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DISPERSAL SALE OF
PAULTONS PARK
VILLAGE LIFE MUSEUM
Wednesday 14 th March 2012
at 10.00 am
on site at
Paultons Park, Ower, Romsey, Hampshire SO51 6AL

SALE NOTES
DIRECTIONS The sale will be held on site at Paultons Park, Ower, Romsey, Hampshire SO51 6AL. Please refer to
the map at the back of the catalogue and follow the brown tourist signs. Paultons is situated off junction 2 of the M27
and is signed from the motorway. Take the 3rd exit onto the A36, at the next roundabout take the 1st exit staying on
the A36, turn right onto Romsey Road, then right and right again into the park.
PARKING There is parking on site for cars, trailers and lorries. Clients are reminded that they leave their vehicles at
their own risk and the auctioneers and vendors are not responsible for any damage incurred while vehicles are parked
on site. There will be STRICTLY no overnight parking for lorries or caravans.
VIEWING Viewing will be held on Tuesday 13th March from 10.00 am to 4.00 pm and on the morning of the sale from
8.00 am. There will be no viewing during the sale.
CONDITIONS OF SALE The sale will be held under the usual conditions of sale which can be found at the back of
this catalogue. In particular, descriptions made verbally or in this catalogue are not guaranteed.
BIDDING NUMBERS Prospective buyers are asked to register with the auctioneers prior to the sale, whereupon they
will receive numbered cards to assist bidding and cashiering arrangements. If you are not known to the auctioneers
you may be asked for proof of identity and a £500 deposit before a bidding number will be issued. Information will then
be used for future mailings and notifications.
PAYMENT All lots must be paid for on the day of sale and methods of payment are (1) CASH (2) BANKERS DRAFT
(3) DIRECT DEBIT CARDS such as Switch, Delta or Connect with PIN number (4) CREDIT CARDS with PIN number,
which are subject to a 2% plus VAT premium surcharge. Our bankers are: NATIONAL WESTMINSTER BANK PLC.,
13 Market Place, Reading RG1 2EP (IBAN NO GB N WBK 601721 67642977, BIC Code No. NWBKGB 2L). Tel: 0845
6013399. No clearance of purchases will be allowed until satisfactory payment has been received.
BUYERS’ PREMIUM A buyers’ premium of 10% (plus VAT at the standard rate) will be added to all lots in this sale
to be paid by the purchaser.
VALUE ADDED TAX All items in the auction will carry VAT at the standard rate (20%).
CLEARANCE All lots are at the risk of the purchaser from the fall of the hammer. No clearance of goods will be
allowed until satisfactory payment has been received and cleared. Smaller items must be collected on the day of the
sale. Large items can only be collected once payment has been received and by appointment only on the following
dates in March - Thursday 15th, Tuesday 20th, Wednesday 21st and Thursday 22nd . There will be no collection of
goods outside these dates.
INSTRUCTIONS TO BID Commission or telephone bids will be executed with care by the auctioneers on receipt of
written instructions from intending purchasers who cannot be present at the time of the sale, providing that they have
viewed the lots in advance. Full payment details and a deposit will be required for this service.
CONSUMER PROTECTION ACT 1987
All goods at this auction are second-hand unless otherwise stated.
INSURANCE
Clients are advised to take out their own insurance to cover lots purchased at the sale.
HEALTH & SAFETY Clients attend the auction entirely at their own risk. Our health and safety policy document will
be available to view during the auction and viewing days. The auctioneers and vendors accept no responsibility for
any injuries incurred at the sale site.
ACCOMMODATION Clients are advised to book accommodation in advance before attending the sale. Nearby
hotels are Mortimer Arms Hotel, Romsey Road, Ower, Hampshire, SO51 6AF Tel: 02380 814379. Premier Inn, Romsey
Road, Ower, Hampshire, SO51 6ZJ T: 0870 990 6350. The Vine Inn, Romsey Road, Ower, Hampshire, SO51 6ZJ‎ Tel:
02380 814333. Ormonde House Hotel, Southampton Road, Lyndhurst, Hampshire, SO43 7BT Tel: 023 8028 2806.
AIRPORTS
If you wish to arrive by air, the nearest airport is Southampton.
REFRESHMENTS
Refreshments will be available on viewing and sale days.
PLEASE NOTE THAT DOGS ARE NOT PERMITTED ON THE SALE SITE

CATALOGUE OF
DISPERSAL SALE OF
PAULTONS PARK
VILLAGE LIFE MUSEUM
consisting of hand carts, heavy horse harness, bygones, hand tools and
equipment from the workshops of a farrier, carpenter, shoemaker, cooper, a dairy and
a Victorian cottage, as well as large farming machines such as an apple mill, cider press,
winnower, grindstones, etc.
which
will be conducted by public auction on site at
Paultons Park, Ower, Romsey,
Hampshire SO51 6AL
on
Wednesday 14 th March 2012
Commencing at 10.00 am
Catalogue £5.00
Sale Day Telephones – Michael Kimber: 07831 436112 or Sales Office: 07841 974296
Front cover, Lot 763
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PLEASE NOTE THAT ALL LOTS
CARRY VAT AT 20%
In the Village Life Museum
Commencing at 10.00 am
Please note: lots may be amalgamated by the Auctioneer
at the time of sale.
Lot
1 Sax tool used for trimming slates, a ripper and
one other tool
2 Butcher’s cleaver, hedging bill hooks and a
turnip trimmer
3 Anvil
4 Two metal melting pots, ladle and carrying
tongs
5 Lead melting stove
6 Five assorted tools
7 Four assorted tools
8 Five assorted tools
9 Quart measuring jug, a pint measuring jug
and a ladle
10 Carriage lamp, bee smoker, sheep shears, tin
bottle and a cow bell
11 Milk can and an oil can
12 Planting tool
13 Garden line
14 Foot protectors and a ‘Clapper’ bird scarer
15 Precision seed drill
16 Hand harrow and rotary tool
17 Ditching spade and furrow tool
18 Greenhouse sprayer
19 Early wooden fork
20 Early wooden rake
21 Corn shovel and grain shovel
23 Old lock and key; note, key may not operate
lock (18 lots, 23-40)
41 Eaves hook, wimble and apex hook
42 Shearing hook and Norfolk fork for reeds and
a reed hook
43 Fish trap
44 Two washing dollys
45 Animal trap
46 Squirrel trap
47 Mole trap
48 Linnet trap
49 Eel spear
50 Early wool winder
51 Washboard and wicker basket
52 Wicker carpet beater
53 Bee vacuum cleaner; bellows worked by
wheels when pushed
54 Star vacuum cleaner, 1911
55 Seed fiddle
56 Seed lip
57 Spinning wheel
58 Ceramic pots (2 lots, 58–59)
60 Wheelwright pit saw; used for cutting curved
wood possible shafts
61 Pit saw
62 Two double-handled saws (2 lots, 62-63)
64 Beetle and three wedges
65 Plumber’s blow lamp, stamped Aktiebolaget
Optimus, Stockholm, Sweden
66 Plumber’s blow lamp (2 lots, 66–67)
68 Plumber’s blow lamp, stamped Aktiebolaget
Optimus, Stockholm, Sweden and Optimus
No. 487
22 Double ox yoke
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69 Plumber’s blow lamp (4 lots, 69–72)
73 Paraffin heater

80
Old fire extinguisher by Minimax Ltd
81 Biscuit maker
82 Coffee grinder
83 Home canner canning machine by Homcan
84 Two household scales, one named ‘Victory’
85 Soup urn and Easiwork pressure cooker
86 Wimble; used to twist three strands of hemp
into ropes
87 Gladstone bag
88 Piglet foster feeder
89 Charcoal water filter All British Pasteur Type
Filter, made by Doulton & Co. Ltd., London,
England
90 Bulls head can opener, marrow bone spoon,
dough slicer and two other tools
91 Cast iron waffle pan and copper saucepan
92 Herb chopper, egg separator and juice
extractor
93 Large pestle and mortar and a smaller one
94 Bean slicer, potato ricer and two mincers
95 Early bread slicer, long handled bread peel
and a tin with compartments
96 Rotary disc knife cleaner by S.Nye,
manufacturers 134 Oxford Street, London
and a Besway knife sharpener
97 Sleeve iron, flat iron and trivet and a goffering
iron with trivet
98 Tilley spirit iron and one other
99 1921 Swan electric copper kettle and one other
100 Sausage maker
101 Meat press for ham and tongue
102 Egg whisk and a pair of Salters scales
103 Servants’ bell
105 Assorted ceramic jars and black Japanned
spice tins
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106 Two ceramic foot warmers and two
stoneware Gin bottles
107 Carriage copper foot warmer
108 Domed copper foot warmer by Wafax
109 Small whitemetal hand warmer using
turpentine and a nickel foot warmer
110 Tin lined foot warmer; hot brick was placed
inside
111 Personal scales with reversed dial and mirror
allowing the person being weighed to see
the reflection of the dial
112 19 th C pencil sharpener
113 Adding machine
114 Typewriter by Underwood
115 Ceramic bath originally from Paultons House;
water was carried upstairs in copper jugs by
housemaids
116 Typewriter by Mignon
117 Early calculator by Brunsviga
118 Early projector
119 Camera by Coronet Rapide
120 Camera similar to above
121 Two Brownie box cameras
122 Sewing machine by J G Weir, Soho Square,
London
123 Sewing machine by Willcox & Gibbs, Sewing
Machine Company, New York, London &
Paris; originally a wedding and birthday
present for Mrs Chilvers from her beloved
husband and dear children, April 7th 1871
124 Bee smoker, bellows and a bee box for
collecting a swarm of bees

125 Linnet box
126 Snapshot mouse trap, weasel and stoat trap
and another one
127 Old fishing reel, jack knife, a gamekeeper’s
knife and one other
128 Bucket and stool used for milking goats
129 Rat trap and one other
130 Coffee mill and home-made paté jar
The Woodworker/Carpenter
151 Gimlets
152 Archimedean drill
153 Eight chisels
154 Saw set
155 Eight assorted hand tools including
screwdriver
156 Eight assorted hand tools as above
157 Plough, plane, brace and vice
158 Five assorted hand tools
159 Draw knives
131 Clockwork fly trap
132 Assorted domestic tins
160 Eight assorted shaves
161 Bench vice
162 Spirit level, two small hand saws and one
other tool
163 Large wooden press
164 Compass saws
165 Jack plane
166 Large wooden plane (4 lots, 166-169)
170 Routers or old woman’s tooth
171 Two block planes or smoothers
172 Thread cutters
173 Gimlets
174 Braces
175 Braces (2 lots, 175-176)
Please note that all lots are the responsibility of
the purchaser at the fall of the hammer
Purchasers are reminded of the
10% buyer’s premium
(plus VAT at the standard rate)
added to all lots in the sale
177 One-man tree saw
178 Cramps
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179 Large wooden dibber
The Cooper
201 Wet Cooper’s signboard
202 Wet Cooper’s advertising board
203 Framed Cooper’s guide
204 Bow saw
205 Adze and in-shaves (2 lots, 205-206)
207 Three geometry gauges
208 Three shaves (2 lots, 208-209)
210 Four pod augers
181 Two hurricane lamps and a metal cauldron
182 Five slitting gauges
183 Seven slitting gauges
184 Three double-handled saws
185 Three hand saws
186 Assorted slitting gauges
187 Archimedean drill, hand drill and mortice
chisel
188 Large carpentry tool/chisel by Sidney Butler,
Engineer Park Works, Vauxhall, London 1899
189 Wooden tool box with contents
190 Assortment of measuring instruments such as
mitre square, bevelled gauges, folding rule,
parallelogram etc.
191 Large black tool box initialled C.R.Everitt
192 Bag of ten assorted hollow planes (5 lots,
192-196)
197 Workman’s tool box with internal drawer and
carry handle
200 Model of the Carpenter
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211 Anvil bending horns
212 Draw knives
213 Two axes
214 Two shaves and one planer
215 Three shaves
216 Five spoke shaves
217 Five chisels
218 Four double headed hammers
219 Four spoke shaves
220 Two hand pillar drills
221 An axe, hammer, sharpening tools and
another stamped No. 2
222 Backing shaves and knives
223 A-frame and three curved templates
224 Four draw knives
225 Bag of chisels and nails
226 Six shaves
227 Two pod augers
228 Six chisels and one file
229 Brazier
230 Assorted truss hoops
231 Two barrels
232 Cast iron stove stamped G Portway & Sons,
makers, Halstead, Essex

233 Two staved vessels
234 Poison barrel
235 Small barrel bucket with cast iron handle,
harvest cask with brass tap and banding, a
sherry barrel and a board listing cask sizes
236 Large barrel
237 Two hurricane lamps
238 Two barrels
239 Large croze (10 lots, 239-248)
249 Assorted truss hoops of varying sizes
250 Three large brass barrel taps
251 Barrel taps of assorted sizes
252 Assorted metal bung surrounds; one stamped
Strong & Co., Romsey Ltd.
253 Assorted metal bung surrounds, some
stamped
254 Three Coster barrels
255 Jointer for putting correct angle on staves
256 Beek iron and metal pot
257 Cooper’s horse; used as a vice while the
Cooper sat astride using his draw knife
The Farrier
271 Large Farrier’s signboard
272 Farrier’s advertising sign
273 Farrier’s guide
274 Farrier’s stand; used to support horse’s hoof
whilst shoeing
275 Five hammers and two hammer heads with
no handles
276 Eight assorted farrier tools
277 Six assorted farrier tools (2 lots, 277-278)
279 Five assorted farrier tools
280 Seven assorted farrier tools
281 Six assorted farrier tools
282 Two hurricane lamps
283 Bench pillar drill
284 Cast iron brackets
285 Two bundles of chain measures
286 Three farrier tools
287 Two boxes with nails
288 Two forge tools and an axe
289 Farrier’s tongs
290 Square flat set hammers
291 Bolster plates
258 Large black tool box
259 Smaller black tool box
260 Model of Cooper
261 Wheelmaker’s instruction display board
262 Carpentry sign board and a Ladder and Gate
maker’s board
263 Wheelwright’s sign board
292 Five assorted files
293 Five tools; hammers and tongs
294 Three double headed shaped hammers of
varying sizes
295 An oil can and cast iron pan
296 Seven assorted tongs
297 Quantity of horse shoes
298 Swag block
299 Two boxes with tools
300 Pair of carriage steps in the shape of horse
shoes and a farrier’s dog
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301 Six tools, nippers, hammers,
302 Box of assorted tools
303 Quantity of ironwork
304 Anvil
305 Box of nail making tools
306 Four farrier pliers
307 Five farrier tools
308 Seven farrier tools
309 Large wall vice
310 Bolster plates
311 Two forge tools
312 Forge tool bucket, H Bamford & Sons,
Uttoxeter
The Master Shoemaker
321 Shoemaker’s sign
322 Framed picture depicting shoemakers
323 Framed Apprentice Indenture, dated 1908
324 Two saddler’s clams
325 Pair of shoe lasts mounted on wood
326 Wooden boot puller
313 Six assorted farrier tools
314 Large farrier’s tool
315 Bellows
316 Model of a Farrier
Have we incorrectly named
or described an item?
We would be pleased for
you to tell us so we can
improve our knowledge
327 Bench mounted shoe last and two stands
328 Two triple shoe lasts, one with shoe
329 Seven small shoe lasts
330 Box of leatherwork tools (2 lots, 330-331)
332 Pair of triple shoe lasts
333 Leather press for softening and shaping
leather
334 Four iron sole templates
335 Double headed bench last with shoe
336 Box of leatherwork tools
337 Four iron shoe lasts, sizes 2, 2, 5 & 4.5
338 Pair of shoe trees
339 Revolving iron storage tray with tools (3 lots,
339-341)
343 Three hand tools
344 Four hand tools
345 Singer sewing machine with treadle for
stitching leather
346 Valor oil heater
347 Shoe last and stand
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348 Scriver
349 Eyelet machine used to insert eyelets for shoe
laces, etc. (2 lots, 349-350)
The Cider Shop
381 A large stoneware jar in wicker basket, three
medium jars and two smaller plus a Gin
bottle
382 Six stoneware jars of varying sizes
351 Hand welt stitcher by Scholls Arch Fitter
352 Black Singer sewing machine for leatherwork
353 Three bags containing boxes of shoe tacks etc.
354 Two bags containing polishes, tins etc.
355 Three shoe lasts
356 Two shoe lasts; one large
357 Pair of wood and iron shoe lasts, a larger pair
of shoe lasts and a pair of shoe trees
358 Two triple shoe lasts
359 Two shoe lasts, size 9.5 & 5/6
360 Four pairs of men’s boots
361 Four pairs of ladies shoes
362 Five wooden lasts
363 Pair of ice skating boots with blades and a
pair of blades
364 Pair of men’s riding boots with mahogany
tops
365 Gas burner with trivet
366 Five children’s shoe lasts, some stamped with
sizes
367 Four ladies iron shoe lasts
368 Six iron shoe lasts of varying sizes
369 Box of metalwork
370 Three boxes of leather offcuts
371 Model of the Master Shoemaker
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383 Two stoneware jars in wicker baskets and
another
384 A stoneware water carrier and two other
stoneware jars
385 Five stoneware jars of varying sizes
386 Cider press, stamped
387 Cider butt stamped 108 gallons
388 Three cider barrels, bottle box and sieve
The Dairy
391 Curd cutter; chops the curd before pressing
the cheese
392 Butter worker; butter was spread on the
table and the roller moved up and down
across it squeezing out the water
393 Cream skimming table
394 Hand barrow
395 Table with slate top
396 Cast iron cheese press by Albion Company,
Rugeley No. 18c
397 Butter churn
398 Cream separator, early 19th century; works
by central fugal force separating the lighter
cream from the heavier skim milk
399 Ball bearing cream separator by Lister

400 Early 19 th C rounded box churn
401 Plunger butter churn, one of the earliest
types of churns
402 Cottage cheese press, 19 th C domestic model
403 Large butter mould
404 Milk cooling machine by Lister Dursley, Made
In England and two milk churns
405 Tall milk churn, Barney Fossil Country Life
Exhibitions
406 Tall milk churn, Barney Fossil Country Life
Exhibitions
407 Two large stoneware bowls
408 Five assorted metal containers
409 Wooden bucket with handle
410 Wooden table
411 Display of dairy tools
412 Three aluminium measuring jugs
413 Two copper milk ladles
414 Two blue milk flasks
415 Two enamel water jugs
416 Glass butter churn, wooden flask and two
glass milk bottles
417 Butter box with two drawers containing
compartments
418 Two butter workers, five butter pats, two
small wooden bowls and a butter roller
419 Set of scales with weights
420 Twenty three numbered ceramic discs
421 Yoke; placed on the shoulders for carrying
buckets
422 Curd knife
423 Wooden trough
424 Three wooden stools
425 Display of butter stamps
426 Model of a Dairy Maid
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The Dairy Cottage
441 Freestanding record cabinet Victrola
Manufactured Talking Machine
442 Embroidery frame and sewing machine
inlaid with mother of pearl by The Simner
Manufacturing Company
443 Large sideboard with mirrored back, two
drawers and cupboard below
444 Kitchen dresser with two shelves, two
drawers and cupboards below
445 Wooden commode; one broken leg
446 Three kitchen chairs
447 Black lead range with fender and bellows
448 Seven kitchen utensils
449 Cast iron stew pot and three irons
450 Kitchen table with two drawers
451 Two armchairs with embroidered upholstery
452 Treadle sewing machine by Bradbury & Co
Ltd of Oldham and small wooden stool and
sewing box
453 Brown mantle clock by Bentima
454 Two wall mounted oil lamps and a tall brass
and cast iron oil lamp with etched glass
shade and funnel
455 Box containing small sewing machine
stamped White Sewing, Cleveland Ohia, USA
and two empty sewing machine boxes
456 Six stoneware pots of various sizes
457 Wooden rack with seven kitchen utensils
458 Six earthenware jars plus Dr. Nelson’s
earthenware inhaler and another
459 Quantity of ornaments
460 Box of kitchen equipment
461 Two ceramic cats

462 Eight pictures including The Beaufort Hunt,
one of a Gypsy family and two sepia photos
of cathedrals
463 Tall vase and a large green jug
464 Four piece Willow pattern tea set with side
plates, servers, bowls and platters and a
small coffee set consisting of two cups,
saucers and side plates
465 Three wooden boxes, cribbage box and a
small wooden dustpan and brush
466 Cut glass fruit bowl, spectacles and two
candle holders
467 Quantity of kitchen tins, tobacco jar, barrel,
etc.
468 Pair of ice skates with blades in wooden box
469 Presentation board of two brass quoits, with
small plaque inscribed ‘Presented to Captain
RCH Sloane Stanley by the members of the
New Forest Quoit League in recognition of his
reorganisation of the ancient game of quoits,
1914’ and wooden sign Dairy Cottage
Heavy Horse Harness and Sundries
501 Pair of prints
502 Four framed pictures all depicting country
scenes
503 Framed advertising picture Oakhill Brown
Stout
504 Three heavy horse bits
505 Four harness brackets (2 lots, 550-506)
507 Three horse bits
508 Pair of large corner yard lamps with chimney
vent
509 Four stoneware jars
510 Pair of wooden heavy horse hames
511 Heavy horse collar and brass hames with
acorn tops, 24” approx.
512 Plough
513 Heavy horse pad with whitemetal studs
514 Heavy horse collar with checked lining with a
pair of acorn topped hames
515 Heavy horse collar with whitemetal hames
516 Scotch collar with whitemetal hames and
white metal studs
517 Heavy horse bridle with blinkers and bit and a
horse bridle with whitemetal bit
518 Hessian and leather nose bag
470 Frister & Rossman sewing machine, kindly
donated by Mr Vardy of Bartley
471 Bar-Lock typewriter and an adding machine
by Plus
472 Doll in highchair and model, plus two parasols
in a pot
473 Three rugs, tablecloths, runner and various
offcuts of material
474 Box of plates, bottles, teapots etc.
475 Box of earthenware bottles and glass bottles
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519 Three leather straps, one with seven brass
studs and whitemetal buckles, one with two
brass studs and the other with five brass
studs
520 12-spoke carriage wheel painted yellow with
green and red lining
521 Two leather straps, one with eight brass studs
the other with four
522 Wooden swingletree and a wide leather strap
with two brass studs
523 Heavy horse pad with leather strap and
whitemetal fittings

524 Wooden drag shoe
525 Leather strap with eleven shield shaped studs
and whitemetal buckles
526 Heavy horse pad with brass studs
527 Pair of round fronted brass trimmed lamps
with pagoda tops; glazing on one is cracked
528 Metal bar with chains
529 Heavy horse pad with brass stud
530 Heavy horse hames with acorn tops
531 Pair of wooden hames
532 Heavy horse pad and tugs with whitemetal
and brass fittings
533 Wood/metal heavy horse hames
534 Three leather straps with horse brasses
535 Four leather straps with horse brasses
536 Pair of brass hames
537 Two wide leather straps with brass studs
538 Heavy horse pad
539 Four swingletrees
540 Pair of black stable lamps, one round the
other square with handles
541 Pair of square fronted carriage lamps with
pagoda tops
542 Brass square lamp with wooden handle and
wick
543 Leather strap with four brass terrets with
ribbons and two leather straps with studs
544 Pair of pony hames
545 Cart pad with brass stud
546 Leather strap with three rumble bells and a
leather strap with six brasses
547 Heavy horse bridle with maker’s nose piece
stamped R. Lacey, Maker, Luton and brass
studs
548 Heavy horse collar with hames
549 Heavy horse bridle
550 Heavy horse pad
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551 Pair of brass heavy horse hames
552 Leather back strap with brass studs
553 Heavy horse collar with metal hames and
whitemetal studs
554 Wood/metal cart hames
555 Rutter’s twitch
556 Cart pad
557 Back strap
558 Heavy horse bridle
559 Wide leather strap with engraved initials on
studs and another strap with seven studs
560 Heavy horse pad with brass studs
561 Five heavy horse bits
562 Five heavy horse bits
563 Six various horse bits
571 Metal carriage jack
572 Wooden cart jack
573 Four assorted traps (2 lots, 573-574)
575 Lead horn trainers and a horse gag
576 Sweat scraper, hoof file and curry comb
577 Fork and hoe
578 Fork and adze
579 Peat cutter, ditching spade and tool
580 Hay fork and a rake
581 Silage cutter
582 Scythe (2 lots, 582-583)
584 Pair of carriage prints

Located in the Old Romany Museum
601 Wooden spirit level with brass ends and two
sharpening blocks
602 Quantity of woodworking tools including set
squares, calipers, sliding bevels etc.
603 Two wooden mallets and a hammer
604 Five brace and bits
605 Augers (2 lots, 605-606)
607 Five plow planes
608 Four assorted moulding planes
609 Bag of ten planes (2 lots, 609-610)
611 Large plane mounted
612 22” wooden plane (3 lots, 612-614)
615 17” plane by D.McKie
616 14” wood and metal plane
617 Three small wooden planes
618 Two 8” block planes and two others
619 Spoke planer
620 Box of spoke shaves and scribes
621 Quantity of saws
622 Four tenon saws
623 Seven various wood saws
624 Box of mixed hand tools
625 Wooden tool (2 lots, 625-626)
627 Wooden drag shoe
628 Two strickles; on which mutton fat and sand
were smeared on first then used to sharpen
scythes
629 Bird scarer and walking stick
630 Box of cartwheel spanners
631 Box of files
632 Lucas King of the Road early automobile lamp
633 Monitor paraffin blow lamp, British made no.
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634 Oil burning cycle front lamp
635 Two carbide cycle lamps, Miller
636 Daimon Telko Trio battery torch with blackout
shield
637 Carriage rear oil lamp
638 Oil burning cycle rear lamp
639 Wells unbreakable road menders lamp by A.C
Ellis & Co.
640 Man trap
641 Four animal traps
642 Three rodent traps
643 Thatcher’s ridge needle and six various hand
tools
644 Three sheep shears
645 Eight various cultivator tine heads
646 Single carriage lamp (2 lots, 646-647)
648 Oil can and pot
649 Oil can and two small pots
650 Three wheels
651 Large mincer
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652 Mincer

653 Three axes and small wooden mallet
654 Two tall oil lamps with shades and glass
funnels
656 Two oil lamps
658 Fire extinguisher by Minimax
659 Two wooden pulley wheels
660 Bull mask
661 Side saddle with maker’s stud Dobell & Son,
Saddlers, Liverpool
701 Carriage warner wheel
702 Pair of carriage wheels for renovating
703 Three red carriage wheels by R & J Reeves &
Son, Bratten
704 Cart wheel with templates
705 Two cart wheels and one smaller
706 Hand-pushed green garden cultivator
707 Furrow plough
708 Seed drill
709 Wool carder stamped Prat Fes, Grenoble,
used for teasing the fleece before spinning
and a pair of wooden wool teasers
710 Wool winder
711 Peat cutter’s barrow and peat knife
712 Malt rake for aerating grain
713 Two double ended hand saws
714 Large rake
715 Muck chrome, turnip chopper, three-prong
hay rake, root pick, beet fork and root fork
716 Potato/beet shovel, dock lifter, plough staff
and bottoming spade
717 Rutter spade, hay knife, meading knife, silage
knives and ditching shovel
718 Six hand tools consisting of a corn sickle,
scythe, ditching spade, slasher, breast plough
and peat spade
719 Grinding stone
720 Large box
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721 Six staddle stones
722 Wooden table
723 Lead toilet cistern in wooden casing
724 Foot bellows
725 Wrought iron gate
726 Set of glass cupboards
727 Weather vane
728 Large bell
729 Wooden rocking cot
730 Two chimney pots (5 lots, 730-734)
735 Three chimney pots
736 Two oil cans
737 Well bucket and set of poles - possibly
chimney sweep
738 Washing bin stamped Non-Splash and two
copper poshers and one wooden
739 Four corn measures and a basket
740 Small wooden wheelbarrow
741 Metal/wood tool
742 Flour sieve and tool
743 Baby Daisy vacuum cleaner which one person
worked the bellows and the other swept and
a Ewbank sweeper
744 Carriage seat and box
745 Carriage shafts and turntable
746 Metal carriage jack
747 Wooden carriage jack
748 Part of carriage jack
749 Carriage pole and swingletree

Wagon, Hand Carts and Prams
761 FOUR-WHEEL FLAT BED WAGON, painted blue on red
undercarriage and yellow English pattern wheels
762 BAKER’S HAND CART, on iron shod wheels with semi-elliptic
springs and sign written M.G. Hayman, Baker, Pastrycook, and
Maker of Hovis
763 DAIRY HAND CART, painted cream and red and sign written
Paultons Dairy on the side. Comes with a milk churn, two milk
containers and two milk measures
764 WOODEN CART, on four wheels, spindle sides and ‘T’ pull handle
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765 HAND BARROW, painted yellow on black semi-elliptic springs, two
wire wheels with brass hub caps
766 INVALID CARRIAGE, wicker body and button back upholstery on
two large wire wheels with ‘C’ springs and a small front wheel,
and comes with shafts. In need of renovation
767 VICTORIAN PRAM, finished in black with black folding hood lined
in red and trimmed with fringe, leather upholstery and footwell.
On ‘C’ springs with two small and two large wire wheels and
swan-neck shaped handle
768 CHILD’S WHEELCHAIR, with wicker back rest, leather seat and
embroidered foot tread
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769 PRAMS, two dolls prams; in need of renovation
FORTHCOMING THIMBLEBY & SHORLAND AUCTIONS
THE READING CARRIAGE SALE
incorporating the
THE HORSE BRASS & HEAVY HORSE SALE
Wednesday 7th March
READING SHETLAND SALE
Wednesday 21st March
HORSE & SADDLERY SALE
Friday 2nd March
The Monthly Reading General Sale
Saturday 31st March
The Grounds Maintenance Sale
Wednesday 28th March
All the above sales will be held in Reading at the
Reading Auction Centre, RG1 7HU
plus
The Hewden Auction
Large sale of Contractors Plant & Equipment
Thursday 15th March
on site at
The Yorkshire Event Centre, The Great Yorkshire Showground, Wetherby Road, Harrogate,
Yorkshire, HG2 8NZ
For catalogues, information and entry forms please contact the auctioneers
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Lot 761
Lot 762
Lot 763
Lot 764
Lot 765
Lot 766
Lot 767
Lot 768
Lot 769
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Lot 769

Lot 85
Lot 110
Lot 298
Lot 315
Lot 362
Lot 386
Lot 392
Lot 405-
406
Lot 510
Lot 619
Lot 721
Lot 781
Lot 783
Lot 790
Lot 807
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Machinery
781 Apple mill
782 Machine for forming metal carriage treads
783 Linen press
784 Double action blacksmith’s bellows
785 Family washing copper
786 Treadle polisher
787 Personal scales by W & T Avery Ltd,
Birmingham. Used in a chemist in Romsey
early in 20 th C
788 Machine for putting name plates on tools
789 Grindstone; water was placed in the trough to
keep the stone wet while sharpening tools
790 Folding treadle grindstone
791 Victorian mangle, 1907, built by R. Nelson &
Co., London
792 Churn with plaque stamped Waide & Sons
Ltd., Crown Point Road, Leeds, No.4 Churn
Manufacturers
793 Portable blacksmith’s forge with handoperated
fan
794 19 th C. Winnowing machine with wooden
pulley wheel used for removing chaff straw
and weeds from grain
795 Display cabinet
796 Mangle
797 Wheel painting stand
798 Brush maker’s guillotine
799 Stove stamped Romesse;
800 Grindstone
801 Jiffy washing machine
802 Churn
803 Straw Matting machine
804 Dentist’s drill with treadle; not complete
805 Lathe
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806 Corn merchant’s scales
807 Large sack scales, possible fruit and veg
merchant, made by Bartlett & Son, Makers,
Bristol
808 Potato scales by W & T Avery, Ltd
809 School desk and chair
810 Seed scales with weights
811 Grocer’s scales with weight Lion Quick Action
Scales
812 Large ornate Victorian cash register by The
National Cash Register Co., Dayton, Ohio,
USA
813 Revolving butter churn
814 Early vacuum milking machine bucket
815 Wallpaper trimmer
816 Treadle lathe
817 1930’s mangle with stamped Patent no, 308094
818 Large bench with two vices
819 Large stock of beams and wood
820 Pallet of roof tiles
821 Roof slates
822 Ironwork belonging to fire
823 Saw benches and a glazed window frame
824 Bench
825 Box
826 Clamp
827 Metal tool
828 Metal tool
829 Tall drill
830 Assorted metalwork
831 Vices
832 Carriage axle
833 Carriage turntable frame
834 Assorted wheel rims
835 Wheels for renovation

CONDITIONS OF SALE
1. The highest bidder for each lot shall be the Purchaser, and in the event of any dispute the Auctioneers shall
have absolute discretion either to settle such dispute or to re-offer the lot immediately.
2. No person may advance less at a bid than a sum to be named from time to time by the Auctioneer, nor shall
any bidding be retracted. The Auctioneer may, without giving any reason therefore, refuse to accept the bidding
of any person or persons.
3. All lots are put up for sale subject to any reserve price placed by the Vendors, who may bid for any lot or lots,
and may withdraw any lot or lots, either personally or through the Auctioneer or through any other person, as
many times as they respectively may think fit.
4. Each Purchaser shall give his or her name and address in writing (if required) to the Auctioneer at the Sale,
and pay the full purchase money at the close of the Sale, or, if required, the whole or a portion of the purchase
money, as the Auctioneer may determine, during the course of the Sale. If any Purchaser fails to comply with
any of these conditions the lot or lots in respect of which such failure is made may, if the Auctioneer thinks fit,
be put up again and resold. If upon such resale a lower price is obtained for any of such lots than was obtained
on the first sale the difference in price shall be a debt due from the Purchaser in default upon the first sale.
5. No lot or lots shall be removed from the premises until paid for, but each and every lot shall immediately
at the fall of the hammer be considered as delivered, and be and remain in every respect at the absolute risk
of the respective Purchaser or Purchasers thereof, and shall be removed at the Purchaser’s expense after the
conclusion of the Sale and taken with all faults or errors of description.
6. The Auctioneers act only as agents for the Vendor(s) and are not responsible for any default by either
Vendor(s) or Purchaser. In particular, they shall not be liable to pay the Vendor until payment is received from
the Purchaser.
7. No undertaking of the Auctioneers or their employees to take charge of any lots after the sale or to forward
them to their destination shall be held to impose,upon the Auctioneers any legal obligation or vitiate any of the
foregoing conditions.
8. Purchasers paying by cheque must be prepared, if required, to produce a banker’s reference. The Auctioneers
reserve the right in their sole discretion to refuse payment by cheque.
9. In all cases of transfer the original Purchaser shall be held responsible for the purchase money.
10. The Auctioneer reserves the right to withdraw or divide any lot or to combine any two or more lots at his
sole discretion and to sell in such order as he may think fit.
11. The Auctioneers have described the lots to the best of their ability and belief from information furnished
by the Vendors who shall be alone responsible for any error or mis-statement which there may be. The
Auctioneers undertake no liability whatever in respect of any faults, deficiencies and errors of any description,
oral or printed, nor do they accept responsibility for the authenticity, genuineness, origin, age, condition or
quality of any lot and all statements as to these matters whether contained in the catalogue or made orally
are statements of opinion only and are not to be taken as being or implying a statement or representation of
fact. Any intending Purchaser must satisfy himself by inspection or otherwise as to the correctness of each such
statement. The Vendor does not make or give and neither the Auctioneers, nor any person in their employ have
any authority to make or give any representation or warranty in relation to any of the lots without the express
instructions of the Vendor(s).
12. The Auctioneers accept no responsibility in connection with the commissioning of their staff to bid for
any lots. Reserves and commissions given verbally or by telephone are accepted at sender’s risk and must
be confirmed in writing before the Sale.
13. THIRD PARTY LlABlLlTY. All persons on the Auctioneers’ premises before, during or after the Sale shall be
deemed to be there at their own risk and with notice of the condition of the premises and of the method of
arranging lots and shall have no claim against the Auctioneers in respect of any in jury or accident which may
occur from any cause whatsoever.
14. If any Purchaser shall fail to comply with the above conditions or any of them, the Auctioneers shall be at
Iiberty to recover in full I the amount of the purchase money of the lot or lots bought by such Purchaser together
with all interest, costs, charges and expenses, without reference to any delivery or acceptance of the lot or lots,
other than the first delivery by the fall of the hammer, or to resell any lot or lots bought by such Purchasers,
either by public or private sale, and the full amount of the purchase money at the present sale, or the deficiency
(if any) arising from the second sale, together with all interest, costs, charges and expenses, shall be made good
by the defaulter, and be recoverable as and for liquidated damages.
Auctioneers: THIMBLEBY & SHORLAND, READING
NOTE - Purchasers or their agents are requested to obtain accounts and delivery orders at the Auctioneers’
Office before leaving the place of sale and carefully to examine same. The Auctioneers cannot be held
responsible for any errors in accounts or delivery orders unless they are notified of such errors on the
day of sale and before the lots are removed from the premises.
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The Carpenter
The Cooper
The Farrier
The Cottage
The Dairy
The Shoemaker
31 Great Knollys Street, Reading, Berkshire RG1 7HU Tel: +44 (0) 118 950 8611 Fax: +44 (0) 118 950 5896
www.tsauction.co.uk info@tsauction.co.uk
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