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Waywiser
A late 19th century Waywiser W F Stanley.
Diameter of wheel:23 inches - 58.5 cm.
Mounted on later display stand.
Waywisers were used by ...
£2,850
Hatchwell Antiques Ltd.
Octant
A 9½ inch radius brass and ebony navigational octant, scale divided to 105°, in original fitted mahogany keystone case.
£1,200
Hatchwell Antiques Ltd.
Weights by Avery
A run of 9 bell shaped bronze imperial weights.
Ex. County of Monmouth.
£400
Hatchwell Antiques Ltd.
Early 19th Century Waywiser by W & S Jones, London
A W & S Jones Waywiser, English, first quarter of the 19th century. Signed to dial W & S Jones 30 Lower Holborn, London, with silvered dial divided...
£4,100
Windsor House Antiques Ltd
Balance Scales by Oertling
A cased 2 pan balance scale by L. Oertling of London.
With a set of weights.
Oertling made fine British balances from 1847 to 1996
£200
Hatchwell Antiques Ltd.
18th century German pocket sundial by Andreas Vogler
A good example of an 18th century brass engraved pocket sundial by Andreas Vogler in original case and with a rare paper printed instructions and l...
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Hansord
Negretti & Zambra - London. Rare 19th Century 'Sea-Coast Barometer' -No. 316.
Good quality and rare 19th Century oak-cased “Sea Coast Barometer” - No. 316 – an early example of this type of barometer. The arched top wit...
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Alan Walker
50 lbs Standard Weight
A mahogany cased brass 50 lbs Imperial standard weight for the Monmouthshire County Council, made by De Grave Short & Co of London.
Portcullis m...
£1,100
Hatchwell Antiques Ltd.
Late 19th century mahogany architects folio stand
A very fine quality mahogany architects folio stand on ratcheted supports. Excellent overall condition.
When fully open the width 49 inches.
£3,900
Windsor House Antiques Ltd
Adie & Son - Edinburgh. Mid-19th Century mahogany sympiesometer.
Good quality and rare, mid-19th Century mahogany-cased Sympiesometer – No. 1978 ; the engraved silvered brass register plates, signed and numbere...
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Alan Walker
Sand & Ballast Tolerance Measures
A sand and ballast measure by De Grave Short & Co Ltd of London.
Measures one, three-quarters, and half cubic foot.
Made for Monmouthshire Co...
£400
Hatchwell Antiques Ltd.
£175
Hatchwell Antiques Ltd.
Standard Yard for Monmouth
A brass standard yard for Monmouth County Council, by De Grave & Co Ltd of London, dated 1920.
Marked with Royal Ciphers and portcullis marks. ...
£1,400
Hatchwell Antiques Ltd.
7 lb Iron Weight
A Victorian cast iron 7 lbs standard bell weight.
Ex. County of Monmouth.
£35
Hatchwell Antiques Ltd.
£150
Hatchwell Antiques Ltd.
A 3' Watson and sons refracting 'Century' telescope on stand
A good example of a refracting telescope by Watson and sons, London. This model was called the Century telescope and comes with a star finder scope...
£1,850
Hansord
19th century saccharometer mahogany set by bate's
BATES' SACCHAROMETER SET BY R BAILEY OF BIRMINGHAM CIRCA 1880.
PRESENTED IN ORIGINAL MAHOGANY BOX WITH BRASS CARTOUCHE INSCRIBED 'BATE'S SACCHAR...
£350
Debenham Antiques Ltd.
Superb Example Of A Culpepper Microscope By Lincoln
A wonderful and complete 18th century Culpepper microscope in the original mahogany case.
This microscope has a great selection of accessories ...
£3,950
Hansord
Working model of a horizontal stationary live steam engine
A working scale model of a single cylinder twin spoked flywheel horizontal stationary open crank mill steam engine, circa 1880.
Mounted on a la...
£1,400
Hatchwell Antiques Ltd.
A Large 19th Century Scientific Watercolour
A large scale mid-19th century watercolour depicting the development of a butterfly.
With signed reference to Kings College London.
Now set w...
£950
Timothy Langston Fine Art & Antiques
19th Century Anatomical Medical Scientific Human Anatomy Sketches Marshalls Anat...
An exquisitely illustrated series of hand drawn ink sketches depicting detailed areas of the human skeleton.
The first page depicts the complete s...
£580
Roger Bradbury Antiques
William Cary - London. 19th century mahogany marine stick barometer.
Rare and elegant early 19th Century mahogany Marine Stick Barometer; the slender case, square in cross-section with bowed sides; the ring suspensio...
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Alan Walker
20th Century Italian Pharmacy Scale, Fascist Era
Beautiful rare pharmacy scale dating back to the 1930s full fascist era. Wooden base with two flat drawers in antique patina brass. Very good condi...
€500
Mobili del Passato SRL
William Gerrard - Liverpool. 19th Century rosewood marine Stick Barometer
Attractive mid-9th Century rosewood marine Stick Barometer: the arched top over well engraved signed ivory register plates with rack-and-pinion ope...
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Alan Walker
Antique Stick Barometer, Davis Leeds, English, Oak, Scientific Instrument c.1830
This is an antique stick barometer by Davis of Leeds. English, oak and dating to the early 19th century, circa 1830.
Of fine quality by renowned...
£2,250
London Fine Antiques
Copper Standard Measuring Jugs
Seven Victorian copper standard measuring jugs, all with proof marks.
2 gallons, gallon, 1/2 gallon, pint, 1/2 pint, gill and 1/2 gill.
£1,450
Hatchwell Antiques Ltd.
Tangye Pulley Block
A mid 19th century differential pulley, also called "Weston differential pulley", by Tangye Ltd of Birmingham. The company acquired the patent of t...
£750
Hatchwell Antiques Ltd.
A 30 inch Terrestrial Globe by Johnston
A late Victorian mahogany 30 inch terrestrial globe by Johnston, circa 1890
The globe inscribed 30 INCH TERRESTRIAL GLOBE BY W & A K JOHNSTON LI...
£21,000
James Graham-Stewart Ltd
Rare Antique Boxed Botanists Pocket Microscope.
Brass entomologist's simple pocket magnifier. A "flea glass " microscope with original viewing splike and fittings for flowers and insects.. All i...
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Sally Turner Antiques
Surveyors Rod
An early 19th century mahogany and boxwood surveyor's measure, extendable, with brass thumb screw to lock.
Scale in Feet & inches and decimal f...
£375
Hatchwell Antiques Ltd.
Beam Scale
A brass and iron beam scale, marked with KEKUATAN 110 kg. along with various proof and numeral markings.
Indonesian, KEKUATAN meaning strength.
...
£750
Hatchwell Antiques Ltd.
A fine pair of mid 19th century globes by Wyld, London, 1847
A pair of terrestrial and celestial 12" globes in original mahogany table stands, good bright colours to both the globes.
£14,800
Hansord
Negretti & Zambra - London. 19th Century oak-cased Farmer’s Barometer
Unusual 19th Century oak-cased ‘Farmer’s Barometer’ – Numbered 377 ; the ogee pediment over porcelain register plates, signed by the maker...
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Alan Walker
Kinora Viewer
A rare cast iron model of the Kinora monochrome motion picture viewer, with double viewing lens arrangement, circa 1905.
With reel of the Boat R...
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Hatchwell Antiques Ltd.
Set of Troy Standard Weights
A mahogany cased set of standard troy ounce weights made for the County of Gloucester by Doyle & Son of London, Dated 1890.
The velvet lined cas...
£385
Hatchwell Antiques Ltd.
Vertical 4 Cylinder Steam Engine
A very rare and unusual working model of a quadruple cylinder marine overhead valve steam engine.
In working order.
Price On Application
Hatchwell Antiques Ltd.
Superb example of a Dolland compound microscope
A fine and complete example of a compound microscope by Dolland, London in the original fitted mahogany case which contains a full set of accessories
£4,900
Hansord
A SACCHARIMETRE A PENOMBRES BY JJ DUBOSCQ
numbered No 25 and signed by J Duboscq a Paris.
Louis Jules Duboscq was a French instrument maker, inventor, and pioneering photographer. He was k...
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Nicholas Wells Antiques Ltd
Kinora Viewer
A Kinora monochrome motion picture viewer on folding oak base.
The Kinora was an early motion picture device, developed by the French inventors ...
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Hatchwell Antiques Ltd.
Negretti & Zambra - London. 19th Century oak ‘Admiral Fitzroy’s Storm Barometer’...
Good quality and unusual 19th Century oak cased ‘Admiral Fitzroy’s Storm Barometer’ - No. 1414 in essentially original condition. The porcel...
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Alan Walker
Torpedo Model by Légé & Co
A very rare prototype model of torpedo by A. Légé & Co., circa 1886.
A working prototype brass model of a class of Torpedo known as a Traction...
Price On Application
Hatchwell Antiques Ltd.
Torpedo Timer
A rare WWII one minute torpedo timer designed by Charles Frodsham, made by Robert North & Sons, Bushey.
Numbered: W.2575
A large cased electr...
Price On Application
Hatchwell Antiques Ltd.
Large Demonstration Slide Rule
A rare 1950's large-scale double sided demonstration slide rule, by Blundell Rules Ltd of Weymouth, England.
Over 5 foot in length.
The slide...
£1,400
Hatchwell Antiques Ltd.
Van Der Graff Generator
A large aluminium domed Van Der Graff generator, powered by a "Parvalux" electric motor.
A Van de Graaff generator is an electrostatic generator...
£1,600
Hatchwell Antiques Ltd.
Microscope by W. F. Archer of Liverpool
A cased brass monocular microscope, the foot marked W. F. Archer 43 Lord St. Liverpool.
Original lacquer, rack and pinion focusing with fine fo...
£950
Hatchwell Antiques Ltd.
Theodolite by Stanley
A mahogany cased brass precision engineer’s level or theodolite, by W. F. Stanley & Co of London.
William F. Stanley of Great Turnstile, Holbo...
£750
Hatchwell Antiques Ltd.
Parallel Ruler by Stanley
An early 20th century brass parallel ruler with rollers by Stanley, Great Turnstile, Holborn, London.
In original fitted mahogany box.
Willia...
£185
Hatchwell Antiques Ltd.
Telescope by James Pettit
A mahogany cased brass telescope by James Pettit F.R.A.S. (Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society), the main tube is inscribed "Made by James Pet...
£2,000
Hatchwell Antiques Ltd.