There are 123896 lots that match your search criteria. Subscribe now to get instant access to the full price guide service.
Click here to subscribeA 19th century French ormolu mantel clock, the 9cm circular enamelled dial with Roman numerals, twin winding holes, eight day movement, signed Rollin a Paris, striking on a bell, the bowed case cast with a grape harvester crushing the fruit, above swags, festoons and acanthus scrolls, 39cm high, 43cm wide, c.1860
A Victorian Sheraton Revival mahogany and marquetry writing desk, moulded rectangular top with inset tooled and gilt leather writing surface, hinged flush cover enclosing stationery divisions and compartments, frieze drawer above an arched apron, flanked by two pairs of short drawers, brass swing handles, inlaid with ribbon-tied trailing bell husks and batwing paterae, outlined with boxwood stringing, tapered square legs, brass casters, 71cm high, 99cm wide, c.1895
A 19th century French brass mantel timepiece, 9cm circular enamelled dial with Roman and Arabic numerals, twin winding holes, eight day movement striking on a bell, the drum case with fruit and ribbon tied laurel finial, flanked by putti and pendant swags, the whole raised on stop fluted column, flanked by ram`s masks, block rectangular stop fluted base, acanthus carved toupee feet, 42cm high, 28cm wide, c.1870
A 19th century French bronze and ormolu portico clock, 8.5cm engine turned dial with Roman numerals, inscribed Tarault Paris, twin winding holes, eight day movement, striking on bell, architectural case, foliate cast pediment, dentil cornice, the frieze and apron, cast with anthemion florets, centred by a flowerhead, skirted base, engine turned feet, 44cm high, c.1830
A 19th century French gilt metal mounted green onyx Portico type clock garniture, the 9.5cm circular enamelled dial with Roman numerals, painted with floral swags, pierced gilt hands, twin winding holes, eight day movement, striking on a bell, the case with bird, quiver and wreath finial, raised on six tall columns, canted rectangular base, sun burst pendulum, ovoid side vases, the clock 38cm high, c.1890
A 19th century French gilt metal porcelain mounted mantel clock, the 8cm circular porcelain dial with Roman numerals, twin winding holes, eight-day movement, striking on a bell, the case stamped P H Mourey, with bold female figure, Allegorical of Spring, seated with floral garlands, above oval panels decorated with cherubs on bleu celeste grounds, block feet, giltwood plinth, 37cm high, 30cm wide
A 19th century French gilt metal `Sevres` set mantel clock, 8cm enamelled dial with Roman numerals, twin winding holes, eight-day movement striking on a bell, the case with a seated lady supporting a flowering and fruiting cornucopia, allegorical of summer, shaped rectangular panels, painted with fruit and flowers on a bleu celeste ground, 32cm high, 33cm wide, c.1870
A 19th century French porcelain mounted gilt metal mantel clock, ,the 8cm circular bleu celeste dial with Roman numerals, painted with floral garland, eight-day movement striking on a bell, the shaped rectangular case cast with a cherub flying on the back of a butterfly within four flaming urn finial, above female caryatid`s, the centre painted with cherubs frolicking with a goat, shaped base, 40cm high, c.1860
A 19th century French porcelain mounted ormolu three-piece clock garniture, the rectangular clock with rectangular 8cm bleu celeste dial, Roman numerals, painted with neo-classical figures within a formal landscape, twin winding holes, eight-day movement striking on a bell, the case cast with an infant riding a stylised dolphin above stop fluted pillars to angles, outswept acanthus cast base, swept bracket feet, 31cm high; the side vases and covers conforming with mask handles, acanthus cast socles, shaped square bases, 25cm high
A 19th century gilt metal and `Sevres` mantel clock, the 8cm circular porcelain dial painted with Roman numerals and flowers on a bleu celeste ground, twin winding holes, eight-day movement striking on a bell, the case with huntsman, flowering stems and foliage and set with porcelain panels, wooden plinth, 37cm high overall
A fine 19th century French ormolu mantel clock, of monumental proportions, 11cm enameled dial with Roman and Arabic numerals, twin winding holes, eight day movement striking on a bell, urn finial, arched waisted rectangular case, supported by four winged caryatids, hoof feet, incurved rectangular base, toupee feet, 69cm high, 43cm wide, c.1850
A French ebonised portico clock, the 10cm white enamelled dial with black Roman numerals, twin winding holes, striking on a bell, gilt brass scroll and lozenge bezel, the case inlaid with shaped cresting brass capped twisted pillars, rectangular base, stained with shells and scrolls, 53cm high, c.1870
An unusual Victorian carved and painted wood station/shop pediment clock, 31cm circular painted dial inscribed Thwaites & Reed, Clerkenwell, Roman numerals, slow/fast regulation dial, the shaped arched case gadrooned, pierced and carved with flowers, leafy scrolls and trailing bell husks, 68cm high, 180cm wide, c.1880 Thwaites and Reed was formed in London in 1816, when John Thwaites (whose ancestor AynsworthThwaites had founded the firm in Clerkenwell in 1740, and claimed a clock-making tradition going back to 1610) took as partner Jeremiah Reed. The firm still exists as maintainers and restorers
A 19th century Continental kingwood and rosewood bombe shaped longcase clock, 23cm circular silvered and matted brass dial inscribed with Roman and Arabic subsidiary numerals, twin winding holes, eight-day movement striking on a bell, the case with cartouche shaped hood, oval lenticle, bun feet, 200cm high
A 19th century German mahogany longcase clock, 24cm arched wooden dial inscribed with Roman numerals, painted to the arch and spandrels with roses, twin winding holes, eight day movement striking on a bell, the hood with moulded cornice, carved and applied with leafy scrolls, shaped rectangular door to waist, plinth base, bracket feet, 211cm high
A 19th century Dutch oak longcase clock, 23cm circular painted dial inscribed with Roman numerals, twin winding holes, eight day movement striking on a bell, the caddy top case with stepped cornice, rectangular door to waist, circular lenticle flanked by reeded pilasters, draught turned roundels to angles, inlaid in boxwood and ebony with six pointed stars and lozenges, turned feet, 247cm high, dated 1878
A George II walnut long case clock, 33cm arched brass dial inscribed Robert Denton, Knutsford, silvered chapter ring with Roman and Arabic subsidiary numerals, moon phase to arch, covered urns and leafy scrolls to spandrels, seconds subsidiary, date aperture, twin winding holes, eight-day movement striking on a bell, the arched hood with Doric columns, shaped arched rectangular door to waist, canted base, ogee bracket feet, 230cm high, c.1750
A George III mahogany crossbanded oak longcase clock, 31cm arched painted dials inscribed Robt. Bradberry, Leyburn, Roman and Arabic subsidiary numerals, moon phase to arch, seconds subsidiary dial, date aperture, twin winding holes, eight day movement striking on a bell, the hood with swan neck pediment, brass ball and spire finial and brass capped Doric columns, arched rectangular door to waist, flanked by canted angles, bracket feet, 214cm high, c.1810 The Bradberrys were a peripatetic family of clockmakers, begun with Robert senior, of Wensley, N. Yorks., born 1749, married 1782, later of West Reeth, and Mathew (sic) probably a younger brother, born 1761, working at Wensley 1804/1811 and Richmond 1824. Robert`s son, Robert, who probably made this clock, was working at Wensley 1804/1811 and succeeded his uncle at Richmond by 1830. This is apparently the first recorded example of a clock by this family signed from Leyburn.
A George III mahogany crossbanded oak longcase clock, 31cm arched re-painted dial inscribed A Shepperley, Nottingham, Arabic numerals, the arch with a view of Nottingham castle, date aperture, thirty hour movement striking on a bell, the hood with swan neck pediment and brass capped reeded columns, shaped arched rectangular door to waist, plinth base, 218cm high, c.1820 Anthony and George Shepperley were clockmakers at Pelham Street and Long Row respectively in the first decade of the 19th century, Anthony having married at St. Mary`s Nottingham in 1804s, but c. 1828 Anthony was in partnership with William Pearce, as Shepperley and Pearce, which was dissolved in 1844. His son and grandson George and Philip continued the business into the 1860s. With this signature, the clock must date from c. 1815/1828.
A George III mahogany longcase clock, 29cm square brass dial, inscribed James Bown, Matlock, Roman and Arabic subsidiary numerals, masks and leafy scrolls to spandrels, date aperture, thirty hour movement striking on a bell, shaped architectural pediment, brass capped Doric columns, arched rectangualr door to waist flanked by reeded angles, shaped apron, bracket feet, 206cm high James Bown was born at Matlock, son of Samnuel Bown, a carpenter in 1737, and was apprenticed c. 1751-1758, setting up at The Cliff, Matlock by 1764, two years after his marriage to Elizabeth Stevenson. He died in 1811, being succeeded by his son John and his nephew, James II. In his will he states that he was the owner of The Crown inn at Matlock, Pope Carr Farm and a corn mill on Matlock Green. The Bown family can be traced through a long line of blacksmiths to the 16th century at Matlock
A George II mahogany longcase clock, 30cm arched brass dial inscribed John Clack, London, silvered chapter ring inscribed with Roman and Arabic subsidiary numerals, flowering leafy scroll spandrels, strike/silent to arch, seconds subsidiary, date aperture, twin winding holes, eight day movement striking on a bell, the arched hood with brass capped Doric columns, arched rectangular door to waist, plinth base, 198cm high, c.1750 John Clack was married at St. Martin-in-the-Fields, London, in December 1744, and was living when his son John Calvert Clack was born in 1759.
A George III mahogany long case clock, 35cm arched painted dial inscribed Slack, Ipstones, Roman numerals, moon phase to arch, flowers to spandrels, subsidiary seconds dial, date aperture, twin winding holes, eight day movement striking on a bell, the hood with swan neck pediment and brass capped reeded Composite columns, Gothic triple arched rectangular door to waist, centred by an oval owl patera, crossbanded and outlined throughout with boxwood stringing, canted base, 223cm high, c.1820
A George III oak and mahogany long case clock, 31cm arched painted dial inscribed W Lafseler, Iron Bridge, Roman and Arabic subsidiary numerals, painted to the arch with a basket of flowers, to the spandrels with ripe fruit and flowers, 30-hour movement striking on a bell, the hood with swan neck pediment and brass capped reeded columns, rectangular door to waist flanked by quarter columns conforming, outlined with lozenge banding and boxwood and ebony stringing, canted base, outswept bracket feet, 222cm high, c.1815
A George III oak longcase clock, 24cm arched brass dial inscribed Joseph Boultwood Matchin Green, Roman and Arabic subsidiary numerals, leafy scroll spandrels, thirty hour movement striking on a bell, the arched hood flanked by a Doric column, arched rectangular door to waist, plinth base, 197cm high, c.1775 Joseph Boultwood had set up at Matching Green (sic; an Essex locality near Epping Forest) by 1755 when his son Joseph was baptised and he was still working in 1781 when the same son married at Great Waltham.
A George III oak longcase clock, 26cm square brass dial inscribed Jam..Bunn, Dorchester, chapter ring inscribed with Roman numerals, leafy scroll spandrels, thirty hour movement striking on a bell, the case with swan neck pediment, brass capped Doric columns, rectangular door to waist, 203cm high, c.1780 According to research by the Dorset Historical Society, James Bunn lived in the late 18th/early 19th century and made extremely conservatively styled clocks
A George III oak longcase clock, 29cm arched painted dial inscribed Willm. Chapman, Falkingham, Roman and Arabic subsidiary numerals, painted to the arch with a stockman, flowers to spandrels, subsidiary seconds dial, date aperture, twin winding holes, eight day movement striking on a bell, the arched hood with brass capped Composite capitals, ogee arched rectangular door to waist, plinth base, 209cm high, c.1795 William Chapman of Folkingham (sic), Lincs., also signed from Sleaford and Lincoln and was working in the 1790s; whether he was kin to the William Chapman of Lincoln and Sleaford working in 1849-176 is not clear.
A George III oak longcase clock, 30cm square painted dial inscribed Jno. (sic) Hargreave, Sleaford, Roman and Arabic subsidiary numerals, painted to the spandrels with sprays of flowers, seconds subsidiary dial, date aperture, twin winding holes, eight-day movement striking on a bell, the hood with stepped cornice, Doric three-quarter columns, rectangular door to waist, plinth base, 191.5cm high, c.1800 John Hargreaves was married at New Sleaford (Lincs.) to Sarah Chapman 30th January 1766 and is known to have taken apprentices in 1777 and 1790. He was still working there in 1799.
A George III oak longcase clock, 33cm circular painted dial inscribed Wm Timmis, Alfreton, Roman and Arabic subsidiary numerals, painted to the centre with a fanciful bird, date aperture, 30-hour movement striking on a bell, the case with `curly eyebrow` swan neck pediment, serpentine crested rectangular door to waist flanked by turned quarter columns, 205cm high, c.1800 William Timmis is first recorded working in 1791 and in an advertisement of 1794 described himself as "once apprentice to John Whitehurst in Derby` which was considered an accolade even then. He was still working in 1811 when he re-married at Duffield to Mary Bateman. His two sons, John and Thomas succeeded him, at Alfreton and Derby respectively. The distinctive `eye-brow` pedimented hoods are a phenomenon of the round dial clocks by a variety of makers, mainly in Eastern Derbyshire (but including one or two John Whitehurst clocks in Derby) from c. 1765/1770 Literature: Craven, M. & Hughes, R., Clockmakers & Watchmakers of Derbyshire (Mayfield, Staffs 1998) type A8 & A9, illustrated pp. 242-243.kers of Derbyshire (Mayfield, Staffs 1998) type A8 & A9, illustrated pp. 242-243.
A George IV oak and mahogany crossbanded longcase clock, 33.5cm arched painted dial inscribed Sh**, Nottingham, Roman numerals, painted to the arch with a lady carrying an ale jug, to the spandrels with flowers, 30-hour movement striking on a bell, the hood with swan neck pediment, brass ball and spire finial and brass capped Doric columns, serpentine arched rectangular door to waist, shaped apron, bracket feet, 225cm high, c.1840 Anthony &George Shepperley entered into a partnership with William Pearce at Long Row Nottingham in 1828 and it was not dissolved until 1844. His son and grandson George and Philip continued the business into the 1860s.
A monumental Gothic Revival mahogany long case clock, 29cm parcel gilt silvered dial inscribed Goldsmiths Company 112 Regent St London, applied with Arabic numerals, the centre blind pierced and engraved with dense scrolling foliage, seconds subsidiary dial, triple winding holes, three train movement chiming on eight tubular bells, brass cased weights, the case with shaped castellated pediment above ribbon tied fruiting oak bands, flanked by carved and applied spires, pointed shaped arch, glazed rectangular door to waist, within tracery blind fretwork, block feet, 249cm high, c.1900 The Goldsmith`s Company is the usual signature of the Goldsmniths and Silversmiths Company, founded at 122, Regent Street in 1880 by William Gibson and John Lawrence Longman, becoming a limited company in 1898. In 1893 they made the clock for the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York, and the firm survived to be taken over by Garrards in 1952. The supplier of their movements is not known, but at this period it may have been the London firm of S. Smith & Son, whose clocks enjoyed many of the characteristics of this example. In their day these clocks sold for £75 with a surcharge of £10 for a nine tubular bell strike/chime and a further £1 for a repeater.
A William IV oak and mahogany crossbanded longcase clock, 32cm arched painted dial inscribed Geo. Stacey, Worksop, Arabic numerals, painted to the arch and spandrels with colourful summer flowers, picked out in gilt, 30-hour movement striking on a bell, the hoof with swan neck pediment, brass ball and spire finial, turned columns, rectangular door to waist with incurved upper angles, rectangular base, 218cm high, c.1835 George Stacey is probably to be identified with the man of that name christened at North Wingfield (Derbys.) 31st March 1804, son of non-conformists William and Frances Stacey suggesting that he might well have been born around 1799. His apprenticeship indentures are missing, but he may have been trained by his near kinsman Thomas Stacey of Newark who died in 1820. He was certainly married by January 1822 when his son George was baptised at Tuxford, and he was working on his own account at Bridge Street Worksop by 1828 and a clockmaker and jeweller, being last recorded in 1855.
An `18th century` mahogany long case clock, 31cm arched brass dial with silvered chapter ring inscribed with Roman and Arabic subsidiary numerals, the arch applied with a domed roundel engraved with a windmill in a rural landscape, flowering leafy scrolls to spandrels, subsidiary seconds dial, twin winding holes, eight day movement striking on a bell, the hood flanked by turned columns, rectangular door to waist, outlined with chequered stringing, plinth base, 211cm high
A Victorian rosewood and marquetry bow centre triform occasional table, moulded top inlaid in boxwood with a covered urn and scrolling leafy stems, the frieze with ribbon-tied bell husk festoons, outlined throughout with boxwood stringing, shaped undertier, tapered square legs, ceramic casters, 71.5cm high, 84cm wide, c.1890
A silver `Bristol` goblet, by Barker Ellis Silver Company, Birmingham 1972, the bell shaped cup engraved with the Bristol coat of arms, on a knopped pedestal foot, numbered 472, 13cm tall, 140g (4.5 oz) gross; with an Indian silver coloured pepperette; a cased set of six Dutch silver coloured spoons, cased; a pair of electroplated vases; an enamelled 1887 crown coin brooch; a silver coloured chain; a brass gambling token; and a Coronation commemorative medal
An oak longcase clock, basically early 19th century, square brass dial, signed - Benjn. Reed of Bristol, with subsidiary second dial and date aperture, engraved with a ship and headland, cast rococo spandrels, thirty-hour movement, striking on a bell, plain oak case, with a printed frieze, long door, bracket feet, height 197cms, (77½").
Louis XVI style gilt metal and "Sevres" bleu de rois porcelain mantel clock, with an urn finial, the dial centre, painted with flowers and a butterfly, the panel under painted with figures in a garden setting, the case with wrythen scroll and foliate motifs, cylinder movement, signed - Hy Marc, Paris, striking on a bell, 40cms, (15¾").
French gilt metal and Belge Noir marble mantel clock, late 19th century, plated architectural case, surmounted by a figure of a classical maiden, Grecian pedestal, blank presentation plaque to the plinth, cylinder movement by Japy Freres, striking on a bell and stamped "Gullivant & Botsford, Paris and Manchester", 58cms, (23").
Loading...
