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 €220 US$ 284
126	A Stanley ebony and brass sextent,	£200 €235 US$ 303
127	A boxwood Gunter quadrant, English, early 18th century,	£1,750 €2,061 US$ 2,651
128	A boxwood nocturnal, English, dated 1715,	£4,375 €5,152 US$ 6,629
129	A boxwood nocturnal, English, early 18th century,	£1,187 €1,398 US$ 1,799
130	An Andreas Vogler brass Augsburg dial, German, late 18th century,	£312 €368 US$ 473
131	A large brass and silvered brass universal equinoctial dial, French, early 19th century,	£2,250 €2,649 US$ 3,409
132	Two small brass compass sundials, English, 18th and 19th centuries, (2)	£200 €235 US$ 303
133	Two small pocket magnetic sundials, English, 18th and 19th centurues, (2)	£687 €809 US$ 1,041
134	A Macquert & Cadot brass equinoctial dial, French, circa 1730,	£1,062 €1,251 US$ 1,609
135	A bronze horizontal garden sundial, dated 1671 and initials I R,	£125 €147 US$ 189
136	An unusual oval gilt brass universal equinoctial dial, German, circa 1700,	£2,125 €2,502 US$ 3,219
137	An Edmund Culpeper ivory and brass compass dial, English, dated 1701,	£5,625 €6,624 US$ 8,523
139	A Dollond brass Culpeper microscope, English, early 19th century,	£2,500 €2,944 US$ 3,788
140	A Carpenter compound monocular microscope, English, mid 19th century,	£2,250 €2,649 US$ 3,409
143	An Andrew Ross brass binocular compound microscope, English, mid 19th century,	£3,000 €3,533 US$ 4,545
144	A Dollond Culpeper-type brass compound monocular microscope, English, late 18th century,	£1,625 €1,913 US$ 2,462
147	A fine James Smith brass compound monocular microscope, English, 1840's,	£6,875 €8,096 US$ 10,417
148	A Marice Pillasicher binocular compound microscope, English, dated 1864,	£1,250 €1,472 US$ 1,894
149	A Nachet compound monocular microscope, French, circa 1860,	£562 €662 US$ 852
151	A G & C Dixey Gould type microscope, English, circa 1830,	£562 €662 US$ 852
152	A Culpeper-type compound monocular microscope, English, early 19th century,	£1,125 €1,324 US$ 1,704
156	Two simple botanic microscopes, English, early 19th century, (2)	£875 €1,030 US$ 1,325
157	A large George Adams brass compound monocular microscope, English, late 18th century,	£16,250 €19,137 US$ 24,622
158	Three books on the microscope (3)	£475 €559 US$ 719
159	A microscope bench oil illuminant, English, mid 19th century,	£2,250 €2,649 US$ 3,409
160	A good cased collection of microscope slides and microdot photographs:	£6,000 €7,066 US$ 9,091
161	A cased collection of microscope slides,	£2,750 €3,238 US$ 4,166
162	A mahogany slide cabinet with specimens from around the world,	£2,250 €2,649 US$ 3,409
163	A collection of microscope slides in oak traveling case,	£1,125 €1,324 US$ 1,704
164	A set of seven Alfred Reeves microphotographs, English, third quarter of the 19th century, (qty)	£625 €736 US$ 947
165	A Philips' Planisphere and Patent Orrery, made in Germany, published in England, circa 1920, (2)	£687 €809 US$ 1,041
166	A large, imitation Persian, 'tourist' brass astrolabe, probably 19th century,	£125 €147 US$ 189
168	A hand-held refracting telescope, English, 18th century,	£687 €809 US$ 1,041
169	A 2-inch Dollond brass and mahogany refracting telescope, English, early 19th century,	£750 €883 US$ 1,136
170	A 3-inch Schiavetti Bellieni & Cie brass refracting telescope, French, mid 19th centutry,	£562 €662 US$ 852
171	A 3-inch W Watson brass refracting telescope, English, early 20th century,	£125 €147 US$ 189
172	A 3 1/4-inch Watson & Sons brass refracting telescope on stand, English, late 19th century,	£3,750 €4,416 US$ 5,682
178	A Newton's 3-inch pocket globe, English, circa 1840,	£4,375 €5,152 US$ 6,629
179	A Newton's 3-inch pocket celestial globe, English, mid 19th century,	£6,500 €7,655 US$ 9,849
180	A Nicholas Lane 2 3/4-inch pocket globe, English, published 1779,	£3,250 €3,827 US$ 4,924
181	A rare Leonard Cushee 2 1/2-inch pocket globe, English, mid 18th century,	£8,125 €9,568 US$ 12,311