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Paul Beighton Auctioneers Ltd.
Lot 371

A 19th century Swiss "jacquemart" automaton repeater striking pocket watch. With blue enamel case and ornamented to the bezel with a pair of figures in copper, silvered and gilded metal each striking a bell in unison with the watches chime mechanism. With white enamel dial having Roman numeral markers and railroad type minute track, 54mm wide. Condition Report. To be used as a guide only. Running. Repeater function working. Wear to the enamel on the case back. Very slight dents and tarnishing to the metal.No key.

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Paul Beighton Auctioneers Ltd.
Lot 452

A 19th century French alabaster and gilt metal demi lune portico clock garniture. With enamel dial having Arabic numeral markers and flower garlands. Housing an 8 day cylinder movement by Samuel Marti, striking half hourly on a bell, 34cm (4). Condition Report. To be used as a guide only. Runs only for a short timing. Strike function not working. Stone in good order. Metal work tarnished. Fine cracks to the dial. Pendulum but no key.

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Paul Beighton Auctioneers Ltd.
Lot 516

A 19th century French gilt bronze figural mantel clock. Surmounted with an allegorical figure emblematic of Summer and with enamel dial signed W. H. Tooke, Paris. Housing an 8 day two train cylinder movement striking half hourly on a bell, 54cm wide, 35.5cm high. Condition Report. To be used as a guide only. Case and dial in good order. Sold with a key and pendulum. Feather needs replacing so the pendulum will not currently hang. Both spring barrels intact. Bell strikes when the hands are advanced.

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Paul Beighton Auctioneers Ltd.
Lot 545

A 19th century French gilt bronze mantel clock surmounted with a figure of the Madonna and winged putti heads, set with Sevres style panels painted with ecclesiastical objects. Housing a Japy Freres 8 day cylinder movement striking on a bell, 37cm. Condition Report. To be used as a guide only. Case in good order. Left panel cracked. Dial clean. Sold with pendulum, feather broken.

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Paul Beighton Auctioneers Ltd.
Lot 572

An Art Deco Maurice Frecourt slate, onyx and marble clock garniture surmounted with a gilt and silvered bronze model of a stylized golden pheasant. Housing an 8 day movement striking half hourly on a bell, Signed Frecourt, clock 41cm. Condition Report. To be used as a guide only. Loss to te rear rit corner of the clock plint. Sold with key and pendulum.

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Paul Beighton Auctioneers Ltd.
Lot 591

A large early 19th century French gilt bronze and malachite mantel clock of Neo-Classical style. Surmounted with a torch, quiver and wreath, having fluted pilaster supports and raised on a breakfront plinth. With enamel dial having Arabic and Roman numeral markers. Housing and 8 day Raingo Freres cylinder movement striking half hourly on a bell, 50cm. Condition Report. To be used as a guide only. Sold with pendulum, no key. Barrel springs intact but not running for sustained periods. Some cracks to the malachite.

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Paul Beighton Auctioneers Ltd.
Lot 88

A 19th century Tibetan bronze prayer bell with figural handle and engraved with birds and scrolling foliage, 29cm. Condition Report. To be used as a guide only. Good condition.

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Paul Beighton Auctioneers Ltd.
Lot 143

A 19th century French Sevres style pottery cased mantel clock. Claret ground, gilded and enamelled with a courting scene signed Dumas. With enamel dial having Arabic numeral markers and flower festoons. Housing an 8 day cylinder movement striking half hourly on a bell, 29.5cm. Condition Report. To be used as a guide only. Strike and time mechanisms functioning. Sold with key and pendulum. Some crazing and wear to the case. Free from restoration.

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Paul Beighton Auctioneers Ltd.
Lot 227

A quantity of early 19th century English pottery. Including a toy ware platter, pearlware sparrow beak jug, Brameld camel pattern plate, small footed bowl and basalt jug, Castleford miniature mug, Bell Vue covered jug and a Don pottery sauceboat and Terrace of the Naval Ampitheatre of Taorminum soup plate etc (9). Condition Report. To be used as a guide only. Basalt jug, miniature mug, camel plate and Don sauceboat all with cracks. Bell Vue cover with a large filled chip, footed bowl with a filled chip to the foot.

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G.W. Railwayana Auctions
Lot 106

LNWR mahogany cased Fletcher dual line Permissive block instrument with integral bell underneath and stamped in the rear L&NWR 2616. Complete with two ivorine plates PASSENGER LINES and COPLEY HILL No3. In ex box condition.

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G.W. Railwayana Auctions
Lot 146

GWR mahogany cased lamp repeater with bell on/off switch and R.E. Thompson makers plate. In lightly cleaned condition stands 9.5in tall.

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G.W. Railwayana Auctions
Lot 185

Midland Railway oak cased block bell with large mushroom bell and tapper. In nicely restored condition.

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G.W. Railwayana Auctions
Lot 246

Caledonian Railway Tyers 2 needle mahogany cased block instrument with external mounted bell. Appears to be complete except for the Gong hammer and front tapper.

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G.W. Railwayana Auctions
Lot 271

Diesel worksplate NORTH BRITISH LOCOMOTIVE CO LTD THE GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY LTD No 27864 1959, ex BR Class 21 Bo-Bo numbered D6134. Originally allocated to Ipswich and then Eastfield from where it was withdrawn in December 1967, cut at Barnes & Bell Coatbridge in June 1968. Diamond shaped cast aluminium, face restored rear ex loco.

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G.W. Railwayana Auctions
Lot 346

GWR mahogany cased block bell with large mushroom bell and integral front tapper. In ex box condition.

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G.W. Railwayana Auctions
Lot 406

Two North Eastern railway oak cased split cased block bells with mushroom bell and tappers. Both complete but slight damage to one case.

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G.W. Railwayana Auctions
Lot 46

Brass steam locomotive whistle complete with valve and operating lever, stands 11.5in tall and the bell diameter is 2.5in. These are often sold as a Bagnall type whistle but are thought to be used on Steam cranes as well.

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G.W. Railwayana Auctions
Lot 80

LNWR/LMS mahogany cased Fletcher dual line block instrument with integral bell underneath and stamped in the rear LMS No4546. In ex box condition.

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Lacy Scott & Knight
Lot 122

An Edwardian black slate and marble cased mantel clock, having enamelled dial with Roman numerals, and eight day movement striking on a bell, h.22cm

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Lacy Scott & Knight
Lot 123

An Edwardian black slate mantel clock, having enamelled dial with Roman numerals and eight day movement striking on a bell, h.23cm

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Lacy Scott & Knight
Lot 124

A late Victorian black slate mantel clock, having enamelled chapter ring with Roman numerals and visible escapement, with eight day movement striking on a bell, h.25cm

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Lacy Scott & Knight
Lot 126

A brass cased lantern clock, in the 17th century style, having strapwork bell top within fret carved spandrels, brass chapter ring with Roman numerals, the matted centre signed Thomas Moore of Ipswich, with weight and pendulum, h.37cm

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Lacy Scott & Knight
Lot 127

An oak and brass cased lantern style wall clock, in the 18th century style, having brass chapter ring with Roman and Arabic numerals, with turned brass pilasters and strapwork bell, h.40cm, with wall-mounted bracket, weight and pendulum,

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Lacy Scott & Knight
Lot 128

A 19th century French comtoise clock, the convex enamelled dial with Roman and Arabic numerals, within a pierced brass surround, having twin weight driven movement striking on a bell, h.36cm

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Lacy Scott & Knight
Lot 129

A 19th century and later postman's alarm, having painted dial with Roman numerals, within burr walnut surround, the weight driven movement striking on a bell, h.33cm

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Lacy Scott & Knight
Lot 131

A 19th century French comtoise clock, having convex enamelled dial with Roman numerals, signed Lavavasseur, within a brass surround repousee decorated with putti and fruiting bowl below, having eight day twin weight driven movement striking on a bell, h.45cm

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Lacy Scott & Knight
Lot 132

A 19th century French comtoise clock, having convex enamelled dial with Roman numerals and inner Arabic numerals, signed Faffe Desgardes à Lorris, the whole within brass surround repousee decorated with courting couple, the eight day movement striking on a bell, h.40cm

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Lacy Scott & Knight
Lot 133

A 19th century French brass comtoise clock, having convex enamelled dial with Roman numerals, signed Seris à Vicfesensac, the brass surround surmounted by central starburst within cornucopia and leaf surround, the eight day movement striking on a bell, h.44cm

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Lacy Scott & Knight
Lot 134

A 19th century French comtoise clock, having convex enamelled dial with Roman numerals, the eight day movement striking on a bell, the whole within brass surround repousee decorated with a mask within wheat sheaves, h.43cm

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Lacy Scott & Knight
Lot 135

A 19th century French brass comtoise clock, the convex enamelled dial with Roman numerals, signed Drouhaut, within a brass surround repousee decorated with figures before a horse and cart, the eight day movement striking on a bell, h.39cm

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Lacy Scott & Knight
Lot 154

A collection of miscellaneous items, to include; modern cast iron wall bell surmounted by a duck, peacock feather fan, Auto-Bridge playing board etc

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Lacy Scott & Knight
Lot 37

A modern set of Weylux iron grocers scales with graduated set of brass weights; together with two other brass bell weights

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Lacy Scott & Knight
Lot 1107

An 18th century silvered and brass square longcase clock movement, having 10½" dial, with eight day weight driven movement striking on a bell, signed Sillito Uttoxeter, with pendulum and two weights, later mounted to a wall bracket

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Adam Partridge Auctioneers & Valuers
Lot 217

A fire bell, a grinder, panes of glass, etc.

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Adam Partridge Auctioneers & Valuers
Lot 352

A brass bell.

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Wessex Auction Rooms
Lot 257

World War II Air Raid Precautions Hand Bell marked A.R.P. (missing clanger)

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Wessex Auction Rooms
Lot 508

Cockerel Metal Hanging Bell

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Wessex Auction Rooms
Lot 77

Set of S Mordan & Co brass Postal scales, Chrome & Glass inkwell stand, shop counter bell, Bakelite cigarette box etc

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Barsby Auctions
Lot 1405

Seven various vintage cigarette lighters including Ronson and Golden Bell; together with 3 various cigarette cases.

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Barsby Auctions
Lot 1543

Vintage Daum Nancy cameo art glass vase bell flower design, signed, 17.5cm high approx.

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McTear's
Lot 1632

EDWARDIAN BRONZE CHURCH BELL by John Taylor & Co. of Loughborough 1908, 30cm high

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Kingham & Orme
Lot 725

A Cobridge stoneware vase, 'Harbour Bell'. Limited Edition 4/15. Dated 03. Signed Sam Johnson. Impressed and painted marks. Height 16.cm.

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Kingham & Orme
Lot 958

A Meissen porcelain table bell, painted with panels of flowers on a cobalt blue ground, heightened with gilt scroll work and acanthus leaf moulding to the base. Circa 1880. Crossed swords mark in underglaze blue. Height 10.5cm.

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Kingham & Orme
Lot 49

A Japanese Arita bell shaped tankard, painted in underglaze blue with panels of landscapes within floral scroll borders. Circa 1700. Height 24cm.

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McTear's
Lot 1417

VICTORIAN OCTAGONAL WAG-AT-THE-WA' CLOCKthe white enamel dial with Roman numerals, contained within an octagonal hardwood case with scrolling brass inlay, 34cm high (weights, pendulum and bell present for restoration)

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Adam Partridge Auctioneers & Valuers
Lot 219

DUNCAN ROSS (born 1943); a bell shaped vase, burnished terra sigillata slip, inlaid linear decoration, smoke fired, incised DR mark for 1989-2001, height 16.5cm (D). CONDITION REPORT: Appears good with no obvious signs of faults, damage or restoration.This lot qualifies for Artist Resale Rights. For further information, please visit http://www.dacs.org.uk

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Omega Auctions
Lot 116

BELL AND HOWELL PROJECTORS AND SPEAKERS - Six pieces of vintage film equipment to include a Bell and Howell 644 16mm sound projector and a speaker with service manual, a Bell and Howell Magnaflex Type MCE 16mm projector, a Goko 8mm film sound editor, a Premier Sound Replay Head and Loudspeaker, also to include box of leads and spares.

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Dreweatts 1759
Lot 100

A rare French Louis XV provincial iron framed rack-striking lantern clock The bell signed for Jean Dubois, mid 18th century The posted inside rack-striking two handed movement with vertically pivoted hour hammer, passing half-hour strike via second hammer sounding on the same bell and anchor escapement regulated by 48 inch pendulum swinging outside the frame to the rear, the 8 inch circular cast brass twenty-four piece white enamel Roman numeral cartouche dial with profile bust, dolphin and foliate scroll decorated centre and Arabic five minutes to outer track beneath Classical mask, Ho-Ho bird and cockerel pierced crest, frame with rectangular section corner posts continuing above the top plate to support the domed bell bearer with turned top finial and enclosing bell cast with inscription JEAN DUBOIS AU PUY , on tall integral spike feet carrying scroll cast openwork apron mount to front, 43.5cm (17.25ins) high; with a carved oak wall bracket, 63.5cm (25ins) high overall. A Jean Dubois does not appear in the usual sources however a Jean Duboys is recorded in Baillie, G.H. Watchmakers & Clockmakers of the World as working in Lyon in 1685.

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Dreweatts 1759
Lot 109

A fine William and Mary walnut, olive wood and floral marquetry longcase clock of month duration James Clowes, London, circa 1690 The five finned pillar bell striking movement with high position outside countwheel and anchor escapement regulated by seconds pendulum, the 11 inch square brass dial with subsidiary seconds dial enclosing calendar aperture and low ringed winding holes to the matted centre, within applied silvered Roman numeral chapter ring with stylised sword hilt half hour markers and Arabic five minutes to narrow outer track, with sculpted steel hands, the lower edge of the plate signed James Clowes, London and the angles with gilt winged cherub mask and foliate scroll cast spandrels, In a case with formerly rising hood incorporating projecting ogee moulded cornice and floral trail marquetry decoration to frieze above conforming inlaid glazed dial surround applied with ebonised Solomonic three-quarter columns to front angles, the sides with rectangular windows and further quarter columns applied against bargeboards at the rear, the trunk with convex olive wood veneered throat moulding over rectangular 40 inch door centred with an oval lenticle and with three shaped marquetry panels decorated with bird inhabited scrolling flowering foliage on an ebonised fruitwood ground and incorporating unusual teardrop design within the upper panel set within an oyster olive wood field, the sides with three line-edged crossbanded panels, the base with conforming rectangular marquetry panel within further crossbanded surround, 194cm (76.25ins) high; standing on a later conforming detachable skirt plinth, 199.5cm (78.5ins) high overall. James Clowes is recorded in Loomes, Brian Clockmakers of Britain 1286-1700 as born in around 1643 in Astbury, Cheshire, older brother of John (born 1751) and son to James Clowes senior, a nail maker of Odd Rode. James Clowes became a Free Brother of The Clockmakers Company in 1671 - the same year as Thomas Tompion, Joseph Knibb, Daniel Quare and Joseph Windmills. In 1673 he was working at St. Giles in the Fields and then At. Ann s Blackfriars in 1675 when he married Mary Winckley of Biddulph, Staffordshire (at Barthomley in Cheshire). He is believed to have married again to a Jane Coulton in 1680 who was still alive in 1686. James Clowes signed the Clockmakers Company oath of allegiance in 1697 and paid quarterage up until 1705 when he is thought to have died. The case of the current lot exhibits an unusual teardrop design within the upper marquetry panel of the trunk door. This feature can also be seen on a case housing an eight-day movement and dial by his brother, John Clowes of Russell Street (Covent Garden), which was sold in these rooms on 9th September 2009 (lot 100).

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Dreweatts 1759
Lot 110

Ω A fine Queen Anne gilt brass mounted ebony table clock with pull-quarter repeat Isaac Papavoine, London, circa 1705-10 The five finned pillar twin fusee movement with verge escapement regulated by short bob pendulum, pull-quarter repeat on a nest of three graduated bells and striking the hour on a further larger bell, the backplate finely engraved with symmetrical leafy scrolls and strapwork around a central crowned male mask within herringbone border, the 7 inch square brass dial with ringed winding holes and herringbone border-engraved shaped false bob aperture signed I Papauoine London to the recessed backing plate and conforming calendar aperture the finely matted centre within applied silvered Roman numeral chapter ring with sword hilt half hour markers and Arabic five minutes to outer track, with delicate pierced steel hands and winged cherub head cast spandrels to angles within herringbone engraved outer border incorporating S/N switch at nine o'clock, in a case with fine twin cherub cast handle to the bell-top superstructure and gilt urn finials, the front with raised mouldings to the glazed dial aperture flanked by scroll cast gilt escutcheon mounts, the sides with conforming rectangular glazed apertures and the rear with door matching the front set within the frame of the case, on complex moulded shallow skirt base with gilt brass claw bun feet, 39.5cm (15.5ins) high excluding handle. Provenance: Private collection, Hampshire (ref. C5); purchased at Louis Taylor and Sons, Stoke-on-Trent, 23rd March 1981 (lot 265) for £2,000 hammer. Isaac Papavoine is recorded in Loomes, Brian Clockmakers of Britain 1286-1700 as a French immigrant clockmaker who became a Free Brother of the Clockmakers Company in 1687/8. The only other mention of him in the Company records is a note indicating that he was much in arrears of his subscriptions in 1705/6. Loomes mentions clocks by him signed as being made in Dukes Court, London whilst other examples inscribed Suffolk Street, London are also known. The overall design of the current lot is typical of those made for a very short period during the formative years of the 18th century. The movement and dial are very much rooted in 17th century practice with the engraving to the backplate showing a Continental influence with strapwork and grotesques more typical of Huguenot practice. The case is surmounted by a fully developed bell-top caddy with exuberant handle which combined with a square dial very much dates the clock to around 1700 and 1710- and is of a form favoured by leading London makers such as Christopher Gould and Joseph Windmills (see Barder, Richard C. The Georgian Bracket Clock 1714-1830 for an example by Gould and Dawson, Percy G.; Drover, C.B. and Parkes, D.W. Early English Clocks 484 for a burr walnut clock by Joseph Windmills of related case design).Cites Regulations Please note that this lot (lots marked with the symbol Î© in the printed catalogue) may be subject to CITES regulations when exported from the EU. The CITES regulations may be found at www.defra.gov.uk/ahvla-en/imports-exports/cites

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Dreweatts 1759
Lot 112

A rare Charles I first period brass lantern clock Anonymous but possibly by Richard Milbourne, London, circa 1620-30; the dial later inscribed for John Harford, Bath, 1658 The posted movement now with verge escapement regulated by short bob pendulum swinging outside the frame to the rear and Huygen s endless rope winding, the reversed strike train with countwheel planted to the rear and sounding the hours on a bell set above the top plate, the dial with elaborate rose centred vestigial alarm disc and sculpted iron hand enveloped by fine engraved infill incorporating winged angel mask over opposing lions mask inhabited stylised foliate scrolls issuing from cornucopiae and grotesque mask positioned just above six o'clock, within an applied Roman numeral chapter ring with simple wheatear half hour markers, the upper angles engraved John Harford, in Bath, 1658 over earlier leafy sprays matching those to the lower angles, the distinctive frame with one-piece column turned corner posts incorporating rounded blocks at the junctions with the top and bottom plates beneath symmetrical foliate strapwork pierced frets decorated with engraved detail to the front, integral multi-knopped ovoid vase-turned corner finials and domed bell bearer cast with pierced decoration between the limbs surmounted by a later substantial cup-and-cover vase finial, with brass side doors and on ring-turned ball feet, 32cm (12.5ins) high excluding later finial; 39.5cm (15.5ins) high overall; with an oak wall bracket and 19th century cylindrical brass cased weight embossed in the Arts and Crafts style with monogram DIW. The current lot can be directly compared to an example dated to circa 1610-1620 signed Richard Milborne fecit in holborne illustrated and described in Loomes, Brian LANTERN CLOCKS & Their Makers on pages 49-50 (Figures 5.10-11). In particular the engraving to the centre of the dial of the Milborne clock is almost identical to that of the present lot. In addition to this they also share the same pattern of frame casting and the unusual detail of having a lateral hammer stop applied to the top plate (removed from the current lot but evidence in the form of a vacant lot is still present). From this it would be reasonable to suggest that both originate from Milborne s workshop evidenced by the fact that the signed example is inscribed directly into the dial plate along with fecit. . Loomes also illustrates (Figures 5.2-9) another larger clock with dial engraved by the same hand and related frame castings which also could have originated from the same workshop. A detail worth noting is that this larger unsigned clock was made without an alarm, hence the centre is engraved with infill to occupy the space which would have been taken by a setting disc. This infill takes the form of a two-tier complex radial rosette almost identical to the one decorating the alarm disc of the current lot (suggesting that the disc itself is a rare original survivor). A third clock utilising the same frame castings and with dial engraving clearly by the same hand is illustrated in White, George English Lantern Clocks on page 82 (Figure II/94). This example was once in the Iden collection and is fitted with a non-original front fret bearing a signature for William Selwood hence is described by White as by an unknown maker. Although the angel and demon engraved decoration departs a little from the design seen on the others noted above it is clear that the similarities are strong enough to suggest that it was made in the same workshop (possibly that of Richard Milborne). From these observations it would seem reasonable to conclude that the present clock and the three clocks described above can be considered a series. Very little is known of Richard Milborne; Brian Loomes notes in Clockmakers of Britain 1286-1700 that A Richard Milborne and his wife, Mary had two children baptised at St. Clement Danes, Elizabeth and Mary in 1634 and 37 respectively. The identification of the current lot as being London first period work possibly from the workshop of Richard Milborne confirms that the engraved inscription for John Harford of Bath was added at a later date. John Harford is recorded by Loomes in Clockmakers of Britain 1286-1700 as born in Chippenham, Wiltshire in 1632. His uncle (on his maternal side) was the clockmaker John Snow of West Lavington and his father (John senior) may have been the clockmaker John Har(t)ford who was made a Free Brother of the Clockmakers Company in 1632 and Assistant in 1649. John Harford junior was apprenticed to his uncle John Snow from 1646 until 1653 and is thought to have worked in Bath from around 1654. He was described as a watchmaker in 1677 when his son (again of the same name) was apprenticed in London and is thought to have continued working until the end of the century. The presence of Harford s signature on the current lot would suggest that he probably acquired the clock and perhaps overhauled the mechanism prior to retailing it under his own name. On close examination the chapter ring appears to have been replaced at the same time of the execution of the signature. Indeed evidence in the form of extant earlier engraved decoration beneath indicates the original chapter ring was narrower whilst Harford's signature and date appear to have been executed to comfortably occupy the space above the current chapter ring.

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Dreweatts 1759
Lot 115

A rare George III mahogany hour-striking tavern clock The dial signed for Desbois and Wheeler, London, early 19th century The five pillar two train rack and bell striking movement with four-wheel trains and anchor escapement regulated by steel-rod brass-faced lenticular bob pendulum with effective length of approximately 30.5 inches, set on a seatboard behind the 16 inch circular white painted Roman numeral dial inscribed DESBOIS & WHEELER, GRAYS INN PASSAGE to centre and with counterweighted steel spade hands set behind a heavy cast brass convex moulded hinged glazed bezel applied to an ogee moulded wooden surround, the drop-trunk box case with movement access doors inset with sound frets to sides over flame figured panel flanked by shaped ears to throat and concave-topped rectangular caddy-moulded door, the square base terminating with a complex moulded collar over pendulum access flap to underside, 109cm (43ins) high. Daniel Desbois was apprenticed to John Johnson at Grays Inn Passage and took over his business from circa 1790 to 1846, dying two years later in 1848. The partnership between Daniel Desbois and Wheeler is also recorded in Baillie, G.H., Clutton, C. and Ilbert, C.A. BRITTEN'S Old Clocks and Watches and their Makers as working from Grays Inn Passage, London 1803-35.

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Dreweatts 1759
Lot 116

A Regency small brass mounted bracket clock with enamel dial Dwerrihouse and Carter, London, early 19th century The five pillar twin fusee bell striking movement with anchor escapement regulated by lenticular bob pendulum and lancet-shaped plates, the 5 inch fired white enamel circular Roman numeral dial signed Dwerrihouse & Carter, BERKELEY SQUARE, LONDON to centre and with blued steel spade hands set behind hinged convex glazed cast brass bezel, the lancet-shaped case with raised brass line-bordered crescent panel above dial and further conforming shaped panel enclosing stylised looped double-lozenge motif beneath, the front edges with cast slender Gothic column mounts continuing to form moulded lancet-arch above, the sides with brass lion s mask ring handles above lancet arch shaped brass sound frets, the rear with conforming lancet-glazed door, on brass bound stepped skirt base with brass ball feet, (case formerly ebonised), 30.5cm (12ins) high. The partnership of Dwerrihouse and Carter are recorded in Baillie, G.H. Watchmakers & Clockmakers of the World as working from Berkeley Square, London 1802-23.

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Dreweatts 1759
Lot 117

A George IV brass inlaid mahogany bracket clock Gravell and Son, London, circa 1830 The substantial four pillar twin fusee bell striking movement with trip-hour repeat, thick arched plates and deadbeat escapement incorporating screw end stop depth adjustment to the escape wheel pivot regulated by heavy lenticular bob pendulum, the backplate with scribed line border and signed GRAVELL & SON, LONDON over number 3928 to centre, the 8 inch circular silvered Roman numeral dial with fine pierced blued steel hands set behind hinged convex glazed cast brass bezel, the break-arch case with shallow ebonised cavetto cornice over concave-topped brass fillet edged recessed panel inlaid with brass lozenge scroll motif beneath dial flanked by strung ebonised canted angles, the sides with cornucopiae ring handles over arched gilt fishscale sound frets, the rear with arch glazed door, on shallow skirt base incorporating ebonised fluted band to upper margin and brass ball feet, 44.5cm (17.5ins) high. The partnership between William Gravell and his son of the same name succeeded Gravell and Tolkien who are recorded in Baillie, G. H. Watchmakers & Clockmakers of the World as taking on Eardley Norton s business in 1792, and working from St. John s Clerkenwell, London 1795-1820. Gravell and Tolkien continued the serial numbering system instigated by Norton which in-turn was continued by Gravell and Son and then William junior alone (who subsequently worked from Charterhouse Square and served Master of the Clockmakers Company 1841-42). The movement of the current lot is substantially built with a fine Graham type deadbeat escapement regulated by a particularly heavy lenticular bob pendulum. This specification will ensure very good timekeeping and reflects the high quality approach of the makers.

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Dreweatts 1759
Lot 120

A fine George III brass mounted figured mahogany quarter chiming table clock with fired enamel dial John Scott, London, circa 1790 The substantial six pillar triple chain fusee movement chiming the quarters on a graduated nest of eight-bells and striking the hour on a further large bell, with original half-deadbeat escapement regulated by floral engraved lenticular bob pendulum with holdfast to the fine Classical urn-centred symmetrical rococo scroll engraved backplate, the 8 inch circular white enamel Roman numeral dial signed JOHN SCOTT, GLOUCESTER STREET, LONDON to centre, with Arabic five minutes to outer track and pierced blued steel hands, the shallow break-arch case with generous hinged brass carrying handle and single brass-fillet moulded rectangular pad to top over fine foliate pierced and engraved brass crescent-shaped sound fret to the arch of the full-height front door incorporating cast brass bezel to the convex glazed circular dial aperture and with conforming brass fillet-bordered lower quadrant frets flanked by chevron-strung angles, the sides with arched brass frets and the rear with glazed arched door set within the frame of the case, on generous cavetto moulded skirt base with cast brass ogee bracket feet, 43cm (17ins) high excluding handle. John Scott is recorded in Baillie, G.H. Watchmakers & Clockmakers of the World as working from Gloucester Street, London from before 1784. He is further noted in Britten, F.J. Old Clocks and Watches and Their Makers as being in business at 40 Gloucester Street, Red Lion Square. Scott became an honorary Freeman of the Clockmaker s Company in 1781 but is believed to have worked 1770-1794; a bracket clock of his dating to around 1775 was formerly in the Wetherfield Collection.

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Dreweatts 1759
Lot 122

A fine George III gilt brass mounted mahogany table clock Robert Fleetwood, London, circa 1780 The five pillar twin fusee bell striking movement with verge escapement regulated by lenticular bob pendulum with pivoted beam rise/fall regulation to suspension, trip hour repeat and fine symmetrical foliate rococo scroll engraved backplate, the 7 inch ogee-arch top dial with calendar aperture to the finely matted centre within applied Roman numeral chapter ring with Arabic five minutes to outer track, with pierced steel hands and rococo scroll cast mounts to spandrels with the upper two interrupted by twin subsidiary Strike/Silent and regulation dials flanking signature Rob t Fleetwood, Abchurch Lane, London to arch, the bell top case surmounted with gilt pineapple finial set on a pedestal flanked by fine gilt frets over four further smaller finials and cavetto top mouldings, the front with scroll-pierced and engraved brass upper quadrant frets and fillet inset glazed dial aperture to door flanked by caddy moulded angles, the sides with hinged brass carrying handles above conforming brass fillet inset break-arch side windows, the rear with plain glazed aperture and quadrant frets matching the front, on moulded skirt base with cast ogee bracket feet, 50cm (19.75ins) high overall. Robert Fleetwood is recorded in Britten F.J. Old Clocks and Watches and their Makers as a Liveryman of the Goldsmith s Company who was established at Featherstone Buildings, Holborn, London, in 1760 then 13 Abchurch Lane from 1776; he died in 1789. The unusual shape of the dial of the current lot is reminiscent of the work of the renowned London Partnership of Allam and Clements (see Christie s sale of Important Clocks and Marine Chronometers , King Street, London 20th February 2008, lot 96). Another clock of related design, this time by Eardley Norton, is illustrated in Barder, Richard, C. The GEORGIAN BRACKET CLOCK 1714-1830 on page 110.

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Dreweatts 1759
Lot 69

Barometers - twenty one titles: Goodison, Nicholas ENGLISH BAROMETERS 1680-1860 Antique Collectors' Club, Woodbridge 1977, dj; Goodison, Nicholas ENGLISH BAROMETERS 1680-1860 first edition, Cassell and Company Limited, London 1969, dj; Banfield, Edwin, a set of three works BAROMETERS, Wheel or Banjo; BAROMETERS, Stick or Cistern Tube and BAROMETERS, Aneroid and Barographs each published by Baros Books, Trowbridge, Wiltshire 1985, each with dj; Banfield, Edwin BAROMETER MAKERS AND RETAILERS 1660-1900 Baros Books, Trowbridge, Wiltshire 1991, softbound; Collins, Philip R. CARE AND RESTORATION OF BAROMETERS Baros Books, Trowbridge, Wiltshire 1990, softbound; Middleton, W. E. Knowles THE HISTORY OF THE BAROMETER John Hopkins Press, Baltimore MD 1964, dj; Collins, Philip R. BAROGRAPHS Baros Books, Trowbridge, Wiltshire 2002, softbound; Banfield, Edwin BAROMETER MAKERS AND RETAILERS 1660-1900 Baros Books, Trowbridge, Wiltshire 1991, softbound; Banfield, Edwin THE ITALIAN INFLUENCE ON ENGLISH BAROMETERS from 1780 Baros Books, inscribed by the author, Trowbridge, Wiltshire 1993, softbound; Banfield, Edwin The Banfield Family Collection of Barometers Baros Books, Trowbridge, Wiltshire 199, softbound; Collins, Philip R. ANEROID BAROMETERS AND THEIR RESTORATION Baros Books, Trowbridge, Wiltshire 1998, dj; Bolle, Bert BAROMETERS Argus Books Limited, Watford 1978, dj; Bell, G.H. and E.F. OLD ENGLISH BAROMETERS The Wykeham Press, Winchester 1952, dj; Negretti and Zambra A TREATISE ON METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS facsimile reprint of the 1864 edition originally published by the authors, Baros Books, Trowbridge, Wiltshire 1995, softbound; Belville, John Henry A MANUAL OF THE BAROMETER facsimile reprint of the 1858 third edition originally published by Taylor and Francis, Turner and Devereux, London 1975, softbound; Banfield, Edwin Antique Barometers - an illustrated survey Wayland Publications, signed by the author, Hereford 1977, staple softbound; Thoday, A.G. Barometers The Science Museum, London 1978, staple softbound; Rose, R.E. Looking After Your Barometer published by the author, London undated, staple softbound; Locke, John YOUR BAROMETER, BAROGRAPH OR ALTIMETER Brabourne Books, Brabourne 2003, softbound; McConnell, Anita BAROMETERS Shire Publication Limited, Haverfordwest, 1987, staple softbound; Archinard, BAROMETRES Musee d art et d histoire, Geneva 1978, softbound; and two volumes on Scientific Instruments, Wynter, Harriet and Turner, Anthony SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS Studio Vista, London 1975, dj, and Turner, Gerard L E ANTIQUE SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS Blandford Press, Poole 1980, dj, (23). Provenance: Private collection, Hampshire.

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Dreweatts 1759
Lot 75

A Pulsynetic C69 programmable electromagnetic impulse timer Gents, Leicester, mid to late 20th century With black painted cast iron frame applied with electromagnetic slave mechanism shunting a large diameter twenty-four hour wheel drilled with holes positioned at five-minute intervals to circumference to take pins to engage with the timing contacts, with day-of-the week disc to allow de-activation over the weekend and mercury short-interval timer, set along with connection terminals within a glazed-front wooden case with lift-off cover incorporating front door, applied with paper label incorporating serial number 120778 in ink to the inside of the left hand side and an ivorine button inscribed MAKERS, GENTS, OF LEICESTER to lower front rail, 45cm (17.75ins) wide. Gents of Leicester were founded by John Thomas Gent in 1872 and specialised in producing electric timepieces principally for semi-public and industrial use alongside fire alarm systems, telephones, transformers and related products. The firm initially operated from Faraday Road, Leicester, later (after WWII) moving to nearby Kibworth. They were bought-out by the multi-national organisation, Chloride, in 1981. The current lot would have almost certainly served as an automatic bell ringer in a school or factory. The mechanism would be driven by impulses directly from a master clock every thirty seconds causing the large diameter twenty-four hour dial to rotate. Pins inserted within the circumference of the ring would engage with contact points at programmable intervals which, in-turn, would cause a circuit to become open for a short period of time (dictated by the controlled flow of mercury in the short duration timing switch). The day of the week dial allows the mechanism to be disabled over the weekend.

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Dreweatts 1759
Lot 78

A scarce gold plated Atmos II timepiece LeCoultre to a design by Jean-Leon Reutter, Switzerland, early 1940 s The single train movement wound via the expansion and contraction of an aneroid chamber mounted to the rear of the mechanism and regulated by torsion escapement with rotating balance suspended beneath, numbered 6909 to frontplate and numbered 8148 to suspension platform, the dial gilt Arabic numeral chapter ring inscribed with retailer s signature NORTHERN GOLDSMITHS Co. at twelve o clock opposing MADE IN SWITZERLAND to lower edge, the glass bell jar' type case with canted angles, on plinth base with adjustable feet, 23.5cm (9.25ins) high.

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