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Click here to subscribeA Mahogany Eight Day Longcase Clock, circa 1790, with swan neck pediment, arched crossbanded trunk door, plinth with raised quatre form panel and upon bracket feet, 14-inch arched brass dial with silvered Roman and Arabic chapter ring, engraved dial centre with seconds and date, arch with rolling moonphase, four pillar movement with anchor escapement and rack striking on a bell, 241cm high
A Mahogany Eight Day Centre Seconds Longcase Clock with Calendar Displays, signed Joseph Brown, Worcester, circa 1790, case with swan neck pediment, flame veneer trunk door, plinth with raised quatre form panel and upon a later skirting, 13-inch one piece arched silvered dial, centre seconds hand, arch with rolling moonphase and signed, four pillar movement with deadbeat escapement and rack striking on a bell, 237cm high
A Mahogany Eight Day Longcase Clock, with pagoda top, brass pierced fretwork to the front and sides with side sound frets, stop brass fluted columns, brass ball finials, flame veneer trunk door flanked by Corinthian capped stop brass fluted pilasters, raised quatre form panel to the plinth and upon later feet, 11-1/2-inch arched brass dial with Roman and Arabic silvered chapter ring inscribed John Shelton London, scroll engraved dial centre with date aperture and subsidiary seconds, arch with rolling moonphase, four pillar movement with anchor escapement and rack striking on a bell, case possibly later, 252cm high
A George III Mahogany Eight Day Longcase Clock, signed Richd Marsh, Watford, circa 1770, the arched top case with pierced fretwood to the front, brass finials, glazed side viewing windows, brass stop fluted columns with brass capitals, arched trunk door flaked by inset fluted pilasters, plinth with raised quatre form panel and upon bracket feet, 12-inch arched brass dial with silvered Roman and Arabic chapter ring, matted dial centre with a pie crust edge seconds dial, date aperture and signed on a silvered plaque, the arch with strike/silent selection, five pillar movement with anchor escapement and rack striking on a bell, 239cm high
A Mahogany Eight Day Longcase Clock, signed Thomas Brown, Chester, No.703, circa 1780, with swan neck pediment and eglomise glass panels, brass ball finials, fluted columns, figured trunk door with blind fretwork above and flanked inset pilasters, plinth with canted brickwork corners and raised upon bracket feet, 13-inch arched brass dial with silvered Roman and Arabic chapter ring, with engraved floral scroll work to the centre, subsidiary seconds, date aperture, later hands, the signed and numbered arch with rolling moonphase, four pillar movement with anchor escapement and rack striking on a bell, 248cm high
A William III Walnut and Foliate Marquetry Quarter Striking Longcase Clock with Unusual Calendar Displays, signed J Wright in Mansfield Fecit, circa 1700, with caddy hood and three gesso and gilt wooden finials, three-quarter columns with gilded capitals to the hood door, side glazed viewing windows, convex throat mouldings inlaid with marquetry to the front, trunk door with lenticle aperture and inlaid with foliate, figures and bird marquetry, arabesque and foliate inlay to the plinth and upon later skirting, signed 12-inch square brass dial with silvered Roman chapter ring, matted dial centre displaying apertures for month/date and day of the week/zodiac signs, decorated with ringed borders and central floral engraving, subsidiary seconds, winged cherub spandrels and engraved to the dial edge, strike/not strike lever above 12, six pillar triple weight driven movement with deadbeat escapement and quarter striking eight hammers onto a nest of eight bells and a further hammer striking a larger bell of the hours, later seatboard, 241cm high John Wright is believed to have worked in Mansfield in the late 17th century, he died in 1708. A lantern clock is also recorded by this maker. See Loomes (Brian) The Early clockmakers of Great Britain, pg.595.
* M_rklin & Bing. A quantity of pre-war track and track-side accessories, c. 1920s-1930s,including straight and curved track sections, points etc, together with rare early continental-pattern Maerklin turntable, signal, destination-board (Berlin, Magdeburg, Kassel & Munchen), Halt sign, mechanical bell-tower warning-signal, two barrier-pattern level-crossing gates, and Bing large station-platform section with canopied cover and twin loading-cranes (minor parts lacking), Bing brick & pierced steel-span bridge (3-piece sectional), together with another similar grey-steel span bridge (3-piece sectional), also including a group of rare gauge-I and II painted composition passengers and railway personnel figures by Elastolin or Hausser etc. (2 cartons)
* Gramophone, Desk & Office. A group of decorative lithographed trademark tins, c. 1900-1940s, a good quantity of gramophone-needle tins & accessories etc, including HMV (many variants), Columbia, Songster, Edison Bell, Rex, Decca, Embassy, Perfekto, Verona, Broadcast, Victor, Columbia ÒYalkieÓ, 3-Arch Brand, Herold-PickUp, Dulcetone, and others, together with Pen-nibs, Rubber-Bands, Drawing-pins, Seccotine Glue and related subjects, all good conditions, many complete with original contents (approx. 90)
* British-built aircraft A-Z. An exceptional collection of approximately 6,000 postcard size photographs of British-built aircraft neatly displayed in six albums, mostly pre-1950,one devoted to American types, six images to a page, each inscribed verso with aircraft type, or mark, where appropriate with source or previous collection, the photographer or manufacturer, some most unusual types illustrated, including the following which caught the eye; A.V. Roe `Bull`s eye` triplane, Avro `Falcon` Schneider Trophy contender, Avro G-30 autogiro SE-AEA, Avro Experimental `Lancasters` and `Lincolns`, Bell `Airacuda` XFM-1, Blackburn 1909 monoplane, Blackburn G.P. Seaplane of 1916, Blackburn F.7/30 `Goshawk`, Boeing B-9 low-wing bomber, Boeing B-17 & B-29 numerous examples, Bristol `Coanda` monoplane of 1913, Bristol `Braemar` Mk.I & Mk.II twin engined triplanes, Bristol Type 72 racer G-EBDR, Bristol Type 172 `Frieghter` loading a Bristol 401 fixed-head coupe, Bristol `Brabazon` roll out, Cievra autogiros - various marks, Cunliffe-Owen flying wing G-AFMB, de.Havilland D.H.77, de.Havilland D.H.93 `Don` with gun turret, Douglas XB-7, Douglas DC-3 numerous examples, Douglas `Havoc` with Turbinlite, Douglas D-558 `Skystreak`, English Electric M.3 `Ayr` flying boat, Fairey F-2 twin-engined fighter project, Fisher P-75A contra-rotation of 1944 No. 444550 and XP75GC 432166, Gazdo `Helicospeedor` light-helicopter, General Aircraft G.A.L. `Fleet Spotter`, General Aircraft Twin-Hotspur glider, Gloster `Meteor` 3, `Trent` powered, Grumman XT B3F-1 naval aircraft, Handley-Page H.P. 43 trimotor, Hawker `Hurricane` 2-seater (Iraqi), Heston Napier powered racer, Kay `Giroplane` G-ACVA, Kellet Type K-1 direct control autogiro, Lockheed numerous types, Maxim biplane, Miles M-57 supersonic aircraft project under construction, Newington monoplane of 1909, Northrop advanced pusher-fighter XP-56 and `Flying Ram` XP79, Parnall `Parasol` experimental monoplane, used by the R.A.E., Phillips & Powis/Miles M35 `Libellula`, R.A.E. F.E.4 of 1915, Sage 2 biplane, Saro/Percival mailplane G-ABLI, Schneider Trophy Contest, various aircraft, Scottish Aviation, the Twin Pioneer, `Geophysical` aircraft with main-plane vertical fin stabilisers, Sopwith `Antelope`, Supermarine (Pemberton-Billing) Quadraplane, Vickers-Armstrong Type 432, Vickers-Armstrong the ungainly `Windsor` and elegant `Valiant`, Vickers R.E.P. monoplane of 1911, Vickers-Supermarine quadraplane, Vickers-Supermarine Type 125 `Vireo`, N211 single-seat monoplane fighter, Walton Edwards `Rhomboidal` biplane, Westland F.7/30 single-seat biplane fighter, Westland-Hill `Pterodactyl` tailless aircraft, Willoughby Delta twin-boom monoplane, Wright Quadraplane with 150 h.p. Clerget, Wright AD1000 seaplane, and many others of historical and technical importance, contained in six large cloth-bound albums, each approx. 15 x 16 ins (38 x 41 cm) and 4.5 ins (11 cm) thick (6)
Black (Van Leer, 1875-1930, American Publisher and Civil Aviation Pioneer). The Ship`s Bell, printed for Van-Leer Black of Baltimore, Maryland, at The Curwen Press, May 1927,full page litho. plate by Stanley Anderson, two vignette illusts. to text, t.e.g., remainder uncut, orig. cloth gilt in card slipcase, spine soiled with title written in block capitals in ball point pen, folio Limited edition 17/100 copies. A rare book, being an account of the casting of the ship`s bell and its presentation by Van-Leer Black to Captain David W. Bone of S.S. Transylvania.(1)
* Battle of Britain Scramble Bell. A good large-edition Air Ministry-issue scramble-bell dated 1940,nickel-plated bell-metal complete with clapper, clearly stamped marked ñA Mî with Crown motif and dated 1940, excellent original condition. 12 in (30 cm) diam. Purchased by the vendor from RAF Duxford in the early 1980s, when it was sold to raise funding to support the then volunteer-force of amateur restoration projects, to keep the small museum going and to help preserve the buildings & artefacts. All prior to Duxford being taken over by the Imperial War Museum - the rest is history. (1)
"Bowmore - 15 year old Scotch Whisky for Glasgow Garden Festival` 88, 75cl, boxed; Bowmore - 12 year old Islay Single Malt Scotch Whisky, with glass, 1 litre, boxed; and a Douglas Laing premium reserve blended Scotch Whisky for Glasgow European City of Culture 1990, 75cl (3); Bells - blended Scotch Whisky in bell form pottery decanter, 75cl, boxed; bell form decanter blue/white, 1990 Commemorative; William Whiteley and company House of Lords blended Scotch Whisky 12 years old, 75cl, boxed; Famous Grouse, 70cl with Rugby World Cup 1995 glass; Chivas Regal, 18 years Scotch Whisky, 70cl (5); 3 Mondiale 90` World Cup form bottles, Trentino Chardonnay; Castel del Monte and Barbera P`Asti (3) "
A Tibetan bronze ritual bell and thunderbolt (ghanta and vajra), 19th century the former in two sections, the upper half in the form of a head surmounted by half-vajra, the bell with repeated vajra motifs in relief, the vajra of scrolling openwork form, with bulbous central handle 17.5cm high (bell); 10.7cm (vajra) Both somewhat worn, handle of bell slightly bentView on auctionatrium.com
Carlton ware, two novelty figural napkin rings, modelled as a jester and a farmer`s wife in blue dress; a novelty hand bell, modelled as a laughing spiv, 10.5cm high; and a pen stand, modelled with a golden pheasant; and two Ridgways plates, colour printed with Kate Greenaway children and verses, potting dates 10/07, (6).
ILLUSTRATED. Hudson, Gwynedd, illustrator, & Barrie, J.M. Peter Pan & Wendy, Hodder & Stoughton for Boots, Nottingham no date. Pictorial blue-grey cloth gilt, full-page and vignette colour illustrations, quarto (pencil markings throughout; gift inscription to front pastedown); Attwell, Mabel Lucie, illustrator, & Byron, May, J.M. Barrie`s Peter Pan & Wendy, reprint, Hodder & Stoughton, London 1946. Pictorial blue cloth gilt, twelve colour plate illustrations, quarto; Woodward, Alice, illustrator, & O`Connor, Daniel. The Peter Pan Picture Book, second impression, Bell, London 1907. Pictorial beige cloth, twenty-eight paper-protected colour plate illustrations, quarto (gift inscription to half title); and O`Connor, Daniel. The Story of Peter Pan, new edition, Bell, London 1915. Pale blue cloth with pictorial onlay, twenty colour andblack and white plate ilustrations by Alice Woodward, four-page publisher`s catalogue, octavo, (4).
Harte, Bret. The Bell-Ringer of Angel`s, first British edition, Chatto & Windus, London 1894. Pictorial crimson cloth, illustrations by Dudley Hardy and others, octavo (ownership inscriptions to front free endpaper and frontispiece verso); Lankester, Mrs. British Ferns: Their Classification, Structure and Functions, new enlarged edition, Allen, London 1884. Decorative green cloth gilt, colour plate illustrations, octavo (hinges tender); Ballantyne, Robert. Ungava: A Tale of Esquimaux-Land, Nelson, London 1873. Original green cloth, plate illustrations, two-page publisher`s list, octavo; Sassoon, Siegfried. Siegfried`s Journey 1916-1920, first edition, Faber & Faber, London 1945. Pink cloth, octavo; Bennett, Arnold. Paris Nights and Other Impressions of Places and People, Hodder & Stoughton, London 1913. Blue cloth, octavo; Attwell, Mabel Lucie, illustrator, and Kingsley, Charles. The Water-Babies, Tuck, London no date. Cloth-backed pictorial boards, twelve colour plate illustrations(one loose), eight-page illustrated publisher`s list, quarto; and assorted other works, (18).
A Nomura Toys U.S. Army `Satellite Launcher` tinplate toy, olive green, with a friction-drive mechanism, good condition, 19.5cm long, boxed; a Japanese newspaper vendor tinplate toy, with a celluloid head, and a shirt and dungarees printed with the U.S. stars and stripes, holding a bell in one hand and a newspaper in the other, with a clockwork mechanism, generally good condition, in working order, marked `Made in Occupied Japan`, 15cm high; and a small quantity of other toys.
‘International Cricketers’ Classic collectors cards. Red folder containing over 190 signed cards of cricketers, cards produced by Stamp Publicity. Signatures include Fleming, McCullum, Collingwood, S. Jones, H.Gibbs, S. Smith, Swann, Sarwan, Gibson, M. Taylor, Trescothick, Vaughan, McGill, Cairns, Willis, Harmison, Nel, Saqlain, Flower, Razzaq, Hinds, Jacobs, Bravo, Prior, Panesar, Alfridi, Pietersen, Bell, A.Cook, Dilshan, Malinga, Streak, Anderson, Broad, Collymore, Bresnan, Randall, Moxon, Trott, Morgan, Rashid etc. Some duplication. G
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