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Preisdatenbank abonnierenA 3rd quarter of the 19th Century Lacquered Brass Carriage Clock, with push repeat, Aubert & Klaftenberger of Geneve, the silvered levered platform escapement with bi-metallic cut compensated balance and blued steel hairspring and screws, with strike on a bell, to signed Roman enamel dial with outside minute track and blued steel moon hands, in a gorge case, with push repeat and large top glazed aperture, height 5 ½”
A late 19th Century French Lacquered Brass Carriage Clock, with push repeat, 4948, the silvered lever platform escapement with bi-metallic cut compensated balance and blued steel hairspring, with strike on a blued steel coiled gong, to a Roman enamel dial with outside minute track and signed for retailers Herbert Blockley, Succr to Lund & Blockley, 41 Duke Street, St James, London, in a lacquered brass Corniche case, with push repeat, height 6 ½”
A late 19th Century French Lacquered Brass Carriage Clock with push repeat, 3027, the silvered lever platform escapement with bi-metallic cut compensated balance and blued steel hairspring and screws, to a frosted and silvered mask enclosing a Roman and Arabic enamel dial, with blue steel spade hands, in a Corniche case, with push repeat, height 6 ¼”; together with original morocco covered outer travel case
A pedestal stereoscope of Chadwick`s patent type, the mahogany case with ebonized edges, adjustable focus, slide progression knobs, and internal slide rotation mechanism, 51cm high; complete with forty-eight photographic glass slides, circa 1910, the subjects including sheep in the Bernina Pass; a street stall, Menaggio; a steam train, Scheidegg; the clock and tower, Rouen; Hotel de Ville, Rouen; old houses, Rouen; an old fountain, Rouen; the Great Clock, Rouen; snow in the Vale of Newland; Striding Edge from Helvellyn; L`Opera Facade, Paris, with horse-drawn carriage; Place de L`Opera, Paris, with horse-drawn and motorized transport; an English carrier`s cart before a row of thatched cottages; and Lowestoft Harbour, each slide 8cm x 17cm.
A fine and rare eight-day longcase clock by Thomas Pyke of Bridgwater, Somerset, circa 1790-1830, with an automaton scene of a couple hitting a ball backwards and forwards to each other, the unusual square brass dial has illustrations of the four seasons engraved into the corners, engraved within a decorative ribbon motif in the centre signed THOMAS PYKE, BRIDGWATER, the twelve inch brass break-arch dial with Roman hour and Arabic minute numerals, a seconds ring below twelve o`clock, a half-moon date aperture, and contemporary blue steel hands, within the arch is a wonderfully painted scene showing a gentleman and lady hitting a ball to each other, the ball passes to and fro, as if counting the seconds and quite unusually when the ball meets each racket, the racket moves to hit the ball back again, the mahogany case has a swan neck pediment supported by fluted columns which are in turn surmounted by brass Corinthian capitals, height 217cm., 85 1/2in., width 52cm., 20 1/2in., depth 28cm., 11in. It is believed that the scene portrays the game of Field Tennis, a distant forerunner of Lawn Tennis. It appears that the term "Field Tennis" was first penned by William Hickey in 1767. In his diaries, edited by Peter Quennell in 1978 as The Memoirs of William Hickey he described how "he (a boisterous, hard living attorney) and some friends played this game in London: In the summer we had another club, which met at the Red House in Battersea Fields, nearly opposite Ranelagh, a retired and pretty spot ... This club consisted of some very respectable persons, amongst them were Mr. Powell, of the Pay Office; Mr. Jupp, the East India Company`s architect; Mr. Whitehead, a gentleman of independent fortune; King, the celebrated actor; Major Sturt of the Engineers; and others. The game we played was an invention of our own and called field tennis, which afforded noble exercise …The situation of the house, which was close upon the edge of the river, and no public carriage road near it on the land side, rendered it as private as if it had been exclusively our own … Our regular meetings were two days in each week, when we assembled at one o`clock, at two sat down to dinner ... At four our sport commenced, continuing until dark; during the exercise we refreshed ourselves with draughts of cool tankard, and other pleasant beverage. The field, which was of sixteen acres in extent, was kept in as high order, and smooth as a bowling green … Our club consisted of twenty and was always well attended; any member who absented himself, no matter from what cause, on a dub day forfeited half a crown, which was put through a hole made in the lid of a box, kept under lock and key, and opened only once a year, when the amount of forfeits was laid out in an extra dinner at the Red House, generally about 20th. December ... Besides our regular days, some of the members met every evening during the summer months to have a little field tennis." The game was obviously very popular for some time, and did not, it seems, contain itself as a regional pastime. A passage in the Sporting Magazine (Vol.2 P.371, Sept. 29th 1793) shows its vitality as an open air game: "Field Tennis threatens ere long to bowl out cricket. The former game is now patronized by Sir Peter Burrel; the latter has for some time back been given up by Sir Horace Mann." For a longer, more in depth investigation into these clocks, please see the article: `Automated Field Tennis` by Bob Everitt. (The Tennis Collector, No.32, April 1998, p.8).
A gilt brass corniche cased striking alarum carriage clock, with a cylinder platform and enamel dial, repair top left, 5.75in (14.5cm) h.; a gilt brass corniche cased striking carriage clock with a lever platform and repaired dial, base inscribed and dated 1874, 7.5in (19cm) h.; a striking alarum carriage clock with replaced lever platform and a cracked opaque dial signed Mappin & Webb. (3)
Henri Jacot. A gilt brass corniche cased carriage clock, with alarm and with a platform lever escapement, striking on a bell, one hammer broken, the back with parrot trademark and numbered 9381, to a white enamel dial with subsidiary alarm bell, 6.25in (16cm) h, and a gilt brass carriage timepiece. (2)
Bolviller, Paris. A gilt brass carriage clock, with lever platform inscribed Lever Escapement Applied by HY PACE, 35 King Str, CHEAPSIDE., striking on a bell, the backplate marked BOLVILLER A PARIS, W 564, with a white enamel dial signed GONTARD & BOLVILLER A PARIS, the cast case with a twin mermaid handle above canted corners with semi naked maidens to vine base, 8.25in (21cm) h., in original gilt tooled red leather travel case with paper trade label for Henry Pace.
A French engraved gilt brass repeating carriage clock, with alarm, having a platform lever escapement, silvering wearing, striking on a bell, the backplate numbered 742, the enamel dial hairline crack with centre seconds and subsidiary alarm dial, alarm bell under base, 7in (18cm) h., winding key, in a fitted case from The London Jewellers & Silversmiths Co, 35, King St, Jersey.
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