Thumb Stocks/Thumb Screw Illusion. London: Davenports,

Thumb Stocks/Thumb Screw Illusion. London: Davenports, ca. 1940. No matter how tightly the hardwood stocks are screwed down on his thumbs, the performer easily escapes. 4 x 2 ”. Very good.

DESCRIPTION: Antique powder paper folder. Brass with thumb screw adjustment. 19th century. Marked S. Maw, London. MEASUREMENTS: Base 4-1/2" x 2-1/2". 3-3/4" high.

James Hatton London Rare Eight Day Marine Chronometer No. 275, circa 1805 Case: brass in g

Rare 1880s lithophane / lithopane fairy candle lamp in cast iron frame, porcelain lithophane plaque signed Ave Maria, thumb screw on stem, cast ornate grape and vine decorated holder, reverse with can

Banker's Lamp Marked Pittsburg, Reverse Painted, 13" x 9", Chipped Ice Scenic Shade, Heavy Gilded Embossed Metal Base Marked Pittsburgh On Thumb Screw, Sidlinger Estate Collection, North Carolina.

A very nice relic cross inlaid with 8 relics. The cross measures 4" by 2" and opens with a small thumb screw at the bottom of the cross. The cross is German silver inlaid with black ebony wood. Also i

Untouched original reproducer has 90% nickel plating. Missing original thumb screw but has a replacement in its place. Long throat has several marks and original locating pin. Back is marked with pate

A large vintage industrial quality brass, iron, and glass shelved wall unit consisting of two round iron standards with brass wall and floor mounts and two pairs of sliding thumb screw adjustable bras

George III Hadley's octant, early 19th Century, having a mahogany frame with a brass-graduated arc scale, a single thumb screw lock on the index arm, signed "SBR", in a later fitted case, 16"h x 13"w

A matched pair. Applied brass crests surround the body of each fixture. Slag glass shades and body inserts. 24" x 20" x 20". Re-wired, functioning. One shade holder requires a thumb screw. Some incons

Spirit Rapping Hand. London: Davenport’s, ca. 1920. Papier-mache model hand (approx. 6” long) mysteriously raps out answers when placed on a pane of glass. Hand painted.

German and numbered “33”. Depicts Father Christmas, dressed in long coat with wicker basket. Basket holds feather tree. Has original thumb screws. Condition (Excellent Plus). Size 7- 1/2" x 9 - 3/

George III covered tankard with reeded bands and acanthus form thumb press, London, 1807, with partly illegible makers mark (probably William Burwash). 6"h x 6.5"w including handle, excluding thumb pr

British sterling silver covered and footed 1.5 pint flagon, with repousse gadrooning and foliate decoration, chased acorns and rosettes, and openwork thumb press, London, 1890, by Martin, Hall and Co.

PEACHBLOW PERFUME AND VASE. Comprising an egg-shaped peachblow perfume bottle with heavy gilt decoration and silver gilt screw-on lid with London hallmarks and a peachblow vase with ruffled rim and un

London, 1779 by Burrage Davenport, one mark on handle, and four marks on side at base of handle. Appx. 38 T.O. 12"h x 14"w x 11-1/2"d Provenance: Purchased from James Robinson, 1985 Provenance: Proper

Formed as a bell having reeded banding and screw thread handle. Stamped Asprey London, 3447, Prov. Patent No. 127399/37. 11 1/4 x 6 inches. Condition: Good Temp No 3724-401

A Gould-Type Microscope by Cary, A Gould-Type Microscope by Cary, English, c.1830/40, signed 'Cary London, rectangular sectioned pillar screws into boss on top of case lid, concave mirror pins into ba

[Children's & Illustrated] Cruikshank, George George Cruikshank's Fairy Library 1. Hop-O' My-Thumb and the Seven-Leagues BootsLondon: David Bogue, (1853). First edition, first issue (with correct ads

An Antique English W & S Jones Solar Microscope, 1787, Signed W & S Jones, 135 High Holborn, London, with adjustable long mirror, screw-in condenser with barrel type microscope assembly with rack-and-

Roy, Fergus (ed.). The Davenport Story, Vols. 1 4. London, 2009 12. First Edition. Cloth. Illustrated. 4tos. Complete set with publishers enclosures, photos, and errata slip. First volume an autograph

2 3/4” diam, 11/16” spool width, marked The “Silex Multiplier”, nickel silver rim tension screw, ribbed brass foot, flat ivorine thumb brake, crescent shaped tension regulator.

Georgian Regency covered tankard with reeded bands and openwork thumb press, engraved "Eyton Wheat Prize 1814", London, 1814, by Richard Sibley I. 4.75"h x 5.5"w including handle. 17 ozt

Double-Cylinder Marine Screw Engine, c. 1920 Stevens's Model Dockyard, London. Vertical twin-cylinder steam engine, mahogany-lagged brass-bound cylinders, Ø 1 ¼ in., crosshead guide, eccentr