This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 1/28/2023
Group of 2 “Hezzanith”- style nautical sextants. Including: Sextant. London: H. Hughes and Son, Ltd., [ca. 1917]. Brass with brass furniture and wooden handle, steel gauge, original glass and mirrors (some tarnishing to metal, light rubbing to sextant). With small sighting telescope, and with examination certificate (of the “Hezzanith” Observatory Works, London) attached to the inner lid of the box. Housed in original hinged wooden box with brass fixtures (some wear to box). Very good. [Together with:] Sextant. London: Heath Navigational, Ltd, [ca. 1940s]. Iron with brass furniture and gauge and with Bakelite handle, with original glass and mirrors (light tarnishing, a few glasses cracked). Housed in original hinged wooden box with metal fixtures and with examination certificate of HUSUN (certificate states that the sextant is by Henry Hughes and Son, so this may not be the original box or certificate for this sextant). Some wear to box. Good.