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A GOOD 19TH-CENTURY 7IN. RADIUS VERNIER SEXTANT BY CARY, LONDON


the lacquered-brass ‘T’-frame with polished-brass arc signed as per title and numbered ‘898’, inset silvered scale divided to 160º, Vernier engraved P. Somerville R.N, swivel magnifier, sighting tubes, mirrors and shades with blackened frame, contained in fitted mahogany box with accessories and test certificate for 1923 in lid -- 9¾in. (24.8cm.) square; together with a cased boxwood roller rule signed W. H. Harling, London, inscribed with same owner’s name -- 16in. (40.5cm.) diameter


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Cmdr. Philip Somerville D.S.O. and Bar was the son of Vice-Admiral Hugh Gaultier Coghill Somerville, C.B., D.S.O. of County Cork. He served aboard the K-Class destroyer H.M.S. Kingston during WWII and was killed aboard her in 1942.


£500-700 244.


A 6½IN. RADIUS VERNIER SEXTANT BY HEATH & CO., LONDON


with three-circle oxidised-brass frame, polished brass arc, signed Heath & Co., New Eltham, London SE9, No. B889, inset silvered scale divided to 155º, shade, mirrors, sighting tubes, contained in fitted oak box with test certificate for 1936 -- 11in. (28cm.) diameter


£300-500


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245. A LATE 19TH-CENTURY 7½IN. RADIUS VERNIER OCTANT BY LARMOUR, BELFAST


with black-painted tulip frame, the polished-brass arc signed as per title, inset scale divided to 130º, silver magnifier, shades, mirrors, sighting tubes, contained within a fitted wooden box with trade label for Hayes Brothers, Cardiff -- 10¾in. (27.4cm.)


£200-300 246.


A 6¼IN. RADIUS VERNIER SEXTANT BY T.L. AINSLEY, SOUTH SHIELDS


with oxidised-brass three-circle frame, polished-brass arc, signed as per title, inset scale divided to 150°, vernier with quick-release clamp, silver magnifier, mirrors, shades, sighting tubes, wooden handle, contained in fitted wooden box with test certificate for 1927 -- 10½in. (26.5cm.) diameter


£300-500


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