Starfish, seahorse and three assorted shells, length 23 cm to 3 cm ***
*** Two ceramic glazed skull mugs impressed marks ***
*** A mounted thar's head ***
*** Brass 4 draw telescope by P Gargovy' Birmingham, with leather grip and lens dust cap, 53 cm fully extended ***
*** Victorian all brass field microscope, cased ***
*** Victorian all brass field microscope, cased, reflective mirror & angled magnifying glass on weighted base ***
*** Vintage Sikes Hydrometer in original case, lacks thermometer ***
*** Victorian small pocket monocular telescope, split with eye ring ***
*** Three Venus comb murex shells length 12 cm, 10 cm 8 cm ***
*** Five clam shells (one converted to a purse), length 10 cm to 7 cm ***
*** Three large volute shells, length 35 cm 18 cm 18 cm ***
*** Crocodile shell dish and four other shells length 23 to 12 cm ***
*** 24 assorted sea shells, small sizes ***
*** Large all brass telescope, (missing leather) ***
*** Strap-Toothed whale fossil tooth, 5 cm length ***
*** Vintage bronzed prismatic compass with original leather case, retailed by Littlejohn & Son, Wellington ***
*** Victorian walnut medicine box, sloping lid with sectioned interior, having belonged to an officer in the Bengal Lancers 25 cm wide ***
*** Five conch shells, length 15 cm to 5 cm ***
*** Seven conch shells, length 14 cm to 9 cm ***
*** Four large conch shells, length 23 cm to 17 cm ***
*** Two conch shells, length 15 cm and 10 cm ***
*** Two conch shells, length 13 cm and 12 cm ***
*** Two large volute shells, length 15 cm and 14 cm ***
*** Five clam shells, length 16 cm to 8 cm ***
*** Two large tonna shells, length 21 cm ***
*** Five assorted shells length 19 to 8 cm ***
*** 30 assorted sea shells, small to medium sizes ***
*** Four snail shells from the Sepik River ***
*** Five murex shells, length 11 cm to 8 cm ***
*** Six murex shells, length 16 cm to 6 cm ***
*** Seventeen assorted shells, length 14 cm to 5 cm. Est: $80-150 ***
*** Pair early 19th century French folding binoculars or opera 'Skeleton' glasses, marked 'Archimede, Depose' nickel plate with original leather pouch (one small eye lens cracked) ***
*** A Papua New Guinea woven Sepik River mask, decorated with cowrie shells, boar tuck, and cassowary feather, 45 cm height ***
*** An ammonite from the Paleozoic era, 11 cm length ***
*** Pair of vintage French gilt metal & guilloche enamel opera glasses, the green enamel inlaid in gold with birds and floral swags (faults) ***
*** Two large conch shells, length 24 cm and 16 cm ***
*** Three large conch shells, length 26 cm 25 cm 22 cm ***
*** Five conch shells, length 17 cm to 10 cm ***
*** Four volute shells, length 14 cm to 10 cm ***
*** One large tonna shell and two conch shells, length 28 cm 26 cm 22 cm ***
*** Five conch shells length 16 to 10 cm ***
*** Three murex shells, length 18 cm, 18 cm 16 cm ***
*** Nine assorted shells and coral ***
*** Six assorted shells, lengths 22 cm to 8 cm ***
*** 20 assorted sea shells, small to medium sizes ***
*** Victorian gold plated lorgnettes with fixed rim handle. ***
*** Three large abalone shells, length 21 cm, 20 cm 17 cm ***
*** An interesting Victorian gold plated magnifier, of lorgnette type form, the handle with fixed ring, circular wooden sided top with brass framed glass viewing aperture, 10 cm long ***
*** A Papua New Guinea warriors dog tooth necklace, with applied red pigment. ***