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Six Steel Screw Plates
Lot: 31Sold for: $652$550Six Steel Screw Plates, England, 18th/19th centuries, some marked "Matheisen," one with a turned wood handle (broken),lgs. 7-19 in. more ...
Six Brass and Steel Gauges
Lot: 32Sold for: $711$600Six Brass and Steel Gauges, mostly England, mid-19th century, three vernier calipers, the first marked C.B. Johnson, Prescot, the second John Wycherley, Prescot, the last unmarked; two additional more ...
Twelve Steel Screw Plates
Lot: 33Sold for: $711$600Twelve Steel Screw Plates, Peter Stubs, Warrington, England, 19th century, some with offset handles, all marked PS STUBS, lgs. 4 1/2-10 1/2 in. more ...
Two Cased Sets of Steel Screw Plates and Taps
Lot: 34Sold for: $830$700Two Cased Sets of Steel Screw Plates and Taps, Switzerland, 19th century, including a total of four screw plates and several dozen taps, one group housed in a Patek Philippe & Co. mahogany hinged more ...
Fourteen Small Screw Plates
Lot: 35Sold for: $444$375Fourteen Small Screw Plates, Switzerland, 19th/early 20th century, marked Martin or Perrelet & Martin, including notched and plain examples, lgs. 2 1/4-6 1/4 in. more ...
Group of Steel Screw Plates and Taps
Lot: 36Sold for: $237$200Group of Steel Screw Plates and Taps, England, Switzerland, and America, 19th/20th centuries, including examples of screw plates marked Bourgeaux & Delamure, Lebanon, and Latard, a slide-lid box of more ...
Collection of Forty-eight Calipers, Compasses and Dividers
Lot: 37Sold for: $652$550Collection of Forty-eight Calipers, Compasses and Dividers, mostly 18th/19th century, including spring calipers, wing calipers, spring dividers, and wing compasses, all mounted to pegboard with more ...
Two Large Iron Calipers
Lot: 38Sold for: $53$45Two Large Iron Calipers, late 19th century, lg. both approximately 21 in. more ...
Four Engravings from the Peter Stubs Catalogue
Lot: 39Sold for: $119$100Four Engravings from the Peter Stubs Catalogue, 1993, the framed prints made from the original copperplates, plate size 9 1/2 x 14 1/2; together with two additional prints, one which shows a more ...
Four Brass or Copper Engraving Plates
Lot: 40Sold for: $178$150Four Brass or Copper Engraving Plates, England and France, 18th/19th century, two brass and two copper, the subjects of the plates an intertwined monogram design, a calling card, a certificate form, more ...
Collection of Six Canes
Lot: 41Sold for: $948$800Collection of Six Canes, 19th/20th centuries, including two concealing blades, one of those of faux snakeskin, the other chip-carved hardwood mounted with metal and ivory; one concealing a watch in more ...
Two Brass and Steel Depthing Tools
Lot: 42Sold for: $889$750Two Brass and Steel Depthing Tools, France and Switzerland, late 18th/19th century, the first an early example with adjustable arcs at each end which predate the later types, like the second present more ...
Brass and Steel Depthing Tool
Lot: 43Sold for: $830$700Brass and Steel Depthing Tool, William Illingworth, England, late 19th/early 20th century, the brass body marked Wm. ILLINGWORTH MAKER, with steel runners and gnurled thumbscrew tighteners, lg. 13 more ...
Large Brass and Steel Boxed Depthing Tool
Lot: 44Sold for: $1,541$1,300Large Brass and Steel Boxed Depthing Tool, Switzerland, 19th century, with spring rigidity, shaped runner support arms, and gnurled thumbscrew tighteners, lg. 14 in. Note: This tool is more ...
Brass and Steel Depthing Tool
Lot: 45Sold for: $830$700Brass and Steel Depthing Tool, possibly England or France, 18th century, an early example with steel body, brass runner supports, and flattened thumbscrews, the rigidity fixed by a spring, lg. 12 more ...
Two Brass and Steel Watchmaker's Depthing Tools
Lot: 46Sold for: $948$800Two Brass and Steel Watchmaker's Depthing Tools, Switzerland, 19th century, the adjustable u-shaped base supports the runners which are aligned to hold the wheels and arbors, all tightened with more ...
Brass and Steel Depthing Tool
Lot: 47Sold for: $504$425Brass and Steel Depthing Tool, Switzerland, 19th century, the u-form body adjustable for width, with faceted runner supports which adjust to accommodate varied parts within, lg. 13 in. more ...
Brass Triple Escapement Depthing Tool
Lot: 48Sold for: $3,081$2,600Brass Triple Escapement Depthing Tool, Switzerland, second half of the 19th Century, three penny foot legs support the 4-in. dia. calibrated work platform with vertical work holders, four knurled more ...
Brass and Steel Triple Depthing Tool by McDuffie for Crom, c. 1980, and a crown wheel gauge
Lot: 49Sold for: $267$225Brass and Steel Triple Depthing Tool by McDuffie for Crom, c. 1980, and a crown wheel gauge by T. McDuffie, Sarasota, Florida, c. 1980, for depthing watch contrate wheels, marked T McDUFFIE, mounted more ...
Four Brass and Steel Watchmaker's Depthing Tools
Lot: 50Sold for: $207$175Four Brass and Steel Watchmaker's Depthing Tools, Switzerland, 19th century, three of similar form with side-mounted thumbscrews for tightening the runners, and the fourth with more unusual more ...
Four Brass and Steel Watchmaker's Depthing Tools
Lot: 51Sold for: $207$175Four Brass and Steel Watchmaker's Depthing Tools, Switzerland, 19th century, two boxed, with side-mounted thumbscrews to tighten the runners; the other two with top-mounted thumbscrews, all with more ...
Three Boxed Brass and Steel Watchmaker's Depthing Tools
Lot: 52Sold for: $119$100Three Boxed Brass and Steel Watchmaker's Depthing Tools, Switzerland, 19th century, all with knurled thumbscrew locks and steel leaf spring for rigidity, in paper-covered boxes, lg. 2 3/4-3 3/4 more ...
Brass, Steel and Bell Metal Polishing Assembly
Lot: 53Sold for: $237$200Brass, Steel and Bell Metal Polishing Assembly, Switzerland, 19th century, the assembly consists of a small depthing tool mounted with a yoke, and overall the assembly allows for accurate and rapid more ...
Brass Depthing Tool by John Downes
Lot: 54Sold for: $2,489$2,100Brass Depthing Tool by John Downes, London, late 18th century, three iron legs support the brass frame with three clamp work holder, upright pivoted center with brass arm for contact with the more ...
Boxed Jacot Tool Set
Lot: 55Sold for: $148$125Boxed Jacot Tool Set, Switzerland, late 19th/early 20th century, in its original box with drawer which houses four burnishers, box lg. 11, ht. 2 1/2, dp. 5 in. Note: The Jacot tool is discussed more ...
Boxed Brass and Steel Jacot Tool Set
Lot: 56Sold for: $101$85Boxed Brass and Steel Jacot Tool Set, Switzerland, late 19th/early 20th century, in its original mahogany box with drawer which houses three burnishers, (joinery separation and warping to top of more ...
Three Boxed Sets of Cast Brass and Steel Jacot Tools
Lot: 57Sold for: $119$100Three Boxed Sets of Cast Brass and Steel Jacot Tools, Switzerland, late 19th/early 20th century, for pivot polishing, in their original boxes, box lg. 8 1/4-10 in. Note: The Jacot tool is more ...
Three Brass Watchmaker's Lathes
Lot: 58Sold for: $504$425Three Brass Watchmaker's Lathes, Switzerland, late 19th century, of various designs, one example with tool rest and modern drilling head stock is stamped J M Bottum, New York, lg. all approximately more ...
Two Brass Watchmaker's Lathes
Lot: 59Sold for: $148$125Two Brass Watchmaker's Lathes, Swiss, late 19th century, both with headstock and tool rests, one with losses and in "as found" condition, max. lg. 13 in. more ...
Brass, Iron, and Steel Jewel Piercing Lathe
Lot: 60Sold for: $237$200Brass, Iron, and Steel Jewel Piercing Lathe, Swiss, 19th and 20th century, the lathe made from assorted parts, with two separately and oppositely rotating arbors to speed cutting, lg. 17 3/4 in. more ...