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Lot 49 A STANLEY No 9 cabinet makers block plane
with adjustable throat and hot dog handle. G+ £600 / $1200
Lot 50 A little used STANLEY No 62 low angle plane. G++
£240 / $480
Lot 51 A fine, rare and little used STANLEY No 98-9"
adjustable plumb and level. F £290 / $580 |
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Lot 56 A little used STANLEY No 101 1/2 block plane
with orig. iron. G++ £210 / $420
Lot 57 A STANLEY No 101 1/2 block plane. G+ £150
/ $300
Lot 58 A little used English STANLEY No 90J bullnose
plane. F £45 / $90
Lot 59 A rare STANLEY No 56 core box plane. G++ £500
/ $1000 |
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Lot 60 A very rare early English MUNKS Patent
adjustable block plane 6 1/2" x 2" the handle forms part of
the frog assembly which holds the orig. iron marked Jan'y 16-84, very
few of these planes have ever come to light. G+ £1300 / $2600
Lot 61 A DEFIANCE B block plane with orig.. 1 5/8"
iron. G+ £230 / $460 |
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Lot 70 A STANLEY No 11 Type 2 block plane with shoe
buckle cap, re-japanned, with Stanley iron. G+ £160 / $320
Lot 71 A STANLEY No 110 Type 2 block plane with
incorrect front knob. G £75 / $150 |
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Lot 125 A journeyman's carving cabinet containing more than
100 carving tools. This cabinet made in quarter sawn oak with 10
dovetailed drawers was featured in the April 2004 edition of Traditional
Woodworking (pp 18-24) in their restoration section by Stephen Simmons
(a copy of this article is included). The cabinet contains 69 of the
original 90 numbered boxwood handled carving tools by HENRY TAYLOR
plus another 32 by various makers in the lower drawers, two small
boxwood planes, numerous carvers' files etc are also included. G++ £1200
/ $2400 |
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Lot 138 An unusually large tailors buttonhole chisel. G+
£65 / $130
Lot 139 An 18/19th C. buttonhole chisel with boxwood handle. G
£24 / $48
Lot 140 An 18/19th C. buttonhole chisel with decorated blade and
ebony handle. G+ £70 / $140 |
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Lot 163 A fine 18th C. French foresters strapped branding .
(TC) axe with decorative work o/a and turned walnut handle. G+ £170
/ $340
Lot 164 A decorative European naval boarding axe, probably a
presentation piece, with nickel plated fittings and knurled brass finial
to ebonised handle 17" o/a G+ £320 / $640
Lot 165 A small strapped hatchet with Scout Masters Axe Rd No
548228 with ash handle. G+ £18 / $36 |
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Lot 249 A very rare PRESTON 1 1/8" adjustable
bullnose plane with waisted body and most orig.. Preston iron, this
model was never advertised in the Preston catalogues. G+ £150 /
$300
Lot 2500 A rare and little used PRESTON No 1347F Patent
bullnose, rabbit and L & R fillester plane with fence and stop. G++
£250 / $500 |
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Lot 251 A PRESTON No 1347 bullnose rabbet plane
with 80% orig.. Preston iron. G+ £65 / $130
Lot 252 A brass chariot plane by PRESTON 3 1/8" x 1
1/2" with removable front, rosewood wedge and most orig. Preston
iron. G+ £140 / $280 |
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Lot 266 A PRESTON violinmakers 1 3/4" brass
plane with flat sole. G+ £130 / $260
Lot 267 A similar lot with round sole. G+ £650 / $1300
Lot 268 A similar lot. G+ £100 / $200
Lot 269 A PRESTON violinmakers brass plane with round
sole 1 3/4" x 1" with orig. Preston iron. G+ £160 /
$320
Lot 270 A PRESTON violinmakers brass plane with flat
sole 1 1/8" x 5/8" (the smallest in the range) with orig.
Preston iron. G+ £220 / $440 |
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Lot 352 An early European coachbuilders tailed compass
plane with steel sole the front tote carved in the form of a swans head
and neck, 7" o/a G+ £300 / $600 |
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Lot 361 An unusual beech smoother by GLEAVE
Manchester the shaped heel and thumb grip with Elbydee Patent Applied
For. G+ £120 / $240
Lot 362 A very rare and probably unused beech toothing plane by
MARPLES also stamped Garrett Patent No 111717/10/7. This refers
to the heavy adjustable toothing iron, with screw adjusted back iron,
only the second we have seen F £180 / $360 |
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Lot 370 A very rare set of two matching pairs of
coachbuilders L & R scotia moulding planes by W. GASKIN
Willington, one pair 6 1/2" long with radiussed soles, the other
pair 9 1/4" with straight soles. G++ £220 / $440 |
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Lot 398 A fine 19th C. Swiss watchmakers brass rounding up
tool on stand. G++ £280 / $560 |
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Lot 418 A superb, early Scandinavian sailmakers, needle and
grease holder in horn, beautifully decorated with double heart carving
with anchor and cross and dated A.H. 1617 also with a carved mans head
finial. G+ £900 / $1800 |
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Lot 424 A unique and unused pair of ebony plough and dark
rosewood fillester by VARVILL & SONS, Ebor Works, York. The
handled plough with skate front, ivory scales to the stems, two ivory
wedges and ivory end stem wedges, the fillester with double dovetail
boxed sole, three ivory wedges and ivory end stem wedges. These were
undoubtedly made for an exhibition, almost certainly for The Great
Exhibition of 1851. These planes were kept together until they were
offered separately at an auction in Goole, Yorkshire some 15 years ago
where they were sold to different buyers, fortunately they have since
been reunited, magnificent quality. F £4500 / $9000 |
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Lot 429 A very rare and little used, solid rosewood plough
by GREENSLADE Bristol with ivory scales to the stem tops, brass
faced fence and decorative brass plate supporting the iron and wedge,
one stem wedge split o/w F £720 / $1440
Lot 430 A rare brass screw stem beech plough by GREENSLADE
with rosewood and brass nuts and acorn finials stamped Patent Applied
for, Exhibition Medals etc. G++ £400 / $800 |
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Lot 436 An unusual 4" masons brass plumb bob with
reversible point, cap and spacer. G++ £34 / $68 |
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Lot 440 An unusual and attractive probably 18th C. German
gunmetal plumb bob with knurled and other decoration and reversible
point. G £240 / $480 |
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Lot 446 A very rare exampleof BRANAN'S combined
dipping and calculating rule by HUGHES Maker to the Excise
London (see The Royal Gauger by Charles Leadbetter 4th ed. 1755 footnote
to p34) Slotted together the two sections form a 4" diameter
gauging rod, side by side with their logarithmic lines adjacent they
slide against each other as a slide rule, (see Cat 35 lot 750 for
similar, unnamed example which brought £4100) this example is in
pristine condition. F £600 / $1200 |
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Lot 457 A fine, rare and little used 12" four slide
boxwood gaugers rule by EDW'd ROBERTS Maker in Dove Court in Old
Jewry London under one slide, and under another dated Robert Grand 1761.
G++ £180 / $360 |
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Lot 462 A rare and early navigators brass sector with
folding arm by M. BERGE London (w.1800 d.1819) (Ramsden's
apprentice) with Rhu, Lon, Che, Tan etc. G+ £750 / $1500 |
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Lot 481 A fine boxwood and brass inclinometer rule stamped
EUGENE DIETZGEN Co New York & Chicago also a registration
mark with SM London, probably made by Davis Derby & London, c/w
folding sights, protractor hinge and compass in leather pouch. G++ £150
/ $300
Lot 482 A 6" boxwood and brass inclinometer with compass,
level and folding sight, surprisingly unnamed. G++£130 / $260
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Lot 484 A late 18th C. French two fold boxwood rule with
folding square scaled to 18 Puces de Roi and to 48 cm to the edges with
decorative hinge. G £90 / $180 |
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Lot 485 A CURTA Calculator No 502191. G+ £260
/ $520 |
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Lot 541 An unusual 18th C. French surgeons brace with
shapely frame and attractive "tulip" decoration around the
revolving grip, turned fruitwood head and brass ferrule, 9 1/2"
o/a, museum quality. G+ £500 / $1000 |
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Lot 561 A rare 15" pair of 19th C. steel tipped brass
dividers with decorative stop chamfers to legs. G+ £160 / $320
Lot 562 A 14" pair of brass dividers with faceted legs. G+
£70 / $140
Lot 563 A 12" pair of 19th C. steel tipped brass dividers
with decoratively chamfered legs. G+ £65 / $130 |
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Lot 567 A pair of 18th C. Dutch brass dividers with simple
decoration and wheel device makers mark. G £70 / $140 |
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Lot 571 A beautiful pair of 18th C. hand forged dividers 4
1/2" o/a with ornate decoration to legs. G++ £250 / $500
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Lot 577 A very fine 17/18th C. German 4 1/2" brass
protractor by ANDREAS a ULM Conrad fecit beautifully engraved with
floral designs. G++ £1900 / $3800 |
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Lot 578 A most unusual 18th C. German brass protractor ark
engraved J.G. PUFCHNER Fecit Norib with scaled arm. G+ £550 /
$1100 |
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Lot 579 A rare 6" circular brass protractor with slot
scaled in minutes. G+ £16 / $32
Lot 580 An 8" brass protractor by DAVIS Leeds,
minor ding's to edges. G £40 / $80
Lot 581 An early masons 6" brass square with moulded ends
and line decoration. G+ £20 / $40 |
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Lot 582 A most unusual, 18th C. French, 6" silver
(tested) protractor engraved Au Griffon, Putois Rochette, Quai de
L'horloge, A Paris. G++ £350 / $700
Lot 583 From the same gentleman's etui an ebony and silver
handled pricking tool 4 1/2" o/a G++ £170 / $340
Lot 584 And again from the same etui a 4" ebony and silver
handled combination screwdriver. G++ £150 / $300 |
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Lot 596 A very rare brass combination mortice and marking
gauge, trammels and rule by GEORGE KENNY Nashua New Hampshire
with rosewood heads of two different shades for swift identification,
complete with orig.. central scribing screw which, apparently, is
usually missing. G++ £400 / $800 |
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Lot 624 A little used brass stemmed ebony mortice gauge by
MARPLES with orig. trade label and much orig. lacquer. F £75
/ $150
Lot 625 A brass stemmed ebony mortice gauge. G+ £32 /
$64
Lot 626 A little used ebony and brass mortice gauge by MARPLES.
F £45 / $90
Lot 627 A combination three pin ebony and brass mortice gauge
adjustable by a screw at each end, a groove in the stock allows one pin
to hide when not required. G £32 / $64 |
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Lot 655 An unusual European kitchen chopper with various
touch marks of two leaves, a galloping horse over I.G.U. and D.W. and
orig. fruitwood handle. G+ £180 / $360 |
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Lot 674 A pair of 18th C. brass nutcrackers with knurled
decoration. G+ £35 / $70 |
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Lot 677 An unusual pair of 19th C. European copper candle
snuffers beautifully decorated o/a G++ £65 / $130 |
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Lot 678 A rare, early 18th C., pair of dated nutcrackers 5"
o/a, with inset brass plaque on either side with W.B. and 1722. G+ £150
/ $300 |
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Lot 690 A rare 17th C. smith made oak money box with iron
banding and double locking mechanism, lacks keys, minor old worm. G £320
/ $640 |
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Lot 709 A very rare and probably unique 17/18th C. hand
forged miniature brace, the four bar head formed as a crown with turned
baluster and chamfered frame. G+ £2000 / $4000 |
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Lot 710 A rare 18th C. French hand forged iron brace with
boxwood head and handle, with decorative designs to frame boldly stamped
CLAVDE CHATELLAIN. G £320 / $640 |
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Lot 711 A very attractive early Scandinavian birch brace
decorated with scalloped and scroll carving to both the front and rear
webs. G+ £380 / $760 |
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Lot 720 A little used Ultimatum brass framed ebony brace by
Wm. MARPLES with ivory ring in ebony head. G+ £140 /
$280
Lot 721 A little used brass framed ebony brace stamped J.A.
Patent Sheffield (Arctic ? see T.U.B. p165) with ebony head. G++ £150
/ $300 |
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Lot 746 A WELL'S Marine Boiler Water Space Lamp by A.
C. WELLS, this is the rarest of the Well's lamps, only 3/4"
wide, to pass between the pipes in a ships boiler room. G+ £240
/ $480 |
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Lot 760 A rare, small, d/t steel mitre plane by SPIERS
7" x 2" with rosewood infill and scrolled wedge behind brass
bar, fine mouth and replaced iron. G+ £390 / $780
Lot 761 A d/t steel mitre plane by SPIERS 10 1/2" X
2 3/4" with rosewood infill and scrolled wedge and fine mouth,
orig. snecked iron by Ward. G++ £560 / $1120
Lot 762 A rare 8" d/t steel mitre plane by SPIERS
with rosewood infill and wedge. G £340 / $680 |
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Lot 768 An unusual, little used d/t steel shoulder plane by
SPIERS Ayr with a unique deco. appearance, a style not seen
before, with rosewood infill and wedge 90% orig. 1 1/8" Stewart
Spiers snecked iron remains. G++ £880 / $1760 |
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Lot 772 An unused miniature bronze mitre plane with d/t
steel sole by CARTER 3" x 7/8" with rosewood infill
and scrolled wedge, the iron stamped Carter London 1987, this plane can
be seen being made on Bill's CD (see ad in this catalogue). F £410
/ $820
Lot 773 An unused, miniature, d/t bronze mitre plane by CARTER
4 1/4" x 1 3/8" with boxwood infill and scrolled wedge, the
iron stamped Carter London, this is an exact copy of a unique Buck iron
mitre plane owned by Bill. F £500 / $1000
Lot 774 An unused, skew mouth, small bronze mitre plane of
decorative form and d/t steel sole by CARTER 5 1/2" x 1 3/8"
with boxwood infill and wedge and James Howarth iron, this plane is
shown being made on Bill's CD (see ad in this catalogue). F £700
/ $1400
Lot 775 An unused d/t steel mitre plane by CARTER London
6" x 1 3/4" with rosewood infill and scrolled wedge, the iron
stamped Carter London, Diana 1987, this plane is an exact copy of the
rare Buck mitre plane with the upturned front tote. This plane is shown
being made on Bill's CD (see ad. in this catalogue). F £460 /
$920 |
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Lot 778 A fine 18 1/2" iron jointer with walnut infill
and handle and scrolled wedge behind gunmetal bridge, with boxwood
strike button and initials WB and FT as two monograms inlaid in ebony
behind the handle, possibly the owner and his girlfriend or a colleague,
30% of the 2 1/2" Sorby iron remains, a quality piece. G+ £190
/ $380
Lot 779 A rare 14 1/2" iron panel plane by H. SLATER
Maker London with elegant figured rosewood infill and handle. G++ £400
/ $800 |
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Lot 817 A fine and rare 10" d/t steel mitre plane by
ROBERT TOWELL London also stamped Buck 245 Tottenham Ct Rd with
rosewood infill and scrolled wedge and very fine mouth, this plane is in
remarkably good condition for an early Towell and we have never come
across one also signed by Buck. G+ £800 / $1600
Lot 818 An early iron mitre plane 10" x 2 1/4" with
rosewood infill and wedge behind unusual brass bridge. G £210 /
$420 |
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Lot 845 A 19th C. joiners tool chest 34" x 18" x
18"h. the lid interior decoratively veneered in rosewood and other
colourful hardwoods reminiscent of Tunbridge Ware, the single till is
missing and the laminated or banded roll top dust proof hinge needs
attention, ripe for restoration. G £200 / $400 |
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Lot 861 A rare and impressive saw makers leg vice known to
have dated from 1908, 42" o/a with 10" jaws. G++ £130
/ $260 |
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Lot 862 An unusual, early 19th C., Chinese ink line carved
as a Lion Dog or the "Dog of Foe" which is a sign of good will
and protection, similar to the Japanese tsubi tsubo but from a Northern
province of China. G £260 / $520 |
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Lot 871 A fine quality glazed display case by MARPLES
36" x 36"h. containing 42 Marples tools centred with the
Shamrock Brand Hibernia in the Gold Marples Tools emblem. G++ £2000
/ $4000 |
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Lot 872 A massive display trowel produced by BRADES
also stamped W.H.S. Hunt & Sons with bulbous beech handle, 52"
o/a G++ £600 / $1200 |
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Lot 873 A 30" gold painted alloy shop sign for YALE
locks c/w hanging chains. G+ £95 / $190 |
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Lot 892 An unusual European 11" handled scraper with
fixed 3" blade with simple chip carved decoration o/a. with heart
design and initials in cartouche and dated 1749 light worm o/a G £280
/ $560 |
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Lot 903 A pretty European dated coopers croze in
cormierwood with I.K.1818 with finely carved decoration to both sides
and two mahogany screws, one wedge replaced. G++ £150 / $300
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Lot 972 A very rare coachbuilders tailed circular plough
plane by GABRIEL (mark G+ <1770-1820>) with steel face and
brass fittings. G+ £720 / $1440 |
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Lot 984 A very rare 16/17th C. miniature stag horn block
plane 3 1/2" x 1 1/4" with scrolled shield decoration to the
front, castle ramparts and other decoration to one side and a hunting
scene of horse and rider chasing a stag on the other, the various scenes
are worn with age but signify Italian or German origin, a museum piece.
G £5000 / $10000 |
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Lot 1034 A very early, probably 15/16c, European fruitwood
block plane 5 1/4" x 1 3/4" decorated o/a and with
pre-historic bird carvings to the sides, an important piece. G £300
/ $600 |
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Lot 1044 An 18th C. European fruitwood roughing plane 9 1/2"
x 2" with carved front tote, cupids bow decoration at escapement
and dated on the sides M.R.M. 1776. G £160 / $320 |
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Lot 1045 A 9" Scandinavian compass plane in hornbeam
with attractively scrolled front tote and E.L.S. 1854 on side. G+ £130
/ $260 |
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Lot 1053 A fine, handled, twin iron complex moulding plane
by S. LUNT Liverpool 16" x 2 3/4". G++ £270 /
$540 |
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Lot 1058 A 4 1/4" double boxed, twin iron, wide
moulder with damaged wedge, probably 18th C. G £85 / $170 |
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Lot 1080 A rare, wide section, 2' four fold ivory engineers
rule with German silver slide and fittings by JAMES GARGORY 41
Bull St. Birmingham with protractor hinge, tables by I Routledge Bolton,
1/2" slither of ivory missing near slide o/w G++ £350 /
$700 |
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Lot 1086 A rare, wide section, 2' two fold architects ivory
rule by E. PRESTON Junr Maker Birmingham (rare mark) with German
silver fittings and arch joint and inside bevel edges, outside numbers
feint o/w G+£160 / $320 |
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Lot 1105 A fine, late 19th C., ivory okimono of a seated
draper working his cloth surrounded by various accessories, signed 4"
x 3"h.. G++ £520 / $1040 |
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Lot 1113 A rare 10 1/2" d/t steel mitre plane by MATHIESON
Glasgow with rosewood infill and scrolled wedge "signed "
Mathieson on brass bridge. most 2 1/4" Moulson Bros. snecked iron
remains, fine mouth. G++ £820 / $1640 |
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Lot 1132 A rare, early and little used 13 1/2" d/t
steel NORRIS A1 panel plane with Patent Adjustable on brass
lever and rosewood infill, 90% orig. early Norris iron remains, slight
discolouration to metal o/w G++ £2000 / $4000
Lot 1133 A very, very rare and very little used 28 1/2" d/t
steel NORRIS A1 jointer, early model with Patent Adjustable on
brass lever and rosewood infill, 99% orig. early Norris iron remains. F
£10500 / $21000 This example is one of six Norris planes we
are offering in this auction from the fabulous American collection we
have been selling from over the last couple of years, although there are
still a few more in the collection, this is probably the last we will be
offering from this source for a while. Norris collectors (and this
auctioneer) must be very grateful to have these quality planes coming
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Lot 1140 A little used NORRIS No 50G steel soled
brass smoother with what appears to be an unused early Norris iron, but
not quite convinced the iron is right! F £1300 / $2600
Lot 1141 A rare d/t steel NORRIS No 13 parallel smoother
with rosewood infill and closed handle, iron by Sorby. G++ £1200
2400 |
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Lot 1148 A rare steel soled gunmetal NORRIS No 31
thumb plane with brass lever and rosewood infill and orig. early 1 1/4"
Norris iron. G £1700 / $3400
Lot 1149 A 1 1/8" NORRIS Patent Metal bullnose
plane with ebony wedge, little orig. Norris iron remains all parts
stamped 5. G £130 / $260 |
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