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SOLD Lot 1 - Original Cast Aluminium Hospital Sign for 'PATHOLOGICAL LABORATORY'

Original Cast Aluminium Hospital Sign for 'PATHOLOGICAL LABORATORY'

lot 1 (The Fine Collectors Sale, 9th Oct, 2024)

Original Cast Aluminium Hospital Sign for 'PATHOLOGICAL LABORATORY', with raised boarder and lettering, label to rear reads 'K. H. April 1994 from ... read more

Sold for £288    Result plus buyers premium More details 4  

SOLD Lot 2 - A Group of Spectacles

A Group of Spectacles

lot 2 (The Fine Collectors Sale, 9th Oct, 2024)

including: a pair of Georgian silver spectacles, oval lenses, C-bridge with sliding temples; a pair of early 19th Century straight steel spectacles, ... read more

Sold for £100    Result plus buyers premium More details 1  

SOLD Lot 3 - Four 19th Century Lorgnettes/Handheld Spectacles

Four 19th Century Lorgnettes/Handheld Spectacles

lot 3 (The Fine Collectors Sale, 9th Oct, 2024)

including: an English, Georgian folding, short-handled/semi-lorgnette, by Dolland, London, gold plated with appliqué decoration and circular lenses; ... read more

Sold for £325    Result plus buyers premium More details 1  

SOLD Lot 4 - A Group of Lorgnettes and Pince-Nez

A Group of Lorgnettes and Pince-Nez

lot 4 (The Fine Collectors Sale, 9th Oct, 2024)

including: a late 19th Century spring-loaded, folding semi-lorgnette with short tortoiseshell handle/guard (pieces missing) and oblong lenses; a ... read more

Sold for £112    Result plus buyers premium More details 2  

SOLD Lot 5 - A Pair of Georgian Silver Turn-Pin Spectacles

A Pair of Georgian Silver Turn-Pin Spectacles

lot 5 (The Fine Collectors Sale, 9th Oct, 2024)

John Parkes, Birmingham, 1835,with oval lenses, C-bridge, stamped on the sides ‘8’ and with lozenge containing initials ‘IS’, contained in a ... read more

Sold for £112    Result plus buyers premium More details 2  

SOLD Lot 6 - A Pair of Georgian Silver Turn-Pin Spectacles with Double Lenses

A Pair of Georgian Silver Turn-Pin Spectacles with Double Lenses

lot 6 (The Fine Collectors Sale, 9th Oct, 2024)

Maryann Holmes, London, 1826-1834, with double, tinted oval lenses, C-bridge, contained in shagreen covered case flip-top case with engraved silver ... read more

Sold for £225    Result plus buyers premium More details 2  

SOLD Lot 7 - A Pair of ‘Martin’s Margins’ Spectacles

A Pair of ‘Martin’s Margins’ Spectacles

lot 7 (The Fine Collectors Sale, 9th Oct, 2024)

English, mid/late 18th Century, steel, the circular lenses with horn inserts (one crack), C-bridge and short temples terminating with ring ends ... read more

Sold for £288    Result plus buyers premium More details 1  

SOLD Lot 8 - A Pair of ‘Martin’s Margins’ Spectacles

A Pair of ‘Martin’s Margins’ Spectacles

lot 8 (The Fine Collectors Sale, 9th Oct, 2024)

English, mid/late 18th Century, steel, the circular lenses with horn inserts and short temples terminating with large ring ends wrapped with cotton ... read more

Sold for £262    Result plus buyers premium More details 2  

SOLD Lot 9 - A Group of Spectacles

A Group of Spectacles

lot 9 (The Fine Collectors Sale, 9th Oct, 2024)

including, two pairs of 19th Century silver spectacles, unmarked, with oval lenses, C-bridges, telescopic temples, one possibly American stamped ... read more

Sold for £94    Result plus buyers premium More details 1  

SOLD Lot 10 - Two Victorian Folding Eyeglasses

Two Victorian Folding Eyeglasses

lot 10 (The Fine Collectors Sale, 9th Oct, 2024)

English, c. 1870-1880, tortoiseshell and horn, circular lenses, with hinged bridge to allow for folding, ring handle/attachment Provenance: from the ... read more

Sold for £125    Result plus buyers premium More details 1  

SOLD Lot 11 - Five Pairs of Late 19th/early 20th Century Pince-Nez

Five Pairs of Late 19th/early 20th Century Pince-Nez

lot 11 (The Fine Collectors Sale, 9th Oct, 2024)

including: two pairs of folding, C-bridge pince-nez, steel with amber and blue oval lenses; a pair of ‘astigmatic’ pince-nez, gold plated with oval ... read more

Sold for £112    Result plus buyers premium More details 1  

SOLD Lot 12 - Four Pairs of Late Victorian Spectacles with Coloured Lenses

Four Pairs of Late Victorian Spectacles with Coloured Lenses

lot 12 (The Fine Collectors Sale, 9th Oct, 2024)

including: a pair of D-spectacles, with double, D-shaped tinted lenses, plated metal, K-bridge and wire coil spring temples; a pair of green lens ... read more

Sold for £188    Result plus buyers premium More details 1  

SOLD Lot 13 - Four Pairs of 19th Century Spectacles with Blue and Green Lenses

Four Pairs of 19th Century Spectacles with Blue and Green Lenses

lot 13 (The Fine Collectors Sale, 9th Oct, 2024)

including: a pair of English silver spectacles, Thomas Millington, Birmingham, 1827, with double oval lenses the front two clear, the side two green, ... read more

Sold for £200    Result plus buyers premium More details 1  

SOLD Lot 14 - Two Pairs of 18th Century Chinese Folding Spectacles

Two Pairs of 18th Century Chinese Folding Spectacles

lot 14 (The Fine Collectors Sale, 9th Oct, 2024)

the first, with brass frame, large circular lenses, central forehead rest and two holes either side of rims for ear-loop thread; the second, with ... read more

Sold for £62    Result plus buyers premium More details 1  

SOLD Lot 15 - Second World War Red Lens Anti-Aircraft Gunner’s Goggles

Second World War Red Lens Anti-Aircraft Gunner’s Goggles

lot 15 (The Fine Collectors Sale, 9th Oct, 2024)

by Welsh, Philadelphia America, plated metal, with large, circular red lenses, bridge stamped ‘WELSH’, folding fine wire mesh side protectors/visors ... read more

Sold for £150    Result plus buyers premium More details 1  

SOLD Lot 16 - Early/mid 20th Century Amber Lens Goggles

Early/mid 20th Century Amber Lens Goggles

lot 16 (The Fine Collectors Sale, 9th Oct, 2024)

stitched tan leather mask, large circular amber lenses with plated metal rims and elasticated head strap Note: Similar examples can be seen described ... read more

Sold for £100    Result plus buyers premium More details 1  

SOLD Lot 17 - Six Protective Spectacles/Goggles

Six Protective Spectacles/Goggles

lot 17 (The Fine Collectors Sale, 9th Oct, 2024)

including: mid 19th Century wire mesh goggles, with ‘pear-drop’-shaped eye cups, cloth bridge and thread head strap; mid 19th Century metal wire ... read more

Sold for £12    Result plus buyers premium More details 4  

A Pair of Mid 20th Century Recumbent Spectacles

lot 18 (The Fine Collectors Sale, 9th Oct, 2024)

gold plated, the oblong eyepieces to encased prism mirrors (for downward sight) on circular base with etched pattern and faux tortoiseshell rims, ... read more

Estimated at £80 - £120 More details 1  

SOLD Lot 19 - Late 20th Century German Shooting Spectacles

Late 20th Century German Shooting Spectacles

lot 19 (The Fine Collectors Sale, 9th Oct, 2024)

central nose rest, coil spring temples Provenance: from the estate of Wilf Lunn (1942–2023)who was a British inventor, Collector of all things ... read more

Sold for £25    Result plus buyers premium More details 1  

SOLD Lot 20 - Three Pairs of Snow Goggles

Three Pairs of Snow Goggles

lot 20 (The Fine Collectors Sale, 9th Oct, 2024)

including: a pair of bone goggles, possibly Inuit, narrow cut-out slits for eyes and a hole either side for head straps; a pair of carved wooden ... read more

Sold for £500    Result plus buyers premium More details 1  

SOLD Lot 21 - A Pair of Single-Wire 'Toy' Nose Spectacles

A Pair of Single-Wire 'Toy' Nose Spectacles

lot 21 (The Fine Collectors Sale, 9th Oct, 2024)

possibly German, possibly 19th Century, thin brass or copper wire, with oval lenses, contained in a spring top case; and another similar pair of nose ... read more

Sold for £112    Result plus buyers premium More details 1  

SOLD Lot 22 - Assorted Spectacle Cases

Assorted Spectacle Cases

lot 22 (The Fine Collectors Sale, 9th Oct, 2024)

including: a Victorian lacquered papier-mâché, frog-mouth case with raised decoration; a paper-covered, cardboard case with paper label ... read more

Sold for £88    Result plus buyers premium More details 1  

SOLD Lot 23 - A Pair of Early 20th Century Protective Spectacles

A Pair of Early 20th Century Protective Spectacles

lot 23 (The Fine Collectors Sale, 9th Oct, 2024)

possibly German, plated metal, with distinctive half Bristol and half clear circular lenses, K-bridge with leather cover (torn) and straight temples ... read more

Sold for £112    Result plus buyers premium More details 1  

SOLD Lot 24 - Nuremburg Magnifying Glasses

Nuremburg Magnifying Glasses

lot 24 (The Fine Collectors Sale, 9th Oct, 2024)

collection of 4 Nuremburg magnifying glasses including a large magnifier (6.8cm diameter) in a red card case, a smaller magnifier in a case with no ... read more

Sold for £325    Result plus buyers premium More details 4  

SOLD Lot 25 - Opticians Trial Set, Carl Zeiss Jens

Opticians Trial Set, Carl Zeiss Jens

lot 25 (The Fine Collectors Sale, 9th Oct, 2024)

German, c.1920, frame signed 'CARL ZEISS JENA Nr.40', oak case with tambour type door containing full set of opticians trial lenses, cabinet 51cm

Sold for £112    Result plus buyers premium More details 6  

SOLD Lot 26 - A Group of Spectacles

A Group of Spectacles

lot 26 (The Fine Collectors Sale, 9th Oct, 2024)

including: a pair of Georgian silver spectacles, London, with shaded oval lenses, C-bridge and turn-pin temples, contained in a leather-covered card ... read more

Sold for £106    Result plus buyers premium More details 1  

SOLD Lot 27 - An Ophthalmic Instrument and Dental Scaling Set

An Ophthalmic Instrument and Dental Scaling Set

lot 27 (The Fine Collectors Sale, 9th Oct, 2024)

English, 19th Century, by Savigny, steel with lignum vitae with ferrule handles, comprising a scissors, tweezers and six scalpels and needles, ... read more

Sold for £388    Result plus buyers premium More details 7  

Withdrawn

lot 28 (The Fine Collectors Sale, 9th Oct, 2024)

SOLD Lot 29 - A Surgical/Dental Drill Stock with Archimedes Screw Action

A Surgical/Dental Drill Stock with Archimedes Screw Action

lot 29 (The Fine Collectors Sale, 9th Oct, 2024)

late 19th Century, steel shank and bit, plated metal flywheel and turned ebony handles – 29cm. long Note: Previously bought at David Stanley Auctions (Qty: 1) ... read more

Sold for £250    Result plus buyers premium More details 2  

SOLD Lot 30 - Two Dental Chisels

Two Dental Chisels

lot 30 (The Fine Collectors Sale, 9th Oct, 2024)

the first, late 18th Century chisel, steel with turned fruitwood handle – 8.7cm. long; the second, possibly English, late 18th Century chisel, by (Qty: 2) ... read more

Sold for £138    Result plus buyers premium More details 2  

SOLD Lot 31 - A Group of Dental Pluggers and Elevators

A Group of Dental Pluggers and Elevators

lot 31 (The Fine Collectors Sale, 9th Oct, 2024)

including: ten, English, mid 19th Century, steel scalers, stamped with various maker’s including C.Ash & Sons England (7), Ash England (1), DM Co LD (Qty: 12) ... read more

Sold for £44    Result plus buyers premium More details 12  

SOLD Lot 32 - Dental Extractors

Dental Extractors

lot 32 (The Fine Collectors Sale, 9th Oct, 2024)

including: a late 18th/early 19th Century, tooth key or Clef de Garengeot, the steel shank with push mechanism to adjustable claw, with ebony handle (Qty: 5) ... read more

Sold for £688    Result plus buyers premium More details 2  

SOLD Lot 33 - A Chinese Chatelaine

A Chinese Chatelaine

lot 33 (The Fine Collectors Sale, 9th Oct, 2024)

Chinese, early 20th Century, low-grade silver, with simple chains to belt hook with small polychrome rectangular plaque and a central pierced 2 Jiao (Qty: 1) ... read more

Sold for £38    Result plus buyers premium More details 5  

SOLD Lot 34 - A Group of Introducers and Syringes

A Group of Introducers and Syringes

lot 34 (The Fine Collectors Sale, 9th Oct, 2024)

including: four British, late 19th Century/early 20th Century, treen ointment introducers, two by Maw, three boxwood and one ebony, with perforated (Qty: 6) ... read more

Sold for £50    Result plus buyers premium More details 3  

SOLD Lot 35 - Three Bullet Extractors

Three Bullet Extractors

lot 35 (The Fine Collectors Sale, 9th Oct, 2024)

including: a mid 19th Century, bullet extractor, plated metal with sliding shank to two adjustable claws studded on the interior for grip, with plain (Qty: 3) ... read more

Sold for £500    Result plus buyers premium More details 7  

SOLD Lot 36 - Urethral Instruments

Urethral Instruments

lot 36 (The Fine Collectors Sale, 9th Oct, 2024)

a French, mid 19th Century, Civiale’s lithotrite, by Charrière a Paris, steel and gilt-brass, with sliding action to shank, flat-ended proximal curve (Qty: 2) ... read more

Sold for £150    Result plus buyers premium More details 4  

SOLD Lot 37 - A Civale’s Lithotrite

A Civale’s Lithotrite

lot 37 (The Fine Collectors Sale, 9th Oct, 2024)

French, mid 19th Century, by Charrière a Paris, steel and gilt-brass, a sliding action to shank with graduated scale 0-25, flat-ended proximal curve (Qty: 1) ... read more

Sold for £50    Result plus buyers premium More details 3  

SOLD Lot 38 - Two Bistoury Cachés

Two Bistoury Cachés

lot 38 (The Fine Collectors Sale, 9th Oct, 2024)

the first, French, late 19th Century, by Mathieu a Paris, steel with gently curved shank and concealed blade, stamped with numbered demarcation lines (Qty: 2) ... read more

Sold for £175    Result plus buyers premium More details 3  

SOLD Lot 39 - Metacarpal Bow-Frame Saws

Metacarpal Bow-Frame Saws

lot 39 (The Fine Collectors Sale, 9th Oct, 2024)

including: an English, late 18th Century, a Benjamin Bell saw with steel frame and blade with screw adjustment, with octagonal ebony handle – 24cm. (Qty: 4) ... read more

Sold for £262    Result plus buyers premium More details 4  

SOLD Lot 40 - A  Group of Tenon Amputation Saws

A Group of Tenon Amputation Saws

lot 40 (The Fine Collectors Sale, 9th Oct, 2024)

including: a late 18th/early 19th Century, tenon saw with screw adjustable frame to articulated, cross-hatch ebony handle – 30cm. long; a Scottish, (Qty: 6) ... read more

Sold for £150    Result plus buyers premium More details 7  

SOLD Lot 41 - A Group of Surgical Finger Saws/Bistoury

A Group of Surgical Finger Saws/Bistoury

lot 41 (The Fine Collectors Sale, 9th Oct, 2024)

an English, late 18th Century, angled finger saw with hinged back, steel, by Matthews, with cross hatch, ebony handle – 22.5cm. long; an American, (Qty: 4) ... read more

Sold for £150    Result plus buyers premium More details 6  

SOLD Lot 42 - A Group of Surgical Instruments

A Group of Surgical Instruments

lot 42 (The Fine Collectors Sale, 9th Oct, 2024)

including: three English, mid-late 18th Century, Hey's double, serrated bladed skull saws, steel, stamped for makers Evans, Aitken and Weiss, two (Qty: 6) ... read more

Sold for £162    Result plus buyers premium More details 7  

SOLD Lot 43 - Chassaignac’s Chain Ecraseur

Chassaignac’s Chain Ecraseur

lot 43 (The Fine Collectors Sale, 9th Oct, 2024)

English, 1885-96, by C. Wright & Co, 108 New Bond St London, steel and plated metal frame with link chain, stamped  – 31.5cm. long; and a plated (Qty: 2) ... read more

Sold for £106    Result plus buyers premium More details 2  

SOLD Lot 44 - Two Cauteries

Two Cauteries

lot 44 (The Fine Collectors Sale, 9th Oct, 2024)

the first, French, late 19th Century, by Mathieu, steel with detachable shank and screw adjustment, with cross hatch, studded, ebony handle – 39cm. ... read more

Sold for £38    Result plus buyers premium More details 2  

SOLD Lot 45 - A Group of Surgical Instruments

A Group of Surgical Instruments

lot 45 (The Fine Collectors Sale, 9th Oct, 2024)

majority English, 19th Century, including: four English, 19th Century, aneurysm needles, by Wood, steel with octagonal ebony handles with ... read more

Sold for £212    Result plus buyers premium More details 24  

SOLD Lot 46 - A Miscellaneous Group of Surgical Instruments

A Miscellaneous Group of Surgical Instruments

lot 46 (The Fine Collectors Sale, 9th Oct, 2024)

including: 18th/19th Century, steel extracting or uterine dressing forceps, with proximal curve to the shank and fenestration to tips of jaws – (Qty: 10) ... read more

Sold for £250    Result plus buyers premium More details 20  

SOLD Lot 47 - A Dieulafoy Aspirator

A Dieulafoy Aspirator

lot 47 (The Fine Collectors Sale, 9th Oct, 2024)

French, c.1890, engraved 'Aspirateur Dieulafoy, Collin et Cie' with a retail engraving for 'Salt & Son Birmingham' the aspirator constructed of nicle ... read more

Sold for £188    Result plus buyers premium More details 6  

SOLD Lot 48 - A Large Bow-Frame Amputation Saw

A Large Bow-Frame Amputation Saw

lot 48 (The Fine Collectors Sale, 9th Oct, 2024)

possibly French, 18th Century, steel frame concave (possibly bent), blade with trefoil adjusting screw, with ebony handle – 46cm. long, 14cm. wide (Qty: 1) ... read more

Sold for £250    Result plus buyers premium More details 3  

SOLD Lot 49 - A Bow-Frame Amputation Saw

A Bow-Frame Amputation Saw

lot 49 (The Fine Collectors Sale, 9th Oct, 2024)

possibly Continental, 18th Century, the steel frame decorated at tip with bestial face, the blade (possibly replacement) with screw adjustment, with (Qty: 1) ... read more

Sold for £100    Result plus buyers premium More details 5  

SOLD Lot 50 - A Very Large Bow-Frame Saw

A Very Large Bow-Frame Saw

lot 50 (The Fine Collectors Sale, 9th Oct, 2024)

possibly Continental, 18th Century, with steel frame, the blade with large screw adjustment, with relatively small wood handle with brass ferrule (Qty: 1) ... read more

Sold for £88    Result plus buyers premium More details 3