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Click here to subscribeTHOMAS WHALEN ARSA (1903-75) EVE Carved teak, signed Note; Thomas Whalen was born in Leith in 1903. He worked in a variety of medium however perhaps his most regarded architectural sculpture were reliefs on the Electricity Board Offices, 130 George Street, Edinburgh (1960-4). He exhibited at the RSA 1930-76, and was elected ARSA 1940, and RSA 1954.
A late 19th Century black slate and variegated Mantel Clock, the architectural case with rouge marble inlay, on a plinth base, to a cast brass bezel enclosing 4” Roman enamel dial with outside minute track and blued steel moon hands, to a circular brass movement, with outside count wheel and strike on a bell, height 11”
A late 19th Century German walnut cased Mantel Clock, Junghans, the architectural case with scrolling pediment, over barley twist columns and stepped plinth base, to a 5 ½” arched brass dial with silvered Arabic chapter ring, and blued steel hands, to a spring driven movement with anchor escapement and strike, on a coiled gong, height 17”
A late 19th Century American oak cased Mantel Clock, Ansonia Clock Company, the plinth case with an architectural pediment and raised on a plinth base to a cast brass bezel, enclosing a 3 1/2" Roman chapter ring with outside minute track and blued steel handles, to a spring driven movement with anchor escapement and strike, on a coiled gong, height 15"
A late 19th Century black slate and variegated marble Mantel Clock, the architectural case with inlaid green marble detail, to a cast brass bezel enclosing a black enamel Roman chapter ring, to a matted centre with gilt fleur de lys hands, with spring driven movement, and anchor escapement, strike on a bell, height 12 ½”
French Colonial School 19th century- Harbour scene with soldiers possibly in the vicinity of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; pencil heightened with white on buff paper, inscribed and dated 853, 25.8x34cm: together with an Album of pencil drawings of coastal and landscape studies, Rio de Janeiro, some inscribed and dated 1854, including shipping scenes, architectural studies and caricatures of naval subjects, watermark 'Ganson Freres': together with further loose sheets of various related pencil studies, 23.5x28.5cm., (a lot)
A late 19th Century Vienna style Wall Clock, the architectural pediments surmounted by a spread eagle and globe finial over applied half columns to a cushion base with inverted finial, to a two part Roman enamel dial with outside minute track, and blue steel hands,s to a spring driven movement with anchor escapement, strike on a coil gong, height 29”
A late 19th Century gilt metal mounted black slate Mantle Clock, the architectural case surmounted by a twin handled Urn, over grotesque mask , ring side handles and raised on four scrolling feet to a cast brass bezel and enclosing a black dial with gilt Roman numerals and spade hands to a circular brass movement with anchor escapement and strike on a bell, height 20”
* Italy. Seventy eight fine uncoloured achitectural engravings, c.1830s,. including views and plans of Milan Cathedral, The Pantheon, Vatican, and many other Italian churches and buildings after Ladislaus Rupp, C.Gilio, A.Fumagalli, etc., some marginal browning, each sheet approx. 615 x 430 mm, together with fourteen other large architectural plates (approx. 92)
A late 19th century French lacquered brass cased carriage clock, the loop handle above architectural pediment to simulated bamboo uprights and stepped base, the painted face decorated in the Japanese aesthetic taste with gold painted dial set with Roman numerals beneath a rat and floral spray vignette, with further vignettes below of birds and thatched dwelling, the side panels similarly decorated, with hour repeating movement, 17 cm x 11 cm x 9.75 cm (ILLUSTRATED)
An 18th century long case clock, the eight day movement with arched enamelled dial, the sun and moon phase aperture over a chapter ring with Arabic and Roman numerals, enclosing a date aperture and subsidiary seconds dial inscribed "Geo. Washbourn ,Gloucester", within painted scrollwork spandrels, housed in a red lacquered and gold painted case, the hood with architectural top and glass panel above the arched door flanked by turned side pillars, the main body with arched door decorated with two figural panels depicting a dancing bear scene and minstrels with bagpipe and fiddle (both highlighted prints) on a rectangular base and plinth support, 223 cm high (for restoration, includes two weights, pendulum stem and bob) (ILLUSTRATED)
A 19th Century mahogany secretaire bookcase, the architectural pediment with vase shaped finial above two astragal glazed doors enclosing two shelves, above a fold over writing surface and three long graduated drawers, the upper flanked by two lopers, each drawer with brass drop handles, the oval back plates with acorn embossed decoration, the shaped frieze with barber pole banded inlaid decoration above splayed bracket feet, 100 cm wide x 183.5 cm high (ILLUSTRATED)
An early 19th century mahogany 8-day longcase clock By Andrew Barrie Edinburgh the twin train movement with anchor escapement the circular steel dial with Roman chapters and subsidiary seconds and date dials the hood with architectural pediment above plain trunk and base on a plinth 207cm high
An Austrian figured mahogany month-going Lanterndl-urh wall regulator circa 1820 the single train weight-driven movement with deadbeat escapement and fine beat adjustment for the wood-rod pendulum suspended from the backboard with two-piece white Roman numeral dial signed Kralik Samuel Pesten to centre in architectural waisted nine-light case with triangular pediment and arch glazed trunk door above concave sided tapered base case with some repair and restoration 97cm high The backplate of the movement is stamped Hoser Bjdan suggesting that it was made by a member of the Hoser family who were active in Vienna during the early 19th century
A Fine Vienna circular plaque painted with a rectangular panel depicting Abraham and the Casting Out of Hagar within a raised matt and tooled gilt frame with palmettes reserved on an azure lilac and claret panelled border gilt with scrolling acanthus and architectural vignettes 49cm diameter beehive mark in blue circa 1880
A mahogany musical longcase clock the arched brass and silvered 31cm dial with winged infant mask spandrels Roman and Arabic chapter ring the matted centre with subsidiary seconds dial the arch with Chime-Silent dial and dolphin supporters chapter ring inscribed Barnsdale 18 Brunswick Place London no. 3116 three-train movement striking on a bell and chiming on eight bells mercury pendulum brass sleeved weights the arched hood and case of architectural design carved with panels of flowers and leafy spirals to the barrel cornice frieze and base flanked by freestanding fluted pillars with leafy capitals the trunk with a glazed door on a plinth inscribed Presented to Sir Samuel Scott Bart by the members and farmers of the Grafton Hunt on his retirement from the Mastership May 1913 224cm high
A George II oak bureau-bookcase circa 1730-40 the adjustable shelves pigeonholes and three shallow drawers enclosed by a pair of doors with arched raised-and-fielded panels beneath a moulded architectural cornice the waist with candle slides above a fall-front and fitted interior with sliding well two short and two long drawers under divided by double reed frame mouldings on bracket feet 209cm high 91cm wide (now with turned wood handles bureau interior distressed faults)
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