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Unique proof Arnold & Dent trade card, c.1830

This is apparently the sole surviving example of Arnold & Dent’s c.1830 trade card, featuring information on their award of £3,000 from the Board of Longitude, and an unusually detailed text that reprints a letter from the Astronomer Royal commending the firm’s No.114 chronometer and giving the results of a ‘Public Trial’. The report ends “This is superior to any yet tried by Order of The Lords of the Admiralty.” The dates of the trial are 1828 and 1829, Read More...

A vaginal bone syringe C 1800

A vaginal bone syringe  used for inserting medicinal ointment. Great Britain, c 1800. Length 11 cm. Read More...

three silver male catheters with solid end.

three silver male catheters with solid end without pluggers. Length 26 cm. Read More...

Listers Bougies from Crichton Royal Instruments

A cased Listers Bougies from Crichton Royal Instruments 1894 with 8 Bougies ( 2,0 till 11) signed by Young Edinburgh. The inside side of the box is signed by Gardner – Edinburgh. C 1890 Measurements 33 x 10 x 3,5. Read More...

Silver children’s catheter, male (plugger is missing). Length 17 cm.

Silver children’s catheter, male (plugger is missing). Length 17 cm. Read More...

Male dilatator by J Stevens & Son, London.

Male dilatator by J Stevens & Son, London. Nr. 10. Read More...

three Hey’s Groves catheters

A set of three Hey’s Groves catheters with mount for rubber tubing (reversed tubing. 8 removable bulb (1 is missing ) with different size.  Read More...

A silver Fenwick’s catheter guide.

A silver Fenwick’s catheter guide with open end. Length 25 cm. Read More...

Cased Set of Sand timers by Collingwood & Son for Barnes Welch & Barnes Auctioneers

For sale, an early Twentieth Century set of sand timers in leather case by Collingwood & Son of Middlesborough. This very unusual set consists of three glass sand timers filled with red sand, two of which measure thirty seconds and a third measuring forty five seconds. All three are presented in a fitted case with push catch opener, black velvet and silk interior and a leather covered exterior with gilt tooling to the edges and the name of the owner to Read More...

TWO SCARCE EARLY WORKS ON THE MAGIC LANTERN

Two scarce early books on the magic lantern: 1. [E.J. Wall?], The Magic Lantern: Its Construction and Use. By a Fellow of the Chemical Society (London: Perken, Son & Rayment, n.d. [c.1890]), pp. 140 [83–140 catalogue], [12 ads], testimonials to flyleaves. First edition in pictorial cloth; numerous woodcut illustrations, and a profusely illustrated catalogue for Perken, Son & Rayment to the rear, with an additional 12 pages further advertisements. The first edition is very scarce: COPAC lists only 6 copies. Read More...

Silver Lancet case scarifier bloodletting instrument 1837 by Hunter & Mason

Antique silver lancet case scarifier 1837 by HUNTER & MASON, in beautiful intact condition, case with English silver hallmarks, closes nicely with the button. Turtle handles in perfect condition case 60 X 30 X 8 mm. Will be well packaged and sent by registered mail Read More...

18th Century COIN SCALES

The scale is contained with a black japanned case with 3 weights Read More...