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Lot 312
Tray of assorted china to include 19th century floral cheese dish and cover, Staffordshire Stilton bell on stand depicting oriental scenes, Royal Albert bone china Old Country Roses cup and saucer, small oval blue and white meat dish with figural landscape and foliate decoration, various floral bowls etc.
Lot 106
A polished brass and cloisonné corniche cased repeating alarm carriage clock, the repeating movement set lever escapement, striking bell and set a Roman painted enamel dial with outer minute track and set subsidiary alarm dial, decorated with a female nude amongst a romantic landscape, the architectural case decorated with cloisonné panels and split quarter pilasters, set enamelled plaques of classical female nudes H.16cm
Lot 471
Three pieces of Chinese porcelain: comprising a soft paste inkwell of bell shaped form, painted in blue with cracked ice and prunus, 11 cm diameter, bears paper label 'Donaldson Collection from Brighton Museum', [some staining]; a small oviform jar embossed with scattered white blooms and leaves on a dark blue ground, 8 cm high; together with a small baluster jar painted in blue with panels of peony, foliage and rocks, beneath a simple fretted band, artemisia leaf mark to base, 11 cm high, Kangxi and later.
Lot 546
An Aller Vale (Torquay) pottery ewer and two similar vases: each decorated in the 'M3' pattern, the former of tapering form with bell shaped base, a two handled vase of flattened tear drop form and a small vase with crimped rim, each decorated in coloured slips with a heron, or egret, amongst reeds and flowering lilies, reserved on a green ground, impressed Aller Vale, Devon, England, two incised M3, circa 1891-1902.(3)
Lot 703
A French miniature carriage clock:, the eight-day duration timepiece movement having a platform lever escapement and subsidiary repeat of the hours on a bell, stamped on the backplate ABV Depose within an oval, the white enamel dial with black Roman numerals, blued steel hands (one replaced) and signed for the retailer Howell James & Co, To the Queen, London & Paris, contained in a cannalee variant brass case with fluted handle, height 9.4cm (handle up) 7.6cm (handle down). * Biography Howell and James were founded in 1819 as silk mercers & retail jewellers, the original partners being John Howell and Isaac James. By 1838 the firm had become Howell, James & Co. with the partners now John Howell, William Sedgwick, Thomas Stroud and Henry Gillett although by 1855 the company was in the sole ownership of Gillett and in 1884 became a limited company known as Howell & James Ltd.
Lot 704
A French porcelain panelled carriage clock:, the eight-day duration movement striking the hours and half-hours on a bell with push button repeat and having a silvered platform lever escapement, the backplate stamped with the serial number 1026, the bamboo style brass case with turquoise porcelain panels depicting flora and birds with further panelled scenes inset to the sides and back with a matching porcelain dial with black Roman numerals and blued steel moon hands, height 15cm (handle down), 18cm (handle up).
Lot 706
Gounouilhou et Francois a Geneve, an ebonised portico clock:, the eight-day duration movement striking the hours and half-hours on a bell with an outside countwheel and adjustable beat to the pendulum crutch, the backplate signed Gounouilhou et Francois a Geneve, with a nine-rod compensating pendulum with a dual-metal bob, the round silvered dial engraved with black Roman numerals and an inset subsidiary seconds dial, with blued steel moon hands and engraved with the maker's name, the ebonised portico case having four tapered pillars with brass capitals of acanthus leaf decoration, with further decorative gilt-metal mounts to the base and standing on decorative cast brass feet, height 54.5cm. * Biography Gounouilhou & Francois were well-known Geneva makers working at Quai de l'Isle 241 making clocks and watches with complications as well as carriage clocks with both petite and grande-sonnerie. They exhibited at the l'Exposition Geneva in 1828. Pierre-Simon Gounouilhou was a French protestant, born in 1779, who was to have a major influence on the horological scene in Geneva; amongst his many achievements were watches constructed with quarter-chiming and Jaquemarts automata. He was a signatory on the petition, dated February 1829, to have a new observatory constructed.
Lot 708
Japy Freres, Paris, a gilt brass and champleve enamel three-piece clock garniture:, the eight-day duration movement striking the hours and half hours on a bell, the backplate stamped with the trademark for Japy Freres of Paris, the silvered dial with black Roman numerals and enamel decoration to the centre and blued steel spade hands, the gilt-metal case with shaped pillars to the corners draped with winged putti with a further winged putto to the top of the arch, with a break-front base and surmounted by a lidded drum, all decorated with champleve enamel and engraved decoration, height 39cm, complete with a pair of two-light candelabra.
Lot 709
Japy Freres, Paris, a white marble & gilt-metal mantel clock:, the eight-day duration movement striking the hours and half-hours on a bell and stamped with the trademark for Japy Freres, Paris, the round enamel dial with blue Roman numerals, Arabic five-minute numerals, decorative engraved brass hands, and signed for the retailer Howell James & Co, To the Queen, London, the shaped decorative white marble and gilt-metal case with floral & musical mounts and surmounted by a group depicting symbols of triumph including a torch and wreath, height 32.5cm.
Lot 713
Thos. Langford, London, an 18th century mahogany bracket clock: the eight-day duration, five-pillar double-fusee movement, now with an anchor escapement, having c-scroll and floral engraving to the backplate and striking the hours on a bell, the eight-inch break-arch brass dial having a raised silvered chapter ring engraved with black Roman numerals and outer five-minute outer Arabic markings, the centre with a subsidiary date dial and engraved with the maker's name Thos. Langford, London, the arch with a silvered strike/silent dial and all with gilt-metal cast c-scroll and floral spandrels, with blued steel hands, the bell-top mahogany case with inset brass fretwork to the top corners, brass acorn finials to the top, a brass carrying handle, glazed side panels and standing on brass bracket feet, height 51cm, not including handle. * Biography Thomas Langford is recorded as becoming free of the Clockmakers Company in 1781 and took on a number of apprentices in the following years including William Whitaker and John Clark.
Lot 716
William Avenell, Alresford, an oak moonphase longcase clock: the eight-day duration five-pillar movement striking the hours on a bell, the eleven and a half inch brass break-arch dial having a raised chapter ring engraved with black Roman numerals and outer five-minute numerals, with unusually the subsidiary strike/silent dial to the dial centre below XII o'clock with a date aperture above VI o'clock and shaped cartouche engraved with the maker's name Will. Avenall, Alresford, with a moonphase aperture to the arch and sweep seconds hand, the oak flat-topped case with fretwork to the hood and three-quarter columns with brass capitals, with a break-arch trunk door and plain base, height 202cm. * Biography William Avenall was a well-known maker recorded working in Old Alresford in circa 1760 with another of the same name known to be in Portsmouth in the early part of the 19th century.
Lot 719
Jno. Scobell, Colyton, an oak and mahogany longcase clock:, the eight-day duration movement striking the hours on a bell, the twelve-inch square painted dial having black Roman numerals, floral decoration to the corners, subsidiary seconds dial and blued steel hands, signed to the centre with the maker's name Jno. Scobell, Colyton, the falseplate to the dial embossed with the dial maker's name Walker & Hughes, B/Ham, the oak case with mahogany crossbanding, mahogany canted corners and diamond panels above and below the trunk door, all inlaid with decorative stringing, the flat-topped hood with tapered pillars having brass capitals, height 194cm. * Biography John Spurway Scobell was born in July 1799, the son of Joseph & Mary, and first listed as a clockmaker in Ottery St. Mary in 1830 before moving to Colyton a few years later, a clock signed by him at the latter town is dated for 1837.
Lot 721
Ralph Banks, Devonport, a mahogany longcase clock: the eight-day duration movement striking the hours on a bell, the brass break-arch dial having a raised chapter ring engraved with black Roman numerals, the centre with a subsidiary seconds dial and date aperture and engraved Ralph Banks, Devonport, with an engraved boss to the arch, the mahogany case with wavy edge moulding to the hood door, fluted pillars and standing on bracket feet, 213cm. high. * Biography Ralph Banks is recorded working at Plymouth Dock (Devonport) often using clocks 'bought-in' from top London suppliers including John Thwaites. It is known that he married Rebecca Palmer Collings at Stoke Damerel parish church in December 1782 under whose name the business was listed in 1812.
Lot 722
George Holford, Doncaster, a mahogany longcase clock: the eight-day duration movement striking the hours on a bell, the break-arch painted dial with black Roman numerals and signed by the maker Geo. Holford, Doncaster, the mahogany case with a break-arch top and standing on bracket feet, 221cm. high.
Lot 421
A group of Corgi Military and Military Air Power, limited edition, die cast model US aeroplanes, comprising; Lockheed LC-130F Hercules with skis, US Navy, AA31301; B-29 Superfortress with bell X-1, AA48903; Lockheed VC-121A Constellation 'Columbine', AA30402; Boeing C-97A Stratofreighter, Military Air Transport Services, AA48104; and Boeing VC-137C 'Air Force One', scale 1:144, all mint and boxed. (5)
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