A good late 17th century French quarter repeating travel timepiece with balance/pendulum - driven verge escapementGribelin, ParisThe shaped case surmounted by a pierced ormolu caddy and folding handle on a foliate pommel, the intricately cast cornice over curved sides with brass-line inlay within wider brass borders, on a cast base with intricate cast base on turned feet, the front of the case hinged at IX and VI, and set with an ormolu-framed shaped glazed door, the conforming waisted gilt dial six inches wide with a silvered Roman chapter ring with meeting-arrow-head half hour markers and every minute engraved around the outer edge, with fine blued steel hands, all on a shaped gilt dial plate engraved all-over with shaded foliate scroll work, a regulation dial set above XII, the movement plates united by four tapering pillars, with large spring barrel to a verge escapement to a silk-suspended short pendulum impulsed by a pin set on a plain steel circular balance, signed along the lower edge of the backplate, the hours and quarters sounded on demand by a pull cord to the side of the case acting on three vertical hammers and bells mounted in the caddy. 38cmsFootnotes:A similar travelling timepiece, lacking its balance wheel, was sold in these rooms 17 June 2008, lot 112.Comparative literature:A related tete de poupee timepiece (with alarm) by Gribelin with very similar dial engraving is illustrated in Tardy 'La Pendule Francaise, 1re Partie: De l'Horloge Gothique a la Pendule Louis XV. 1967, page 103. Another by Isaac Thuret is similar is illustrated in Vehmeyer, Clocks, their origin and development, part II, chapter 5 item F33. Of those seen, the current clock has the most intricate brass panelling and finely finished brass work.Nicolas Gribelin was born in 1635 and died in 1715.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: * Y* VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.Y Subject to CITES regulations when exporting items outside of the EU, see clause 13.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
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A good late 17th/early 18th century silver-mounted turtleshell-veneered table clock with pull quarter repeatG.Etherington, LondonThe caddy top surmounted by a silver handle with central foliate and bud knop, over a moulded cornice, and four rectangular repousse side panels depicting flowers in an urn and bust portraits, on cast squat ball and claw feet, both front and rear doors with applied escutcheon plates.The 6.25 inch square brass dial with subsidiaries in the top corners for rise-and-fall regulation and strike/silent over the silvered Roman and Arabic chapter ring signed between V and VII, with blued steel hands the matted centre with chamfered mock pendulum and date apertures decorated with characteristic decorative ringed detailing, the lower corners with winged cherubs spandrels. The twin fusee movement with six knopped and ringed pillars and a seventh plain but latched uniting the two plates, the backplate deliberately larger in order to fill as much of the rear of the case as possible and signed within a flat oval palm-frond reserve amid a symmetrical pattern of foliate scrolls and strapwork. The going train terminating in a verge escapement with rise-and-fall regulation effected via a shaped steel lever on a rack and pinion set-up on the backplate, the pendulum with hook fixing to the top and terminating in a lenticular bob, with unusual shaped steel securing bracket. The strike train sounding the hours on a single bell, with pull quarter repeat sounding the quarters on a run of three bells and hammers. Ticking, striking and repeating. Together with a case key. 33.5cms (13ins) high (3)Footnotes:George Etherington was free of the Clockmakers Company in 1684 and Master in 1709. He attended until 1720 and supposedly died in 1729.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: * Y* VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.Y Subject to CITES regulations when exporting items outside of the EU, see clause 13.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A mid 18th century brass-mounted gilt and green japanned quarter chiming Astronomical clock made for the Spanish market, with Time Museum provenanceJohn Ellicott, LondonThe case with inverted caddy top surmounted by an astronomical revolving moon decorated to show its phases, over four flaming finals and tiered sound frets, with caryatid corner mounts and brass side carrying handles on a plinth base with scroll feet, the 9 inch signed arch brass dial with silvered Roman chapter ring, with silvered rings depicting lunar date and annual calendar (in Spanish) showing the signs of the zodiac, sunrise and sunset and the declination of the sun above the equator, the 8 day triple fusee movement with verge escapement, chiming the quarters and half hours on a nest of eight bells and the hours on a further bell, with pull repeat, the highly engraved floral and foliate backplate with a flourishing signature cartouche. Together with a case key and winder. 82cms (32ins) high (3)Footnotes:Provenance:The Time Museum, Rockford, Illinois, inv. 'no.A586,'. Sold Sotheby's, New York, 2 December 1999, Masterpieces from the Time Museum, lot 79 ($51,750 including premium).John Ellicott was born in 1706, the son of a clockmaker of the same name. He was one of the outstanding clockmakers of the 18th century, producing a large number of high quality clocks for the home market and export, his work particularly valued by the Spanish Royal family. He developed his own temperature compensated pendulum and was instrumental in the perfection of the cylinder escapement. He was clockmaker to King George III, a position which paid £150 per annum. He was elected a fellow of the Royal Society on the 26th October 1738 and published articles on clocks and an equation of time table in the Philosophical Transactions for the Society.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A late 18th century EBONIZED STRIKING TABLE CLOCK WITH PULL QUARTER REPEATSigned William Hughes, Holborn, LondonThe case surmounted by a caddy top with brass carrying handle flanked by bud finials, glazed side panels with gilt fillets, on a moulded base. The brass dial with gilt scroll spandrels, silvered strike/silent dial in the arch, silvered Roman chapter ring enclosing date, mock pendulum and silvered signature plaque in the matted centre, with scroll hands. The movement with rectangular plates, engraved with foliate scrolls enclosing signature cartouche, five knopped pillars, twin fusees with wire lines, verge escapement with knife edge suspended bob pendulum, striking the hour on a bell mounted above the case with pull quarter repeat on six bells. Size: 17 ½ in (44cm) high including handle.Footnotes:William Hughes worked at 119 High Holborn from 1755-1792. In 1763 he took Thomas Earnshaw as an apprentice, who eventually took over his premises when Hughes died.Illustrated in Dzik, Sunny. Engraving on English Table Clocks, 1660-1800 fig. H21-2This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A good late 17th century ebonised table timepiece with hour and quarter repeatHenry Jones in the TempleThe case with shallow caddy top set with twin repousse panels, surmounted by a substantial knopped and foliate handle on S-scroll uprights and internal pommels, framed by four bud finials and moulded cornice over glazed side panels and silk-backed repousse sound frets, the front and rear doors further mounted, on a plinth base and brass button feet, the 6.25 inch square brass dial with winged cherubs head spandrels framing the silvered Roman and Arabic chapter ring, the five-minute numerals interspersed by meeting arrow-head markers, the finely matted centre with chamfered and decorated date aperture at XII, ringed winding square, with blued-steel fettled hands, the single gut fusee movement united by six slender knopped and finned latched pillars, the barrel with raised lips, knife-edge verge escapement set in a cock with sliding cover, with brass rod and bob pendulum, repeating the hours and quarters on command via a pull cord to the left via a pair of hammers (the hours struck on a horizontal bell mounted on the frontplate, the quarters on a smaller vertical bell mounted on the backplate), signed in a foliate cartouche in the centre of the backplate within a foliate pattern containing four pairs of symmetrical flowerheads. Together with a pierced and engraved brass 'Knibb style' winding key, and a case key. 36cms (14inches) high (3)Footnotes:A very similar engraved backplate can be found in Dzik, S. Engraving on English Table Clocks: Art on a Canvas of Brass 1660-1800, p.401, Figure 6, right hand image. Image courtesy of Anthony Woodburn.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A George III oak longcase clock with eight day movement striking on a bell, the 11-inch square brass dial with silvered chapter ring framing a foliate engraved silvered centre with subsidiary seconds and inscribed 'Thos Harben Lewes', cornered with cast and pierced gilt foliate spandrels, the hood with caddy top and ball finials above a glazed door and turned columns, the trunk with rectangular door on a plain base and plinth, height 194cm, with pendulum and two weights. Note: Thomas Harben II is a recorded clockmaker, son of Thomas Harden I, born 1739, married in 1766 and died in 1803.Buyer’s Premium 29.4% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price. Lots purchased online via the-saleroom.com will attract an additional premium of 6% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price.
A mixed lot to include postcards, loose and in an album, mixed cigarette cards, 'Snap Shot' albums of the Palace of Westminster and Southend, mixed books, 1925 Empire Exhibition at Wembley ephemera and souvenirs to include a Lipton Tea caddy, together with Elvis Fan Club ephemera and other items Location: A1B
A late Victorian silver tea caddy, cylindrical form with relief embossed hunting decoration, by George Nathan and Ridley Hayes, hallmarks Chester 1895, height 8cm, 3ozInner lip has a large split, high points quite rubbed with a few dents on body and on underside of base, lid fits well, hallmarks clear
An Art Nouveau style silver-mounted crocodile-skin evening purse, Frederick Wich (possibly), Birmingham circa 1900 (date letter rubbed), 12cm wide, to/w two engraved vesta cases, toast rack, two mother of pearl and tortoiseshell caviar spoons, Norwegian silver gilt and enamel pickle fork, caddy spoon, George IV king's pattern salt ladle and two teaspoons
A 19th century cross-banded mahogany secretaire chest of drawers, the interior with an arrangement of drawers (with turned ivory furniture) and niches, over three long graduated drawers, 99 cm w x 50 cm x 103 cm hDrawers open smoothly, chest has repairs, some losses to veneers and beading. One handle is missing, the lock to the bottom drawer is also not present. The inlay is on the secretaire drawer and caddy top only
A Victorian rosewood tea caddy with mother of pearl inlaid decoration, the hinged cover enclosing two rosewood compartments, raised on bun feet, width 24cm, height 17cm.Additional InformationThe piece is missing the loops from the handles. Two of the bun feet are misshapen/slightly loose. Small areas of loss to the inlaid decoration. The hinges are slightly loose/wobbly.
PAIRPOINT BROTHERS; an Edward VII hallmarked silver octagonal tea caddy with hinged cover, London 1907, height 9.5cm, together with a hallmarked silver ashtray with engine turned decoration and a faceted glass dressing table pot with hallmarked silver stopper, weighable approx 7.03ozt/218g. Additional InformationTarnishing to each, surface wear and scratches to the tea canister. The engine turned decoration is heavily worn on the ashtray, light nibbles to the faceted edges on the bottle.
An Anglo-Indian ivory tea caddy,c.1810-1820, Vizagapatam, of sarcophagus form and decorated with penwork foliate borders, opening to reveal two fitted canisters and a recess for a mixing bowl,30cm wide16cm deep18cm high Condition report: old splits, the interior with signs of restorations, mixing bowl lacking discolouration and loses
A Victorian silver caddy spoon,by George Unite, Birmingham 1860,with a frosted shell-shaped bowl and hollow two-ring handle applied with vine tendrils,a George III silver caddy spoon,modelled as a leaf with coiled serpent handle,maker's mark obscured, Birmingham 1806,an early 19th century unmarked silver filigree caddy spoon, with scalloped-shaped bowl, engraved with a lion standing on a coronet, anda George III silver 'hand' caddy spoon,by Joseph Taylor, Birmingham 1806,with bright decoration to the handle,103ozt (4)Provenance: The Peter and Pat Crofts Collection.Condition report: The first three are in generally good order, however, the 'hand' example has a repair at the wrist section.Hallmarks generally good.
A marquetry and walnut eight-day longcase clock by Thomas Wentworth 'Junier', Sarum,mid-18th century, a marquetry and walnut eight-day longcase clock, the square dial with a silvered seconds dial, chapter ring, engraved calendar aperture and ringed winding holes, supporting the eight-day striking movement with five ringed pillars, the caddy-shaped hood with gilt finials and three-quarter columns over a trunk with a marquetry front worked with birds, flowers and arabesques around a lenticle, the sides strung and crossbanded,dial 11¼in diameter (28.5cm)case 234cm highCondition report: Complete with pendulum and two eeights.Very top of hood perhaps later.Old veneer splits to door towards top and base.Moulded plinth top with veneer split.Foot probably later.The case has been cleaned and re-polished at some point.Minor restorations.Movement not tested.
A George III mother-of-pearl octagonal tea caddy,c.1780, with tortoiseshell borders and all-over engraved decoration of trailing and stylised flowers, the front mounted with a circular miniature on ivory depicting a wistful looking lady and her spaniel seated beneath a tree with a gold border, the cover with a gold capital, the lockplate with gold mounts, the hinge and escutcheon also gold mounted,12cm high7.5cm deep10cm wideProvenance: The Peter and Pat Crofts Collection.Condition report: Internal foil disintegrating, otherwise good. mounts tested at approximately 9ct gold. top cap possibly covering the lack of a handle chipped to the bottom edge, the pique work with small areas of damages
A George III inlaid mahogany tea caddy, with tin liners, 21cm; a Victorian rosewood work box with mother-of-pearl inlay, 28cm; an Edwardian inlaid bookrack; a rosewood and Tunbridge inlaid sarcophagus-shape work box; a China Trade black lacquered and gilt work box, with some ivory and bone contents, 37cm; a square box with glass sides; and three small wooden boxes.
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