Important
Museum Quality Quintant
By Cary Of London
IMPORTANT MUSEUM QUALITY QUINTANT BY CARY OF LONDON Very High Quality Presentation Grade! Presented is a museum quality quintant by Cary of London. William Cary (c.1759-1825) had the prestige and good fortune of being an apprentice to one of the foremost names in sextant development and manufacture, Jesse Ramsden. William Cary became a prolific manufacturer […]
Famous “Women of Science” Maker
Janet Taylor
Early English Sextant
Ca 1830’s
FAMOUS “WOMEN OF SCIENCE” MAKER JANET TAYLOR EARLY ENGLISH SEXTANT CA 1830s PRESENTED is a very rare sextant that we believe can be attributed to Janet Taylor, one of only two women involved in the developing science of celestial navigation in the 19th century. This is an important instrument that will appeal to those familiar […]
Henry Hughes & Son
Double Frame Brass
Quintant-Sextant
TROUGHTON & SIMMS Double Frame Quintant – Sextant ORIGINAL MIDNIGHT BLACK FACTORY FINISH TROUGHTON & SIMMS and Henry Hughes & Son were the best of the English Class A instrument makers. This high quality instrument has its original factory black finish. It belongs in a collection of fine nautical antiques or as an important gift PRESENTED is a rare double frame […]
Spencer Browning & Rust Sextant
Mid 19th Century
SPENCER BROWNING & RUST MID 19TH Cent SEXTANT MUSEUM DEACCESSION! Presented is an ebony frame, ivory arc, antique sextant made by the well known British maker Spencer, Browning & Rust. of London, who was in business until 1840.The instrument is in very good condition having all its hardware and missing only the small ivory plate on the back which was […]
Original
Troughton & Simms, London
Cased Miniature Sextant
PRESENTED is a miniature sextant by the exceptionally well known maker of navigation instruments, Edward Troughton & William Simms of London.
Important
Museum Quality Quintant/Sextant
by Whythe, Thomson & Co
Glasgow
Presented is a museum quality quintant by Whyte, Thomson & Co. of Glasgow,Scotland, probably produced mid to late 19th Century.
Carl Plath’s Earliest Bronze Frame Quintant / Sextant
Presented for the second time is the earliest C. Plath, bronze frame, quintant that we formerly sold to the president of a prestigious trade association. It was given to honor the accomplishments of the recipient.
Miniature Pocket Sextant
by Cary of London
Presented is a fine example of a pocket or box sextant by Cary of London. William Cary (c.1759-1825) had the prestige and good fortune of being an apprentice to one of the foremost names in sextant development and manufacture, Jesse Ramsden.
Famous Maker
JW Norie Wilson
Mid 19th Century Sextant
J. W. NORIE WILSON MID 19THN CENTURY SEXTANT PRESENTED is a very fine antique English sextant by a well known maker, Norie & Wilson, and with a rather unique feature. Almost all of the brass & bronze instruments have arcs with silver inserts. This one has an ivory arc insert. Ivory arc inserts were common […]
British Air Ministry
Henry Hughes & Son
Miniature Sextant
1941
BRITISH AIR MINISTRY Henry Hughes & Son Miniature Sextant 1941 An opportunity to own a very fine miniature sextant by Henry Hughes & Son, Ltd. dated 1941 with Serial No. 28125. PRESENTED is another gem of a micro-mini tiny sextant that has a radius of arc of only 3 1/2 inches, but has large size […]
