Thumb Stocks/Thumb Screw Illusion. London: Davenports, ca. 1940. No matter how tightly the hardwood stocks are screwed down on his thumbs, the performer easily escapes. 4 x 2 ”. Very good.
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2016-04-09
Troughton & Simms Brass Pocket Sextant, London, c. 1850, 2 3/4 in. dia. brass case with screw fit cover inscribed Awarded to Gent. Cadet James Read more…
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2011-07-16
J. Hughes 10-inch Ebony Octant, London, with brass arm, bone scale calibrated 0-100 with thumb screw vernier, maker's plate engraved J. Hughes. London , three Read more…
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2011-07-16
Ebony Octant in a Paint-decorated Box, Spencer Browning & Company, London, 19th century, with brass sliding index arm, bone scale divided 0-105, vernier scale indexed Read more…
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2012-08-11
Octant in a Gray-painted Wood Box, Wilkinson & Sons, London, 19th century, ebony octant with brass sliding index arm, bone scale divided 0-99, vernier scale Read more…
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2012-08-11
R. & J. Beck Brass Binocular Microscope, No. 9366, London, c. 1855, tripod base with one leg marked R.&J. Beck, London & Philadelphia, rack focus Read more…
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2012-06-02
Spencer Barrett & Co. Ebony Octant, London, 11-in. radius with bone maker's plaque marked Spencer Barrett & Co., London , scale calibrated 0-105, brass index Read more…
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2012-06-02
J. Swift & Son Brass Compound Microscope, London, with U base marked J. Swift & Son London , thumb screw adjustment rack focus, three lens Read more…
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2011-07-16
Two Brass Pocket Transits, including on example marked Stanley London , the other marked F. Barker & Son Makers London 1917 , both with calibrated Read more…
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2011-07-16
10-inch Radius Ebony Octant by Spencer & Company, London, with bone maker's plaque marked Spencer & Co. London , scale calibrated 0-105, brass index arm Read more…
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2010-11-20
Pocket Microscope by M. Pillischer, London, No. 76, with eyepiece on a brass limb marked N. 76. and height adjusted focus by knurled thumb screw Read more…
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2010-05-01
