Troughton & Simms Double Frame Pilar Sextant
TROUGHTON & SIMMS – LONDON Double Frame, Pillar, Quintant – Sextant Presentation Grade High Quality TROUGHTON & SIMMS were the best of the English instrument makers. This is perfect for a collection of only the finest nautical antiques or as an important gift Copyright 2014 by Land And Sea Collection™ All Rights Reserved PRESENTED is an instrument […]
Original Troughton – Simms London
TROUGHTON & SIMMS were the best of the English instrument makers. This instrument dates from their partnership and belongs in a collection of fine nautical antiques or as an important gift PRESENTED is a large size double frame quintant or sextant that was made by Troughton & Simms – London, and carries serial number 2964 on its center limb. The […]
Antique David Stalker Twin Column Ebony Sextant
ANTIQUE DAVID STALKER SEXTANT RARE TWIN COLUMN EBONY FRAME Fan shaped Case! PRESENTED is a very rare design using two vertical braces (columns) in the Ebony frame rather than the single center brace which was almost universally adopted. It was made by David Stalker of Leith and has his perfect label on the inside of the cover. The design […]
Antique Polished Brass Presentation Sextant Ca 1870
CHADBURN & Son – LIVERPOOL An Exceptional Polished Brass Quintant – Sextant Ca 1870 A Presentation Quality Gift or for an Important Collection Copyright PRESENTED is the finest antique brass frame quintant, i.e. larger, 144° arc sextant, that we have had the pleasure to offer for sale. In our opinion, it exceeds the […]
Spencer Browning Presentation Brass Frame Sextant Ca 1860
SPENCER~BROWNING & Co., Ca 1860 An Early Brass Quintant – Sextant For a Quality Gift or Collection Copyright 2013 by Land And Sea Collection™, All Rights Reserved PRESENTED is a very rare Mid 19th Century brass, Plum shaped frame quintant reading to 150° along a graduated platinum arc with vernier, and brass fittings. […]
Rare Antique 3 Ring C. Plath Quintant-Sextant Ca 1913
Rare C. Plath Early 20th Cent THREE CIRCLE (Dreikreis) SEXTANT/QUINTANT Rare three circle quintant by C. Plath, Hamburg, Ca 1912 Presented is an antique quintant, meaning a sextant having a range of 144°, or an arc of 72°. It was made by C. Plath of Hamburg, Germany, shortly after the Turn of the 20th Century. It has one […]
Spencer Browning Co.<br< Presentation Octant Sextant Ca 1850
EARLY SPENCER~BROWNING & Co., Ca 1850 Rare Brass Quintant – Sextant For a Quality Display Copyright 2012 by Land And Sea Collection™, All Rights Reserved PRESENTED is a very rare Mid 19th Century brass, ladder frame quintant reading to 155° along a graduated arc with vernier, and brass fittings. Engraved at mid-center at the bottom of the arc in early Copper Plate […]
Spencer Barrett Sextant
RARE 19TH Century SPENCER BARRETT SEXTANT By Rare British Maker Presented for only the second time in the last eight years, we are able to offer an ebony frame, ivory arc, antique sextant made by the high quality limited producer British maker, Spencer Barrett & Co. of London. It dates from the 1840 […]
Navy MK I Quintant /Sextant Presentation Grade Ca 1916
U.S. NAVY MK I QUINTANT/SEXTANT WORLD WAR ONE ERA Presentation Quality! Presented is a World War One instrument made by Brandis & Sons, Inc., for the U.S. Navy. The Brandis serial number 3331, is stamped at the forward edge of the engraved silver insert on the arc, and U.S. Navy and the Naval Observatory cartouche and number 1421 signifying that it […]
Earliest C. Plath Bronze Frame Sextant – Quintant Discovered
EARLIEST Carl Plath, Hamburg BRONZE FRAME QUINTANT/SEXTANT OLDEST KNOWN Presentation Grade Quality! Discovered is the earliest C. Plath, bronze frame, quintant we have ever heard of with a Serial Number of 4370 that is stamped on both its arc and on the instrument’s case. It is 1689 serial numbers earlier than the […]
