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Auction House:
Gibson's Auctioneers & Valuers
Number of lots recorded:96
Lots with images:96
Prices available:96
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*** A limited edition grand Orrery, made by George Gyori, mounted on an ebonised wooden base surmounted by a circular brass plate engraved with signs of the Zodiac, months of the year and the four seasons, the central stepped and turned brass column… ***
*** A half-size grand Orrery made by George Gyori, 36 cm high, 29 cm diameter, length of the arm 34 cm ***
*** A pair of 12 inch terrestrial & celestial library globes, English, circa 1865 bearing to the cartouche 'Cruchley's late Cary's terrestrial & and celestial from the most recent authorities exhibiting the latest discoveries towards the north pole and the… ***
*** A brass and ebonised fusee movement orrery, after the antique, with a glass dome and fitted wooden base, the dome 42 cm high ***
*** A patented Parkes and Hadley's brass tellurian and lunarium orrery, late 19th century, with a candle and reflector as the sun, on a cast iron stand with a crank handle mechanism, 42.5 cm high, note, Planetariums have existed for centuries. A particularly… ***
*** A watchmaker's gear cutting engine with a full set of cutters, circa 1850, housed in a varnished wood box with glass panel, the box 46 cm high, 54 cm wide, 30 cm deep ***
*** A limited edition orrery made by George Gyori, having a wooden stand mount with drawer enclosing additional features, total height: 43 cm. Provenance: Property from the collection of George Gyori, Melbourne ***
*** An impressive watch maker's gear cutting engine, 54 cm high ***
*** A taxidermied Panthera Pardus (leopard) skin rug, early 20th century, 272 x 170 cm ***
*** A vintage cased praxinoscope, French, late 19th century, the case 12 cm high, 25 cm wide, 25 cm deep ***
*** A brass planetary orrery made by George Gyori, after the original by William Jones (1851-1856), 19.5 cm high ***
*** A large and rare brass and steel watchmaker's gear cutting engine, Swiss, circa 1850, ebony crank handle, brass dividing plate, with polished wood handles, standing on cast iron legs, 36 cm high, 57 cm wide ***
*** Rug, South African, 20th century an Equus quagga (zebra) skin rug, 290 cm long, 200 cm wide (variable) ***
*** An Equus quagga (zebra) skin rug, South African, 20th century, 325 cm long, 200 cm wide (variable) ***
*** A patented tellurian tabletop orrery by Parkes and Hadley, early 20th century, with an oil lamp and reflector as the sun, on a cast iron base, 27 cm high, note, a device that only illustrates the earth, is called a 'Tellurian' and one that illustrates the… ***
*** A C.S Hammond & Co New York terrestrial globe on stand, early 20th century, the eighteen inch floor globe with paper gores over probably plaster, with a paper clad timber horizontal ring with measures, month and astrological markings, a cast bronze… ***
*** A taxidermy Panthera pardus (leopard) skin, 180 cm wide (variable) ***
*** A fossilised shrimp, Aeger Tipularius Eichstatt, Germany, 22 cm x 27 cm, image ***
*** A fine neoclassical style mahogany cased mercury barometer, thermometer weather station, probably Dutch, circa 1870, 110 cm high ***
*** A spotted leopard skin rug with full head mount 180 cm high, 120 cm wide ***
*** A giant clam shell with a collection of smaller shells, 81 cm wide ***
*** A brass watchmaker's gear cutting engine, with ebony handle and cast iron legs, 23.5 cm high ***
*** A brass watchmaker's wheel cutting engine, circa 1850, 33 cm high, 37 cm wide, 24 cm deep ***
*** A manual driven orrery, after the 18th century original by George Adams, demonstrating the phases of the moon, the position of the earth, mercury and Venus in relation to the sun, the map a facsimile copy of a George Adams celestial map, with dome, 20 cm… ***
*** A shoulder mounted red stag (Cervus Elaphus), Y, with eighteen points, greatest spread 102 cm, nose to chest 114 cm, projection from wall 110 cm ***
*** A brass watchmaker's wheel cutting engine, Ocr, circa 1850, 29 cm high, 42 cm wide, 25 cm deep ***
*** A Henrichi motor hot air engine, Italian, 19th century, 46 cm high ***
*** A fine kaleidoscope, after the original by Wm. Leigh of Newton the cylindrical body tube with rack and pinion and worm screw geared mechanism, with an ebonised handle activating two independent periphery geared collar tubes rotating at different speeds… ***
*** An astrolabe orrery by George Gyori, 33 cm high ***
*** A brass planetary orrery made by George Gyori, after the original by William Jones (1851-1856), mounted on a tiered wooden base with a plate showing a diagram of the night sky and the zodiac, the central stepped and turned brass column surmounted by a… ***
*** A shoulder mounted red deer (Cervus Elaphus), Y, with nineteen points, greatest spread 101 cm, nose to chest 90 cm, projection from wall 78 cm ***
*** A large giraffe skin, 395 cm (with tail) x 330 cm ***
*** A polished brass kaleidoscope by George Gyori, in a fiddleback blackwood case, the lens 26 cm long ***
*** An Ernst Plank praxinoscope, 19th century, with additional image strips, 18 cm high, 41 cm wide, 11 cm deep. Other Notes: Ernst Plank & Company started out in 1866 in Nuremberg Germany as a toy-repair shop. Named after the company founder, they made magic… ***
*** A taxidermy shoulder mounted Giant Eland (Taurotragus derbianus), 120 cm high, 70 cm wide ***
*** A taxidermy Panthera pardus (leopard) skin with fully taxidermied head and glass eyes 179 x 115 cm ***
*** A C.S Hammond & Co New York terrestrial globe on stand, early 20th century, the eighteen inch floor globe with paper gores over probably plaster, with a paper clad timber horizontal ring with measures, month and astrological markings, a cast bronze… ***
*** A brass and enamel half size compass orrery by Eugene Ducretet, Paris, late 19th century, the compass with a silvered dial, the sun represented by a candle with brass winding mechanism, mounted on a wooden base with brass plaques reading 'Cosmographie de… ***
*** A mahogany stick barometer, by Negretti and Zambra, London, 19th century, 94 cm high ***
*** Three watchmakers depthing tools, circa 1880, mounted of varnished bases, 16 cm high (largest) ***
*** A fossilised dragonfly, Stenophelbia Acquilis, Eichstatt Germany, 21 cm x 26 cm image ***
*** A fossilised fish, Eocene Period, Green River Fmn, Wyoming, 45-50 million years, 32 cm high, 43 cm wide ***
*** A polished brass kaleidoscope by George Gyori, after the original by William Leigh, the cylindrical body tube with rack and pinion and worm screw geared mechanism, with an ebonised handle activating two independent periphery geared collar tubes rotating… ***
*** A collection of watchmakers instruments, 19th century and later, including hammers, gauges, oil pumps and clamps within a blue velvet lined wooden display case, the case 11 cm high, 64 cm wide, 36 cm deep ***
*** A zebra hide, South African, 270 cm long from tail to snout, 190 cm wide at hindquarters ***
*** A compass base brass orrery made by George Gyori, after the original by William Jones (1851-1856), editioned one of ten, 45 cm high ***
*** A brass planetary orrery made by George Gyori, after the original by William Jones (1851-1856), on a three legged brass stand with a diagrammatic plate, 45 cm high ***
*** An early Tesla coil, 27.5 cm high, 35.5 cm wide, 24.5 cm deep, note, a Tesla coil is an electrical resonant transformer circuit designed by inventor Nikola Tesla in 1891. It is used to produce high-voltage, low-current, high frequency alternating-current… ***
*** An antique cased set of urethral sounds, 19th/20th century, a complete set of twelve steel surgical instruments, housed in a silk and velvet lined case, 34.5 cm wide, 14.5 cm deep, case ***
*** A shoulder mounted taxidermy stag head, with glass eyes and original antlers, 121 cm high ***
*** A Philip's '9 inch' terrestrial globe on stand with a brass axis, the globe stamped 'Philips 9 inch terrestrial globe. Warm currents red, cold currents blue. Principal Shipping routes with distances in nautical Miles.. 4520... London Geographical… ***
*** A taxidermied shoulder mounted Oryx Gazella (South African gemsbok) 160 cm high ***
*** A collection of polished nautilus shells, comprising eleven pieces, the largest 18 cm high ***
*** A small shoulder mounted taxidermied deer, 74 cm long, 78 cm wide from each uppermost tine ***
*** A mahogany stick barometer, by Richard & Joseph Beck, London, circa 1870, 93 cm long ***
*** A novelty small cased lawn bowl orrery by George Gyori, with compass finial, 13 cm high ***
*** A fossilised stingray, Heliobatsis Radian, Eocene Period, Green River Fmn, Wyoming, 45-50 million years, 18.5 cm x 13.5 cm image ***
*** W Watson and Sons, London, early 20th century a polished brass 'Century' telescope by W. Watson and Sons, together with a box of cased lenses, inscribed 'W. Watson and Sons 313 high Holborn London' to rim of the tube, the stand 154 cm high, length of the… ***
*** An antique rosewood marine barometer, 19th century, Whyte Thompson & Co., Glasgow & so. Shields, a slender trunk mercury thermometer with gimbal and twin ivory recording knobs terminating in a weighted brass cistern cover, the angled ivory scales marked… ***
*** Y a zebra skin rug, 292 cm long, 175 cm wide ***
*** A shoulder mounted elk, 90 cm high, 78 cm wide from each uppermost tine ***
*** A collection of polished nautilus shells, comprising twelve pieces, the largest 16.5 cm high ***
*** A large shoulder mounted gazelle, 100 cm high, 72 cm wide between the tip of each horn ***
*** A brass telescope on stand by Watkins, Charing cross, London, circa 1780 with original brass tripod base stand and wooden box, signed around the eyepiece Watkins Charing cross London the tube with eyepiece fully extended 85 cm ***
*** A glass cased taxidermy prize freshwater pike, English, circa 1900 Piccadilly, London taxidermy label verso the case 41 cm high, 101 cm wide, 18 cm deep ***
*** A Robert Butterfield of Paris pocket sundial, early 18th century, of octagonal profile with painted leather case depicting harbour and Classical landscape scenes, the brass dial with hinged gnomon and marked Butterfield Paris, lists of town names verso, 2… ***
*** A watch maker's topping tool with cutters ***
*** A taxidermied Taurotragus Oryx (Livingstone eland) shoulder mount, 143 cm high ***
*** A taxidermied Oryx Gazella (Gemsbok) shoulder mount, 140 cm high ***
*** A large reverse painted apothecary jar and cover, 19th century, 68 cm high ***
*** A shoulder mounted taxidermied deer, 85 cm high, 58 cm wide ***
*** A watchmaker's brass topping tool with cutters, 19th century, mounted on a wooden base with cutters and retractable pencil in base drawer, 23 cm high ***
*** Fossilised fish specimens, probably Eocene Period, Green River Fmn, Wyoming, 45-50 million years, 50 cm x 82 cm image ***
*** A shield mounted wild boar's head trophy, Awenne, Belgium, 1913, professionally taxidermied, the shield bearing a plaque engraved 'Awenne December 1913', 74 cm high. Provenance: Lot 971, The Owston Collection, Sydney, 26 June 2010 ***
*** Three large vintage apothecary glass canisters, late 19th century, with gilded glass lids, labelled for Sulphur, Magnesia and Arrowroot, the largest 35 cm high ***
*** An Equus quagga (zebra) skin rug, South African, 20th century, 309 cm from tail to snout, 223 cm wide at the hindquarters ***
*** A National Geographic terminal globe on a rotating timepiece, 1980s, eight day movement held in a brass support and housed in a perspex case, 32.5 cm high, 30.5 cm x 30.5 cm base ***
*** A display case containing assorted brass watchmakers callipers, drills, measurement and depthing tools, the case 11 cm high, 51 cm wide, 34.5 cm deep ***
*** A bronze ship's stick barometer, by Adie, London, 19th century, 89 cm long ***
*** A fossilised fish, Eocene Period, Green River Fmn, Wyoming, 45-50 million years, 21.5 x 41 cm image ***
*** A taxidermied shoulder mounted South African gemsbok, (Oryx gazella), 160 cm high (with horns), 73 cm protrusion from wall ***
*** An octagonal brass sundial compass, European, early 18th century, in original conforming brass carry case, 68 mm wide ***
*** A fossilised fish, Eocene Period, Green River Fmn, Wyoming, 45-50 million years, 45 cm high, 64 cm wide ***
*** Globe on ebonised stand, circa 1900 a vintage Philips 'Politisk Globus' globe, circa 1900, on a later ebonised stand, 50 cm high ***
*** A French terrestrial globe on carved oak tripod base by J. Forest, Paris, 60 cm high ***
*** A small watchmakers gear cutting edge, 19th century, marked 'G' to base, 20 cm high ***
*** A watchmakers bluing oven, no. 344, brass mounted with heat resistant oven, 14 cm high ***
*** A brass watchmaker's mandrel lathe, on wood base, 27 cm high ***
*** A doctor's 16-blade brass scarifier, Vienna, early 19th century, inscribed 'Joh Jacob Fischer, in Wien', in original leather-bound box with marbled paper interior, the box 6 cm high, 4.5 cm wide, 4 cm deep ***
*** An antique oak cased optometrist's lens set, 19th century, comprising a full set of trial lenses and a pair of examination glasses, the case interior with handwritten labels to the ivory compartments; mark of 'Boettgers' Adelaide to box of components, the… ***
*** A brass watchmaker's topping tool with cutters, 19th century, with ebony winding handle, mounted on a wooden base with built in drawer, 28 cm high ***
*** A dip circle with silvered dial, mounted on wooden base, 30 cm high ***
*** A large polished brass telescope, possibly English, 19th century, the brass tube with pull out drawer, within a fitted wooden case with additional eye pieces, the tube 75 cm long, the case 12 cm high, 78 cm wide, 20 cm deep ***
*** A brass microscope no. 148, M. Pillischer, 398 Oxford Street, London, circa 1900, with 'Y' shaped base, the twin trunnions supporting the body of the microscope, the mechanical stage with X and Y motions, large plano-concave mirror, substage condenser,… ***
*** A group of five antique brass magnifiers, the largest 24 cm high ***
*** A medium watchmakers depthing tool by Rudolf Flume, Berlin, 19th century, housed in a leatherbound case with latch fastener, the tool 6.5 cm high, the case 7.5 cm high, 14.5 cm wide, 6.5 cm deep ***