A combined metal working and ornamental lathe signed Wm. Cantelo, Southampton, with iron bed on iron standards, double crankshaft, double flywheels and treadle gear, mahogany backboard and tool racks, double standard overhead with brass pulleys, traversing mandrel headstock with brass four-step pulley divided on face with four rows of holes, index, six screw hobs and star nut, screw mandrel tailstock of the old 'millwright' type but with No.2 Morse taper drill chuck, hand rest base with one flat and one ordinary tee and saw table, boring collar and stand, plain metal turning slide-rest with adaptable single or fourway tool holders, three light faceplates, one heavy faceplate with four screw dogs, modern three-jaw self centring chuck by Pratt-Burnerd, eccentric chuck, ornamental slide-rest with short and long interchangeable main slides the tool receptacle for ¾in. square tools, horizontal cutting frame, two drill spindles, eccentric cutting frame, universal cutting frame, mandrel tap, spanner and sundries --66in. long, 66in. high, 36in. deep, centre height 7in. (14in. swing), mandrel nose 1in. x 9 TPI, circa 1860-5

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A combined metal working and ornamental lathe signed Wm. Cantelo, Southampton, with iron bed on iron standards, double crankshaft, double flywheels and treadle gear, mahogany backboard and tool racks, double standard overhead with brass pulleys, traversing mandrel headstock with brass four-step pulley divided on face with four rows of holes, index, six screw hobs and star nut, screw mandrel tailstock of the old 'millwright' type but with No.2 Morse taper drill chuck, hand rest base with one flat and one ordinary tee and saw table, boring collar and stand, plain metal turning slide-rest with adaptable single or fourway tool holders, three light faceplates, one heavy faceplate with four screw dogs, modern three-jaw self centring chuck by Pratt-Burnerd, eccentric chuck, ornamental slide-rest with short and long interchangeable main slides the tool receptacle for ¾in. square tools, horizontal cutting frame, two drill spindles, eccentric cutting frame, universal cutting frame, mandrel tap, spanner and sundries --66in. long, 66in. high, 36in. deep, centre height 7in. (14in. swing), mandrel nose 1in. x 9 TPI, circa 1860-5

Lot Essay

Cantelo, at the time of making this lathe probably of Bargate St. Southampton, was originally a native of the Isle of Wight and one of a family of gunsmiths, to whose trade he was apprenticed. He became an engineer/machinist and inventor after moving to Southampton, marrying and having a family of sons who eventually assisted in his business. He eventually disappeared while on a foreign journey amid some mystery. A much more full account can be found in the Bulletin of the Society of Ornamental Turners, No.74p 175. The present lathe appears to have been little used.

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