Fine Mechanical Music and Scientific Instruments

Auction 19799

14 Nov 2012, starting at 13:00 GMT.

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Sold for £181,250 inc. premium

The Charles X gold, enamel and split-seed pearl oiseau chantant and musical portrait box, made most probably as a direct ...

An Enigma Code Machine in original oak case,No. 13598/jla/44

Sold for £85,250 inc. premium

An exceptionally rare three-rotor German Enigma enciphering machine, 1941,

A fine veri-gold, diamond and ruby embellished singing bird box by Rochet Freres, circa 1825,

Sold for £67,250 inc. premium

A very fine veri-gold, split seed-pearl, diamond and ruby embellished singing bird box by Rochat Frères, circa 1820,

Fine Bontems singing bird clock with maiden and mirror gilt appliqué

Sold for £55,250 inc. premium

A rare and fine deux-ton gilt ormolu and enamel oiseau chantant mantle timepiece automaton, by Bontems circa 1890,

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125	A Cook ebony and ivory octant, English, circa 1820,	£187 €219 US$ 293
126	A Stanley ebony and brass sextent,	£199 €233 US$ 313
127	A boxwood Gunter quadrant, English, early 18th century,	£1,749 €2,044 US$ 2,741
128	A boxwood nocturnal, English, dated 1715,	£4,374 €5,112 US$ 6,853
129	A boxwood nocturnal, English, early 18th century,	£1,187 €1,387 US$ 1,860
130	An Andreas Vogler brass Augsburg dial, German, late 18th century,	£312 €365 US$ 489
131	A large brass and silvered brass universal equinoctial dial, French, early 19th century,	£2,249 €2,629 US$ 3,524
132	Two small brass compass sundials, English, 18th and 19th centuries, (2)	£199 €233 US$ 313
133	Two small pocket magnetic sundials, English, 18th and 19th centurues, (2)	£687 €803 US$ 1,076
134	A Macquert & Cadot brass equinoctial dial, French, circa 1730,	£1,062 €1,241 US$ 1,664
135	A bronze horizontal garden sundial, dated 1671 and initials I R,	£124 €146 US$ 195
136	An unusual oval gilt brass universal equinoctial dial, German, circa 1700,	£2,124 €2,483 US$ 3,328
137	An Edmund Culpeper ivory and brass compass dial, English, dated 1701,	£5,624 €6,572 US$ 8,811
139	A Dollond brass Culpeper microscope, English, early 19th century,	£2,499 €2,921 US$ 3,916
140	A Carpenter compound monocular microscope, English, mid 19th century,	£2,249 €2,629 US$ 3,524
143	An Andrew Ross brass binocular compound microscope, English, mid 19th century,	£2,999 €3,505 US$ 4,699
144	A Dollond Culpeper-type brass compound monocular microscope, English, late 18th century,	£1,624 €1,898 US$ 2,545
147	A fine James Smith brass compound monocular microscope, English, 1840's,	£6,874 €8,033 US$ 10,769
148	A Marice Pillasicher binocular compound microscope, English, dated 1864,	£1,249 €1,460 US$ 1,958
149	A Nachet compound monocular microscope, French, circa 1860,	£562 €657 US$ 881
151	A G & C Dixey Gould type microscope, English, circa 1830,	£562 €657 US$ 881
152	A Culpeper-type compound monocular microscope, English, early 19th century,	£1,124 €1,314 US$ 1,762
156	Two simple botanic microscopes, English, early 19th century, (2)	£874 €1,022 US$ 1,370
157	A large George Adams brass compound monocular microscope, English, late 18th century,	£16,249 €18,988 US$ 25,455
158	Three books on the microscope (3)	£474 €555 US$ 744
159	A microscope bench oil illuminant, English, mid 19th century,	£2,249 €2,629 US$ 3,524
160	A good cased collection of microscope slides and microdot photographs:	£5,999 €7,010 US$ 9,398
161	A cased collection of microscope slides,	£2,749 €3,213 US$ 4,307
162	A mahogany slide cabinet with specimens from around the world,	£2,249 €2,629 US$ 3,524
163	A collection of microscope slides in oak traveling case,	£1,124 €1,314 US$ 1,762
164	A set of seven Alfred Reeves microphotographs, English, third quarter of the 19th century, (qty)	£624 €730 US$ 979
165	A Philips' Planisphere and Patent Orrery, made in Germany, published in England, circa 1920, (2)	£687 €803 US$ 1,076
166	A large, imitation Persian, 'tourist' brass astrolabe, probably 19th century,	£124 €146 US$ 195
168	A hand-held refracting telescope, English, 18th century,	£687 €803 US$ 1,076
169	A 2-inch Dollond brass and mahogany refracting telescope, English, early 19th century,	£749 €876 US$ 1,174
170	A 3-inch Schiavetti Bellieni & Cie brass refracting telescope, French, mid 19th centutry,	£562 €657 US$ 881
171	A 3-inch W Watson brass refracting telescope, English, early 20th century,	£124 €146 US$ 195
172	A 3 1/4-inch Watson & Sons brass refracting telescope on stand, English, late 19th century,	£3,749 €4,381 US$ 5,874
178	A Newton's 3-inch pocket globe, English, circa 1840,	£4,374 €5,112 US$ 6,853
179	A Newton's 3-inch pocket celestial globe, English, mid 19th century,	£6,499 €7,595 US$ 10,182
180	A Nicholas Lane 2 3/4-inch pocket globe, English, published 1779,	£3,249 €3,797 US$ 5,091
181	A rare Leonard Cushee 2 1/2-inch pocket globe, English, mid 18th century,	£8,124 €9,494 US$ 12,727