A Victorian brass and patinated sextant by Henry Hughes & Son.

A Victorian brass and patinated sextant by Henry Hughes & Son., with a silvered scale and inscribed 'Henry Hughes & Son, 59 Fenchurch St. London', with a printed certificate of examination, inscribed 'National Physical Laboratory, Kew Observatory, Richmond, Surrey, ....Class B No. 3724....', in a mahogany case, the lid with a brass plaque inscribed 'LORD TERENCE BROWNE', with side carrying handles, 26.8cm wide, together with a spirit level by the same maker, in a mahogany case and 'The Neo-Cyclostyle' a duplicating apparatus in an oak case. (3)

Provenance: Lord Terence Morris Browne, 9th Marquess of Sligo (1873-1952).