470
471
472
SETH THOMAS US MARITIME COMMISSION SHIP’S RADIO ROOM CLOCK, MID 20TH CENTURY
SETH THOMAS ‘MAYFLOWER 3’ BRASS MARINE MANTEL CLOCK, C.1950
ENGLISH EBONY SEXTANT, L SIMON, SOUTH SHIELDS, EARLY 19TH CENTURY
8-day movement with ‘ship’s bell’ striking on a gong, mounted on mahogany base, 8.5 x 10.5 in — 21.6 x 26.7 cm
wtih bronze furniture and ivory vernier and maker’s label, radial diameter 13 in — 33 cm
the silvered dial with secondary GMT hour hand and orange radial ‘radio silence’ indicators, and outer ring indicating four second alarm intervals, in a turned brass case with screw down bezel, diameter 7.5 in — 19.1 cm
$150—250
$150—250
$200—300
473
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475
CASED BRASS SHIP’S COMPASS, E.S. RITCHIE, BOSTON, C.1925
WWII BRITISH NAVAL OFFICER OF THE WATCH TELELSCOPE, W. OTTWAY & CO. LTD., LONDON, 1944
GERMAN MARINE BRASS BAROMETER AND A COMFORT METER, WEMPE, HAMBURG, 1985
serial no. 6480, single draw with woven and braided cord wrap, extended height 19.1 in — 48.5 cm
two instruments, the second with thermometer and hygrometer, largest diameter 6.75 in — 17.1 cm
$100—150
$200—300
gimbal frame with impressed makers mark and serial no. 27216,, 7 x 15.25 x 15.25 in — 17.8 x 38.7 x 38.7 cm Provenance: Originally mounted on Lieutenant Governor Louis Orville Breithaupt’s bridge deck cruiser, the Argosy’. $400—600