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Auction date Thursday 27 April 2023 10:30 - 17:30 BST

Auction

Thursday 27th April at 10.30am

Including the select contents from 

The Estate of The Late Rear Admiral Edward Gueritz,

The John Reckless collection of Kitchenalia

and 

The Chris Griffth collection of Contemporary Art & Sculpture


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Head of Sale:

 William Batt


Page:

of 19

Lots per page:

Total lots: 435

Lot Title Estimate Hammer price
1 THREE APPLE PEELERS
including an arc-action parer 'Lightning', marked 'Patented Oct 6 1863', 26cm high, together with a return action parer by Sargent & Foster, Shelburne Falls, patented 4th October 1853, 22cm wide,…
£50 - £100 - View
2 AN 'ALLSOPP'S PATENT' VEGETABLE SLICER
cast and painted metal, marked '4898 & 16115', geared mechanism with turned wood handle, on wooden feet, 22cm high x 24.5cm wide

Provenance: The John Reckless collection of Kitchenalia
£30 - £50 - View
3 A MECHANICAL VEGETABLE/CHEESE GRATER
with geared mechanism, table-clamped, marked 'PJ HOUCHIN Mfg Co', 'No 709', and 'Jan 11 '70 Apl 30 '72', 20cm high

Provenance: The John Reckless collection of Kitchenalia
£40 - £60 £20 View
4 AN EDGAR NUTMEG GRATER
patented (No. 458041) by George Thomas of Chicopee Falls, Massachusetts, 18th August 1891, with boxwood knobs, 17.5cm wide

Note: This is the earliest, rarest, version of the two with a cast frame.
£40 - £60 - View
5 AN EDGAR NUTMEG GRATER
patented (No. 571218) obtained by Charles Damon on 10th November 1896 to manufacture with simpler stamped parts, with black-painted knobs, 13.5cm wide

Provenance: The John Reckless collection of…
£30 - £50 - View
6 A 'RAJAH' OR 'CHRISTMAS' NUTMEG GRATER
patented (No. 198730) by James Hughes of Massachusetts, 25th December 1877, 15.5cm high

Note: often referred to as the Christmas grater due to the patent date.

Provenance: The John Reckless…
£30 - £50 - View
7 A PAIR OF LONG-HANDLED STEEL SPRUNG TONGS
designed for lifting hot coals, with hanging hook to one handle, 44cm long

Provenance: The John Reckless collection of Kitchenalia
£20 - £40 - View
8 A BUTTER CHURN
the handle turned movement fixed with wooden paddles, the glass marked ' Blow Butter Churn Co.', '61/2 imperial quarts', 'Made in England', 40cm high, together with a wooden butter bat, with tapered…
£100 - £200 - View
9 A TIN COFFEE ROASTER
the internal globe roaster with sliding cover to hold beans, affixed at each end with supporting rods to hold and turn the roaster, the oven body with hinged lid, open base and chimney, 20cm high x…
£30 - £50 £20 View
10 A CHERRY STONER
c.1900, marked 'New Standard Mt. Joy Corp, Pa. U.S.A', also marked 'No 50' and 'Pat.Pend' to the reverse with green-painted wood handle, 25cm long

Provenance: The John Reckless collection of…
£20 - £40 £10 View
11 A COFFEE ROASTER
the blue enamelled stand has an open base to place over burning coals, the finely perforated rotating cylinder chamber has access slide and wire rod with turned wood handle to rotate, 16.5cm high x…
£30 - £50 - View
12 A BRASS THREE TIER CAKE STAND
each level with brass wire trays, on tripod legs, 76cm high, each tier 26cm wide

Provenance: The John Reckless collection of Kitchenalia
£80 - £150 - View
13 A WROUGHT IRON COCONUT GRATER
designed to be held in place by the user's foot, 25cm high x 35cm long

Provenance: The John Reckless collection of Kitchenalia
£50 - £100 - View
14 A STEEL COCONUT GRATER, SHREDDER AND SCRAPER
with hanging hook, on four wrought legs, with turned wood handle, 19cm high x 32cm wide x 45cm deep (when standing)

Provenance: The John Reckless collection of Kitchenalia
£80 - £150 - View
15 AN IRON WALL-MOUNTED COCONUT SHREDDER
16.5cm high

Provenance: The John Reckless collection of Kitchenalia
£30 - £50 - View
16 A STEEL AND BRASS MOUNTED COCONUT SHREDDER
with copper rivets joining brass paw feet, hanging hook to one end and additional scraper the other, 29cm long x 19cm wide

Provenance: The John Reckless collection of Kitchenalia
£40 - £60 - View
17 A CAST METAL CHEESE PRESS
with screw-down mechanism, pressing on a wooden block, drainage spout to the base, 42cm high x 32cm wide

Provenance: The John Reckless collection of Kitchenalia
£40 - £60 £30 View
18 A MECHANICAL BEAN SLICER
the cast metal body of circular section, mounted with three 'bean entries', the geared action rotating a circular blade, with turned wood handle, table clamp to the side, 14.5cm high x 34cm wide…
£80 - £150 - View
19 'THE STARRATT' MECHANICAL VEGETABLE CUTTER
with geared rotating mechanism, patented on May 23rd 1965 by the Athol Machine Co., offered in three size of bowl diameter, 8", 10" and 12", this, the 8" model, being most desirable, mounted on a…
£300 - £500 £280 View
20 A COMMERCIAL RAISIN SEEDER BY THE ENTERPRISE MANUFACTURING COMPANY
model number 47, patents of July 12th 1898 and October 9th 1990, this is the largest of their models, the cast metal body painted and highlighted with stripes of red and gold, 54cm high

Note: the…
£150 - £250 - View
21 A CAST TIN ICE MOLD OF MASONIC INTEREST
utilised to create the star and crescent often associated with and utilised by the Freemasons , 14.5cm high x 10cm wide

Provenance: The John Reckless collection of Kitchenalia
£50 - £100 - View
22 A COMMERCIAL APPLE PEELER, CORER AND SEGMENTER BY F. B. PEASE CO., ROCHSETER N.Y.
stamped 1994 P25AL PEASE, on a stainless steel stand, measuring 122cm high x 76cm wide x 75cm deep

Note: In 1876 Frank Beech Pease formed his machinery company, which was involved with apple…
£200 - £400 £100 View
23 A MECHANICAL GRINDSTONE WHEEL
cast metal with residual green paint, with geared mechanism, table-clamped, 24cm high

Provenance: The John Reckless collection of Kitchenalia
£30 - £50 - View
24 A CAST METAL WALL BRACKET
with hanging hooks, likely for game birds, 28.5cm wide

Provenance: The John Reckless collection of Kitchenalia
£30 - £50 £10 View

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