Antique 3 Ring (Dreikreis) C. Plath Quintant/ Sextant Rare
Very Rare C. Plath Early 20th Cent THREE CIRCLE (Dreikreis) QUINTANT/SEXTANT Rare three circle quintant by C. Plath, Hamburg, Ca 1900 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, around the Turn of the 20th Century. It […]
Important American Antique Sextant BLUNT Ca 1855
IMPORTANT AMERICAN ANTIQUE SEXTANT E. & G. W. BLUNT Ca 1855 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 “Like New” condition. We have never seen an instrument of this age so carefully preserved that it may have come […]
Antique Sextant Folk Art American Eagle Crossed Flags
IMPORTANT SEXTANT WITH FOLK ART AMERICAN EAGLE CROSSED FLAGS Presented is an ebony frame, ivory arc, antique sextant made by the English instrument maker, F. Stopponi of Red Street, Holborn, London and sold in this country by Charles Taber & Co. New Bedford. The sextant is in excellent original condition, but what sets it apart […]
Historic Hilgendorf ~ C. Plath Night Sextant 1896
VERY RARE C. PLATH HILGENDORF SEXTANT Ca 1896 Presented is an antique “NACHTBEOBACHTUNGEN” (NIGHT) sextant, Hamburg, Germany at the turn of the 19th Century. It is a very rare instrument that was conceived by Kaptain Robert Hilgendorf, (1852-1937) Master of the Flying P Line’s five-masted bark POTOSI, at the time of its design. It was specifically for night observations. On October 26, 1896, […]
Antique Early Spencer Browning ~ Samuel Thaxter Sextant
SUPERB EARLY SPENCER BROWNING ~ SAMUEL THAXTER Ca1840 SEXTANT Presented is a museum quality, a term we don’t use lightly, ebony frame, ivory arc, antique sextant with peep sight made by the well-known maker Spencer, Browning & Co. of London, Ca 1860. It is in remarkably original condition and has the label of Samuel Thaxter & Son, No. 125, […]
Antique Spencer Browning, J. Sewill Sextant 5 Stars
SPENCER BROWNING ~ SEWILL, LONDON SEXTANT, Ca 1870 Presented is a museum quality, a term we don’t use lightly, bronze frame, platinum arc, antique sextant with telescope made by the well known maker Spencer, Browning & Co. of London, Ca 1870. It is in remarkable original condition and has the label of J. Sewill, Chronometer, watch & Nautical Instrument Maker, […]
American Whaling Captain’s Antique Sextant
See our current inventory of Antique sextants and octants here https://landandseacollection.com/id320.html HISTORIC ANTIQUE QINTANT SEXTANT, Ca 1880 CAPT Joseph Fuller (1839-1920) Whaler “Pilot’s Bride” Copyright 2007 by Land And Sea Collection, All Rights Reserved PRESENTED is an exceptional late 19th Century mariner’s tulip frame quintant with rare ivory arc and vernier. It is without any other markings. A signed paper which […]
Antique English Presentation Sextant Mid 19th Century
RARE 19TH Cent PRESENTATION SEXTANT – COMPLETE Presented is an ebony frame, ivory arc, antique sextant by a little known British instrument maker, Lewis Woolf of Liverpool, and sold in this country by H. Duren, a dealer in nautical instruments at 39 Burling Slip, New York, N.Y. This location is part of what is now the South Street Seaport Museum area of […]
Antique Spencer Browning Double Frame Pillar Sextant
IMPORTANT ANTIQUE SPENCER~BROWNING & Co DOUBLE FRAME QUINTANT / SEXTANTCa 1839 Copyright 2009 by Land And Sea Collection, All Rights Reserved PRESENTED is a fine late 19th C. mariner’s double frame quintant with graduated arc and vernier, and bronze fittings. Engraved at mid-center of the arc at the bottom is “Spencer Browning & Co. London”, one of England’s foremost instrument […]
Antique Spencer Browning Sextant, Scope & Label
See our current inventory of Antique sextants and ocatants here https://landandseacollection.com/id320.html OUTSTANDING MID19TH Cent SEXTANT WITH EXCELLENT PEDIGREE Presented is an ebony frame, ivory arc, antique sextant made by the well known maker Spencer, Browning & Co. of London, Ca 1860. It is in outstanding original condition and has the well known instrument seller’s label of John Kehew […]
