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Catalogue of fine scientific instruments: comprising a Japanese 4-draw telescope, an early 18th century surveyor's level, by Thomas Heath, a rare early Marshall microscope, an eight-day marine chronometer, by Charles Frodsham, and ivory pillar dial for the Italian hours, dated 1573, silver 'Butterfield' dials, by Michael Butterfield and Nicolas Bion, ivory diptych dials, microscopes, pocket globes and universal equatorial sun dials ; and watches and table clocks, comprising early quarter-repeating verge watch, a Scandinavian silver-cased chaise watch, signed Peder Nottestad, Christiania, a four-train verge chaise watch, signed Sebastian Bauman, a gold pair-cased half-quarter repeating cylinder watch, by Thomas Grignion -- gold and enamel cased watches and chatelaines, Breguet no. 2183, a quarter repeating ruby cylinder, a sixteenth century circular table clock with the inscription Pierre Avvray, and a late sixteenth century tabernacle clock

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Corporate Author Sotheby's (Firm)
Title Catalogue of fine scientific instruments : comprising a Japanese 4-draw telescope, an early 18th century surveyor's level, by Thomas Heath, a rare early Marshall microscope, an eight-day marine chronometer, by Charles Frodsham, and ivory pillar dial for the Italian hours, dated 1573, silver 'Butterfield' dials, by Michael Butterfield and Nicolas Bion, ivory diptych dials, microscopes, pocket globes and universal equatorial sun dials ; and watches and table clocks, comprising early quarter-repeating verge watch, a Scandinavian silver-cased chaise watch, signed Peder Nottestad, Christiania, a four-train verge chaise watch, signed Sebastian Bauman, a gold pair-cased half-quarter repeating cylinder watch, by Thomas Grignion -- gold and enamel cased watches and chatelaines, Breguet no. 2183, a quarter repeating ruby cylinder, a sixteenth century circular table clock with the inscription Pierre Avvray, and a late sixteenth century tabernacle clock
Publisher London : Sotheby & Co., 1968
Physical desc. 34 pages, [11] pages of plates ; illustrations ; 25 cm.
Note 25/06/1968
Including property of: H.H. the Prince De Ligne, Sir Ewan MacPherson-Grant, and the late Sir A. Chester Beatty.
Annotated between pages 16 and 29 (lots 49 to 87), 'The Property of the late Sir A. Chester Beatty', with a bookmark slip at page 16.
Date & place of sale Tuesday 25 June 1968, London
Person as subject Beatty, Alfred Chester -- Sir -- 1875-1968 -- Scientific apparatus collections -- Catalogs
Beatty, Alfred Chester -- Sir -- 1875-1968 -- Clocks and watches -- Private collections -- Catalogs
Ligne, Charles Joseph -- Prince de -- 1735-1814 -- Scientific apparatus collections -- Catalogs
Macpherson-Grant, Ewan -- Scientific apparatus collections -- Catalogs
Subject Scientific apparatus and instruments -- Catalogs
Clocks and watches -- Catalogs
Clocks and watches -- Private collections -- Catalogs
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10013543 Box 8
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