087 A scarce Tait, Inverness 4” brass folding handle salmon winch,

turned bone handle on straight crank winding arm with spring release slipper latch lever and domed iron locking screw, cut away rim handle recess, rivetted block foot, pierced to take leather pad and neatly tapered at both ends, quadruple cage pillars and unusual fully enclosed rear backplate, fixed check mechanism, faceplate script engraved makers details, a rarely seen model with the company registered as trading between 1860-1866 only (see illustration)

£400-600