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Lot 292
A George III oak longcase clock, 33cm rounded painted dial, inscribed T Bell, 30 hour movement, striking on a bell, the hood with swan neck pediment, brass paterae, turned columns, shaped trunk door, inlaid plinth, 217cm high Thomas Bell is a new addition to the roll of Derbyshire clock makers and may be related to the extensive Bell family of makers at Uttoxeter and Ashbourne.
Lot 77
A George III oak longcase clock, 28cm square painted dial signed G Gould, South Molton, Roman and subsidiary Arabic numerals, 30-hour movement striking on a bell, the hood with concave moulded cornice above a carved frieze, rectangular door to waist, plinth base, 198cm high, c.1780 George Gould was born 1741, apprenticed to Christopher Day of South Molton 1755-1762 and was working until 1799. He was made a freeman of the town in 1798 and died in August 1809. He was a clockmaker of unusual ambition for a provincial maker, having made an astronomical clock, now in a public collection.
Lot 651
An early 19th century black lacquered and chinoiserie decorated table cabinet, parcel gilded, having a hinged bell top above a pair of cupboard doors decorated with figures amongst stylised landscapes and enclosing an arrangment of seven small drawers, raised on shaped plinth base fitted drawer. H.45cm, together with an associated stained beechwood occasional table/stand. H.76cm W.53cm
Lot 29
A French small Louis XV style boulle mantel clock Retailed by Potonie, Paris A French small Louis XV style boulle mantel clock Retailed by Potonie, Paris, mid to late 19th century The two train circular outside countweel bell striking movement with anchor escapement regulated by sunburst mask bob pendulum, the backplate with Vincenti et Cie, MEDAILLE D'ARGENT roundel beneath stamped numbers 865, 4-4 and engraved retailer's signature M't Fin, Potonie, Paris , the circular blue on white enamel Roman numeral dial with repeat signature POTONIE, PARIS to centre and scroll pierced gilt hands within bead-cast hinged brass convex glazed bezel, the foliate engraved brass and red shell marquetry veneered waisted case with brass pineapple finial to the ogee shaped upstand above female mask crest to the leaf cast front panel enclosing dial and shaped glazed aperture revealing pendulum beneath, flanked by leafy scroll cast shoulder mounts over base with conforming mounts to knees and lobed compressed bun feet, 28.5cm (11.25ins) high.
Lot 31
A fine French Louis Philippe ormolu and patinated bronze figural 'Napoleon A fine French Louis Philippe ormolu and patinated bronze figural 'Napoleon' mantel clock Handall and fils, Paris, circa 1830 The circular eight-day outside countwheel bell striking movement with silk pendulum suspension and signed Handall & fils a Paris over stamped number 40 L to backplate, the case cast with a gilt standing figure of the Emporer in full military dress poised beside the breach of a field cannon incorporating dished silvered Roman numeral dial set behind the twelve-spoke gun carriage wheel fitted with blued steel spade hands to hub, the tall swept plinth base applied with sunburst mount incorporating figure of Napoleon standing amongst military trophies and saluting before Classical buidings and with outstretched eagle to foreground, the angles adorned with further bold military trophy mounts over feet cast as laurel wreaths enclosing the script TOULON and LODIN with furher conforming central medallion inscribed MANTOUE flanked by laurel swags between, 44.5cm (17.5ins) high.
Lot 32
A French gilt and patinated bronze figural mounted white marble mantel clock... A French gilt and patinated bronze figural mounted white marble mantel clock in the Louis XVI taste The movement by Vincenti and Cie, Paris, late 19th century The circular eight-day two train outside countwheel bell striking movement with Brocot type pendulum regulation and stamped with Vincenti & Cie, MEDAILLE D'ARGENT roundel to backplate, the circular blue on white enamel Roman numeral dial with scroll cast and pierced gilt hands and Arabic five minutes to outer track set behind hinged leaf cast convex bevel glazed bezel, the case cast with recumbant male and female cherubs holding lovebirds above a fluted cavetto moulded breakfronted base with rounded ends applied with floral festoon swags and with repeating foliate scroll band flanked by rosettes to the front apron panel, on leaf cast gilt disc feet, 35.5cm (14ins) high. Provenance: Chapter Manor, South Cerney, Gloucestershire
Lot 34
An Edwardian inlaid mahogany tubular bell quarter chiming eight-day longcase... An Edwardian inlaid mahogany tubular bell quarter chiming eight-day longcase regulator, William Drew, Peterborough, early 20th century The very substantial triple train movement chiming the quarters on eight tubular gongs and striking the hour on an additional gong, the going train with deadbeat escapement, Harrison's maintaining power and fine beat adjustment for the wood rod pendulum with cylindrical nickel plated bob, the 13 inch brass break-arch dial with subsidiary seconds dial to the fine foliate scroll engraved centre within applied silvered chapter ring with raised gilt Arabic numerals and rococo scroll cast spandrels to angles, the arch with twin subsidiary Strike/Silent and Whittington/Westminster selection dials with rosette engraved centres, upper silvered infill panel signed WILLIAM DREW, MAKER, Peterboro' and flanked by conforming mounts, the swan neck pedimented case with Corinthian columns flanking dial and rectangular sound frets to sides of hood above bevel-glazed break-arch caddy moulded door flanked by Corinthian quarter columns to trunk, on fielded panel fronted plinth base with canted front angles and moulded skirt, 246cm (97ins) high.
Lot 38
A Scottish William IV satinwood crossbanded mahogany eight-day longcase... A Scottish William IV satinwood crossbanded mahogany eight-day longcase clock The dial signed for William Young, Dundee, circa 1830 The four pillar rack and bell striking movement with anchor escapement regulated by seconds pendulum, the 13 inch circular white painted Roman numeral dial with subsidiary seconds and calendar dials, bearing signature WILLIAM YOUNG, DUNDEE to centre and with steel moon hands, the break-arch case with moulded cornice above hinged cast brass convex glazed circular bezel within crossbanded ebony line bordered surround flanked by canted angles, the trunk with complex moulding to throat above recessed satinwood banded panel decorated short rectangular caddy moulded door set between conforming horizontal panels above and below and flanked by quarter columns to angles, the plinth base fronted with a further recessed satinwood panel, standing on bracket feet, 206cm (81ins) high. Provenance: Purchased from P A Oxley, Calne, January 1995 for £4250.
Lot 39
A Regency brass mounted ebonised bracket clock Gammon, Birmingham A Regency brass mounted ebonised bracket clock Gammon, Birmingham, early 19th century The five pillar twin fusee bell striking trip-hour repeating movement with decorative border engraved shouldered backplate with steel arrow-shaped pointer for N/S strike/silent selection and fitted with holdfast for the large lenticular bob pendulum, the eight inch circular convex white painted Roman numeral dial signed Gammon, BIRMINGHAM to centre and with blued steel hands within ogee moulded convex glazed cast brass bezel, the single pad top break-arch case with hinged brass carrying handle to the brass fillet bordered curved panel surmount above full front door with brass fishscale quadrant sound frets beneath dial and brass strung front angles, the sides with conforming rectangular brass sound frets, the rear with arch glazed door, on cavetto moulded skirt base with cast brass ogee bracket feet, 39cm (15.25ins) high excluding handle. A William Gammon is recorded in Loomes, Brian, Watchmakers & Clockmakers of the World, Volume 2 as working in Birmingham circa 1795-1816.
Lot 41
A Regency brass inlaid mahogany bracket clock Joseph Phillips, London A Regency brass inlaid mahogany bracket clock Joseph Phillips, London, early 19th century The five pillar twin chain fusee bell striking movement with anchor escapement regulated by lenticular-bob pendulum and border engraved shouldered backplate, the 8 inch circular white painted Roman numeral convex dial indistinctly signed JOS'H PHILLIPS, LONDON to centre and with pierced blued steel hands set within slender hinged cast brass convex glazed bezel, the ebony-edged arched case with brass outlined lozenge and fleur-de-lys motif decorated apron panel beneath dial, the sides with brass cornucopiae ring handles over arched fishscale sound frets, the rear with arch glazed door, on ebonised fluted band decorated skirt base with brass ball feet, 41cm (16ins) high. A Joseph Phillips is recorded in Baillie, G.H. Watchmakers & Clockmakers of the World as working in London 1817-24.
Lot 42
A Regency mahogany eight-day longcase clock The dial signed for John Roberts A Regency mahogany eight-day longcase clock The dial signed for John Roberts, London, early 19th century The four pillar rack and bell striking movement with anchor escapement regulated by seconds pendulum, the 12 inch circular white painted Roman numeral dial with subsidiary seconds dial and bearing signature John Roberts, LONDON to centre and with steel moon hands, the break-arch case with scroll pierced fretwork crest and cavetto cornice above hinged cast brass convex glazed circular bezel and ebony line bordered lower quadrant infill flanked by canted angles, the trunk with convex throat moulding above shallow-arch caddy moulded flame figured door flanked by brass stop-fluted quarter columns, on shaped panel outline fronted plinth base with moulded skirt incorporating shaped apron, 207cm (81.5ins) high excluding top finial; 220cm (86.5ins) high overall. Provenence: Purchased from P A Oxley, Calne, February 1996 for £5850.
Lot 43
A Regency mahogany eight-day longcase clock The dial signed for Andrew Bateman A Regency mahogany eight-day longcase clock The dial signed for Andrew Bateman, London, early 19th century The four pillar rack and bell striking movement with anchor escapement regulated by seconds pendulum, the 12 inch circular cream painted Roman numeral convex dial bearing signature AND'W BATEMAN, LONDON to centre and with pierced blued steel hands, the break-arch case with finial plinth blocks to the cavetto cornice above hinged cast brass convex glazed circular bezel flanked by brass stop-fluted canted angles, the trunk with convex throat moulding above shallow break-arch moulded flame figured door flanked by brass stop-fluted quarter columns, on shaped panel outline fronted plinth base with moulded skirt incorporating shaped apron, 212cm (83.5ins) high.
Lot 44
A William IV weight-driven hook-and-spike wall clock Whitehurst and Son, Derby A William IV weight-driven hook-and-spike wall clock Whitehurst and Son, Derby, circa 1834 The two train four pillar plated eight-day bell striking movement with anchor escapement regulated by standard fifteen-inch pendulum and stamped with serial number 4895 to backplate, the 9 inch circular white painted Roman numeral dial with gilt painted outer band, steel spade hands and signed WHITEHURST, DERBY to centre, the movement fitted with sheet metal dust covers, the rear with hanging hoop and spurs, 23cm (9ins) high. Provenance: the property of a private collector. Exhibited TIME & PLACE, English Country Clocks 1600-1840 The Antiquarian Horological Society at The Museum of the History of Science, University of Oxford, 25th November 2006 - 15th April 2007, exhibit number 68. Illustrated in Craven, Maxwell John Whitehurst of Derby page 193. John Whitehurst (I) was born in Congleton, Cheshire in 1713, he was apprenticed as a clockmaker to his father (of the same name) before setting up business in Derby in 1736 - the same year he installed a turret clock to the newly completed Guildhall. He was an accomplished maker and scientist who had a particular interest in geology. He moved to London in 1780 in order to take up position at the Royal Mint as 'Stamper of the Money Weights' as well as pursue his scientific interests. He was founder member of the Lunar Society and was elected to the Royal Society in 1783. He died in 1788 leaving the Derby clockmaking business to his nephew also called John (II) who in-turn took his son of the same name (John III) into partnership in 1809. The firm traded as 'Whitehurst & Son' until 1834 when the business reverted to just 'Whitehurst' on the death of John (II). The business continued under the Whitehurst name until the death of John (III) in 1855 when it was sold to Roskell of Liverpool who subsequently wound up operations in 1862. However a former employee, John Smith, resurrected the business which is still trading today as 'Smith of Derby'. The current lot utilises a simple but ingenious form of single-arbor countwheel warned striking which, by using pins fitted to the greatwheel (rather than slots in a countwheel) to lock the striking removes the need for the provision of overlift. This, coupled with the efficient layout of the going train (incorporating half-seconds period pendulum and chain pulley wind) exemplifies Whitehurst's approach to clockmaking which, in the case of the current lot, has resulted in a timepiece perfectly engineered for backstairs use.
Lot 45
An early Victorian weight-driven hook-and-spike wall clock housed in a rare... An early Victorian weight-driven hook-and-spike wall clock housed in a rare contemporary oak floor standing 'longcase' Attributed to Whitehurst, Derby, circa 1840 The two train four pillar plated eight-day bell striking movement with anchor escapement regulated by standard fifteen-inch pendulum and stamped with serial number 6557 to backplate, the 10 inch circular white painted Roman numeral dial with gilt painted outer band, steel spade hands and now bearing signature signed WILLIS AND MAY abve feint inscription DERBY to centre, the movement previoulsy fitted with sheet metal dust covers, the rear with hanging hoop and spurs, 23cm (10ins) high; in a rare oak floor standing case, early 19th century, with ogee moulded triangular pediment above rectangular door with glazed 9 inch circular dial aperture within a square moulded surround to the fixed hood over shallow cavetto moulded throat and conforming triangular-top door flanked by canted angles to trunk, on plain plinth base with moulded skirt, 198cm (78ins) high, (2). John Whitehurst (I) was born in Congleton, Cheshire in 1713, he was apprenticed as a clockmaker to his father (of the same name) before setting up business in Derby in 1736 - the same year he installed a turret clock to the newly completed Guildhall. He was an accomplished maker and scientist who had a particular interest in geology. He moved to London in 1780 in order to take up position at the Royal Mint as 'Stamper of the Money Weights' as well as pursue his scientific interests. He was founder member of the Lunar Society and was elected to the Royal Society in 1783. He died in 1788 leaving the Derby clockmaking business to his nephew also called John (II) who in-turn took his son of the same name (John III) into partnership in 1809. The firm traded as 'Whitehurst & Son' until 1834 when the business reverted to just 'Whitehurst' on the death of John (II). The business continued under the Whitehurst name until the death of John (III) in 1855 when it was sold to Roskell of Liverpool who subsequently wound up operations in 1862. However a former employee, John Smith, resurrected the business which is still trading today as 'Smith of Derby'. The current lot utilises a simple but ingenious form of single-arbor countwheel warned striking which, by using pins fitted to the greatwheel (rather than slots in a countwheel) to lock the striking removes the need for the provision of overlift. This, coupled with the efficient layout of the going train (incorporating half-seconds pendulum and chain pulley wind) exemplifies Whitehurst's approach to clockmaking which, in the case of the current lot, has resulted in a timepiece perfectly engineered for backstairs use. The rare oak floor-standing case included in the lot appears to have been specifically supplied to house this type of clock. The hood has been made with the provision to either suspend the movement from a hook applied to a panel fitted to the backboard or rest on a seatboard slid into grooves cut within the side uprights of the trunk (this 'seatboard option' appears never to have been used). The utilitarian appearance of the case is also entirely commensurate with the clock's backstairs use. Furthermore details such as the shallow triangular pediment echoed in the top of the trunk door are the reminiscent of those seen on other early 19th century longcase clocks by the Whitehurst family, from this it is perhaps appropriate to speculate that the case may have been supplied as an 'option' to house such clocks by the Whitehurst family.
Lot 47
A George III hooded wall alarm timepiece movement and dial Joseph Gurney A George III hooded wall alarm timepiece movement and dial Joseph Gurney, Bristol, circa 1785 The weight-driven four pillar thirty-hour two-handed movement with anchor escapement and alarm set between the plates sounding on a bell mounted above, the 7.25 inch brass break-arch dial with calendar aperture and brass setting hand to the fine Ho-Ho bird inhabited rococo scroll engraved centre within applied Roman numeral chapter ring with arcaded minute ring and Arabic five minutes to outer track, the angles applied with female mask and scroll cast spandrels beneath arch centred with a domed boss signed Joseph Gurney, Bristol flanked by conforming mounts, now in a mahogany case with stepped flat cornice above open dial aperture to hood resting on a ogee moulded bracket with plain apron flanked by scroll outline side supports to a backboard with shaped bottom edge, 60cm (23ins) high. Joseph Gurney is recorded in Moore, A.J. THE CLOCKMAKERS OF BRISTOL 1650-1900 as working from 6 Bridge Street and Corn Street, Bristol 1783-98. A rare two-train hour striking tavern clock by Joseph Gurney was sold in these rooms on Tuesday 17th February 2010 for £13,000 hammer; another tavern timepiece by Gurney resides in the Bristol City Museum.
Lot 48
A rare George III scumbled pine hooded wall timepiece with alarm Thomas... A rare George III scumbled pine hooded wall timepiece with alarm Thomas Williams, Chew Stoke, circa 1770 The single-handed thirty-hour movement with rectangular plates united by four cylindrical steel pilllars pinned through the frontplate enclosing going train with anchor escapement set beside alarm mechanism sounding on a bell mounted above the plates, the 9 inch square brass dial with central silvered alarm disc, pierced iron hand and signed Tho's Williams, Chewstoke to centre within applied Roman numeral chapter ring incorporating lozenge half hour markers to the inner quarter track, the angles applied with seashell and rococo scroll cast spandrels, the simple pine box-form case with arched backboard pierced for hanging behind shaped crest and top panel which can be drawn forward to gain access to the movement from above, with open dial aperture and conforming mouldings to the base, (case intact but distressed, lacking pendulum and weights), 37.5cm (14.75ins) high. Thomas Williams is recorded in Moore, A.J. THE CLOCKMAKERS OF SOMERSET 1650-1900 as working in Chew Stoke circa 1755-1813. Moore notes that he is first recorded by his marriage to Grace Weekes in 1755 and that he was contracted to clean/service church clocks in both Axbridge and Banwell. He died on the 1st December 1813 leaving his house and property in Chew Stoke to his (presumably second) wife, Anne. When considering Thomas William's known output it is clear that he probably had a connection with the Bilbie family of Chew Stoke. The simplistic design of the case of the current lot seems to be peculiar to the West Country and can be compared to those housing movements by John Coates of Cirencester and Thomas Cox of Thornbury illustrated in Darken, Jeff and Hooper, John English 30 Hour Clocks, Origin & Development 1600-1800 on pages 275 and 277 respectively.
Lot 52
A George III inlaid mahogany eight-day longcase clock with moonphase... A George III inlaid mahogany eight-day longcase clock with moonphase Wasbrough and Mailard, Bristol, circa 1785 The four pillar rack and bell striking movement with 12 inch single sheet brass Roman numeral break-arch dial with subsidiary seconds dial, arched calendar aperture and signed WASBROUGH & MAILARD, BRISTOL to the coastal island landscape and floral spray engraved centre within chapter ring with Arabic five minutes to outer track and rococo scroll engraved decoration to spandrel areas, the arch with rolling moonphase calibrated for age of the moon beneath times of HIGH WATER AT BRISTOL KEY to outer margin, in a case with arched fan inlaid motif and concentric border pierced infill to the swan neck pediment over wavy-edge glazed dial aperture flanked by Corinthian columns, the trunk with shaped-top caddy moulded door inlaid with a central conch shell within oval satinwood crossbanded border flanked by blind fret decorated canted angles, the plinth base with conforming circular crossbanding and fretwork canted angles on bracket feet, (the inlaid decoration probably later), 246cm (97ins) high. The partnership of Wasbrough and Maillard are recorded in Moore, A.J. THE CLOCKMAKERS OF BRISTOL 1650-1900 as coppersmiths, brassfounders and clockmakers working from Wine Street, Bristol circa 1785. The Wasboroughs were one of the more prolific families of clockmakers and metal founders working in Bristol throughout the eighteenth century whose roots can be traced back to William Wasbrough who married Mary Rice (who may have been related to the Bristol clockmaker Roger Rice) on 12th January 1746.
Lot 53
A rare George III scarlet japanned table clock John Taylor, London A rare George III scarlet japanned table clock John Taylor, London, circa 1775 The five pillar twin fusee bell striking movement with verge escapement regulated by short bob pendulum with holdfast to the asymmetric foliate scroll engraved backplate, the 7 inch brass break-arch dial with calendar aperture and shaped recessed panel signed John Taylor, London to the matted centre within applied Roman numeral chapter ring with Arabic five minutes to outer track, the angles applied with rococo scroll cast spandrels beneath subsidiary silvered Strike/Silent selection dial flanked by conforming mounts to arch, the bell top case with hinged brass carrying handle to the ogee shaped upstand gilt decorated with stylised basket of flowers within shaped lozenge lattice panels on a rich scarlet ground flanked by brass pineapple finials above front door with conforming foliate trail decoration interrupted by lattice panels and with pierced gilt upper quadrant frets, the sides with circular over concave-topped side windows, the rear with break-arch glazed door set within the frame of the case, on cavetto moulded base incorporating gilt foliate scroll decorated shaped apron and bracket feet, (finish distressed), 47cm (18.5ins) high excluding handle. Several makers with the name John Taylor are recorded working throughout the late eighteenth and early nineteenth century however the current lot was probably made by the maker of this name who is recorded in Baillie, G.H. Watchmakers & Clockmakers of the World as working from Gloucester Street circa 1780.
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