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Click here to subscribeA 19TH CENTURY FRENCH MANTEL CLOCK, the rectangular pink porcelain dial with gilt Roman chapters and decorated with putti and doves, French drum movement with bell strike, the brass case with cherub surmount over pink porcelain side panels, similarly decorated with shaped base and bun feet, 30cm high
STORY (Wm.) A Journal kept in France, during a Captivity of more than Nine Years, commencing . . . April 1805, and ending . . . May, 1814. First Edition. iv, 116pp.; newly rebound half calf & marbled boards, gilt decorated & panelled spine with red label. Sunderland: printed and sold by George Garbutt . . . 1815. * a detailed, first-hand account by a Sunderland merchant of life as a civilian prisoner. Bound for Quebec in his own vessel (with an Admiralty licence to sail without convoy), they were brought up off the west coast of Scotland by a Dunkirk fast corvette privateer (of eighteen guns), the passengers & crew made prisoners and the ship scuttled. Witnessing further depredations as they sailed southwards (apparently the Royal Navy was conspicuous by its absence), they were eventually landed in Spain, there beginning a long journey of almost three months across France to Verdun - their appointed place of incarceration. Much of interest on the various places of imprisonment en route - officers & passengers having higher status than sailors, who were treated as prisoners-of war. By dint of selling possessions & a French government daily allowance they were often able to rent private accomodation or hire a cart for journeying, and sometimes dine out quite well. Much also on the long imprisonment at Verdun & Valenciennes - correspondence with homeland via bankers, help from Lloyds 'Patriotic Fund' (evidently something of a Red Cross forerunner) which apparently funded churches, schools, dispensaries, etc.; as well as the attitudes of the various prison staff, & some social intercourse with the local populations - most of the time was spent in private lodgings; finally, on his return, the behavior of customs officials at Dover seeming to ring a familiar bell.
WILLIAM IV TORTOISESHELL AND GILT METAL MANTEL TIMEPIECE BY DWERRIHOUSE, OGSTON & BELL, LONDON CIRCA 1835 the eight day movement in a drum case with a brass Roman numeral dial signed by the maker, raised on a rectangular plinth with gilt metal flowerhead and foliate mounts, on gilt metal ball feet, the backplate engraved 'Dwerrihouse, Ogston & Bell, London' 26cm high, 20cm wide, 10cm deep
GERMAN OAK BRACKET CLOCK, BY WINTERHALDER & HOFFMEIER LATE 19TH/ EARLY 20TH CENTURY with gilt metal urn finials above the silvered and gilt dial and subsidiary dials, with further gilt metal mask mounts and four paw feet, the movement striking on a bell and five gongs and stamped with maker's marks 72cm high
GEORGE II WALNUT LONGCASE CLOCK BY JOHN ELLICOTT, LONDON MID 18TH CENTURY the stepped caddy top with a blind fretwork frieze above an arched brass dial with silvered Roman numeral chapter ring, subsidiary Strike/Silent and seconds dials, and a date aperture, inscribed 'JNO Ellicot London'; above an arched door and a plinth base, the eight day movement striking a bell 49cm wide, 245cm high Provenance: Private London Residence
FRENCH GILT METAL AND PORCELAIN MOUNTED MANTEL CLOCK LATE 19TH/ EARLY 20TH CENTURY the urn shaped finial with cast flower swags above the painted porcelain dial and flanking plaques, raised on a bowed base with an inscription to verso, the movement signed LEROY & FILS/ PARIS/ 210, striking on a bell 27cm wide, 40.5cm high
FINE FRENCH GILT BRONZE FOUR GLASS MANTEL CLOCK BY ROBIN DU ROY, PARIS EARLY 19TH CENTURY the white enamel dial with Roman and Arabic chapters, signed 'Robin H'ger du Roy / A PARIS' , in a four glass case with matt and polished gilt bronze pierced laurel and floral garland panels, on a rectangular white marble base with further gilt bronze mounts, raised on flattened feet, the eight day movement striking on a bell 24cm wide, 44cm high, 15.5cm deep
Austro Hungarian silver and enamel gem-set table bell. Silver horse’s head handle on blue enamel steam with sea pearls, body set with pale amethyst and pearls, marked IB 925, c1920. Dimensions 12.5cm x 6.5cm, weight – 206g PLEASE CLICK HERE TO VIEW 360 DEGREE IMAGESCondition: Good condition
Three Meissen chinoiserie figures, 20th century, one of an astronomer standing beside a celestial globe, the others female musicians, one seated with a pair of cymbals, the last holding a bell in one hand, all dressed in colourful costume, blue crossed swords marks, a little restoration to two, 12.8cm max. (3)
A box containing a selection of glassware to include a Georgian rummer with moulded bucket shaped bowl on a cylindrical foot, a further similar example with simple bell shaped bowl on a conical foot, four substantial tumblers with slice cut detail, a pair of hand blown drinking glasses with squat bucket shaped bowls on conical feet, a further similar example together with an opaque green Victorian glass lustre with gilded border and further applied concentric gilded detail (missing droplets), a small selection of crested wares to include examples marked Weston Super Mare, Bristol, Ilfracombe, Leeds, etc together with other sundry ceramic effects, etc
A simple silver plated drinks tray of circular form together with a three branch plated candelabra united by freeform fluted branches, a matching pair of candlesticks together with a cast brass model of an eagle with outstretched wings perched upon a branch, a mantle clock in faux onyx case in the Art Deco manner, marked Metanec, two brass toasting forks, a cast brass Persian type mask with chased decoration, various horse brasses, a brass figure of a seated cat, a boxed Wade whisky bell (lacking content), a vintage Hall's Wine Tonic bottle, a small bisque doll with knitted woollen dress, various other green pressed glass and brass effects
A substantial late 19th/early 20th century internally lined copper hot water vessel of cylindrical form flanked by a pair of applied and studded ironwork handles with a large central brass tap with turned timber handle, a further smaller brass tap to the right hand side set beneath a spout with hinged lid and brass plaque reading Manufacturers of Cooking and Food Service Equipment, Bell Street, London, NW1, the top bearing a simple copper lid with loop handle, 36 cm tall x 36 cm diameter approx (excluding handles and taps) together with a further similar smaller example, also flanked by a pair of applied handles with a central brass tap, lacking lid, 26 cm tall x 26 cm diameter approx (excluding handles and taps)
A cream coloured silk cloth with self coloured embroidered pattern and crocheted edging, a cream coloured nightdress case with needlework pattern to the sides, centre panel with the initials MP and crocheted edging, a cream coloured silk cloth with embroidered floral pattern in red, pink and green, a handworked panel depicting female characters dancing and holding floral garlands, a bell-pull embroidered with a trailing flower and leaf pattern, various household linens, etc
A Victorian black marble perpetual calendar mantel clock: the eight-day duration movement striking the hours on a bell with the backplate stamped with the initials J.B.D within an oval, the three-rod compensating pendulum stamped with a repeat of the mark to the brass bob, the two-piece white enamel dial having a visible escapement with jewelled pallets, black Roman numerals, blued steel moon hands and a sweep seconds hand, above a shaped glazed panel behind which sits the pendulum, with either side having two thermometers with enamelled dials for Fahrenheit and Reaumur, to the left a further dial showing phases of the moon, the date, the day, the month and the equation of solar time, to the right a further enamel dial for the barometer, with gilt hand and pointer, the black marble case shaped in the Egyptian style, height 45.5cm.
A Victorian French black marble mantel clock: the eight-day duration movement striking the hours and half-hours on a bell with an outside countwheel, with a three-rod compensating pendulum, the porcelain dial with black Roman numerals and decorative blued steel hands, the shaped black marble case with red marble mounts, front fluted columns and inset round panels, with a glazed panel to the front behind which sits the pendulum, height 47cms.
An 18th century brass lantern clock with alarm: the weight-driven thirty-hour bird-cage movement having a verge escapement with bob pendulum and subsidiary alarm train sounding on a bell set below the brass straps, surmounted by a brass finial, with matching finials to the four corners and turned brass pillars, the brass five-inch break-arch having a raised chapter ring engraved with black Roman numerals and half-hour markings, with a matted dial centre, cast brass female-head spandrels, and engraved boss to the arch and an subsidiary alarm setting disc to the centre, with a single steel hand, height 17.5cm.
Thos Baker, Falmouth, a mahogany longcase clock with rocking ship: the eight-day duration movement striking the hours on a bell, with the twelve-inch break-arch brass dial having a raised silvered chapter ring engraved with black Roman numerals, the centre having a subsidiary seconds dial, date aperture and engraved with a scene depicting a cottage and ruins on a river bank, with cast-brass urn spandrels to the four corners, the arch having a silvered rocking-ship automata with a lithograph scene set behind depicting boats at anchor, the top of the arch engraved with the maker's name Thos. Baker, Falmouth, the mahogany flat-top case with fretwork to the hood, a break-arch moulding to the top of the trunk door and a plain base, height 227cms. * Thomas Baker is recorded as working in Falmouth from before 1810.
Joseph Gent, Walsall, an oak and mahogany longcase clock: the eight-day duration movement striking the hours on a bell, the thirteen-inch painted break-arch dial having black Arabic hour numerals and five-minute numerals, a subsidiary seconds dial, date aperture, and brass hands (now painted), the four corners painted with shell and scroll gilt decoration continued into the arch either side of an oval panel depicting a young girl and her dog seated beneath a tree, signed Jos Gent, Walsall, the rear of the date dial stamped for the dial maker Wilson, Birmingham, the oak case with mahogany crossbanding to the trunk door, mahogany panels with boxwood and ebony stringing, a swan-neck pediment to the hood, fluted hood pillars with brass capitals, quartered-fluted columns to the trunk with brass capitals, the base with mahogany veneered canted corners, a shaped raised panel and standing on bracket feet, height 230cms. * Joseph Gent is recorded as working in Walsall from 1805-50 and was the son of the maker John Gent. * James Wilson is believed to be, along with his partner Thomas Osborne, the earliest recorded maker of painted dials for longcase clocks having, in September 1772, placed an advert in Aris's Birmingham Gazette to announce 'White clock dials in Imitation of Enamel, in a manner entirely new' at an age when Wilson was only seventeen and Osborne nineteen. Their dials, and those of Wilson after the dissolution of the partnership in 1777, are considered some of the finest made with superb decoration. Wilson continued at 11, Great Charles Street and would have used a number of artists on his dials. He died in 1809, aged 54.
Andrew Rich, Bridgewater, an oak longcase clock: the eight-day duration movement striking the hours on a bell, with the twelve-inch square painted dial having black Roman numerals, subsidiary seconds dial, date aperture, decorative corner spandrels depicting flora on a gilt ground, brass hands and signed to the centre Andrew Rich, Bridgewater, the dial falseplate embossed with the dial maker's name Finnemore & Son, Birmingham, the oak case with mahogany crossbanding to the trunk door and base, the hood having full pillars with brass capitals and a swan-neck pediment with brass paterae and turned finials, height 210cms. * Biography Andrew Rich is recorded working at Fore Street, Falmouth from before 1821, when he received £8-0-0 'in Part payment of his Bill' from the churchwardens of Brent Knoll church. He died on the 22nd of March 1831. * Biography William Finnemore was born in 1766 and his sons William Jnr 1798 and George 1808. William Snr was known to have been in partnership with another Birmingham dialmaker George Walker from 1808 to 1811 before setting up on his own account in 1812. William Jnr joined the business in 1819, with George joining after the death of his father in 1838. By 1847 the two had gone their separate ways with William's side of the business being taken over by William and Richard Griffith in about 1854.
Coates, Hamilton, an oak longcase clock: the eight-day duration movement striking the hours on a bell, with an unusual heavy, pinned date ring, the thirteen-inch brass break-arch dial having a raised silvered chapter ring engraved with black Roman numerals and Arabic five-minute markings, the matted centre with subsidiary seconds dial and date aperture, with cast brass female-head spandrels to the corners and blued steel hands, the arch having a round silvered boss engraved with the maker's name Coates, Hamilton, with cast dolphin spandrels, the oak case having a swan-neck pediment with brass paterae and wood fretwork and having three-quarter fluted columns with brass capitals repeated to the trunk and with a plain base standing on bracket feet, height 217cm. * Biography There are a number of clockmakers recorded working in Hamilton, Lanarkshire with the name Coates, including Robert from 1857 who was admitted as a Burgess in 1761; his son John who was apprenticed to Robert in 1774 and Thomas who was apprenticed to him for four years from November 1768.
A Collection of Johnson Bros. Pink Coaching Scene Dinnerwares to include a pair of lidded tureens, a sauce boat and under dish, a oval serving plate, five bowls, six dinner, dessert and side plates, also Aynsley to include a pair of 'Wild Violets' lidded vases. a pair of bud vases, a pair of pin dishes and a bell, and further glass and silver-plate items. €60-80
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