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A RARE 19TH-CENTURY SET OF GEOMETRIC SOLIDS BY CLAXTON & MORTON


cut from satinised wood, each stamped ‘C&M’ and numbered, contained within original box of issue with maker’s label inside lid with diagram numbered to correspond -- 12in. (30.5cm.) diameter


Claxton & Morton worked between 1840-1845 from 27 Harrington Street, London. A similar set by Claxton & Prothero who worked from the same address between 1846-1849 was sold in these rooms 20th April 2011, lot 218.


£300-500


221. A QUANTITY OF CASED DRAWING INSTRUMENTS


comprising a nickel-plated pillar compass in fitted case signed Meulemans, Bruxelles; a spring bow with ivory handle, unsigned; three nickel-plated proportional dividers in fitted cases, one signed Rieffler, the widest -- 8¾in. (22.2cm.) diameter


(5) £250-400


222.


AN UNUSUAL AND RARE COURSE INDICATOR BY J.R. STEBBING, SOUTHAMPTON, C.1862


constructed in lacquered-brass, signed and inscribed Invented by Comr. Hay, R.N. & J.R. F.R.A.S. Southampton No.518 together with diamond registration mark for 1862 and Stebbing monogram, and comprising a 12in. rule with cutaway section, twin scaled circumferentor, three indicators with wire sights and a swivelling sight with sliding shade -- 5 x 12in. (13 x 30.5cm.)


£600-800


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