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Science, Technology & Clocks 

Sale 2527M November 20, 2010 

Marlborough

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Provenance 

Descendants of Suren H. Hekimian 

C. Keith Wilbur Estate 

Higgins Armory Museum 

Ted Crom Estate 

Wesley R. Peterson Collection 

Private Collections 


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held in conjunction with a preview of Skinner’s November 20th Auction 

of Science, Technology & Clocks 

Friday, November 19, 2010 at 7pm 

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The C. Keith Wilbur Collection - Lots 1-159 

1. 

Three Marine Flintlock Pistols, Tower, Britain, late 18th century, 

each with 8 1/2-inch barrel marked with a crown at the breech, 

steel and brass furniture including lockplates marked “TOWER” and 

with the crown symbol surmounting “GR,” walnut stocks with raised 

carving around the tang, metal ramrods. 

$1,500-2,500 

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British Heavy Dragoon Pistol, Tower, London, c. 1750, 12-inch 

round barrel, brass and steel furniture, lockplate marked with maker’s 

name “TOWER” and crown symbol over “GR,” engraved brass 

sideplate with initials “JM,” brass trigger guard and turned ramrod 

pipe, walnut stock with raised carving surrounding the tang. 

$400-600 

2. 

Pair of Revolutionary War Pistols, Ketland & Co., London, second 

half 18th century, 10-inch round barrels marked with “LONDON” 

and other marks near the tang, steel and brass furniture including 

lockplates with engraved marks “KETLAND/& Co.,” engraved brass 

trigger guards and turned ramrod pipes, engraved oval escutcheons, 

walnut stock with raised carving surrounding the engraved tangs, 

wooden ramrods. 

$1,000-1,500 

4. 

Pair of Flintlock Pistols, 18th/19th century, 6 1/4-inch flaring 

octagonal barrels, steel furniture including pommel, shaped trigger 

guards, and turned ramrod pipes, walnut checkered grip, inlaid with 

steel filigree around the tangs. 

$200-400 

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Flintlock Heavy Dragoon Pistol, Scotland, c. 1781, with 12-inch 

steel barrel marked “1781” and “F V” on the breech, steel and brass 

furniture including a spurred brass pommel and turned ramrod pipes. 

$400-600 

6. 

Revolutionary War Era Pistol, France, late 18th century, 9-inch 

round steel barrel, steel and brass furniture including brass barrelretaining 

mount engraved “G/F+L,” walnut stock. 

$150-250 

7. 

Flintlock Pistol, Tower, London, late 18th century, 9 1/4-inch steel 

barrel marked on the breech, steel and brass furniture including 

lockplate, trigger guard, pommel, and ramrod pipes, walnut stock. 

$100-200 

8. 

Parcel-gilt Flintlock Pistol, Brion, Paris, 18th century, 9 3/4-inch 

steel barrel with embossed and gilt maker’s name, engraved and gilt 

designs on the breech, steel furniture including lockplate engraved 

with maker’s name and figural design, mounted and gilt trigger guard, 

and spurred pommel with gilt profile bust, walnut stock with carving 

surrounding the tang. 

$200-400 

9. 

Heavy Dragoon Pistol, France, mid-18th century, 12 1/2-inch 

round barrel, steel and brass furniture including replaced percussion 

lockplate marked “DEVILLERS,” decorative brass trigger guard, 

turned ramrod pipes, and spurred pommel, walnut stock with raised 

carving around the tang, (losses and cracks to stock at grip and near 

barrel). 

$200-400 

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Heavy Dragoon Flintlock Pistol, Britain, 18th century, 12-inch round 

barrel, brass and steel furniture including lockplate engraved “H. 

MEUNIER,” brass trigger guard, faceted ramrod pipes, and spurred 

pommel, walnut stock with raised carving around the lockplate and 

tang, brass-capped wooden ramrod. 

$300-500 

11. 

Flintlock Pocket Pistol, R. & R. Sutherland, London, early 19th 

century, 2 1/2-inch tapering barrel, lock marked with maker’s name, 

flat-sided bag shape walnut grip. 

$200-400 

12. 

Flintlock Brass Barrel Pistol, Cassaignard a Nantes, France, c. 

1750, 5 1/4-inch cannon barrel with engraved designs near the 

lock, brass lock engraved with maker’s name, engraved steel trigger 

guard, walnut stock and grip, brass butt plate in the form of an 

eagle’s head. 

$200-400 

13. 

Small Flintlock Pistol, England, early 18th century, with 3 1/2-inch 

cannon barrel, steel engraved lockplate, brass trigger guard, walnut 

stock and grip with carved swelled end. 

$100-150 

14. 

Flintlock Pistol Tinder Lighter, late 18th century, engraved foliate 

designs and partially checkered bag-shape grip, lg. 5 in. 

$200-300 

15. 

Revolutionary War Discharge Document Signed by George 

Washington, dated 1783, for Capt. John Perry, serving in the 8th 

Massachusetts Regiment for “eight years and one month,” signed by 

George Washington on 16th of June, 1783 together with six pieces of 

colonial and continental currency from Massachusetts, Rhode Island, 

and Connecticut, all framed, document, ht. 12 1/2, wd. 7 in. (sight). 

$6,000-8,000 

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First Model “Brown Bess” Flintlock Rifle and Bayonet with 

Scabbard, Galton, England, first half 18th century, 46-inch round 

barrel marked “24” on the breech, steel and brass furniture including 

lockplate marked “GALTON” and with the crown symbol above 

“GR,” turned brass ramrod pipes, escutcheon engraved “9/21,” butt 

plate, carved walnut stock with raised carving around the tang, steel 

ramrod, sold together with a steel bayonet with 16 1/2-inch triangleshaped 

blade and period leather scabbard with hide strap. 

Note: According to a modern string tag attached to this rifle, it was 

carried by a Private Parker of Buckland, Massachusetts, during the 

American Revolution. 

$4,000-6,000 

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Percussion Fowler, London, c. 1750, 47-inch two-stage barrel with 

round front continuing to an octagonal breech with maker’s marks 

and “LONDON PROOF,” steel and brass furniture including rococoengraved 

lock, hammer marked “GG,” beech stock, wooden ramrod. 

$100-200 


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Semi-military Flintlock Fowler Rifle, Steele & Warren, Albany, New 

York, late 18th century, 47 1/2-inch two-stage barrel with rounded 

front and octagonal breech divided by ring turning, mostly steel 

furniture including lockplate engraved with a flowering branch and 

marked “STEELE&/WARREN/ALBANY,” turned brass ramrod pipes, 

carved walnut stock, steel ramrod. 

Provenance: This rifle was purchased before 1963 from George 

Ellis of Northampton, Massachusetts. George Ellis was a Spanish 

American War veteran and this fowler, according to family lore, was 

carried by his great grandfather, a Northampton soldier during the 

Revolutionary War. 

$1,000-1,500 

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American Officer’s Fowler, Benjamin Strong, c. 1760-80, 45 1/4- 

inch two-stage barrel with rounded front section and octagonal 

breech engraved with foliate motifs and inlaid with brass, brass 

and steel furniture including brass sideplate engraved with maker’s 

name “Benjamin Strong,” engraved brass trigger guard, turned brass 

ramrod pipes, walnut stock with raised shell carving around the tang, 

wooden ramrod. 

$1,000-1,500 

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Flintlock Musket, Charleville, France, mid-18th century, 44 1/2-inch 

round barrel, steel furniture including lockplate indistinctly inscribed 

“Charleville,” carved walnut stock, steel ramrod. 

$600-800 

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French-style Flintlock Musket, America, mid-18th century, 42-inch 

two-stage barrel with rounded front and octagonal breech, steel 

furniture, walnut stock, steel ramrod. 

Note: A tag attached to the trigger guard implies that this gun was 

used in the Revolution. 

$400-600 

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Flintlock Musket, France, early 19th century, 42 3/4-inch round 

barrel, breech with octagonal end, steel furniture including lock 

marked “S/37,” brass pan, swivel sling loops, walnut stock with 

circular brand on butt, steel ramrod. 

$1,000-1,500 


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Flintlock Musket, France, late 18th century, 41-inch round barrel, 

steel furniture including lockplate marked indistinctly in French, pan 

with faceted exterior, walnut stock with carving and a name possibly 

“Jonathan Boyce,” steel ramrod. 

$800-1,000 

24. 

Revolutionary War Flintlock Rifle with Bayonet, 18th century, with 

42-inch barrel, iron and brass furniture including brass finger guard, 

lockplate with unidentified mark, brass butt plate, the barrel marked 

with “V” near tang, walnut stock, socket bayonet with 15 1/2-inch 

triangular blade, (separation between barrel and stock, barrel with 

some rust). 

Note: A 20th century tag attached to the trigger guard reads 

“Committee of Safety Massachusetts.” 

$500-700 

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Officer’s Fusil with Bayonet, England, c. 1750, 42-inch round 

barrel with ring-turned breech, steel and brass furniture including 

engraved brass trigger guard with acorn finial, engraved brass butt 

plate, escutcheon marked “M.V/8,” engraved decorative sideplate, 

engraved steel tang, and turned ramrod pipes, carved walnut stock, 

bayonet marked “HADLEY,” steel ramrod, sling swivels. 

$2,000-3,000 

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Flintlock Musket, Charleville Armory, France, third quarter 18th 

century, 42-inch round barrel, steel furniture including lockplate with 

unidentified mark, carved stock, iron ramrod, steel sling swivels. 

Note: Many Charleville muskets were imported from France for use 

by American soldiers during the Revolutionary War, including some 

25,000 in 1777. 

$1,000-1,500 


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Flintlock Musket, France, late 18th century, 41 1/2-inch round 

barrel, steel furniture including lockplate marked with an American 

eagle, walnut stock with worn mark reading “UNITED STATES,” steel 

ramrod. 

$2,000-3,000 

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Flintlock Musket, Ketland & Co., London, early 19th century, 

39 1/2-inch two-stage barrel with round front separated from the 

octagonal breech by ring-turning, brass and steel furniture including 

engraved lock marked “KETLAND/&Co,” turned and trumpet-form 

ramrod pipes, further maker’s marks on the breech, walnut stock, 

iron ramrod. 

$800-1,200 

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Flintlock Musket Reconversion, early 19th century, 38-inch round 

barrel marked on the breech, steel and brass furniture including 

engraved and marked lockplate, engraved brass trigger guard, 

engraved brass butt plate, unmarked escutcheon, turned brass 

ramrod pipes, carved walnut stock, steel ramrod. 

$200-400 

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Flintlock Musket, P.P. Irving, Worcester County, Massachusetts, 

31 1/2-inch octagonal barrel, steel and brass furniture including 

engraved lock marked “P.P./IRVING/WARRANTED,” brass trigger 

guard with engraved extensions continuing toward the butt and the 

barrel, brass patch box with spring closure and engraved shaped 

surround, nine small engraved brass escutcheons along barrel stock 

and near trigger guard, figured walnut stock, wooden ramrod. 

$500-700 

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New England Flintlock Rifle, S. Allen, Shrewsbury, Massachusetts, 

c. 1800, 29-inch octagonal barrel, steel, silver, and brass furniture 

including lockplate marked “S. Allen,” brass trigger guard, hinged 

engraved brass patchbox with pushbutton spring latch, engraved 

brass and silver escutcheons, turned brass ramrod pipes, cherry 

stock with carving and filigree inlay around the tang, wooden ramrod. 

$200-300 

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Flintlock Rifle, Worcester County, Massachusetts, 19th century, 

29-inch octagonal barrel, steel and brass furniture including 

unmarked lock, brass fore-end cap, brass hinged patchbox with 

pierced and scrolled surround, faceted ramrod pipes, cherry stock, 

wooden ramrod. 

$200-300 



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Contract Flintlock Musket, New Haven, Connecticut, early 19th 

century, 27-inch round barrel, steel furniture including lockplate with 

engraved eagle mark and “NEW HAVEN.,” carved walnut stock, steel 

ramrod, (barrel cut down). 

$250-350 

34. 

French and Indian War Model 1746 Military Musket, 18th century, 

46 1/2-inch barrel, steel furniture, walnut stock, socket bayonet with 

16-inch triangular blade, (lacks butt plate and ramrod). 

$200-300 

35. 

Rampart Rifle, England, 18th century, with steel furniture including 

a lock marked “TOWER,” most of the barrel was filled in with wood 

after it burst when fired, barrel lg. 72 in. 

Note: Accompanying this rifle is a note written in 1962 recounting the 

acquisition of this gun, and the explanation for the flawed firing that 

led to its condition. 

$200-400 

36. 

Fifteen Small Modern Cast-Iron and Brass Cannons, showing 

different styles and periods. 

$150-200 

37. 

Three Marked Bayonets, America, all with triangular blades, one 

with single flute on flat surface and marked US on the base of the 

blade, lg. 17 1/4, one with a large flute and marked US NS, lg. 19, 

and the last, marked US on the base of the blade and a note of 

provenance attached citing use by Pvt. Steven Munson (1759-1824), 

enlisted 17 September 1776 and saw battles at Millstone Brook and 

Bound Brook, New Jersey, Mad Fort and Brandywine, Germantown 

and Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, between 1777-1778, lg. 20 in. 

$400-600 

38. 

Confederate Tredegar Bayonet, c. 1850-70, with triangular blade 

slightly concave on the flat surface, marked 8395. on the socket, 

band with flat-head screw to secure mounting, lg. 20 in. 

$800-1,200 

39. 

Eight Iron Bayonets, of varying style, pattern, and condition, lg. 21 

3/4-13 1/2 in. 

$500-700 

40. 

Seven Leather Bayonet Scabbards, 18th and 19th century, three 

with brass tips, four all leather in various states of condition, lg. 

approximately 12-19 in. 

$200-300 


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Three Bayonets, with triangular blades, slotted sockets, one marked 

US on the elbow, one with single flute, one with an early string tag 

citing use in Rhode Island during the revolution, lg. 18-20 in. 

$250-450 

42. 

Four Iron and Steel Bayonets, of varying design and period, three 

with triangular blades, one flat, lg. 20-27 in. 

$150-250 

46. 

Five Powder Horns, all with wooden caps and one with scrimmed 

decoration, lg. approximately 5-23 in. 

$200-400 

47. 

Two Navy Model 1851 Revolvers, Italy, 20th century, octagonal 

barrels, barrel lg. 4, 5 in., sold together with a group of accessories 

including balls, a powder measure, and a tooled leather holster. 

$400-600 

43. 

Oil Painting of the Original Remington Rifle Building, signed J. 

Baker, 1883, wd. 14, ht. 11 1/2 in. 

Note: According to papers accompanying the lot, this painting 

depicts the original forge where L. Eliphat Remington made his 

first Remington rifle. The forge was located on the Old Gulf Road 

between Ilion and Herkimer, New York. 

$200-300 

44. 

Six Powder Horns and Measures of Various Pattern, and a tin 

example, some with wooden stops, lg. approximately 3-8 in. 

$200-400 

45. 

Powder Horn with Scrimmed and Carved Decoration, depicting 

and eagle with outstretched wings and shield, a soldier, sailing ships, 

and a cannon in raised relief, with wooden stopper and rawhide cord, 

lg. approximately 14 in. 

$100-150 

48. 

Lot of Shot-related Items, America or England, 18th/19th century, 

including a leather bullet pouch, a rifleman’s bullet pouch remnant, 

two bullet-casting molds, three scissor-form molds, with a small 

group of cast round bullets. 

$200-400 

49. 

Group of Revolutionary War Era Items, America or England, 18th 

century, including six scissor-form bullet molds; and two wrought iron 

“stars” used to hinder the advance of cavalry by doing damage to the 

horses’ hooves. 

$200-300 

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Brass and Wrought Iron Hinged Bullet Molds, the cast brass 

example with casting holes for eleven balls, lg. 6 3/4, the wrought 

iron, with one shot mold, lg. 6 1/2 in. 

$200-300 

51. 

American Horseman Saber, late 18th century, with leather-covered 

wooden grip and brass hilt, lg. of blade 34 in. 

$200-400 


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Revolutionary War Officer’s Saber, mid-18th century, with wooden 

handle bound with brass wire, brass hilt with serpentine knuckle, and 

guard with two beveled heart cut-outs, lg. of blade 33 in. 

$500-800 

53. 

Dragoon Saber, late 18th century, with ribbed bone handle, brass 

hilt and guard, blade lg. 32 1/2 in. 

$800-1,200 

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Revolutionary War Officer’s Sword, mid-18th century, English 

hanger with wire bound wooden grip, brass hilt, regimental mark OE 

on hanger, lg. of blade 31 in. 

$1,000-1,500 

55. 

Officer’s Saber, early 19th century, with rope carved bone handle, 

brass hilt and eagle head pommel, lg. of blade 29 1/2 in. 

$800-1,200 

56. 

English Short Saber, mid-18th century, with brass hilt, stylized lion’s 

head pommel, brass rope handle, blade lg. 25 in. 

$200-400 

57. 

U.S. Militia Saber, c. 1810, with brass eagle head pommel, bone 

crosshatch grip, brass hilt and brass-bound leather scabbard, lg. 28 

1/2 in. 

$1,000-1,500 

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American Horseman Saber, last half of the 18th century, with brass 

pierced guard and wooden handle, lg. of blade 26 3/4 in. 

$200-400 

59. 

Militia Officer’s Sword, early 19th century, with reeded bone handle, 

brass hilt, guard and pillow pommel, lg. of blade 23 1/2 in. 

$300-500 

60. 

European Small Sword, mid-18th century, with wood and leather 

grip, brass guard and hilt, lg. of blade 27 in. 

$400-600 

61. 

American Horseman Saber, late 18th century, with wire bound 

wooden handle, brass hilt and knuckle guard, lg. of blade 26 1/2 in. 

$200-300 

62. 

European Hunting Sword, mid-18th century, dark horn grip, brass 

guard and hilt with raised cast decoration, (quillon broken), lg. of 

blade 23 in. 

$200-400 

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European Small Sword, mid-18th century, with wooden handle, 

brass guard and hilt and triangular blade, blade lg. 27 3/4 in. 

$400-600 


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European Hunting Sword, mid-18th century, with staghorn handle, 

brass hilt and quillion, lg. of blade 22 in. 

$400-600 

65. 

European Broad Sword, c. 1700, wire bound handle, brass rope 

guard, and straight double beveled blade, blade lg. 32 1/2 in. 

$200-300 

66. 

British Officer’s Sword, Sohlingen, early 19th century, with cross 

hatched ivory handle, brass hilt, and decorative scrolls, British crown 

and GR engraved on blade, blade lg. 32 in. 

$400-600 

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European Hanger, 18th century, with double edged blade, cast 

brass semi-basket guard and tassel pommel, iron wire on grip, partial 

leather scabbard, lg. of blade lg. 31 in. 

$1,000-1,500 

68. 

Infantry Officer’s Sword and Scabbard, 18th century, with wooden 

handle, brass hilt and guard, brass-bound leather scabbard, lg. of 

blade 26 1/2 in. 

$300-500 

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Eighteen Edged Weapons, 19th century, including a sheathed 

hunting knife with antler handle reportedly from the Nathan Lee 

Mansion, Lee, Maine, four dirks, three with wood and one with bone 

handle, lg. of blades 6-9, an ivory-handled ceremonial sword and 

remains of a leather scabbard with brass mounts marked London, 

lg. of blade 15, a bone handled knife with scrim decorated handle, 

lg. 5 1/2 in., seven folding knives with wood and bone handles, and 

others. 

$500-800 

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Continental Small Sword, mid-18th century, with brass egg-shaped 

pommel and guard, wooden handle (lacking wire wrap), and double 

edge blade, blade lg. 27 1/2 in. 

$100-150 

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Continental Small Sword, late 18th century, brass hilt and guard 

with raised decoration, wooden handle and double edged blade, lg. 

of blade 29 1/2 in. 

$200-400 

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Midshipman’s Dirk and Sheath, early 19th century, reeded wooden 

handle with brass ends and guard, 9-inch blade and leather sheath 

with brass trim, overall lg. 14 in. 

$200-300 

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English Horseman’s Saber, mid-18th century, with forged and file 

decorated hilt, original ray skin grip with metal wrapping, leather liner, 

double edged blade with touchmarks, lg. 43 1/2 in. 

$500-700 

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Five 18th and 19th Century Military Swords, including a mid-18th 

century French Hanger Sword with single outboard brass shell guard, 

brass knuckle bow, staghorn handle and 24 1/4-inch blade, a Hanger 

with brass pommel guard, replaced handle and 26 1/2-inch blade, a 

mid-18th century European Short Sword with brass guard, staghorn 

grip and 27 3/4-inch blade (deep pitting, parts missing, handle 

replaced), a late 19th to early 20th century European Small Sword, 

with cast brass hilt and handle, brass wire grip, 31-inch doubleedged 

ceremonial blade (quillon broken), and a late 19th century 

German hunting sword with nickeled guard, 23 1/4-inch blade, 

together with a horseman’s sword leather scabbard (missing carrying 

strap), lg. 35, and an 18th century pitted, unmarked double-edged 

blade (lacking handle), lg. 26 in. 

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English Hunting Sword, mid-18th century, horn handle with spiral 

grooves, flat iron cross guard, slightly curved blade with two fullers, 

(lacking scabbard), lg. 23 1/2 in. 

$100-200 

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Halberd, America, 18th century, the 8-inch top spike with nine holes 

above a concave blade and down-pointing spike continuing to a 

turned socket with 15 1/2-inch straps mounted to a birch pole, (pole 

broken), overall lg. 56 1/2 in. 

$600-800 


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Spontoon, likely America, 18th century, 6 3/4-inch tapered head with 

flaring socket mounted on a black-painted wooden pole mounted at 

the base with a tapered spike, overall lg. 78 in. 

$300-500 

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Five Tomahawks, iron heads, wood handles, two smaller appear to 

have been excavated, two with square poll backs, three with round 

poll backs, lg. with handles 15-20 in. 

$200-400 

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Five Tomahawks, four with iron heads and wood handles, one all 

wood and either fraternal or a toy, two with spiked ends, one head is 

excavated and mounted, one in excellent condition has a round poll 

and leather grip, lg. with handles 13-17 in. 

$200-400 

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Four Iron Tomahawk Heads and a Halberd, of varying design and 

period, some excavated in Maine, Massachusetts, and Vermont, 

approximate wd. 4 1/2-7 in. 

$300-500 

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Seven Tomahawks, three pipe tomahawks, two of which are cast 

brass, one with a copper pipe handle, and one with an iron pipe 

handle; three are spiked end tomahawks; one is twisted wood with 

spiked-end stone with rawhide binding, lg. 13-17 in. 

$200-400 

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Four Tomahawk Heads, including a bronze and steel pipe head, 

and two steel heads of varying patterns, approximate wd. 7-8 in. 

$200-400 

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Four Tomahawks, iron heads, wood handles, three with maker’s 

touchmarks, two with square poll backs, lg. with handles 15-20 in. 

$200-400 

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Five Hatchets and Camp Axes, all having square polled iron heads 

and wood handles, the largest signed “Tisdale.” 

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Thirteen Iron Ax Heads of Varying Design and Age, 18th-20th 

century, including excavated examples and some with markings, 

approximately 5-10 in. 

$200-400 

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Group of Wrought Iron Entrenchment Tools, 18th and 19th 

century, including a shovel with hardwood “T” handle, lg. 31, two 

picks, lg. 24 and 28 in., a curved blade scythe and a hoe reportedly 

found at Saratoga Battlefield, New York (lacking a handle). 

$400-600 

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Six Wrought Iron Tools, 18th-20th century, including a small hatchet 

marked C Frost, a small pick axe marked J G Rau, an adze, a pick, a 

hoe and a splitting tool, lg. of handled tools 11-14 in. 

$150-250 

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British Wooden Billy Club Marked G.R. III, late 18th century, 

the black painted club is marked in gold paint G.R. III and 10 and 

stamped Cheshire, lg. 13 1/2 in. 

$200-400 

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Two Polychrome Painted Military Drums, America, early 19th 

century, the first with black-painted rims, red-painted drum shell with 

and gilt stencil designs of eagles and stars, the second a snare drum 

with red-painted rims, black-painted drum shell with freehand painted 

eagle, six-string hide snare underneath, the bottom drumhead with 

indistinct pen inscriptions, ht. 14 3/4, 14 1/4, dia. 14 3/4, 16 in. 

$1,000-1,500 

90. 

Fragment of a Massachusetts Militia Canvas Knapsack, 

Massachusetts, c. 1820, the red canvas marked within an oval 

garland, Mass. Militia., framed, ht. 17 3/4, wd. 15 in. 

$400-600 

91. 

Commodore Barclay’s Wardroom Sign, early 19th century, green 

painted canvas with line decoration and black trim reading Brit (h) 

Ship Queen Charlote. Commodore Barclay Lake Erie, lg. 11 3/4, ht. 

7 in. 

Note: According to notations by Keith Wilbur, this sign was removed 

by a U.S. sailor before the HMS Queen Charlotte sank. It is likely that 

she was the 16-gun sloop captured by the U.S. on October 13, 1813 

following the Battle of Lake Erie. 

$600-800 


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89 

88 with detail

90 

91 

92. 

Leather Cartridge Box, America, 18th century, the box with single 

embossed flap inscribed, July 4, 1776 Continental S. W. Lee and 

retaining the original linen strap, wd. approximately 12 in. 

$150-250 

93. 

Sailor’s Ditty Bag, America, 18th century, heavy hand sewn linen 

bag with braided hemp strap, lg. of bag approximately 20 in. 

$150-250 


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92 

94. 

Seven Cartridge Boxes, early to mid-19th century, with 

tin and wooden holders, some with embossed flaps, one a 

post Civil War National Guard, one a small domed case with 

undivided wooden interior. 

$200-250 

95. 

Leather Saddlebags, Holsters, Stirrups, and a Shoulder 

Bag, 18th and 19th century, the shoulder bag with indistinct 

inscription of flap and marked inside Arthur Waller, New York, 

1887. 

$400-600 

93 

96. 

Militia Officer’s Waist Belt and Officer’s Pommel Pistol 

Holders, late 18th/early 19th century, the red moroccan 

leather belt with brass breast plate attached, two original 

sword hangers and shoulder strap (complete), the pommel 

pistol holders with silvered termination, cartridge holders and 

straps (lacking flaps). 

$250-450 

97. 

Six Leather and Wood Cartridge Boxes, late 18th to early 

19th century, all with blocks for cartridges, extra tubes and 

remnants of straps. 

$700-900 

98. 

Pair of Brass Boot Spurs and Three Wrought Iron 

Examples, 18th century, including some with the remains of 

leather straps. 

$200-400

94 

95 

96

98 

99 

99. 

Four Wrought Iron Saddle Stirrups, probably 18th century, of 

varying design and age. 

$150-250 

100. 

Two Framed English Revolutionary War Uniform Fragments, the 

first a fragment from a waist coat with four buttons intact reportedly 

worn by an English soldier ancestor of Maude Montague and found in 

a shed at a farm in Stephentown, New York, ht. 22, wd. 18, the next, 

a small uniform fragment reportedly found in the barrel of a British 

military flintlock used during the American Revolution, ht. 4, wd. 6 in. 

$150-250 

101. 

Two Pairs of Wrought Iron Ice Creepers and Another Single 

Example, probably America, late 18th century, designed with four 

spurs to be strapped onto boots for grip on icy surfaces, lg. 3 3/4-4 

1/4 in. 

$150-250 

102. 

Belt and Bayonet Scabbard and a Collection of Early Shoe 

Buckles, England and America, 18th and 19th century, the hemp 

belt with brass buckle and tooled leather belt and scabbard 

reportedly worn at the Battle of Saratoga with original pick and brush 

for cleaning touch hole of a musket, accompanied by approximately 

ten pairs of shoe buckles in pewter, iron, brass, and copper, of 

various pattern and style. 

$800-1,200 


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102

105 

106 

103. 

Collection of Revolutionary War Fragments and Artifacts, 

including a wrought iron stirrup, a wedge, brush knife and a 

blacksmith tool from the Saratoga Battlefield, canon and musket 

flints, glass fragment, nails, pottery and brick fragments, and 

arrowheads from Fort Edward, and others, framed, ht. 31, wd. 23 in. 

$300-500 

104. 

Boy’s Reproduction Massachusetts VI Regiment Uniform and 

Accessories, probably for the 1975-76 Bicentennial, hand stitched, 

Navy Blue wool, silk-lined military jacket with white wool lapels and 

coat flaps, blue cotton shirt, white vest and breeches of fine wale 

corduroy and blue stockings, black felt tricon hat together with a 

wooden canteen with rawhide strap and black leather cartridge box. 

$200-300 


107 

108 

105. 

English Bullion Epaulets, c. 1820-40, with crown and crossed 

sword iconography and the original tin carrying case. 

$200-300 

107. 

Three Brass English Gorgets, of various pattern and size, framed in 

a mahogany frame shadow box, lg. 14, ht. 11 1/2 in. 

$1,000-1,500 

106. 

Five Brass Gorgets, probably France, four with applied decoration 

and one engraved, in a mahogany shadow box frame, wd. 16 1/4, ht. 

12 1/2 in. 

$1,500-2,000 

108. 

Pair of Brass English Gorgets Marked GR, with engraved crown, 

framed in a mahogany shadow box, wd. 10, ht. 7 in. 

$1,000-1,500 


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109 

110 

30

109. 

American Infantry Bell Crown Shako, c. 1820-30, 

leather with original braid, leather rosettes, silvered scales, 

eagle rosettes, silvered eagle, visor with original green 

paint under the visor, ht. 7 3/4 in. 

$200-300 

110. 

American Artillery Shako, c. 1830-40, leather with brass 

trim, visor with green paint on the underside, applied 

brass sunburst with crossed cannons, ht. 8 in. 

$200-400 

111. 

Seven Military Helmets, early to mid 20th century, 

including two American WWI helmets, three German 

WWII helmets (one with battle damage), one Civilian 

Defence Iron helmet and a Liberty Ship helmet. 

$150-250 

112. 

Iron Helmet, England, possibly 16th century, with 

pivoting visor having a steel face guard, and flaring neck 

guard, ht. 15 in. 

$150-250 

113 

113. 

Framed Collection of Military and Civilian 18th 

Century Buttons, including twenty-five brass buttons 

of Revolutionary War Artillerists, Massachusetts and 

Maryland regiments, mounted on green fabric and in a 

walnut frame. 

$300-500 

114 


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115 

116 

114. 

Collection of Approximately 100 Buttons, 18th and 19th century, 

in brass, pewter and silver, excavated British buttons from the 17th, 

22nd, 34th, 57th, and 71st Regiments, War of 1812 New York 

officer’s button marked Excelsior, a cuff link reportedly worn by 

David Roberts of the Boston Tea Party, random coin as make-do 

and others, varying condition, and four dug musket balls from Ft. 

Ticonderoga. 

$200-250 

115. 

Four Canteens of Various Design and Materials, including 

examples in leather and pewter and two turned rundlets, both oval in 

shape, one with iron bands and pewter screw top, ht. 6 1/2-10 1/2 

in. 

$200-250 

116. 

Three Cheesebox Militia Canteens, early 19th century, the first, a 

dark green, 7-inch dia. example with painted cartouche with three 

illegible regimental letters, the next, a similar 7-inch dia. example in 

old green paint and the last, a 6-inch dia. tin example with wooden 

stopper and the remains of blue paint. 

$200-250 

117. 

Five Wooden Canteens of Various Design, including a coopered 

canteen with hole cut in the top, turned rundlets or swigglers, one 

with red and black paint, one in natural wood with AS 1776 carved 

on top, and one with painted black bands, ht. 5-8 1/2 in. 

$150-250 


117 

118 

119 

118. 

Five Canteens of Various Design and Period, including a coopered 

canteen in old red, rundlets and swigglers in old red and green paint, 

ht. 4 1/2-6 in. 

$200-250 

119. 

Three Painted Wooden Cheesebox Militia Canteens, early 19th 

century, including a bottle green, 7-inch dia. example with RA in 

ochre paint, a dark red, 7 1/4-inch dia. canteen with wooden stopper 

and remains of leather strapping, and last, a light red, 7-inch dia. 

example with ochre painted star and linen strap. 

$250-300 


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120 

121 

120. 

Two Wooden Coopered Canteens, both with wooden bands, the 

larger marked SPC on the bottom, the other in red paint with the 

remains of a leather strap, dia. 7 8 1/2 in. 

$100-150 

122. 

Four Wooden Rundlets, c. 1800, two coopered examples, the first 

in a natural finish, dia. 6, ht. 10, the other in a resin finish, ht. 7 1/2-9 

3/4, and two turned examples in old surface, ht. 7 1/2-8 1/2 in. 

$400-600 

121. 

Four Wooden Coopered Canteens, two with iron and two with 

wooden bands, dia. 6 1/2-10 in. 

$150-200 

123. 

Large Company Canteen, cooper-made with wooden bands and 

side stopper hole, dia. 12 1/2 in. 

$150-250 


124 

127 

128 

124. 

Five Wrought Iron Camp Stoves and a Footed Pot with Handles, 

18th and early 19th century, of various design, all with hinged 

cooking grates, wooden handles (one lacking handle), and decorative 

feet, average dimensions, 8 x 8 in., iron cooking pot accompanies the 

lot. 

$300-500 

125. 

Group of Eating Utensils, a Trivet, and a Knife, including a hand 

forged trivet with spike end, folding bone and brass spoon and fork 

with tooled leather holder, a cup, two tined forks and a curved blade 

knife with wooden handle. 

$400-600 

126. 

Group of Early Lighting-related Items, 18th/19th century, including 

a turquoise blue-painted tin chamberstick, two hanging betty lamps, 

a twisted iron hook, and a small pair of brass tongs. 

$200-400 

127. 

Cast Brass 18th Century Wig Stand, base dia. 3 3/4, ht. 6 1/2 in. 

$200-400 

128. 

Iron Coehorn Mortar, 18th century, with 9-inch barrel, 2 1/4-inch 

bore, trunnion, oak bed with elevation adjustment, as shown, ht. 13 

in. 

$500-800 

129. 

Iron Cannon, c. 1800, 29-inch muzzle loaded barrel with English 

Crown cast mark and 1, 2-inch bore, on a bench-made pine carriage, 

overall lg. of cannon 34 in. 

$300-500 

130. 

Cast Iron Cannon, c. 1800, 36-inch muzzle loading barrel with cast 

English crown and 2, 2 3/4-inch bore, on a bench-made wooden 

carriage, overall lg. 48 in. 

$300-500 


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129 

130 

131 

131. 

Cast Iron “Bar Shot,” early 19th century, a projectile used to foul 

ships rigging, consisting of a bar and two half balls at each end, lg. 

11 in. 

$150-250 

132. 

Five Iron Cannonballs, of various size and weight, in a bench-made 

wooden holder. 

$200-400 


134 

135 

137 

133. 

Four Excavated Iron Cannonballs, 18th and early 19th centuries, 

the first, a British cannonball reportedly from the Battle of Valcour 

Island, 1776 and found by Dr. Keith Wilbur at Valcour Bay in 1966, 

the next marked Battle of Saratoga 1777, one with stand marked 

Pidgeon Island West Indies and one unmarked. 

$200-400 

134. 

Cherry Grease Bucket for Cannon Maintenance, probably 18th 

century, the hand-hewn wooden grease container reportedly used for 

the lubrication of cannon axles in the field, ht. 10 1/2 in. 

$200-400 

135. 

Swivel Cannon Pattern, Tent Pole Remnant, and Peg, 19th 

century, the cannon pattern made in two parts, both with decorative 

turnings, lg. 16 1/2 in., the tent pole remnant marked with an old 

label, Ft. Independence Vermont, the peg of unknown origin. 

Note: For a related cannon pattern, see Bonham’s and Butterfields, 

The William H. Guthman Collection of Arms and Militaria, October 12, 

2006, lot 376. 

$200-400 

136. 

Six Items of Antiquarian Interest, including a brass-cased pocket 

sundial, brass quill pen holder, horn carrying case, small oval splint 

container and steel calipers. 

$400-600 

137. 

Mary Mason’s Maple Busk, dated 1776, the slightly convex 

busk with serpentine end depicting three sailing ships and a heart 

ornamented with triangular punch work decoration, signed on the 

reverse Mary Mason July, 1776, lg. 13 in. 

$500-700 

138. 

French and Indian War Document from William Pepperrell to 

Colonel John Storer, Kittery, Maine, 1756 ordering that every man 

be “well provided with arms and ammunition.” 

$200-400 

139. 

Two Massachusetts Pre-Revolutionary War Documents, including 

Commission of Thomas Gage of Captain of the First Company of 

Foot Infantry for Rowley (Revere), dated 1761 and signed by Francis 

Bernard, Governor of Massachusetts, the other, a Proclamation from 

Governor Thomas Hutchinson, dated 1770. 

$200-400 


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138 

140. 

View of the Town of Concord, “A. Doolittle, sculpt.,” depicting a 

Revolutionary War scene of “Companies of Regulars drawn up in 

order” in the center of Concord, Massachusetts, ht. 17 3/4, wd. 22 

in. 

$200-400 

141. 

Etched View of the Landing of British Troops at New York, and 

two views of Boston and an engraved portrait of William Johnson, 

Major General of British forces in North America. 

$100-150 

142. 

Military Print of Prince Louis Joseph de Bourbon, titled Louis 

Joseph de Bourbon Prince de Conde, ne a Paris le aout 1736, ht. 11 

3/4, wd. 9 in. (sight). 

$150-250 

143. 

Two Revolutionary War Receipts from the Connecticut Treasury 

Office, dated 1780 and 1781. 

$100-150 

139 


140 

143 


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144 

145 


146 

144. 

Three Hampshire County, Massachusetts, Revolutionary War 

Documents, including an order for muster pay, Hadley, 1781, 

requisition for beef, Hadley, 1780, and requisition for supplies, 

Hadley, 1780; together with a copy of the Massachusetts Gazette, 

July 16, 1782. 

$200-300 

145. 

Framed Pay Warrant to Henry Gardner Signed by John Hancock, 

Governor of Massachusetts, dated, May 28, 1782, partially printed 

document with endorsements on the reverse, (creased), ht. 7 1/2, 

sight wd. 6 in. 

$1,000-1,500 

146. 

Three Revolutionary War Invoices and a Receipt, including two 

Pay-Table Office invoices from the Continental Army dated December 

1783 and an invoice for Captain Edes company for flour dated, July 

1776, and the last, a receipt dated 1784, Hatfield, Massachusetts, for 

payment of the Continental tax. 

Note: The Continental tax impoverished many western 

Massachusetts farmers, eventually leading to Daniel Shays’ Rebellion. 

$600-800 

147. 

Two Framed 18th Century Boston Newspapers, the New England 

Weekly Journal dated April 8, 1728, and The Independent Chronicle 

dated January 17, 1782. 

$100-200 


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150 

148. 

Two Framed Groups of Continental Currency, 1776-78, 

Philadelphia, Baltimore, and Massachusetts. 

$100-150 

150. 

Framed Bill of Exchange Signed by Robert Morris, Philadelphia, 

October 23, 1784, partially printed document. 

$200-400 

149. 

Six Framed Collections of Colonial and Continental Currency, 

1775-82, issued from Connecticut, Rhode Island, Pennsylvania, and 

Maryland; together with two Connecticut colonial pennies (auctori 

connec). 

$500-700 

151. 

Two Framed Maps of Revolutionary War Interest, including the 

Battle of Bunker Hill published in 1796, the other, a “Representation 

of the Engagement between Admiral Graves and Count de Grasse,” 

late 18th century. 

$200-300 

151 


152. 

Six Maps of Theatres of War During the American 

Revolution, 19th Century, including Boston, Quebec, 

New Jersey, Charlestown, the Carolinas and Georgia, and 

Yorktown. 

$150-250 

153. 

A Plan of the Attack of Ft. Sullivan, Near Charles 

Town, South Carolina, engraved by Wm. Faden, 

London, c. 1776, the plan for the attack “by a Squadron 

of His Majesty’s Ships, on the 28th of June 1776 

with the disposition of the King’s Land forces and the 

Encampments and Entrenchments of the Rebels from 

drawings made on the Spot,” framed ht. 15, wd. 17 1/2 

in. (sight). 

$400-600 

154. 

Invoice for a Set of Patterns for Militia Uniform Items, 

sent from Philadelphia to Jonathan Jackson, Boston in 

September, 29, 1798, ht. 11 1/2, wd. 8 in. (sight). 

$100-150 

155. 

Two Framed Royal Naval Commissions, the first, 

George II dated 1752, the last, George III dated 1803. 

$200-300 

156. 

Two Framed Militia Commissions, 19th century, one 

signed by Caleb Strong as Governor of Massachusetts in 

1812, the other signed by Elbridge Gerry in 1811. 

154 

Note: Elbridge Gerry was a signer of the Declaration of 

Independence. 

$300-500 

155 


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156 

157. 

Two Framed Military Documents, including a Revolutionary War 

Pension Document, Pennsylvania, 1835, and a militia commission, 

Massachusetts, 1806. 

$100-200 

159. 

Double-barrel Percussion Pocket Pistol and a Brass Flare Pistol, 

19th century, the pocket pistol with 4 1/4-inch barrel, engraving near 

lock, and bag-shape grip, wooden ramrod; flare gun with checkered 

wooden grip, overall lg. 8 in. 

$250-450 

158. 

Eleven Framed Engravings and Etchings of Revolutionary War 

Interest, 18th-20th century. 

$200-400 


160 161 162 163 

Property of Various Owners 

160. 

Steel 16th Century-style Breast Plate, possibly German-type, 

consisting of the main plate joined to smaller movable plates at the 

arms and waist, with pivoting tab to hold a shield, (pitting to main 

plate), ht. 17 in. 

Provenance: Higgins Armory Museum, Worcester, Massachusetts. 

$200-300 

161. 

Steel 17th Century-style Spiked Shield, with spike issuing from 

an eight-petaled flower, allover foliate decoration interspersed with 

musical figures, crimped border with gilt devices, and four bolts for 

the attachment of two arm straps on the inside, (repairs), dia. 23 in. 


$200-300 

162. 

Steel 17th Century-style Spiked Shield, the shield tapers to a 

spiked point, bordered by rivets and ropetwist decoration, with four 

bolts for the attachment of two arm straps on the inside, dia. 22 in. 


$200-300 

163. 

Steel Breast Plate, with gadrooned edges and central cross, ht. 13 

1/2 in. 


$200-300 

164. 

Steel Spiked Shield, likely Continental, 19th century, with repoussé 

scenes of battle and central reserve of foliate designs and profile 

portrait busts, the spike issuing from a lion’s mouth, ht. 23, wd. 17 in. 


$400-600 

165. 

Steel 16th/17th Century-style Breast Plate, German-type, with 

chased designs and tapul coming to a projecting point near the lower 

edge, ht. 


$200-300 

166. 

Steel Armor Breast Plate, with pierced holes for lacing and tabs for 

other attachments, ht. 16 in. 


$200-300 


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172. 

Steel Late 15th Century-style German-type Jousting Helm, 

constructed of three riveted steel pieces, high face guard, and holes 

for leather straps, ht. 16 in. 


Note: This helm bears a close resemblance to (and is likely a copy 

of) a period example illustrated in A Glossary of the Construction, 

Decoration and Use of Arms and Armor, by George Cameron Stone, 

Portland, Maine, 1934, pp. 34-35, fig. 46. 

$200-300 

173. 

Steel Early 16th Century-style English-type Armet Helmet, the 

skull piece of ridged form and with plume holder at the base, hinged 

full-face visor, ht. 11 1/2 in. 


$200-300 

167. 

Steel Armor Breast Plate, with tabs for attachments, the edges of 

the plate lined with leather, ht. 16 in. 


$200-300 

168. 

Steel Armor Breast Plate and Similar Back Plate, the breastplate 

with a soldier in the central medallion surrounded by objects of war, 

brass rivets along the bottom edge, and vestiges of leather straps at 

the shoulders affixed by decorative rivets, the back plate with similar 

riveting, ht. 14 1/4 in. 


$200-300 

169. 

Steel Back Plate, with brass link chains and leather straps at the 

shoulders which terminate in steel catches to attach a breast plate, 

ht. 19 in. 


$200-300 

170. 

Assorted Group of Steel Armor Elements, including a German 

jousting gauntlet, a breastplate element, a facemask, a pair of solid 

leg plates, and a pair of repoussé riveted leg plates. 


$200-300 

171. 

Assorted group of Arms and Armor, including a wood handled 

steel axe, and a pair of leather saddlebags. 


$100-150 

174. 

Parcel-gilt Steel 16th/17th Century-style English- or Germantype 

Armet Helmet, likely Continental, 19th century, with ridged 

skull piece, pivoted visor, “lobster-tail” neck guard, plume holder, and 

allover chased and gilt designs, (some splits and minor holes), ht. 11 

in. 

Note: With tag affixed to underside reading “The John Woodman 

Higgins Armory Inc., Worcester, Mass. NO. 1149” 

$200-300 

175. 

Steel 17th Century-style Armet, with ridged skull piece, single 

comb, and brass plume holder, the pivoting protruding visor with 

pierced slits and holes fits over the laterally hinged chin pieces when 

the central enclosure is engaged, (holes to lower rear edge), ht. 10 

1/2 in. 


$200-300 

176. 

Steel Medieval-style Salade Helmet, pierced pivoting visor, 

“lobster-tail” neck protector, ht. 9 1/2 in. 


Higgins Armory Inc., Worcester, Mass. NO. 1003” 

$200-300 

177. 

Steel Early 16th Century-style German-type Armet Helmet, with 

ridged skull piece, “lobster-tail” neck protector, and pivoting visor in 

the form of a dog, ht. 12 1/2 in. 


$200-300 

178. 

Steel Medieval-style Helmet, with single comb, and pivoting visor 

pierced with holes, ht. 11 1/2 in. 


$200-300 


173 174 175 176 177 178 

179 180 181 182 183 

179. 

Steel Medieval-style Spanish-type Barbute Helmet, with single 

comb continuing to a point between the eyes, ht. 11 1/2 in. 


Higgins Armory Inc., Worcester, Mass. NO. 411.” 

$200-300 

181. 

Steel Medieval-style Helmet, rounded skull piece, pivoting visor 

with shaped upper edge and pierced grill, the rear neck guard with 

decorative terminal, ht. 16 in. 


$200-300 

180. 

Steel Medieval-style German-type Salade Helmet, the pivoting 

visor with horizontal slit for vision, ht. 9, lg. 17 1/2 in. 


$200-300 

182. 

Steel Medieval-style German-type Salade Helmet, with ridged 

comb, eye slit, and long tail, ht. 9 1/2, lg. 16 1/2 in. 


$200-300 


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184 185 186 187 188 

183. 

Steel Medieval-style French-type Basinet Helmet, with pivoting 

and hinged pieces at the temples to attach a visor, and with pierced 

holes around the face and lower edge, ht. 10 1/2 in. 



$200-300 

184. 

Repoussé Steel Late 16th Century-style Italian-type Cabasset, 

with pointed brim and copper embellishments, decorated with a 

battle scene, ht. 10 1/2 in. 


$200-300 

185. 

Repoussé Steel Mid-16th Century-style French-type Burgonet, 

with high single comb, hinged earflaps, and allover repoussé 

decoration showing classical themes, ht. 12 in. 


$200-300 

186. 

Steel Late 16th Century-style French-style Burgonet, with single 

comb incorporating a cast dragon figure with carved ebonized wings, 

and allover decoration of mythical motifs, (loss to one ear flap), ht. 19 

in. 


$200-300 

187. 

Repoussé Copper Full-head Helmet, the face in the form of a lion 

with pierced holes for the eyes, and repoussé “mane,” (cracks and 

minor splits), ht. 9 1/2 in. 

$700-900 

188. 

Repoussé Steel Late 16th Century-style Italian-type Cabasset, 

with pointed brim, brass embellishments, and decorated with a battle 

scene, ht. 10 in. 


$200-300 

189. 

Steel Medieval-style French-type Burgonet Helmet, with brim, 

single comb, and hinged earflaps (one missing), ht. 11 1/2 in. 


$200-300 

190. 

Steel Late 16th Century-style Mask Visor, Continental, the human 

face with handlebar mustache, (cracks), ht. 10 1/2 in. 


$200-300 

191. 

Black-painted Plaster Cast of a Medieval-style Basinet Helmet, 

(chips), ht. 12 in. 



$200-300 

192. 

Medieval-style Helmet, likely Continental, with ribbed dome and 

narrow brim, ht. 7 in. 


$200-300 


196 

193. 

Repoussé Steel Head-form Helmet, modeled as a head with hair, 

ears, eyes, and nose, ht. 6 in. 


$200-300 

194. 

Repoussé Steel Late 16th Century-style Italian-type Morian- 

Cabasset, likely Continental, 19th century, with single comb, row of 

spikes just above the peaked brim, and decorated with mythological 

designs throughout, ht. 14 in. 


$300-500 

195. 

Steel English-type Armet Helmet, likely Continental, 19th century, 

with ridged skull piece, pivoting visor, and decorative neck guard, ht. 

11 in. 

196. 

Steel Engraved French-style Half Armor and Morian-Cabasset 

Helmet, likely Continental, 19th century, the helmet with high single 

comb; the armor consisting of breast plate, back plate, shoulder 

and elbow cops, gauntlets, and tassets; with overall floral and foliate 

decorative motifs and occasional medallions showing soldiers; 

mannequin and stand not included; ht. of helmet 12, lg. of armor 

from neck to bottom of tasset 27 in. 


$500-700 

197. 

Inlaid Crossbow and Leather-covered Sheet Metal-mounted 

Quiver, the crossbow with steel arm support, ivory action and 

projectile channel, and steel bow strung with cord, decorative inlays 

of ebony, ivory, steel and brass; the quiver with a hard body and lined 

with sheet metal, bow lg. 39 1/2, bow wd. 29, quiver ht. 14 1/2 in. 


$400-600 


$300-500 


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200 

198. 

Wood-handled Spontoon, the round shaft terminating in a pierced 

gilt-metal tip with heraldic crest centering a bear, lg. 83 in. 


$200-300 

199. 

Wood-handled Steel Military Fork, long central tine with two 

shorter and wider outwardly curving tines, (lacking tip of one side 

tine), lg. 94 in. 


$200-300 

200. 

Tooled Green Leather and Gilt Brass-fitted Album of Cartede-Visites, 

America, 1862-63, containing thirty images of Civil War 

soldiers and officers of the 53rd Massachusetts Infantry Regiment all 

except five are identified with handwritten inscriptions, most marked 

on reverse by photographers, (superficial wear and fading to spine 

and edges), ht. 6 in. 

Provenance: 2nd Lieutenant John Davis Edgell (1836-1917). 

$700-900 

201. 

The Civil War Campaign Chest of 2nd Lt. John Davis Edgell 

(1836-1917), Gardner, Massachusetts, including his dark blue 

wool 53rd Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Regiment nine button 

officer’s frock coat with lining and velvet-lined collar, sky blue wool 

nine-button vest, officer’s kepi or cap, black and gold campaign 

hat cord, commissioned officer’s crimson sash, commissioned 

officer’s burgundy-colored sash, two sword belts including one for 

full dress uniform, pair of black oilcloth sherryvallies or leggings, 

leather percussion cap pouch, tin shaving mug, U.S. officer’s nonregulation 

“soft knapsack” initialed JDL, two carte-de-visite of 2nd 

Lt. Edgell in uniform, one inscribed on the reverse New Orleans, LA 

May 1863, two tin-types and an ambrotype carried to war of John D. 

Edgell’s wife, Sarah A. Greenwood, Holy Bible stamped in gold J.D. 

Edgell, Edgell’s wedding certificate, GAR Awards of Appointment as 

Aid-de-Camp, all in Lt. Edgell’s campaign trunk stenciled in red, Lt. 

J.D. Edgell/Co. G 53 Reg’t/Mass V.M., additional details available on 

request, trunk ht. 11, wd. 14, lg. 24 in. also see interior back cover 


Note: John Davis Edgell was born in Gardner, Massachusetts, 

September 11, 1836, and died there March 11, 1925. In 1917, it 

was noted that he worked for the Gardner Savings Bank for fifty 

years and at that time served as its President. Educated at Brown 

University, he was commissioned as 2nd Lt. on September 15, 1862, 

and evidently detached to serve with the occupation forces in New 

Orleans. 

$30,000-40,000 


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202. 

Collection of Military Ephemera and Grand Army of the Republic 

Items, America, late 19th/early 20th century, including Grand Army 

of the Republic pins, ribbon badges, medals, belt and buckle, cap 

devices, National Encampment medals, eight Civil War infantry 

buttons, four vest buttons and officer’s eagle belt buckle, complete 

listing available on request. 


$300-500 

203. 

American Civil War Field Officer’s Sword, Ames Sword Company, 

c. 1860, marked Ames Sword Co., Chicopee, MA, engraved blade 

standard brass hilt and wooden handle, lg. 32 in. 

$200-300 

204. 

Two American Military Swords, 1820-60, including a model 

1860 Light Artillery saber with scabbard, leather and wire grip, 

brass hilt and 32-inch blade, (dark gray patina, mark illegible but 

probably Ames), and a militia officer’s sword with brass eagle hilt, 

crosshatched bone grip, leather scabbard and 28 3/4-inch blade, 

(blade in bright excellent condition). 

$800-1,200 

205. 

Brass and Steel Civil War Era Sword, Providence Tool Company, 

c. 1862, steel scabbard, blade inscribed “PROV TOOL CO” and “US 

R.P.B 1862,” with leather and wire wrapped handle and brass guard 

and pommel, (minor rust, dent to scabbard), lg. 42 1/2 in. 

$300-500 

206. 

Brass and Steel Civil War Era Sword, Ames Manufacturing 

Company, Chicopee, Massachusetts, steel scabbard, steel blade 

stamped with the makers name and partial year “186-,” brass 

guard and pommel, leather and wire wrapped handle, (minor rust to 

scabbard), lg. 42 3/4 in. 

$600-800 

207. 

J.R. Pettis & Co. Presentation Sword, Troy, New York, late 19th 

century, the brass scabbard with decorative pommel and patriotic 

motifs inscribed “Be Thou Faithful Unto Death/Give Thee a Crown of 

Life,” the decorated blade inscribed by the maker, the hilt and handle 

similarly decorated and with a helmet-form terminal, (wear overall and 

minor rust to blade), lg. 38 1/2 in. 

$300-500 


208. 

Short Sword, leather scabbard, steel blade marked “SH” within an 

animal, the brass heart-form guard inscribed “N/26” and “M DEVON 

3d B.,” with brass handle and ball pommel, (scabbard worn, blade 

with some rust), lg. 30 in. 

$200-250 

209. 

Civil War Era Presentation Sword, America, c. 1863, the engraved 

brass scabbard inscribed and dated “Presented to/Capt J.E. Fiske/ 

Mass. 2d Hvy Arty/By the Members of his Co., as a/token of their 

esteem/Dec 1863,” and marked by Ames Manufacturing Co., steel 

engraved blade marked indistinctly, the pierced brass guard reads 

“US,” with eagle head set with red stones for eyes, the cast handle 

wrapped with brass wire, (scabbard with dent, minor rust), lg. 39 in. 

$800-1,200 

210. 

Brass and Steel Sword, engraved brass and leather velvet-covered 

scabbard, double-edge blade inscribed “SAHAGOM,” with wood and 

wire-wrapped handle between curving pierced and engraved brass 

quillons and guard, and similar pommel, (wear, minor pitting to blade), 

lg. 43 1/2 in. 


$200-300 

211. 

Two Daggers, the first, with blade indistinctly marked “STEIBER NY,” 

hunt-decorated and scrolling hilt, bone handle, (handle slightly loose), 

lg. 22; the second with double-edge blade and guard with Roman 

profile bust motifs, wire-wrapped handle and bulbous pommel, (tip of 

blade damaged, loss to guard), lg. 19 3/4 in. 


$200-300 

212. 

French Hanger Sword, 1780-83, touchmark “MR,” brass hilt with 

entwined USA on guard, lg. 25 1/2 in. 

Literature: George C. Neumann’s Battle Weapons of the American 

Revolution, 1998, Scarlock Publishing Inc., p. 314, 32.ss, suggests 

that this was the short sword obtained for the American Revolutionary 

Army Corp of Light Infantry by Lafayette. 

$600-800 

213. 

Seven Military Swords, mid-19th to 20th century, including U.S. 

Naval officer’s sword and scabbard with gold gilt hilt, a U.S. Army late 

19th century officer’s sword with scabbard, two Civil War musician’s 

swords, c. 1864 by Ames Mfg. Co., a Sons of Union Vets fraternal 

sword with scabbard by R.M.F. Reed, Philadelphia, and two fraternal 

swords with scabbards, lg. of blades 28-34 in. 

$600-800 

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214. 

Six Swords and a Dagger, including a Civil War non-commissioned 

officer sword, an 1860 light cavalry sword, two European swords with 

brass hilts and wood handles, a European officer’s sword (damage 

to horn handle), a 19th century European officer’s sword with wired 

handle, and a dagger stamped “Made in Lebanon” with stylized bird 

handle. 

$400-600 

215. 

Wooden-handled Trade Knife by I. & H. Sorby, with walnut handle, 

brass and steel rivets, 7-inch tapered blade with cast mark I & H 

Sorby and two notches at the handle end, lg. 13 1/2 in. 

$500-700 

221. 

Steel Two-handed Sword, tapered blade, faceted quillons and pas 

d’ane, leather-covered grip and reeded pommel, lg. 52 1/2 in. 


$200-300 

222. 

Wood-handled Iron Halberd, the wooden shaft riveted through 

straps to the shaped foliate-decorated blade piece, lg. 101 in. 


$200-300 

216. 

Two Iron Swords, one a primitive example with round pommel, the 

other a Italian-type cinquedea, with wide tapering blade and carved 

and riveted wood handle, lg. 35, 24 in. 


$200-300 

223. 

Long Steel Two-handed Sword, straight double-edged blade with 

rounded tip, upswept quillons and loop guards decorated with forged 

curlicues, leather covered grip, lg. 76 in. 


$200-300 

217. 

Steel Two-handed Sword, with tapering blade inscribed 

“SEBASTIAN,” slightly upswept quillons and loop guards, reeded 

wood grip, and ball pommel, lg. 57 in. 


$200-300 

224. 

Wood-handled Steel European-style 16th Century-style Flanged 

Mace, likely Continental, 19th century, with turned finial, six pierced 

flanges, and fabric-covered grip, lg. 27 1/2 in. 


$300-500 

218. 

Steel Two-handed Sword, slightly tapering double-edged blade 

with chased eagle and crown design near tang, upswept quillons and 

single loop guard, wire-wrapped grip, and shaped pommel, lg. 40 in. 


$200-300 

219. 

Steel and Brass Morning Star Flail, the handle is joined to the 

spiked weight by a six-link chain, with chased designs throughout, 

(missing four spikes), handle lg. 31, overall lg. 49 in. 


$200-300 

225. 

Long Steel Two-handed Sword, with straight serrated doubleedged 

blade, upswept quillons, shaped loop guards, and wirewrapped 

leather-covered grip, lg. 75 in. 


$200-300 

226. 

Steel Double-edged Sword, curved quillons terminating in fleur-delis, 

wooden grip, lg. 31 in. 


$200-300 

220. 

Steel Two-handed Sword, with undulating double-edged blade, 

faceted quillons, leather and wire-wrapped grip, and faceted pommel, 

lg. 47 in. 


$200-300 

227. 

Three Similar Wooden Spears, with iron barbs continuing to parallel 

iron sidepieces fixed to the shaft by rivets, lg. 122, 122, 86 in. 


$200-300 


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228. 

Three Wooden Jousting Spears, of 17th century German type, with 

metal tips, one lance flying a velvet flag with fleur-de-lis, lg. to 150 in. 


$300-500 

229. 

Copper Helmet, possibly Etruscan, 3rd/4th century B.C., (cracks, 

holes, losses), ht. 7 in. 


$200-300 

230. 

Early Bronze Breast Plate, riveted and welded together in small 

pieces, with verdigris patina, and with two additional related pieces of 

worked bronze, ht. 19 in. 


$200-300 

231. 

Two Steel Daggers, the first, double-edged, with curved quillons 

and filigree-wrapped grip, the second with pierced blade and carved 

wood handle and leather scabbard, lg. 16, 17 in. 


$200-300 

232. 

Seven Assorted Weapons, including a small spiked shield, two 

unmounted blades, a carved wooden weapon with fleur-de-lis 

decoration, a lance blade, a wood-handled spiked pole axe, and pike 

with broken shaft, lg. 7-37, shield dia. 9 in. 


$200-300 

233. 

Pair of Flintlock Pistols, Turkey, 18th/19th century, 12 1/4-inch 

two-stage barrels with round fronts and octagonal breeches, marked 

“T.R,” steel and brass furniture including brass fore-end caps, 

spurred pommels, and turned ramrod pipes, the brass with intricate 

engraved and chased designs, the wood stocks carved, filigree-inlaid 

and mounted with silver and coral. 

$1,000-1,500 

234. 

Flintlock Pistol, Tower, London, 19th century, 8 1/4-inch barrel, 

steel and brass furniture including lockplate marked “TOWER” with 

crown symbol, brass pommel, ramrod joined to muzzle by pivoting 

attachment. 

$1,500-1,800 

235. 

“Over & Under” Flintlock Pistol, Spencer, London, early 19th 

century, 2-inch over & under double barrel, engraved with maker’s 

name “Spencer” on one side of the lock, “London” on the other, both 

surrounded by neoclassical swags, additional marks to underside of 

barrel, bag-shape wooden grip with shield-form escutcheon. 

$300-500 


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236. 

Three Pistols, 19th century, the first a flintlock with brass barrel, 

marked “E/Joseph/&Co.,” and flat bag-shape grip; the second a 

flintlock with octagonal barrel, engraved designs, and flat filigree-inlaid 

bag-shape grip; the third with percussion lock and double barrel, and 

rounded bag-shape grip. 

$300-500 

237. 

Pair of Flintlock Pistols, Bird & Co., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 

walnut stocks with silvered brass mounts and engraved iron locks 

and barrels, lock inscribed “BIRD & CO/PHILADELPHIA,” top of barrel 

with indistinct maker’s mark, (damaged, losses), lg. 14 1/2, barrel lg. 

9 in. 

$300-500 

238. 

Colt Single Action .44 Caliber Army Revolver, barrel marked 

COLT’S PT. F.A. MFG. Co./HARTFORD, CT. U.S.A., bearing serial 

number 105430 on the frame, cylinder, trigger guard, and butt, barrel 

lg. 4 3/4 in. 

Note: Accompanied by a letter of authentication from Colt’s 

Manufacturing Company, Inc. 

$2,000-2,500 

239. 

Patent Central Fire Revolver, of Webley-Bentley type, England, 

last half 19th century, 6 1/4-inch octagonal barrel, revolving cylinder 

with five chambers, engraved designs on the trigger guard, barrel, 

butt and elsewhere, checkered grip, the barrel inscribed “PATENT 

CENTRAL FIRE REVOLVER,” pivoting loading lever. 

$300-500 

240. 

Derringer Percussion Pistol, Philadelphia, 19th century, 

crosshatched grips, engraved lock, mounts, and nameplate, inscribed 

“DERINGER/PHILA,” barrel with octagonal muzzle opening, (hammer 

inoperable, missing elements), lg. 8, barrel lg. 4 1/2 in. 

$300-500 

241. 

Flintlock Musket, America, 19th century, 32-inch barrel, steel 

furniture including lockplate marked with an eagle over “US,” walnut 

stock, steel ramrod. 

$400-600 

242. 

Flintlock Musket, Williams & Jenks, 19th century, 41 1/2-inch round 

barrel marked on the breech “WILLIAMS & JENKS,” with attached 

triangular bayonet, steel and brass furniture including brass trigger 

guard with acorn finial, walnut stock, steel ramrod. 

$300-500 

243. 

Percussion Conversion Musket, Tower, England, 19th century 

39-inch barrel, the steel lock marked “TOWER,” with crown mark and 

date 1862, converted from flintlock to percussion. 

$100-200 

244. 

New England Rifle, c. 1840, 43-inch octagonal barrel, brass and 

steel furniture including steel lockplate marked “T/KETLAND & Co.” 

with engraved decoration at the tail, faceted brass trigger guard, 

brass patchbox with engraved designs and button latch, faceted 

turned brass ramrod pipes, checkered grip, cherry stock with silver 

inlaid filigree designs around the tang, wooden ramrod. 

$400-600 

245. 

Boxed Percussion Musket, T. Perkins, London 19th century, 32 

1/2-inch two-stage barrel, the front round, the octagonal breech 

marked “LONDON,” steel furniture including engraved lockplate 

marked “T. PERKINS,” walnut stock, wooden ramrod, in a redwashed 

hinged case with brass tag reading “S.T. Stanley/Lowell, 

Ms.,” sold together with a ribbed brass powder flask and a small 

undecorated powder horn. 

$300-500 


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246. 

12-Bore Side by Side Shotgun by J. Blanch & Son, London, No. 

4960, signed on the lock plate, J. Blanch & Son and on the concave 

rib, J. Blanch & Son, 29 Gracechurch Street, London, fully engraved 

lock plates, trigger guards and trim, double trigger, side lock ejector, 

checkered walnut stock and etched barrel decoration, leather 

carrying case, lg. of barrel 30 in. 

$600-800 

247. 

Two Percussion Fowling Rifles, 19th century, with walnut stocks, 

engraved iron and brass mounts and locks, brass butt plates, 

indistinct marks, barrel lg. 42, 44 1/2 in. 

$150-200 

248. 

Conversion “1816” Percussion Musket, Richmond, Virginia, early 

19th century, 41 3/4-inch round barrel, steel furniture including the 

converted lock marked “RICHMOND/1816” at the tail and “VIRGINIA/ 

Manufactory” at the center, walnut stock, (missing ramrod). 

$800-1,200 

249. 

Percussion Lock Target Rifle, late 19th century, 34 1/2-inch 

octagonal barrel engraved “L. Smith Clyde O” on the breech, steel 

and brass furniture including engraved lockplate, scrolling trigger 

guard, engraved patchbox and escutcheons, double set trigger, 

figured wood stock. 

$400-600 

250. 

Target Percussion Rifle, William R. Schaefer, Boston, 29 3/4- 

inch octagonal barrel with round muzzle, brass and steel furniture 

including lockplate marked “WM R. SCHAEFER/BOSTON,” hammer 

cast in the form of a dolphin, scrolling trigger guard, decorative 

patchbox, and steel butt plate with acorn upper finial and scrolled tail, 

wooden ramrod with scorched rings. 

$600-800 

251. 

Springfield Percussion Rifle, Springfield, Massachusetts, c. 1863, 

32-inch round barrel with octagonal breech, lockplate marked “U.S. 

SPRINGFIELD,” with date 1863, eagle mark, walnut stock. 

$150-250 


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252. 

Springfield 1863 Rifle, Springfield, Massachusetts, 1863 31 1/4-inch 

barrel (23 inches replaced with wood), lock marked “U.S. Springfield,” 

with the date and eagle mark. 

$200-400 

253. 

Springfield “Allin Conversion” Trapdoor Rifle, Springfield, 

Massachusetts, 1864-66, 36-inch round barrel with attached 

triangular bayonet, lock marked “U.S. SPRINGFIELD,” eagle mark 

and dated 1864, the trapdoor breechlock marked 1866, walnut 

stock. 

$600-800 

254. 

Springfield 1873 Trapdoor Rifle, Springfield, Massachusetts, 

late 19th century, 36-inch barrel with trapdoor marked “US/ 

MODEL/1873” in the breech, steel furniture including lockplate 

marked “U.S. SPRINGFIELD,” thumbscrew-adjusted sight, walnut 

stock, steel ramrod. 

$400-600 

255. 

Springfield 1884 Trapdoor Rifle, Springfield, Massachusetts, 

late 19th century, 36-inch round barrel with trapdoor on the 

breech marked “U.S./MODEL/1884,” steel furniture marked “U.S. 

SPRINGFIELD,” eagle mark, thumbscrew-adjusted rear sight, 

patchbox with swivel door in butt plate, walnut stock, ramrod spike 

bayonet. 

$500-700 

256. 

Remington Rolling Block by E. Remington & Sons, c. 1880, with 

walnut stock, 34 1/2-inch barrel, sight and later carrying case. 

$300-500 

257. 

Four Military Items, America, 19th century, including two embossed 

powder flasks, one brass showing a cannon with American flags, the 

other ribbed copper; an eagle-decorated brass belt buckle; and a 

leather ammunition pouch (seam separation). 

$200-300 

258. 

Two Powder Flasks, America, 19th century, one brass-fitted 

of embossed leather with motif of hanging game, (seam mostly 

separated), ht. 8; the other brass-fitted of embossed copper showing 

a hunting dog, (dent), ht. 8 1/4 in. 

$100-200 

259. 

Three Military Helmets, Europe, first half 20th century, including a 

German World War I-era leather Pickelhaub with patriotic eagle crest, 

a French World War I-era helmet, and another. 


$200-300 

260. 

Large Iron Decorated Lock, Continental, 17th/18th century, with 

repoussé and chased designs, no key, lg. 22 in. 


$200-300 


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263 

261. 

Three Decorated Iron Locks, Continental, probably 17th/18th 

century, with repoussé and chased designs, no keys, lg. 12-17 in. 


$200-300 

262. 

Five Varied Iron Locks, likely Continental, 18th century, two with 

keys, lg. to 13 1/2 in. 


$300-500 

263. 

Iron Door Lock and Key, Continental, probably 18th century, the 

key turns in the lock, hinged door over keyhole, lg. 17 1/2 in. 


$150-250 

264. 

Lot of Miscellaneous Metal Work, mostly Continental, 18th and 

19th centuries, including brass locks, iron locks, and other iron 

hardware. 

$200-300 

265. 

Early Iron Anvil, side decorated with geometric designs, (losses), ht. 

12 1/4 in. 


$200-300 

Sundials - Lots 266-284 

266. 

Silver Pocket Sundial by Butterfield, Paris, c. 1700, the octagonal 

plate signed at the base of the adjustable bird-shaped hinged 

gnomon, Butterfield Paris, engraved with four chapter rings for 

latitudes 43, 46, 49, and 52, glazed compass with fleur-de-lis 

at North and other cardinal points in block lettering, the reverse 

engraved with the latitudes of twenty-four principle cities, in a stippled 

leather, felt-lined case, lg. 3, wd. 2 3/4 in. 

$2,500-3,500 

267. 

Four Ivory Miniature Diptych Sundials, 18th and 19th century, 

including three rectangular examples, one opening to a brass 

dial, gnomon and compass, lg. 1 7/8, the next, on a wood core 

with Arabic and Roman numerals and calendar on the lid, lg. 1 

3/4, the next with engraved compass on the lid, central compass 

and latitudes of principal cities on the inside lid, 2 1/4, the last, in 

triangular form, on wooden base, ivory lid with Roman numeral dial 

and inscribed I.W.L. 1761, lg. 1 3/4 in. 

$600-900 

268. 

Two Wooden Diptych Sundials, probably Germany, mid-19th 

century, the first in fruitwood, with printed listing of latitudes of 

principal cities on the exterior lid, printed dials inside the lid in Roman 

numerals, horizontal dial with central compass with Arabic numerals, 

string gnomon, lg. 2 1/2, the second with dial incised on horizontal 

and vertical surface, central compass and brass medallion on lid, lg. 

2 3/8 in. 

$400-600 



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276 

269. 

Six Chinese Wooden Folding Sundials of Various Design and a 

Japanese Compass, including a 4-inch dia. example in a rosewood 

case with compass and adjustable hour plate, an octagonal plate 

with four adjustable dials around a central compass, 6 1/2 in., two 

wooden folding hour dial types with compass, a diptych type with 

string gnomon and central compass, a base metal sundial with 

enameled hour ring and compass and a replica Japanese compass in 

a fabric-covered box. 

$250-450 

270. 

Five Folding Sundials in Brass and Wood, early 20th century, 

including two wooden diptych dials with compass and printed card 

instructions, one marked Gogerty, 72 Fleet Street London, another 

wooden folding case with unmarked silvered dial and bird gnomon, 

and two folding brass examples, one an Ansonia “Sun Watch.” 

$200-300 

271. 

Six Pocket Sundials, including a Chinese dial in a silver repoussé 

case, dia. 2, a brass pillar dial, ht. 3 1/4, 1-inch dia. dial with folding 

gnomon, printed compass card and set into a bone holder with 

threaded brass lid, ht. 1/2, a floating card compass and dial in a 

lidded fruitwood holder, dia. 2 1/2 in., and two in ivorene cases. 

$300-500 

272. 

Eleven 20th Century Miniature Sundials of Various Design, 

including examples in fruitwood, ivorene, Bakelite, brass and base 

metal cases. 

$150-250 

273. 

Six Brass-cased Miniature Pocket Sundials of Various Period 

and Origin, including three brass dial equinoctial examples with 

folding gnomons (one lacking lid) and three with floating cards and 

gnomons, dia. approximately 1 1/2 to 2 in. 

$400-600 

274. 

Brass Horizontal Sundial, probably late 18th century, the 5 1/2-inch 

plate engraved with Roman numeral dial, Latin inscriptions, decorative 

spandrels, four leveling feet and compass with directionals in Latin, 

gnomon with plumb bob and declination calibrations for various 

months. 

$300-500 

275. 

3 1/4-inch Brass Equinoctial Dial and a Small Ring Dial, the 

equinoctial dial with meridian latitude scale, equinoctial ring with 

Roman numerals and index marks on inner edge, bridge bar with 

peep sight and calibration 0-20 in two directions, ring holder, together 

with a band ring dial with calibrated inner edges and suspension ring, 

dia. 1 1/4 in. 

$600-800 


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277 

276. 

Ebony and Ivory Diptych Sundial, unmarked, mid-19th century, the 

octagonal dial with Roman chapters, engraved scroll work around 

the perimeter, inset latitude adjustment on the underside of the lid 

for the string gnomon of 37, 39, 41, 43, and 45, central compass 

with printed paper card, cardinal points in block letters, needle ring 

calibrated 0-90 in four quadrants, needle stop, dial ht. 3 1/2, wd. 2 

3/4 in. 

$500-700 

280. 

Four Miniature Sundials, including a globe on pedestal which opens 

to reveal the Roman numeral dial inscribed Nova Reperta, a silvered 

horizontal dial on marble column, a brass garden-type sundial with 

octagonal dial and base inscribed I’ll Only Count the Sunny Hours, 

and diptych dial in the form of a sunburst on a pedestal, with printed 

paper on exterior and interior surfaces, folding gnomon and compass, 

ht. 4 1/4 to 8 in. 

$500-700 

277. 

Brass Equinoctial Pocket Sundial, early 20th century, silvered 

hinged hour ring with Roman numerals, calibrated latitude arc, folding 

gnomon, printed compass card with cardinal points in block lettering, 

needle ring calibrated 0-90 in four segments, all in a velvet-lined 

stippled leather carrying case, dia. of instrument 2 1/2 in. 

$300-500 

278. 

Brass Equinoctial Pocket Sundial by Andreas Volger, Augsburg, 

Germany, mid-18th century, the engraved octagonal base with 

silvered dial compass and directionals in Latin, folding hour ring with 

Roman numerals and needle gnomon, latitude arc calibrated 20-80 

degrees, reverse signed, And Vogl and engraved with latitudes of 

several cities including Augsburg and Leipzig, wd. 2 in. 

279 

Note: Accompanying the lot is a letter of June 4, 1973, from Clare 

Vincent of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, discussing the dial. 

$500-800 

279. 

Wooden Polyhedral Sundial by D. Beringer, oak block with five 

engraved paper plates, the Northern face marked D. Beringer, the 

top, Northern and Southern face with Roman chapter and garlands, 

the Eastern face with plumb bob, Roman numerals and two figures, 

the west with Roman chapter and figures, all faces with brass 

gnomons, adjustable angled turned hardwood mount, the base with 

garland decorated paper and inset 1 1/4-inch dia. compass, ht. 7 1/4 

in. 

$800-1,200

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281. 

Brass Round Pocket Sundial, mid-19th century, engraved hour 

ring with Roman numerals, hinged gnomon, printed paper card with 

compass rose, cardinal points in block letters, needle ring calibrated 

0-90 in four quadrants and blued steel hand, dia. 2 1/2 in. 

$200-400 

282. 

Brass Equinoctial Pocket Sundial by Andreas Volger, Augsburg, 

Germany, mid-18th century, the engraved octagonal base with 

silvered dial compass and directionals in Latin, folding hour ring with 

Roman numerals and needle gnomon, latitude arc calibrated 20-80 

degrees, reverse signed, And Vogl and engraved with latitudes of 

several cities including Augsburg and Paris and Lisborn, wd. 2 in. 

$400-600 

283. 

Equinoctial Sundial by Elliott Brothers, London, with silvered 

hinged hour ring engraved with two rows of Roman numerals on the 

horizontal surface and along the inner edge, latitude arc, silvered 

compass with cardinal points in block letters and inscribed with 

maker’s name, dual spirit levels and adjustable feet all in a felt-lined 

rosewood case with silvered plaque on the lid inscribed, For Good 

Conduct and Progress in Seamanship, H.M.S. Britannia, box, wd. 4, 

dp. 3 1/2 in. 

$600-900 

284. 

Philips’ Adjustable Sundial by George Philip & Son, London, 

late 19th century, a wooden base supports the turned pedestal, 

compass and adjustable sundial with printed paper scales for latitude 

adjustment, hour ring with Roman numerals and marked Philips’ 

Sun-Dial, For Use In All Parts of the World, London--George Philip & 

Son. 32 Fleet Street, E.C. Liverpool: 45-51 S. Castle Street---Made 

in Germany, the card box with plates on all surfaces including Table 

for correcting Solar to Civil Time and promotion of Philips’ Revolving 

Planisphere, mounted on box, ht. 9 in. 

$200-300 

Navigation - Lots 285-299 

285. 

Two-day Marine Chronometer by Ulysse Nardin, Locle, 

Switzerland, No. 3668, 3 3/4-inch silvered dial signed Ulysse Nardin, 

Locle Suisse and 3668, Roman numerals, UP-DOWN indicator, threequarter 

gilt plate fusee movement marked 3668 with maintaining 

power, spring detent escapement, helical hairspring, bi-metallic 

balance with brass weights and timing screws, tipsey key, brass 

gimbal, bowl and two-tier brass-bound mahogany box with maker’s 

name and serial number, glazed opening and carrying handles, box 7 

1/2 in. square. 

$1,500-2,500 


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286. 

Two-day Marine Chronometer by Thomas Mercer, St. Albans, 

England, No. 17222, the inner two-tier mahogany box with glazed lid 

and serial number 17222 on front plaque, brass gimbals and bowl 

supporting the 4 1/2-inch dia. silvered dial with maker’s inscription, 

Thomas Mercer Ltd. St. Albans, England, 17222, Roman numerals, 

UP-DOWN indicator, seconds dial and blued steel spade hands, 

split spotted brass plate, chain drive fusee movement with spring 

detent escapement, split steel balance with brass weights and helical 

hairspring, tipsy key and outer padded mahogany carrying box. 

$800-1,200 

287. 

Two-day Marine Chronometer by William Bond & Son, Boston, 

No. 541, with 4-inch dia. silvered brass dial inscribed William Bond 

& Son, Boston, No. 541, Roman numerals, UP-DOWN indicator and 

seconds dial below, gilt spade hour and minute hands, blued-steel 

indicator and seconds, screw fit glazed bezel engraved on the dial 

reflector, Wm. Bond & Sons Break Circuit and USA, brass gimbal and 

bowl, chain drive 3/4 spotted plate fusee movement with maintaining 

power, two-arm split bi-metallic balance, helical hairspring and break 

circuit attachment on movement and bowl in a two-tier rosewood and 

brass-bound box with mother-of-pearl plaque marked Wm. Bond and 

Son, Boston and carrying handles together with the original walnut 

padded transport box. 

$2,500-4,500 

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288. 

Two-day Marine Chronometer by Barraud, London, No. 5159, 

with 3 3/4-inch silvered dial signed Barraud, 41 Cornhill, London. No. 

5159, Roman numerals, UP-DOWN indicator, seconds dial, blued 

steel hands, spotted plate fusee movement with maintaining power, 

split bimetallic balance, brass weights and timing screws, helical 

hairspring and spring detent escapement, brass gimbal, bowl and 

mahogany carrying case, 

$500-800 

290. 

9-inch Radius Ebony Vernier Sextant by D. McGregor, Greenock, 

with bone scale divided 0-105, brass index arm with vernier, 

thumbscrew lock and fine adjustment, mirror and colored filters, 3 

3/8-inch brass tube monocular, bone maker’s plaque marked in 

block lettering D. McGregor. Greenock and in script J. McKenzie 

Greenock, turned wooden handle. 

$350-550 

289. 

Eight-day Marine Chronometer by Watkins and Other 

Miscellaneous Clock Parts, the chronometer with three tiered 

rosewood box and inset plaque marked Watkins Strand, brass 

bowl and gimbal mounting, 3 1/4-inch silvered brass dial engraved 

Watkins, 67 Strand London, up-down indicator and seconds, 

brass moon hands and incomplete movement (movement missing 

escapement, mainspring barrel, plate and fusee chain and possibly 

other components), together with a miscellaneous box of Chelsea 

movements in incomplete condition. 

$100-150 

291. 

10-inch Radius Ebony Octant, case marked J. Higgs, Bristol, with 

vacant bone maker’s plaque, scale calibrated 0-110, brass index 

arm with vernier and magnifier, thumbscrew lock, shades, and pine 

keystone box with brass plate engraved J. Higgs, Bristol. 

$300-350 


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292. 

7 1/2-inch Brass Sextant, unmarked, with brass index arm with 

thumbscrew locks, inset silver calibrated scale and magnifier, 7-inch 

sighting scope with additional eyepieces, shades and all in a hinged 

walnut box, boxed overall 11 3/4 x 11 1/2 in. 

$200-300 

293 

293. 

8-inch Radius Brass Sextant, unknown maker, marked No. 33, 

brass index arm marked No. 33, vernier scale with thumbscrew lock, 

magnifier, silver inset scale calibrated 0-150, sun shades, 8-inch 

sighting scope with additional eyepieces and marked No. 33, and 

felt-lined walnut box also marked 33 and recessed carrying handles, 

overall boxed, approximately 10 1/2 in. square. 

$200-300

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294. 

10-inch Radius Ebony Octant by Spencer & Company, London, 

with bone maker’s plaque marked Spencer & Co. London, scale 

calibrated 0-105, brass index arm with vernier scale divided 0-20, 

brass thumbscrew lock, sighting pinnula, mirror, shades and 

keystone walnut box with printed paper retailer’s label stating Charles 

F. Helffricht, Instrument Maker, Sign of the Quadrant, No. 122 South 

Front St....Philadelphia. 

$300-350 

295. 

G. Webster & Co., Publishers (London, England, 19th Century) 

The Commencement of Action Between His Majesty’s Ship 

Shannon and the United States Frigate Chesapeake off Boston 

Light House, by John Theophilus Lee (British, 1787-c. 1827), c. 

1813, aquatint on paper, identified in the matrix, sight size 22 1/2 x 

17 1/2, image size 21 x 15 3/4 in. Condition: Toning, spots of foxing 

c.l. and u.c., evidence of old repairs, not examined out of frame. 

Note: This lot is being sold with a complete volume of leatherbound 

1811 issues of the Federalist Boston weekly newspaper the 

Columbian Centinel. 

$2,500-4,500 

296. 

Brass Boxed Compass, with brass spring-loaded case, 5 1/2-inch 

glazed opening with stationary dial divided 0-360, cardinal points in 

block letters and multi-prong needle, box approximately 9 in. square. 

$200-300 

297. 

Brass Lighted Binnacle Compass, Ritchie, Boston, c. 1870, with 

applied handle, brass side-light housing a fluid lamp, gimbaled 

compass marked with maker’s name, mounted on circular wooden 

base, overall ht. 10 1/2 in. 

$200-400 

298. 

Gimbaled Boxed Compass, Cased Pocket Barometer, and Brass 

Ship’s Bell Clock, 19th/early 20th century, the small compass 

marked “MERRELL NEW YORK,” (bottom of box broken out) the 

barometer marked “SHORT & MASON,” the clock marked on the 

reverse FW ELLIOTT LTD/CROYDON,” (corroded), compass box ht. 

3 1/4, barometer dia. 2, clock dial dia. 5 3/4 in. 

$250-350 

299. 

Gimbaled Box Compass by John Bliss & Company, New 

York, with oxidized brass gimbal frame, liquid filled compass with 

5 1/2-inch dial with cardinal points in block lettering and maker’s 

name on inner rim, fleur-de-lis at North all in a walnut carrying box, 

approximately 9 1/2 in. square. 

$150-250 


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300. 

Pair of 20-inch Library Globes in Hepplewhite Stands by J. & W. Cary, London, c. 1815, the terrestrial and celestial 

globes with turned and inlaid mahogany stands, brass calibrated meridian rings, brass hour circles at the poles, paper on 

wood horizon rings with red perimeters printed with Gregorian and Zodiacal calendars, 9 1/2-inch printed compass cards 

with maker’s name at the center, blued steel needles in reeded glazed frames supported by tapered stretchers spanning 

the base, the terrestrial globe with shaded countries outlined in green, Analemma and Table of Equation in the Pacific, the 

celestial with delicate coloring of the Zodiacal figures and star magnitudes indicated, each globe with maker’s cartouche, 

the terrestrial reading in part, Cary’s New Terrestrial Globe, Exhibiting the Tracks and Discoveries Made by Captain 

Cook...together with every other improvement collected from various navigators to the present time. Made and sold by J. 

& W. Cary, Strand, March 1, 1815, London, the celestial cartouche, Cary’s New and Improved Celestial Globe, on which 

is carefully laid down the whole of the stars and nebulae... Compiled from the Authorities of Flamsteed...the whole is 

adapted to the year 1800...Made and Sold by J. & W. Cary, No. 181 Strand, London, March 1, 1799, ht. approximately 

47 in. 

$80,000-100,000 

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301. 

Mahogany Marine Barometer by Charles Hobron, New London, 

Connecticut, with brass gimbaled mount, bone scales, the barometer 

scale with maker’s name and place, vernier adjustment and 

thermometer, ht. 39 1/2 in. 

$1,000-1,500 

303. 

Brass Gimbaled Marine Barometer by Negretti and Zambra, 

London, with rack vernier barometer correction scales for “Height 

Above Water Line” and “Lat.,” weighted base and gimbal wall 

attachment, ht. 36 in. 

$400-600 

302. 

Unsigned Marine Stick Barometer, with hinged cover over the 

silvered scales for the thermometer and barometer, sliding register 

and brass covered cistern, ht. 37 in. 

$500-600 

304. 

Mahogany Stick Barometer by Widdifield & Company, Boston, 

the glazed and hinged dome top enclosing the thermometer and 

barometer both with silvered dial signed, Widdifield & Co., Boston 

and wooden cistern cover, ht. 37 in. 

$2,000-2,500 


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305. 

Mahogany Stick Barometer by J.N. Sutter, Edinburgh, with pitched 

pediment, silvered brass scale engraved with maker’s name, scales 

for barometer and thermometer enclosed within a hinged and glazed 

door, line inlay and turned finial, ht. 39 3/4 in. 

$600-800 

307. 

Mahogany Wheel Barometer by Laffrancho, Ludlow, with line 

inlay and scroll top, 7-1/2-inch silvered barometer dial, thermometer, 

hygrometer and spirit level with maker’s boss, ht. 38 1/2 in. 

$300-500 

306. 

Walnut Stick Barometer by Heminway, Auburn, New York, with flat 

molded cornice top, silvered dial with thermometer and barometer 

scales and marked, Heminway, Auburn, New York, glass tube in 

recessed fluted waist section, turned rosette in the base panel, ht. 40 

in. 

$800-1,200 

308. 

Mahogany Wheel Barometer by Grant, Banbury, with scroll top 

and brass rosettes, 7 1/2-inch engraved silvered dial, thermometer, 

“Damp-Dry” dial, convex mirror and spirit level, ht. 38 in. 

$600-800 


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310. 

Pocket Barometer and Three-draw Spyglass by Smith & Son, 

the 1-inch dia. objective lens spyglass with leather bound brass tube 

signed on the first draw, Smith & Son Opticians Scarborough, lg. 

closed 6 in., the gilt brass pocket barometer with 2-inch dia. silvered 

dial marked Compensated, blued steel hand and leather carry case. 

$300-500 

311. 

Brass Binnacle Helmet Compass, the brass case with glazed 

viewing port, carrying handle, side lantern compartment, brass 

plaque marked PATT. 183 No. 15668H 23 LBS, bronze gimbaled 

mount, 5-inch compass card with cardinal points in block letters and 

graduated marks 0-360 all mounted on a wooden disc, ht. 12 in. 

$125-225 

312. 

3-inch Brass Pocket Sextant, with 1 3/4-inch index arm operated 

by the knurled thumbscrew, silvered scale calibrated 0-140, hinged 

magnifier, 2 1/2-inch sighting scope, internal horizon mirror and 

shades, the brass drum for dual use as storage and handle during 

use. 

$200-400 

313. 

Three Objects of Maritime History, including a walnut and brassbound 

ship’s wheel with brass hub marked No. 977, max. dia. 31, an 

oval engraved brass builder’s plate inscribed S. S. Exiria, American 

Export Lines, Inc., Built by Bath Iron Works Corp. Bath, Maine, 

1942, lg. 19 1/4 in., and a framed Pictorial History of Seafaring and 

Meteorological Chart of the Sea by Edward Turpin, dated 1935, with 

the penned in remarks of Samuel Jonson: “No man will be a sailor 

who has contrivances enough to get himself into jail, for being in a 

ship is being in a jail, with the chance of being drowned.” 

$600-800 

314. 

Two Ship’s Lanterns, 19th/20th century, a copper one labeled 

“PORT” on an applied brass tag and retaining its original oil lamp, and 

a galvanized metal one labeled “ANCHOR,” electrified, ht. 25, 21 in. 

$300-350 

315. 

Brass Lighted Gimbaled Binnacle Compass and Tin Boat 

Lantern, England, 19th century, the compass retains its lamp but no 

wick, the lantern with curved blue glass, both with corroded surfaces, 

ht. 8 1/2, 10 in. 

$200-300 

316. 

Copper Ship’s Running Lamp, E. Bacon & Co., Grimsey, with red, 

white, and green glass lights, now electrified, ht. 14 in. 

$150-250 

309. 

Eglomise Barometer and Thermometer, France, mid-19th century, 

upper thermometer calibrated in Centigrade and Reaumur, barometer 

lower section marked Gaiffe a Nancy, all with gilt and black eglomise 

surrounds and backboard mounted “U” tube, ht. 35 in. 

$700-900 

317. 

Brass Ship’s Porthole Occasional Table, 19th century/early 20th 

century, the porthole mounted on a wrought iron base, ht. to tabletop 

16 1/2, dia. 18 1/2 in. 

$200-250 


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318. 

3-inch Brass Refracting Telescope by Bardou & 

Son, Paris, signed Bardou & Son Paris at the ocular 

end, eyepiece with sliding cover, 38-inch tube with 

rack focus, thumbscrew tripod attachment and 

wooden tripod with brass mount. 

$800-1,200 

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319. 

3-inch Refracting Telescope by E. Vion, Paris, 

signed on the back plate E. Vion, Paris with 42-inch 

brass main tube, terrestrial and celestial tubes, two 

sun shades, brass dust covers, the ocular with slide, 

the objective stamped Made in France, fitted hinged 

walnut carrying case and adjustable tripod and brass 

mount, ht. of tripod without extending 62 in. 

$800-1,200 

320. 

2-inch Tapered Mahogany Telescope and 

Stand by Dollond, London, the single draw scope 

engraved on the tube, Dollond London, brass library 

stand with folding Queen Anne legs and adjustable 

elevation with spring scope supports, lg. of tube 36, 

extended, 45 in. 

$500-700 

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321. 

2 1/2-inch Library Telescope by Dollond, London, with 42-inch 

mahogany tube marked at the eyepiece Dollond London, 10 1/2- 

inch finder scope, rack focus, brass tripod base with folding legs, 

altazimuth mount with thumbscrew adjustment of vertical and 

horizontal planes, ht. level, approximately 22 in. 

$1,000-1,500 

322. 

Oil Portrait of Anna Henshaw, Leicester, Massachusetts, painted 

by Alvan Clark, Boston, 1841, in a gilded frame with extensive period 

provenance on the reverse reading in part, This Portrait of Anna 

Henshaw of Henshaw Place, Leicester, Massachusetts, daughter 

of the late David Henshaw and Mary Sargent Henshaw was born in 

Leicester 14th of February, 1772...painted by Alvan Clark, Boston, 

December 1841..., ht. 30, wd. 24 1/2 in. (sight). 

Note: While Alvan Clark (1804-1887) is primarily remembered as an 

important maker of telescope optics, he was also an accomplished 

artist working in Boston. This painting remains as a documented 

example of his portraiture. 

$3,000-4,000 

323. 

3-inch Brass Telescope on Stand by A. Bardou, Paris, 48-inch 

main tube signed at eyepiece end, A. Bardou Paris, 9-inch spotting 

scope, brass lens covers and walnut geared elevator tripod, ht. with 

scope level, approximately 60 in. 

$5,000-7,000 

324. 

4-inch Brass Refracting Telescope by W. & D. Mogey, New 

Jersey, 47-inch brass tube with rack focus and adjustment knob cast 

with maker’s name, W. & D. Mogey, Bayonne, N.J., eyepiece tube 

with three additional lenses, brass lens cap, fitted carrying case and 

oak tripod with heavy cast mount with altitude adjustment and cast 

maker’s name. 

$2,500-3,500 

325. 

3-inch Refracting Telescope by Bardou & Son, Paris, engraved 

on back plate Bardou & Son, Paris, 48 1/2-inch main brass tube, 8 

3/4-inch sighting scope, rack focus, walnut tripod with crank height 

adjustment and carrying case, ht. (tripod not extended) 55 in. 

$4,000-6,000 


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326. 

4-inch Floor Standing Brass Telescope by A. Ross, London, 

46-inch main tube engraved at eyepiece end, A. Ross, London, 

15-inch spotting scope, altazimuth mount, geared head with motion 

control handle, elevation half circle calibrated in two quadrants, 

0-90 and 0-80 and folding mahogany tripod, ht. with scope level, 

approximately 65 in. 

$7,000-9,000 

327. 

3-inch Brass Telescope on Stand by Broadhurst, Clarkson & 

Company, London, 38-inch main tube stamped at eyepiece end, 

Broadhurst, Clarkson & Co., three draw eyepiece, rare equatorial 

mount with calibrated setting circles, folding oak tripod with brass 

and nickel mounting collar, ht. with instrument level approximately 66 

in. 

$7,000-9,000 

328. 

2-inch Tapered Mahogany Single-draw Spotting Telescope, with 

30-inch tube, brass endpieces and objective lens cover, lg. extended 

38 in. 

$400-600 

329. 

2 1/2-inch Tapered Mahogany Telescope, single draw with 

brass-bound ends and sliding cover on eyepiece, lg. of tube 45, lg. 

extended 54 in. 

$500-800 

330. 

1-inch, Four-draw Card Tube Spyglass, probably Italy, with 

stippled black paper on 10-inch main tube, faux feather-grained 

paper on the four draws, lens cap and card carrying case, lg. 

extended approximately 29 in. 

$300-500 


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331. 

3-inch, Five-draw Leather Covered Spotting Scope, first draw 

with distance lines engraved, the second draw engraved with Dollond 

London, lg. closed 12, approximate lg. open 42 in. 

$400-600 

332. 

Walking Stick Spyglass by Van Cort Instrument Makers, the 34 

1/4-inch tapered laminated birch walking stick with brass fittings 

concealing 5 1/2-inch single-draw tapered spyglass with eyepiece 

marked Van Cort Instrument Makers, USA, in the original foam-lined 

packaging, total length of spyglass 12 in. 

$300-500 

333. 

2-inch, Ten-draw Brass and Wood Spyglass, with 5-inch wooden 

tube, lg. extended 36 1/2 in. 

$500-700 

334. 

Stereo Map Viewer and WWI Binoculars, the map viewer with 

folding stainless steel stand, to adjustable viewing lenses and fitted 

carrying case, lg. of case, 11 1/4 in., the binoculars by Bausch & 

Lomb Optical Company, Rochester, New York, with leather covered 

barrels, adjustable oculars, focus and leather carrying case with 

compass on the lid. 

$200-300 

335. 

Brass Spyglass and Brass Binoculars, 19th century, the fourdraw 

spyglass with sliding eyepiece cover, the binoculars marked 

“BARDOU & SON, PARIS” on each eyepiece. spyglass closed lg. 9 

3/4, opens to 25 1/2, binoculars lg. closed 6 1/2 in. 

$200-300 

336. 

3-inch Spotting Scope by Carl Zeiss, barrel end marked Carl Zeiss 

Jena and No. 10912 Monok. A.F. 12.20. 40x80, revolving nosepiece 

and three ocular lenses, black stippled barrel finish and adjustable 

hardwood tripod, lg. of scope approximately 20 in. 

$200-400 


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Brass Binocular Microscope by Baker, London, the lacquered 

brass “Y” base and frame signed on base Baker 244 High Holborn 

London, rack focus, planar mirror, condenser, two circular stages, 

one with light source hole, the other without, thumbscrew adjustment 

of dioptric, multiple eyepieces, accessories and all in a mahogany box 

with two drawers and carrying handle, approximate ht. of instrument 

19 in. 

$1,000-1,500 

338. 

Enameled Iron and Brass Microscope, Ernst Leitz, Germany, c. 

1930, No. 291342, Y-shaped base, three-part nosepiece, in wood 

case with attachments, ht. 12 1/4 in. 

$75-150 

339. 

Compound Microscope by R. & J. Beck, London, No. 16970, 

gun metal triangular base, hinged support stamped * (indicating their 

best quality), and R. & J. Beck, London, 16970, single limb with rack 

focus, 5-inch tube with single objective and eyepiece, rectangular 

stage with clips and planar mirror, in a paper covered wooden box, 

minimum ht. of instrument 10 1/2 in. 

$300-500 


340. 

Brass Culpeper-type Microscope, 19th century, with sliding 

focus inner tube engraved 1, 2, 3, 4, eyepiece, circular stage with 

sprung slide-holder, two sets of scrolling brass supports, concave 

mirror on compass joint, and mahogany base, ht. closed 10 1/4 in., 

(lacquer worn away, brass darkened), in pyramidal mahogany case 

with drawer containing four objectives (two lacking optics, one with 

chipped optics), fish plate and other accessories, case wd. 13 1/2 in. 

$2,000-3,000 

341. 

Brass and Black-lacquer Compound Microscope, Bausch and 

Lomb, Rochester, New York, U-shaped base, planar mirror, rack 

focus, nosepiece with three objectives, base and objectives marked 

with maker’s name, ht. 13 in. 

$150-200 

342. 

Naturalist’s Microscope, England, mid-19th century, the hinged 

mahogany box with screw thread support of the main brass column, 

rack focus adjustment, three magnifying lenses, planar mirror, stage 

and a group of prepared slides, approximate ht. mounted 7 in. 

$150-200 

343. 

Two Compound Microscopes, the brass example by C. Reichert, 

Wien, with U-shaped base, planar mirror, rack adjustment of the 

condenser, and focus, nosepiece with three lenses and circular 

stage with two clips, ht. 13 1/2 in., the next, a binocular microscope 

by Bausch & Lomb with U-shaped base, rack focus and unusual 

nosepiece, ht. 12 in. 

$150-250 

344. 

Compound Microscope by Cooke, Troughton & Simms, York, 

England, No. M40337, with monocular and binocular eyepieces, 

nosepiece with four lenses, rack focus moving the stage with 

micrometer adjustments in two directions, thumbscrew adjustment 

of lighting source and lever operated magnifier on condenser all 

mounted on a wooden board, ht. 19 in. 

$400-600

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Compound Binocular Microscope by Leitz, with U-base, planar 

mirror, stage, rack focus, nosepiece and carrying case. 

$300-350 

345. 

Three Science-related Framed Items, a chromolithograph showing 

a theodolite issued by the Buff & Buff Instrument Shops, Boston; 

a reproduction engraving showing late 18th century surveying 

equipment, and a colored print showing tools and titled “LOG and 

LOGARITHMS.,” largest framed size 29 x 21 1/4 in. 

$100-150 

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347. 

Surveyor’s Transit by W. & L.E. Gurley, Troy, New York, No. 

13289, gunmetal and brass finish, 8 1/4-inch telescope with rack 

focus, 4 1/2-inch dia. silvered compass dial signed by maker and 

numbered, cardinal points in block letters, needle dial calibrated 0-90 

in four quadrants, blued steel hand, dual spirit levels, vernier read out 

and geared adjustment, brass leveling screws for tripod attachment, 

in a wooden carrying case with maker’s trade card inside lid, ht. of 

instrument, approximately 12 in. 

$400-600 

348. 

Brass and Anodized Metal Transit by Dietzgen, No. 12750, with 5 

1/2-inch dia. silvered compass dial, vernier read-out and thumbscrew 

adjustment, spirit levels, silvered calibrated altitude dials and 12-inch 

telescope, ht. with scope level 13 in. 

$400-600 

349. 

Brass Theodolite, No. 7B, Mk IIA, c. 1943, for U.S. Navy use with 

thumbscrew adjustment for horizontal and vertical circles, calibrations 

on nickel dials, spirit levels mounted on sighting scopes and housing, 

tri-foot leveling and screw-fit housing for tripod mounting, ht. approx. 

8 in. 

$200-400 

346. 

Brass Surveyor’s Transit by C.L. Berger & Sons, Boston, 5-inch 

silvered compass dial with maker’s name and directionals in block 

letters, vernier read-out scale, bronze frame supporting the 11 1/4- 

inch telescope and dual spirit levels, calibrated half circle altitude 

scales and brass mount for tripod attachment, ht. with telescope level 

12 1/2 in. 

$200-300 

350. 

Green Anodized Alidade by Buff & Buff, Boston, with 10-inch 

sighting scope, altitude arc with spirit level, base plate with maker’s 

name, dual spirit levels and directional, wooden carrying case with 

printed maker’s label, plane table and tripod, lg. 18 in. 

$400-600 


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351. 

Theodolite by David White & Company, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 

Model M-47-11, with stippled black finish, 10-inch telescope, vernier 

readout, dual spirit levels and carrying case, ht. of boxed instrument 

16 in. 

$200-400 

352. 

Brass Surveyor’s Transit by Buff & Buff Manufacturing Company, 

Boston, No. 27516, brass, gun metal and painted iron frame with 11 

1/2-inch telescope and spirit level mounted below, 4-inch dia. silvered 

compass dial with maker’s name and serial number, vernier read-out, 

spirit levels, carrying case with Buff & Buff printed labels and tripod, 

ht. of instrument 14 in. 

$400-600 

353. 

Green-painted Brass Transit Level by Keuffel & Esser, New York, 

No. 14664, 18-inch telescope supported on rectangular bracket, 

four-screw leveling base marked with maker’s name, in box with tags 

from Buff & Buff Manufacturing inside top, ht. of instrument 7 1/4 in. 

$300-500 

354. 

Transit by Berger, Boston, 18 1/2-inch telescope with bubble level 

supported on parallel frame marked with maker’s name, and fourscrew 

leveling base, instrument ht. 8 3/4 in. 

$100-150 

355. 

Brass Surveyor’s Transit by Buff & Buff, Boston, No. 16026, 

with brass and painted frame, 12-inch telescope, altitude scale on 

graduated half moon arc, 5-inch dia. silvered compass dial with 

maker’s name, cardinal points in block letters, dual spirit levels, 

vernier read-outs, all in the original box with numerous printed “Buff & 

Buff” labels, ht. of instrument 12 1/2 in. 

$300-500 

356. 

Lacquered Brass Transit by W. & L.E. Gurley, Troy, New York, 18 

1/2-inch telescope with attached bubble level on a frame supported 

by a four-screw leveling base, instrument ht. 8 1/2 in., in dovetailconstructed 

box with a painting on the front showing men using a 

transit. 

$300-500 

357. 

Surveyor’s Transit by C.L. Berger & Sons, Boston, with black 

stippled and painted finish, A-frame mount for 11 1/2-inch telescope, 

4 3/4-inch compass with maker’s signature, cardinal points in block 

letters and silvered needle ring and brass needle, vernier readout, 

spirit level and brass tripod mount with plumb bob, carrying case, 

tripod and elevation stick, ht. of instrument 13 in. 

$250-450 

358. 

Surveyor’s Transit and Accessories by W. & L.E. Gurley, Troy, 

New York, with 5-inch dial silvered dial engraved with maker’s name, 

quadrants in block letters, spirit levels, vernier scales, azimuth axis, 8 

1/2 in.. brass telescope, hardwood box with plumb bob, chains and 

tripod and stick. 

$600-900 

359. 

Brass Surveyor’s Level and Transit, the level, by L. Beckmann 

Company, Toledo, Ohio with 12-inch gun metal telescope, spirit 

levels and brass frame signed by the maker, ht. 8 1/2 in., the transit 

by C.L. Berger & Sons, Boston, No. 14567 with 3 1/4-inch silvered 

compass dial signed by the maker, 8-inch telescope with spirit level, 

vernier adjustment and brass housing for tripod attachment, ht. 11 

1/4 in. 

$150-250 


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Surveyor’s Transit by Keuffel & Esser Company, in 

a stippled black finish, 4-inch compass dial signed by 

the maker, vernier read-out, 9-inch telescope with spirit 

level and brass base for tripod attachment, ht. with 

telescope level, 12 1/2 in. 

$75-150 

361. 

Brass and Steel Transit by A. Abraham, Liverpool, 

12 3/4-inch telescope supported on double A-frames, 

three bubble levels, silvered compass dial on brass 

base marked with maker’s name, the base with silvered 

vernier ring, on four screw leveling base, in box, ht. 9 in. 

$250-450 

362. 

Surveyor’s Theodolite by L. Casella With Burt’s 

Patent Solar Attachment, London, No. 5191, brass 

and gun metal finish, 2 1/4-inch silvered dial signed L. 

Casella, London, 5191, needle ring calibrated 0-360, 

cardinal points in block lettering, horizontal plate with 

dual verniers and magnifiers, twin A frames supporting 

a 12-inch telescope and silvered half circle calibrated 

0-100 in two quadrants, the solar attachment with 

horizontal silvered hour circle calibrated 0-12 in two 

quadrants and 4 1/2-inch declination arc with vernier 

read-out, tri-foot leveling base and walnut fitted carrying 

case and accessories, ht. of instrument, approximately, 

13 1/2 in. 

$4,500-6,500


363. 

Brass Solar Compass by W. & L.E. Gurley, Troy, New York, the 

brass instrument with Burt’s solar attachment, horizontal circle read 

by opposing verniers, blued steel needle and scale calibrated 0-15 

in two segments and engraved W. & L. E. Gurley, Troy, NY, silvered 

vertical half circle arc graduated to 30 minutes with vernier scale and 

sighting mounts, silvered declination and hour calibrated arcs, dual 

spirit levels, graduated sighting vanes and thumbscrew leveling tripod 

attachment, ht. 14 in. 

$2,000-4,000 

364. 

Anodized Metal Surveyor’s Level by W. & L.E. Gurley, Troy, New 

York, with 17-inch telescope and two sprit levels mounted on top, 

maker’ name stamped on mounting frame and four thumbscrew 

adjustable base for tripod attachment, ht. 7 1/2 in. 

$150-250 

365. 

Brass and Iron Boxed Transit Level by Bostrom-Brady 

Manufacturing, Atlanta, Georgia, 10-inch telescope supported on 

iron uprights, brass level, brass and iron frame signed by the maker, 

four-screw leveling base, ht. 6 1/2 in. 

$100-150 

364

371 

366. 

Brass Wye Level by L. Beckman Company, Toledo, Ohio, with 11 

1/2-inch telescope, directional ring calibrated 0-90 in four quadrants 

with vernier read out, maker’s name stamped on support and tripod 

mount, boxed, lg. 14, ht. 9 in. 

$150-250 

370. 

Wye Level by C.L. Berger & Sons, Boston, No. 9168, with 18 1/2- 

inch telescope, dual spirit levels, maker’s name stamped on frame, 

wooden carrying case with maker’s printed label, tripod mount and 

tripod, lg. of instrument, 18 1/2 in. 

$250-450 

367. 

Brass Wye Level by E.D. & Co., Chicago and New York, brass 

and green anodized finish instrument with 11 3/4-inch sighting 

scope, dual spirit levels, maker’s plaque on frame and numbered 

4395, directional dial calibrated 0-90 in four quadrants, three leveling 

screws, tripod attachment and wooden carrying case with leather 

handle, ht. 6 1/2 in. 

$100-200 

368. 

Surveyor’s Level by Dietzgen, Chicago, No. 60920, 18-inch 

telescope with 2-inch objective, stippled black finish, with maker’s 

mark on frame, dual spirit levels and adjustable stainless steel tripod 

mount, wooden carrying case with leather strap, boxed, lg. 20, ht. 10 

1/2 in. 

$150-250 

369. 

Surveyor’s Level by Keuffel & Esser, New York, No. 45788, with 

black stippled finish, 18-inch telescope, dual spirit level and maker’s 

boss with name and serial number, hinged carrying case also marked 

with maker’s name, boxed, lg. 19 1/2, ht. 9 1/2 in. 

$200-400 

371. 

Brass Wye Level by W. & L.E. Gurley, Troy, New York, signed 

in block lettering on the support limb, 20-inch telescope with lens 

covers, calibrated spirit level, thumbscrew adjustments, original 

walnut carrying case with printed maker’s label inside the lid. 

$400-600 

372. 

Brass Wye Level by The Hanna Manufacturing Company, Troy, 

New York, 12-inch telescope with lens caps and signed The Hanna 

Mfg. Co., Troy, N.Y. USA on the tube in script, spirit level, calibrated 

silvered dial and original walnut carrying case, ht. 7 in. 

$300-500 

373. 

Brass Surveyor’s Compass by Benjamin Pike, Jr., New York, 

with 5 3/4-inch dia. silvered dial signed B. Pike Jr., 294 Broadway, 

New York, cardinal points in block letters, fleur-de-lis at north, needle 

ring calibrated 0-90 in four quadrants, sighting vanes and mahogany 

box with maker’s label inside lid stating, Benjamin Pike Jr. 294 

Broadway, New York, Maker of All Sorts of Optical and Philosophical 

Instruments, Galvanic Batteries, Chemical Apparatus, etc., lg. 14 1/2 

in. 

$700-900 


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374 

374. 

Brass Surveyor’s Compass, unmarked, 6 1/2-inch dia. silvered 

dial with cardinal points in bold letters, vernier scale, two spirit levels, 

needle ring calibrated 0-90 in four quadrants, blued steel hand with 

lifter, sighting vanes with thumbscrew attachment and wooden 

display block, lg. 16 in. 

$250-350 

375. 

Brass Surveying Compass by Frye & Shaw, New York, c. 1840, 

5-inch dia. engraved silvered dial marked Frye & Shaw 222 Water 

St. New York, engraved cornucopia flanking the center, cardinal 

points in block lettering, needle dial engraved 0-90 in four quadrants, 

detachable sighting vanes, wooden tripod and elevation stick, lg. 12 

in. 

Note: Frye & Shaw are listed as mathematical instrument makers in 

the New York City Directory at this address in 1837-38, 1840, and 

1844-45. 

$700-900 


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376. 

Surveyor’s Compass by W. & L.E. Gurley, Troy, New York, with 5 

1/2-inch engraved silvered dial signed, W. & L. E. Gurley, Troy, New 

York, cardinal points in block letters, needle ring calibrated 0-90 in 

four quadrants, dual spirit levels, sighting vanes, original carrying case 

with printed makers label under the lid and wooden tripod. 

$700-900 

377. 

Brass Transit by Kolesch, New York, anodized frame with 4-inch 

silvered compass dial signed Kolesch & Co., New York City, blued 

steel needle, 9-inch telescope, dual spirit levels, vernier scales with 

thumbscrew adjustment and original walnut carrying case with printed 

shipping and operating instructions, ht. 11 in. 

$400-600 

378. 

Brass Circumferentor by James White, with 6-inch silvered dial 

engraved James White, Glasgow, fleur-de-lis at North, East and West 

points reversed, needle ring calibrated in individual degrees 0-90 

through four quadrants, polished steel needle with lifter, two vials 

and a circular bubble level, the compass box mounted on short arm 

with staff mount and folding sights, lg. 9 x ht. 10 3/4, (re-lacquered), 

in dovetailed mahogany case with label in lid: By Appointment to 

the University, James White, Optician, Mathematical & Philosophical 

Instrument Maker. 209 Saughiehall St. & 16, 18 Cambridge St., 

Glasgow, case wd. 9 1/2 in. 

$200-400 

379. 

French Brass Surveyor’s Cross, the shaft with ball radial adjustment 

supports an octagonal head section with slit sighting apertures at 45 

and 90 degrees capped by a glass spirit level, with mahogany box, 

ht. 8 3/4 in. 

$125-175 

380. 

Brass Miner’s Dial by Hall Brothers, with silvered 4 1/2-inch dial 

engraved Hall Bros., Clerkenwell, London, 1926, two inset vials, East 

and West points reversed, divided 0-90 in four quadrants, needle ring 

calibrated 0-360, polished steel needle with lifter operated by screw 

at the side, gimbal-mounted compass box with silvered vernier, 2 

1/2-inch inclinometer dial engraved Diff. of Hypo. & Base, threaded 

tripod mount, and screw-on standards supporting 13-inch lg. 

focusing telescope with vial below, lg. 13 3/4 x ht. 7 in. level, (lacquer 

removed). 

$250-450 

381. 

Brass Surveyor’s Compass by Stanley, London, 20th century, 

the octagonal case, hinged lid with applied plaque of “Natural 

Sine” figures on the outside, mirror and sight line inside, hinged 

sighting vane, 2 1/2-inch dia. compass with needle ring calibrated 

0-360, vertical and horizontal spirit levels, calibrated vernier on 

lower dial signed and padded carrying case, Stanley London, wd. 


$200-400 


376 

382. 

Brass Roliometer by Franz Schmidt, Berlin, No. 3918, with 21-inch 

sighting scope, additional eyepieces and brass stand marked Franz 

Schmidt & Haensch, Berlin, No. 3918, all in a fitted mahogany box, 

lg. of boxed instrument, 23 in. 

$400-600 

383. 

Phenix Hand Scale No. 200, Whitall, Tatum & Co., New York, 

Philadelphia and Boston, the nickel scale with two sets of weights in 

the original card containers, hardwood box and original maker’s label 

inside the lid, lg. 6 1/2, dp. 3 1/2 in. 

$150-250 

384. 

Brass Market Scale by R.D. Simpson, Edinburgh, c. 1890, iron 

base with central brass column supporting a cast lyre supporting the 

24-inch pierced balance arm stamped with maker’s name on each 

end, rectangular and circular pans and counter balances, 20 pound 

capacity, ht. 46 in. 

$200-400 

385. 

Brass Balance Scale by Christian Becker Inc., New York, with 

lacquered brass pillar, calibrated scale with maker’s name, graduated 

balance with two pans, thumbscrew lock, drawer and glass cabinet, 

wd. 16 1/4, ht. 18 1/2 in. 

$200-300 

386. 

Balance Scale by W. & T. Avery, Ltd., Birmingham, with single 

brass pillar support, calibrated scale with maker’s name, two pans 

and activation lever, mahogany cabinet with drawer and leveling 

thumbscrews, wd. 15 3/4, ht. 17 3/4 in. 

$150-250 

387. 

Balance Scale by W. & T. Avery, central brass pillar, pans and four 

weights all on a mahogany board, ht. 24 in. 

$200-250 

388. 

Nine Brass Spring Balances of Varying Form, by Chatillon, 

Forschner, Detecto, Salter, Frary, and Excelsior with maximum 

capacities from one to 300 pounds, all stamped with maker’s names 

and in oxidized brass surface. 

$350-450 

389. 

Iron and Brass Counter Scale by Fairbanks, with painted and 

stenciled “Y” base marked Fairbanks, brass beam graduated to 

3 pounds and stamped Fairbanks, brass scoop and iron counter 

weights, lg. 23, ht. 13 in. 

$100-150 

390. 

Brass Fish Scale by Enterprise Scale Works, New York, the thirty 

pound capacity, two-sided scale with 8-inch dia. printed paper dials 

with maker’s name, graduated pull down calibrated in 10 pound 

increments, 10 1/2 in. dia. 

$100-125 

391. 

Brass Beam Balance, with four brass weights, on grained wood 

base, ht. 15 in. 

$100-150 

Photography 

392. 

Leica M3 No. 707090, with Summicron f/5cm 1:2 lens, light meter, 

and leather case. 

$600-800 


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400 

401 

393. 

Leica Flex 35mm Camera with 35, 90, and 135mm Lens, and 

Accessories Leitz, Wetzlar, Germany, No.1149486 with Elmarit-R, 

35 mm. 2.8, Elmarit-R, 90 mm. 2.8, Elmarit-R, 135 mm. 2.8, light 

meter, Wetzler loupe and instruction books. 

$400-600 

394. 

Leica M3 Range Finder Camera, Ernst Leitz, Germany, 750870, 

with Elmar F 9 cm, 1:4 lens mounted and a Summitar F 5 cm, 1:2 

bayonet mount with filter, Vivitar 283 flash unit, light meters and 

foam-lined carrying case. 

$200-300 

398. 

Group of 35mm Cameras and Accessories, Canon and Petri, 

including three Canon bodies, two A-1’s and a FTb, four lenses 

including a 28, 50, 100, and a 70-210mm, motor drive, flash units 

and holders, mini tripod, light meter and Petri camera with a 1.9, 4.5 

cm lens. 

$150-250 

399. 

Minox III Spy Camera, Germany, with aluminum case which slides 

open to reveal the 15mm, 3.5 built in lens, range finder, speed and 

focus dial, battery holder and carrying cases, lg. closed, 3 1/4 in. 

$100-150 

395. 

Leica R4 Body and Leicaflex SL 35mm Camera and Accessories, 

including a Leitz 50, 75-200, and 180 mm lens, Braun & Sunpack 

flash units, filters and instruction manuals. 

$1,000-1,500 

396. 

Nikon FE 35mm and a Speed Graphic Camera Kit, the Nikon 

FE with 50mm, 1.8 Nikkor lens, strap and instruction booklet, the 

Graphlex 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 format camera with Kodak 127 mm, F: 4.7 

lens, Hookailo Swivel Flash Bracket and attachments and a fitted 

carrying case. 

$100-200 

397. 

Canon A-1 and Pentax K-1000 35mm Cameras, the Canon with 

28mm, 2.8 lens, the Pentax with 50mm, 2 lens, both with leather 

carrying cases and hoya lenses. 

$200-300 

Curiosities 

400. 

Articulated Display Skeleton of a Chicken, wired and glued 

together with curved neck shape, mounted on a wood base and held 

standing with a forked iron post, ht. 11 1/2 in. 

$200-300 

401. 

Wild Boar Skull, with articulated jawbone, teeth and tusks. 

$300-500 

402. 

Cast Metal Dental Articulator, 19th century, modeled as the full 

head with protruding brow, eyes in relief, and hinged jaw with cast 

brass teeth and gums, on curving brass post and molded wood 

stand, ht. 13 in. 

$2,500-3,500 


404 

402 

406 

403. 

Large Collection of Rock and Mineral Specimens, primarily United 

States, an encyclopedic collection including five boxes with hundreds 

of samples found throughout the United States, many labeled, some 

with documentary information including geologic nomenclature, 

common names and location found and others of unknown origin. 

$200-300 

403A. 

19th Century Lodestone, with silver scalloped trim and carrying 

handle, ht. 3 1/2 in. with handle extended. 

$250-450 

404. 

Stainless Steel and Brass Torpedo Model, 20th century, reportedly 

based on a WWII-era British torpedo, removable warhead, counterrotating 

dual propellers and working rudders, on a custom wood and 

brass stand, lg. 17 1/4 in. 

$3,000-5,000 

405. 

Bicycle Gas Search Light, Bridgeport Brass Company, Connecticut, 

with upper section capped by maker’s plaque stating Gas Search 

Light, red and green faceted lenses on the sides and a clear lens at 

the front, reservoir with filling cap and bracket for bicycle attachment, 

ht. of lamp, approximately 8 in. 

$200-400 


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408 

409 

406. 

Nine-cylinder Radial Model Airplane Engine, mounted vertically 

with fuel intake at the bottom, cylinders projecting like spokes on a 

wheel and attachment shaft for a propeller at the top, ht. 11 in. 

$200-400 

407. 

Three-cylinder Vacume Pump, C.M. Sorensen Co., Inc., iron and 

steel housing with motor, flywheel and belt drive, ht. 22 in. 

$200-300 

408. 

Forging Machine Patent Model by E. Wheeler, patented 

September 1, 1857, with painted cast iron frame, copper wheel work 

and steel forging components together with a patent tag stating 

“Model Taken From the Debris of the fire of Sept. 24, 1877” and in 

pencil “Horseshoe Bars Making,” and on the reverse, “18.115--E. 

Wheeler Forging Machine Patented September 1st 1857,” ht. 12 1/2 

in. 

$700-900 


409. 

Collection of Vue D’Optique Cards, c. 1880, comprising 

approximately thirty-six mounted views in 12 1/2 x 16 1/4-inch 

wooden, canvas-backed slides and approximately thirty unframed 

views, largely exterior views of Italian cities, many of Venice, some 

interior views of palaces and approximately ten with tiny pinholes to 

project light on a hidden three-dimensional element of the scene, all 

in a hinged mahogany box with carrying handles. 

$400-600 

410. 

Box of Approximately Forty-six World War I Stereoscopic 

Cards, Underwood & Underwood, depicting battle scenes and the 

devastation after, in a faux book holder, lg. 7, ht. 3 1/2 in. 

$150-200 

411. 

Zoltan Coin-operated Fortune Teller, Prophetron, Inc., 

Massachusetts, early 1970s, the fiberglass pedestal supports Zoltan 

behind his crystal ball and drapery, once the patron inserts 25 cents 

and selects their birthday on one of the twelve signs of the zodiac 

choices, Zoltan and his crystal ball light up while a fortune is given in 

a very low, Eastern European voice through the Bakelite earpiece all 

provided via a taped loop of recorded messages, ht. 73 in. 

$3,000-5,000 

412. 

“Horse Head Bonus” Slot Machine, Mills Novelty Company, 

Chicago, Illinois, early 20th century, five cent play, three reels with 

fruit and bells, with cast aluminum horse head, oak case, partial 

original decal on left side, ht. 26 in. 

$600-800 

411 

413. 

Cast Iron Picture Gallery Bank by Shepard Hardware, c. 1885, 

iron facade with cast inscription Picture Gallery Bank, recessed figure 

with outstretched hand awaiting the deposit of a coin, lever operated 

coin transfer, left recessed window with letter of the alphabet, upper 

window, the number of that alphabet letter in the alphabet, on the 

right a depiction of an animal name starting with that letter, ht. 8 1/2 

in. 

$4,000-6,000 

412 413

414 

417 

414. 

Trippensee Planetarium, Trippensee Manufacturing Company, 

Detroit, Michigan, a chain and gear driven brass sun, Venus, earth 

and earth’s moon revolve as the wooden arm is rotated, brass base 

with seasonal, monthly and zodiacal calendar, wooden arm with 

maker’s plaque and original carrying case with printed maker’s label 

and instructions, lg. approximately 25, ht. 14 in. 

$2,000-4,000 

415. 

Four Muggletonian “Anti-Newtonian” Prints, published by G. 

Baxter, “Baxter” process prints depicting the Newtonian System 

of the Universe, The Firmament, The Earth’s Orbit and The 

Newtonian System (solar system), matted and unframed, image size 

approximately 8 x 11 in. 

Note: The Muggletonians were a small English religious sect that 

objected to modern science, particularly heliocentric astronomy and 

Newtonian physics. 

$200-400 

416. 

Gyroscope Demonstration Model, late 19th Century, 6 1/2-inch 

brass revolving wheel and iron arm with counterweight mounted on a 

turned walnut stand, ht. 12, lg. 22 in. 

$200-400 

417. 

Mahogany Case Barograph, with beveled glass on four sides and 

the top, brass drum for recording paper, drawer to store paper and 

accessories, lg. 15, ht. 10 in. 

$200-400 

418. 

Display of Eight Early Light Bulbs of Various Description, the 

glass cased display includes examples of T.H. Elec. Co., Lynn, Ma., 

National Mazda, Edison Mazda, Westinghouse Metallized with paper 

label intact, Sylvania and others in ceramic fixtures and wiring, lg. 21 

in. 

$400-600 


420 

419. 

Volt and Amp Meters, Weston Electrical Instrument Company, in 

wooden cased with electrical contacts, dials and maker’s plaques. 

$150-250 

420. 

Brass Weight-powered Telegraph Register, attributed to Tillotson 

& Company, c. 1865, with scroll work plates, winding drum and dual 

coils all on a walnut base, ht. 7 in. 

$400-600 

425. 

Timber Caliper and Rule, maker unknown, late 19th century, the 

maple measuring device with brass fixtures, steel working surfaces 

on the caliper, diameter and log scaling calibration on each side 

of the 1 3/4-inch rule and a 19 1/2-inch dia. ten-prong “waywiser” 

color-coded in quarters with a brass hub, ht. 55, lg. of caliper arm 


$200-300 

421. 

Lacquered Brass Integraph by Keuffel & Esser, Switzerland, late 

19th century, the finely crafted instrument stamped Keuffel & Esser, 

New York--Made in Switzerland, steel rollers and geared limbs with 

vernier read-out calibrations all in a fitted wooden box, boxed, lg. 14, 

dp. 11 3/4 in. 

$200-400 

422. 

Nickel Integraph by Keuffel & Esser, New York, with main limb 

signed by maker and marked No. 57, knurled rollers, hinged limbs 

and fitted box with printed maker’s label inside lid, boxed, wd. 15, 

dp. 12 in. 

$200-400 

423. 

Brass Thread Tester by John Nesbitt LTD., Manchester, United 

Kingdom, on a calibrated and adjustable 12-inch bed, geared handle, 

revolving clamp grip head stock and tension measure, on a molded 

wooden board, lg. 19 in. 

$200-400 

424. 

Oak Telephone Cabinet, marked on maker’s plaque The Cowan 

Telephone Cabinet Patent Applied For, the case with recessed panels 

on all sides, the upper hinged section opens supporting an Automatic 

Electric Company stick telephone on a shelf, the lower opens with 

folding woven caned seat, ht. 46 in. 

$1,000-1,500 

424 


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425 

426. 

Cast Iron Book Binding Press, with mythical serpents flanking the 

central pillar with cast 3, three spoke handwheel all on a molded 

base, wd. 19, ht. 15 in. 

$400-600 

427. 

Thatcher’s Calculating Instrument by Keuffel & Esser, New 

York, patented 1881, paper covered scales on a 20-inch revolving 

brass cylinder on a mahogany base, wooden hinged box, operating 

instructions and remains of seller’s label, lg. of boxed instrument 24 

in. 

$600-800 

428. 

Steel Artillery Calipers and Ivory Rule by E. Denny, the 22-inch 

radius calipers stamped Edward A. Ziebell, Jr., the ivory folding rule 

with brass hinge and calibrations on both sides marked E. Denny, lg. 

6 in. 

$400-600 

429. 

Gerber Graphanalogue and Eight Slide Rules, the Graphanalogue, 

Model GA-103, manufactured by the Gerber Scientific Instrument 

Company, Hartford, Connecticut, spring loaded calibration slide, 

stainless steel mounts and fitted leatherette carrying case, lg. 15 1/2 

in., the slide rules by various makers, in different sizes and materials, 

lg. approximately 6-12 in. 

$200-400 

430. 

Two Cased Planimeters, Crosby Steam Gage & Valve Co., Boston, 

and Hine & Robertson, New York, the Crosby example in steel, 

engraved on one limb, Crosby Steam & Valve Co., Boston and 

Swiss Manufacture, with roller and vernier scale, in a fitted box with 

maker’s name in gilt, lg. 7 in., the last, a New Planimeter in nickel with 

instructions, maker’s label and hinged box. 

$200-400 

431. 

Dr. John Page’s Amputation Kit, Shepard & Dudley, New York, 

c. 1900, including the lower section with stainless steel four knives, 

tourniquet and other tools, the upper section with saws, trephine and 

accessories, photo of Dr. John Page accompanies the lot. 

$1,500-2,500 

432. 

Copper Plate Engraving of the Honorable Robert Boyle, 18th 

century, the engraving depicts the founder of modern chemistry 

amidst scientific equipment and journals, marked at the bottom 

Geo. Vertu del. & Sculpt. 1739. In the Collection of Dr. Mead. I. 

Kersseboom pinxt., framed, image size 15 x 10 in. 

$100-150 

433. 

14-inch Glass Convex Lens, with wooden storage frame, frame 

approximately 16 in. square. 

$200-300 

Clocks 

434. 

French Mantel Clock with Carved Case by H.W. Chaloner, case, 

Boston, late 19th century, elaborate carved wooden case in the form 

of a classical palace with Doric columns, arched windows, dentil 

molded frieze, winged cherubs opening draperies revealing the Arabic 

numeral clock dial and open Brocot escapement, surmounted by 

a mythical chariot with scrolls, acanthus leaves and seven winged 

cherubs drawn by two prancing horses, eight-day time and strike 

spring powered French movement with pendulum all enclosed in a 

custom glass case, ht. of clock 23, wd. 26 in. 

Note: H.W. Chaloner (Challoner) was a master model ship carver 

who worked in wood and ivory. According to early papers with 

the lot, this clock case contains small pieces of from Boston’s Old 

Courthouse, Old South Church, and Faneuil Hall. A framed etching 

of Chaloner at work in his shop accompanies the lot. 

$3,000-5,000 


435 

434

435. 

Belgian Slate French Mantel Clock, retailed by Bigelow, 

Kennard & Company, Boston, the 6-inch dia. enameled dial with 

Roman numerals and marked with retailer’s name, Brocot outside 

escapement, moon hands, the tambour form case with gilt incised 

decoration, green malachite insets and beveled glass hinged doors 

on the back and front, eight-day large round French movement with 

bell strike and pendulum, ht. 14 1/2, wd. 20 in. 

$250-350 

436. 

French Brass Mantel Clock, in the form of a medieval tower with 

four projecting turrets at the corners and one as a central finial at the 

top, 4-in dia. dial with blue Roman numerals and champlevé center, 

front and side enameled panels with classical figural scenes, overall 

incised decoration and eight-day time and strike movement with 

count-wheel strike and platform escapement, ht. 27 in. 

$1,000-1,500 

437. 

Ebonized French Mantel Clock by Dubois, Bail, c. 1830, enameled 

dial with Roman numerals, sunburst hands, eight-day time, strike, 

quarter hour and petite sonnerie on command, on a wall mounted 

pedestal, ht. 29 in. 

$150-250 

436 

438. 

LeCoultre Atmos Clock, Switzerland, with raised brass Arabic 

numeral dial, brass movement powered by changes in barometric 

pressure and lacquered brass and glass case, ht. 9 in. 

$300-500 

439. 

Brass and Glass Atmos Clock by Jaeger-LeCoultre, Switzerland, 

c. 1955, 5-inch dia. dial with Arabic numerals, 15-jewel brass 

movement with rotary pendulum, brass plaque mounted on the front 

reads, Mary Kordan-25 Year Award 5-16-57 Revlon, Inc. 

$200-300 

442 

441

443 

444 

440. 

French Hour-repeating and Miniature Carriage Clocks, the 

repeater with Arabic numeral enameled dial, subsidiary alarm 

dial, time, strike, alarm and hour repeat on command platform 

escapement movement in brass and beveled glass case, ht. with 

handle extended, 7 in., the miniature in a gilt brass case, enameled 

Roman numeral dial and cylinder platform escapement, ht. 3 3/4 in. 

$350-550 

441. 

Hour-repeating Carriage Clock by Breguet, Paris, 1882, brass and 

beveled glass case with gilt and silvered highlights, fluted columns 

with Corinthian capitals, 55 mm. enameled dial with Roman numerals 

and lower alarm dial with Arabic numerals all enclosed in a gilt mask, 

eight-day time, strike, alarm and hour repeat on command, platform 

escapement movement with backplate engraved, Breguet No. 3978, 

original leather and felt-lined carrying case and winding key, ht. with 

handle raised 7 1/2 in. 

$1,000-1,500 

445 

441A. 

French Hour-repeating Carriage Clock on Stand, c. 1880, with 

elaborately chased fire-gilt brass and beveled glass rococco case, 

2-inch dia. enameled dial with Roman and lower alarm dial with 

Arabic numerals with finely chased dial mat, moon hands, eight-day 

time, strike and alarm movement with hour repeat on command and 

alarm train, separate frame with caryatid corners and feet, ht. with 

handle extended 8 in. 

$4,000-6,000

444. 

Onyx and Ormolu French Mantel Clock by Raingo Frères, Paris, 

mid-19th century, the onyx case with applied ormolu mounts, 

classical urn at the top, 3 1/2-inch enameled dial with Roman 

numerals and signed Raingo Fres a Paris, pierced gilt hands, eightday 

time and bell strike movement stamped with maker’s name, 

count-wheel strike and silk thread suspension, ht. 12 in. 

$800-1,200 

445. 

French Boulle Miniature Longcase Clock, movement stamped 

“LR.,” late 19th century, enameled dial with Roman numerals, faux 

tortoise-shell ground with brass inlaid scrollwork, lyre-shaped midsection 

with beveled glass over the sunburst pendulum bob, eightday 

time and bell strike movement, ht. 19 1/2 in. 

$600-800 

446. 

French Belgian Slate Portico Mantel Clock, with gilt ormolu 

mounts, engine-turned dial with Roman numerals, grid-iron pendulum 

rod with gilt leafage bob, eight-day time and count-wheel strike 

movement, ht. 19 1/4 in. 

$200-300 

447. 

French Delft Mantel Clock, c. 1880, walnut case with gallery top 

and beveled glass dial door, delft dial with Arabic numerals, delft 

panels at the top and base, eight-day time and strike movement with 

pendulum, ht. 16 in. 

$200-400 

446 

448. 

French Black Marble Statuary Mantel Clock, late 19th century, 

the marble case with applied acanthus leave moldings, cast brass 

classical figure with outstretched arm and resting against the 

architectural pedestal with Roman numeral dial, moon hands and 

eight-day time and strike movement with pendulum, ht. 19 in. 

$300-500 

442. 

Miniature French Carriage Clock and Carrying Case, brass and 

beveled glass case, 1-in dia. enameled dial with Arabic numerals and 

gilt mat, eight-day timepiece movement with platform escapement 

and fitted leather carrying case, ht. of clock with handle extended 4 

in. 

$200-400 

443. 

Gilt-brass and Champlevé French Mantel Clock by Tiffany & 

Company, late 19th century, the dome top and four finials with 

swags and flame capped with classical urn and handles, caryatids 

flank the Roman numeral dial signed Tiffany & Co., turned columns 

at the rear all with champlevé, eight-day time and strike movement 

stamped Tiffany & Co., New York, gong strike and pendulum, ht. 18 

in. 

$1,000-1,500 

449. 

Two French Crystal Regulators, both with brass and beveled glass 

cases, eight-day time and strike movements and two-jar mercury 

pendulums, the first with enameled Arabic numeral dial with floral 

swags and paste gems around the perimeter, ht. 10 3/4 in., the last 

with Arabic numeral dial signed with retailer’s name, ht. 8 3/4 in. 

$200-250 

450. 

Jaeger-LeCoultre Atmos Clock, Switzerland, with Arabic numeral 

dial marked with maker’s name, brass movement powered by 

changes in barometric pressure, lacquered brass and glass case, ht. 

9 1/4 in. 

$200-400 

451. 

French Crystal Regulator Clock, with Arabic numeral dial with floral 

decoration, brass and beveled glass case and bow front door, eightday 

time and strike movement with two jar mercury pendulum, ht. 10 

1/2 in. 

$200-400 


453 with 

detail 

452. 

French Alabaster and Ormolu Mantel Clock, late 19th century, two 

classical columns supporting the enameled dial with Arabic numerals 

and marked New York, alabaster base with applied gilt decoration, 

eight-day brass time and strike movement with sunburst pendulum, 

ht. 16 in. 

$400-600 

453. 

Mahogany Sweep Seconds Tall Clock by William Gammon, 

Birmingham, England, c. 1820, painted iron inscribed Gammon 

Birmingham with Roman numerals, calendar dial and moon’s age 

in the arch, eight-day time and strike movement with sweep-center 

seconds and calendar, pendulum and powered by two iron weights, 

elaborately inlaid case with reeded columns capped with Corinthian 

capitals with lining, banding, crotch mahogany panels and segmented 

inlays throughout all on a bracket foot base with scalloped apron, ht. 

101 in. 

$3,000-5,000 


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454 with 

detail 

454. 

Empire Mahogany Tall Clock by David Greig, Perth, Scotland, c. 

1835, 13-inch dia. painted iron dial with Roman numerals and signed 

David Greig, Perth, subsidiary seconds and calendar dials, lancetshaped 

case top, brass bezel, lyre waist with shell carving, all on a 

French foot base, eight-day time and strike movement with two iron 

weights and pendulum, ht. 87 1/2 in. 

$1,500-2,500 

455. 

Three Tall Clock Dials and Cast Brass Dial Spandrels, the brass 

dials marked Sloan, London and William Erike, London, a painted 

dial with moon’s age, a complete set of brass castings for a tall clock 

dial, four cherub spandrels for a table clock and assorted others. 

$100-150 


456 457 

456. 

Oak No. 12 Regulator by William L. Gilbert, Winsted, Connecticut, 

c. 1910, carved and incised decorated case with glazed full-length 

door, 12-inch dia. porcelain dial with Roman numerals and brass 

bezel, eight-day brass plate movement with iron dust cover and 

doors, pin-wheel escapement, maintaining power and center seconds 

powered by a cylindrical brass weight and regulated by a grid-iron 


$1,500-2,500 

457. 

Federal Mahogany Tall Clock, unsigned, Pennsylvania, c. 1825, 

with scroll-top pediment, 14-inch painted iron unsigned dial with 

Roman numerals, floral spandrels and moon’s age dial in the arch 

flanked by turned hood columns, rectangular waist door with 

recessed panel, the base section with recessed panel and low 

bracket feet, eight-day time and strike movement with two cast iron 

weights and pendulum, ht. 99 1/2 in. 

$3,000-4,000 


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458. 

Federal Mahogany Tall Clock, New England, c. 1800, the fret-top 

case with glazed dial door over the 12-inch painted iron “Wilson” dial 

with moon’s age in the arch, rectangular waist door flanked by brass 

stop fluted quarter columns, raised cut-corner panel in the base on 

ogee feet, eight-day time and strike movement with two tin-cased 

weights and pendulum, ht. 91 in. 

$2,000-3,000 

459. 

Federal Mahogany Inlaid Tall Clock by Simon Willard, Roxbury, 

Massachusetts, c. 1800-10, the hood with arched molded top and 

three reeded plinths joined by pierced fretwork above the glazed and 

string-inlaid tombstone door flanked by reeded freestanding columns, 

the waist with molded and crossbanded door flanked by reeded 

quarter-columns with cast brass Corinthian capitals, on molded 

crossbanded base with cut-out skirt and French feet, 12-inch painted 

iron dial signed Simon Willard, and inscribed “Warranted for Mr. Willm 

Peter Smith,” with Roman numerals, floral spandrels and moon’s age 

in the arch decorated with a ship and a country landscape, eightday 

weight-powered time and strike movement, three brass finials, 

winder, two keys, pendulum rod with brass-faced bob, and two tincased 

weights, refinished, (imperfections and restoration), ht. 92 in. 

$20,000-30,000 

458 

460. 

Mahogany Tall Clock by Elnathan Taber, Roxbury, Massachusetts, 

c. 1795, 13-inch painted iron dial marked Warranted by E. Taber with 

moon’s age in the arch, brass top fluted freestanding columns on the 

hood and quarter columns flanking the rectangular waist door with 

line inlay, the lower section with line and marquetry inlays on a twostage 

base molding, eight-day time and strike movement with two 

tin-cased weights and pendulum, ht. 96 in. 

$2,500-4,500 

461. 

Federal Cherry Tall Clock by Benjamin Morrill, Boscawen, New 

Hampshire, c. 1815, with 12-inch painted iron dial with Roman 

numerals signed Benjmn Morrill, Boscawen, solid line inlay decorated 

fret, three plinths and brass finials, flat inlaid columns flanking the 

glazed hood door, fluted columns flanking the rectangular waist door 

with diamond-shaped inlay and banding, base with line and fan inlays 

all on a French foot base with scalloped apron, eight-day time and 

strike movement with tin cased weights and pendulum, ht. 92 in. 

$4,000-6,000 

462. 

“As Found” Japanned Tall Clock, possibly America, c. 1750, green 

lacquered case with remains of original japanning, dome top hood, 

three-quarter engaged columns flanking the glazed door, tombstoneshaped 

waist door, low base with bracket feet, 12-inch brass 

composite dial, applied chapter ring with 1/4 and 1/2 hour markings, 

matted center, seconds bit, recessed calendar, and “Strike-Silent” 

subsidiary dial in the arch against a star burst matted and painted 

background, gilded cast brass urn spandrels and pierced steel 

hands, eight-day time and rack strike, five-pillar movement with recoil 

escapement mounted on an oak seating board. 

$300-500 

463. 

Cherry Case Chippendale Tall Clock, attributed to Joakim Hill, New 

Jersey, c. 1810, case attributed to Matthew Edgerton, with scroll top 

and pierced tympanum, freestanding columns flanking the glazed dial 

door, serpentine waist door with chalk inscriptions, Kennedy Miller, 

Elizabethtown, Joakim Hill Fleminton, NJ, January 25 1849, raised 

panel and flat molded base, (replacement ogee feet with the clock), 

12-inch painted dial with Roman numerals and ship in the arch, eightday 

time and strike movement with two lead weights and pendulum, 

ht. 94 1/2 in. 

$5,000-7,000 


461 463 


105

475 

464. 

Iron Clock Pinion Swing Polishing Tool, possibly England, 19th 

century, with flattened thumbscrews and wing nuts, the tool works by 

swinging the polisher past the item to be polished, which is clamped 

below, ht. 17 in. 

Note: Crom #2 pictures this tool as figure 1149A. 

$200-300 

465. 

Watchmaker’s Lathe and Accessories, nickel finish with some 

components by association, lg. of bed 8 1/2 in. 

$50-100 

466. 

Brass and Steel Wheel and Pinion Blanks, France or England, late 

19th century, some associated with the French clockmaker Japy who 

worked at Beaucourt, the blanks enclosed in folded paper with pen 

and pencil inscriptions. 

$50-75 

467. 

Two Watchmaker’s Lathes and Wheel Collets, with pine carrying 

box. 

$50-100 

468. 

Assorted Group of Wood Patterns and Brass Castings for 

Horological Shop Tools, mostly 20th century, including an 

unfinished uprighting tool, parts lg. to 4 1/2, uprighting tool ht. 4 3/4 

in. 

$50-75 

476 

469. 

Approximately Fourteen Brass or Steel Clock Castings and 

Forgings, England, 19th/20th century, including arbors, pinions, and 

four crutches, together with an unfinished brass plate for a drawer 

pull, a bail handle, and a wax pattern for a similar bail. 

$50-75 

470. 

Brass Clockmaker’s Sector, Dobson, London, England, 19th 

century, lg. 11 1/4 in. 

$100-200 

471. 

Brass Clockmaker’s Sector, France, early 20th century, lg. 13 1/2 

in. 

$100-200 

472. 

Walnut Five-drawer “Columbus” Crystal Cabinet, America, late 

19th century, the top drawer with a large variety of watch screws, 

and the lower four drawers with watch crystals of varied size, paneled 

ends, ht. 13, wd. 25 1/2, dp. 19 in. 

$200-300 

473. 

Lot of Watchmaker’s Drill Bits, for use with a watchmaker’s bow 

including a folding wallet of German drills, boxed sets of Swiss pivot 

drills, Mascot pivot drills in wooden holders, and many others. 

$50-100

474. 

Gothic Oak Quarter-chiming Table Clock by Wadham, Bath, 

United Kingdom, c. 1880, with pitched pediment case, barleytwist 

columns flanking the painted dial signed Wadham, Milsom St., Bath, 

Strike-Silent subsidiary dial in the arch, eight-day time, strike and 

quarter chiming on eight bells, fusee movement with gong strike and 

pendulum, ht. 23 1/2 in. 

$700-900 

481 with 

detail 

475. 

Mahogany Quarter-chiming Mantel Clock by Elliott, London, 

retailed by G.H. Ford, New Haven, Connecticut, c. 1890, with 

cast brass case mounts, five finials, beveled glass and brass door 

opening to reveal a brass dial with Roman numerals, matted center, 

three subsidiary dials in the arch, proper right, Chime-Silent, center, 

Fast-Slow and left, Chime on Eight Bells-Westminster Chime, eightday 

three-train movement, time, strike, chime on eight bells and 

Westminster chime on four gongs, recoil escapement and pendulum, 

ht. 25 in. 

$4,000-6,000 

476. 

Victorian Quarter-chiming Table Clock by Adams, movement 

attributed to Elliott, London, late 19th century, the composite brass 

dial with applied spandrels and Roman numeral chapter ring signed 

Adams, Cannon Street, London, subsidiary dials in the arch for 

Chime-Silent, and chime selection, Westminster Chimes. Chimes 

on Eight Bells. and Chime on Ten Bells, faux tortoiseshell case with 

sarcophagus top, ormolu mounts, side sound vents and carrying 

handles, eight-day time, strike and quarter Westminster chime on 

gongs or chime on eight or ten bells, ht. 28, wd. 19, and dp. 12 1/2 

in. 

Note: An undated letter states that the clock was a gift to James 

Augustus Hewlett from W.R. Adamson, Battle Abbey, Hastings, 

England. Mr. Adamson was head of Adamson Bell & Co. tea 

merchants of Shanghai, Tokyo, and London. 

$4,000-6,000 

477. 

Oak Case Hooded Wall Clock by Markwick Markham, London, 

c. 1765, the case with removable hood and single finial, 5-inch brass 

dial signed on the maker’s boss, Markwick. Markham. London, 

applied brass spandrels, chapter ring with Arabic numerals, matted 

center, pierced steel hands, thirty-hour time and count-wheel strike, 

weight-powered movement with verge escapement, 4 1/2-inch 


$500-700 

478. 

Walnut Quarter-chiming Table Clock, Germany, the Georgianstyle 

case with brass stopped fluted quarter columns, flanking the 

brass dial with applied silvered chapter ring with Roman numerals, 

subsidiary dials for regulation and chime selection, beveled glass dial 

door, eight-day time, strike and quarter-hour chime on four or eight 

gongs, ht. 18 in. 

$300-500 

479. 

Bracket Clock Movement and Dial by K. MacLennan, London, 

c. 1785, 6-inch sheet brass engraved dial signed Kenth Maclennan 

London, Roman numerals, recessed calendar, Strike-Silent in the 

arch and pierced steel hands, eight-day fusee movement with fully 

engraved backplate, rack strike, verge escapement, case attachment 

brackets and associated bell, ht. 9 1/2 in. 

$400-600

482 detail 

480. 

Rosewood Chinese Bracket Clock, mid-19th century, the case with 

mother-of-pearl inlay, sliding glazed and rear doors, separate carved 

pedestal, 6 1/2-inch dia. enameled dial with pierced steel hour, 

minute and sweep second hands, brass dial surround, eight-day 

time and strike chain fusee movement with crown-wheel and verge 

escapement, rear winding and setting, short bob pendulum and 

engraved backplate, ht. 18 in. 

$800-1,200 

481. 

Mahogany Quarter-chiming Spanish Market Bracket Clock with 

Automaton by David Evans, London, c. 1790, with 8-inch brass, 

enameled and painted dial signed Higgs, y Diego Evans Londres, 

Roman numerals, proper right subsidiary dial with three selections, 

Cucu y Tocar, Cucu and Tocar, proper left subsidiary dial with Musica 

and Silencio, applied brass spandrels and painted scene in the arch 

depicting a red barn with thatched roof and door which swings open 

to reveal a cuckoo sounding the hour, eight-day time, strike and 

quarter chime on eight bells, verge escapement, two bellows in the 

base for cuckoo sound and pull quarter repeat on command, ht. 24 

1/2 in. 

$15,000-25,000 

482. 

Japanned Musical Bracket Clock with Automata by Stephen 

Rimbault, London, c. 1765, the lacquered case with gilt raised 

figures, caddy top, four brass finials and carrying handle, glazed 

dial door over the brass dial with recessed maker’s boss engraved, 

Stepn. Rimbault London, silvered brass chapter ring with Roman 

numerals, finely matted center, cast brass spandrels and painted 

arch with four musicians all with articulated arms, one directing the 

trio, the others playing the harpsichord, violin, and cello, eight-day 

six-pillar, three-train fusee movement with time, strike, quarter chime 

on eight bells and two musical selections, 2-inch pin barrel, verge 

escapement and fully engraved backplate, ht. 23 in. with carrying 

handle extended. 

$30,000-40,000 

483. 

Black Forest Wag-on-Wall Clock, Germany, c. 1860, with 

reverse-painted glass dial, posted frame wooden movement, 

verge escapement mounted above the movement with front-hung 

pendulum all powered by three acorn weights, ht. 15 in. 

$200-250

482 with 

detail

486 

484. 

Oak Freisland Wall Clock, c. 1800, with dome-top hood and three 

pressed brass finials, painted iron dial with Roman numerals and 

painted arch depicting a Dutch canal with figures and livestock, thirtyhour 

chain-driven posted frame movement with count-wheel strike, 

brass-cased weight and pendulum, ht. 

$800-1,200 

487 

485. 

Dutch Thirty-hour Clock with Automata, c. 1800, painted dial with 

applied brass Roman numeral chapter ring, “four seasons” spandrels, 

and automata in the arch set in motion while the clock is striking 

the hours, posted frame endless chain movement with count-wheel 

strike, pendulum and brass-cased weight, ht. of dial 16 1/2 in. 

$200-300 

486. 

Ebonized Grand Sonnerie Alarm Mantel Clock, Austria, c. 1860, 

with gilt scrolls flanking the enameled dial with Arabic numerals and 

alarm dial at the base of the hands, spade hands, six alabaster 

columns with mirrored backdrop all on a serpentine base, fourday 

time, grand sonnerie movement with quarter hour repeat on 

command and pendulum, glazed cabinet with inlaid crest and French 

feet all on an ebonized and yew veneered pedestal, ht. 45 in. 

$1,000-1,500 

487. 

Black Forest Musical Cuckoo Clock, the case with applied carved 

depictions of the hunt, bone Roman numerals and hands, three-train 

time, strike and musical movement with 3-inch cylinder musical box, 

powered by three pine cone weights and regulated by an oak leaf 

pendulum, case ht. approximately 36 in. 

$600-800


488. 

Burl Walnut Five-tune Musical Tall Clock by Klaas Johan 

Andriesen, Grau, Netherlands, with caddy top and gilded figure of 

Atlas, blind fret work, inlaid serpentine waist door with gilded brass 

pendulum aperture set on a bombé base with claw feet, 13-inch 

brass composite dial signed on pierced name plate, Klaas Adrriesen 

Grou, Roman numerals, day-of-the-week and day-of-the-month 

indications, moon’s age in the arch, and attached five tune selection 

dial marked, Denagtwagt, Marsch Huron, Wilhelmus, Psalm 25, and 

Morgenster, three-train, five-tune musical movement with a nest of 

eleven bells and twenty-three hammers, two additional larger bells 

for Dutch striking, tune cylinder mounted front to back all powered 

by three brass-cased weights and regulated by a seconds beating 


$10,000-15,000 


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489 with 

detail 

489. 

Burl Walnut Six-tune Musical Tall Clock by Jan Van Meurs, 

Amsterdam, c. 1780, with bell top, carved and gilded finials depicting 

two angels and Atlas, blind sound frets backed with fabric on the 

sides and facade, 13 1/2-inch composite brass dial signed on the 

silvered cartouche Jan Van Meurs, Amsterdam, painted border and 

arch with moon’s age, serpentine waist door with pendulum aperture 

on an inlaid bombé base, eight-day Dutch striking, six-tune musical 

movement with 7-inch pin barrel, nest of thirteen bells and twenty-six 

hammers, all powered by three brass-cased weights and regulated 

by a pendulum, ht. approximately 113 in. 

$10,000-15,000 


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490. 

New Hampshire Mirror Clock Attributed to Timothy Chandler, 

Concord, New Hampshire, c. 1830, with split and turned columns 

flanking the painted iron dial with Roman numerals, reverse-painted 

dial surround and looking glass, eight-day time and rack and snail 

strike movement with two lead weights and brass-faced pendulum 

bob, ht. 29 1/2 in. 

$1,200-1,500 

491. 

New Hampshire Mirror Clock Attributed to Benjamin Morrill, c. 

1830, split and turned columns flanking the reverse-painting on glass, 

painted iron dial with Roman numerals and looking glass below, 

eight-day timepiece with iron weight and brass-faced pendulum bob, 

ht. 30 in. 

$1,500-2,000 


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493 

492. 

Mahogany Lyre Clock by Skinner & Seward, 63 Congress Street, 

Boston, c. 1832, painted iron dial with Roman numerals and marked 

Skinner & Seward, flat and beveled frames enclose figured mahogany 

panels, molded pedestal and eight-day brass weight-powered 

movement with iron weight and brass-faced pendulum bob, ht. 41 in. 

Note: Skinner & Seward, Boston, are listed in Paul J. Foley, Willard’s 

Patent Timepieces, p. 310. 

$3,000-4,000 

494 

493. 

Rosewood Gallery Clock by J.N. Dunning, Burlington, Vermont, c. 

1830, beveled rosewood case, wooden glazed bezel, 18-inch painted 

iron dial with Roman numerals and signed J.N. Dunning, eight-day 

brass movement with round plates, 12-inch pendulum and lead 

weight, overall dia. 22 1/2 in. 

$12,000-15,000 

494. 

Mahogany Girandole Clock Attributed to J.N. Dunning, Burlington, 

Vermont, c. 1825, with carved Prince of Wales finial, glazed wood 

bezel over the 7 5/8-inch painted iron dial with Roman numerals, 

carved side ornaments flanking the waist section, mahogany 

veneered panels, carved lower pediment, and eight-day brass 

movement with pendulum and cast iron weight, ht. 45 in. 

$4,000-6,000 



495. 

Queen Anne Walnut Tall Clock by William Claggett, Newport, 

Rhode Island, c. 1725, sarcophagus top, gilded ball finials, 

rectangular waist door, base molding and glazed door with engaged 

columns opening to reveal the 11 1/2-inch square brass dial with cast 

spandrels, silvered name boss signed Will Claggett, Newport, chapter 

ring with Roman numerals, half, quarter and “half quarter” markings, 

seconds dial, matted center, pierced steel hands and brass eight-day 

time and strike, five-pillar movement (central pillar latched) with recoil 

escapement and rack strike regulated by a seconds pendulum and 

powered by two lead weights, ht. 89 in. 

Provenance: According to material inside the waist door, the 

clock passed from the family of the original owner, Samuel Gorton, 

Bowen’s Hill, Summit, Rhode Island, to early collector William H. 

Putnam, Hartford, Connecticut, purchased at Skinner, January 

1992 by Robert C. Cheney, and thence to a prominent Connecticut 

collection. 

Note: William Claggett arrived in Boston at the age of 12 in 1708. 

By 1715 he advertised as a “Clockmaker near the Town-House” 

but moved to Newport shortly thereafter. This important colonial 

clockmaker is discussed in Philip Zea and Robert C. Cheney, Clock 

Making in New England, 1725-1825, pp. 13-15 and endnote #23, p. 

26, lists other known Claggett clocks in the literature and in museum 

collections. 

$60,000-80,000 


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496. 

Mahogany Tall Clock by William Cummens, Roxbury, 

Massachusetts, c. 1795, the fret-top case with glazed hood door 

over the painted iron dial signed in Gothic script Wm. Cummens, 

Roman numerals, gilt spandrels and a romantic scene of a young 

couple in the arch, tombstone-shaped waist door for access to 

components all on ogee bracket feet, eight-day time and strike 

movement with two lead weights, wooden pendulum rod and brassfaced 

brass bob, ht. 95 in. 

$20,000-25,000

497 

497. 

Federal Mahogany Tall Clock by Aaron Willard, 

Boston, c. 1790, with 12-inch painted iron “Wilson” 

dial signed Warranted by Aaron Willard, pierced fret 

top, brass fluted columns flanking the glazed hood 

and rectangular waist doors, the waist and base 

with fan and line inlays, all on a two-stage base 

molding and ogee feet, eight-day time and hour 

strike movement powered by two iron weights and 

regulated by a brass-faced pendulum bob and iron 

rod, ht. 98 1/2 in. 

$40,000-60,000 


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498. 

Mahogany Tall Clock by James Doull, Charlestown, 

Massachusetts, c. 1810, the glazed hood door over the 12-inch 

painted iron dial signed James Doull Charlestown with Roman 

numerals, moon’s age in the arch and gilt-gesso and painted 

spandrels, banded inlay on rectangular waist door and base, reeded 

freestanding and quarter columns, French feet and scalloped apron 

base, eight-day time and strike movement with red-painted tin cased 

weights, wooden pendulum rod and brass-faced bob, ht. 96 in. 

Note: James Doull arrived in America in 1807 and began work as 

a journeyman for Aaron Willard. After establishing his own shop 

in Charlestown it is likely that cases for his clocks were made by 

Thomas Seymour, and those with sweeping French feet have 

regularly been attributed to him. See: Robert D. Mussey, Jr. The 

Furniture Masterworks of John and Thomas Seymour, pp. 55-56 and 

Paul J. Foley, Willard’s Patent Timepieces, p. 243. 

$20,000-30,000 

499. 

Early Sand or Hour Glass, English, 18th century, oak five turned leg 

frame, glass bulb reservoirs with fine sand, duration in excess of one 

hour, ht. 9 1/4 in. 

$400-600 


500 

500. 

The Bond Shop Astronomical Regulator No. 396, 

William Bond & Son, Boston, 1868, with Single Arm Gravity 

Escapement and Remontoire Invented by Richard F. Bond, 

12-inch dia. silvered brass dial signed Wm. Bond & Son, 

Boston, Escapement Invented by R. F. Bond and No. 396, 

outer Arabic minutes, seconds dial divided in two-second 

increments at the top and hours on the lower dial, the two-train, 

six-pillar movement with top mounted conical pendulum under 

a glass dome providing a constant force remontoire, single-arm 

gravity escapement providing impulse to the seconds beating 

mercury-filled temperature compensated pendulum, breakcircuit 

provision on upper right corner of backplate and marked 

Break, Close and Break and Close, powered by a lead weight, 

all housed in a bench made case for use in the Bond shop 

window and front mounted reverse-painted sign stating Bond’s 

Standard Time, ht. 71 in. 

Provenance: William Bond & Son; Suren H. Hekimian, then by 

descent to the consignor. 

Note: Exhibited at the Smithsonian 1982-2000. 

$300,000-500,000

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Literature: The present example is illustrated in the Boston Globe, January 24, 1904 with the principals of William Bond and Son. The Christian 

Science Monitor, February 16, 1944 illustrates the clock in the window of the Bond shop at 9 Park Street, Boston, and gives an excellent history 

of the Bond business founded in 1793. The present clock is also discussed in: Derek Roberts, Precision Pendulum Clocks, France, Germany, 

America and Recent Advancements, (2004), pp. 223-31; No. 395 presently at the Merseyside County Museum, Liverpool is shown in Alan 

Smith, Editor, the Country Life International dictionary of Clocks (1979), pp. 309-10; No. 394 presently at the collection of Historical and Scientific 

Instruments at Harvard in shown in detail at www.fas.harvard.edu/hsdept/chsi-collection.html. 


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Three articles by Carlene E. Stephens are a valuable resource to understand these important clocks and the role played in establishing Standard 

Time in America: “Partners in Time: William Bond & Son of Boston and the Harvard College Observatory” (Harvard Library Bulletin 35, Fall 1987), 

pp. 351-84; “The Most Reliable Time: William Bond, the New England Railroads and Time Awareness in 19th Century America” (Technology 

& Culture, Jan. 1989), pp. 1-24; “Astronomy as a Public Utility: The Bond Years at the Harvard College Observatory” (Journal History of 

Astronomy, Vol. 21, No. 1, Feb. 1990). 


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501. 

The Shop Sign of William Bond & Son, Inc., 9 Park Street, Boston, 

used above the door at 9 Park Street, where Bond Regulator No. 

396 provided “Bond’s Standard Time” for New England, hardwood, 

painted sand finish with gilded letters and Pegasus mounted above, 

lg. approximately 56, ht. 61 in. 

This sign was shown in a photograph in the Christian Science 

Monitor, February 16th, 1944 along with Bond Regulator No. 396 in 

the shop window. Established in 1793, the William Bond & Son shop 

on Park Street was in the shadow of the Boston Statehouse. 

$1,500-2,500 

502. 

Mahogany Patent Timepiece or “Banjo” Clock by Waltham, 

Waltham, Massachusetts, c. 1920, with Arabic numeral dial marked 

Waltham, rope molded frames enclosing reverse-painted tablets, the 

lower of a castle on a lake, eight-day time-only movement marked 

Waltham Clock Co. USA, with maintaining power, pendulum and lead 

weight, ht. 42 in. 

$300-500 

503. 

Three-cylinder Mercury Temperature Compensating Pendulum 

by Waltham Clock Company, Waltham, Massachusetts, c. 1900, 

nickel and brass components and calibrated regulation nut with steel 

pointer, max. lg. 45 in. 

504. 

Mahogany Banjo Clock by Waltham Watch Company with 

Original Packing Crate, Waltham, Massachusetts, c. 1920, with 

Arabic numeral dial marked Waltham, gilded rope moldings enclosing 

reverse-painted glasses, the lower depicting and marked Perry’s 

Victory on Lake Erie, September 10, 1812, pedestal at the base and 

eight-day time-only, weight-powered movement with pendulum, 

original pine packing crate with Waltham Watch Co. Waltham Mass 

and Please Handle This Clock With Extreme Care stenciled on the lid, 

ht. of clock approximately 41 in. 

$1,000-1,500 

505. 

Mahogany Banjo Clock by Chelsea, Chelsea Clock Company, 

Boston, with Arabic numeral dial marked Chelsea, reverse-painted 

tablets, the lower depicting Mt. Vernon, eight-day time-only leverescapement 

movement, ht. 32 in. 

$400-600 

506. 

Mahogany Patent Timepiece or “Banjo” Clock by Roland Macy, 

New Bedford, Massachusetts, 1922, painted iron dial with Arabic 

numerals, half round frames enclosing reverse-painted glasses, the 

lower depicting the whale ship Niger, eight-day time-only movement 

with pendulum and lead weight, ht. 31 in. 

$300-500 

Note: This pendulum is illustrated on a Waltham No. 12 Regulator, 

see Tran Duy Ly, American Clocks, Vol. 1, pp. 249. 

$250-450 


507 

508 

507. 

Mahogany Patent Timepiece or “Banjo” Clock Attributed to 

Foster Campos, c. 1970, with crossbanded frames enclosing 

reverse-painted tablets, the lower marked S. Willards Patent below 

a stylized sunburst pendulum aperture, Roman numeral painted 

dial and eight-day timepiece movement with “T-bridge” suspension, 

through bolts for case attachment in the Willard style, lead weight and 


$1,000-1,500 

509 

508. 

Mahogany Patent Timepiece or “Banjo” Clock by Foster 

Campos, Pembroke, Massachusetts, a brass bezel over the painted 

iron dial with Roman numerals and inscribed Foster S. Campos, 

Pembroke, Mass., crossbanded inlaid frames enclosing reversepainted 

glasses, the lower with two warships and surmounted by an 

eagle, carved lower pedestal, brass side ornaments and eight-day 

timepiece movement with pendulum and lead weight, ht. 43 in. 

$1,500-2,500 

509. 

Mahogany Patent Timepiece or “Banjo Clock” by Foster 

Campos, Pembroke, Massachusetts, glazed brass bezel over the 

painted iron dial with Roman numerals and marked with maker’s 

name, crossbanded inlaid frames enclosing reverse-painted 

geometric glasses, the lower marked S. Willard’s Patent, brass side 

ornaments and eight-day timepiece with pendulum and weight, ht. 

34 in. 

$1,500-2,500

513 

514 

510. 

Oak and Walnut Foot Treadle Lathe, 20th century, a bench-made 

replica set up with a swing tool, three-jaw headstock, tail stock, tool 

rest and oak bench, ht. 48, wd. 36, dp. 26 1/2 in. 

Note: This lathe was constructed by Ted Crom to demonstrate Black 

Forest clockmaking operations such as drilling, rounding up and 

general turning. 

$400-600 

511. 

Four Brass, Steel, and Wood Piercing or Fretting Saws, Germany 

or France, 19th/20th century, one steel and brass saw adjusts to 

pivot the blade during use, all with turned wood handles, lg. 9 3/4-13 

3/4 in. 

$200-400 

512. 

Assortment of Swiss Watchmaking Tools, including a brass 

mandrel with helical gearing, handwheel, extended two-part bed, tail 

stock and compound slide, lg. approximately 26 in., three French 

watch mainspring winders and a large winder, and two staking sets 

with a large assortment of stakes and punches. 

$200-400 

513. 

Swiss Watchmaker’s Mandrel, last quarter of the 19th century, with 

9-inch dia. handwheel, three-jaw clamping faceplate, compound slide, 

tool rest and tail stock all on a walnut base, lg. with tail stock 24 in. 

$600-800 

514. 

Brass Wheel Cutting Engine, Switzerland, last half of the 19th 

century, with iron three-legged frame, 8 1/2-inch dia. index plate with 

14-144 and outer 360 divisions, brass cutter frame adjustable for 

crown wheel cutting, gallows and steel index arm, ht. 10 in. 

$800-1,200 

515. 

Swiss Wheel Cutting Engine, last quarter of the 19th century, with 

iron feet, brass frame, adjustable cutter frame to cut crown wheels 

and 4 1/2 in dia. index plate with calibrations to 11-144, ht. 8 in. 

$300-500 

516. 

Brass Rounding-Up Tool, Switzerland, the brass frame and cutter 

assembly with 7 1/2-inch handwheel with wooden handle, all 

mounted on a wooden cabinet with drawer filled with cutters, ht. 12, 

together with a hand-turned press with helical gearing and marked 

De, ht. 8 1/2 in. 

$150-250 


517. 

Brass Watchmaker’s Mandrel by J. & T. Jones, Prescot, 

England, last half of the 19th century, with 7 1/2-inch dia. six-spoke 

handwheel, three-jaw clamping head stock and adjustable tool 

holder, lg. 12 in. 

$300-500 

518. 

Brass Mandrel and a Rounding-Up Tool, Switzerland, last quarter 

19th century, the mandrel with 12-inch frame, helical geared hand 

crank with wooden handle, three-clamp jaw head stock, compound 

slide and tool bit all on a wooden display frame, the rounding-up tool 

with 6-inch dia. hand crank, tool bit and gallows all on a wooden 

stand, drawer, and an assortment of cutters, ht. 12 in. 

$200-300 

523 

519. 

Watchmaker’s Lathe by Boley and Other Watchmaking Tools, the 

lathe with 10-inch bed, head and tail stocks, tool rest, small group of 

collets, motor and rheostat, together with an Inverto staking set with 

large assortment of stakes and punches and two additional sets of 

punches. 

$100-150 

520. 

Two Hand Lathes and Two Rounding-Up Tools, Switzerland, 

last half 19th century, the lathes with multi-tier pulley for bow or 

handwheel power, head and tail stocks and one with tool rest, lg. 

approximately 11, the rounding up tools with handwheels and cutter 

assemblies, ht. approximately 8, and a watchmaker’s uprighting tool, 

ht. 9 in. 

$200-300 

521. 

Two Brass Rounding-Up Tools, Switzerland, last half of the 

19th century, both with approximately 6-inch handwheels, gallows 

for holding the work, cutter assemblies and wooden stands, ht. 


$150-250 

522. 

Brass Watchmaker’s Depthing Tool, Swiss, late 19th century, 

unmarked, in a fitted leather-covered box marked 26, lg. 3 in. 

$150-250 

523. 

Mahogany Patent Timepiece or “Banjo” Clock by Foster S. 

Campos, Pembroke, Massachusetts, glazed brass bezel over the 

painted iron dial with Roman numerals and signed by the maker, 

crossbanded inlaid frames enclosing reverse-painted glasses, the 

lower depicting a mythological figure holding an American flag, 

brass side ornaments flanking the waist section, eight-day timepiece 

movement with pendulum and weight, ht. 34 in. 

$1,500-2,500 

524 

524. 

Howard and Davis Regulator No. 4, Boston, the hardwood case 

with molded frames enclosing black and gold glasses, the lower 

with an oval pendulum aperture, printed paper on zinc dial with 

Roman numerals and inscribed Howard & Davis, Boston., eight-day 

brass timepiece stamped Howard & Davis Boston, iron weight and 


$1,000-1,500

525 

525. 

Gold Front Lyre Clock by Elmer Stennes, Weymouth, 

Massachusetts, glazed brass bezel over the painted iron dial with 

Roman numerals and “fly,” carved and gilded midsection framing the 

reverse-painted glass on a red ground with gold scrolls, hinged lower 

door also with painted glass, carved and gilded pedestal at the base, 

eight-day brass timepiece marked E.O. Stennes, Weymouth, Mass., 

ht. 45 1/4 in. 

$2,000-4,000 

526. 

Seth Thomas Office Calendar No. 1 Wall Clock, Thomaston, 

Connecticut, c. 1875, with painted zinc dials, the upper with Roman 

numerals and marked Regulator, the lower Calendar and Seth 

Thomas Clock Company, Plymouth Hollow Ct., full-length door with 

set up label pasted inside, eight-day time-only weight-powered 

movement with pendulum, ht. 40 in. 

$1,500-2,500 

527. 

Mahogany Seth Thomas Regulator No. 2 Wall Clock, Thomaston, 

Connecticut, late 19th century, zinc dial with Roman numerals, 

seconds bit, eight-day time-only movement with maintaining power, 

dead-beat escapement, pendulum and brass-cased weight, ht. 36 in. 

$700-900 

528. 

Ansonia China Clock, Ansonia Clock Company, Brooklyn, New 

York, Royal Bonn china case, La Verdon model, enameled dial 

marked twice with manufacturer’s name, Arabic numerals, exposed 

Brocot escapement and eight-day time and strike movement with 

pendulum and key, ht. 14 1/4 in. 

$200-300 

529. 

Ansonia “Huntress” Swinger Clock, Ansonia Clock Company, 

Brooklyn, New York, c. 1880, with gilt white metal figure of the 

Huntress with outstretched arm supporting the swinging pendulum 

clock with Arabic numerals and pierced brass hands, ht. 25 in. 

$200-300 

530. 

Ansonia Green Onyx Crystal Regulator, Ansonia Clock Company, 

Ansonia, Connecticut, c. 1880, with onyx, brass, and beveled glass 

case, four caryatids supporting the pagoda top surmounted by 

a classical urn, enameled two-part dial with Arabic numerals and 

marked with company logo, outside escapement and eight-day time 

and rack strike movement with faux mercury pendulum, ht. 18 1/2 in. 

$200-400 



531. 

Elephant Swinger Clock, Germany, with parcel-gilt spelter elephant 

statue and 1 3/4-inch dia. enameled dial with Arabic numeral and ball 


$300-400 

532. 

Oak Wall Regulator by Chelsea, Chelsea Clock Company, Boston, 

paper on zinc dial with Arabic numerals, glazed lower door, eight-day 

timepiece weight-powered movement with pendulum, ht. 34 1/2 in. 

$600-800 

533. 

Brass Yacht Wheel Clock and Aneroid Barometer Set by 

Chelsea, Chelsea Clock Company, Boston, with 4-inch dia. silvered 

dials, the clock with Arabic numerals and marked Chelsea Ship’s Bell, 

the barometer marked Chelsea, hinged bezels and mounting backs, 

overall dia. 11 in. 

$800-1,200 

534. 

Brass Engine Room Clock by Chelsea, Chelsea Clock Company, 

Boston, 5 1/4-inch dial with Roman numerals and signed Chelsea 

Clock Co., Boston, U.S.A., eight-day lever-escapement time-only 

movement, dia. 7 3/4 in. 

$200-400 

535. 

Miniature Alarm Timepiece by Silas Hoadley, Plymouth, 

Connecticut, c. 1835-40, wooden dial with Arabic numerals, 

mahogany case with stenciled three-quarter columns flanking the 

looking glass, stenciled splat capping the case, printed maker’s label 

inside the case stating Improved Timepiece, Silas Hoadley, Plymouth, 

cased and sold..., thirty-hour wooden time and alarm movement with 

two weights and pendulum, ht. 22 3/4 in. 

Note: These rare clocks are discussed in Bryan Rogers and Joseph 

Arvay, “The Hoadley Alarm Timepiece,” NAWCC Bulletin, August 

1996, pp. 501-504. 

$1,500-2,000 


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Mahogany Empire Shelf Clock by Silas B. Terry, Plymouth, 

Connecticut, c. 1833-39, with elaborately carved crest, turned half 

columns flanking the dial and lower sections, painted wooden dial 

with Roman numerals, gilt scroll spandrels and raised gilded dots 

around the 5-inch dia. movement viewing area, columns flanking the 

reverse-painted lower glass with green draperies pulled back to reveal 

a reverse-painted tablet depicting a Greek Revival dwelling, frame 

and attached to the backboard, the bottom board with printed paper 

label stating Silas B. Terry, Horologist, Manufacturer of Clocks, Timepieces 

and Regulators, Plymouth, Conn., eight-day brass movement 

with skeletonized front plate, between the plates center mounted 

count-wheel, recoil escapement, iron weights and pendulum, ht. 38 

1/2 in. 

Provenance: Wesley R. Peterson Collection. 

Literature: An identical movement and label is illustrated and 

discussed in Kenneth D. Roberts and Snowden Taylor, Eli Terry and 

the Connecticut Shelf Clock, 2nd edition, pp. 322-24. 

$5,000-8,000 

536 with details 


538 

537. 

Mahogany Beehive Clock by E.C. Brewster, Bristol, Connecticut, 

c. 1840, No. 4644, 7-inch dia. painted wooden dial with viewing 

port, Roman numerals, etched glass tablet of a basket of flowers, 

green paper dust cover on backboard, eight-day rack and snail 

strike movement stamped No. 4644, with detached brass fusees in 

an iron housing at the bottom of the case, Geneva stops and recoil 

escapement, ht. 19 in. 

Literature: Thomas Grimshaw, “Fusee Beehive Clock-Please Identify 

Yourself,” NAWCC Bulletin, August 1980. 

$400-600 

538. 

Mahogany Four-column Shelf Clock by Heman Clark, Plymouth, 

Connecticut, c. 1820, painted iron dial attributed to Boston dial 

painters Curtis and Nolan and signed H. Clark, Plymouth, Con., 

Arabic numerals, gilt scroll and shell decorated spandrels, original 

reverse-painted tablet with shell and leaf stenciled border on a blue 

ground and gilt band framing a domestic dwelling, eight-day time and 

strike skeletonized plate movement with rack and snail strike, recoil 

escapement, two compound-suspended lead weights and regulated 

by a brass-faced pendulum, ht. 26 in. 

Note: For the definitive work on these important early Connecticut 

manufactured clocks see, Chris H. Bailey and Dana Blackwell, 

“Heman Clark and the ‘Salem Bridge’ Shelf Clocks,” Supplement 13, 

NAWCC Bulletin, 1980. 

$20,000-30,000 


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539. 

Cherry Tall Clock by Eli Terry, Plymouth, Connecticut, c. 1795, with case attributed to Eliphalet Chapin 

or Simeon Loomis, East Windsor, Connecticut, engraved rococo sheet-brass, silvered dial marked Eli 

Terry Plymouth, Roman numerals, scroll decoration in the spandrels, eight-day time and strike movement 

with calendar, wooden pendulum rod, brass-faced bob and two tin-cased weights, the case with pagoda 

facade top, three turned finials, fluted freestanding columns, waist door flanked by fluted quarter columns 

and ogee bracket base with “Chapin-style” blocking, ht. 95 in. 

Note: Eli Terry completed his apprenticeship with Daniel Burnap in 1792 and brass movement tall clocks 

by him are the earliest work of this prominent maker of wooden clocks. Of the several known examples, 

the present clock is closely related to that pictured and described in Kenneth Roberts, Eli Terry and the 

Connecticut Shelf Clock, pp. 21-23. For additional information on this developmental period in American 

clockmaking see Roberts, pp. 9-40. 

The case of this example is closely related to examples attributed to Eliphalet Chapin or Simeon Loomis 

of East Windsor, Connecticut, as described in Kugleman, Kugleman, and Lionetti, Connecticut Valley 

Furniture, p. 172. The distinctive “quadrant” blocking in the base of this clock is also found on a bureau 

attributed to these cabinetmakers, see Kugleman, Kugleman, and Lionetti, p. 195. 

$15,000-20,000 


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540

540 detail 

540. 

Maple Tall Clock by Jesse Emory, Weare, New Hampshire, c. 1795, the wooden dial signed 

in the arch Jesse Emory Weare, with carved and painted decoration, Roman numerals and 

calendar, scroll-top hood and carved rosettes, tombstone-shaped waist door and molded base, 

thirty-hour wooden movement with count-wheel strike, recoil escapement, gravity clicks on the 

great wheels, wooden pendulum rod, and two soapstone weights, ht. 86 1/2 in. 

Note: With only about a dozen Jesse Emory tall clocks known, examples are rarely found in the 

marketplace. Emory’s work represents the finest wooden movement clocks made in America 

with numerous mechanical innovations not found on any other wooden clocks of the period. 

Little is known of his training, but both the History of Weare and The History of Henniker cite his 

skill and ingenuity in the manufacture of clocks and flax wheels. See Sotheby’s Masterpieces 

from the Time Museum, New York, October 14 & 15, 2004, lot 1087, for another example of his 

work and the comprehensive biographical information in Charles S. Parsons, New Hampshire 

Clocks and Clockmakers, pp. 129-133 and 310-311. 

$10,000-15,000 

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541. 

Large Group of Books and Catalogues on American Clocks, 

including Roberts, Connecticut Clock Technology of Joseph Ives, 

Zea & Cheney, Clock Making in New England, 1725-1825, Hoke, 

Ingenious Yankees, Drepperd, American Clocks and Clockmakers, N. 

Hudson Moore, The Old Clock Book, and numerous other paperback 

catalogues of the Connecticut clockmaking firms. 

$100-150 

542. 

Research Material for Early American Clocks and Watches, 

including The Boston Clock Club Papers, bound volume 1934-39, 

Carter Harris, The Clock and Watch Makers American Advertiser, 

1707-1800, 1984, Mesda Catalogue of Early Southern Decorative 

Arts, Xerox copies in a loose leaf binder, Amos Avery, The New 

England Clocks at Old Sturbridge Village, and Philip Zea and Robert 

C. Cheney, Clock Making in New England, 1725-1825, softbound. 

$100-150 

543. 

Three Titles on American Clockmaking, including Battison 

and Kane, The American Clock, 1725-1865, Robinson and Burt, 

The Willard House and Clock Museum and the Willard Family of 

Clockmakers, and Oechsle and Boyce, An Empire in Time, Clocks 

and Clockmakers of Upstate New York. 

$150-250 

544. 

Four Titles on American Clockmaking, including Lilian Baker 

Carlisle, Vermont Clock and Watchmakers Silversmiths and Jewelers, 

Diston and Bishop, The American Clock, Spittlers and Bailey, 

American Clockmakers and Watchmakers, and Frank P. Albright, 

Johan Ludwig Eberhardt and His Salem Clocks. 

$150-250 

545. 

Two American Clock Books and Related Publications, including 

Horology Americana by Dworetsky and Dickstein, Pennsylvania 

Clocks and Clockmakers by George H. Eckhardt, The Romance of 

Time by Brooks Palmer (paperback), reproduction trade catalogues 

of Seth Thomas and Kroeber, Clockmakers and Clockmaking in 

Southern Maine, by Joe Katra (Bulletin Supplement), and other 

material. 

$100-150 

546. 

Four Titles on American Clocks and Clockmakers, including 

Dworetsky and Dickstein, Horology Americana, Brooks Palmer, Book 

of American Clocks and A Treasury of American Clocks, and Frank P. 

Albright, Johann Ludwig Eberhardt and His Salem Clocks. 

$100-150 

547. 

Approximately Fifty Reproduction Clock and Watch Trade 

Catalogues, including but not limited to Seth Thomas, Ansonia, 

Waterbury, Welch, Howard, Chelsea, American Waltham and Elgin. 

$75-150 

548. 

Six Titles on Regional American Clockmaking, including Arthur 

James, Chester County Clocks and Their Makers, George H. 

Eckhardt, Pennsylvania Clocks and Clockmakers, Rebecca Rogers, 

Trumbell County Clock Industry, 1812-1835 and James W. Gibbs, 

Pennsylvania Clocks and Watches, Buckeye Horology and Dixie 

Clockmakers. 

$100-200 

549. 

Five Titles on Clocks and Watches, including Demeter, Chelsea 

Clock Company, the First Hundred Years, Carlene Stephens, On 

Time, Muir and Kraus, Marion, The History of the United States 

Watch Company, Bolino, The Watchmakers of Massachusetts, and 

Sauers, Time for America, Hamilton Watch. 

$100-150 

550. 

Mahogany Patent Timepiece or “Banjo Clock” by Simon Willard, 

Roxbury, Massachusetts, c. 1805-10, painted iron dial with Roman 

numerals, gilt banding and leafage around center arbor, gilded rope 

molded frames and reverse-painted glasses, both inscribed Patent 

and with gilt hatchwork on a red ground, the throat flanked by 

brass side ornaments and at the base, a gilded pedestal, eight-day 

timepiece movement with “T-bridge” pendulum suspension, step train 

and through bolts for case attachment, regulated by a pendulum and 

powered by a lead weight faintly inscribed S Willard, ht. 40 in. 

Literature: A closely related example is shown in Paul J. Foley, 

Willard Patent Timepieces, p. 21. The present example was found in 

England and apparently has been there for much of the 20th century. 

A repair ticket and inscriptions on components trace the clock to a 

“Mr. Jones of 4065 Baltimore Avenue, Philadelphia c. 1870.” 

$15,000-25,000 


550

551

551. 

Federal Mirror Clock by Joshua Wilder, Hingham, Massachusetts, c. 1815, pine case with gilded frame, 

cornice and rope molding, floral and leaf reverse-painted glass masking the 8-inch dia. painted iron dial with 

Arabic numerals, gilt band and signed on the reverse J. Wilder, Hingham, looking glass backed with original 

packing crate cover inscribed J. Wilder Hingham Handle it very Carefully, brass eight-day time and passing strike 

movement with front mounted bell, recoil escapement, through bolt case attachment, pendulum, original key and 

lead weight, ht. 28 in. 

Literature: Joshua Wilder’s wheel cutting engine and several clocks are in the J. Cheney Wells Collection at Old 

Sturbridge Village and shown in Philip Zea and Robert C. Cheney, Clock Making in New England, 1725-1825, 

pp. 85 and 102-105, for other examples and biographical information see Brock Jobe, Gary R. Sullivan & Jack 

O’Brien, Harbor & Home, pp. 268-69, 305-08. 

$25,000-35,000 

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552. 

Mahogany Alarm Shelf Clock by Aaron Willard, Boston, c. 1825, 

with scroll-top hood, reverse-painted and stenciled floral and lyre 

decorated glass inscribed Aaron Willard Boston, concave painted iron 

dial with Roman numerals, moon hands and alarm pointer, mahogany 

veneered panel in the lower section all on four brass ball feet, eightday 

brass, time-only movement with recoil escapement, pendulum 

and lead weight with separately mounted weight-powered alarm train, 

ht. 37 in. 

$25,000-35,000 


553. 

Rosewood “English Market” Wall Clock, c. 1880, with mother-ofpearl-inlaid 

rosewood case, painted zinc dial with Roman numerals, 

and eight-day time and strike movement with pendulum, ht. 25 1/2 

in. 

$250-450 

554. 

No. 8 Walnut Regulator by Welch, Spring & Company, Forestville, 

Connecticut, 9-inch dia. enameled dial with Roman numerals, 

full-length glazed door flanked by freestanding columns, molded 

edge and carving, carved and turned cresting and pedestal, eightday 

nickel-plate two-weight time-only movement with dead-beat 

escapement, gilt wooden pendulum rod, brass-faced bob and cast 

beat scale with maker’s name, ht. 62 in. 

Literature: Tran Duy Ly, Welch Clocks, p. 105. 

$800-1,200 

555. 

Mahogany Pillar and Scroll by Eli Terry & Sons, Plymouth, 

Connecticut, c. 1830, painted wood Arabic numeral dial, reversepainted 

tablet depicting a classical building on the water, printed 

paper maker’s label, thirty-hour wooden movement with two cast iron 

weights and pendulum, ht. 30 in. 

$600-800 

556. 

Mahogany Veneer Drop Octagon Wall Clock, William L. Gilbert 

Clock Company, painted zinc Roman numeral dial, reverse-painted 

glass in lower section over a printed maker’s label, eight-day 

timepiece weight-powered movement, ht. 34 in. 

$200-400 

557. 

Rosewood Cottage Clock by Seth Thomas, Thomaston, 

Connecticut, c. 1880, with gilt columns flanking the painted zinc dial 

with Roman numerals, printed maker’s label inside backboard, eightday 

time and strike movement with pendulum, ht. 16 in. 

$100-200 

558. 

Collection of Nineteen Miniature Lux Cuckoo Clocks, Keebler 

Clock Company, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, all with composite 

painted cases, most of the “Bobbing Head” type, a “Blue Bird” and a 

“Scotty Dog,” ht. approximately 6 1/2 in. 

$800-1,200 

559. 

Candlestand Clock by the Terryville Manufacturing Company, 

Terryville, Connecticut, c. 1855, with 2 3/4-inch paper on zinc dial 

marked Terryville Mfg. Co., Terryville, Conn., thirty-hour timepiece 

with four-arm balance wheel, hairspring, and regulator below the 

movement, back plate stamped Terryville Manufacturing Company, 

Terryville, Conn., Patented October 5th, 1852, milk glass pedestal 

and glass dome, ht. 11 1/2 in. 

$300-500 

560. 

Connecticut Walnut Shelf Clock, paper on zinc dial with Roman 

numerals, etched design on lower section of glazed door, eightday 

time and strike movement with cylindrical nickel pendulum and 

custom-made, wall-mounted shelf, ht. of clock and shelf 30 in. 

$100-150 

561. 

Two Seth Thomas Deck Clocks, 20th century, a brass example 

with 5 3/4-inch dia. silvered dial marked by the maker and U.S. 

Shipping Board, dia. 8, the next in a black Bakelite case, with Arabic 

numerals, and marked Mark I Deck Clock US Navy 1942, dia. 8 1/2 

in., both with eight-day lever-escapement timepiece movements. 

$200-300 

562. 

Seth Thomas Octagon Wall Clock, zinc dial with Arabic numerals 

and marked Seth Thomas, remains of printed label on the back, 

eight-day time-only lever-escapement movement, ht. 11 in. 

$200-250 

563. 

Octagon Marine Timepiece by Ansonia, Brooklyn, New York, 

paper on zinc dial with Roman numerals and marked 8 Day Time 

and carrying the Ansonia logo, seconds bit and regulating aperture, 

walnut octagonal case with ebonized trim and eight-day leverescapement 

movement, ht. 9 in. 

$200-300 

564. 

Brass Ship’s Wheel Clock by Chelsea, Chelsea Clock Company, 

Boston, with hinged bezel, 5 1/2-inch silvered dial with Arabic 

numerals and marked Chelsea Ship’s Bell, eight-day time and ship’s 

bell striking lever-escapement movement, ht. 15 in. 

$400-600 

565. 

Chelsea Deck Clock Saura Handheld Compass, the Chelsea 

with Arabic numeral twenty-four hour dial marked Chelsea, sweep 

seconds, eight day time-only lever-escapement movement all in a 

Bakelite case, 7 1/2-inch dia., the Saura handheld wet compass 

marked Saura Tokyo Gold Special, sighting prism, battery-powered 

illumination and an oak carrying case with leather handle, ht. 9 in. 

$300-500 

566. 

Seth Thomas Crystal Regulator and a Gustav Becker Torsion 

Clock, the Seth Thomas with brass and beveled glass case, 

porcelain dial marked Seth Thomas, with Roman numerals, eight-day 

time and strike movement with pendulum, ht. 10 1/2, and a Gustav 

Becker 400-day torsion pendulum clock with Arabic numeral dial and 

glass dome, ht. 13 in. 

$100-150 

567. 

Brewster & Ingrahams Gallery Clock, Bristol, Connecticut, painted 

wooden dial inscribed Brewster & Ingrahams, Bristol, CT USA, 

Roman numerals, molded and gilt wooden case and eight-day, time 

and strike movement with pendulum, overall dia. 20 in. 

$800-1,200 

568. 

Mahogany Veneer Octagonal Wall Clock by Seth Thomas, 

Thomaston, Connecticut, with paper on zinc Roman numeral dial and 

one-day lever-escapement movement, ht. 11 1/2 in. 

$150-250 

569. 

China Clock by William L. Gilbert, Winsted, Connecticut, c. 1890, 

with lavender, light green, and gilt case, twist columns and Corinthian 

capitals flank with floral decorated enameled dial with Arabic 

numerals, eight-day time and strike nickel plate movement with 


$200-300 


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570 detail 

570. 

18kt Gold Hunter Case Watch by E.D. Johnson, London, serial no. 21010, sold by Tiffany, New York, 

January 1, 1870, the case marked Tiffany & Co., 18, and 21010 inside front and back components, 

enameled dial inscribed E.D. Johnson, London, Roman numerals, sunk seconds dial, fleur-de-lis blued steel 

hands, movement with brass dust cover inscribed E. D. Johnson Chronometer Maker to the Admiralty, 

three-quarter plate fully jeweled fusee movement with diamond endstone, split bi-metallic balance with 

brass timing screws, engraved balance cock with curved foot and No. 21010 engraved on the table 

and backplate engraved E.D. Johnson, 9 Wilmington Square, London, dia. 52 mm, accompanied by the 

original Tiffany bill of sale to Mr. J.P. Acker, January 1, 1870 for $65.55, and a copy of John Loring, Tiffany 

Timepieces. 

Literature: This watch and bill of sale are illustrated in Loring, Tiffany Timepieces, pp. 66-67. This source 

states that the buyer of the present watch, Captain Acker, was a Hudson River steamboat operator who 

purchased seven watches at Tiffany between 1865 and 1870 for a total of $1,215. 

$15,000-25,000 


141

571 

571. 

14kt Gold Minute Repeating Chronograph by Audemars Frères, 

Geneva & Brassus, Switzerland, engine-turned hunter case with 

monogram HS on lid, maker’s name and serial number 151283 

inside, cuvette engraved with maker’s name and Medailles Obtenues- 

Repetion a Minutes, enameled dial with Arabic numerals, pierced gilt 

hands, center and subsidiary seconds, lever-set, gilt plate minute 

repeating chronograph movement, dia. 62 mm. 

$5,000-7,000 

572. 

Silver Open Face Watch by Girardier Laine, Switzerland, the dial 

with Arabic numerals framed with a silver mat, enameled center with 

musical theme and marked Girardier Laine, spring loaded cuvette 

also marked with maker’s name, full plate fusee and verge movement 

with pierced balance cock and silver regulation dial, 52 mm. 

$200-400 

573. 

Four Open Face Watches, including a pair case watch with 

silvered dial, raised Roman numerals and floral decoration, the verge 

escapement movement marked Maurice Tobias, London, 50 mm, 

an engine-turned and decorated dial with raised numerals and a 

lion depicted in the center, Swiss bar-type cylinder escapement 

movement, 55 mm, and two Swiss cylinder escapement, 45 mm 

cases. 

$150-200 

574. 

Three Silver Hunter Case Swiss Lever Watches, all with enameled 

dials and Roman numerals, the first in black and red lettering, signed 

on the dial and cuvette, Perrett & Co. Geneva, 62 mm, the next, 

cuvette signed Detached Lever 15 Jewels, Straight Line, H.O. Perret, 

Geneva, No. 19904, dia. 54 mm, the last, cuvette signed Patent 

Lever Full Jeweled, Lambert & Co., Geneva, dia. 48 mm. 

$150-250 

575. 

Four Silver Open Face Watches, all with white enameled Roman 

chapter dials, the smallest with engine-turned case, gold moon hands 

and signed Gray, Lackville Str., overall dia. 32-52 mm. 

$150-250 

576. 

Gilt and Enameled Watch by Patry & Chaudois, Geneva, enameled 

dial with Roman chapters and signed Patry & Chaudois a. Geneve, 

brass hands and winding through the dial, gilt consular case with 

enameled back depicting two maidens and a classical urn, fusee, 

verge escapement movement with pierced balance cock and marked 

on the back plate, Fres Esquivillon, dia. 50 mm. 

$250-450 

577. 

Silver and Enameled Watch, unmarked, probably Geneva, 

enameled dial with Roman chapters, calendar and central military 

scene, brass hands, outer bezel with faux jewels, back with enameled 

decoration depicting a young couple, verge escapement fusee 

movement with pierced balance cock, dia. 48 mm. 

$250-450 

578. 

Two Gilt Swiss Enameled Consular Case Verge Watches, by L. 

Bordier and Duchene, Geneva, the Bordier signed on the enameled 

Roman chapter dial, L. Bordier, paste stone embellished bezel, the 

back enameled with a lady, dog, and classical urn and raised paste 

stone ornaments, the full plate fusee movement marked with maker’s 

name and No. 4077, pierced balance cock and silvered regulation 

dial, dia. 50 mm, the Duchene signed on the Roman chapter dial, 

Duchene a Geneva, fusee movement signed in the same way, 

pierced balance cock and silvered regulation dial, dia. 45 mm. 

$300-500 


585 

579. 

Silver Consular Case Watch Marked Breguet, enameled dial with 

Arabic numerals and marked Breguet a Paris, full plate fusee, verge 

escapement movement marked Breguet a Paris, with pierced balance 

cock and silvered regulation dial, dia. 56 mm. 

$200-250 

582. 

Brass and Enameled Watch by Trs. Bordier, Geneva, with 

enameled dial with Roman chapters marked Trs. Bordier, a Geneve, 

verge escapement fusee movement marked by maker with pierced 

balance cock and three-arm balance, the watch back enameled with 

a young couple and exotic background, dia. 45 mm. 

$200-300 

580. 

Two Unmarked Swiss Pocket Watches, the first, a small open face 

watch, gilt case, stone embellished front and rear bezels, enameled 

dial with Roman hour numerals, glazed back reveals the fusee, 

verge escapement movement with decorative pierced shield, dia. 35 

mm, the last a silver hunter case with raised decoration and marked 

Cordon, enameled dial with Turkish numerals, Swiss bar plate 

movement, dia. 48 mm. 

$200-250 

581. 

Two Swiss Consular Case Verge Watches, one marked Fres. 

Bordier, Geneva, and one unmarked, the Bordier with enameled 

scene within Arabic chapter dial, base metal case, full plate 

movement engraved with maker’s name and No. 4662, fusee, 

pierced balance cock and silvered regulation dial, 53 mm, and a silver 

case with link decoration on the rim, enameled and engine-turned 

dial with Arabic chapters, fusee, pierced balance cock and silvered 

regulation dial, 50 mm. 

$200-300 

583. 

Nine Watch Movement Display Cases, all in silveroid or silverene, 

three marked Hamilton and two with original paper tags for Model 

992 and 950, one marked Illinois, and five unmarked. 

$100-150 

584. 

Four Open Face Base Metal Cased Watches, including two fusee 

verge escapement watches, one signed Olivier Quartier, Locle, the 

other, Joh. Georg Juson, London, both approximately 40 mm, an 

enameled dial watch marked Enigma with Arabic numerals and lowend 

movement (broken balance staff), 50 mm, the last in a press 

decorated case, enameled dial with Roman numerals and pin-set 

lever-escapement movement, 42 mm. 

$100-150 

585. 

Gold-filled Open Face “Bunn Special” Watch by Illinois, Illinois 

Watch Company, Springfield, Illinois, serial no. 2649546, double sunk 

enameled dial with Arabic numerals and marked Illinois, blued spade 

hands, 23-jewel lever-set movement with damascened plates and 

marked with maker and Bunn Special in script, micrometer regulator, 

and double roller, dia. 50 mm. 

$500-800 


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587 

586. 

Base Metal GCT Military Watch by The Hamilton Watch 

Company, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, c. 1945, with black 24-hour 

dial with Arabic numerals and marked GCT, spade hands, center 

seconds, nickel damascened plates marked with maker’s name, 22 

Jewels and 4992B, crown wind and set, dia. 50 mm. 

$200-400 

590. 

Four Connecticut Watches, including two nickel case “Dollar” 

watches, one by The Waterbury Watch Company, another marked 

“Patriot,” and two hunter case examples, the first in a brass case by 

the Bristol Watch Company serial #952406, the other in a gold-filled 

case by New Haven. 

$300-500 

587. 

Illinois Bunn Special Sixty-Hour Watch, Illinois Watch Company, 

Springfield, Illinois, the Model #173 Keystone case with link 

decoration on bezel, double sunk enameled dial marked Illinois 

Bunn Special and 23 Jewels 60 Hour, Arabic numerals, blued spade 

hands, lever-set damascened movement marked Sixty Hour Bunn 

Special, Illinois Watch Company, Springfield, 23 Jewels, 5252020, 

$200-300 

588. 

Four American Gold-filled Pocket Watches, including two Elgins, 

47 and 52 mm, a lever-set American Watch Company Crescent 

Street with rack regulation and chain, 52 mm, and an open face 

Hampden Watch Company example, 50 mm. 

$200-300 

589. 

Seven Lady’s Pendant Watches of Various Materials and Makers, 

in base metal, silver, gold-filled and enameled cases, American and 

Swiss, 28-38 mm. 

$100-150 

591. 

Six “Dollar” Watches by Various Makers, including three Ingersolls, 

one being a Boy Scout Watch in a nickel case, and others. 

$100-150 

592. 

“Peter Pan” Swiss Watch in Original Box, gunmetal open face 

case, enameled Arabic numeral dial marked Peter Pan, 3/4 plate 

Swiss, lever-escapement pin set movement marked Reconvilier, 

Swiss and No Jewels, in the original box marked Peter Pan and with 

Hipp. Didisheim & Bro., NY retailer’s instruction inside the lid. 

$150-250 

593. 

Seth Thomas Pocket Watch and Three Others, the Thomas in 

a decorated hunter case marked Warranted 10 Years, enameled 

dial marked with maker’s name, lever-set movement marked Seth 

Thomas, Thomaston Connecticut and 180283, the next a coin silver 

unmarked open face Swiss watch with Roman numeral enamel dial, 

cylinder escapement movement, overall dia. 48 mm, the next an 

open face Swiss watch with Roman numeral dial and 3-jewel bar 

movement, overall dia. 43 mm, the last, a lady’s New England Watch 

Co., 20 year warranted hunter case, enamel dial with Arabic numerals 

and movement numbered 85,489. 

$300-400 


594. 

Two Watches by New York Standard Watch Company, one with 

gold-filled case, Arabic numeral dial signed Standard and 7-jewel 

movement with stopwatch function, 50 mm, the last in a silveroid 

case, enameled Roman numeral dial and full plate movement marked 

with maker’s name and 41200, 54 mm. 

$100-150 

601 with 

detail 

595. 

Three American Gold-filled Lever-escapement Watches, all with 

enameled dials, the first with Roman chapters signed Elgin Natl. 

Watch Co., G.M. Wheeler, three-quarter plate lever-set movement 

serial no. 3471003, display case, dia. 52 mm, the next with double 

sunk Arabic numeral dial signed Julius C. Walk & Son, Indianapolis, 

the movement signed in the same manner and with 11367, dia. 50 

mm, the last, with double sunk dial, Arabic numerals and signed 

Hampden Watch Co., movement with vernier regulation, damascened 

plate marked Special Railway, Canton Ohio, and serial 680465, (case 

worn, back dent), 55 mm. 

$100-150 

596. 

Four American Pocket Watches, two coin and two silverene 

cases, three American Watch Company P.S. Bartlett models, serial 

numbers 33275, 33,938 and 458,324 and the last with enameled dial 

signed Hampden Watch Co. with lever-escapement movement, all 

approximately 55 mm. 

$200-250 

597. 

Small Balance Scale and Measure, B&S Manufacturing Company, 

Providence, Rhode Island, the iron base with brass disk, calibrated 

0-360, a balance arm and calibrated scale above, geared winding 

mechanism, sprit level and leveling foot, all possibly for use with 

watch hairsprings, lg. 6 in. 

$200-300 

598. 

Gold Open Face Watch by Fs. Giraud, Geneva, No. 9092, 

decorated 18k gold case with engine-turned dial depicting a 

waterfront scene, blued spade hands, cuvette engraved with maker’s 

name and Anchor Escapement and ten holes and three pallets 

jeweled and Swiss bar-type movement, dia. 45 mm. 

$150-250 

599. 

Two Silver Open Face Pocket Watches, a consular case with 

floral decorated engine-turned dial and Roman chapters, unmarked 

seconds dial, three-quarter plate fusee lever-escapement movement 

signed J. Gibson, Kilwinning 8276, engraved bridge and three-arm 

balance, 50 mm, and one with silver dial with biblical scene with the 

Roman numeral chapter ring, spring loaded cuvette engraved Tobias 

Katzenberger in Wien No. 1430, full plate movement with two-footed 

pierced balance and silvered regulation dial, 50 mm. 

$200-300 

600. 

Silver Pair Cased Swiss Watch Marked Thr. Hills, Regensburg, 

with tortoiseshell decoration on outer case, enameled dial with 

Roman numerals and marked Thr. Hills in Regensburg, fusee and 

verge escapement movement with pierced balance cock and applied 

pierced scroll work over the entire back plate and engine-turned 

decorated pillars, 65 mm. 

$200-400

610 

603 

611 

612 


601. 

Silver Open Face Deck Watch by Patek Philippe & Company, 

Geneva, Switzerland, c. 1920, case no. 289520, movement 

no. 191404, silvered dial signed Patek Philippe & Co., Geneva 

Switzerland, Roman numerals, UP-DOWN indicator, and 191404, 

subsidiary seconds and blued steel spade hands, 21-jewel nickel 

movement with band damascening on rear plate marked Extra and 

with maker’s name and serial number twice, two-arm bimetallic 

balance with gold timing screws, ruby endstone, micrometer regulator 

and wolf’s tooth winding, cuvette engraved Awarded Second Prize 

Geneva Astronomical Observatory Timing Contest, 1923-24 and with 

maker’s name and movement number, together with the original twotier 

box with interior padded lid and inner cover marked with maker’s 

name, dia. 60 mm. 

$4,000-6,000 

608. 

Gold Open Face Watch by T.F. Cooper, London, No. 4113, 

engine-turned dial with Roman chapters and waterfront scene, gilt 

hands, cuvette marked Cylinder Escapement Four Holes Jewel’d, 

Swiss bar-type movement, dia. 45 mm. 

$175-225 

609. 

Silver Pair Case Watch by T. Grantham, London, No. 3815, with 

repoussé outer case, enameled dial with Roman numerals and 

arcaded chapter ring, fusee verge escapement movement with 

pierced balance and marked T. Grantham, London, No. 3815, dia. 

47 mm. 

$200-300 

602. 

Stainless Steel Wrist Watch by Patek Philippe, Geneva, with 

silvered dial, Roman numerals at XII, III, VI, and IX, sweep seconds, 

crown wind and original case, (lacking band), dia. 31 mm. 

$400-600 

603. 

Gunmetal Open Face Triple Calendar Watch, Switzerland, c. 

1900, enameled dial with Roman numerals, day, month, calendar, 

and moon phase, subsidiary seconds and pierced gilt hands, pin set, 

crown wound unmarked movement, dia. 65 mm. 

$200-300 

604. 

Coin Silver Open Face Chronograph, Switzerland, enameled dial 

with Roman numerals, hour register marked “1-4,” bar plate two-train 

unmarked movement, re-cased in a coin silver case, dia. 53 mm. 

$75-150 

605. 

Silver Consular Case Watch by Rosenberg and Zackrinskie, 

Manchester, engine-turned case, cream-colored dial with Roman 

chapters, sunk seconds and signed by makers, gilt spade hands, 

lever-escapement with going barrel, two-arm bi-metallic balance with 

brass timing screws, floral decorated bridge and gilt plate marked 

203250, 55 mm. 

$175-225 

606. 

Silver Repoussé Pair Case Watch Marked Graston, London, 

No. 6104, enameled dial with Roman numerals, arcaded minutes, 

waterfront scene within the chapter ring, the outer case with floral 

bezel and classical figures on the back, verge escapement fusee with 

back engraved Grafton: 6104, London, pierced balance bridge with 

grotesque mask on the table and silvered regulation dial, 48 mm. 

$200-400 

607. 

Gold Open Face Watch by M.J. Tobias, Liverpool, No. 335, 

engine-turned back and dial with raised Roman chapters and 

classical scene in the center, cuvette marked with maker’s name and 

Anchor Escapement 13 holes Jewelled, Swiss bar-type movement, 

dia. 50 mm. 

$200-400 

610. 

Silver Pair Case Hour Repeating and Alarm Coach Watch, c. 

1760, 3 1/2-inch enameled dial with Roman numerals, gilt hands and 

alarm setting disc, outer case with engraved bezel and back, inner 

pierced and engraved case with bell enclosed, two fusee movement 

with hour repeat on command, crown-wheel and verge escapement, 

flat steel three-arm balance, pierced balance bridge and quadrangular 

baluster pillars, overall dia. 124 mm. 

$3,000-5,000 

611. 

Silver Pair Case Watch by Graham, London, the enameled dial with 

arcaded minutes and Roman chapters signed Graham London, fusee 

verge escapement with engraved back plate, pierced balance bridge 

and signed Graham London and gilt dust cover engraved 7537, 55 

mm. 

$175-225 

612. 

Silver Case Repeating Watch and Automata, unmarked, 

Switzerland, 22 mm enameled dial with Arabic numerals, two 

automata figures flanking the dial which appear to strike bells during 

the quarter-hour repeat sequence, gilt full plate movement with 

pierced balance, silvered regulation dial and spring-loaded cuvette, 

55 mm. 

$200-300 

613. 

Silver Repoussé Verge Watch by Miller, London, No. 17904, 

the outer case with heavy raised work depicting a horseman and 

two soldiers, the dial with raised Roman chapters and arcaded 

minutes, raised half hour marks, signed Miller below numeral twelve 

and a recessed date aperture above numeral six, the fusee verge 

escapement movement engraved Miller London 17904, pierced twofoot 

balance bridge and silver regulation dial, dia. 50 mm. 

$250-450 

614. 

Silver Demi-Hunter Case Watch by William Terry, Richmond, 

with Arabic numeral dial visible through hunter cover, main dial with 

Roman numerals, fusee verge escapement movement with backplate 

engraved Willm. Terry, Richmond 1658, pierced balance bridge with 

grotesque mask on the table and curved engraved foot, 54 mm. 

$150-250 


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615. 

Three Silver Case Watches Marked Liverpool, two hunter cases, 

the first with hunter case, enameled Roman numeral dial, fusee leverescapement 

movement marked E.Y. Carter, Liverpool, No. 5476, 52 

mm, the next with enameled Roman numeral dial, cuvette engraved 

M.J. Tobias, Liverpool--Patent Lever with Swiss bar-type movement, 

50 mm, and the last, a silver dial with floral decoration and raised 

Roman numerals, cuvette marked Patent Lever Full Jewelled, Tobias, 

Liverpool, (re-cased), 42 mm. 

$150-250 

616. 

Silver Consular Case Watch by Samuel Davey, Liverpool, 

enameled dial with Roman chapters, blued spade hands, leverescapement 

with gold balance, plate engraved Samuel Davey, 

Liverpool and No. 2233, maintaining power, curved foot with floral 

engraving on the table and dust cover, dia. 53 mm. 

$200-250 

617. 

Brass Pair-Cased Watch by Robert Roskell, Liverpool, brass 

engine-turned dial with Roman chapters, verge escapement with 

pierced balance cock, movement marked R. Roskelle, Liverpool, dia. 

58 mm. 

$150-200 

618. 

Silver Pair Case Watch by E. Davidson, Dublin, enameled dial 

with Roman quadrant and Arabic chapters, engraved plate signed E. 

Davidson, Dublin and No. 2910, fusee, verge escapement with flat 

steel balance two foot balance bridge and silver dust cover, outer 

case with “A. C. Ross, Clock and Watchmaker, Zanesville, Ohio” 

watch paper, dia. 55 mm. 

$200-400 

619. 

Silver Consular Case Watch Marked John Ward, London, the 

enameled Arabic numeral dial marked John Ward, London, gilt spade 

hands, full plate Swiss fusee and verge escapement movement 

marked with “maker’s” name, pierced balance cock and regulation 

dial, 62 mm. 

$200-300 

620. 

Four Fusee Verge Watches, London and Switzerland, including 

a silver pair case watch with enameled Arabic numeral dial and 

movement marked N. Preston, London 572, pierced balance cock 

with curved foot and silver regulation dial, 52 mm, the next the 

remains of a tortoiseshell case, enameled Arabic numeral dial, pierced 

balance cock and curved foot and plate marked Rich Ovingham 

London 24155, 48 mm, an unmarked silver case Swiss watch with 

Arabic numeral dial, 52 mm, and a silver pair cased watch with 

enameled dial marked D. D. Neveren Lundon [sic] and similarly 

marked Swiss movement, 52 mm. 

$300-500 

621. 

Silver Consular Case, Switzerland, Arabic numeral enameled dial 

with classical iconography and two doves against a blue background 

spade hands, unmarked rear plate with engine-turned edge, verge 

escapement, fusee and pierced balance bridge, dia. 55 mm. 

$200-400 

622. 

Duplex “Double Time” Hunter Case Watch by T. Calame Robert, 

Switzerland, the enameled dial marked Precision Timepiece, two 

dials indicating the time, subsidiary and sweep center seconds, 

cuvette marked Duplex Double Time Precision time piece--Parachute 

and Compensation--T. Calame Robert, bar-type lever-escapement 

movement, 57 mm. 

$300-500 


623. 

Nickel Hunter Case Duplex Watch by A. Cornioley, Fleurier, 

enamel dial with Roman chapters, blued steel minute, hour and 

sweep seconds hands, cuvette marked Duplex, A. Cornioley Fleurier, 

duplex escapement with sweep center seconds, dia. 55 mm. 

$200-250 

624. 

Silver Detached Lever Open Face Watch by Lutz Brothers, Locle, 

with enameled dial marked with maker’s name and 58393, Roman 

numerals, sunk seconds dial, cuvette marked Detached Lever-13 

Jewels-Lutz Brothers-Locle-No. 58393, bar-type movement with 

detached lever-escapement, dia. 57 mm. 

$150-250 

625. 

Silver Pair Case Watch by Blumb & Germaine, outer case in faux 

tortoiseshell, enameled dial with Roman chapters and pierced brass 

hands, verge escapement fusee movement marked by the maker 

with pierced balance cock and raised stage for advance and retard, 

dia. 53 mm. 

$200-300 

626. 

Three Swiss Open Face Watches, the first, in a gilt consular case 

with paste stone decorated bezel, enameled Arabic numeral dial 

signed Fres Deroches, a Geneve, enameled back depicting a seated 

lady and a bird, full plate fusee movement with pierced balance cock 

and marked with maker’s name, 55 mm, the next, a silvered consular 

case with raised bead decoration, Arabic numeral dial, unmarked 

full plate fusee movement with pierced balance cock and silvered 

regulation dial, 50 mm, and the last, a base metal case with cast 

decoration around the enameled dial signed Le Lutteur, pin-set leverescapement 

movement, 55 mm. 

$200-300 

627. 

Three Publications on Patek Philippe Watches, including Martin 

Huber & Alan Banbery, Patek Philippe Geneve, H. Vogel, Uhren Von 

Patek Philippe, and Habsburg Feldman Antiquorum two-volume 

hardbound auction catalogue titled The Art of Patek Philippe, 

including “Calibre 89,” April 9, 1989. 

$100-150 

631. 

Six Titles on Antique Watches, including Chapuis and Jaquet, La 

Montre Automatique Ancienne, 1770-1931 (French, 1952), Weiss, 

Watch-Making in England 1760-1820, no author, Collection of 

Watches Loaned to the Metropolitan Museum of Art by Mrs. George 

A. Hearn (privately printed in 1907, marble boards), Burton, The 

Watch Collection of Stanley H. Burton, Lewis, The Antique Enamelled 

Watch, and Nijssen, F.A. Lange and Glashutte. 

$100-200 

632. 

Three Books by George Daniels and a Related Title, including 

Watchmaking, 415 pp., over 700 drawings and illustrations, Clutton 

and Daniels, Watches, 160 pp., 597 illustrations, Clocks and Watches 

in the Collection of the Worshipful Company of Clockmakers and 

John Bromley, The Clockmaker’s Library, The Catalogue of Books 

and Manuscripts in the Library of the Worshipful Company of 

Clockmakers. 

$100-150 

633. 

Five Volumes on Clocks and Watches, including The Technique 

and History of the Swiss Watch by Jaquet and Chapuis (1953), 

Britten’s Old Clocks and Watches and Their Makers (7th edition), 

Cescinsky and Webster’s English Domestic Clocks (1968), Bruton’s 

Clocks and Watches, and Cumhaill’s Investing in Clocks and 

Watches. 

$150-250 

634. 

Twelve Books on Clocks, Watchmaking, and Watch Cases, 

including but not limited to, Reinhard Meis, A. Lange & Sohne, The 

Watchmakers of Dresden, Clutton and Daniels, Watches, Niebling, 

History of the American Watch Case, Priestley, Early Watch Case 

Makers of England, 1631-1720, Allen White, The Chain Makers and 

others. 

$100-150 

635. 

Ten Titles on Watch and Clock Repair, including Decarle, Practical 

Clock Repairing, Gazely, Clock and Watch Escapements, Levin, 

Practical Benchwork for Horologists, Goodrich, The Modern Clock, 

United States Clock and Watch Patents, 1790-1890 and others. 

$100-150 

628. 

Twelve Publications on Mechanical Watches, including but not 

limited to, The Lancashire Watch Company, Its Rise and Progress 

(Prescot, 1893), Habsburg/Antiquorum, sale catalogue of 204 

watches on April 14, 1991, the Art of Breguet, Robert Kemp, The 

Englishman’s Watch, M. Cutmore, Watches, 1850-1980, Patrizzi and 

Sturm, Watches of Fantasy, and others. 

$100-150 

629. 

Twelve Titles on Antique Watches, including Cedric Jagger, 

Paul Philip Barraud, two hard-bound catalogues of The H.J. Heinz 

Collection of Watches and Vernay Collection of Early English 

Furniture, Hugh Tait, Watches in the British Museum, Antiquorum, 

Treasures of The Kremlin, and others. 

$100-150 

630. 

Three Technical Books on Clock and Watchmaking, by Vaudrey 

Mercer, John Arnold & Son (1972), Edward John Dent and His 

Successors, and A Supplement to Edward John Dent and His 

Successors (1977). 

$100-150 

636. 

Eleven Titles on Clock and Watch Repair, including but not limited 

to, Fried, The Watch Repairer’s Manual, Conover, Chime Clock 

Repair, Jendritzki, Repairing Antique Pendulum Clocks, Baillie, Clocks 

& Watches an Historical Bibliography, and others. 

$100-150 

637. 

Six Titles on Watchmakers, Clockmakers and Silversmiths, 

including three titles by Britten, the 7th and 9th edition of Old Clocks 

and Watches and Their Makers, Former Clock and Watchmakers 

and Their Work, Girling, English Merchant’s Marks, Wyler, The Book 

of Old Silver, and Jeweler’s Circular, Trade Marks of the Jewelry and 

Kindred Trades. 

$100-150 

638. 

Five Titles on Clocks and Watches, including, Baillie, Watches, 

(1929), Some Account of the Worshipful Company of Clockmakers of 

the City of London, (1881), The Company of Clockmakers Register of 

Apprentices, 1631-1931, (1931), The Wetherfield Collection of Clocks 

(2nd edition, 1929), and Britten, Old Clocks and Watches and Their 

Makers, (third edition, 1911). 

$100-150 


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639. 

Six Titles on the Gold and Silversmith’s Trade and Their Marks, 

including Arthur G. Grimwade, London Goldsmiths 1697-1837, 

Their Marks and Lives, Frederick Bradbury, History of Old Sheffield 

Plate, W. Chaffers, Hall-Marks on Plate, Robert Alan Green, Marks 

of American Silversmiths, Seymour B. Wyler, Book of Old Silver, 

English, American, Foreign and A Directory of Sheffield, Including the 

Manufacturers of the Adjacent Villages, (an unabridged republication 

of an edition first published in 1787). 

$100-200 

640. 

Five Titles on Marine Chronometers, including Marvin E. Whitney’s 

Military Timepieces and The Ship’s Chronometer, Tony Mercer’s 

Chronometers and Chronometer Makers of the World and Vaudrey 

Mercer, The Frodshams: The Story of a Family of Chronometer 

Makers. 

$150-250 

646. 

Eight Titles on English Regional Clock and Watchmaking, 

including Penfold, The Clockmakers of Cumberland, Beeson, 

Clockmaking in Oxfordshire 1400-1850 (paperback), Ponsford, Devon 

Clocks and Clockmakers, Dowler, Gloucestershire Clock and Watch 

Makers, Walker, Hull and East Riding Clocks (paperback), Reid, North 

County Clockmakers, Peate, Clock and Watchmakers in Wales, and 

Brown, The Clockmakers of Llanrwst. 

$100-150 

647. 

Six Titles on English Regional Clockmaking, including Pryce and 

Davies, Samuel Roberts Clockmaker, Bird, Norfolk and Norwich 

Clocks and Clockmakers, Haggar and Miller, Suffolk Clocks and 

Clockmakers, Norgate and Hudson, Dunfermline Clockmakers, 

McKenna, Clockmakers and Watchmakers of Central England, and 

Greenlaw, Swansea Clocks. 

$100-150 

641. 

Six Volumes on Horology, including paperback volumes 1, 2, and 

3 of La Pendule Francaise by Tardy, Some Outstanding Clocks Over 

Seven Hundred Years, 1250-1950 and The Collector’s Dictionary of 

Clocks by H. Alan Lloyd, and Uhren by Bassermann-Jordan (German 

text). 

$100-200 

648. 

Four Titles on English Clockmaking, including Barder, The 

Georgian Bracket Clock, 1714-1830, Hawkins, Thomas Cole and 

Victorian Clockmaking, Rose, English Dial Clocks, and Tennant, 

Longcase Painted Dials, Their History and Restoration. 

$100-150 

642. 

Seven Titles on Clocks and Clockmakers by Brian Loomes, 

including Painted Dial Clocks, 1770-1870, Clockmakers of Northern 

England, The White Dial Clock, Lancashire Clocks and Clockmakers, 

two editions of Yorkshire Clockmakers (1972 and 1985), and 

Westmorland Clocks and Clockmakers. 

$100-150 

643. 

Six Publications on Regional Clockmaking, including Mason, Clock 

and Watchmaking in Colchester, Burrows, Canadian Clocks and 

Clockmakers, Langdon, Clock & Watchmakers in Canada 1700-1900 

(softbound), three pamphlets, Scottish Clockmakers, Clockmakers of 

Battle, and Horology in Provincial and Rural Museums. 

$100-150 

649. 

Two Titles on French Carriage Clocks, Joseph Fanelli, A Century of 

Fine Carriage Clocks, and Charles Allix, Carriage Clocks, Their History 

and Development, both profusely illustrated with color and black and 

white photographs and historical text. 

$100-150 

650. 

Seven Titles on the Discovery of Longitude, including Andrewes, 

The Quest for Longitude, BHI, 1984, Principles and Explanations of 

Timekeepers by Harrison, Arnold and Earnshaw, Howse, Greenwich 

Time and the Discovery of Longitude, Sobel, Longitude (paperback), 

Laycock, the Lost Science of John Longitude Harrison, and two 

paperbound publications. 

$100-150 

644. 

Eight Books on English Regional Clockmaking, including 

Hughes and Craven, Clockmakers and Watchmakers of Derbyshire, 

Loomes, Clockmakers of Northern England Tribe and Whatmoor, 

Dorset Clocks and Clockmakers, Elliott, Shropshire Clock and 

Watchmakers, Beeson, Clockmaking in Oxfordshire, 1400-1850 

(paperback), Ponsford, Time in Exeter (paperback), White, Watch and 

Clock Makers in the City of Bath (paperback), Cave-Browne-Cave, 

Jonas Barber, Clockmaker of Winster (paperback), together with 

approximately twenty-one pamphlets of regional studies including 

clockmaking in Nantwich, Somerset, Wales, Nottinghamshire, Ireland, 

Scotland, and others. 

$200-300 

645. 

Five Titles on English Regional Clockmakers, including Snell, 

Clocks and Clockmakers of Salisbury, Craven, John Whitehurst of 

Derby, Pearson, Kent Clocks and Clockmakers, Bates, Clockmakers 

of Northumberland, and Durham, Stuart, Biographical List of 

Clockmakers, North Lancashire and South Westmorland 1680-1900 

(paperback). 

$150-250 

651. 

Eight Titles on Watch and Clock History, including Peter Heuer- 

Klaus Maurice, European Pendulum Clocks, Cedric Jagger, Royal 

Clocks-The British Monarchy and its Timekeepers, 1300-1900 

and The World’s Great Clocks and Watches, H. Alan Lloyd, Some 

Outstanding Clocks over Seven Hundred Years, 1250-1950, Guye & 

Michel, Time & Space, Measuring Instruments from the 15th to the 

19th Century, Bassermann-Jordan/Bertele, The Book of Old Clocks 

and Watches, Uresova, European Clocks, and David S. Landes, 

Revolution in Time. 

$200-300 

652. 

Four Titles on Early European Clocks, including Darken & Hooper, 

English 30 Hour Clocks Origin & Development, 1600-1800, Peter 

Heuer-Klaus Maurice, European Pendulum Clocks, Edwards, Weightdriven 

Chamber Clocks of the Middle Ages and Renaissance, 

and Barder, English Country Grandfather Clocks-The Brass Dial 

Longcase. 

$100-150 


653. 

Three Books on Horological Tools by Theodore R. Crom, 

including Horological Wheel Cutting Engines 1700-1900 (1970), 

Horological Shop Tools, 1700-1900 (1980) and Horological and Other 

Shop Tools, 1700-1900 (1987). 

$150-250 

654. 

Five Titles of Watch and Clockmaker Listings, including Baillie, 

Watchmakers and Clockmakers of the World, Loomes, Watchmakers 

and Clockmakers of the World, Vol. 2 and The Early Clockmakers of 

Great Britain, Dennis Moore, British Clockmakers and Watchmakers 

Apprentice Records, 1710-1810, and John Smith, Old Scottish 

Clockmakers, 1453-1850. 

$150-250 

655. 

The Knibb Family Clockmakers, Ronald A. Lee, no. 36 of limited 

edition of 1,000, first edition 1964, Manor House Press, Byfleet, 

Surrey, 187 pp., 174 plates. 

$500-700 

656. 

Thomas Tompion, His Life and Work, R.W. Symonds, 1951, B.T. 

Batsford, LTD, London, 320 pp., 272 plates, two fold-out illustrations, 

paper dust jacket. 

$200-400 

657. 

Four Titles on Antique Dutch Domestic Clocks, including Plomp, 

Spring-Driven Dutch Pendulum Clocks 1657-1710, Sellink, Dutch 

Antique Domestic Clocks, Edwardes, Weight- Driven Dutch Clocks & 

Their Japanese Connections, and Roo, Roentgen Atlas of Old Dutch 

Clocks. 

$150-250 

658. 

Three Titles on Skeleton Clocks, including Derek Roberts’ 

Continental and American Skeleton Clocks and British Skeleton 

Clocks, and F.B. Royer-Collard, Skeleton Clocks. 

$100-200 

659. 

Six Titles on European Clocks and Watches, including Britten’s 

Old Clocks and Watches and Their Makers, Claterbos, Viennese 

Clockmakers and What They Left Us, Ortenburger, Viennese 

Regulators and Industrialized Clock Factories, Good, Clocks, 

An Owner’s Handbook, and Ord-Hume, The Musical Clock and 

Collecting Musical Boxes and How to Repair Them. 

$150-250 

660. 

Three Titles on Watch and Clockmaking, including Britten’s Old 

Clocks and Their Makers (7th edition, 1956) and Watch & Clock 

maker’s Handbook Dictionary and Guide (1978), and G.H. Baillie, 

Watchmakers and Clockmakers of the World. 

$100-150 

661. 

Seven Titles on Antique Clocks, including, Beeson, English Church 

Clocks 1280-1850 and Perpigana 1356, The Making of a Clock and 

Bell for the King’s Castle, Britten, Old Clocks and Watches and Their 

Makers, Bruton, The Wetherfield Collection of Clocks, Hanna, English 

Lantern Clocks, Tait, Clocks in the British Museum, and Baillie, Lloyd 

and Ward, The Planetarium of Giovanni De Dondi. 

$100-150 

663 

662. 

Four Titles of Antiquarian Interest, including Charles Hummel, 

With Hammer in Hand, Clarence Brigham, Paul Revere’s Engravings, 

Nicholas Goodison, Ormolu: The Work of Mathew Boulton, and 

Schiffer, The Brass Book. 

$150-200 

Musical Boxes & Automata 

663. 

15 1/2-inch Corona Automatic Changer Musical Box by Regina, 

Rahway, New Jersey, c. 1900 the mahogany upright case with 

bowfront glazed door flanked by freestanding barleytwist columns, 

apron and cabriole legs with shelf stretcher, original paper on interior, 

dual-comb 12-disc auto change mechanism with ten discs, ht. 68 in. 

$7,000-9,000 


151

664 

664. 

15 1/2-inch Olympia Disc Musical Box, No. 11119, the oak 

cabinet with pressed carved decoration, drawer and a country scene 

lithograph and Olympia inside the lid, and stand, dual comb nickel 

movement on an iron bed, together with approximately twenty-five 

zinc Olympia disks, on stand, ht. 36 1/2, wd. 24 1/2 in. 

$1,500-2,500 

665. 

Criterion 16-inch Disc Musical Box, the oak case with hinged lid 

and Criterion paper inside, press carved decorated moldings, dual 

comb movement and seven disks, wd. 20, dp. 20 in. 

$800-1,200 

666. 

Regina Coin-Operated 15 1/2-inch Disc Musical Box, No. 56998, 

mahogany cabinet with domed top, carved base molding, printed 

maker’s label inside the lid reading in part, “Regina” First Music Box 

Manufactured in the United States--Plays Thousands of Different 

Tunes..., dual 6 1/2-inch combs, nickel coin operated lever at the 

front and thirty-seven discs, wd. 22 1/2 in. 

$1,000-1,500 

667. 

15-inch Regina Disc Musical Box, No. 57496, mahogany case with 

line inlay and domed lid, turned three-quarter columns at the corners, 

Regina lithograph card inside, iron bed plate with Regina cast and 

57496, dual-comb movement and twelve discs in a decorative 

wooden storage container, wd. 22, dp. 19, ht. 12 1/2 in. 

$1,000-1,500 


665 

666 

667 

153

668 

668. 

Mira 9 1/4-inch Disc Musical Box, Switzerland, with mahogany 

cabinet, decorative illustration inside the lid, single comb, key-wind 

movement and disc, wd. 13, ht. 8 1/2 in. 

$400-600 

669. 

Mira 6 3/4-inch Disc Musical Box, mahogany hinged lid case with 

Mira illustrated card inside lid, single comb, key-wind movement and 

approximately thirty-five discs, wd. 10, ht. 7 in. 

$250-450 

670. 

Edison Standard Model D Phonograph, serial #657473, Orange, 

New Jersey, oak cabinet, iron bed with pin-striping and maker’s 

plaque, winding key, tin horn marked Thomas A. Edison Standard 

and a ceramic “Nipper” the music loving dog, wd. 14 in. 

$800-1,200 

671. 

Oak-cased Edison Standard Phonograph, serial #S 303746, 

Orange, New Jersey, the case front with gold banner transfer stating 

Edison Standard Phonograph, black painted bed with Edison trade 

mark in gilt, brass maker’s plate, reproducer, tin horn with brass end, 

domed lid and carrying handle, wd. 12, ht. 12 in. 

$300-500 


669 

670

671 

672 

672. 

Oak-cased Type Q Graphophone by Columbia Phonograph 

Company, New York, with original gilt banner on the lid stating 

The Graphophone, Columbia Phonograph Co. 1155, 1157, 1159 

Broadway, New York, N.Y., nickel bed movement, 4 3/4-inch cylinder 

with manufacturer’s name, address and patent dates on the end and 

tin horn, wd. 10 1/2, ht. 8 1/2 in. 

$300-500 

673. 

Eight-air Cylinder Musical Box by Mermod Frères, Switzerland, 

faux wood-grain case with butterflies and flowers on lid, handwritten 

tune sheet inside, 5 3/4-inch cylinder, 37-tooth comb, “Play-Stop” 

plate marked MF and cylinder bridge stamped 67714, wd. 17 1/2 in. 

$300-500 


680 

674. 

Three-air Miniature Musical Box by C.H. Jacot & Company, with 

burl walnut case, tune sheet, 2 3/4-inch cylinder and single comb, 

lg. 5 1/8, together with a hand-crank child’s musical box playing one 

tune, wd. 3 1/4, dp. 4 1/4 in. 

$200-300 

675. 

Two Cylinder Musical Boxes, the first in a faux rosewood 

painted case with ten-air tune sheet listing selections by Strauss, 

Sullivan, Bishop and others, 8-inch cylinder, single comb and zither 

attachment, lg. of box 16, the second in a veneered case with 

marquetry decoration, eight-air tune sheet listing The Old Folks at 

Home, Hail Columbia, The Blue Bells of Scotland among others, 

6-inch cylinder, single comb movement with crank, lg. of box 16 in. 

$400-600 

676. 

Cylinder Musical Box, walnut veneered case with line inlay, 4 1/2- 

inch cylinder, 49-tooth comb and winding key. 

$200-400 

677. 

Cylinder Musical Box, Switzerland, walnut veneered case with triple 

line inlay on lid and handwritten tune sheet inside, 8-inch cylinder, 

single 58-tooth comb and crank wind, wd. 16 1/4 in. 

$300-500 

678. 

Six-air Cylinder Musical Box by B.A. Bremond, Switzerland, 

walnut veneered case with marquetry inlaid lid, handwritten tune 

sheet inside, 8 3/8-inch cylinder, single comb (77th tooth gone), and 

fly bridge marked with maker’s logo, wd. 17 3/4 in. 

$250-450 

679. 

Eight-air Cylinder Musical Box, marked H. Metert, walnut veneered 

box with marquetry inlay on top, handwritten tune sheet inside lid, 

key-wind movement with 13 1/8-inch cylinder, 94-tooth comb and 

1978 stamped on bedplate, wd. 20 1/2 in. 

$200-400 

680. 

Eight-air Cylinder Mandoline Musical Box by Paillard Vaucher et 

Fils, c. 1885, the cherry case with Mandoline tune sheet listing the 

eight airs inside the lid, 13-inch cylinder, single 92-tooth comb and 

lever crank wind, wd. 24 1/2 in. 

$1,000-2,000 


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681 

682 

681. 

Walnut Eight-air Cylinder Musical Box, Switzerland, c. 1890, 

walnut veneered and ebonized case with a harvest basket on the 

lid, bird’s-eye maple interior (lacking tune sheet), nickel movement, 

92-tooth single comb, 13-inch cylinder, zither attachment and bridge 

marked 6412, playing eight airs including “The Wedding March,” wd. 

24 in. 

$700-900 

682. 

Six-air Cylinder Musical Bell Box, Switzerland, walnut veneered 

case with inlaid floral designs and lining, the six-bell movement with 8 

1/4-inch cylinder, 58-tooth single comb, bridge stamped 3267, wd. 

19 1/2 in. 

$700-900 


683 

684 

683. 

Eight-air Forte Piccolo Cylinder Musical Box, 

Switzerland, walnut veneered case with inlaid musical 

themed inlay, handwritten tune sheet inside lid 

listing Ta-Ra-Ra-Voom-De-Ay! and America, nickel 

movement with 8 1/4-inch cylinder, 58-tooth comb, 

tune selection and crank wind, wd. 17 in. 

$400-600 

684. 

Oak Forte Piccolo Changeable Musical Box 

and Table, c. 1895, the oak cabinet with ogeeshaped 

drawer for additional cylinders, colorful tune 

card listing six airs for each cylinder, nickel plated 

movement with three 11-inch cylinders, double spring 

barrels, tune indicator and zither attachment, “anchor” 

logo on cylinder arbor, together with an oak table with 

reeded legs and carved decoration, box, wd. 33 7/8, 

ht. 11 3/4, dp.17 5/8 in. 

$1,500-2,000 

685. 

Bakelite Roll Monica, c. 1925, the faux tortoiseshell 

Bakelite case with compartments for perforated paper 

music rolls, hand cranks, mouthpiece, and eight 

original rolls, wd. 4 in. 

$150-200 


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686 

687 

686. 

Griesbaum Brass-cased Singing Bird Automaton, Germany, with 

scroll-decorated brass case, oval hinged lid opens to reveal the 

singing bird with green, gray, and black plumage, moving perch, 

wings and beak, going barrel movement marked Splendid Germany 

on the bottom, wd. 4, dp. 2 3/4, ht. 1 3/4 in. 

$600-800 

687. 

Singing Bird Automaton, probably by Griesbaum, with celluloid 

case, brass lid opens to reveal the singing bird automaton with 

green, gray, and red plumage, moving perch, wings and beak all 

set on a pierced brass stage, small watch movement and dial with 

Arabic numerals mounted in the front of the case and hinged back for 

storage of the key, wd. 3 3/4, dp. 2 1/2, ht. 1 3/8 in. 

$600-800 

END OF SALE 


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Skinner, Inc. - Conditions of Sale 

1. Some of the lots in this sale are offered subject to a reserve. The reserve is a confidential minimum price agreed upon by the consignor and 

Skinner, Inc. below which the lot will not be sold. In most cases, the reserve will be set below the estimated range, but in no case will it exceed 

the estimates listed. A representative of Skinner, Inc. will execute such reserves by bidding for the consignor. In any event and whether or not a 

lot is subject to a reserve, the auctioneer may reject any bid or raise not commensurate with the value of such lot. 

2. All property is sold “as is,” and neither the auctioneer nor any consignor makes any warranties or representation of any kind or nature with 

respect to the property, and in no event shall they be responsible for the correctness, nor deemed to have made any representation or warranty, of 

description, genuineness, authorship, attribution, provenance, period, culture, source, origin, or condition of the property and no statement made 

at the sale, or in the bill of sale, or invoice or elsewhere shall be deemed such a warranty of representation or an assumption of liability. 

3. Except as provided in paragraph 1 above, the highest bidder as determined by the auctioneer shall be the purchaser. In the case of a disputed 

bid, the auctioneer shall have sole discretion in determining the purchaser and may also, at his or her election, withdraw the lot or reoffer the lot 

for sale. 

4. All merchandise purchased must be paid for and removed from the premises the day of the auction. Skinner Inc. may impose, and the 

purchaser agrees to pay, a monthly interest charge of 1.5% of the purchase price of any lot or item lot not paid for within thirty-five (35) days of 

the date of sale. 

Skinner, Inc. shall have no liability for any damage or loss to property left on its premises for more than three (3) days from the date of sale. If 

any property has not been removed within three (3) days from the date of sale, at the option of Skinner, Inc. (a) Skinner Inc., may impose, and 

the purchaser agrees to pay, a monthly storage charge of 1.5% of the purchase price of any lot or portion of a lot not removed within the three 

days, and/or (b) Skinner Inc. may place the merchandise in a subsequent auction, without Reserve, to be sold to the highest bidder, and after 

deducting the standard commission and any additional charges that may apply, remit the proceeds to the purchaser. 

5. Skinner accepts cash or check for payment. Personal checks will be acceptable only if credit has been established with Skinner, Inc. or if a bank 

authorization has been received guaranteeing a personal check. Skinner, Inc. reserves the right to hold merchandise purchased by personal check 

until the check has cleared the bank. The purchaser agrees to pay Skinner, Inc. a handling charge of $25.00 for any check dishonored by the 

drawee. Please contact Accounting for additional payment methods. Skinner does not accept payment by credit card for merchandise purchases. 

6. If the purchaser breaches any of its obligations under these Conditions of Sale, including its obligation to pay in full the purchase price of 

all items for which it was the highest successful bidder, Skinner Inc. may exercise all of its rights and remedies under the law including, without 

limitation, (a) canceling the sale and applying any payments made by the purchaser to the damages caused by the purchaser’s breach, and/or (b) 

offering at public auction, without reserve, any lot or item for which the purchaser has breached any of its obligations, including its obligation to 

pay in full the purchase price, holding the purchaser liable for any deficiency plus all costs of sale. 

7. In no event will the liability of Skinner, Inc. to any purchaser with respect to any item exceed the purchase price actually paid by such 

purchaser for such item. 

8. Shipping is the responsibility of the purchaser. Upon request, our staff will provide the list of shippers who deliver to destinations within 

the United States and overseas. Some property that is sold at auction can be subject to laws governing export from the U.S., such as items that 

include material from some endangered species. Import restrictions from foreign countries are subject to these same governing laws. Granting of 

licensing for import or export of goods from local authorities is the sole responsibility of the buyer. Denial or delay of licensing will not constitute 

cancellation or delay in payment for the total purchase price of these lots. 

9. All purchases are subject to the Massachusetts 6.25% sales tax unless the purchaser possesses a Massachusetts sales tax exemption number. 

Exemption numbers from other states are accepted in Massachusetts if presented with a business card or letterhead. Dealers, museums, and 

other qualifying parties can apply for a Massachusetts exemption number prior to the auction by contacting the Massachusetts Department of 

Corporations and Taxation at 100 Cambridge Street in Boston. 

10. Except for property purchased via on-line Live Auctions, a premium equal to 18.5% of the final bid price up to and including $200,000, plus 

10% of the final bid over $200,000, will be applied to each lot sold, to be paid by the Buyer as part of the purchase price. The buyers premium on 

property purchased via on-line Live Auctions will be in the amount equal to 22.5% of the final bid price up to and including $200,000, plus 15% 

of the final bid over $200,000. 

11. Bidding on any item indicates your acceptance of these terms and all other terms announced at the time of sale whether bidding in person, 

through a representative, by phone, by Internet, or other absentee bid. 

12. Skinner, Inc. and its consignors make no warranty or representation, express or implied, that the purchaser will acquire any copyright or 

reproduction rights to any lot sold. Skinner, Inc. expressly reserves the right to reproduce any image of the lots sold in this catalogue. The 

copyright in all images, illustrations and written material produced by or for Skinner, Inc. relating to a lot, including the contents of this 

catalogue, is, and shall remain at all times, the property of Skinner, Inc. and shall not be used by the purchaser, nor by anyone else, without our 

prior written consent. 

13. These conditions of sale shall be governed by the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts (excluding the laws applicable to conflicts or 

choice of law). The buyer/bidder agrees that any suit for the enforcement of this agreement may be brought, and any action against Skinner in 

connection with the transactions contemplated by this agreement shall be brought, in the courts of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts or any 

federal court sitting therein. The bidder/buyer consents to the nonexclusive jurisdiction of such courts and waives objections that it may now or 

hereafter have to the venue of any such suit. 

Revised September 29, 2009 

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Board of Directors 

Chairman of the Board - Nancy R. Skinner 

Richard Albright 

Barnet Fain 

Stephen L. Fletcher 

Karen M. Keane 

Administration 

President/Chief Executive Officer - Karen M. Keane 

Chief Financial Officer - Don Kelly 

Executive Vice President - Stephen L. Fletcher 

Vice Presidents- Gloria Lieberman, Carol McCaffrey, Kerry Shrives, 

Stuart G. Slavid, Stuart P. Whitehurst 

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Auctioneers and 

Appraisers of Antiques 

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Boston, MA 02116 

617.350.5400 

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274 Cedar Hill Street 

Marlborough, MA 01752 

508.970.3000 

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www.skinnerinc.com 

American & European Paintings & Prints - Robin S.R. Starr 

Assistants: Kathy Wong, Elizabeth C. Haff 

American Furniture & Decorative Arts - Stephen L. Fletcher, Martha Hamilton 

Assistants: LaGina Austin, Karen Langberg, Chris Barber 

American Indian & Ethnographic Art - Douglas Deihl 

Asian Works of Art - James F. Callahan 

Assistant: Tianyue Jiang 

Books & Manuscripts - Stuart P. Whitehurst 

Assistant: Sara C. Wishart 

Bottles, Flasks & Early Glass - Stephen L. Fletcher 

Ceramics - Stuart G. Slavid 

Classic Automobiles & Motorcycles - Jane D. Prentiss 

Couture - Kerry Shrives 

Discovery Sales - Kerry Shrives 

Assistants: Garrett J. Sheahan, Harry B. McNabb, Melissa Riebe 

European Furniture & Decorative Arts - Stuart G. Slavid 

Assistants: Stuart P. Whitehurst, Sara C. Wishart 

Fine Wines - Marie Keep 

Jewelry - Gloria Lieberman 

Assistants: John Colasacco, Julie Khouri 

Judaica - Kerry Shrives 

Modernism: 1896–Present: Art Glass, Pottery, Metalwork & Furniture - 

Jane D. Prentiss 

Museum & Collections Services - Martha Hamilton 

Musical Instruments - David Bonsey 

Oriental Rugs & Carpets - Gary Richards 

Science, Technology & Clocks - Robert C. Cheney 

Assistant: Chris Barber 

Silver - Stuart G. Slavid 

Assistant: Sara C. Wishart 

Toys & Dolls - Kerry Shrives 

Auctioneers - LaGina Austin, David Bonsey, Robert C. Cheney, 

Stephen L. Fletcher, Karen M. Keane, Marie C. Keep, Gloria Lieberman, 

Kerry Shrives, Stuart G. Slavid, Robin S.R. Starr, Laura V. Sweeney, 

Stuart P. Whitehurst 

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Property Distribution 

Marlborough: Warehouse Manager - Jonathan Dowling, 508.970.3280 

Property Manager - Samuel Combs, 508.970.3262 

Boston: Kerryn Murphy, 617.874.4329 

Property Distribution Manager - Jessica R. Lincoln, 617.874.4308 

Finance Department 

Marlborough: Accounts Receivable - Denise Johnson, 508.970.3269 

Accounts Payable - Kathleen Hayes, 508.970.3268 

Credit Supervisor - Joe Monteyro, 508.970.3266 

Subscriptions 

Marlborough: Karen Skinner, 508.970.3240 

Service Departments 

Appraisal & Auction Services - Patricia Walker King, Beth Zwicker, 

Katharine Holtman, Leah Skowron 

Advertising Production - Pamela Van de Houten 

Boston Gallery Director - Laura V. Sweeney 

Assistant Gallery Director: Paige Lewellyn 

Gallery Assistant: Katharine E. Hampson 

Catalogue Production - Pamela Van de Houten, Kristina Harrison 

Consignment Services - Megan J. Blomgren, Carol Zeigler 

Customer Relations - Carol McCaffrey 

Institutional Relations - L. Emerson Tuttle 

Human Resources - Carol McCaffrey 

Information Technology & Internet Auctions - Kerry Shrives 

Assistants: Timothy Shaughnessey, Melissa Riebe 

Managing Director - Marie C. Keep 

Marketing & Public Relations - Catherine Riedel, Karen Skinner, 

Katherine Gargolinski 

Photographers - Stanley P. Bystrowski, Jeffrey R. Antkowiak 

Receptionists - Marlborough: Carol Tran 

Boston: Hadley Dinardo 

Transportation - Eric Jones 

Assistants: Mark McCaffrey, John Williams 

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DIRECTIONS TO THE 

MARLBOROUGH GALLERY 


From Boston and Points East: 

Take the Massachusetts Turnpike (Route 90) West to Route 495 North at exit 11A. Proceed on 

Route 495N to exit 23C, Simarano Drive. Keep left at the fork in the ramp. At the bottom of the 

exit ramp take a left at the lights onto Simarano Drive. Take a right at the next light on Cedar Hill 

Street. Skinner is at #274 on the left. 

From Points North: 

Take Route 495 South to exit 23C, Simarano Drive. Stay left at the fork in the ramp, and turn left 

onto Simarano Drive. Take a right at the next light on Cedar Hill Street. Skinner is at #274 on 

the left. 

From Points West: 

Take 290 East toward Marlborough. Merge onto Route 495 South via exit 26A, toward Cape 

Cod. Take the Simarano Drive exit, 23C. Stay left at the fork in the ramp, and turn left onto 

Simarano Drive. Take a right at the next light on Cedar Hill Street. Skinner is at #274 on the left. 

From Points South: 

Take Route 495 North to exit 23C, Simarano Drive. At the bottom of the exit ramp take a left at 

the lights onto Simarano Drive. Take a right at the next light on Cedar Hill Street. Skinner is at 

#274 on the left. 

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