JEWELLERY, DECORATIVE & FINE ARTS AUCTION Tuesday, 17 February 2026 / 10:00 am start
A good c. brass universal equinoctial ring dial, English,
Realised: $1,800 plus premium
Lot Details
late 17thC, single pin-hole gnomon, with calendar and zodiacal scales, the outer ring calibrated 0-90-0-90-0 degrees, hours engraved in Roman numerals. Dia.155mm. With description card noting: 'For a similar dial see pp.193 of Encyclopaedia of Antique Instruments. (The suspension ring has been replaced)'. Provenance: Purchased from Trever Phillips 1987.
Other items you may like from this sale
An 18th/19thC equinoctial sun dial by Pizzala of 19 Hatton Gardens London,
Estimate: $800 - $1,600
A Victorian brass sextant by Henry b Hughes and Sons,
Estimate: $460 - $800
A Victorian leather cased green card prismatic compass,
Estimate: $200 - $400
An early 20thC Heath & Co 'Hezzanith' London brass ship's gimbal stick barometer,
Estimate: $600 - $1,200
A Victorian c.1890 marine chronometer by J Bruce and Sons
Estimate: $1,800 - $3,000
A c.1900 Griffin of London brass Dip Circle,
Estimate: $300 - $600
A late Victorian Royal Navy pattern 20 patent binnacle with liquid boat compass,
Estimate: $2,000 - $4,000
A late 19thC French brass cased carriage clock,
Estimate: $400 - $800
An antique quintant navigational instrument by Henry Hughes of London,
Estimate: $600 - $1,000
A George II bracket clock,
Estimate: $800 - $1,400
A Victorian c.1875 James How dip-circle,
Estimate: $600 - $1,000
A late Victorian brass cased ship's clock,
Estimate: $300 - $600
A 19thC oak long case clock,
Estimate: $500 - $1,000
An old Heath & Co. London ship's binnacle compass,
Estimate: $600 - $1,000
An Early 19thC shagreen cased drawing instrument set,
Estimate: $600 - $1,200
A c.1900 S.P. Cohen Glasgow brass pocket telescope,
Estimate: $140 - $280
A Victorian 18ct yellow gold double snake ring,
Estimate: $1,300 - $2,000
An 18ct white gold and aquamarine ring,
Estimate: $2,300 - $3,000
A late 19thC dry card compass by Lord Kelvin of Glasgow,
Estimate: $300 - $600
A 19thC French grande sonnerie carriage clock,
Estimate: $1,500 - $2,000
