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Lot 181
A William and Mary brass lantern clock by John London of Bristol, the posted movement, with an outside countwheel and striking on a bell, with a later recoil anchor escapement, the dial with a silvered chapter ring with Roman numerals, the centre engraved with an urn of flowers and signed 'John London m Bristoll', with radiating designs to the spandrels, the case with one piece finial, post and feet, with pierced frets and a turned urn finial, the movement holes have keyhole style piercings which is a John London feature, 39cm high. According to Brian Loomes little is known of John London. He first appears in Bristol in June 1675 when he was made a free Burgess as a gunsmith. In July 1675 he took an apprentice, as a gunsmith, named Robert Sainsbury. In August 1678 he was married in Bristol to Mary Baker.
Lot 184
An early 19th century Scottish longcase clock, the brass eight day movement, with anchor escapement striking on a bell, with a painted arched 14in dial, the arch decorated with a port scene with Britannia, with one package inscribed 'Mr C. HAGGART Merchant Glasgow', the dial with Roman and Arabic numerals, with subsidiary seconds and date dials, in a satinwood banded case, 211cm high.
Lot 185
A small George III oak longcase clock, the brass eight day movement with four turned pillars, with anchor escapement and striking on a bell, the 9in dial with subsidiary seconds and date dials, with Roman numerals, and signed 'ROBINSON LONDON', the case inlaid with mahogany banding, parquetry stringing and with marquetry panels, with a broken swan neck pediment above quarter pilasters, a shaped trunk door and a moulded plinth, 188.7cm.
Lot 186
A George II oak longcase clock by Philip Avenell of Farnham, the brass eight day movement, with five turned pillars and anchor escapement, the automaton figure driven from the pallet arbor, with rack strike on a bell, the 12in arched dial with gilt cast urn and eagle spandrels, the chapter ring with Roman and Arabic numerals, the matted centre engraved with two love birds and a basket of fruit, with subsidiary seconds dial and date aperture, the arch with cast dolphin mounts and with a circular recess with an automaton figure of Father Time with a starry sky, signed 'Philip Avenell Farnham' and 'TEMPUS FUGIT', the case with a caddy top and an arched trunk door, (in need of restoration), 224.5cm high.
Lot 187
A George III brass cased travelling alarm timepiece by Thomas Mudge and William Dutton, the thirty hour movement with a verge escapement, turned pillars, a bell and a bob pendulum, the hinged outer plate inscribed 'Thos Mudge, Willm Dutton, London', the silvered dials, with Roman and Arabic numerals, with a sanded ground and pierced hands, the case with sliding dust shutters, 13.5cm high, together with a later oak bracket and two weights.
Lot 188
An ebonised bracket timepiece, the brass eight day single fusee movement, with a verge escapement, with a false pendulum and rise and fall regulation, with four turned pillars, the arched 6in dial with a silver chapter ring with Roman and Arabic numerals, with subsidiary calendar, seconds and strike/silent dials, with gilt brass scrolling foliage and mask spandrels, signed 'Wm Graham London', the inverted bell top with a brass handle and a plain moulded case, with arched glazed side panels, 18th century elements, 39cm high, 23.7cm wide.
Lot 189
A mahogany wall clock, the brass thirty hour movement with a verge escapement, with turned columns and a bell, the arched dial with Roman numerals and a signed circular plaque 'Jno Watts Canterbury', the sliding hood with a broken swan neck pediment and a glazed door, flanked by columns, 80.5cm high.
Lot 197
A walnut and marquetry longcase clock, the brass eight day movement by Henry Jones, with recoil anchor escapement, with five turned and knopped pillars, with an outside countwheel striking on a bell, the 10in dial with gilt cast cherub and scrolling leaf spandrels, with a silvered chapter ring with Roman and Arabic numerals, the matted centre with an engraved date aperture, subsidiary seconds dial and ringed winding holes, signed 'Henry Jones in the Temple', the dome top inlaid with flowers above a pair of giltwood urn finials, and a fret carved frieze, with a pair of columns, the trunk with seaweed borders and panels of floral marquetry with a bird, a pair of mermen and an urn of flowers, with a glass lenticle, above a conforming plinth and flattened bun feet, late 17th century but case and movement probably associated, 228.5cm high. Henry Jones is an important maker who is listed in Brian Loomes' Clockmakers of Britain 1286-1700 as born to William Jones at Boulder, Hampshire in 1634. He was apprenticed to Edward East in August 1654 gaining his Freedom of the Clockmakers' Company in July 1663. Jones is thought to have initially worked as journeyman to Edward East before setting up on his own in the Inner Temple, London by 1672. In 1675 he is recorded as 'in Inner Temple Lane' prior to being appointed as an Assistant of the Clockmakers' Company the following year. Henry Jones was subsequently made a Warden in 1687 and finally served as Master of the Company in 1691. Amongst his many apprentices were Francis Robinson (freed 1707) and two of his sons, Henry (freed April 1678) and William (not freed). In 1692 Jones gave the Clockmakers' Company £100 'for the use of the poor'; he died in 1694 leaving his workshop in the hands of his widow, Hannah, who is known to have supplied clocks signed in her name.
Lot 199
A William and Mary walnut and marquetry longcase clock by John Knibb of Oxford, the brass eight day movement of light construction with seven ring turned and knopped pillars and recoil anchor escapement, with fine winged nut regulation suspension above the back cock, with bolt and shutter maintaining power, the outside countwheel striking on a bell, the 11in latched dial with gilt cast cherub mask spandrels, with a silvered chapter ring with Roman numerals, the matted centre with engraved calendar aperture and subsidiary seconds dial and applied with a shaped signature plaque inscribed 'JOHN KNIBB OXON', the case with a domed caddy top inlaid with flowers and shells, with giltwood ball finials above a fret carved frieze and spiral pilasters to the formerly rising hood, the trunk door inset with a lenticle and decorated with three shaped panels of finely drawn bird, flower and putti marquetry, all on an ebony ground and within a walnut border, the crossbanded plinth with similar decoration, the sides divided into shaped panels by stringing, on bun feet, 210cm high, together with a first edition copy of the 'Knibb Family Clockmakers' by Ronald A. Lee, no.550 of 1,000 printed. (2) John Knibb was born c.1650 and was apprenticed to Joseph Knibb his older brother in St Clements in c.1664. After a year the business moved to the south side of Holywell Street. When Joseph moved to London in 1670, John took over the Oxford business gaining the Freedom of the city in 1673. John became a very important figure in Oxford twice becoming Mayor in 1698-99 and 1710-11. He continued in business until 1722. The signature plaque on this lot compares very closely to a dial featured in Ronald Lee, The Knibb Family Clockmakers, p.111, pl.114. Certain elements of the movement with its fine plates and butterfly nut regulation on the top of the suspension spring are typical features of John Knibb.
Lot 201
A fine William and Mary walnut longcase clock by William Clement, the brass movement of one month duration with five latched turned and finned pillars, with recoil anchor escapement and an outside countwheel and strike to bell, the 9 13/16in dial with gilt cast winged cherub spandrels, with a silvered chapter ring with Roman and Arabic numerals, with a matted centre with a date aperture and a central finely floral engraved boss, signed 'Gulielmus Clement Londini Fecit' to the lower edge of the dial, in an architectural case, with a moulded pediment above spiral twist columns with gilt brass Corinthian columns, above a quarter veneered trunk door and a conforming stepped plinth base, 202.7cm high. William Clement is listed in Brian Loomes' The Early Clockmakers of Great Britain, and is noted as a very important clockmaker and one of the leading London clockmakers of the late 17th century. Born at Rotherhithe, he initially made anchors for the local shipbuilders. He turned to clockmaking when he moved to Southwark and eventually became Master of the London Clockmakers Company in 1694, having become a member in 1677. Clement was one of the earliest makers to apply the anchor escapement to clockwork, thus making the long pendulum practicable. See British Museum no. 1958,1006.2058 for a wall clock by Clement with a very similar hood to this present lot.
Lot 207
A large Napoleon III gilt and patinated bronze clock garniture by Barbedienne, the brass eight day drum movement by Japy Frères, striking on a bell, stamped with medaille d'or pastille and numbered '925', the circular bleu de roi porcelain dial with Roman and Arabic numerals, with pierced hands and signed 'F. BARBEDIENNE A PARIS, BD POISSONNIERE 30,', the impressive case in Louis XVI style with two cherubs, one holding a torch flanking a pair of love birds with a floral wreath surmount, with further flowers and ribbon tied laurel borders and porcelain mounts, 46.5cm high, 67.2cm, wide, together with a pair of conforming six light candelabra, 74.9cm high. (3)
Lot 208
λ A French Regence tortoiseshell and ormolu mounted mantel clock by Baltazar Martinot, the brass eight day twin train movement with turned tapering pillars and an outside countwheel, striking on a bell, the backplate signed 'A PARIS, Baltazar Martinot', the brass circular dial with enamelled Roman numerals, the centre chased with musicians, above Helios, the sun god, in his chariot, the arched case with flaming finials, above a female mask and with scrolling acanthus leaf mounts, the interior with a parquetry floor and a marquetry inlaid door, 60.8cm high, 35.5cm wide. Baltazar Martinot (1636-1716) was born in Rouen and come from an important dynasty of Rouen watchmakers. He received his master's degree in watchmaking in Paris in 1660 and became Valet de Chambre-Horloger Ordinaire of the Queen Mother in 1665. From his connections within the Royal circle he is known to have had many prestigious clients and was considered the widest supplier of quality clocks in Paris.
Lot 211
A late 19th century French marble and ormolu mounted clock garniture by Planchon, the brass eight day drum movement with an outside countwheel and striking on a bell, by Marti and Cie, with medaille d'argent pastille and stamped '7079 PLANCHON A PARIS', the circular enamelled dial with Roman and Arabic numerals and signed 'Planchon A PARIS', in a Louis XVI style case with an urn surmount with a pair of twin light candlesticks and a pair of associated ivory mounted candlesticks, 31.3cm high. (5)
Lot 213
A late 19th century French ormolu mantel clock in Louis XV style, the brass eight day drum movement, with an outside countwheel and striking on a bell, stamped 'GD 572', the white enamelled dial with Roman and Arabic numerals and signed 'LENOIR A PARIS', the case with a cherub holding a lyre surmount and decorated with scrolls, rocaille and ribbon tied musical instruments, 43.6cm high.
Lot 215
λ A large 19th century Swiss rosewood musical box with clock, the 14in brass cylinder playing ten airs with nine bells, with a printed tune sheet, retailed by 'KEITH PROWSE & CO. Manufacturers, 48 Cheapside, LONDON', the part ebonised case marquetry inlaid with a cartouche with musical instruments, the front inset with a clock dial, the eight day movement striking on a bell, the white enamel dial with Roman and Arabic numerals, with side carrying handles, 29.5cm high, 70.8cm wide, 36.5cm deep.
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Lot 374
Tray of assorted items to include: modern Chinese figure; brass reticulated fish bottle openers; brass letter opener with knight terminal; tortoise desk bell etc.(B.P. 24% incl. VAT) CONDITION REPORT: Lady figure - no obvious damage Height 39cm approximately.We not think there is any evidence of restoration, possibly nicotine stained. One visible firing crack. Large chip/loss to foot.
Lot 1379
Small works of art, mostly Victorian, including; a snuff box in the form of miniature bellows, a polished bronze paper clip in the form of a snipe head, an onyx ashtray mounted with a polished Bergmann style bronze figure of a Bedouin man (10cm diameter), two pen knives, a Baxter stevenograph of the Boat Race, a French coin adapted into a pen knife, a castle top bodkin case and a 19th century metal hand bell with lignum vitae handle, (qty).
Lot 2002
A modern Lalique clear and frosted glass 'Dampierre' footed vase, moulded with birds amongst foliage (12cm high), another similar larger modern Lalique bird moulded vase on a square foot (13.3cm high), a small modern Lalique Lion mask vase and a modern Lalique glass bell with moulded bird handle. (4)
Lot 456
Oak and mahogany longcase clock, swan-neck pediment, hood with turned supports, short door flanked by quarter columns, bracket feet, 12'' square painted dial with floral spandrels, Arabic numerals, subsidiary seconds, no date aperture, signed Richard Barton, Coventry, 30-hour movement, striking on a bell, height 203cm.
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