COLLECTION of an ENGLISH GENTLEMAN
Thursday, 8 - Tuesday, 20 May 2025
A 19thC Smith Beck & Beck of London brass binocular cased microscope, engraved maker's name to one tube and numbered 3420, multiple adjusting wheels, the original mahogany box fitted with eight lenses and other parts. H.385mm.
A Victorian mahogany and brass field microscope, of box type construction with adjustable hinged flap sides, rise and fall brass viewer, internal mirror and drawer containing assorted instruments and tools. 480 x 130 x 160mm. Provenance: The Jack Thornton estate collection.
An Ed. Messter of Berlin lacquered brass compound microscope, rectangular horseshoe base, slotted pillar, tubular limb with triangular rod, topped by fine adjuster. Substage lens, iris diaphragm and double mirror. Body tube with double milled head pinion, triple objective lens swivel cluster. Signed and dated 1894 under the base. Provenance: ex The Jack Thornton estate collection.
A pair of Gascoigne Chesterfield tub chairs, upholstered in burgundy leather with button-backs. 1100 x 940 x 760mm. Handmade by Gascoigne Leather Centre - an Australian furniture company.
Estimate: $600 - $1,400
A WW2 German military barograph, in mahogany case with three glazed panels, the cover with small plaque engraved with a swastika above 'M' above '2745', the front with plaque engraved 'Presented by Lieut. Comdr S.C. Bradley RNR'. 285 x 140 x 165mm. Provenance: ex The Jack Thornton estate collection.
Dame Louise Henderson (1902-94) Pihia Tourists III', crayon and graphite on paper, dated 1993, certificate and provenance on reverse. 260 x 170mm.
An early 20thC Edison wax roll 'Fireside Phonograph', in original oak case with domed hinged lid. Side wide handle operating, holding charge, apparently working, with maker's name plate with model details. The original red and gilt painted tin octagonal horn with Edison decal.
Original vintage Kensington destination bus blind, an eight-metre paper roll comprising multiple joined 500mm sheets screen-printed with destination names and route numbers. Destinations are also printed in black to back. Printed by McKenna Brothers and stamped Sutton NW. B/M DMS VEH. Minor marks and tears commensurate with age. 1.84 x 8 Metres.
A Gascoigne 'Charles' Chesterfield three-seater sofa, upholstered in burgundy leather. 2140 x 900 x 750mm. Handmade by Gascoigne Leather Centre - an Australian furniture company.
Estimate: $600 - $1,600
A Gascoigne 'Charles' Chesterfield three-seater sofa, upholstered in burgundy leather. 2140 x 900 x 750mm. Handmade by Gascoigne Leather Centre - an Australian furniture company.
Estimate: $600 - $1,600
A Mountbatten-style leather buttoned-back swivel chair, in dark brown leather and mahogany. 650 x 480 x 1140mm
Estimate: $300 - $800
A boxed Moorcroft jug, Iris pattern, designed by Rachael Bishop c.1996 for the Moorcroft Collectors Club, shape JU3, 1951. H.240mm
Peggy Spicer (1908-1984) 'St Stephens Chapel and view of the Waitemata Harbour', watercolour, signed and dated 1978. 365 x 520mm
