27th Oct, 2010 12:00
Maritime and Scientific Models, Instruments & Art (Audacious)
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[M] A RARE 17TH-CENTURY PLANE TABLE COMPASS BY...
A RARE 17TH-CENTURY PLANE TABLE COMPASS BY WALTER HAYES, LONDON
with 4¼in. printed dial signed and inscribed Walter Hayes in Moore Fields Londini 1664, with original blued-steel needle, contained in a fruitwood glazed case (glass cracked) -- 5½in. (14cm.) square
Walter Hayes worked between 1648 and 1687 and from 1653-1684 at the Cross Daggers, next door to the Pope's Head Tavern, near Bethnam Gate, Moorfields, London. Ref Clifton G.: Directory of British Scientific Instrument Makers 1550-1851, Zwemmer 1995, Page 130, where a similar example is illustrated.
with 4¼in. printed dial signed and inscribed Walter Hayes in Moore Fields Londini 1664, with original blued-steel needle, contained in a fruitwood glazed case (glass cracked) -- 5½in. (14cm.) square
Walter Hayes worked between 1648 and 1687 and from 1653-1684 at the Cross Daggers, next door to the Pope's Head Tavern, near Bethnam Gate, Moorfields, London. Ref Clifton G.: Directory of British Scientific Instrument Makers 1550-1851, Zwemmer 1995, Page 130, where a similar example is illustrated.
Sold for £1,240
Estimated at £1,000 - £1,500
(inc. buyer's premium of 24%)
A RARE 17TH-CENTURY PLANE TABLE COMPASS BY WALTER HAYES, LONDON
with 4¼in. printed dial signed and inscribed Walter Hayes in Moore Fields Londini 1664, with original blued-steel needle, contained in a fruitwood glazed case (glass cracked) -- 5½in. (14cm.) square
Walter Hayes worked between 1648 and 1687 and from 1653-1684 at the Cross Daggers, next door to the Pope's Head Tavern, near Bethnam Gate, Moorfields, London. Ref Clifton G.: Directory of British Scientific Instrument Makers 1550-1851, Zwemmer 1995, Page 130, where a similar example is illustrated.
with 4¼in. printed dial signed and inscribed Walter Hayes in Moore Fields Londini 1664, with original blued-steel needle, contained in a fruitwood glazed case (glass cracked) -- 5½in. (14cm.) square
Walter Hayes worked between 1648 and 1687 and from 1653-1684 at the Cross Daggers, next door to the Pope's Head Tavern, near Bethnam Gate, Moorfields, London. Ref Clifton G.: Directory of British Scientific Instrument Makers 1550-1851, Zwemmer 1995, Page 130, where a similar example is illustrated.
Auction: Maritime and Scientific Models, Instruments & Art (Audacious), 27th Oct, 2010
