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Click here to subscribeA French Belge noir marble and malachite inset mantel clock, late 19th century, the eight-day bell-striking movement with visible Brocot escapement to the two piece white enamel Roman numeral dial in an arch top case flanked by carved side scrolls and on breakfronted plinth base decorated with gilt incised linework and inset malachite panels, 32cm high. Visit www.dnfa.com for condition reports.
A French brass four-glass mantel clock, late 19th century, the eight-day bell striking movement with mercury compensated pendulum and strapwork decorated circular cream enamel Roman numeral dial (cracked), in a bevel glazed case with fluted frieze to the cavetto cornice above caddy-moulded uprights and plinth base, 26.5cm high. Visit www.dnfa.com for condition reports.
A French Louis Philippe ormolu Gothic Revival mantel clock, Guyerd et Aine, Paris, mid 19th century, the eight-day outside countwheel striking movement (bell lacking) signed GUYARD ET. AINE, A PARIS to backplate, the dial cast as a rose window incorporating Roman numerals above tracery arch flanked by figural applied cluster column uprights with crotcheted spire finials fronting a stepped gable pediment surmounted by a bellfry flanked by further spires, 52cm high, with glass dome and with marquetry stand. Visit www.dnfa.com for condition reports.
A collection of books comprising Trencher and Kennel by Charles Simpson with twenty four illustrations in colour and sixty eight in black and white by the author, printed by John Lane, The Bodley Head Ltd, London, 1927 in red cloth, Stories from the Arabian Nights retold by Lawrence Houseman with drawings by Edmund Dulac, printed by Hodder & Stoughton Ltd of London, in brown cloth with gilt decoration (af), The Wandering`s of an Elephant Hunter by W D M Bell, published by the Country Life Ltd in London, dated 1923 (af), The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer with illustrations by Russell Flint, printed by the Medici Society Ltd, 1929 in red cloth and Typee by Herman Melville with illustrations by Mead Schaeffer, printed by Hodder & Stoughton Ltd, London in green cloth with gilt highlights
SMYTH, William, Henry, `Descriptive Catalogue of A Cabinet of Roman Imperial Large-Brass Medals`, Bedford, 1834. 4to. 1/2 vellum bd. Tog.with BUCKMAN, Prof. & NEWMARCH, C.H. `Illustration of The Remains of Roman Art in Cirencester, The Site of Antient Corinium`, Bell, 1850. 4to. Plus Denmark in The Early Iron Age`, Williams & Norgate, 1866. plts. a.c.f. cl. worn, Plus EVAN, J.T. `The Church Plate of Gloucestershire`, Bristol & Gloucestershire Achaeological Society, 1906. cl. bd. plus 2 others. 6
A good early 20th century brass sextant by Heath & Co, "Bell" pattern mark III, with silver scale and vernier, magnifier, two sets of colour filters, eyepiece filters, telescopes, pair of binoculars and a wooden handled screwdriver, signed Heath & Co Ltd, Crayford, London, made for W Gerrard, 40 South Castle Street, Liverpool, in fitted mahogany case, the inside of the lid applied with a National Physical Laboratory Certificate of Examination, ivorine label to side marked "Bell Pattern Mark III Sextant", complete with original leather outer case, marked in gilt for Heath & Co Ltd (Illustrated). An identical instrument can be seen in the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich (NAV 1166).
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