A rare SPIERS Ayr No 32 brass smoother with d/t steel sole and 2 1/4" Stewart Spiers iron, pos. re-attached spur?? G+
A superb, improved pattern d/t steel NORRIS A11 mitre plane with Patent Adjustable on lever and rosewood infill, 80% orig Norris 2 1/4" iron remains F
A rare and very little used 7 3/4" d/t steel NORRIS A22 adjustable shoulder plane with rosewood infill and wedge 95% orig Norris 1" snecked iron remains G++
A unique, important and very decorative 18c French/German strapped boarding axe the head in the form of an eagle , the 3 1/2" blade decorated with feathers on one side and the other with a gamekeeper trying to catch a pheasant, this axe was a centre piece in the magnificent John & Janet Wells collection for many years. Also featured in The Art of Fine Tools by Sandor Nagyszalancz on page 111 G+
A very rare and little used STANLEY No 12 3/4 veneer scraper although marked 12 1/2 this is the 12 3/4 model with deep sole and wider mouth to allow for the extra swing required for the blade F
A brass CICERIMET No 17 digital micrometer to 1000th Inch in orig box G+
A probably unique MATHIESON No 9B handled beech plough plane with unusually substantial brass screwstems and brass lined nuts, the fence attached with brass posts, the stems and nuts are extremely fine quality, the plane is also stamped Technical College Sunderland, perhaps a prototype being produced for Mathieson? (see The Plough Plane The Study of a Collection fig 213/4) F
An extremely rare chunky 2' x 1" x 5/8" two fold boxwood and brass triangular quadrant with General Scale, Meridian Line, Sines Lines, Fofters Line Soi etc with tables of Azimuth, Calendars etc (not signed but designed and made by John Brown 1648-95) Three examples in the Museum of History and Science Oxford, no known examples are complete, the third leg is always missing G+
A steel soled gunmetal NORRIS A27 adjustable bullnose plane with rare ebony wedge 80% orig Norris 1 1/4" snecked iron remains G+
A rare small coachbuilder's plough plane by GABRIEL (weak mark) with curved fence G++
A very rare steel soled gunmetal NORRIS No 22 shoulder plane with rosewood infill and wedge and fine mouth with orig little used 1 1/2" snecked iron all parts stamped 7 minor rust spots to sole o/w G++
about Lot 926
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
An extremely rare 2' two fold boxwood and brass rule by J PARKES & Son Reg'd June 28 1853 with brass slide and protractor hinge, also fitted with a brass cased compass with folding brass cover, the rule can also be used as a compass with folding brass gnomon, also with L.S.D. scales etc. (see Cat No 58 Lot 637 for the only other known) G+
about Lot 751
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 very rare 1" gunmetal bullnose plane by HOLTZAPFFEL with rosewood wedge G+
about Lot 924
An unusual, little used, 18" shipwright's mast axe by JOSEPH CARTER with 5 1/2" edge G++
about Lot 902
A SPIERS No 8 d/t steel shoulder plane with rosewood infill, shapely wedge and fine mouth 30% orig Ibbotson1 1/4" iron remains all parts stamped 3, in fitted box G++
about Lot 927
A NORRIS A70 beech smoother with 90% late model Norris iron G+
about Lot 914
A very rare boxwood and brass 36" version of a BRANANS rule by DRING & FAGE Tooley St London Bridge 1796-1804 marked Beer, Wine and Gallons, very unusual to find a named example G++
about Lot 831
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
