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Optical — zOther - Industry Science & Technology - Gibson's Auctioneers & Valuers
Auction House:
| Gibson's Auctioneers & Valuers | |
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| Number of lots recorded: | 21 |
| Lots with images: | 21 |
| Prices available: | 21 |
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Optical - zOther
| Lot | Description | Price | Image |
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| *** | A polished brass kaleidoscope by George Gyori, in a fiddleback blackwood case, the lens 26 cm long | *** |  |
| *** | An Ernst Plank praxinoscope, 19th century, with additional image strips, 18 cm high, 41 cm wide, 11 cm deep. Other Notes: Ernst Plank & Company started out in 1866 in Nuremberg Germany as a toy-repair shop. Named after the company founder, they made magic… | *** |  |
| *** | W Watson and Sons, London, early 20th century a polished brass 'Century' telescope by W. Watson and Sons, together with a box of cased lenses, inscribed 'W. Watson and Sons 313 high Holborn London' to rim of the tube, the stand 154 cm high, length of the… | *** |  |
| *** | A brass telescope on stand by Watkins, Charing cross, London, circa 1780 with original brass tripod base stand and wooden box, signed around the eyepiece Watkins Charing cross London the tube with eyepiece fully extended 85 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A large polished brass telescope, possibly English, 19th century, the brass tube with pull out drawer, within a fitted wooden case with additional eye pieces, the tube 75 cm long, the case 12 cm high, 78 cm wide, 20 cm deep | *** |  |
| *** | A group of five antique brass magnifiers, the largest 24 cm high | *** |  |
| *** | A collection of brass and nickel mounted telescopes, early 20th century, including Adie & Son, Edinburgh and Adams's new patient portable telescope, No.6 Fleet Street London and two by Dollond, London, comprising six pieces, the largest measuring 45 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A brass telescope on stand, English, 19th century, the lens 41 cm long, the stand 31 cm high | *** |  |
| *** | Four brass mounted telescopes, including a leather bound telescope by Negretti & Zambra, London, late 19th century, the largest 54 cm long | *** |  |
| *** | A vintage brass mounted black metal magic lantern style slide viewer, circa 1880, 32 cm high, 33 cm wide, 18 cm deep | *** |  |
| *** | A large collection of vintage brass telescope and theodolite tubes, 19th century and later, including part of a brass miners theodolite engraved on the outer scale 'Underlie in a Fathom', the largest 51 cm long | *** |  |
| *** | A brass telescope by Jas Parkes & Sons, Sheffield, 19th century, 79 cm long | *** |  |
| *** | A polished brass kaleidoscope on stand, the adjustable instrument on a tripod base with petite casters, 39 cm high | *** |  |
| *** | A cased mercury trough type artificial horizon by John Crichton, London, circa 1851, the mahogany box with brass hook and eye fasteners, metal and glass instrument, boxwood bottle with bone threaded funnel, label affixed inside lid reads 'John Crichton… | *** |  |
| *** | A brass kerosene magnifier, 19th century, 27.5 cm high | *** |  |
| *** | A cast iron night pocket watch stand with magnifying glass and kerosene lamp, 19th century, along with a ladies pocket watch by Stauffer Cx de Fonds, 15 cm high, 17.5 cm wide, 10 cm deep | *** |  |
| *** | A brass and ivory magnifying glass,19th century, the curved handle carved with a dogs head, 20 cm long | *** |  |
| *** | A vintage brass telescope, the telescope mounted on a tripod base, the tube 95 cm, the stand 145 cm high | *** |  |
| *** | A pair of lady's brass and silver plate field binoculars, circa 1900, featuring cupids amongst floral sprays upon a hammered ground, unmarked but in the manner of Sportiere of Paris, housed in a stitched and strapped brown leather carry case, 7.5 cm long | *** |  |
| *** | A nickel plated magnifying glass 29 cm high | *** |  |
| *** | A Yashima optical Microscope, circa 1960s, with original box and lenses | *** |  |