Lot Essay
No. 645 was first supplied on March 6th 1809 to a Mr. Baddeley, who appears to have been connected with Wedgwood's pottery.
Details
An ornamental turning lathe by Holtzapffel & Deyerlein, London, No.645, the double mahogany frame with backboard and chest of six drawers, crankshaft, flywheel and treadle gear, 'swing-arm' overhead (similar to Vol V fig 83, some pulleys absent), iron bed, traversing mandrel headstock with wood pulley and brass division plate and star nut, five screw hobs, plain screw tailstock (as Vol IV fig 98), handrest/slide rest base with small early slide rest (as Vol V fig 10), one drill slide and universal cutting frame, four tees and flat drill curb, plain oval chuck and cam ring, brass face plate, three-jaw self centring chuck, four cup and fourteen other brass work chucks, three mounted spoon boring bits, guide for slender turning (incomplete), keys and sundries --46in. wide, 26in. deep, 72in. high, 5in. centre height