WHYTE'S THE ECLECTIC COLLECTOR 5 MAY 2018

Watches, Clocks & Instruments THE ECLECTIC COLLECTOR · 5 MAY 2018 AT 11AM 405 19th century Irish sundial, by Mason, Dublin. An early 19th century brass octagonal sundial, the scrolled gnomon centred on a finely engraved compass rose within a chapter ring with Roman numerals, signed ‘Mason, Dublin’. Set on a polished black limestone columnar plinth. 42 by 13in. (106.7 by 33cm) In 1787 Seacome Mason established an optician business at 7 Arran Quay selling ‘telescopes, glasses, microscopes, concave and opera glasses, celestial and terrestrial globes of all sizes, electrical machines with apparatus . . . goggles for protecting the eyes from dust or wind, ditto for children with the squint . . .’ In the early 19th century the firm branched into scientific instruments, including sundials but most successfully the Mason’s Hygrometer, the old name for the Wet & Dry Bulb Thermometer invented by Apjohn, one time professor of anatomy at the Royal College of Surgeons. The firm still thrives today, rebranded Masons Technology, they sell scientific and diagnostic equipment. Estimate €500-€700 approx (£440-£610 approx.) Click Here for Large Images & To Bid 405 406 1859 pre-Civil War Waltham pocket watch An early, 1857-model, American Watch Company, hunter-cased, ‘P. S. Bartlett’ pocket watch, serial number 21178 for 1859, with Appleton Tracy and Co. enamel dial, and gold balance. Estimate €1,000-€1,500 approx (£870-£1,310 approx.) Click Here for Large Images & To Bid 406 407 Waltham dust-proof pocket watch. An 1879-model Waltham ‘P. S. Bartlett’ open face pocket watch, in white metal Ezra C. Fitch patent dust proof case, numbered 2062582 to the movement, very rare in this condition. Provenance: Purchased 2014 by the current owner in Austin, Texas in consignment sale of the estate of a watchmaker. Estimate €1,200-€1,500 approx (£1,050-£1,310 approx.) Click Here for Large Images & To Bid 407