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Click here to subscribeBlack lacquer and chinoiserie decorated eight day longcase clock, the 12" brass arched dial signed Bennet Harvey, Weymouth to the foliate engraved centre, with subsidiary seconds dial, calendar aperture and circular silvered plaque to the arch engraved with Father Time, the case with long moulded arched door decorated with figures in pagoda garden landscapes, surmounted by a caddy top, 88" high
Black lacquer and chinoiserie decorated eight day longcase clock with five pillar movement, the 12" arched dial signed George Lindsay, London on an arched plate to the matted centre with subsidiary seconds dial within a silvered chapter ring with strike/silent dial to the arch, the case with long arched moulded door decorated with gilded pagoda landscapes, surmounted by a stepped cornice, 88" high
A George III longcase clock with eight-day movement by Thomas Phippard, Portsmouth, the engraved silvered dial with subsidiary seconds hand and date aperture, cast brass spandrels and silvered sailing ship in the arch enclosed by domed hood with brass finials flanked by reeded columns above a waist door and box base with ogee bracket feet, 210cm.
James Smith, London, a mahogany break-arch bracket clock having an eight-day duration, double fusee, five pillar movement striking the hours on a bell with pull repeat, the backplate engraved with border decoration and central cartouche signed with the maker`s name `James Smith, London`, the seven-inch silvered break-arch dial engraved with black Roman numerals, a subsidiary date dial, `strike/silent` dial within the arch and a repeat of the maker`s name and with blued steel `moon` hands, the mahogany break-arch case having a pad-top with brass carrying handle, canted corners and standing on brass ball feet, height 42cm.
James Muckarsie, Holborn, a mahogany longcase clock having an eight-day duration, five pillar movement striking on a bell, the twelve-inch arched silvered dial engraved with black Roman hour numerals, Arabic five-minute numerals, day & date subsidiary dials, floriate decoration within the corners, a `strike/silent` dial within the arch, and the makers` name `Muckarsie, Holborn` to the dial centre, with blued steel `diamond` hands, the mahogany case having a raised panel to the base, double plinth and break-arch door, the hood with fluted canted corners, two brass ball finials and a break-arch top, height 216 cms. * James Muckarsie is recorded as working in Holborn, London from at least 1784 when it was known he was a Freeman of the Clockmakers` Company until his death in 1801.
Duncan, London, a mahogany longcase clock, the eight-day duration movement striking the hours on a bell with the thirteen-inch painted arched dial having black Roman numerals, a subsidiary seconds dial, blued steel hands, painted flowerhead decoration to the four corners & arch, signed `Duncan, London`, the associated mahogany case having shell inlay to the door and base, boxwood & ebony chequered stringing to the trunk and door, canted corners to the trunk, with the hood having fluted pillars with brass Corinthian capitals, fluting below the cornice to the break-arch top and wavy moulding to the hood door, the swan necked pediment with octagonal paterae and a turned brass finial, height: 208cms. * Quite possibly the James Duncan who is recorded at a number of addresses in London, including Chancery Lane from 1780 until 1819, and also at St. James`s Street.
Jacob Ballin, Wells, a mahogany longcase clock having an eight-day duration movement striking the hours on a bell, the twelve-inch painted arched dial with black Arabic hour numerals, a subsidiary seconds dial, date aperture and blued steel hands, with gilt shell decoration to the four corners and a rural scene in the arch depicting a tree beside which is a cottage with an angel above holding a sheet with an inscription beseeching a gentleman to not cut down the tree, the man having a moving arm (now unconnected to the movement), the falseplate to the dial stamped with the dialmaker`s name `Owen`, the mahogany case having stringing to the trunk door and base, with the fluted quartered columns to the trunk having cast-brass Corinthian capitals, the hood with free-standing fluted pillars and cast-brass Corinthian capitals, a wavy moulding to the door and a swan-necked pediment with brass paterae and entwined dove brass centre finial, height 218cm. * Jacob Ballin is recorded as working circa 1800 in Wells, Somerset with a further address in Shepton Mallet. * Edward Owen (formerly of Owen & Price) is recorded as a maker of painted dials in Birmingham working at Lower Priory from 1803 with many of his dials made to special order and being both elaborate and elegant.
Bruford & Son, Exeter, an Edwardian chiming longcase clock having an eight-day duration movement striking the hours on a gong and playing one of two tunes, `Whittington` or `Westminster`, on a further eight gongs (removed), the thirteen-inch break-arch brass dial having pierced and engraved gilt brass decoration, with the raised silvered chapter ring having applied gilt-brass Arabic numerals and with two subsidiary dials within the arch for `chime/silent` and tune changer, the silvered plaque to the centre engraved with the retailer`s name `Bruford & Son, Exeter`, the mahogany case with satinwood crossbanding, an arched glazed door, a panelled base with inlaid ovoid decoration, fluted columns to the hood with cast brass capitals and a swan neck pediment having a brass ball & spire finial to the centre, height 240cm. ** Provenance: Rowcroft Hospice, Torquay
An 18th Century oak dresser base and later superstructure, with a moulded cornice and shaped fret cut canopy, central open shelves and flanked by a pair of cupboards each enclosed by a domed arch panel door, the base containing three frieze drawers and enclosed by a pair of fielded panel doors below, 183cm (6ft) long.
A good Victorian mahogany mirror backed twin pedestal sideboard with a shell and acanthus carved crest above the broken arch top glass, all having a centre drawer flanked either side by cupboard doors one containing a celleret. The two doors with caryatid style carved supports,the locks stamped CLARKE & TIMMINS Birmingham, height 2.31m width 2.15m depth 0.69m
[Milton (John)] Of Prelatical Episcopacy... One whereof goes under the Name of Iames Arch-Bishop of Armagh 26pp. lacks A1 (blank) patch of wear on title title and some other ff. foxed browned new endpapers modern boards [Wing M2133; Coleridge 41] sm. 4to R[ichard] O[ulton] & G[regory] D[exter] for Thomas Underhill 1641. ***The second of Milton`s pamphlets written in support of the five Protestant ministers in the Smectymnus controversy.
A 19th century German mahogany longcase clock, 24cm arched wooden dial inscribed with Roman numerals, painted to the arch and spandrels with roses, twin winding holes, eight day movement striking on a bell, the hood with moulded cornice, carved and applied with leafy scrolls, shaped rectangular door to waist, plinth base, bracket feet, 211cm high
A George II walnut long case clock, 33cm arched brass dial inscribed Robert Denton, Knutsford, silvered chapter ring with Roman and Arabic subsidiary numerals, moon phase to arch, covered urns and leafy scrolls to spandrels, seconds subsidiary, date aperture, twin winding holes, eight-day movement striking on a bell, the arched hood with Doric columns, shaped arched rectangular door to waist, canted base, ogee bracket feet, 230cm high, c.1750
A George III mahogany crossbanded oak longcase clock, 31cm arched painted dials inscribed Robt. Bradberry, Leyburn, Roman and Arabic subsidiary numerals, moon phase to arch, seconds subsidiary dial, date aperture, twin winding holes, eight day movement striking on a bell, the hood with swan neck pediment, brass ball and spire finial and brass capped Doric columns, arched rectangular door to waist, flanked by canted angles, bracket feet, 214cm high, c.1810 The Bradberrys were a peripatetic family of clockmakers, begun with Robert senior, of Wensley, N. Yorks., born 1749, married 1782, later of West Reeth, and Mathew (sic) probably a younger brother, born 1761, working at Wensley 1804/1811 and Richmond 1824. Robert`s son, Robert, who probably made this clock, was working at Wensley 1804/1811 and succeeded his uncle at Richmond by 1830. This is apparently the first recorded example of a clock by this family signed from Leyburn.
A George III mahogany crossbanded oak longcase clock, 31cm arched re-painted dial inscribed A Shepperley, Nottingham, Arabic numerals, the arch with a view of Nottingham castle, date aperture, thirty hour movement striking on a bell, the hood with swan neck pediment and brass capped reeded columns, shaped arched rectangular door to waist, plinth base, 218cm high, c.1820 Anthony and George Shepperley were clockmakers at Pelham Street and Long Row respectively in the first decade of the 19th century, Anthony having married at St. Mary`s Nottingham in 1804s, but c. 1828 Anthony was in partnership with William Pearce, as Shepperley and Pearce, which was dissolved in 1844. His son and grandson George and Philip continued the business into the 1860s. With this signature, the clock must date from c. 1815/1828.
A George II mahogany longcase clock, 30cm arched brass dial inscribed John Clack, London, silvered chapter ring inscribed with Roman and Arabic subsidiary numerals, flowering leafy scroll spandrels, strike/silent to arch, seconds subsidiary, date aperture, twin winding holes, eight day movement striking on a bell, the arched hood with brass capped Doric columns, arched rectangular door to waist, plinth base, 198cm high, c.1750 John Clack was married at St. Martin-in-the-Fields, London, in December 1744, and was living when his son John Calvert Clack was born in 1759.
A George III mahogany long case clock, 35cm arched painted dial inscribed Slack, Ipstones, Roman numerals, moon phase to arch, flowers to spandrels, subsidiary seconds dial, date aperture, twin winding holes, eight day movement striking on a bell, the hood with swan neck pediment and brass capped reeded Composite columns, Gothic triple arched rectangular door to waist, centred by an oval owl patera, crossbanded and outlined throughout with boxwood stringing, canted base, 223cm high, c.1820
A George III oak and mahogany long case clock, 31cm arched painted dial inscribed W Lafseler, Iron Bridge, Roman and Arabic subsidiary numerals, painted to the arch with a basket of flowers, to the spandrels with ripe fruit and flowers, 30-hour movement striking on a bell, the hood with swan neck pediment and brass capped reeded columns, rectangular door to waist flanked by quarter columns conforming, outlined with lozenge banding and boxwood and ebony stringing, canted base, outswept bracket feet, 222cm high, c.1815
A George III oak longcase clock, 29cm arched painted dial inscribed Willm. Chapman, Falkingham, Roman and Arabic subsidiary numerals, painted to the arch with a stockman, flowers to spandrels, subsidiary seconds dial, date aperture, twin winding holes, eight day movement striking on a bell, the arched hood with brass capped Composite capitals, ogee arched rectangular door to waist, plinth base, 209cm high, c.1795 William Chapman of Folkingham (sic), Lincs., also signed from Sleaford and Lincoln and was working in the 1790s; whether he was kin to the William Chapman of Lincoln and Sleaford working in 1849-176 is not clear.
A George IV oak and mahogany crossbanded longcase clock, 33.5cm arched painted dial inscribed Sh**, Nottingham, Roman numerals, painted to the arch with a lady carrying an ale jug, to the spandrels with flowers, 30-hour movement striking on a bell, the hood with swan neck pediment, brass ball and spire finial and brass capped Doric columns, serpentine arched rectangular door to waist, shaped apron, bracket feet, 225cm high, c.1840 Anthony &George Shepperley entered into a partnership with William Pearce at Long Row Nottingham in 1828 and it was not dissolved until 1844. His son and grandson George and Philip continued the business into the 1860s.
A monumental Gothic Revival mahogany long case clock, 29cm parcel gilt silvered dial inscribed Goldsmiths Company 112 Regent St London, applied with Arabic numerals, the centre blind pierced and engraved with dense scrolling foliage, seconds subsidiary dial, triple winding holes, three train movement chiming on eight tubular bells, brass cased weights, the case with shaped castellated pediment above ribbon tied fruiting oak bands, flanked by carved and applied spires, pointed shaped arch, glazed rectangular door to waist, within tracery blind fretwork, block feet, 249cm high, c.1900 The Goldsmith`s Company is the usual signature of the Goldsmniths and Silversmiths Company, founded at 122, Regent Street in 1880 by William Gibson and John Lawrence Longman, becoming a limited company in 1898. In 1893 they made the clock for the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York, and the firm survived to be taken over by Garrards in 1952. The supplier of their movements is not known, but at this period it may have been the London firm of S. Smith & Son, whose clocks enjoyed many of the characteristics of this example. In their day these clocks sold for £75 with a surcharge of £10 for a nine tubular bell strike/chime and a further £1 for a repeater.
A William IV oak and mahogany crossbanded longcase clock, 32cm arched painted dial inscribed Geo. Stacey, Worksop, Arabic numerals, painted to the arch and spandrels with colourful summer flowers, picked out in gilt, 30-hour movement striking on a bell, the hoof with swan neck pediment, brass ball and spire finial, turned columns, rectangular door to waist with incurved upper angles, rectangular base, 218cm high, c.1835 George Stacey is probably to be identified with the man of that name christened at North Wingfield (Derbys.) 31st March 1804, son of non-conformists William and Frances Stacey suggesting that he might well have been born around 1799. His apprenticeship indentures are missing, but he may have been trained by his near kinsman Thomas Stacey of Newark who died in 1820. He was certainly married by January 1822 when his son George was baptised at Tuxford, and he was working on his own account at Bridge Street Worksop by 1828 and a clockmaker and jeweller, being last recorded in 1855.
An `18th century` mahogany long case clock, 31cm arched brass dial with silvered chapter ring inscribed with Roman and Arabic subsidiary numerals, the arch applied with a domed roundel engraved with a windmill in a rural landscape, flowering leafy scrolls to spandrels, subsidiary seconds dial, twin winding holes, eight day movement striking on a bell, the hood flanked by turned columns, rectangular door to waist, outlined with chequered stringing, plinth base, 211cm high
A Precolumbian Colima Culture terracotta model of a figure holding an arch above him, probably circa 400-500 A.D., the arch possibly representing the Sun, the hollow figure portrayed wearing a hat, shirt and short trousers, 30cm high, 21cm wide. Provenance: This lot was reputedly purchased by Mr E.R.Herman from John Alsberg of the Nicole Gallery of Berkeley, California, USA, at some point during the late 1960s or early 1970s. Herman stated in a note provided with the lot that Alsberg who had written on the subject became a close acquaintance of his. Unfortunately the note does not refer specifically to this piece but to the collection as a whole. The object then passed by descent to the current vendor.
Two Sèvres salts, each modelled with three circular bowls linked by an arch handle bound with blue ribbon, the bowls painted with flower sprays, c.1770, 10.5cm. (2) Cf. M.Brunet & T.Préaud, Sèvres, p.186, no.187, for a salt of the same form, illustrated with other pieces from the Service of Madame du Barry.
An 18th Century Oak Dresser. The plank top above three fielded panel frieze drawers and corresponding cupboard doors with twin arch-topped recessed panels. The dresser enhanced with applied ovolu mouldings to the divides and raised on bun feet 32 ins x 70 ins x 19¼ ins (81 cms x 178 cms x 49.5 cms).
A Harlequin Set of Six Early 19th Century Gothic Style Windsor Side Chairs, attributed to Buckingham, stamped with various initials; T.B, J.G 9. The hoop backs above Gothic tracery style crossed arch rails. The shaped seats above finely turned baluster & ball legs joined by H-form stretchers.
A Tall Georgian Oak Corner Cupboard. The cavetto moulded cornice having canted corners above an upper & lower cupboard with a pull-out slide in-between. The upper cupboard door on brass H-form hinges with an ogee arch-topped fielded panel. 78½ ins (199 cms) in height, 28 ins (97 cms) in width.
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