A George III inlaid mahogany eight-day longcase clock with moonphase, Samuel Collings, Thornbury, early 19th century. The four pillar rack and bell striking movement with 12 inch single-sheet brass break-arch Roman numeral dial with subsidiary seconds and calendar dials and signed Samuel Collings, Thornbury to the foliate scroll engraved centre within chapter ring with Arabic five minutes to outer track and foliate spray engraved spandrel decoration beneath arch with rolling moonphase calibrated for the age of the moon and annotated for HIGH WATER AT BRISTOL QUAY the swan neck pedimented case with fluted Corinthian columns to hood above line-bordered rectangular door flanked by canted angles to trunk, on conforming plinth base with later skirt, 225cm (88.5ins) high. Samuel Collings is recorded in Dowler, Graham GLOUCESTERSIRE CLOCK AND WATCHMAKERS as working from Chipping Sodbury and then Thornbury 1816-70. The current lot demonstrates his tendency to supply well engineered movements in nicely detailed understated cases.
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A George II green japanned eight-day longcase clock with moonphase, Samuel Harris, London, mid 18th century. The five pillar rack and bell striking movement with 14 inch brass break-arch dial with subsidiary seconds dial and calendar aperture to the silvered centre within applied Roman numeral chapter ring with Arabic five minutes and signed Samuel Harris, LONDON to lower edge, the angles with twin bird and urn spandrels beneath arch with rolling moonphase calibrated with the age of the moon to the rim of the disc, with sunburst decorated lunettes and herringbone engraved band to upper border of the arch, in a break-arch case with gilt hatched panel and foliate trail decorated door flanked by columns to hood, break-arch door finely painted in raised polychrome and gilt with robed figures within an oriental garden landscape with pagodas, the surround with further alternating hatched and foliate scroll border and figures to upper quadrants, on raised panel fronted plinth base with conforming decoration and moulded skirt, 236cm (93ins) high. A Samuel Harris is recorded in Baillie, G.H. Watchmakers & Clockmakers of the World, Volume 2 as admitted as apprentice to the Clockmakers` Company in 1695, gaining his Freedom in 1708 and working until 1730.
*A Queen Anne eight-day longcase clock movement and dial, Thomas Cartwright, London, early 18th century, in a later mahogany case. The five finned pillar inside rack and bell striking movement with 12 inch square brass dial with scroll border calendar aperture, ringed winding holes and subsidiary seconds dial to the matted centre within applied silvered Roman numeral chapter ring with stylised sword hilt half hour markers, Arabic five minutes and signed Tho. Cartwright, Royal Exchange, Londini Fecit to lower edge, the angles with twin cherub and crown cast spandrels and herringbone engraved border, now in a late 18th century mahogany case with cavetto cornice and turned pilasters to hood, break-arch trunk door and on plinth base with bracket feet, 203cm (80ins) high. Thomas Cartwright is recorded in Loomes, Brian The Early CLOCKMAKERS of Great Britain as being born circa 1679. He was apprenticed to Christopher Gould in 1693 gaining his Freedom of the Clockmakers` Company in 1700, he reputedly died in 1741. The current lot is noteworthy in that it employs an internal rack for the striking mechanism - a feature normally reserved for use in high quality month duration movements by the better makers. This coupled with the decorative nature of the dial perhaps demonstrates the influence of Cartwright`s Master, Christopher Gould in his work.
A fine Charles II lantern clock, Richard Ames, London, circa 1680. The posted countwheel bell-striking movement with verge escapement and pendulum swinging within the frame of the clock between the trains and additional passing half-hour strike mounted behind the dial, the dial engraved with signature Richard Ames Neere St. Andrews Church in Holburn fecit in a curve towards the upper margin of the dial centre and with foliate tulip decoration to lower margin, with original iron hand and applied narrow Roman numeral chapter ring with wheatear half hour markers, the standard London third period `Lothbury` frame with column turned posts beneath dolphin engraved and pierced frets, vase turned finials and domed bell bearer, the side doors cut with slots to allow for the swing of the arrow shaped centre pendulum, the rear with iron hanging loop, on ball feet, (alarm removed), 38cm (15ins) high. Richard Ames is recorded in Loomes, Brian The Early CLOCKMAKERS of Great Britain as being born circa 1634, he was apprenticed to Peter Closon in 1648/9 and gaining his Freedom of the Clockmakers` Company in 1656/7. He was made Assistant in 1669, Warden 1676-81 and was elected master in September 1682 only to die the following month. His widow Katherine perhaps assisted by their son, William, continued the business until at least 1692. He had many apprentices, the most significant of which perhaps being John Ebsworth (Freed Apr. 1665) who became a fine maker of lantern clocks in his own right. The work of Richard Ames is discussed in Loomes, Brian LANTERN CLOCKS & Their Makers pages 127-134 where two very similar clocks to the current lot are comprehensively described and illustrated (figs. 9.5-11). All of these three examples share the same unusual features (passing half-hour strike and separately wound trains), and can be compared to another illustrated in Darken, Jeff and Hooper, John English 30 Hour Clocks pages 47-50 which only differs in not having passing half-hour strike.
A brass miniature lantern timepiece with alarm, Unsigned, mid to late 17th century. The posted movement with verge escapement and alarm mounted within the frame at the rear, the dial with alarm disc to the seven-petal rose engraved centre within applied Roman numeral chapter ring with stylised wheatear half hour markers, the frame with column turned pillars with integral bulbous vase finials and knopped feet, with foliate engraved and pierced front fret beneath later domed bell bearer, the rear with iron hanging loop above iron backplate fitted with extended bar terminated with angled spurs, (side doors, frets, pendulum and weights lacking), 24cm (9.5ins) high overall. The current lot can be closely compared to an example bearing the inscription `William Bowyer London` to the front fret sold at Christie`s Amsterdam sale of The P.C. Spaans Collection of Important Clocks 19th December 2007 lot 444.
A Queen Anne brass lantern clock, Thomas Reeve, Harlstone, early 18th century. The posted countwheel bell-striking movement with anchor escapement and dial signed Tho. Reeve, Harlstone to the symmetrical foliate scroll engraved centre within an applied silvered Roman numeral chapter ring with stylised fleur-de-lys half hour markers and original steel hand, with foliate pierced frets and vase turned finials beneath domed bell bearer above, with brass side doors, rear hanging hoop and spurs to the turned ball feet, 40cm (16.75ins) high. Thomas Reeve appears to be unrecorded, however another clock by him stylistically dated to around 1690 is illustrated in Loomes, Brian LANTERN CLOCKS & Their Makers page 248 where he is noted as being a goldsmith. The style of the engraving to the dial centre can be closely compared to an example by Thomas Moore of Ipswich illustrated by Loomes on page 244, suggesting that the current lot can be stylistically dated to around 1710.
A Queen Anne `wing` lantern clock, John Crucefix, London, early 18th century. The posted countwheel bell-striking movement now with pin-wheel escapement with adjustable pallets, the dial engraved with signature John Crucefix, London within a band of foliate scrolls with iron hand and applied Roman numeral chapter ring with star half hour markers, the frame with column turned posts beneath foliate engraved and pierced frets, vase turned finials and domed bell bearer, the side doors fitted with shaped pendulum projections capped with further foliate pierced and engraved frets, the rear with iron hanging loop above iron backplate fitted with spurs, on ball feet, (lacking pendulum and weight), 35.5cm (14ins) high. John Crucefix is recorded in Baillie, G.H., Ilbert, C.A. and Clutton, Cecil BRITTEN`S OLD CLOCKS AND WATCHES AND THEIR MAKERS as being Free of the Clockmakers` Company in 1712. A similar example was sold in our Bristol, Apsley Road saleroom 2nd November 2004 lot 657.
A rare William III brass and iron lantern clock, Unsigned but probably by Richard Breckell, Holmes, Lancashire, late 17th century. The posted countwheel bell-striking movement with anchor escapement and iron movement plates, the dial engraved with a central five-petal rose within a loosely symmetrical tulip ground, with iron hand and applied narrow Roman numeral chapter ring with stylised sword hilt half hour markers, the frame with square section iron pillars incorporating square caps and bases beneath foliate engraved and pierced frets, vase turned finials and domed bell bearer, the rear with iron hanging loop above iron backplate fitted with spurs, on ball feet (dial with cracks and losses to corners), 34cm (13.5ins) high. This highly individual and interesting lantern clock can be directly compared to and example inscribed Richard Breckell, Holmes Fecit illustrated and described in Loomes Brian ENGLISH LANTERN CLOCKS & Their Makers pages 309-11. Both examples share use of square section iron pillars and movement plates as well as a thin brass dial plate and traditionally fitted bell-bearer. The current lot also demonstrates a few further idiosyncracies, for example the use of separate winding clicks for the trains (rather than Huygens endless rope winding), resulting in the bell hammer being placed on the right hand side of the movement. Other features such as the finial castings which appear to be unique, and the backcock which is similar to those found on clocks by John Sanderson of Wigton are also noteworthy.
A William III brass lantern clock with ten inch square brass dial, Daniel Quare, London, circa 1695. The posted countwheel bell-striking movement with column turned corner uprights and now with anchor escapement, the 10 inch square brass dial with matted centre within an applied silvered Roman numeral chapter ring with stylised sword hilt half hour markers and signed Dan Quare, London to lower edge, with original steel hand and angles applied with winged cherub head and scroll cast spandrels, the frame with foliate pierced side frets and vase turned finials beneath domed bell bearer above, with rear hanging hoop and spurs to the turned ball feet, (lacking one side door and alarm) 40cm (16.75ins) high. Daniel Quare was admitted as Brother of the Clockmakers` Company in April 1671 and by 1683 he was working from Exchange Alley, London. He was selected as a member of the Court of Asssistants in 1698, later becoming Master in 1708. The following year he took a former apprentice, Stephen Horseman, into partnership which presumably lasted until Quare`s death in 1724. He was a fine inventive and commercially-minded maker who supplied clocks to significant European Royal and Aristocratic clients as well the Court of William III. As a Quaker, Quare refused an invitation from George I to be appointed `Royal Clockmaker` as his beliefs would not allow him to undertake the Oath of Allegiance, however an informal arrangement was agreed where Quare had open access to the palace via the back stairs. In addition to clocks, Quare is also famous for his `portable weather glass` or pillar barometer for which he sought a patent via the Clockmakers` Company in 1695. After his death in 1724 he was buried at the Quaker`s burial ground at Bunhill Fields.
A Charles II eight-day longcase clock movement with ten inch dial, Unsigned, circa 1680, in a later oak case. The six finned pillar outside countwheel bell striking movement with anchor escapement and formerly with bolt-and-shutter maintaining power, the 10 inch square brass dial with calendar aperture and subsidiary seconds dial to the matted centre within applied narrow silvered Roman numeral chapter ring with stylised fleur-de-lys half hour markers and Arabic five minutes within the outer track, the angles applied with winged cherub head and foliate scroll cast spandrels, now in an oak case with moulded cornice and foliate pierced fret above spiral twist turned pilasters to hood, shaped-top crossbanded door flanked by fluted quarter columns to trunk, on conforming raised panel fronted plinth base with ogee bracket feet, 208cm (82ins) high. The movement and dial of the current lot is perhaps related to a group of anomynous clocks by an unknown maker described in Robinson, Tom THE LONGCASE CLOCK pages 53-6. The example pictured by Robinson (3/9-12) displays many close similarities to the current lot including the engraving of the chapter and seconds ring, and the use of an hour wheel bridge casting as a backcock. Robinson suggests that such anonymous movements were made by either journeymen or other makers who, as they were not Freemen of the Clockmakers` Company, were not authorised to sign their work. Many such examples have now had signatures of famous makers added hence genuine unsigned examples such as the current lot are rare.
An eight-day longcase clock movement with 10 inch square dial, Late 17th/early 18th century. The four finned pillar inside countwheel bell striking movement with anchor escapement and 10 inch square brass dial with calendar aperture and subsidiary seconds dial within an applied silvered Roman numeral chapter ring, later skeletonised and with stylised trident half hour markers and with Arabic five minutes within the narrow outer track, the angles with winged cherub head cast spandrels, (lacking hands, pendulum and weights).
An ebonised bracket clock with moonphase, Bearing signature John Hull, Harold, late 18th century. The five pillar twin fusee movement with 6 inch brass break-arch dial with matted centre within applied silvered Roman numeral chapter ring with lozenge half hour markers, Arabic five minutes to outer track and bearing signature John Hull, HARROLD to lower edge, the angles with gilt mask and scroll pattern spandrels beneath arch with foliate engraved lunettes and herringbone decorated upper border interrupted by a sector revealing scale for the age of the moon to the rim of the moon disc, in an inverted bell top case with brass carrying handle above circular over concave-topped side windows with raised mouldings, the front door with foliate cast brass frets to upper quadrants and conforming mouldings, on cavetto moulded skirt base with later block feet (lunar disc now disconnected, movement with faults), 46cm (18ins) high excluding handle.
A Charles II style ebonised table clock, Stewart Newnham, Cuckfield, mid 20th century. The four pillar twin fusee bell striking movement with anchor escapement and 7 inch square brass dial with matted centre within an applied silvered Roman numeral chapter ring with cruciform half hour markers, Arabic five minutes within the outer track and signed Stuart Newham, CUCKFIELD to lower edge, the case with scroll cast hinged carrying handle to the domed caddy applied with foliate mounts, the front door with sound fret to upper rail and cast escutcheons, the sides and rear door with rectangular glazed panels, on moulded base with brass disc feet, 30cm (12ins) high excluding handle.
An important Charles II walnut table clock, John Wise, London 1675-80. The substantial seven double-baluster turned latched pillar twin fusee movement with bolt-and-shutter maintaining power and striking on a bell mounted above the 9 x 6 inch movement plates via an outside countwheel and vertically pivoted hammer with fine scroll engraved `S` shaped top pivot potance, the large spring barrels with substantial blued steel turned set-up wheels and clicks mounted on the backplate with engraved John Wise, Londini fecit signature between, the 9 inch square gilt brass latched dial with calendar aperture and shutters engraved with male and female profile portraits to the finely matted centre within applied silvered Roman numeral chapter ring with stylised fleur-de-lys half hour markers and Arabic five minutes within the outer minute track, with scroll pierced blued steel hands and the angles applied with gilt winged cherub head cast spandrels with bolt-and-shutter lever slot between the lower two, the case of Knibb `phase I` design with foliate cast gilt hinged handle to the shallow dome above foliate scroll pierced fret to the upper rail of the front door, the sides with rectangular glazed apertures, on moulded base with later brass squab feet, (now with anchor escapement and later movement securing brackets), 37cm (14.5ins) high. Provenance: the property of a Gentleman, Oxfordshire. The current lot is a `family` piece which to the vendor`s knowledge has been in been in the family collection for as long as anyone can recall (at least three generations). John Wise senior is recorded in Loomes, Brian The Early CLOCKMAKERS of Great Britain as born circa 1625 and apprenticed to Peter Closon through T. Dawson in 1638, gaining his Freedom in October 1646. He apparently lived in Warwick 1653-68 where he repaired the clocks at St. Nicholas and St. Mary`s churches, the latter providing the venue for the baptism of three of his children. He moved back to London in 1669 where he was re-admitted to the Clockmakers` Company by redemption. He took many apprentices including no less than six of his sons; Richard (Free 1679), John (Free 1683), Thomas (Free 1686), Joseph (Free 1687), Peter (Free 1693) and Luke (Free 1694). He is thought to have been working from `neere the popeshead in Moorfields` in the year of his death in 1693. Although several early longcase and lantern clocks by John Wise senior are known, table clocks however appear to be extremely rare. Perhaps the best known example is an unusual single-handed timepiece is illustrated in Darken, Jeff HOROLOGICAL MASTERWORKS pages 82-3. Despite obvious differences, this timepiece does share some similarities with the current lot, for example the wheel-work has the same finned-collet design and the stopwork has the same pronounced disc cam to the fusee. The case also utilises the same highly individual casting for the carrying handle albeit in a more complete form. The movement of the current lot is of notably substantial construction, which although in itself is not particularly unusual for the period is noteworthy. The detail design and layout of the movement is perhaps more interesting in the way that it does not immediately conform with the prevalent Fromanteel/Tompion/Knibb and East/Jones schools of clockmaking. The backplate layout with its external clicks, positioning of the countwheel, and the way in which the movement is signed is perhaps more similar to a movement by Matthew Crockford (with altered dial and associated architectural case) which was sold at Sotheby`s London Important Clocks.. 13/10/1988, lot 211. The Crockford movement also shares the same number of movement pillars, has maintaining power, calendar aperture and is of similar dimensions. The double baluster movement pillars used on the current lot are similar in weight and detail to the single baluster design used by Edward East (see Dawson, Percy G., Drover, C.B. & Parkes, D.W. Early English Clocks page 86, plate 106) but differ by being doubled to compensate for the greater relative distance between the plates. The vertically pivoted hammer used on the current lot is an unusual, perhaps archaic detail. The case very closely resembles those used by Joseph Knibb for his `phase I` clocks and can be directly compared to an example illustrated in Dawson, Percy G., Drover, C.B. & Parkes, D.W. Early English Clocks page 418, plate 596.
A Queen Anne ebonised basket-top table clock with pull quarter repeat on five bells, David Lestourgeon, London, circa 1705. The six finned pillar twin fusee movement rack striking the hour on a bell and repeating the quarters on five bells with separately pivoted hammers, the symmetrical foliate scroll engraved backplate signed David Lestourgeon, London within a leafy cartouche surmounted by an eagle to centre and with herringbone engraved border to edges, the 7 inch square gilt brass dial with leafy border engraved calendar and signed false bob apertures to the matted centre within an applied silvered Roman numeral chapter ring with cruciform half hour markers and Arabic five minutes, the angles applied with winged cherub head spandrels, the case with winged caryatid cast handle to the ogee shaped relief foliate scroll and fanciful castle decorated repousse basket surmount above front door applied with further repousse mounts and sides with small over large rectangular glazed apertures, on later squat bracket feet, (movement with alteration to escapement, case with some faults), 41cm (16.25ins) high excluding handle. David Lestourgeon is recorded in Baillie, G.H. Watchmakers & Clockmakers of the World as working in London 1698-1731 and is described as a fine maker.
*A George I ebonised table clock with pull quarter repeat and alarm, Andrew Dunlop, London, circa 1725. The five finned pillar twin fusee bell striking movement with verge escapement, pull quarter repeat on six bells and alarm sounding via two small hammers on the hour bell, the backplate engraved with a basket of flowers flanked by ho-ho birds within foliate scrolls and a herringbone decorated border, the 7.5 inch brass break-arch dial with subsidiary calendar and false bob apertures and signed And:r Dunlop, London to a burnished oval cartouche to the matted centre within an applied silvered Roman numeral chapter ring with fleur-de-lys half hour markers and Arabic five minutes to outer track, the angles with applied female mask and scroll pattern spandrels and N/S switch at 9 o`clock beneath arch with rosette-centred silvered Arabic numeral alarm setting dial with blued steel pointer flanked by Indian mask and scroll cast mounts, the inverted bell top case with hinged carrying handle and brass finials above scroll pierced frets to the upper quadrants of the front door and break-arch side windows, the rear door with demi-line scroll-pierced sound fret above rectangular glazed panel, on cavetto moulded base with squab feet, 45cm (17.5ins) high excluding handle. Andrew Dunlop is recorded in Baillie G.H. Watchmakers & Clockmakers of the World as working in London 1701-32.
A Queen Anne brass mounted ebony table clock with pull quarter repeat, John Bushman, London, early 18th century. The six finned pillar bell striking movement with rise/fall regulation and pull quarter repeat on a nest of six graduated bells, the backplate engraved with a basket of flowers within symmetrical foliate scrolls, the 7 inch brass break-arch dial with ringed winding holes, false bob aperture and oval cartouche signed Jn:o Bushman, London to the matted centre within applied silvered Roman numeral chapter ring with lozenge half hour markers and Arabic five minutes to outer track, the angles applied with female mask and scroll cast spandrels with foliate scroll engraved infill between to lower and upper margins with the latter incorporating a N/S strike switch, the arch with subsidiary regulation dial flanked by unusual leaf-cast mounts within a foliate scroll engraved field, the inverted bell-top top case with Quare pattern foliate cast carrying handle and later vase finials above brass-edged upper mouldings and gilt scroll cast frets to the upper quadrants of the front door applied with raised mouldings, the sides with lozenge over break-arch glazed apertures and the rear door with break-arch window, on moulded base with brass bracket feet, (movement with alteration to escapement), 44cm (17.25ins) high. John Bushman (Buschmann) is recorded in Loomes, Brian The Early CLOCKMAKERS of Great Britain as a `High German` watchmaker born circa 1661 and made brother of the Clockmakers` Company in September 1692. He married Mary Wyatt in the Parish of St. Margaret, Westminster in December 1690, was made an Assistant of the Clockmakers` Company in 1720 and was believed to be working until 1725. Baillie records that he was born in Hagen, Germany. From this is possible that he was related to the Buschmann dynasty of clockmakers who worked from Augsburg throughout the 16th and 17th centuries. The current lot was made at a time when the introduction the break-arch dial was a relatively recent innovation. The elongation of the square section of the dial to provide an engraved reserve for the strike/silent switch, coupled with the relatively small arch applied with unusual mounts and with further engraved decoration results in an individual and attractive appearance. The case with its resulting slender proportions, tight mouldings and generous `Quare` pattern handle perhaps reflects the influence Huguenot immigrant clockmakers such as Claude DuChesne.
A William III walnut and floral marquetry eight-day longcase clock, Fabian Robin, circa 1695. The five finned pillar inside countwheel bell striking movement with 11 inch rosette-centred square brass dial with subsidiary seconds dial, foliate engraved calendar aperture and ringed winding holes to the matted centre within applied silvered Roman numeral chapter ring with stylised fleur-de-lys half hour markers, Arabic five minutes to narrow outer track and signed Fab: Robin, Londini fecit to lower edge, the angles with gilt winged cherub head and foliate scroll cast spandrels, in a case with moulded cornice and fretwork frieze above foliate trail inlaid door applied with spiral twist three-quarter columns to hood, above conforming decoration to the ebonised ground convex throat, the trunk with 42 inch rectangular door centred with an oval lenticle and inlaid with three shaped marquetry panels decorated with bird inhabited foliage on an ebonised ground within a walnut field, on conforming marquetry panel fronted base with bun feet, 201cm (79ins) high. Fabian Robin(s) is recorded in Britten Former clock and watch makers as working in London circa 1695.
A Queen Anne brass mounted ebonised table clock with pull quarter repeat, Richard Peckover, London, early 18th century. The six finned pillar bell striking movement with verge escapement and pull quarter repeat on a nest of six graduated bells, the backplate engraved with a grotesque mask and a basket of flowers above festoon swag within symmetrical foliate scrolls, the 7 inch brass break-arch dial with ringed winding holes, herringbone border engraved shaped false bob aperture and oval cartouche signed Rich. Peckover, London to the matted centre within applied silvered Roman numeral chapter ring with fleur-de-lys half hour markers and Arabic five minutes to outer track, the angles applied with female mask and scroll cast spandrels beneath arch with blued steel disc centred subsidiary calendar dial flanked by conforming mounts, in an ebonised cherub and scroll repousse mounted dome top case with foliate cast carrying handle and vase finials above further repousse panel mounted front door, the sides inset with lozenge over rectangular gilt sound frets and the rear with conforming lunette shaped fret within gilts mounts to door surround, on cavetto moulded base with brass disc feet, movement with some restoration, 43cm (17ins) high. Richard Peckover is recorded in Baillie, G.H. Watchmakers & Clockmakers of the World, Volume 2 as working circa 1700-54. In 1735 he was working in Change Alley, later moving to Royal Exchange by 1751. Baillie further notes that Peckover probably acquired the business of Quare and Horseman in 1733.
A William III walnut and floral marquetry eight-day longcase clock with ten inch dial, Richard Baker, London, circa 1690. The four (formerly five) finned pillar inside countwheel bell striking movement with 10 inch square brass dial with calendar aperture, subsidiary seconds and later foliate scroll engraving to the dial centre within applied silvered Roman numeral chapter ring with stylised fleur-de-lys half hour markers and Arabic five minutes within the outer track, the angles with winged cherub and foliate scroll cast spandrels, the lower edge signed Richard Baker, Londini fecit, in a case with moulded cornice and inlaid frieze above foliate marquetry bordered hood aperture, the trunk with convex throat over 42 inch rectangular door with shaped floral marquetry panel incorporating teardrop motif above two further break-arch outline panels decorated with foliate designs on a walnut ground and incorporating a glazed oval lenticle between, on a plinth base now similarly decorated and with moulded skirt, (with restoration) 204cm (80.5ins) high. Richard Baker is recorded in Loomes, Brian The Early CLOCKMAKERS of Great Britain as being apprenticed through the Blacksmiths` Company to John Chatfield before transferring to Richard Browne in 1683. He gained his Freedom of the Clockmakers` Company by redemption by order of the Lord Mayer in 1685. He is described as a `Great Clockmaker` and took on many apprentices including Peter Garon in 1687 for which he was fined by the Clockmakers` Company as Garon (being a Huguenot immigrant) was considered an `alien`. Baker is thought to have died in around 1700 with his widow, Jane continuing his business until around 1718.
A Queen Anne walnut eight-day longcase clock, John Gavelle, near London, early 18th century. The four (formerly five) finned pillar inside countwheel bell striking movement with 12 inch square brass dial with subsidiary seconds dial, ringed winding holes and foliate engraved calendar aperture to the matted centre within applied silvered Roman numeral chapter ring with stylised sword hilt half hour markers, Arabic five minutes to outer track and signed Jno. Gavelle, near London to lower edge, the angles with twin cherub and crown pattern spandrels, in a case with moulded cornice and scroll pierced fret to frieze above three-quarter columns to hood and rectangular bleached walnut banded trunk door, on line bordered and crossbanded plinth base with double skirt, 221cm (87ins) high. The current lot is possibly the same maker recorded a James Gavel(l)e in Loomes, Brian Watchmakers & Clockmakers of the World, Volume 2 as being admitted as a Free Brother to The Clockmakers` Company in 1682/3 and paid quarterage until 1691. The use of the phrase `near London` alongside the signature suggests that the maker positioned himself just beyond the reach of city boundaries and thus the jurisdiction of the Clockmakers` Company. This may have been to avoid paying `quarterage` or because the maker of the clock (ie. perhaps a relative of James Gavelle) was not a Freeman of the Clockmakers` Company.
A bronze ship-builder`s plaque, `Tyne Iron Ship-Building Company / Limited / Shipbuilders / No. 205 / Willington Quay-on-Tyne`, 30cm x 50.5cm. Note (1): The Tyne Iron Shipbuilding Company was established by William Bone at Willington Quay in 1876. He had previously been the yard manager for Cole Brothers on the same site. Output during the First World War included three naval patrol boats and two naval tankers, but the business struggled with depressed demand during the 1920s and closed in 1927. Note (2): Yard build No.205 was the Royal Fleet Auxiliary vessel `Scotol`, a 1000-ton tanker launched on 23rd June 1916. She spent her early life as a port oiler at Dover (Kent) before being transferred to Portland (Dorset). In 1944 she was involved in a collision with a trawler but, after repair, continued in service until 1947, when she was sold to Hemsley Bell Ltd and re-named `Hemsley I`. On 12th May 1969 she ran aground off Porthcothan (Cornwall) and, as all attempts to tow her free failed, salvage efforts were abandoned and she was broken up in situ.
A finely engineered 5 inch gauge model of a New York Central and Hudson River Rail Road Baldwin 4-4-0 tender locomotive `Bluebell`, built from Clarkson castings, the super heated copper boiler with fittings including water gauge, pressure gauge, safety, blower, twin injectors, steam brakes, whistle, clack and blow down valves, the chassis details including twin outside cylinders with inside Stephenson`s link valve gear, double bar crosshead guides, wedged and bolted connecting coupling rod bearings, mechanical lubricator, drain cocks, cross head driven feed pump and bypass, steam operated brake gear, dummy sand box and pipes, bell, head lamp operated from cab, cow catcher, running lamps, cast iron cylinders, and hydrostatic lubricator, the tender detail including hand feed pump, water cocks and twin four wheel bogies, finished in blue, red and black livery with brass and copper front lamp, brass bell and boiler bands, 150cm long; complete with two transportation cases. Boiler history: Southern Federation of Model Engineering Societies Hydraulic test certificate No SF110337. Valid until the 9th of May 2015. Issued by the Tiverton & District MES. Retest pressure 150 p.s.i. Working pressure 90 p.s.i.
A London, Midland & Scottish Railway brass pay check, marked `L.M.R. / Depot / 29`, 3.5cm wide; a British Railways `Look Out` enamel arm band, complete with leather strap, the badge10.5cm wide; a brass ink-well, believed to have been used by a station master, the base impressed `Registered / March 28 1877`, 8cm diameter; a British Railways enamel warning sign, `British Railways / Danger / Don`t Touch / Conductor Rails`, with red lettering against a white ground, 32cm wide (surface worn); and a wooden signal box telephone, with maunfacturer`s transfer `T E L / Beeston Notts England`, complete with bakelite handset and copper bell, 30cm high (ear-piece cracked), (5).
An impressive 19th century gilt metal figural mantel clock by Platnauer Freres, Paris, modelled as a seated artist with brush and oval panel, the movement no.2732, with eight day bell striking movement, the case marked N2732 DM verso, with oval lacquered wooden stand, complete with pendulum and key, height (not including base) approx. 32cm (illustrated)
A 19th century gilt metal and alabaster mantel clock by Japy Freres marked A Carlhian and Beaumetz A Paris, the movement marked Brevetes.S.D.G 9089, the cast figural clock depicting classical dressed reclining female figure on stepped shaped base, with bell striking movement, complete with pendulum and key, height 37.5cm, width 47cm (illustrated)
A 19th century French marble and ormolu Portico clock by S Marti, with floral painted circular enamelled Arabic numeral dial, surrounded by wreath and arrow mounts with mask head sunburst pendulum, with bell striking eight day movement no.353, complete with key, height approx. 53cm (illustrated)
A cased set of concertina sovereign scales by A Wilkinson of Ormskirk, Lancashire and similar set by H Bell & Co Prescot, Lancashire, also a cased W Whinyate`s Improved Sovereign Balance Scales in original card box and an 18th century circular lidded brass tobacco box marked John Barlow, Manchester 1767 (4)
An oak longcase clock, the 30-hour movement striking on a bell, with associated brass arch top dial, inscribed Helm Ormskirk, the glazed, arched hood inset verre eglomise panels and with twin Doric pillars flanking the frieze, the crossbanded and part pollarded case with shaped door flanked by quadrant pillars, above a moulded box base with raised shaped front panel, 218cm high
A silver twin handled trophy, William Neale, Birmingham 1935, of Art Deco style, later engraved `Presented by The Greyhound Racing Association Ltd, Bell Vue Racecourse...31st March 1956`, raised on circular spreading foot, on circular plinth, 35cm high, weight of trophy detached from base, 16oz
A late 18th/early 19th century long case clock in a mahogany, cross banded boxwood and ebony strung case, the hood with double swan neck pediment and the 8 day movement by Wm. Dobbie, Falkirk, striking on a bell and having a brass dial with elaborately engraved scrolled design and decorative spandrels with steel chapter ring, separate seconds and date dial
Pair C19th Victorian Adams Style Silver Candlesticks with canted corners, square bases with acanthus leaf & urn decoration, stems decorated with bell flowers, swags & cartouches surmounted by ram`s head, detachable sconces decorated with acanthus leaves, Martin Hall London 1892 approx. 12" H
India – Annexation of the Punjab and the Maharajah Duleep Singh^ 1st edition 1882 by Major Evans Bell^ red cloth covers^ slight water damage to cover but interior contents in good order. A fascinating take on the British activities in the Punjab. Major Evans Bell^ who had served in Madras for a number of years was^ for his time^ what would today be described as a ‘radical thinker’^ he was a staunch supporter in the mid 19th c of the Suffragettes for example and his own daughter in later years was a leading member of that movement. In this book he gave the lie to British claims of its reasons for the annexation of the Punjab : ‘this will be enough to show that the Maharahaja Duleep Singh did not in 1849 and does not now stand before the British Government as an object of bounty but as one who was in full and lawful possession of a sovereignty with whom ‘terms’ equivalent to a Treaty of territorial cession were concluded which gave something like regularity and legality tow what would otherwise have borne an aspect of naked lawlessness and to what was in fact no ‘conquest’ but a violent breach of trust...’
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