Fine Mechanical Music and Scientific Instruments

Session: Scientific Instuments

London, Knightsbridge
9 Nov 2011, session starting at 13:00 GMT
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A George Adams armillary sphere, English, circa 1790
Sold for £133,250 inc. premium
A rare George Adams armillary sphere, English, late 18th century,
A fine and rare William Harris & Co combined planitarium, tellurium and lunarium, English, circa 1825,
Sold for £97,250 inc. premium
A fine and rare William Harris & Co combined planetarium, tellurium and lunarium, English, circa 1825,
A Culpeper-type monocular microscope
Sold for £22,500 inc. premium
A Culpeper-type monocular microscope, English, mid 18th century,
A Nicholas Lane 2 3/4-inch pocket globe, English, published 1776,
Sold for £10,000 inc. premium
A Nicholas Lane 2 3/4-inch pocket globe, English, published 1776,

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An important miniature Jacquard loom working model, French, circa 1805,
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An important miniature Jacquard loom working model, French, circa 1805,
Sold for £10,000 inc. premium
Joseph-Marie Jacquard (1752-1854) - a fine woven silk La Mémoire portrait executed on the Jacquard loom by Carquillat, at messers Didter Petit et cie, Lyon,
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Joseph-Marie Jacquard (1752-1854) - a fine woven silk La Mémoire portrait executed on the Jacquard loom by Carquillat, at messers Didter Petit et cie, Lyon,
Sold for £7,500 inc. premium
A miniature Jacquard loom portrait
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A miniature Jacquard loom portrait, circa 1850,
Sold for £1,750 inc. premium
Queen Charlotte's Fringe Making Machine presented to Mrs Delany
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84Y
The former property of Queen Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1744-1818) - A very important late 18th century fringe making machine, circa 1790,
Estimate:
£10,000 - 15,000
€12,000 - 18,000
US$ 15,000 - 23,000
A rare Friden 130 electronic calculator, 1956,
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85W
A rare Friden 130 electronic calculator, 1956,
Estimate:
£400 - 600
€470 - 700
US$ 600 - 900
Three calculators early 20th century, (3)
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Three calculators early 20th century, (3)
Estimate:
£300 - 400
€350 - 470
US$ 450 - 600
A Fuller's slide rule,
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87
A Fuller's slide rule,
Sold for £150 inc. premium
A Fuller's Time Telegraph and Palmer's Computing Scale, English, circa 1850,
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A Fuller's Time Telegraph and Palmer's Computing Scale, English, circa 1850,
Estimate:
£400 - 600
€470 - 700
US$ 600 - 900
A Brical circular pin-wheel compound addition calculator, English, circa 1910,
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A Brical circular pin-wheel compound addition calculator, English, circa 1910,
Estimate:
£150 - 220
€180 - 260
US$ 230 - 330
Pivot nosed spectacles, circa 1740,
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Pivot nosed spectacles, circa 1740,
Sold for £2,000 inc. premium
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