G.E. Frodsham An 18ct gold half-hunter keyless pocket watch, the white enamel dial having black Roman numerals, blued steel spade hands and signed ‘G.E. Frodsham, 31 Gracechurch Street, London’, the three-quarter plate movement having a lever escapement with a split-bimetallic balance and over-coil hairspring, signed to the backplate ‘G.E. Frodsham, 31 Gracechurch Street, London. 1875/16722’, the half-hunter case hallmarked for 18ct gold, London 1889, diameter: 40mm. * George Edward Frodsham, successor to Frodsham & Baker, is recorded as working in Gracechurch Street from 1869 until after 1879.
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Arthur Jack, London & Cheltenham An 18ct gold hunter pocket watch, the white enamel dial having black Roman numerals, blued steel spade hands and subsidiary seconds dial, the three-quarter plate, chain fusee movement having a lever escapement with a split-bimetallic balance and signed to the backplate ‘Arthur Jack, London & Cheltenham, No. 744’, the hunter case hallmarked for 18ct gold, London 1876 and stamped with the casemaker’s initial’s ‘P.W’, for Phillip Woodman, with engraved engine-turned decoration to the front and rear, diameter: 46mm. * Arthur Jack & Co. are recorded in Cheltenham from 1865, and were still operating in the early 20th century. * Phillip Woodman, of Benjamin Woodman & Sons, is recorded as a watch case maker working at 56, Great Sutton Street, Clerkenwell, London from before 1857.
J.W. Benson An 18ct gold half-hunter keyless pocket watch, the white enamel dial having black Roman numerals, blued steel spade hands, a subsidiary seconds dial and signed ‘J.W. Benson, London’, the three-quarter plate movement having a lever escapement with a split-bimetallic balance and over-coil hairspring, signed to the backplate ‘J.W. Benson, Ludgate Hill, London. The Field’, the half-hunter case hallmarked for 18ct gold, London 1893, with the casemaker’s initial’s ‘J.W.B.’ for Benson, diameter: 50mm. * J.W. Benson were in business from 1844 until 1973 and are recorded as working at 62 & 64 Ludgate Hill, London with a retail outlet at West End House, 25, Old Bond Street. An advert of theirs in the Illustrated London News of the 13th of December 1884 shows a printed view of their ‘Steam Room’ and ‘Mezanine’. They traded as J.W. Benson from 1856 until 1891 and then as a limited company.
J.W. Benson An 18ct gold hunter keyless pocket watch, the white enamel dial having black Roman numerals, blued steel spade hands, a subsidiary seconds dial and signed ‘J.W. Benson, London’, the three-quarter plate movement having a lever escapement with a split-bimetallic balance, signed to the backplate ‘J.W. Benson, The Keyless Ludgate Watch, Old Bond Street, London’, the hunter case hallmarked for 18ct gold, London 1897, with the casemaker’s initial’s ‘J.W.B.’ for Benson, with engraved decoration to the front and rear, diameter: 50mm. * For details of J.W. Benson see lot no. 207
Barraud & Lunds, London An 18ct gold open-faced pocket watch, the white enamel dial having black Roman numerals, blued steel spade hands, a subsidiary seconds dial and signed ‘Barraud & Lunds, London, 3/3692’, the three-quarter plate movement having a lever escapement with a split-bimetallic balance, signed to the backplate ‘Barraud & Lunds, 49 Cornhill, London, 3/3692’, the case hallmarked for 18ct gold, London 1887 and stamped with the casemaker’s initial’s ‘J.W’, with engraved engine-turned decoration to the front and rear, diameter: 45mm. * Barraud & Lunds are recorded as having premises at Bishopsgate Street Within, Cornhill, London from 1839 until 1863 and possibly on to 1914.
Parkinson & Frodsham An 18ct gold hunter pocket watch, the white enamel dial having black Roman numerals, gold spade hands, a subsidiary seconds dial and signed ‘Parkinson & Frodsham, London’, the chain fusee movement having a lever escapement with a split-bimetallic balance and engraved backcock, signed to the backplate ‘Parkinson & Frodsham, Change Alley, London, 3306’, the hunter case hallmarked for 18ct gold, London 1867 and stamped with the casemaker’s initial’s ‘W.M.W.M’, for William Mansell & William Mansell, with engraved engine-turned decoration to the front and rear, diameter: 45mm. * William Parkinson & William James Frodsham were both eminent chronometer maker’s in their own right and formed a partnership with premises in both London, at 4 Change Alley, Cornhill from 1801, and Liverpool, at various addresses in Castle Street, from at least 1828. The business was continued by George Frodsham. * William Mansell & William Mansell are recorded as working at 26, Spencer Street, Northampton Square, London from 1830.
Hyatt & Son, Wolverhampton An 18ct gold open-faced pocket watch, the white enamel dial having black Roman numerals, blued steel spade hands, a subsidiary seconds dial and ‘up & down’ state of winding dial to 56 hours, the full-plate, chain fusee movement having a lever escapement with a split-bimetallic balance and signed to the backplate ‘Hyatt & Son, Queen Street, Wolverhampton, 5085’, the case hallmarked for 18ct gold, London 1878 and stamped with the casemaker’s initial’s ‘J.Y’, diameter: 45mm. * John Hyatt is recorded working in Wolverhampton from 1851, as well as Wednesbury, until 1884.
Tisdall An open-faced 9ct gold keyless pocket watch, the white enamel dial having black Roman numerals, blued steel spade hands, a subsidiary seconds dial and signed ‘Tisdall’, the movement having a lever escapement with a split bi-metallic compensating balance, the case hallmarked for 9ct gold, Birmingham 1923, with the casemaker’s name & serial number ‘Dennison Watch Case Co. Ltd, 266595’, diameter: 42mm. * Aaron Dennison was a founder member of the Waltham Watch Company in America who then moved to Birmingham to set up his watch case manufacturing company, casing the majority of the imported Waltham watch movements for retail in England, as well as providing cases for a number of other watchmaking concerns from the late Victorian period.
Waltham, a pair of gentlemen’s wristwatches, both having a cushion-shaped 9ct gold case with round, white enamel dial signed ‘Waltham USA’, subsidiary seconds dial, blued steel spade hands and brown leather straps, one with Arabic numerals, the other with Roman numerals, both cases hallmarked for 9ct gold Birmingham 1921, and stamped with the Birmingham casemaker’s initial’s and name ‘ALD, Dennson Watch Case Co. Ltd’, with serial numbers 221693’ and ‘221711’, diameter: 30mm.
A French Victorian Corniche cased carriage clock, the eight day duration movement having a later platform lever escapement and striking the hours and half hours on a gong with push button repeat, the white enamel dial having black Roman numerals and blued steel spade hands, contained in a brass Corniche case, height: 14.5cm (handle down)
A French Victorian Repeating Carriage Clock, the eight-day duration movement having a platform lever escapement and striking the hours and half hours on a gong with push button repeat, the white enamel dial having black Roman numerals and blued steel spade hands, with a brass Corniche style case, height: 15cm (handle down)
Charles Frodsham A contemporary French carriage clock, the eight-day duration movement striking the hours on a bell, the white enamel dial having an engraved gilt mask, black Roman numerals and signed ‘Charles Frodsham, London’, contained in an Anglaise style case with fluted columns, height: 17cm. * The Charles Frodsham clock company was a continuation of the original 18th century Frodsham business now mainly as a retailer of clocks.
A French Champleve Enamel Carriage Clock, the eight day duration timepiece movement having a replaced platform lever escapement, the white enamel dial having a frosted gilt mask, blued steel hands and signed by the retailer ‘Payne & Son, Tunbridge Wells’, the serpentine brass case with champleve enamel bands to the top and bottom friezes, height: 8.5cm. Complete with leather carrying box.
A Stuart Devlin silver gilt and enamel novelty surprise egg and stand, limited edition No. 46, of ovoid form with textured wriggle-work decoration, opening to reveal a jack-in-the-box above string and scissors with enamelled detail, London 1980 by Stuart Devlin, total height approx 8.5cm, both cased.
An Elizabeth II silver proof crown 1981, boxed, a Canada dollar 1973, boxed, a gilt metal commemorative plaque, detailed `Seoul, Korea`, a Canada commemorative ten dollars, detailed `Montreal 1976`, five further coins, a silver and enamel fob medal, a one yuan banknote, and seven Brazilian banknotes.
A chinoiserie porcelain timepiece group, mid-19th Century, probably French, modelled as the conjoined twin spirits of Mirth and Harmony, one holding a bowl and the other a vase, standing before a metalwork bocage with porcelain flowers beneath the barrel shaped casing housing the eight day movement with enamel dial, raised on an openwork Neo-Rococo base of foliate scrolls, impressed `T` to base, overall height approx 48cm (some faults).

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