Antique Heath Hezzanith Marine Sextant
HEATH HEZZANITH QUINTANT – SEXTANT DISPLAY READY Presented is a earlier polished, bell shaped, bronze frame, platinum arc, antique quintant with the maker’s plate of Heath Hezzanith at the bottom of the index arm. The instrument was made by the British instrument maker, Heath, & Co., LTD, New […]
Rare C. Plath Premium Quintant – Sextant 1928 Mint
RARE C. Plath 1928 PREMIUM QUINTANT/SEXTANT Presented is a high quality C. Plath, bronze frame, quintant in exceptional condition having most of its varnish and midnight black lacquer coating. Its original certificate was issued by the Deutsche Seewarte in 1928 and matches its serial number, 11511. The certificate translation says is should be […]
Antique HUGHES Double Frame Quintant-Sextant
IMPORTANT ANTIQUE H. HUGHES & SON DOUBLE FRAME QUINTANT/SEXTANT Ca 1890 Copyright 2011 by Land And Sea Collection™, All Rights Reserved PRESENTED is a fine late 19th C. mariner’s double frame quintant with graduated “Platina“ (platinum) arc and gold vernier, and brass frame and fittings. Engraved at mid-center of the arc at the bottom is “Henry Hughes & Son, 59 Fenchurch […]
Antinque Sextant-Octant E. & G.W. Blunt Ca 1850
AMERICAN ANTIQUE OCTANT-SEXTANT Ca 1850 E. & G. W. BLUNT PRESENTED is a mid 19th Century “E. & G.W. BLUNT” antique sextant with ebony frame, ivory graduated arc and vernier, and bronze machinery that is in remarkable condition, with a wonderful patina of age. The arc measures from – 5 to plus 105 degrees.This carefully crafted instrument has a brass index arm with […]
Admiral Gago Coutinho C. Plath Sextant
FAMOUS ADMIRAL GAGO COUTINHO SEXTANT We are the premier source for all versions of Plath’s rarest sextants and have sourced and sold more unusual C. Plath sextants than anyone in the world! Presented is Serial Number 14401, a pristine example originally made to Admiral Gago Cutinho’s design as an aircraft bubble sextant. The sextant was introduced by Theodore Plath at the Berlin Airshow of 1930 under license from the […]
Rare JONES – GRAY Antique Ebony Frame Sextant Ca 1830
ANTIQUE SEXTANT JONES & GRAY LIVERPOOL Ca 1830 Sorry there is No Case! PRESENTED is an unusual and rare Jones & Gray, Liverpool 19th Century mariner’s sextant with ebony frame. ivory graduated arc and vernier, and bronze fittings. The arc measures from – 5 to plus 105 degrees. This two upright frame instrument has a brass index arm measuring 11 3/4 inches […]
Antique Brass Frame Sextant Van Der Feeld Antwerp Ca 1880
DUTCH OR BELGIUM BRASS FRAME SEXTANT, Ca 1880 By L. VAN DER FEEDL ANTWERP Presented is “T frame” brass frame antique sextant with platinum arc, now about 130 years old. The signature on the lower arc is difficult to read, but we interpret it as “L. Van Der Feedl, Antwerp. Our research can not pin down the […]
Antique Quintant/Sextant Spencer Browning CoCa 1840
IMPORTANT ANTIQUE SPENCER~BROWNING & Co., RARE QUINTANT – SEXTANT Ca 1840 Copyright 2010 by Land And Sea Collection™, All Rights Reserved PRESENTED is a fine fine 19th C. mariner’s brass frame quintant reading to 155° along a graduated arc with vernier, and brass fittings. Engraved at mid-center of the arc at the bottom, and barely legible, is “Spencer Browning & […]
Octant Anchor Imprint Advanced Features Ca 1780
ADVANCED LATE PERIOD OCTANT ANCHOR IMPRINT & TELESCOPE Ca 1780 PRESENTED is a mariner’s octant fitted with a telescope and a handsome handle which is a rare embellishment on octants of this design and period. It has an imprint of a partial anchor on the arc between 45°; and 50° and likely dates to the last half of the 18th C. The most […]
Antique Heath HezzenithQuintant – Sextant Collector Quality
IMPORTANT HEATH HEZZANITH MK I QUINTANT – SEXTANT 3 SPECIAL TELESCOPES Presented is an early bronze frame, platinum arc, antique quintant with no marks to identify the maker. However, its design is clearly that of a Heath Hezzanith instrument made by the British instrument maker, Heath, & Co., LTD, New Eltham, London. In this case, it is one […]
