A wall hanging glazed shop display of 66 MOORE & WRIGHT tools with hinged front (lacks key but not locked) all in super condition F
A steel soled gunmetal NORRIS No 31 thumb plane with gunmetal lever, rosewood front infill and 1 1/4" Norris iron G++
A large bookbinder's press from the Hampson & Bettridge workshop to take up to 18" x 12" work G
A large, little used bookbinder's press by HAMPSON & BETTRIDGE 32" x 72"h. the largest book press we have offered and in superb condition F
A very rare and little used, unusually wide, steel soled gunmetal NORRIS No 28 chariot plane with tight mouth and rosewood wedge, with orig Norris 1 1/2" iron F
A unique "Presentation" d/t steel mitre/rebate plane by NORRIS London measuring 13 1/2" x 2 1/4" with figured rosewood infill and adjustable handle, previously sold in Tony Murland's 2006 auction Lot 496 with the following description (which would be difficult to improve on!) In June 1941 an 18yr old apprentice cabinetmaker Mr L.F.Gillett of Stratford-on-Avon won first prize in the Amalgamated Society of Woodworkers (A.S.W.) annual competition. The prize was a steel mitre plane. The A.S.W. had commissioned the Norris factory to produce a totally unique plane. Norris exceeded themselves in this challenge and the result is an amazing, adjustable handled, rebating mitre plane marked NORRIS London Patent Adjustable. A silver plaque on the front of the plane is inscribed A.S.W. Apprentice Competition 1st Prize Bro. L.F.Gillett Stratford-on Avon 1941 The plane also exhibits two other features unique to previous Norris planes i.e. the combined handle and wedge is removed by loosening a brass knob, there is then the facility to adjust the handle laterally with a screw on the underside of the wedge. The handle can also be tilted by adjusting a screw at the base of the handle. A similar Norris plane was sold in our Catalogue No 52 Sept 2008 Lot 1075 for £16,000 These were the only two planes of this type produced by Thomas Norris F
A very rare 13" double slide boxwood timber calculating slide rule by W.F.STANLEY with Fred'k A.Sheppard Patentee and Cubic Content, Superficial Area etc with orig instructions dated 2nd August 1878, ex Max Ott collection F
about Lot 822
A rare d/t steel mitre plane by Rt. TOWELL London 10" x 2 1/2" with rosewood infill and scrolled wedge G+
about Lot 908
A very rare set of 6 x 12" boxwood Livestock Computer Patent cattle gauges by G.H.MEIRE Eyeton on Severn Shrewsbury t/w another 11 1/2" boxwood slide rule marked STANLEY London with Shillings, Pence, Farthings and Half Farthings Per Pound t/w a brass printing plate to advertise slide rules by Meire. All these rules were made by Stanley and are still in the box they were delivered in to Meire from W.F.Stanley F
about Lot 791
An impressive 42 drawer oak shop fittings 93" x 19" x 74" marked C.G. on the drawer knobs Subject to VAT
about Lot 162
A fine and rare steel soled gunmetal mitre plane 10 1/2" x 3" with ebony infill and cupids bow scrolled wedge G++
about Lot 870
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 small iron smoother by G TISSINGTON London 6" x 2" with mahogany infill and wedge behind decorative brass bar, requires some TLC G
about Lot 619
A rare steel soled gunmetal smoother by BUCK Tot Court Rd with ebony infill and wedge and cupids bow bar G++
about Lot 901