There are two candidates for the original owner of this sign: Jeremiah Stevens (fl.1825-1840) or William Henry Stevens (fl.1849-1851).
Jeremiah Stevens was a member of the Goldsmith's Company and was recorded as a Mathematical and Philosophical Instrument Makeer located at 5, Green Arbour Court, Doctor's Commons, London, in 1825, and at 2, Bell Court, Doctor's Commons, London for the period 1831-1840. He served his apprenticeship under William Birkwood as from 18...
There are two candidates for the original owner of this sign: Jeremiah Stevens (fl.1825-1840) or William Henry Stevens (fl.1849-1851).
Jeremiah Stevens was a member of the Goldsmith's Company and was recorded as a Mathematical and Philosophical Instrument Makeer located at 5, Green Arbour Court, Doctor's Commons, London, in 1825, and at 2, Bell Court, Doctor's Commons, London for the period 1831-1840. He served his apprenticeship under William Birkwood as from 1809.
Rare final state – materially different
1 × £25,000
“The capabilities of this most important possession to the British interest are too numerous for the undersigned here to set forth” (Peel)
1 × £12,000
First issue of the first commercially available map to show Dutch discoveries along the northern coastline of Australia
1 × £15,000
The first map to focus on “Australia”
1 × £18,000
With the addition of the “Isles de Cooke”
1 × £3,000
Coronelli’s map of Asia identifying Australia with Marco Polo’s “Lochac”
1 × £6,000
“The least known to Europe of any of the Eastern Countries”
1 × £250
Flinders’s survey of central New South Wales
1 × £2,000![SCHRAEMBL, Franz Anton; [after] DJURBERG, Daniel Polynesien (Inselwelt) oder der fünfte Welttheil verfasst von Herrn Daniel Djurberg; neu herausgegeben von Herrn F.A. Schrambl, MDCCLXXXIX.](data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20viewBox%3D%220%200%2010266%206798%22%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E)
With the tracks of all the explorers
1 × £2,000
Naming “Australia”
1 × £10,000
Gastaldi’s seminal map of Southeast Asia
1 × £125,000
An early bird’s-eye view of Sydney
1 × £1,200
Following in Louis Freycinet’s “footsteps”
1 × £250
Southern entrance to the Sunda Strait
1 × £220
“A work of conscious art” (Firzhardinge)
1 × £3,000
The Bali Strait
1 × £300
“The capabilities of this most important possession to the British interest are too numerous for the undersigned here to set forth” (Peel) 
First issue of the first commercially available map to show Dutch discoveries along the northern coastline of Australia 
The first map to focus on “Australia” 
With the addition of the “Isles de Cooke” 
Coronelli’s map of Asia identifying Australia with Marco Polo’s “Lochac” 
“The least known to Europe of any of the Eastern Countries” 
Flinders’s survey of central New South Wales ![SCHRAEMBL, Franz Anton; [after] DJURBERG, Daniel Polynesien (Inselwelt) oder der fünfte Welttheil verfasst von Herrn Daniel Djurberg; neu herausgegeben von Herrn F.A. Schrambl, MDCCLXXXIX.](https://i0.wp.com/crouchrarebooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/23010_1H.jpg?fit=10266%2C6798&ssl=1)
With the tracks of all the explorers 
Naming “Australia” 
Gastaldi’s seminal map of Southeast Asia 
An early bird’s-eye view of Sydney 
Following in Louis Freycinet’s “footsteps” 
Southern entrance to the Sunda Strait 
“A work of conscious art” (Firzhardinge) 
The Bali Strait 
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