Brass pedestal, steel flat bed with wooden pulley below driving the action of the hand-held polishing tool, depthing type supports for the burnishing lime saphir and to hold the work, crank lever to turn the work, brass adjustment nuts. Signed C.R. and indistinctly dated Dim. 13 x 14 x 12 cm.
Good condition
CHF 4,000 - 6,000
EUR 2,500 - 3,800
USD 3,300 - 5,000
Sold: CHF 4,956
Thury & Amey, Geneve. Made circa 1870. Fine, small brass microscope with a material slide.
U-shaped painted black cast-iron base, trapezoidal rack column, high-power lens with revolving dividing plate calibrated for 360°, brass slide with decimal calibration and also with circular adjustment, adjustable mirror below. Signed on the arm. Dim. 34 x 17 cm.
Good condition
CHF 2,300 - 2,800
EUR 1,500 - 1,800
USD 1,900 - 2,300
Sold: CHF 3,422
French. Made circa 1890. Fine brass oil lamp.
Mounted on a horizontal rod with finger loop and height adjustment, oil reservoir and burner with wick adjustment, cylindrical oil cistern, milk glass shade, glass chimney, decorated circular brass over cast iron base. Height 47 cm.
Cleaned
CHF 1,700 - 2,200
EUR 1,100 - 1,400
USD 1,400 - 1,800
Brass and steel frame, brass pedestal with horizontallyadjustable stock bed, horizontally-and vertically-adjustable saw chuck, driven by a crank wheel, pulley and transmission wheel, depth adjusting screws, later wooden base with drawer containing extra cutting wheels. Dim. 24 x 27.5 x 15 cm.
Good clean condition, varnished.
CHF 2,300 - 2,800
EUR 1,500 - 1,800
USD 1,900 - 2,300
Sold: CHF 3,422
?Faceplate Engine? Swiss or French. Made circa 1900. Fine brass and steel faceplate engine.
Centering plate with three dog clamps, piston-action centering post on sliding tailstock, steel bed raised on brass supports, driven by a crank wheel and intermediate transmission pulley, two-directional slide rest controlled by wing-nuts, later wooden base. Dim. 46 x 30.5 x 19 cm.
Good condition, cleaned and varnished
CHF 5,200 - 7,000
EUR 3,300 - 4,500
USD 4,200 - 5,700
Sold: CHF 6,136
Steel body with brass nuts, adjustable stocks for holding the work, driven by a pulley wheel, sliding tool bed with handle for moving horizontally, screws for fine angle adjustment. Dim. 22 x 12 cm.
Good condition
CHF 3,200 - 5,200
EUR 2,000 - 3,300
USD 2,600 - 4,200
Circular brass base, adjustable flat steel bed, adjustable stocks for holding the work, cutting wheel held between two adjustable centers and driven by a pulley wheel, adjustable steel frame above for raising and lowering the cutting wheel operated by a crank handle. Dim. 153 x 134 mm.
Good condition
CHF 2,000 - 3,000
EUR 1,300 - 1,900
USD 1,600 - 2,500
Sold: CHF 2,360
Cast-iron drip tray, steel pulley arm with two steel pulleys, sprung tool bed with screw depth adjustments, piston action headstock operated by a lever, tailstock with notched guide wheel and ratchet, brass oil reservoirs. Signed on a brass plaque. Dim. 31 x 27 x 28 cm.
Good condition, cleaned
CHF 5,200 - 7,000
EUR 3,300 - 4,500
USD 4,200 - 5,700
?Faceplate Engine? Swiss or French. Made circa 1900. Fine brass and steel faceplate engine.
Centering plate with three steel dog clamps, tailstock with adjustable centering post, steel bed, driven by a wooden transmission pulley, two-directional slide rest controlled by wing-nuts and a crank handle, provision for two cutting tools, later wooden base. Dim. 52 x 27 x 13 cm.
Good condition, cleaned and varnished
CHF 4,000 - 6,000
EUR 2,500 - 3,800
USD 3,300 - 5,000
Wood block base, steel and brass bed, steel arm for the wooden driving pulley, steel cradle with crank handle, setting wheel, tool housing with multiple adjusting screws. Signed on the side of the brass bed. Dim. 34 x 18 x 20 cm.
Good condition
CHF 5,200 - 7,000
EUR 3,300 - 4,500
USD 4,200 - 5,700
Sold: CHF 5,664
Cast-iron pedestal, adjustable vertical and horizontal slide beds, chuck on pivoted and spring-loaded arm with pulley and transmission wheel, stock with pistonaction release. Signed and dated. Dim. 24.5 cm. high.
Good condition
CHF 5,000 - 7,000
EUR 3,200 - 4,500
USD 4,000 - 5,700
Cast-iron bed with sliding stocks for the driving pulley and plate, horizontally adjustable stock for the triangular tool-head with three cutting tools, perpendicular and parallel adjustment screws. Dim. 22 x 13 x 11.5 cm.
Good condition
CHF 3,000 - 5,000
EUR 1,900 - 3,200
USD 2,500 - 4,000
Cast iron pedestal, steel frame, hammer action piston for cutting the teeth driven by a large brass wheel and crank handle geared via an intermediate wheel, adjustable slides for positioning the work, mechanism for forwarding the work automatically with screws for fine adjustment and activated by the rise and fall of the piston. Signed and dated. Dim. 34 x 26 cm.
Good condition
CHF 6,000 - 7,500
EUR 3,800 - 4,700
USD 5,000 - 6,000
Sold: CHF 6,844
French. Made circa 1890. Fine brass oil lamp.
Mounted on a horizontal rod with finger loop and height adjustment, oil reservoir and burner with wick adjustment, cylindrical oil cistern, milk glass shade, glass chimney, decorated circular brass over cast-iron base. Height 47 mm.
Good condition, cleaned
CHF 1,700 - 2,200
EUR 1,100 - 1,400
USD 1,400 - 1,800
Sold: CHF 2,124
Circular brass stand, steel base with sliding stock for the polishing tool, pulley driven shaft holding the work. Dim. 17.5 x 10 cm.
Good condition
CHF 600 - 1,000
EUR 400 - 650
USD 500 - 800
Sold: CHF 590
Wooden base, cast iron base, flat bed with centering slides and crank handles, brass cylinder with six different pattern outlines, vice for holding the work, armature above with screw and crank-wheel adjustments, tool stock with sprung shaft. Signed on the flat bed. Dim. 35 x 51 x 19 cm.
Good condition
CHF 8,500 - 10,000
EUR 5,500 - 6,500
USD 7,000 - 8,000
Sold: CHF 10,030
Rectangular, hardwood with stop-fluted legs, the top inset with a polishing stone and mounted with a brass calibrated angle degree guide signed "Holtzapffel & Co., London", steel lined slot allowing the lathe and stocks to slide, treadle-operated lathe with large hardwood wheel, leather rope and wooden pulley wheel with graduated slots, glass oil sump, face plate with screw adjusted clamp. Bench signed and dated. Dim. 97 x 132 x 50 cm.
Good condition
CHF 16,000 - 20,000
EUR 10,000 - 12,000
USD 13,000 - 15,000
Sold: CHF 24,780
Brass and steel frame, brass pedestal with horizontallyadjustable stock bed, horizontally-and verticallyadjustable saw chuck, driven by a crank wheel, pulley and transmission wheel, depth adjusting screws, later wooden base with drawer containing extra cutting wheels. Dim. 25 x 31 x 19 cm.
Good clean condition, varnished.
CHF 2,000 - 3,000
EUR 1,300 - 2,000
USD 1,600 - 2,500
Sold: CHF 3,068
Cast-iron frame and pedestal with fixed stocks and adjusting screws, saw chuck on pivoted and springloaded arm with pulley and two transmission wheels, depth adjusting screw, wooden base with drawer containing extra cutting wheels. Maker?s plaque fixed to the wooden base. Dim. 25 x 26 x 16 cm.
Good condition, cleaned
CHF 1,300 - 1,800
EUR 800 - 1,100
USD 1,100 - 1,500
Mounted upon a hardwood bench, driven by turning a crank handle geared by leather ropes to a large cast-iron wheel, the face-plate with vice to hold the work, cutting toolstock with centering and angle adjustment, brass pattern selection wheel allowing 15 different patterns to be produced, additional tool stock. Dim. 117 x 119 x 48 cm. overall.
Good condition, cleaned
CHF 16,000 - 20,000
EUR 10,000 - 12,000
USD 13,000 - 15,000
Sold: CHF 21,240