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Lot 34

An attractive model live-steam single cylinder vertical steam engine,
English, Mid 19th-century,

18 May 2016, 13:00 BST
London, Knightsbridge

Sold for £6,250 inc. premium

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An attractive model live-steam single cylinder vertical steam engine, English, Mid 19th-century,

complete with fly wheel, governor, and pillar support to the beam, on mahogany base with copper and brass boiler adjacent under restored glazed mahogany architectural case, the case 17 x 15 1/5 x 17 ins (43 x 39 x 43 cm)

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