Live auction - Lot 672
[Measuring instruments]
6 gauging tools and rules.
Hammer price: €
400
€ 100 / 200
Live bidding (Drouot*) Live bidding (Invaluable*)Bidding is closed
Lot description
1. Measuring steel tape: 10 m. Liège, Alexis Wert, 19th c. Wood, steel, copper, diam.: 26 cm. - 2. Measuring tape: 20 m and 68 "pieds de St. Lambert". Liège, s.n., 18th c. Wood and cloth. The "pied de St. Lambert" is a local unit used in Liège between 980 and 1785. - 3. Folding rule: 140 cm. Signed: "CB". - 4. 6-fold dipping rule, 60", for measuring pipes, butts, puncheons, hogsheads, etc. London, Loftus Maker, after 1826. Wood, brass. Wine cask measuring tool for English wine cask units. The use of the imperial gallon indicates a manufacturing date past 1826. - 5. 5-fold gauging tool. Steel, 124 cm. - 6. Feeler gauges to measure gap widths from 0,1 to 5 mm. Sheffield, Chesterman, 20th c. Steel.
More photos
Previous