T.W. Long & Co, Cardiff, a brass 8 day clock T.W. Long & Co, Cardiff, a brass 8 day clock, the rectangular case with engine turned sides, the gold coloured dial with luminous Arabic numerals and fancy hands, Zenith 8 Day alarm movement, no. 8538, the case 9cm high View on bloomsburyauctions.com
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Zenith Watch Co., a small brass 30 hour alarm clock, circa 1910 Zenith Watch Co., a small brass 30 hour alarm clock, circa 1910, the two piece case with gold dial, black Arabic numerals, blued steel hands, two subsidiary dials running seconds and alarm, the case 74mm diameter, on two ball feet; and another small brass 30 hour alarm clock, circa 1912, the two piece case with cream dial, black Arabic numerals, large luminous dot markers and hands, the case 60mm diameter, on two ball feet View on bloomsburyauctions.com
A mahogany and brass inlaid bracket clock, the convex dial inscribed J Smalley, Barnsley, with twin fusee striking movement on the hour, with alarm hand, 44cm high CONDITION REPORT: Significant fading to case. Loss of veneer to top and base. Loss of moulding to sides. Ring handles loose. General surface marks. Veneer lifting/splitting. Possible re-painting of dial - see images. Movement cleaned. No winding key. Scratches to dial.
A French repeating carriage clock c1880 with retailers signature HRY Marc Paris, the Roman numeral dial with subsidiary alarm dial below, set in a gilt surround and gilt brass case with bevelled glass panels, enclosing an 8 day twin barrelled movement hour and half hour repeater and alarm, height 15 cm, width 10 cm and depth 9.5 cm
A French brass grande sonnerie striking carriage clock with push-button repeat and alarm, Unsigned, late 19th century, The eight-day two train movement with silvered platform lever escapement and striking the full hour followed by ting-tang notation for the quarters every quarter hour, the backplate punch-numbered 93 to lower left hand corner opposing engraved initails PR to lower right, the rectangular white enamel Roman numeral dial with blued steel spade hands and subsidiary alarm setting dial to lower margin, the corniche type bevel glazed case with hinged carrying handle and GÂ’de Sonnerie/PÂ’te Sonnerie/Silence selection lever to underside, (one strike hammer and both gongs lacking), 14.5cm (5.75ins) high excluding handle; with purple velvet lined tooled brown leather covered travelling case, 16.5cm (6.5ins) high overall
A French brass carriage clock with alarm, Retailed by Barraud and Lund, London, late 19th century, The eight-day two train gong striking movement with silvered platform lever escapement and numbered 2805 to backplate, the rectangular white enamel Roman numeral dial indistinctly inscribed BARRAUD & LUND, 41 CORNHILL to centre, with blued steel moon hands and subsidiary alarm setting dial to lower margin, in a bevel glazed cannelee type case with hinged carrying handle, 15cm (6ins) high excluding handle Please note this clock does not have a push-button repeat, this is an error in the catalogue description
A fine French brass petit sonnerie striking carriage clock with decorated porcelain panels, push-button repeat and alarm, Retailed by Anglo Swiss Watch Company, Calcutta, circa 1900, The eight-day two train movement ting-tang striking the quarters on two gongs and sounding the hour on the larger of the two, with silvered platform lever escapement and rectangular Roman numeral wooded landscape painted porcelain dial inscribed ANGLO SWISS WATCH Co., CALCUTTA, SWISS MADE to centre and with blued steel spade hands above subsidiary alarm setting dial flanked by painted huntsman on horseman opposing companion and hounds, the case with substantial hinged reeded baton handle above breakfronted raised cushion moulded top and inverted breakfronted cavetto cornice over fluted Corinthian column corner uprights and porcelain side panels each painted with a stag within woodland landscape, on cavetto moulded plinth base incorporating fluted band and squab feet, 17cm (6.75ins) high excluding handle
A small hook-and-spike weight-driven wall timepiece with alarm, Whitehurst, Derby, circa 1840, The four pillar plated thirty-hour movement with anchor escapement, fifteen-inch pendulum and alarm mechanism with vertically pivoted hammer sounding on a bell mounted above the plates and stamped with serial number 5894 to backplate, the 6 inch circular brass dial signed WHITEHURST, DERBY to centre, with steel spade hands and brass alarm setting hand within Roman numeral chapter ring with narrow minute ring and dot quarter-hour markers to outer track, the movement fitted with sheet metal dust covers incorporating sliding side panels, the rear with hanging hoop and spurs, 18cm (7ins) high overall. John Whitehurst was born in Congleton, Cheshire in 1713, he was apprenticed as a clockmaker to his father (of the same name) before setting up business in Derby in 1736 - the same year he installed a turret clock to the newly completed Guildhall. He was an accomplished maker and scientist who had a particular interest in geology. He moved to London in 1780 in order to take up position at the Royal Mint as ‘Stamper of the Money Weights’ as well as pursue his scientific interests. He was founder member of the Lunar Society and was elected to the Royal Society in 1783. He died in 1788 leaving the Derby clockmaking business to his nephew also called John (II) who in-turn took his son of the same name into partnership in 1809. The firm traded as ‘Whitehurst & Son’ until 1834 when the business reverted to just ‘Whitehurst’ on the death of John (II). The business continued under the Whitehurst name until 1856 when it was passed onto John Smith and is still trading today as ‘Smith of Derby’. The design of the current lot was devised by John Whitehurst in the late 18th century and continued to be made (albeit varying in detail) until around 1855 (the serial numbering system being implemented in 1809). The current lot dates to the last period of the firm (1834-56) but is faithful to the earlier models in that it utilises a small brass dial rather than the larger white dials more often seen on the later examples.
A very rare German Renaissance gilt brass astronomical monstrance table clock case originally fitted with a Universal Astrolabe, In the manner of Jeremiah Metzger, Augsburg, circa 1570, the movement and dial centre later, The high grade English single fusee movement dating to around 1830 with deadbeat escapement, five-spoke wheel crossings, concealed clicks to the fusee and twenty-four hour motionwork to the large diameter frontplate, the dial with later centre engraved with foliate scrolls on a matted ground and incorporating tripartite banner bearing spurious inscription Reighs, Dresden, 1536, set within original narrow twenty-four hour chapter ring with asterisk half-hour markers, button touch pieces and outer track engraved for every minute, the case with ovoid urn finial to the disc-shaped upstand engraved with vestigial subsidiary day-of-the-week dial annotated with respective planets to rear opposing fine foliate scroll cast and pierced rosette within moulded surround to front and with delicate chased open strapwork fret to the circumference, the rear of the principal section with centre cut-out to accommodate the later movement leaving border engraved with lines for stereographic projection around the celestial equator stamped POLUS, MITNECHTLICH to upper margin opposing MITLEGLICH, POLUS at the base, the left and right hand margins with a series of horizontal lines annotated with symbols for the signs of the Zodiac, the outer edge of the ring divided for degrees annotated in five degree intervals for every quadrant set within conforming outer scale to the moulded surround, the edge of the shallow drum casing with continuous border etched in low relief with stylised Arabesque strapwork within tightly moulded bands, the whole raised on a patinated bronze figure cast as Atlas seated on a fine pieced and chased strapwork dome with moulded collar over shallow ogee-shaped foot decorated with conforming continuous Arabesque strapwork, 34.5ins (13.5ins) high; now mounted on a circular turned ebonised wood base, 39.5cm (15.5ins) high overall. The current lot can be closely compared with an example signed by Jeremias Metzger and dated 1564 residing in the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum (Museum Number 4273-1857). Another similar example is in the Kunsthistoriches Museum, Vienna, and is illustrated in Bassermann-Jordan, Ernst von THE BOOK OF OLD CLOCKS AND WATCHES on page 146 (Fig. 118); whilst a third (which is presumably lost) features in a full height portrait of Anna, Duchess of Bavaria painted by Hans Mielich of Munich in 1556. The presence of a twenty-four hour chapter ring to the main dial of the current lot differs to that of the example by Metzger in the V. & A. which has a relatively simple and fairly conventional twelve-hour dial layout incorporating an alarm disc to the centre. The surviving elements of the dial also indicate that it would have had at least two-hands (hours and minutes) whilst the relatively narrow proportions of the hour and minute rings suggests that space was required in the centre for a reasonably complex feature. The most obvious candidate to occupy this space would be a form of standard astrolabic dial (similar to that fitted to the example in the Kunsthistoriches Museum, Vienna) however the presence of a Universal Astrolabe to the rear of the clock would perhaps render this unnecessary. It is therefore more probable that the dial centre was possibly fitted with a wide concentric band of self-adjusting overlaid sectors giving the lengths of the day and night which, when used, were often positioned within a ring annotated for the signs of the Zodiac with the relative positions of the sun and moon indicated by a pair of hands issuing from a disc engraved with a diagram of aspects to the centre. Close examination of the monstrance clock that features in the portrait of Anna, Duchess of Bavaria by Hans Mielich seems to support the possibility of such a dial layout (which would have been essential for providing the correct time under the system of unequal hours in use during the 16th century). The rear of the case of the current lot is fitted with the remnants of a Universal Astrolabe with enough of the engraving surviving to establish that it was laid-out to a design described and published by the Spaniard Juan de Rojas y Sarmiento in 1551 (although he was describing a design which was already known to exist). The Universal Astrolabe differs from a standard astrolabe in that it projects the celestial sphere from pole to pole (hence ‘from the side’) rather than across the equator as with a normal astrolabe. The inherent advantage of this type of projection is that the relative position of celestial bodies can be plotted for different latitudes whilst standard astrolabes require the position of the stars to be determined and recorded on a template (rete) before their positions for a given time and date can be observed. The Universal Astrolabe is particularly useful for calculating the length of the day for any given time of the year which is particularly relevant when considering the system of unequal hours in use at this time. The Universal Astrolabe originally fitted to the current lot was probably not connected or ‘driven’ by the movement in any way - it was most likely to have bee supplied as a form of accessory to allow independent calculations to be made. The disc-shaped surmount incorporates a dial for days-of-the-week to one side, this would have probably been fitted with a central disc (applied with a pointer to the circumference) as the centre is currently plain with little gilding. The other side is finely cast and pierced with foliate strapwork which resembles the decoration sometimes seen to the exterior of German ‘tambour’ clock watches of the period (see Basserman-Jordan, Hans von THE BOOK OF OLD CLOCKS AND WATCHES page 65, fig. 41a). The fact that this panel is pierced (coupled with the delicate fretwork to the outside edge of the surmount) suggests that it may have also housed a bell - perhaps for an alarm (in addition to the day-of-the-week calendar mechanism). This possibility is supported by evidence in a form of a slot in the case beneath indicating that their was a mechanical connection between the movement and whatever was originally housed within the surmount. The base of the clock would have been fitted with a bell (probably for sounding just the hours). The Atlas figural support appears to be a relatively standard casting as the same basic model appears to have been used on two of the other examples noted above. The unusual low relief ‘Arabesque’ decoration to the ogee-shaped bottom moulding and to the edge of the shallow cylinder of the case can be compared to that on a drum-shaped table clock by Jakob Marquart, Augsburg dating to around 1560 illustrated in Maurice, Klaus and Mayr, Otto THE CLOCKWORK UNIVERSE, German Clocks and Automata 1550-1650 on page 203 (exhibit 39). This decoration reflects the influence of Middle Eastern design borne out of a strong trading relationship with the Ottoman Empire. The current lot is an extremely rare survivor (albeit in partial-form) from the ‘golden’ period of early German Renaissance clockmaking with strong stylistic similarities to an example from arguably the most important workshop of the period - that of Jeremias Metzger of Augsburg. The original fitment of a Universal Astrolabe to the rear of the case appears to be an extremely rare, if not unique feature of possibly documentary importance.
A fine and rare Charles II brass lantern clock of impressive large proportions, Thomas Knifton, London, circa 1665, The posted countwheel bell striking movement with remote hour hammer pivoted between lugs riveted to the upper surface of the gallery top plate above verge escapement set within the gallery and short bob pendulum now swinging within the frame of the case at the rear, the dial signed Thomas Knifton at the (crossed keys) in Lothbury, London towards the upper margin of the dial centre and with engraved stylised flowering tulip scrolling infill beneath, the centre with alarm disc and distinctive sculpted iron ‘arrowhead’ hand within applied 7.25 inch circular silvered Roman numeral chapter ring with stylised fleur-de-lys half hour markers and leafy infill to spandrel areas, the large ‘Lothbury’ type frame with column-turned corner posts beneath open-work gallery and foliate pierced and engraved frets set between multi-knop vase-shaped finials with domed bell bearer incorporating decorative pierced lobes and fitted with further central finial above, the sides with brass doors, the rear with iron hanging hoop and short spurs, on turned ball feet, 50cm (19.75ins) high. Provenance: From the estate of an esteemed antiquarian horologist, purchased at Sotheby’s, Bond Street, London, 11th June 1998 (lot 343). Thomas Knifton is recorded in Loomes, Brian LANTERN CLOCKS and Their Makers as born in Nottingham 1614 and apprenticed to William Sellwood in 1632 gaining his freedom of the Clockmakers’ Company in 1640. He worked at the Cross Keys, Lothbury in St. Margarets Parish and at one time at the Draper’s Arms. He died in January 1667 in the parish of St. Botolph’s, Bishopsgate from a sudden illness. He was a prolific maker of lantern clocks who was probably succeeded by John Ebsworth who invariably signed his early clocks with the same ‘crossed keys’ device. The current lot was clearly made to impress with the frame being of particularly large proportions. The incorporation of a pierced gallery above the movement top plate is perhaps first seen on a clock originally made with balance wheel (probably dating to the 1640’s) by David Bouquet illustrated in White, George, English Lantern Clocks on page 110 (Figure II/141). Bouquet was a French Huguenot immigrant whose clocks tended to exhibit strong a Continental influence. For balance wheel clocks the gallery naturally provides a convenient enclosed space for the balance to oscillate. Relatively few lantern clocks with true enclosed galleries appear to have been made, however during the 1640’s a pattern of fret was developed which incorporated a pierced gallery to the lower edge in order to give a similar visual impression, this type of fret was often used by Knifton. The scale of the frame is impressive and of a size normally reserved for quarter chiming clocks with the additional space being necessary for the third train. The gallery also provides an additional platform onto which the hour and quarter hammers can be fitted without conflicting with the balance wheel. The development and relative standardisation of this type of chiming lantern clock (contained within a frame of large proportions incorporating a gallery for the balance wheel) is principally associated by George White (English Lantern Clocks page 155) to the workshop of Peter Closon during the 1640/50’s, although other examples are known by various makers including Knifton, Henry Child and Ahasuerus Fromanteel. Technical developments, which included invention of the pendulum in 1658, resulted in a gradual overhaul of lantern clock design during the early 1660’s, with balance wheel escapements being superseded by verge escapements and short bob pendulums and trains wound via Huygen’s endless rope system (rather than by separate lines and weights) which required the striking trains to be ‘reversed’. The provision of a short pendulum required some inventive thinking with regards to the positioning of the alarm mechanism which had traditionally been planted to the rear of the frame on balance wheel clocks. One solution was to place the pendulum within the frame - either between the trains (thus creating the ‘winged’ lantern clock) or at the rear tucked-in behind the countwheel. The other method was to move the alarm inside the frame (a system popular with West Country makers) thus allowing the pendulum to be fitted to the rear of the clock. The current lot was originally made with alarm set within the frame at the rear to allow the pendulum to oscillate unhindered to the exterior. At some point the alarm has been removed and the pendulum moved so that it swings within the area originally occupied by the alarm mechanism. This relatively minor modification allows the clock to hang much closer to the wall. As Thomas Knifton died in 1667 the current lot would have been amongst one of the first lantern clocks made with verge escapement regulated by short bob pendulum. A similar large lantern clock with gallery and short bob pendulum by Ahasuerus Fromanteel is illustrated and described as ‘an important early pendulum clock’ in White, George English Lantern Clocks on page 189 (Figures IV/59-61). The deeply hatched engraving to the dial centre of the current lot is noteworthy as is the unusual ‘arrowhead’ iron hand, both of these features are indicative of Knifton’s bold approach to detail and also arguably date the clock to the first few years of the 1660’s on stylistic grounds
A James II/William and Mary lantern clock with alarm, Joseph Windmills, London, circa 1685-90, The posted countwheel bell striking movement with verge escapement and pendulum swinging within the frame of the clock between the trains, the dial signed J: Windmills, London towards the upper margin of the dial centre and with engraved flowering tulip scrolling infill beneath, the centre with alarm disc and pierced iron hand within applied silvered Roman numeral chapter ring and stylised leaf engraved angles, the standard third period ‘Lothbury’ type frame with column-turned corner posts beneath foliate engraved and pierced frets, vase turned finials and domed bell bearer, the sides now with brass doors incorporating ‘winged’ projections capped with further leafy frets, the rear with external alarm mechanism fitted along with spurs to the iron backplate beneath iron hanging hoop riveted to the top plate, on turned ball feet, (with restoration/ rebuilding) 38cm (15ins high). The life and work of Joseph Windmills and his successors is comprehensively documented in Neale, A.J. Joseph and Thomas Windmills Clock and Watch Makers 1671-1737. Joseph joined the Clockmakers’ Company as a free Brother in 1671 - the same year that Joseph Knibb, Thomas Tompion and Daniel Quare also gained their freedom of the Company. He initially worked from Blow Bladder Street in St. Martins le Grand, London before moving to premises at Swan Court, Mark lane End, next Tower Street by April 1674 where the business remained. Joseph took his son, Thomas, as an apprentice who, after gaining his freedom in 1696, is thought to worked with his father; by 1700 the business had become a partnership between father and son which lasted until Joseph’s death in 1724.
Cartier, a gilt metal and simulated tortoiseshell eight day alarm clock Cartier, a gilt metal and simulated tortoiseshell eight day alarm clock, circa 1980, ref. 7504, 05808, the polished gilt arched case with simulated tortoiseshell background, the white dial with black Roman numerals and blued tapered baton hands, eight day 15 jewel Cartier alarm movement, cal. 949, no. 17179, the case 8cm high, in a Must de Cartier case View on dreweatts.com
Jacot. A gorge cased carriage clock with LeRoy`s patent bottom wind, white enamel dial with subsidiary alarm, the backplate with Henri Jacot`s parrot stamp and no. 10272, the turn key housed in the recessed base operating the large ratchet wheels individually, the key signed LeRoy & Fils, Patent No. 9501, the repeating movement with lever platform, 5.25in (13cm) high; with numbered travelling case. In his book `Carriage Clocks, Their History & Development` Charles Allix states that LeRoy carriage clocks emanated from several different sources. Perhaps significantly the 57 New Bond St address, with or without the Palais Royal, will usually if not always be found on the bottom wind clocks. It is highly unusual to find a clock so obviously by Jacot, his typical dial and stamp, being utilised for bottom wind with no signature for LeRoy except on the key.
A group of five gentlemen`s mostly steel bracelet wristwatches, comprising four Citizen Automatic and one Ricoh, an Elgin gilt metal keyless wind hunting cased gentleman`s pocket watch, with a gilt metal chain and display dome, a Rapport Alarm Quartz travelling clock, and a digital bedside clock, the case detailed `Ted Baker London`.
A GILT METAL JAEGER LECOULTRE ALARM TRAVEL WATCH/CLOCK CIRCA 1950s D: Two piece silver dial with gilt batons, inner minute track, luminous dots, centre rotating dial with arrow head pointer. M: Manual wind movement signed Jaeger LeCoultre & numbered. C: Circular case with laquered black bezel & gilt hour markers, hinged stand, signed LeCoultre & numbered, JLC crowns, case diameter measures approx. 41mm. CONDITION REPORT D: Original dial in excellent condition. M: Working at present. C: In very good condition with some light scratches due to general use. D: Dial / M: Movement / C: Case / S: Strap / B: Bracelet
A RARE GENTLEMAN`S LONGINES ALARM POCKET WATCH CIRCA 1915 RETAILED BY TURLER ZURICH D: Silver dial with applied luminous Arabic numerals, subsidiary seconds at 6 o`clock & alarm dial at 12 o`clock. M: Keyless wind movement signed Longines & numbered, movement and case numbers match.. C: Circular hinged nickel case, signed Longines, diameter approx. 50mm excluding the neck & bow. CONDITION REPORT D: Original dial in very good condition, showing signs of age. M: Working at present. C: In very good condition, with some scratches due to general use. D: Dial / M: Movement / C: Case / S: Strap / B: Bracelet
A FRENCH 8 DAY REPEATING ALARM CARRIAGE CLOCK CIRCA 1930 RETAILED BY DENT LONDON D: White enamel dial in a gilt metal surround, applied Roman numerals, outer minute track, original blue steel hands. M: 8 day French repeater movement striking the hours & half hours on a gong, marked Q.R., original lever platform. C: A gilded brass case which measure approx 139mm/94mm/83mm excluding the handle. CONDITION REPORT D: Original dial in excellent condition. M: Working at present. C: In very good condition, no damage but very tarnished. D: Dial / M: Movement / C: Case / S: Strap / B: Bracelet
SIX MISCELLANEOUS TABLE CLOCKS & AN ONYX LIGHTER NO RESERVE - NO MINIMUM SIX MISCELLANEOUS TABLE CLOCKS AND AN ENGLISH ONYX LIGHTER, comprising; a Tiffany & Company circular brass alarm clock, a lucite golf trophy shelf clock, a German Staiger molded glass table clock, a Concept molded glass example, two further quartz examples and a lighter. (7 pieces) Sizes vary. THIS SALE IS BEING CONDUCTED AS AN ""ABSOLUTE NO RESERVE - NO MINIMUM SALE"". AS A COURTESY, WE ARE PROVIDING YOU WITH A GENERAL CONDITION REPORT FOR THE ITEM(s) YOU INQUIRED ABOUT. PLEASE NOTE ALL SALES ARE FINAL REGARDLESS OF CONDITION. Thank you for the consideration and your expressed interest. A.B. Levy_s NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT AND/OR ANY DISCUSSION CONCERNING LOTS: ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS"" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE AS POSTED HERE AND AS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE. WE (A.B. LEVY) ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ERRORS OR ANY MISREPRESENTATIONS CONCERNING THE CONDITION OF ANY OR ALL ITEMS MENTIONED IN THIS REPORT OR ELSEWHERE. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy concerns as to condition. Understand that any statement made by us, (A.B Levy) is merely a qualified subjective opinion. We are not professional conservators or professional restorers. Prospective buyers should refer to Important Notices regarding this sale and/or any lot that might be printed in the Sale Catalogue and/or posted On-line.

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