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Lot 32 A STANLEY No. 2 low knob
smoother. G+ £115 / $170
Lot 33 A little used STANLEY No. 72 chamfer plane. G+
£130 / $192
Lot 34 A STANLEY Bailey No. 23 wood bottom smoother with
orig. iron. G+ £60 / $89 |
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Lot 97 A STANLEY No. 011-26"
rosewood level and plumb with brass fittings. G++ £35 / $52
Lot 98 A STRATTON BROS No. 10-18" brass bound
rosewood level and plumb. G+ £125 / $185
Lot 99 A STARTTON BROS 8" brass bound rosewood
level and plumb. F £160 / $237
Lot 100 A STANLEY No. 98-9" brass bound rosewood
level and plumb. G++ £160 / $237
Lot 101 A STANLEY No. 38 1/2- 4" machinists level.
G+ £14 / $21 |
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Lot 111 An 18/19th C. German buttonhole chisel
with fruitwood handle and head and brass ferrule, the file decorated
blade with brass damascened design to one side. G++ £220 / $326
Lot 112 An 18th C. French button hole chisel with very
decorative turned shaft and turned fruitwood handle. G+ £300 /
$444 |
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Lot 118 A rare, decorative, 17/18th C. German
armourers' adjustable saw with elaborate blade tightening mechanism and
turned fruitwood handle 18" o/a. G £400 / $592 |
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Lot 142 An early and unusual French gunners'
approvette for testing the strength of gunpowder, this model, in brass,
has an oak handle and is fired by means of a flame. G £300 /
$444 |
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Lot 189 A Ross design WENHAM lacquered
brass binocular microscope with rack and pinion course and fine
adjustment with three lenses, two pairs of eye pieces and 26 slides
labeled Queens College Birmingham (see G.Le E.Turner; Great Age of the
Microscope No. 88 for similar) in orig. mahogany case. G++ £600
/ $888 Provenance; Professor Barling, the professor of surgery at
Queens College Birmingham and later vice-chancellor of Birmingham
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Lot 190 A presentation lacquered brass and
black enamel binocular compound microscope by J. N. SWIFT & SONS,
81 Tottenham Court Road, London, Presented to Rev. Canon Smith by
Parishioners and Friends on His Leaving Grange over Sands, May 1888.
This is a Wenham type binocular with Wenham and Nicol prisms in separate
carriages above the lense stage, with rack and pinion course and fine
adjustment, a Swift (Halls type) low powered condenser as described by
Carpenter, with 4 lenses and two pairs of eye pieces and stand alone
bullseye in orig. mahogany case. G++ £1000 / $1480 |
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Lot 192 A presentation lacquered brass
monocular microscope by ROSS London No. 8696 with Prize Surgeon
F.G.Hitch R.N. Haslar 1909 with rack and pinion course adjustment and
sprung fine adjustment on triangular bar with 3 lenses, 3 eye pieces,
screw adjustable condenser and mechanical stage attachment etc in orig.
mahogany case. G++ £420 / $622 |
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Lot 195 A lacquered brass monocular microscope
by FRED'k COX 98 Newgate Street London c1888 with one Sellique
triple lense, stage mounted manipulator, the slide draw with 12 prepared
slides, in orig. mahogany case. G++ £250 / $370
Lot 196 A black enamel and lacquered brass monocular microscope
by W. R. PRIOR No. 4554. November 1930 with rack and pinion
adjustment to the coarse and fine focus and condenser with 3 lenses, 4
eye pieces, vernier stage attachment, graticule, 5 filters etc. G++ £140
/ $207 |
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Lot 202 A black enamel and lacquered brass
monocular microscope by WATSON & SONS London Kima No. 45251
with rack and pinion adjuster, sub stage condenser and micrometer
mechanical stage adjuster, c/w with 3 lenses and two eye pieces in orig.
mahogany case. G++ £120 / $178
Lot 203 A lacquered brass and enamel monocular microscope by
SALANSON with sliding course adjustment and rack and pinion fine
adjustment, one eye piece and two lenses in orig. mahogany box. G £85
/ $126 |
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Lot 215 A four draw brass telescope engraved J.
H. DALLMEYER London (w.1851) and Magnification 20, 25 & 30,
leather grip unstitched 23" o/a. G £190 / $281
Lot 216 A fine quality surveyors 14" brass theodolite by
WHITE 14 Renfield St. Glasgow c/w screw in adjustable stand in
orig. fitted mahogany box and orig. tripod and sighting staff. G+ £360
/ $533 |
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Lot 221 A very rare 10 1/2" d/t steel
mitre plane by PRESTON with rosewood infill and protruding toe
and heel, stamped Improved on brass lever, the fine mouth with 2 3/8"
snecked iron by Ward, this is only the second we have seen. G++ £1000
/ $1480 |
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Lot 250 An 18th C. French bigorne or stake
anvil with primitive punch decorated cartouche around indistinct name,
14" o/a. G+ £360 / $533 |
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Lot 268 An 18th C. French Demi Besaigue with 5
scimitar touch marks 15" o/a. G £75 / $111
Lot 269 An 18th C. French Demi Besaigue with 4 touch marks 19"
o/a. G+ £70 / $104 |
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Lot 292 A very fine 18th C. pair of double end
8" steel tipped brass dividers with beautifully decorated legs. G++
£230 / $340 |
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Lot 293 A 19th C. triple leg double hinge brass
compass with chamfered decoration and steel points. G++ £140 /
$207
Lot 294 A fine quality miniature pair of 3" polished steel
dividers with decoration to hinge. F £28 / $41 |
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Lot 311 A Cicerimet No. 12 micrometer by CICERI
SMITH marked Hundredths and Thousandths in orig. fitted box. G+ £160
/ $237 |
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Lot 330 A most unusual brass plumb bob by RABONE
Pat. No. 358370 measuring 3 1/2" x 1 3/4" designed to fit onto
the end of a steel tape, enabling it to be used as a plumb bob or to be
hung over an edge or rim to measure the height or depth of a wall or
well etc. with quick release mechanism c/w 100ft steel tape, ingenious.
F £400 / $592 |
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Lot 332 A 17/18th C. Dutch flat bottom 2 3/4"
gunmetal plumb bob with reversible point and spacer. G £65 /
$96 |
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Lot 334 An early and most unusual 4" brass
plumb bob which unscrews at the centre to reveal a spring which cushions
the point if dropped, also engraved inside with W. Wheeler, fine
quality. G++ £420 / $622 |
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Lot 350 An 18th C. German fruitwood block plane
6 1/2" x 1 1/2" with attractive heart shaped carving at
escapement and cupids bow design to rear of mahogany wedge, 4 iron wear
strips to sole. G £170 / $252 |
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Lot 378 A magnificent 16/17th C. round moulding
plane 11 1/8" long and 1 3/4" wide, with 1" chamfers and
orig. notched wedge, must be one of the finest early moulding planes we
have ever offered for sale. G+ £540 / $799
Lot 379 An early 10 3/8" complex moulder with wide chamfers
and very decorative mark, probably the maker, of RE in circle, also
stamped J Jenner, good replacement wedge. G+ £380 / $562
Lot 380 A very rare 9 3/4" moulder by NIC LEE (mark
F <1767-77>) (see BPM3 p.312 is this the first Nicholson Lee plane
found ?). G+ £520 / $770
Lot 381 A 10" moulder by MADOX and another 9 1/2"
by I CHILD (marks G). G $20 / $30
Lot 382 A 10 1/4" moulder by Wm TOONE (mark G)
lacks iron. G+ £20 / $30 |
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Lot 386 A little used early 18th C. Dutch
blokschaaf by MATTHIJS RADEMAKER Amsterdam (with legible mark M
fleur de lis R <1721-1740>) dated 1730 with Goodman type E mouth
(unusual for such an early plane) with orig. iron and wedge. G++ £600
/ $888. Previously offered in The 1982 Mechanics Workbench Cat. No.
13 Lot 146, and since via the Roger B Phillips collection to the present
owner, also illustrated in Sandor Nagyszalanczy "The Art of Fine
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Lot 405 A rare screwstem beech plough plane by
GREENSLADE Bristol, the brass stems with brass lined rosewood
tightening nuts and brass acorn finials. G+ £450 / $666 |
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Lot 406 A most unusual wedge stem beech plough
by BROWN Dundee with single screw thread adjustment and ornate
brass fittings forming a bridge between the stems, bruised wedge o/w G+
£190 / $281 |
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Lot 430 A brass and steel pharmacy scale by
AVERY late T.BEACH on mahogany stand with drawer beneath. G++
£170 / $252 |
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Lot 466 Roy Arnold's "Three Planes"
shop sign measuring 32" high and 22" wide, which has been an
impressive sight in High Street, Needham Market for more than 30 years,
is made from Brazilian mahogany and gilded twice with gold leaf. G+ £150
/ $222 |
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Lot 467 Roy's shop display saw, also gilded, 58"
o/a. G £50 / $74 |
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Lot 468 The 18th C. workbench 85" x 26"
which has been on display in Roy's shop for 25 years and, allegedly, has
a history related to the Blunt spy scandal! G £240 / $355 |
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Lot 477 A rare parallel brass smoother by STEWART
SPIERS with d/t steel sole, rosewood infill and handle and orig. 2
1/4" Stewart Spiers iron, hair crack to handle o/w G+ £520
/ $770
Lot 478 A rare early 13 5/8" d/t steel Type 1 panel plane
by SPIERS with screwed sides, rosewood infill and open handle
and elongated brass lever (see Lampert p.28 top for similar) minor
pitting spots to sole. G £800 / $1184
Lot 479 A d/t steel parallel smoother by SPIERS with
rosewood infill and closed handle. G+ £130 / $192 |
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Lot 482 A very rare, early d/t steel block
plane by SPIERS 8" x 2 1/2" with rosewood infill. G
£600 / $888
Lot 483 A 13 3/4" d/t steel panel plane by SPIERS
with Spiers Ayr, in relief, on brass lever with rosewood infill and
handle and orig. 2 1/2" Spiers iron. G £220 / $326 |
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Lot 498 An unusual 19th C. hand blown glass
goblet, with acid etched Masonic designs of tools, sun, moon, etc. G++
£120 / $178 |
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Lot 521 A fine, heavy and very ornate,
presentation silvered brass tray 24" x 18" inscribed "Presented
to Mr & Mrs W.H.Whitehouse, on the occasion of their Silver Wedding,
September 18th 1926. With all good wishes from all those Employed at
Whitehouse Bros Ltd and William Gilpin Senior & Co (Tools) Ltd.
Would benefit from being re-plated. G+ £45 / $67 |
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Lot 526 An 18th C. French iron musical
instrument makers plane 5" x 1 7/8" with protruding toe and
brazed sole with ill fitting wedge. G £85 / $126
Lot 527 A small, early 7" iron smoother with a finely
carved face of a gentleman to the walnut front infill. G+ £440 /
$651
Lot 528 A very early European iron smoother 8 1/2" x 2 3/8"
with protruding toe and heal and braised sole, with simple wedge behind
iron bar, the front tote a later addition. G- £340 / $503 |
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Lot 543 A matched pair of very fine quality 29"d/t
bronze jointers with Norris style double screw adjuster, hand produced
by JOHN F. BROOKS and dated 1929 on the brass lever (this is the
date he began his cabinetmaking profession) with stepped toe and heal
and polished rosewood infill and handle, with 99% orig. James Howarth
irons. John, now well into his 90's and suffering poor health has
reluctantly decided to part with his pride and joy. They come in a
fitted, brass bound, double lock, mahogany box also made by John. N £3000
/ $4440 |
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Lot 563 A very rare 10" iron mitre plane
by H.SLATER Meredith St. London with rosewood infill, brass
lever and 2 1/8" snecked iron by Sorby, this is only the 3rd mitre
plane of this style by Slater we have seen. G £550 / $814
Lot 564 A very rare and unusually small d/t steel mitre plane by
HOLTZAPFFEL 64 Charing Cross, 7" x 1 7/8" with
rosewood infill and scrolled wedge and cupids bow steel bar, the tight
mouth with 1 1/2" Ward iron. G+ £1300 / $1924 |
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Lot 568 A fine and little used gentleman's tool
roll by HOLTZAPFFEL c/w rosewood and brass tool handle, hammer,
wrench, etc all compartments full and original to the roll except the 12"
rule by Rabone and the screwdriver by Marples, roll strap snapped. G+
£260 / $385
Lot 569 A 6" bow drill unusually stamped HOLTZAPFFEL
on the brass stock with slender bow. G+ £200 / $296
Lot 570 An unusual ivory handled pallet knife with fleur de leys
motif by HOLTZAPFFEL & Co 64 Charing Cross 18" o/a,
crack under handle. G £50 / $74 |
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Lot 574 A 19th C. gear driven Swiss mandrel
with brass frame and bar, 5" solid face plate c/w micrometer
compound slide, handtool rest and meeting centre on orig. hardwood
stand. G+ £380 / $562 |
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Lot 575 An adjustable French fruitwood and
brass hatter's mould by ALLIE MALLARD a Paris, with its orig.
stand. G++ £80 / $118
Lot 576 A similar lot of different design by the same maker. G++
£80 / $118
Lot 577 Two adjustable birch and brass hat stretchers marked 6
7/8ths and 7 1/4. G++ £30 / $44 |
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Lot 588 A rare file cutters' 12lbs hammer with
correct sloping eye and handle showing many years of use with deep
finger and thumb impressions, a great conversation piece. G £160
/ $237
Lot 589 A rare set of 4 graduated file cutters' hammers with 3
file cutting chisels NB. File cutters hammers had sloping eyes and
straight handles, not straight eyes and bent handles. G+ £380 /
$562
Lot 590 A 19th C. farriers hammer by PEUGEOT FRERES with
ash handle. G+ £30 / $44 |
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Lot 597 A magnificent 19th C. timber merchants
or foresters combination marking hammer, axe and folding saw by UNDERWOOD
56 Haymarket London with VR & Crown, stamping initials A.F.F. with
crosshatched figured rosewood scales to handle, a very fine quality
piece. F £740 / $1095 |
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Lot 622 A nice quality mahogany sash box with
brass fittings. G+ £150 / $222 |
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Lot 639 A small, sharply curved, boxwood
compass rebate plane with steel sides 4" x 1 1/4". G+ £45
/ $67
Lot 640 A pretty steel soled boxwood L & R side rebate plane
5 1/2" x 2 1/2". G++ £80 / $118
Lot 641 A rare Marples style boxwood chariot plane with brass
front 3" x 1 5/8". G+ £35 / $52
Lot 642 A miniature boxwood hollow 3" x 1 1/4" etched
with a portrait of a gentleman. G++ £35 / $52
Lot 643 A miniature beech router by BUCK. G+ £12
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Lot 644 An unusual French mahogany pistol grip
router with gunmetal fence, small chip to handle o/w G+ £280 /
$414 |
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Lot 674 A fine handled 4 3/4" cornice
plane by H.HILLS Springfield Mass. with full length fence and
cross handle, iron by BUTCHER Sheffield. G++ £200 /
$296 |
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Lot 680 A 3 3/8" twin iron moulder by VARVILL
York. G++ £32 / $47 |
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Lot 696 A rare 18th C. brass sector with
folding arm and Tan, Sin, Hou etc. G++ £340 / $503 |
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Lot 697 A fine and very rare 18th C. French,
two fold, silver plated gunmetal rule to 6 French inches by GADARE
Paris with deep intricate foliate engraving to both sides also with Pied
de Roy, silver plate wearing. G+ £440 / $651 |
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Lot 712A A rare and early 12" two fold
boxwood and brass slide rule by JAMES HOWARTH Sheffield with
bevel edge and only graduated on one side. G++ £150 / $222 |
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Lot 713 A most unusual 3" boxwood
combination, button gauge and caliper rule by ROUTLEDGE, with a
brass slide on both sides, well used but very unusual. G £80 /
$118
Lot 714 A 5" RABONE No. 1206 boxwood and brass rope
gauge also with Belfast Ropeworks Company. G+ £38 / $56 |
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Lot 736 A rare 2' four fold thick section ivory
rule by A E STEARN & Co No. 47 with German silver arch joint
and fittings, two pins missing. G+ £220 / $326
Lot 737 A very rare 12" three fold ironmongers ivory rule
by RABONE with German silver sliding caliper and fittings and
with numerous scales. F £660 / $977 |
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Lot 741 An 18th C. French two fold ivory rule
graduated in 12 French inches with silver (tested) fittings and
attractive floral decoration at hinge. G++ £160 / $237
Lot 742 An unusual 6" ivory rule with various scales and
tables incl. CXM, CXT, CXU etc. G+ £85 / $126 |
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Lot 761 A rare tailed round moulding plane in
whalebone with 2 1/4" sole in unusually nice condition, lacks iron.
G++ £340 / $503 |
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Lot 763 A very rare, French, ivory and brass
map or chart measure by BREVETE Paris with various scales marked Metre,
France, Prusse, Belgique, Italie, Suisse, Autriche, Russie, Angleterre
etc. probably never used F £750 / $1110 |
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Lot 764 A rare pair of 16/17th C. Nuremberg
jewellers pincers with beautifully decorated jaws, hinge in the form of
a dragon and the clasp with foliate designs 3 1/2" o/a, museum
quality. G+ £300 / $444 |
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Lot 793 A superb 17th C. German hand forged
amputation saw with chamfered frame and other elaborate decoration
completed with two gunmetal acorn finials , the original turned handle
with heavy iron ferrules and wing nut adjuster, 24" o/a, (see Altes
Werkzog for similar pieces) aged shakes to handle o/w G+ £1250
/ $1850 |
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Lot 794 A rare 19th C. three blade fleam by
FERRAS a Toulouse in German silver case beautifully engraved
with a young lady and her beau, traditionally dressed in a floral scene,
fine quality. F £480 / $710 |
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Lot 798 An early surgeons kit of trepanning
instruments by EVANS & WORMULL 31 Stamford St. London in
brass and steel with ebony handles in orig. fitted mahogany case with
key, 3 items missing o/w G+ £360 / $533 |
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Lot 799 A fine and rare 18th C. wooden brace
made in sections and fixed together with wooden pegs with screw pad, the
orig. threaded bit with iron ferrule This brace is similar to lot 874 in
our last International auction, possibly slightly later but with much
more attractively turned decoration, little used. G++ £600 /
$888 |
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Lot 810 An unusual transitional European steel
brace possibly German with diamond section webs, rosewood rotating
handle, fine knurled adjusters on caged brass head and lever pad
decorated as a brass shell. G++ £520 / $770
Lot 811 An 18th C. Scandinavian iron brace with attractively
knurled brass head and handle, some wear but a rare early brace. G- £160
/ $237 |
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Lot 823 A rare long model Ultimatum brass
framed horn brace by MARPLES with ivory ring in ebony head. G
£340 / $503
Lot 824 A brass framed ebony brace by ALFRED RIDGE Manufacturer
with ivory ring in ebony head, hair crack to head. G+ £120 /
$178 |
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Lot 839 A rare MATHIESON No. 11 handled
bridle plough with skate front and ebony stems with boxwood end stem
wedges, replaced wedge o/w G+ £160 / $237
Lot 840 A rare handled ALEX'r MATHIESON & SON
Edinburgh No. 18 combination, screwstem, sash and moving fillester with
twin nicker irons and depth stops, boxwood stems and nuts and double d/t
boxed sole. G+ £260 / $385 |
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Lot 844 A very rare 10" MATHIESON
No. 45C brass and rosewood sighting level with folding ends. G++ £300
/ $444
Lot 845 A 16" MATHIESON No. 46D brass topped
rosewood level and plumb. G+ £210 / $311
Lot 846 A 12" MATHIESON No. 46D brass topped
rosewood level and plumb. G+ £210 / $311 |
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Lot 854 A 12 1/2" d/t steel NORRIS
A1 adjustable panel plane with rosewood infill 60% orig. early Norris
iron remains. G++ £1000 / $1480
Lot 855 A d/t steel NORRIS A6 smoother with rosewood
infill and Patent Adjustable on lever also stamped TN, 95% early 2 1/4"
Norris iron remains, all parts stamped 14. G+ £1050 / $1554 |
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Lot 856 A little used steel soled gunmetal NORRIS
50G adjustable smoother 95% orig. early 2 1/4" Norris iron remains,
minor discolouration to sole. G+ £420 / $622
Lot 857 A rare Annealed iron NORRIS A14 adjustable
smoother with rosewood infill, with Patent No. 11526-13-22 on brass
adjuster, all parts stamped 4 and with TN in circle under iron, 60%
orig. early Norris iron remains. G+ £650 / $962 |
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Lot 862 A steel soled gunmetal NORRIS
No. 20R shoulder plane with rosewood infill and wedge 15% orig. Norris 1
1/4" iron remains. G+ £250 / $370
Lot 863 An 8" steel soled gunmetal NORRIS No. 20
shoulder plane with rosewood infill and wedge, full unnamed 1 1/2"
remains but all parts stamped 3. G+ £350 / $518 |
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