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Auction House:
Gibson's Auctioneers & Valuers
Number of lots recorded:70
Lots with images:70
Prices available:70
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*** A copper and brass twelve bolt diving helmet, 44 cm high ***
*** A Russian copper dive helmet and associated knife, second half 20th century, the copper bell with brass fittings and glazed panels, and an associated dive knife, the helmet with a brass plaque to the breastplate in Russian, 51 cm high, 45 cm wide, 36 cm… ***
*** A miniature sextant by Abraham, Liverpool, early 19th century, in original mahogany fitted box, 10.5 cm wide, the box 7.5 cm high, 15 cm wide, 12.5 cm deep ***
*** A diver's suit, helmet and lead boots, probably Japanese early 20th century together with a pump ***
*** A large pair of railway gangers lights, circa 1910 fitted for electricity 232 cm high ***
*** A Japanese 12 bolt brass diver's helmet in glass case, possibly by Yokohama, early 20th century ***
*** A bronze sextant by Troughton, London, in a fitted mahogany case, circa 1860, the arc inscribed 'Troughton, London', numbered 944, the case 12 cm high, 35 cm wide, 28 cm deep ***
*** An anemometer by a Nakamura & Co., Tokyo, Japan, early 20th century, with mounting bracket, 32 cm high, 33 cm wide, 9 cm deep ***
*** A Zenith ship deck watch, Swiss, circa 1940 A 15 jewel 8 day movement, with up and down indicator for 8 days, subsidiary seconds dial, silvered dial with Arabic numerals and blue steel hands, 76 mm diameter case in original three-tier gimbled fitted box ***
*** An Australian colonial carpenters bench, 19th century the single slab eucalyptus bench with dog holes and face and end vices 77 cm high, 182 cm wide, 84 cm deep ***
*** A collection of four various size woodworking planes, 19th century and later, the largest 55 cm long ***
*** A polychrome painted and carved wood ship's head in the shape of a maiden, 19th century 77 cm high ***
*** A double T-Frame Octant, by Spencer Browning & Co., London, circa 1840, complete with all filters, sighting tubes and degree scale housed in a mahogany wedge-shaped case with paper label attached to interior lid 'G.B.H. Filbri Jr: {Amsterdam, Netherlands}… ***
*** A pair of painted and coopered oak grape harvest bins, French 19th century painted with numbers 38 and 46 ***
*** A pair of painted coopered oak grape harvest bins, French 19th century ***
*** A pair of brass ships spotlights, early 20th century ***
*** An Austrian miniature brass octant, by G. Sadtler, Vienna, 19th century inscribed 'G. Sadtler in Wien', fitted wooden case 10 cm high ***
*** A collection of vintage Tasmanian and Swedish wood handled chisels, including Titan and E.A. Berg ***
*** A carriage time alarm, French, circa 1900, brass, platform escapement, 11 cm high ***
*** A cased brass octant, by G. Heath, London, 19th century, a brass and ebony instrument with finely calibrated ivory plaque to vernier arc, maker's mark to an ivory cartouche between the two limbs, housed in a fitted case, with remnant label to interior of… ***
*** A boxed parallel rule with associated ivory rulers, by Troughton & Simms, London, 19th century, 5 cm high, 48.5 cm wide, 12.5 cm deep ***
*** A miners dial, by F Mitchell, Ballarat ***
*** A vernier sextant by Bottomley, London, late 20th century, in fitted mahogany box with repairer's label to interior, the arc inscribed 'Bottomley London', 21.5 cm radius ***
*** A brass ship's bell, 19th century, with brass clapper and supported on a screw form rod between hardwood supports with base, the bell 27 cm high ***
*** A bronze sextant by Tho Hemsley & Son, London, circa 1880, with fitted case and paper label to interior, the case 32 cm high, 14 cm wide, 28 cm deep ***
*** A cased German drum sextant and an Esdaile 'Sirius' Azimuth reflector ***
*** A cased brass sextant, 19th century, a precision made instrument with finely calibrated vernier arc, in a cloth lined fitted wood box, apparently unmarked ***
*** A large vintage pine framed shop display cabinet, early to mid 20th century, with a single long glazed door and a glazed top, raised upon a plinth base, 199 cm high, 77 cm wide and deep ***
*** Two brass ships lights, early 20th century one marked Miletich ***
*** An antique nautical octant by Spencer Barrett & Co, London, circa 1840with ivory inlay and brass fittings33.5 cm long ***
*** An Anchor copper and brass ship's light, by Tung Woo of Hong Kong, 58 cm high, 29 cm diameter ***
*** A brass vernier sextant by Joughin of London, in a glass topped fitted mahogany box, inscribed to slide ' Joughin 17 upper East Smithfield, London', 17 cm radius ***
*** A pair of brass ships lights, early 20th century ***
*** An American 8 bell ships clock, circa 1900, brass cased with a Roman numeral dial with subsidiary dial, inscribed 'Attendance prize Boston, Karnea 1919', the diameter of the face 16 cm, the overall length of the clock 26 cm ***
*** Two large hardwood sailor's fids, 19th century, one of Lignum Vitae and the other of oak, also known as an Admiral's fid, the largest 40 cm ***
*** A whalebone sailmakers serving mallet, 19th century, 16.5 cm long ***
*** A large carved wooden Fid, late 19th / early 20th century, 43.5 cm long ***
*** A brass portable drum sextant by Cary, London, mid 19th century, in original mahogany fitted case, the sextant 8 cm diameter, the case 4.5 cm high, 11.5 cm wide, 9.5 cm deep ***
*** A boxed brass sextant by Dalton Harllepool, 19th century, the case 13 cm high, 27 cm wide, 30 cm deep ***
*** A collection of four small metal woodworking planes, 19th century and later, the largest 18 cm ***
*** Two antique hand drills and an antique hand saw, 18th century and later ***
*** A cherry & Sons bentwood box butter churn, circa 1930, with a metal hand crank, the sides stamped 'Cherry & Sons Pty. Lt., Gisborne, Victoria, 40 cm high, 41 cm wide, 30 cm deep ***
*** Ship's clock by Smith Astral, from the Orca, the brass mounted clock with an Arabic dial and key ***
*** Two antique cut crystal decanters and a glass rinser, early 19th century and after, a ship's decanter with a facet cut elongated stopper, a small ovoid decanter on a footed base with three annulated neck rings decorated with diamond and lens cuts, and a… ***
*** A vintage brass pocket drum sextant, circa 1943, including a brass octant case, the sextant cover reading 'Tp Wmc No.57 D^D', the largest 7 cm diameter ***
*** A ships helm, 19th century ***
*** A cased sextant by Tamaya & Co. Ltd of Tokyo, circa 1960, the stamped brass plate reading 'Trade Mark Tamaya & Co. Ltd, No. 12703 Ginza Tokyo 1960 12', the sextant 24 cm long ***
*** A nickel cased barometer/thermometer, together with a boxed compass, circa 1900, 100 cm diameter and smaller. Provenance: Property from the collection of George Gyori, Melbourne ***
*** A collection of antique carpenters scribes, mortice gauges and spirit levels, brass, ebonised and varnished wood, the largest 30 cm long ***
*** A collection of five iron axe and hammer heads, 18th century and later, the largest 12 cm long ***
*** A vintage shop display cabinet, with glass front and top and single hinged door, 20 cm high, 92 cm wide, 46.5 cm deep ***
*** A box leverage gauge, 12 cm wide ***
*** An early gold miners pick, reputedly from the Ballarat Goldfields, 19th century, 61 cm long ***
*** A large ship's hanging light 75 cm high, 53 cm diameter ***
*** A heavy brass and copper gimbled ship light, 19th century 30 cm high ***
*** A brass miner's safety lamp by Ackroyd & Best, Leeds, early 20th century, with polished brass fittings and glass shade, editioned '674' to makers plaque, 28 cm high ***
*** A collection of antique planes and tools in a pine tool box, 31 cm high, 64 cm wide, 32 cm deep ***
*** A simulated brass and copper ships engine order telegraph possibly used as a film prop ***
*** A vintage Stanley spirit level, circa 1950, in seasoned cherry with cat's eye glasses and 'tested for accuracy', 61 cm long ***
*** A continental fruitwood brace, probably Dutch, circa 1790, 54.5 cm long ***
*** A collection of lithographs and engravings, comprising the bread exhibition, Sydney 1930, the Technological Museum, 1900, city of Ballarat 1901 and the Universities public Examination certificate 1912, 30 x 38.5 cm (average size) ***
*** A timber sailmakers seam rubber, 19th century, engraved with the letters 'Ip', 13.5 cm ***
*** A copper ships compass by Johan Gulbransen, Oslo ***
*** A pair of brass ships lights, late 20th century ***
*** An American combination square and a parallel ruler, the square 38 cm long ***
*** A 19th century ebony and brass breast drill made by G. Buck, London well crafted and bearing a brass band to the handle inscribed 'G. Buck, maker 247 Tottenham court Road 32 cm long ***
*** A copper cased ships compass by John E. Hand & Sons 58 cm high, 210 cm diameter ***
*** A ships helm, early 20th century ***
*** A collection of vintage wood planes and a sharpening stone in wooden box, includes wood working planes of varying scales ***
*** Two brass and red glass ships light covers 26 cm diameter ***