A GEORGE III STRIKING EIGHT DAY LONGCASE CLOCK FRANCIS ECK, NORTHAMPTON, CIRCA 1790, THE OAK CASE ASSOCIATED The hood with broken arch pediment, 12 in. wide silvered and engraved dial signed in the arch 'Francis Eck/Northampton', with subsidiary seconds and date rings, the four pillar movement with anchor escapement and rack strike on bell; replaced seatboard and cheeks; two weights, pendulum 90½ in. (230 cm.) high; 18 in. (46 cm.) wide; 9½ in. (24 cm.) deep View on Christie's.com
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AN EDWARD VII SILVER CIGARETTE-BOX MARK OF JAMES SAMUEL BELL AND LOUIS WILLMOTT, LONDON, 1903 Rectangular on four scroll feet, hinged cover and sides chased with Art Nouveau-style fruiting foliage, the hinged cover further set with a medallion depicting William Ewart Gladstone, engraved around the medallion with an inscription and on the cover with a further inscription, cedar-lined interior 5 7/8 in. (15 cm.) wide The inscription around the medallion reads 'Born in Liverpool 29th December 1809 buried in Westminster Abbey, May 1898'. The second inscription reads 'Memorial statue unveiled in Liverpool by Earl Spencer, K.G. 16 July 1904' View on Christie's.com
AN ENGLISH LARGE OAK EIGHT DAY STRIKING LONGCASE CLOCK THE MOVEMENT DATED 1837 AND WITH REPLACED DIAL, BY WHITMORE, NORTHAMPTON, THE ASSOCIATED CASE LATE 19TH CENTURY With panelled case, the 13½ in. diameter silvered and engraved dial signed 'WHITMORE/NORTHAMPTON', the four pillar movement with anchor escapement and rack strike on bell, stamped '735/WHITMORE/NORTHAMPTON/1837'; two weights, pendulum, winding key 95½ in. (243 cm.) high; 22½ in. (57 cm.) wide; 11½ in. (29 cm.) deep View on Christie's.com
AN ITALIAN ROSEWOOD AND ORMOLU-MOUNTED STRIKING TABLE CLOCK THE CASE MID 18TH CENTURY, THE MOVEMENT AND DIAL LATE 19TH CENTURY The case with ormolu handle to moulded top, glazed side panels, some restorations to veneers, velvet-covered dial with silvered chapter ring, the twin barrels movement with anchor escapement and rack strike on bell, signed 'Payne & Co/London'; pendulum 18 in. (46 cm.) high; 16¼ in. (41 cm.) wide, 7½ in. (19 cm.) deep View on Christie's.com
A 19th century French Portico clock, the lacquered body inlaid with brass and tortoiseshell scrolling foliate surrounding enamelled circular dial with Roman numerals and ornate brass pendulum, marked Laine Paris, serial no.2028, striking on a bell, height 55.5cm (requires minor repair) (illustrated)
Quintus Horatius Flaccus: Ex Fide Auctoritate Veterum Codicum, Summo Quam Fieri Potuit Studio, Emendatus, Variifisque Lectionibus, Scholiisque Ad Maginem Appositis Perpolitus Ac Illustratus. 1567 12mo 19th century Silius Italicus: De Securdo Bell Punico. 1620 16mo Title within engraved historiated border. Disbound. * Manuscript notes in a 16th century hand on the verso of the rear end paper together with a signature
An early 19th Century rosewood cased timepiece by Perrin of Paris, the eight day movement striking to bell and white enamelled dial with Roman numerals having two inset white metal medallions beneath the dial, one inscribed ‘Fortune Adverse Mars, 1814’ the other ‘Sejour a L`ile D`Elbe, 1815’, the rectangular case with ebony string inlay and with applied cameo above the dial (an addition), the platform base with applied metal panel painted ‘Fortune Adverse Mars’, on bracket feet, 16’ high
A late 18th Century longcase clock by W Fothergill, Knaresborough, the arched floral painted dial having thirty hour movement striking to bell with date aperture and gilt scrolling spandrels, in oak and mahogany cross banded case with gilded finials, arched pediment with blind fretwork frieze on columns, arched trunk door flanked to either side by quarter columns on panelled base and bracket feet, 92’ high
Two boxes of various antiquarian books to include "Poems of Edgar Alan Poe" published George Bell & Son 1909 with illustrations by W. Heath Robinson, D.G. ROSETTI "The House of Life" published Arthur L. Humphries 1912, "Lytton`s Works" published George Routledge & Sons 1889, JOHN RUSKIN "Mornings in Florence" published Bernard Tauchnitz, Leipzig 1907, and various other leather and/or tooled bound volumes
A FRENCH GILT BRONZE AND MARBLE CLOCK the drum cased movement signed on the enamelled dial FENE and painted with swags, striking on a bell, on turned pedestal beside the figure of Cupid, and rectangular base with swags and paterae, 45cm h, late 19th c Gilding worn in places, bright in others, the movement in running order, sold without warranty
A quantity of ornamental ceramics and metalware, including Staffordshire cottage pastille burner (af), Continental porcelain figurine, brass bell and fish ashtray, Radford oval dish, Spode Velamour wall pocket, pair of plates by AE Gray & Co, five pieces of red and white transfer printed china including Mason`s Vista, plate bust of a female etc.
A Victorian green glass vase, painted in enamels in the style of Mary Gregory, height 13cm, a similar perfume bottle with white metal screw top, height 11cm and a set of three clear glass perfume bottles with similar decoration (each af), a crystal bell and a paperweight in the form of an apple (7).
A gentleman`s stainless steel backed Seiko S2 quartz wristwatch with baton markers and date aperture; a gentleman`s stainless steel Seiko automatic seventeen jewel wristwatch with Roman quarter numerals, baton markers and day/date apertures; a gentleman`s stainless steel Seiko 5 automatic wristwatch head with baton markers and day/date apertures; a gentleman`s stainless steel backed Seiko Bell-Matic seventeen jewel wristwatch with baton markers and day/date apertures; a lady`s stainless steel backed Seiko quartz wristwatch with baton markers; and a lady`s stainless steel backed Seiko Hi-Beat automatic seventeen jewel wristwatch with baton markers and date aperture (6)
A 19th Century French white marble and ormolu mounted portico clock, the case with tapered columns on a plinth and having applied rosettes, floral and foliate decoration and urn finials, the movement striking on a bell with convex white enamel dial, and having sunburst bob to the pendulum. Height 40cms.
VARIOUS OWNERS Captain Matthew Benson Harrison, Westmoreland and Cumberland Yeomanry Cavalry, circa 1851-66 AN OFFICER`S LIGHT DRAGOON PATTERN `BELL TOP` SHAKO, SABRETACHE, POUCH AND MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS OF THE WESTMORELAND AND CUMBERLAND YEOMANRY CAVALRY, CIRCA 1851-66 the shako with body of black felted material with a crown, front peak and false back peak of black patent leather (all crazed); the crown encircled by a band of silver lace 1⅞ inches wide and the base encircled by another ½ inch wide, the front and back peaks edged with bands of silver lace ½ inch wide; a boss, cords and lines of silver round-cord, the lines terminating in acorns of woven silver wire; below the boss, on a silver lace cockade, a regimental badge comprising, in struck gilt metal repoussé, the Royal Cypher VR within a strap-and-buckle bearing the title WESTMORELAND & CUMBERLAND YEOMANRY and surmounted by a monarchial crown, the gilt metal centre mounted upon a multi-rayed white metal star; white metal lion`s mask chin-chain bosses and a white metal chin-chain of overlapping links sewn to a leather strap; with a white leather and crimson silk head-band and a (loose) padded interior; separate gilt metal plume holder; generally good condition; 23cm; 9in high; 23.5cm; 9¼ in diameter of crown; THE SABRETACHE, with body and expanding pouch of black leather, the pouch secured with a loop and button; the front of black wool (some moth) with a border of silver lace 2 inches wide enclosing, in silver wire embroidery, the cypher WCYC beneath a monarchial crown in gold and silver wire embroidery and coloured fabric; three white metal suspension loops; inside the pouch, the retailer`s label of `Andrews Helmet Maker &c to Her Majesty 9 PALL MALL`; generally good condition; 33cm; 13 in x 27.4cm; 10¾ in; THE POUCH, with body covered in crimson leather, the white metal frontal flap having an engraved border of oak-leaves enclosing, in gilt metal, the applied cypher WCYC beneath a monarchial crown; on the front of the pouch body, the retailer`s label of `Andrews Helmet Maker &c to Her Majesty 9 PALL MALL`; generally good condition; frontal flap 6.5cm; 2½ x 17cm; 6¾ in; and MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS, comprising a pair of gentleman`s white doeskin gloves with two buttons at each wrist; the white metal regimental medal of the Westmoreland and Cumberland Yeomanry Cavalry fitted with a flat white metal bar suspender and contained in a box bearing the date 1857 on the lid; a bronze medal of the `National Rifle Association 1860` fitted with a German silver bar suspender; a single instep-chain from a field spur; generally good condition, the gloves appearing unworn. Matthew Benson Harrison (1824-1879) was the eldest son of Benson Harrison of Greenbank, Westmoreland and his second wife, Dorothy, née Wordsworth - second cousin to the poet William Wordsworth (1770-1850). He became lieutenant in the Westmoreland and Cumberland Yeomanry Cavalry on 3rd May 1851 and was promoted captain on 6th September 1858, leaving the regiment in about 1866. A Justice of the Peace and Deputy Lieutenant for Westmoreland, he was High Sheriff for the county in 1860. He is shown, seated and in civilian clothes, in a group photograph of officers, and ex-officers, of the regiment taken in 1872 and reproduced in Bargett, C.: Better by far a Cumberland Hussar: a history of the Westmoreland and Cumberland Yeomanry (Kirkby Stephen, 2001), p. 13; this photograph also appears in the Journal of the Society for Army Historical Research, Vol. XXXVIII (1960), p. 136, with a note on those depicted in Vol. XXXIX (1961), p. 105.
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