Antique Sextant

It was this company that introduced the idea of a pocket sextant for navigation and mechanical miniaturization.

The central arm is fixed to a first coastal position whilst the two outer arms are fixed to two other coastal positions with the use of a sextant. The triangulation of these points w...

They began making speed indicators and then compasses, theodolites, telescopes, sextants and all manner of scientific instruments.

They began making speed indicators and then compasses, theodolites, telescopes, sextants and all manner of scientific instruments.

At the paraphernalia around the coat of arms, you notice a pair of rudders, astrolabe, sextant, etc in use on board of a ship. The name of the ship is probably related to the Estate ...

He developed improvements in the manufacture of sextants, theodolites, barometers, micrometers, and countless other devices.

There is only a single octant with these features and this size out of numerous included in the epic book, "Sextants at Greenwich", by W.F. J. Morzer Bruyns which catalogs the colle...

Antique sextant in original box.

Antique English brass sextant in original case.

Turn-of-the-century brass astronomical measuring instrument used to determine latitude and longitude at sea. Multiple parts include telescope and colored glass filters along with wo...

Circa 1920 English Marine Sextant with wooden box by Cooke Hull. Available at our showroom at 241 East 60th Street NY, NY. 1-212-751-2282

Graphically Decorative as a Sculpture, this Early 20th Century Bronze Sextant is in Remarkable Condition.

A Scottish seaman's double frame sextant of brass, with radius index arm, and accessories, in fitted, hinged box of mahogany.

Considerably larger than a sextant. This is a very special instrument. Split on bottom of box.

An English bronze and silver sextant made and signed by Elliott Brothers, London, circa 1890.

Late Nineteenth Navigators Sextant. T Frame design. Box has label of H.A. Johannesen Compass Adjuster, Fish Dock Rd., Grimsby.

Early twentieth century solid brass ship navigators sextant in wood box. With calibration label dated 1920 from the National Physical Laboratory, Teddington.

Early twentieth century solid brass ship navigators sextant in wood box. With calibration label dated 1920 from the National Physical Laboratory, Teddington.

Sextant of burnished brass signed Hayes Brothers Cardiff Barry and Port Talbot of the late nineteenth century.

Presented is an American nautical sextant, dating to the mid-19th century. The wood, brass, and ivory sextant was made by Erasmus A.

A late 19th century bronze surveyor's sextant manufactured by the L. Beckmann Co. of Toledo Ohio (1874-1951).

HILL, the winner of the sextant we are selling.  

A fine vernier sextant by Whyte, Glasgow. Vernier curved frame sextant, the arc signed J.Whyte, Broomielaw, Glasgow.

A rare pocket sextant by Brooks of Ludgate Street London. Retained in its original mahogany travelling box, English, circa 1850.    

A good quality brass sextant signed David Stalker, Leith (Scotland) complete with a well-detailed silver register and 3 lenses, retaining its original patinated mahogany case.

Brass sextant signed Ainsley South Shields (1858-1886) complete with original wood case and lenses.

Brass sextant signed Georg Hechelmann Nachf Hamburg from the late 19th century, original wooden box with locking hooks, handles, brass hinges and key set.

A rare mahogany cased single framed sextant by D McGregor & Co of Clyde Place, Glasgow, dating from the late 19th Century.

Brass sextant signed WC COX Devonport made in the mid-19th century, instrument complete with three telescopes, one of which is long, a filter, an adjustment key and placed in its ori...

Burnished brass sextant signed Potter Poultry London, mid-19th century, complete with original mahogany box shaped like the instrument, brass hinges and hooks.

Antique English "Paget Angle Sextant" in original case made by H. Hughes and Son Limited, circa 1920.

Paget angular sextant, H. Hughes & Son Ltd London no. 620 datable to 1910 circa.

Brass sextant signed Negus New York, datable around 1875, finely manufactured instrument, complete with optics and housed in an elegant original square wood box with closing hooks an...

Brass sextant signed John Lilley & Son Ltd London & North Shields, made in 1913 circa, in its original mahogany box with brass handles, hinges and locking hooks.

This rare precision instrument is a fine solid brass pocket sextant made for the military by the high-quality instrument makers Ryland & Son Ltd of London.

English sextant set in its walnut box. 19th century This box is a unique decorative item that will add a nautical touch to your interior.

Cannon, an important manufacturer of sextants and navigational instruments, active around the mid-nineteenth century, located on Shadwell Street in London.

Brass sextant made in the mid-19th century, complete with lenses and placed in its beautiful original mahogany box complete with key and brass handle and hinges.

Burnished brass sextant from the early 1900s signed J. Parkes & Sons Liverpool n. 9601, and placed in its original oakwood box, complete with lock with key, hinges, hooks and brass h...

Sextant of painted brass HEATH & C Ltd New Heltham London manufacturer of scientific instruments founded in 1845 and active until 1937.

Burnished brass sextant signed HEATH & C Ltd New Heltham London SE9, manufacturer of scientific instruments founded in 1845 and active until 1937.

Brass sextant signed Heath & C. Crayford London of the late 19th century, complete with lensens and placed in its beautiful original oak box, complete with original key, with hooks, ...

Brass sextant signed Negretti & Zambra made in the second half of the 19th century, complete with lenses and compass placed in its original mahogany box complete with key lock and br...

Brass sextant from the second half of the 19th century, signed Matheson & Co Leith Makers to the Royal Navy complete with lenses and placed in its beautiful original mahogany box wit...

Brass sextant signed Buff & Buff Mfg Co Boston USA 5588 made in the beginning of the XX century, complete with lenses and compass placed in its original mahogany box complete with ke...

Burnished brass sextant signed George Odell Late of Cary London from the second half of the 19th century, complete with lenses and placed in its beautiful original oak wooden box wit...

Brass sextant signed W.R Williams Dock St. Newport from the mid-19th century, complete with lenses and placed in its beautiful original mahogany box shaped like the instrument.

Brass sextant made the second half of the 19th century, placed in its original wooden box.

This is a grand old sign with bold and graphic sextant decoration, in good solid condition and working layers of paint, proudly showing its expected weathering and wear.

Though the octant predates the sextant, both were typically used together by navigators until the late 19th century.

Predecessor to the octant and sextant. This size is very rare indeed. Weight: Overall Dimensions: Made: American Material: Date: 1772

This item is believed to be an object, similar to a sextant, which was used to measure the angle between two objects.

This item is believed to be an object, similar to a Sextant, which was used to measure the angle between two objects.

This antique mast figure is French and as the story goes salvaged off a French Ship damaged in the Anglo-French War (1803–1815). The one side shows fire damage and is burned in charc...

Navigators octant in a kidney shaped box. Octant has an ebony wood fram with bone scales, brass filters and peepsight. Similar to a sextant and quadrant. Note: A piece of wood is mis...