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ANTIQUE SEXTANTS, OCTANTS & other NAUTICAL INSTRUMENTS for sale

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SEXTANTS

 

An antique nautical sextant with a “Tulip frame” in its fitted mahogany case, and signed on the arc by Bottomley, successor to Crichton, 11 Billiter St, London. This late 19th century sextant is also engraved on the arc with the name of it’s original(?) owner R.D.C.Brownlow. The ebony shaped handle on the reverse is sound and scale clamp is in good working order. The sextant comes with two telescopic sights – a pinhole sight and a wide angle day telescope. It has the original arsenic black lacquered finish, original mirrors and swinging scale microscope. The silver scale is calibrated -5 to 135 degrees. The sextant has two horizontal shades and three vertical shades, all in good order. The instrument and it's accessories are housed in the fitted mahogany carrying case which has brass hinges and latches. This sextant is a good example of the Victorian tulip framed model - £475  

 

 

 

NAUTICAL INSTRUMENTS

   

 

 

A large Air Ministry compass in it's original transit case - £125

 

 

 

 

 

SPARES

Mirrors, filters, and other "breakables" available for Huson type sextants circa WWII.

 

 

last updated 11/05/2010

 

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