Cameras and Scientific Instruments

An early 20th century Kelvin, Bottomley & Baird Ltd 10-inch compass card, inscribed 'Castle & Compy Hull', within a fitted box.

A late Victorian silver circular cased pocket aneroid barometer, the silvered dial with curved alcohol thermometer, the cylindrical case with hinged lid and thumbpiece, London 1900, case diameter 5.5cm.

An early 20th century mahogany cased barograph and barometer with lacquered brass mechanism and clockwork recording drum, the silvered circular dial detailed 'Ross London Rd. No 428606', the bevelled five glass cover on a moulded rectangular base, fitted with a single drawer, length 36cm.

A brass lavater level of rectangular form with arched scale, detailed 'Lavater Level Patent' and stamped with maker's mark, length 10cm.

A late Victorian brass sextant, the arc with silvered scale and signed 'J. Blowey Plymouth', fitted with magnifier, coloured filters, mirror and wood handle, within a fitted mahogany case, case width 26cm.

A Darton enamelled copper cased thermograph, Serial No. 6338, with hinged cover and clockwork recording drum, length 28cm.

An early 19th century brass pantograph, signed 'Troughton London', length 92.5cm, within a fitted mahogany case.

A Victorian brass Eidograph, signed 'Elliott Brothers London', length 86.5cm, within a fitted mahogany case.

A 19th century German ebony and brass octant by W. Ihlder of Bremerhafen, the frame with inset bone scale and maker's plaque, fitted with coloured filters, mirror and handle, length 30.5cm.

A brass cased cylindrical box aneroid barometer, retailed by J. Mueller & Co of Naefels, the rotating glazed top inset with inscribed paper label detailed 'No 4529', above a band of Cyrillic text and silvered scale, the side of the body with thermometer, vernier scale and magnifier, height 7.2cm, within a fitted leather case.

A 19th century French brass graphometer, signed 'Cachet a Paris Rue St Honore No.274', the semicircular frame with 180-degree scale, adjustable sights and glazed compass, length 24.4cm (lacking stand).

Two Victorian mahogany cased Sikes hydrometers, lengths 25cm and 20.2cm, and a rosewood cased drawing instrument set, length 17.2cm.

A black enamelled and lacquered brass level by C. Baker, with rack and pinion focusing and adjustment, on a pillar and tripod stand, unextended height 43.5cm, together with an oxidized brass surveyor's level by Troughton & Simms, London (components missing).

A brass octagonal surveyor's cross staff-head with compass and silvered scale, length 14.4cm, boxed, together with a group of other scientific instruments, including a brass parallel rolling rule, oak cased, an MoD issue pocket barometer, detailed 'L. Casella London 7172', with leather case, and an MoD issue gilt brass pocket barometer, detailed 'T.A.R.S & W Ltd No. B6201'.

A copper and brass 'Boverton Redwoods' viscometer, No. 535, by Baird & Tatlock, within a mahogany box, the hinged lid inset with 'J. Hicks, London' bone plaque, height of box 30cm.

A Victorian lacquered and black enamelled brass binocular microscope, signed 'Henry Crouch London' and numbered '748', with rack and pinion focusing mechanical stage and plano-concave mirror, within original mahogany case, fitted with various eyepieces and table bullseye condenser, height of case 40.5cm.

A late 19th century lacquered brass adjustable microscope oil lamp, the circular stand detailed 'W. Watson & Sons, 313 High Holborn London W.C', height 27.5cm, with mahogany case, together with a small collection of various microscope specimen slides.

A collection of assorted 19th century and later microscope eyepieces, lenses and accessories, the majority with inscribed lacquered brass cylindrical cases, including 'Pillischer', 'Swift', 'E. Leitz', 'Wray', 'Ross', 'C. Collins', 'Watson & Sons' and 'R & J Beck Ltd'.

An early 20th century mahogany and gilt brass cased folding plate camera, 'The Sanderson', with black leather bellows and Carl Zeiss Jena Tessar 1:4.5 15cm lens, height 17cm.