04-20-201804-20-2018
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April 20, 2018 10:00 AMCalender

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  • Fruitwood Cooper's Compass

    Fruitwood Cooper's Compass

    Lot: 270
    Unsold  

    Fruitwood Cooper's Compass, France, 19th century, shaped, and tapered legs with interior mortised stabilizing bar, wrought iron points, and screw joint, lg. 38 in. Provenance: The property of more ...

  • Two 19th Century Marking Gauges

    Two 19th Century Marking Gauges

    Lot: 271
    Sold for: $98$80

    Two 19th Century Marking Gauges, a rosewood example with brass neck and adjustable blade length, lg. 9 to 11 1/2 in. Provenance: The property of Laurent Adamowicz. more ...

  • Four Woodworking Marking Gauges

    Four Woodworking Marking Gauges

    Lot: 272
    Sold for: $215$175

    Four Woodworking Marking Gauges, 19th century, brass, and wood gauges, three with double pins for marking the mortise and tenons, and a small rectangular block with sliding upper section. more ...

  • Two 19th Century Brass and Steel Measuring Instruments

    Two 19th Century Brass and Steel Measuring Instruments

    Lot: 273
    Sold for: $523$425

    Two 19th Century Brass and Steel Measuring Instruments, a set of calipers marked on rear brass "TM 1852," with 6-in. arm; and a combination square with opposing hinged arms, lg. 13 1/2 in. more ...

  • Eleven Calipers and Compasses

    Eleven Calipers and Compasses

    Lot: 274
    Sold for: $615$500

    Eleven Calipers and Compasses, 19th century, steel inside/outside calipers, some figural examples, one marked "HBJ 1855 Norristown PA.," three brass and steel compasses, and a shoe-form punch. more ...

  • Three Matthew Berge Lacquered Brass Instruments

    Three Matthew Berge Lacquered Brass Instruments

    Lot: 275
    Sold for: $3,690$3,000

    Three Matthew Berge Lacquered Brass Instruments, London, first quarter 19th century, a gunner's perpendicular leveling scribe with inset steel feet, scribe, and a spirit level marked "Berge"; a more ...

  • Marked Timber or Wheelwright's Calipers

    Marked Timber or Wheelwright's Calipers

    Lot: 276
    Sold for: $1,107$900

    Marked Timber or Wheelwright's Calipers, France, 19th century, steel-mounted tapered legs branded "Saillard Freres," with riveted joint, wing marked "Jacquet Joseph/A Foncine Le Bas/1868," with more ...

  • Three French Brass Folding Squares

    Three French Brass Folding Squares

    Lot: 277
    Sold for: $677$550

    Three French Brass Folding Squares, 19th century, all with engraved scales, hinged corner, plumb-bob window, and holes, each signed, each lg. 6 1/2 in. Literature: Codes & Symbols of European more ...

  • John Bell Chambers Folding Square

    John Bell Chambers Folding Square

    Lot: 278
    Sold for: $554$450

    John Bell Chambers Folding Square, United Kingdom, 1754, ebony body with brass mounts, and rule, engraved in script "John Bell Chambers 1754," lg. 7 in. Provenance: The property of Laurent more ...

  • Charles Lincoln Brass Artillery or Gunner's Calipers

    Charles Lincoln Brass Artillery or Gunner's Calipers

    Lot: 279
    Sold for: $4,920$4,000

    Charles Lincoln Brass Artillery or Gunner's Calipers, London, late 18th century, 7-in. lg. instrument with inset iron tips, and hand-engraved scales and tables on both sides, and marked "C. Lincoln, more ...

  • Seven Brass, Steel, and Ebony Rules

    Seven Brass, Steel, and Ebony Rules

    Lot: 280
    Sold for: $984$800

    Seven Brass, Steel, and Ebony Rules, Europe, 18th/19th century, six with rule-joint hinges, one with sliding extension, lg. 3 1/2 to 6 1/2 in. Literature: Codes & Symbols of European Tools, p. more ...

  • Jeremiah Watkins Brass Artillery or Gunner's Calipers

    Jeremiah Watkins Brass Artillery or Gunner's Calipers

    Lot: 281
    Sold for: $1,353$1,100

    Jeremiah Watkins Brass Artillery or Gunner's Calipers, London, late 18th early 19th century, 7-in. long instrument with inset iron tips, and hand-engraved scales, and tables on both sides, and more ...

  • 2-inch Silver Folding Rule

    2-inch Silver Folding Rule

    Lot: 282
    Sold for: $98$80

    2-inch Silver Folding Rule, United Kingdom, decorated scrolled bars with center bosses on each side with indistinguishable marks. Provenance: The property of Laurent Adamowicz. more ...

  • 17th Century Brass Sector

    17th Century Brass Sector

    Lot: 283
    Unsold  

    17th Century Brass Sector, Europe, engraved divisions and scales on both arms, hinged stabilizing bar marked "1626" with a touchmark, lg. 6 in. Note: Reportedly found on a battlefield of the more ...

  • German Brass Artillery Rule

    German Brass Artillery Rule

    Lot: 284
    Sold for: $308$250

    German Brass Artillery Rule, mid-18th century, folding rule with scale on one side reading 0-12, the other 1-95, stabilizing bar engraved "1750," with a finely shaped end. Provenance: The more ...

  • Two 19th Century Folding Squares

    Two 19th Century Folding Squares

    Lot: 285
    Sold for: $861$700

    Two 19th Century Folding Squares, France and England, a rosewood-body instrument with brass hardware and protractor divided 0-90-0, marked "W.T. Fisher/Patd. June 23rd 1868," with a 12-in. steel more ...

  • Andreas Conrad Engraved Brass Protractor

    Andreas Conrad Engraved Brass Protractor

    Lot: 286
    Sold for: $1,476$1,200

    Andreas Conrad Engraved Brass Protractor, Ulm, Germany, mid-18th century, 4 5/8-in. straight edge engraved with floral decoration, arch with dual scales divided 0-180, pierced center aperture with more ...

  • Two Brass Protractors

    Two Brass Protractors

    Lot: 287
    Sold for: $369$300

    Two Brass Protractors, France, 18th/19th century, both with engraved inner and outer scales with tapered outer edges and beveled straight edges, larger lg. 6 7/8 in. marked "Cadot/A. Lion 1748," more ...

  • Eight Layout or Marking Gauges

    Eight Layout or Marking Gauges

    Lot: 288
    Sold for: $369$300

    Eight Layout or Marking Gauges, 18th/19th century, two triangular squares with turned brass handles; dovetail layout gauge with patent date; steel rule with brass stop marked "BL"; brass and steel more ...

  • Four French Sectors

    Four French Sectors

    Lot: 289
    Sold for: $677$550

    Four French Sectors, 19th century, brass instruments with scales and tables engraved on both sides, all with foliate engraved central rule-joint hinge, one marked "Butterfield le Cordes a Paris," more ...

  • Five Boxwood Rules

    Five Boxwood Rules

    Lot: 290
    Sold for: $86$70

    Five Boxwood Rules, 19th/20th century, each engraved with scales on all sides, some with folding brass rules, one with sliding caliper and signed "W. Flay 1887," lg. 6 1/2 to 12 in. Provenance: more ...

  • Set of Finely Engraved Iron Calipers

    Set of Finely Engraved Iron Calipers

    Lot: 291
    Unsold  

    Set of Finely Engraved Iron Calipers, 18th/19th century, 10-in. lg. iron calipers with hinged center, engraved diamond, and floral decoration throughout. Provenance: The property of Laurent more ...

  • Early Wooden 56-inch Oak Trammel Points and a Wooden Level

    Early Wooden 56-inch Oak Trammel Points and a Wooden Level

    Lot: 292
    Sold for: $62$50

    Early Wooden 56-inch Oak Trammel Points and a Wooden Level, single stationary point and one movable point with wedge lock-down, level lg. 16 in. Provenance: The property of Laurent Adamowicz. more ...

  • Three Boxwood Measuring Instruments

    Three Boxwood Measuring Instruments

    Lot: 293
    Sold for: $492$400

    Three Boxwood Measuring Instruments, England, 18th and 19th century, 22-in. measure with knife edge, marked on one side "Edw. Roberts Maker in Groceres Alley in Old Jewry London/Rob Nelson Nov. 22 more ...

  • Two Japanese Sumitsubo Ink Lines

    Two Japanese Sumitsubo Ink Lines

    Lot: 294
    Sold for: $86$70

    Two Japanese Sumitsubo Ink Lines, 19th century, both with heart-shaped wells, lg. 8 and 9 1/2 in. Provenance: The property of Laurent Adamowicz. more ...

  • Five 19th Century Marking Gauges

    Five 19th Century Marking Gauges

    Lot: 295
    Sold for: $215$175

    Five 19th Century Marking Gauges, a boxwood example with shaped plane marked "F.A. Pitman"; two with brass hardware, one marked "J. Perry"; and two hardwood examples, lg. 6 to 8 1/2 in. more ...

  • Pair of Erotic Figural Calipers

    Pair of Erotic Figural Calipers

    Lot: 296
    Sold for: $3,444$2,800

    Pair of Erotic Figural Calipers, France, 19th century, steel instrument with a man and woman figures in flagrante with their arms acting as the caliper, lg. 7 in. Provenance: The property of more ...

  • Three "Dancing" Calipers

    Three "Dancing" Calipers

    Lot: 297
    Sold for: $246$200

    Three "Dancing" Calipers, 19th century, two steel examples and a brass example marked "A. Green," lg. 4 1/2 to 5 1/2 in. Provenance: The property of Laurent Adamowicz. more ...

  • Early Canoe-making Axe

    Early Canoe-making Axe

    Lot: 298
    Sold for: $308$250

    Early Canoe-making Axe, 26-in. tapered wooden handle with single-edged mortised iron blade. Provenance: The property of Laurent Adamowicz. more ...

  • Three Early Side Axes

    Three Early Side Axes

    Lot: 299
    Sold for: $523$425

    Three Early Side Axes, Europe, wrought iron blades, each with decorated touchmarks, edge lg. 7 in. Provenance: The property of Laurent Adamowicz. more ...

  • Two Decorated Goosewing Side Axes

    Two Decorated Goosewing Side Axes

    Lot: 300
    Sold for: $615$500

    Two Decorated Goosewing Side Axes, 18th/19th century, one with a fully decorated side depicting a flower in bloom and a five-point star, blade lg. 14 in. Literature: Codes & Symbols of European more ...

  • Two Early Marked Side Axes

    Two Early Marked Side Axes

    Lot: 301
    Sold for: $308$250

    Two Early Marked Side Axes, Europe, wrought iron blades, each with decorated touchmarks, edge lg. 8 to 10 in. Provenance: The property of Laurent Adamowicz. more ...

  • Four Early Iron Twybils

    Four Early Iron Twybils

    Lot: 302
    Sold for: $246$200

    Four Early Iron Twybils, Europe, 19th century, one marked "TH Simon" twice and "1841" just above "NV" on the chisel end, another marked "JP" next to the socket, a single-edge tool marked "AB," and more ...

  • 18th Century Marked Axe or Hatchet

    18th Century Marked Axe or Hatchet

    Lot: 303
    Sold for: $185$150

    18th Century Marked Axe or Hatchet, wrought iron head engraved on one side "Hanet," the other side "1799," with remnants of decoration, lg. 8 1/2 in. Provenance: The property of Laurent more ...

  • Bronze Axe Head

    Bronze Axe Head

    Lot: 304
    Sold for: $431$350

    Bronze Axe Head, reportedly from the Luristen province area, 9th to 8th century BC, lg. 7 1/2 in. Note: A similar example can be found in the Musee des Beaux-Arts de Lyon. Provenance: The more ...

  • Three Early Bronze Axe Heads

    Three Early Bronze Axe Heads

    Lot: 305
    Sold for: $523$425

    Three Early Bronze Axe Heads, one with jade insets, lg. 6 in. Provenance: The property of Laurent Adamowicz. more ...

  • Eight Japanese Stone Axes

    Eight Japanese Stone Axes

    Lot: 306
    Sold for: $98$80

    Eight Japanese Stone Axes, Jomon period, c. 7000 BC, lg. 5 to 9 in. Note: Reportedly found in the Aomori Prefecture area of Japan. Provenance: The property of Laurent Adamowicz. more ...

  • Boxwood and Ebony Silver-mounted Mallet

    Boxwood and Ebony Silver-mounted Mallet

    Lot: 307
    Sold for: $277$225

    Boxwood and Ebony Silver-mounted Mallet, c. 1872, silver commemorative plate reading: "To Sir Thomas C. Fermor Hesketh Bar M.D., R.W.P.G.M, on the Occasion of Laying the Foundation Stone of All more ...

  • Three Early Hammers

    Three Early Hammers

    Lot: 308
    Sold for: $62$50

    Three Early Hammers, with various wood handles, one head marked "S.L Patrick 1886 Ottawa." Provenance: The property of Laurent Adamowicz. more ...

  • Seven Wooden Server Mallets

    Seven Wooden Server Mallets

    Lot: 309
    Sold for: $62$50

    Seven Wooden Server Mallets, Europe, 19th century. Provenance: The property of Laurent Adamowicz. more ...

  • Ten Wooden Mallets

    Ten Wooden Mallets

    Lot: 310
    Sold for: $431$350

    Ten Wooden Mallets, Europe, 19th century, stone mason's, carver's, and woodworker's mallets. Provenance: The property of Laurent Adamowicz. more ...

  • Three Horn and Oak Tapestry Mallets

    Three Horn and Oak Tapestry Mallets

    Lot: 311
    Sold for: $123$100

    Three Horn and Oak Tapestry Mallets, Europe, 19th century, oak handles with variously shaped horn heads, lg. 10 in. Provenance: The property of Laurent Adamowicz. more ...

  • 1814 Carpenter's Church Hammer

    1814 Carpenter's Church Hammer

    Lot: 312
    Sold for: $369$300

    1814 Carpenter's Church Hammer, Europe, the small iron head engraved with the "IHS" symbol on one side, "1814" on the other, crosshatching and dots on the top edge, and stamped florets on each side more ...

  • 18th Century Brace by Hulot

    18th Century Brace by Hulot

    Lot: 313
    Unsold  

    18th Century Brace by Hulot, Paris, floral-engraved octagonal tapered iron sweep, wooden handle and head, and square socket chuck with thumbscrew, engraved "Hulot a Paris," lg. with bit 15 in. more ...

  • Twenty-one Bits or Awls

    Twenty-one Bits or Awls

    Lot: 314
    Sold for: $123$100

    Twenty-one Bits or Awls, France, 19th century, turned wood handles and steel screw-tipped shanks. Provenance: The property of Laurent Adamowicz. more ...

  • Unusual Fruitwood Brace

    Unusual Fruitwood Brace

    Lot: 315
    Sold for: $492$400

    Unusual Fruitwood Brace, 19th century, fruitwood body with stationary pad, center screw for the bit attachment, lg. 16 in. Provenance: The property of Laurent Adamowicz. more ...

  • Two Early Braces

    Two Early Braces

    Lot: 316
    Sold for: $277$225

    Two Early Braces, a wooden example with lead inlay and strapping, and an iron example with wood pad, both with bits, lg. 14 1/2 to 16 1/2 in. Provenance: The property of Laurent Adamowicz. more ...

  • Three Wood Braces

    Three Wood Braces

    Lot: 317
    Sold for: $154$125

    Three Wood Braces, Europe, various size handles, one marked "Gerdette." Provenance: The property of Laurent Adamowicz. more ...

  • Three Braces, and Bits

    Three Braces, and Bits

    Lot: 318
    Sold for: $215$175

    Three Braces, and Bits, 18th/19th century, six bits are associated with the brass tipped brace, lg. 12 in. Provenance: The property of Laurent Adamowicz. more ...

  • Three Drills

    Three Drills

    Lot: 319
    Sold for: $185$150

    Three Drills, 19th century, two mahogany-handled Archimedes drills and a pump drill with brass pad and beechwood handle, lg. 9 to 14 in. Provenance: The property of Laurent Adamowicz. more ...

  • 19th Century Iron Brace and Bit

    19th Century Iron Brace and Bit

    Lot: 320
    Unsold  

    19th Century Iron Brace and Bit, with wooden pad, marked "1880" on one side of bit holder, "HRT" in script on the other side, lg. with bit 17 1/2 in. Provenance: The property of Laurent more ...

  • Presentation Brass Button Pad Brace

    Presentation Brass Button Pad Brace

    Lot: 321
    Sold for: $62$50

    Presentation Brass Button Pad Brace, 1838, shaped beech handle with brass cap engraved "To Joseph Taylor from his Master for good behavior during his Apprenticeship 1838," with rosewood head. more ...

  • Early Wrought Iron Cooper's Hooping Tool

    Early Wrought Iron Cooper's Hooping Tool

    Lot: 322
    Sold for: $12$10

    Early Wrought Iron Cooper's Hooping Tool, Europe, with stationary hooked jaw at one end, lg. 40 in. Provenance: The property of Laurent Adamowicz. more ...

  • 19th Century Cooper's Hooping Dog

    19th Century Cooper's Hooping Dog

    Lot: 323
    Sold for: $369$300

    19th Century Cooper's Hooping Dog, France, carved and faceted boxwood body with hinged iron hold-down, lg. 10 in. Provenance: The property of Laurent Adamowicz. more ...

  • Two French Cooper's Cock Augers

    Two French Cooper's Cock Augers

    Lot: 324
    Sold for: $492$400

    Two French Cooper's Cock Augers, 18th century, elmwood with iron tips, one with wood handle the other with iron, lg. 9 and 11 1/2 in. Provenance: The property of Laurent Adamowicz. more ...

  • Ten Cooper's or Barrel Markers

    Ten Cooper's or Barrel Markers

    Lot: 325
    Sold for: $369$300

    Ten Cooper's or Barrel Markers, France, 19th century, ebonized turned wood handles with brass ferrules and stamps, lg. 4 in. Provenance: The property of Laurent Adamowicz. more ...

  • Large Cooper's Bung Extractor or Tire Bond

    Large Cooper's Bung Extractor or Tire Bond

    Lot: 326
    Sold for: $92$75

    Large Cooper's Bung Extractor or Tire Bond, Bordeaux, France, 19th century, turned wood handle with iron shaft marked "G. Pepin a Bordeaux," lg. 12 1/2 in. Provenance: The property of Laurent more ...

  • Seven Cooper's Bung Extractors or Tire Bonds

    Seven Cooper's Bung Extractors or Tire Bonds

    Lot: 327
    Sold for: $369$300

    Seven Cooper's Bung Extractors or Tire Bonds, France, 19th century, various sizes, wood handles, one marked on horn "Goldenberg No. 1595-96." Provenance: The property of Laurent Adamowicz. more ...

  • French Cooper's Compass

    French Cooper's Compass

    Lot: 328
    Sold for: $461$375

    French Cooper's Compass, 19th century, beechwood body with arms terminating in hearts, brass ferrules and iron points, lg. 12 in. Provenance: The property of Laurent Adamowicz. more ...

  • Cross-handled Auger

    Cross-handled Auger

    Lot: 329
    Sold for: $49$40

    Cross-handled Auger, France, 19th century, ash handle carved "1805" on one side, "WDF" on the other, lg. 17 in. Provenance: The property of Laurent Adamowicz. more ...

  • Wine Barrel Marker and a Timber Marker

    Wine Barrel Marker and a Timber Marker

    Lot: 330
    Sold for: $277$225

    Wine Barrel Marker and a Timber Marker, 19th century, iron barrel stamp or marker reading "F. Lafenetre a Segonzac CHTe," timber marker with wheel-form iron head reading 0-9. Provenance: The more ...

  • Cooper's Barrel Making Tools

    Cooper's Barrel Making Tools

    Lot: 331
    Sold for: $37$30

    Cooper's Barrel Making Tools, 19th century, three screw-downs, each marked with manufacturer's name, and two pairs of pliers. Provenance: The property of Laurent Adamowicz. more ...

  • 18th Century Cooper's Marking Gauge

    18th Century Cooper's Marking Gauge

    Lot: 332
    Unsold  

    18th Century Cooper's Marking Gauge, France, carved body with opposing spiral ends, one side reading "1797," the other "J.L.R.L(?)," and parallel iron plates, screws, and blade, lg. 20 in. more ...

  • Eight 19th Century Cooper's Tools

    Eight 19th Century Cooper's Tools

    Lot: 333
    Sold for: $25$20

    Eight 19th Century Cooper's Tools, Europe, jigger knife, oak draw knife carved with the initials "KF," and barrel screws. Provenance: The property of Laurent Adamowicz. more ...

  • Cooper's Barrel Making Plane

    Cooper's Barrel Making Plane

    Lot: 334
    Sold for: $185$150

    Cooper's Barrel Making Plane, 19th century, curved or arched rail with corresponding skewed plane, lg. 16 in. Provenance: The property of Laurent Adamowicz. more ...

  • Two Cooper's Planes or Crozes

    Two Cooper's Planes or Crozes

    Lot: 335
    Sold for: $738$600

    Two Cooper's Planes or Crozes, France, 19th century, a fruitwood example engraved with a large "S" and "1838" with octagonal screw heads, and a large elmwood example marked in part "Lacan Fils(?)," more ...

  • French Jabloir or Barrel Construction Plane

    French Jabloir or Barrel Construction Plane

    Lot: 336
    Sold for: $62$50

    French Jabloir or Barrel Construction Plane, 19th century, walnut edge-beaded plate with central carved heart, marked "Duffaud," with mortised shank and iron blade, plate ht. 12 in. Provenance: more ...

  • Four Cooper's Bung Borers

    Four Cooper's Bung Borers

    Lot: 337
    Sold for: $86$70

    Four Cooper's Bung Borers, France, 19th century, one with an iron handle, two of the wood-handled examples marked with manufacturer. Provenance: The property of Laurent Adamowicz. more ...

  • Two Cooper's Mallets

    Two Cooper's Mallets

    Lot: 338
    Sold for: $123$100

    Two Cooper's Mallets, Europe, 19th century, tapered spherical heads with mortised handles, lg. 11 and 15 in. Provenance: The property of Laurent Adamowicz. more ...

  • Five Billhooks

    Five Billhooks

    Lot: 339
    Sold for: $308$250

    Five Billhooks, France, United Kingdom, 19th century, two single-edged blades marked with a crown over "W.S.," two double-edged blades, one marked "Lebesgue/ci-devant port de Bercy," lg. 11 to 17 more ...

  • Two Cooper's Compasses

    Two Cooper's Compasses

    Lot: 340
    Sold for: $1,046$850

    Two Cooper's Compasses, France, 18th and 19th century, one engraved "Hindermann" on the brass ferrule, the body with punched and carved decoration throughout and marked at the hinge joints "1738" on more ...

  • Three French Jabloir or Barrel Construction Planes

    Three French Jabloir or Barrel Construction Planes

    Lot: 341
    Unsold  

    Three French Jabloir or Barrel Construction Planes, 19th century, various wood planes with stationary fence and mortised arm with cutting or marking iron, lg. 8 to 16 in. Provenance: The property more ...

  • 17th/18th Century Cooper's Axe

    17th/18th Century Cooper's Axe

    Lot: 342
    Sold for: $738$600

    17th/18th Century Cooper's Axe, single-edge wrought iron blade marked "Bouher a Epanne," with fruitwood handle, lg. 24 in. Provenance: The property of Laurent Adamowicz. more ...

  • Four Cask or Barrel Volume Measurers

    Four Cask or Barrel Volume Measurers

    Lot: 343
    Sold for: $123$100

    Four Cask or Barrel Volume Measurers, 19th/20th century, three ring-handled shafts with scales and maker's marks, and a boxwood and brass measurer marked "Customs & more ...

  • Early Nautical Wrought Iron and Brass Pulley

    Early Nautical Wrought Iron and Brass Pulley

    Lot: 344
    Sold for: $400$325

    Early Nautical Wrought Iron and Brass Pulley, Europe, mahogany body with wrought iron decorated hinged hook above the offset encased brass pulleys, ht. 19 1/2 in. Provenance: The property of more ...

  • Boatbuilder's Gouge

    Boatbuilder's Gouge

    Lot: 345
    Sold for: $154$125

    Boatbuilder's Gouge, Scandinavia, 18th/19th century, wrought iron shaft with heart and tree symbol terminating in a 1/2-in. gouge, lg. 30 1/2 in. Literature: Codes & Symbols of European Tools, more ...

  • Five Boatbuilder's Chisels or Slicks

    Five Boatbuilder's Chisels or Slicks

    Lot: 346
    Sold for: $584$475

    Five Boatbuilder's Chisels or Slicks, Europe, 18th/19th century, iron or steel blades each with touchmarks, turned wooden handles with brass or steel ferrules, lg. 18 to 29 in. Provenance: The more ...

  • Boatbuilder's Combination Square

    Boatbuilder's Combination Square

    Lot: 347
    Sold for: $615$500

    Boatbuilder's Combination Square, Edwin Craven, Hull, United Kingdom, index arm marked "Edwin Craven Maker Hull/No. 102," with adjustable bubble level, and scale engraved "Diameter of Propeller," more ...

  • Three Wooden Fids

    Three Wooden Fids

    Lot: 348
    Sold for: $74$60

    Three Wooden Fids, Europe, 19th century, one with a finely chip-carved handle marked "J.T." Provenance: The property of Laurent Adamowicz. more ...

  • Six Sailmaker's Tools

    Six Sailmaker's Tools

    Lot: 349
    Sold for: $246$200

    Six Sailmaker's Tools, 19th century, a steel needle marked "810-5444 SF TA 1872"; four fids, two Lignum vitae; and a turned wood handle and steel needle, lg. 9 to 18 in. Provenance: The property more ...

  • 19th Century French Customs Fishing Net Gauge

    19th Century French Customs Fishing Net Gauge

    Lot: 350
    Sold for: $338$275

    19th Century French Customs Fishing Net Gauge, pyramidal wood gauge with simple turned handle and scale markings on each side, lg. 5 1/2 in. Provenance: The property of Laurent Adamowicz. more ...

  • Two Sailmaker's Whalebone and Mahogany Seam Rubbers

    Two Sailmaker's Whalebone and Mahogany Seam Rubbers

    Lot: 351
    Sold for: $1,046$850

    Two Sailmaker's Whalebone and Mahogany Seam Rubbers, United Kingdom, 19th century, a bone example with tapered carved end reading "SMR and FH 1826," and a mahogany example with handle carved with more ...

  • Late 17th Century Boxed Coin Balance or Assayer's Scale

    Late 17th Century Boxed Coin Balance or Assayer's Scale

    Lot: 352
    Unsold  

    Late 17th Century Boxed Coin Balance or Assayer's Scale, Pierre-Louis Rogon, France, c. 1683, fitted fruitwood case with snipe hinges, with underside reading in script "P Rogon Andre le fran Rue more ...

  • Group of Scales and Weights

    Group of Scales and Weights

    Lot: 353
    Sold for: $215$175

    Group of Scales and Weights, three brass elephant-form weights, a postal scale, an assayer's scale with carved wood case, a brass box with applied tool decoration, and two other scales. more ...

  • 18th Century Roman Scale or Steelyard

    18th Century Roman Scale or Steelyard

    Lot: 354
    Sold for: $111$90

    18th Century Roman Scale or Steelyard, floral-decorated beam, counterweight with inspection dates: 1740, 1743, 1748, 1755, 1756, 1772, and 1778, and marked "GMBF/CB/C+B/M," with braided chains, beam more ...

  • Roman Scale or Steelyard

    Roman Scale or Steelyard

    Lot: 355
    Sold for: $25$20

    Roman Scale or Steelyard, steel beam and chains, with brass counterweight, lg. 32 in. Provenance: The property of Laurent Adamowicz. more ...

  • Scandinavian Weighing Arm

    Scandinavian Weighing Arm

    Lot: 356
    Sold for: $62$50

    Scandinavian Weighing Arm, 18th century, iron hook attached to the tapered shaft with graduated brass pins, turned head with various inspection dates, lg. 29 1/2 in. Provenance: The property of more ...

  • Two Early Thread-making Dies or Die Boxes

    Two Early Thread-making Dies or Die Boxes

    Lot: 357
    Sold for: $461$375

    Two Early Thread-making Dies or Die Boxes, Europe, 17th and 18th century, a small rectangular example with chip-carved edges and dated "1681" in an oval die with turned concentric circles on both more ...

  • Three Screw Boxes and Taps

    Three Screw Boxes and Taps

    Lot: 358
    Sold for: $554$450

    Three Screw Boxes and Taps, France, fruitwood-handled no. 6 marked "Bergeron a Paris," no. 8 marked "a Paris," and a kingwood-handled tool with brass die body. Provenance: The property of Laurent more ...

  • Five Woodworking Marking Gauges

    Five Woodworking Marking Gauges

    Lot: 359
    Sold for: $86$70

    Five Woodworking Marking Gauges, probably Europe, 19th century, various woods with different length beams and cutters, lg. 8 1/2 to 13 in. Provenance: The property of Laurent Adamowicz. more ...

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