139 139. A COPPER AND BRASS JAPANESE 12-BOLT DIVING HELMET
with removable faceplate, cross-banded oval side ports, right mounted spitcock valve, air inlet with non-return valve, screw- safety pin, and adjustable exhaust valve. The corselet with front weight pins, numbered four-section brass banding and Oriental maker’s plate, the interior with knock release pin and air ducts to ports -- 17in. (43cm.)
£400-600 140.
A RUSSIAN 3-BOLT OXYGEN-HELIUM DEEP SEA DIVING HELMET
constructed in copper with heavy brass fittings including three ports, front threaded for removal, rebreathing inlets, adjustable exhaust valve and handle to top, the corselet with weight studs, hooks, threads and hinged brass plate to reverse, internal arrangement with padded knock exhaust pin, grated gas inlet covers to rear of bonnet -- 20½in. (52cm.) high
£1200-1800
141. AN 18TH-CENTURY ENGRAVING OF A DIVING BELL IN USE
from the Universal Magazine, with later colouring, contained in frame with facsimile pages describing its use; together with a large print of the diving operations at Tay Bridge disaster taken from the Illustrated London News with later colouring, framed and glazed; and two further prints of historical diving interest, the largest -- 14 x 21in. (35.5 x 53.5cm.)
(4) £100-150
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142. A WALKER’S “ROCKET” MECHANICAL SHIP’S LOG
constructed in brass with enamel dial plate signed as per title -- 12½in. (32cm.) long; together with a bulkhead oil lamp gimbal and ebony parallel rule
(3)
Provenance: All three items in this lot were recovered from a now unknown wreck although are in surprisingly good condition. £100-150
143.
THREE ITEMS OF ALLAN LINE PLATEWARE RECOVERED FROM THE WRECK OF THE S.S. IONIAN
comprising a two-handled cannister; a jug and spoon, all marked with Allan Line owner’s mark and registration numbers for 1884, the jug -- 5¼in. (13.5cm.) high
Built by Workman Clark 7 Co. of Belfast and launched in 1901, the 8265 ton passenger/cargo ship Ionian hit a mine laid by UC51 off Milford Haven on the 14th October 1917, crippled but afloat, she was torpedoed on the 20th and sank with the loss of seven lives.
£80-120
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