A fine cabinetmaker's pine chest measuring 37" x 23" x 22"h with siding till containing 3 trays and a saw till above well for other tools, the till tops and fronts beautifully veneered in figured walnut matching the lid interior and decorated with boxwood stringing and an ebony and boxwood star motifs, the trays with flush brass pulls, all in all one of the most attractive tool chests we have seen for a long time G++
about Lot 824
Two pair of Nos 1 and 3 H & R moulding planes by GABRIEL (marks G+)
about Lot 925
A rare and very little used steel soled gunmetal NORRIS No A27 adjustable bullnose plane with orig 1 1/8" Norris iron F
about Lot 937
A leatherworker's brass plough and a horn handled circle cutter both by BLANCHARD Paris G
about Lot 911
An unusually nice quality 21" dated French? masons compass engraved DOMINIQUE IOUDAN 1751 with decorated hinge and legs, ex Dermot and Cynthia Roche collection G+
about Lot 888
A rare 12" boxwood and brass calculating slide rule with cursor by E.PRESTON for Diameters of Yarn and Square Root, Compiled by JAMES HOLMES M.S.A. Burnley for Cotton, Silk, Worsted and Linen etc in orig card case F
about Lot 826
A rare beech plough plane by GREENSLADE Bristol with brass screwstems and brass lined rosewood nuts stamped Patent Applied For G+
about Lot 881
A rare, unusually large, 36" two fold boxwood and brass sector or setting out rule with Tangents, Sines, Secant, Chords etc with logarithmic scales and protractor hinge, the legs 1 3/8" x 1/2" Oh for a maker's name G
about Lot 761