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Lot 275
An early 18th century gilt Japanned Chinoiserie eight-day longcase clock, made by John Kimpton of Maldon, the square 30cm brass dial with silvered Roman and Arabic numerals interspaced with fleur-de-lys half hour marks, subsidiary seconds dial and square date aperture, the matted centre with finely engraved foliate tendrils, the pierced case spandrels decorated with masks and roses, the movement striking on a bell, the hood with moulded cornice and original glass panels, above the trunk with rectangular door decorated with pagodas and trees having a circular glass panel, on a plinth base with bun feet, 206cm high x 51cm wide
Lot 102
A well engineered 3 1/2 inch gauge model of a 4-4-0 American style locomotive and tender 'Virginia’, the copper boiler with sight glass, pressure gauge, safety valve and regulator, clack valve, reserve gear lever, chassis with twin outside cylinders and Stephensons link reverse. Tender with double bogie wheel arrangement, brake and hand operated water pump. The model is finished in blue and black paintwork with wooden cab roof, bell, light and cow catcher fitted to front. Tender sign written 'Denver & Rio Grande’. No boiler history available. Total length 114cm
Lot 133
A well engineered 4 inch scale model of a Garratt 7 nhp Agricultural Traction engine 'St Eligius’, built by Mr John Norman of South Wales to Bill Newcome drawings with Newcome and Whitehead castings, single cylinder, two speed multi purpose engine. The traction engine has a steel Franklin and Bell boiler with fittings including two water sight gauges, pressure gauge, safety valve, blower, clack and blowdown valves. Engine details include single cylinder approximately 2 3/4in bore x 4in stroke, drain cocks, ratchet mechanical lubricator, eccentric driven feed pump and bypass, two road speeds, 17 inch spoked flywheel, whistle, speed governor, chassis details include steel spoked and straked wheels with detachable rubber road tyres, worm and roller chain steering, damper, cable drum, fairlead, hand brake, polished wooden footboard. The model is finished in blue lined and black paintwork. Length 72in, width 30in, height 45in. Boiler History: Franklin Bell Steel Boiler No FB 198 . Passed boiler history and Certificate of Hydraulic test Certificate No 101110. Test pressure 180 psi Working pressure 120psi. Signed by K Morris Boiler Inspector City of Newport Model Engineers Society. Expiry Date 18th of August 2008. Steam test No 102166 Expiry Date 27th July 2008. This traction engine is based on the original agricultural engines built through out the early part of the 20th century by Garratt of Leiston in Suffolk a company founded in 1778 and who introduced traction engine building to their factory in 1857. The last Garrett traction engines were built in 1931 and would have been similar in design to this model. This model is the sister engine to the one sold in our last Bristol auction
Lot 437
A PACKET: Assorted Ephemera re Walter Charles Bell, A player for Norwich City F C in the early ‘20’s, including real photo postcard of Bell outside Directors/Officials Entrance, typed letter signed from Sec Manager A A Gosnell from Norwich City FC thanking Bell for his efforts in the past season and inviting him to play for Norwich again (part of letter lacking), his Great War Demob Account, autograph note signed from his Commanding Officer of Commendation, Birth Certificate, Marriage Certificate etc etc, Note: some items fragile
Lot 544
The Glenturret-12 year-old Distilled and bottled by The Glenturret Distillery, Crieff. 70 cl. In original cardboard tube. Single malt, 40% volume Inchgower-12 year-old From The House of Bell's. Distilled and bottled by Arthur Bell & Sons plc, Perth. 75 cl. Screw cap. In original carton. Level: high neck fill. Single malt, 40% volume 2 bottles
Lot 600
Bell's Royal Vat De Luxe Blended and bottled by Arthur Bell & Sons Ltd., Distillers, Perth. Stopper cork, embossed lead capsule. Level: lower middle of shoulder. 70 degrees proof Old Rarity By Appointment to H M King George VI, Bulloch Lade & Co. Ltd., Glasgow. Stopper cork, paper seal, label torn. Level: 4cm from base of cork. strength 25 UP 2 bottles
Lot 68
Inchgower-12 year-old Distilled and bottled by Arthur Bell & Sons, Perth. 75 cl. Cream labelling printed in black, red and gilt. Level: high neck fill. Single malt, 40% volume Lochnagar-12 year-old Distilled and bottled by John Begg Ltd., Glasgow. 70 cl. Shoulder label with minor tear. Level: into neck of bottle. Single malt, 40% volume Tomatin-10 year-old Distilled and bottled by Tomatin Distillery, Inverness-shire. 75 cl. Level: high neck fill. In original carton. Single malt, 40% volume 3 bottles
Lot 70
Dram of Destiny Bottled for Arthur J Bell, The Whisky Connoisseur to commemorate the return of the Stone of Destiny to Scotland on 15th November 1996. Bottle number 962 of 2500. In wooden presentation case. Single malt, 40% volume Scottish Parliament-12 year-old Bottled for Flavour of Scotland, Glasgow. Limited edition bottle number 2890 of 5000. Single malt, 40% volume 2 bottles
Lot 185
A SELECTION OF ORIGINAL LETTERS SIGNED BY W.D.M. 'KARAMOJO' BELL TO LOUIS WEYERS (GRANDSON OF GEN. SMUTS), a collection of eleven hand-written letters signed by W.D.M. 'Karamojo' Bell, the first dated 3rd July 1952 and the last 8th June 1954, sent from his Scottish address, they show the developing friendship between the two hunters and Bell discusses various expeditions he had taken together with the performance of differing types of round against the elephants he was so famous for pursuing, the later correspondence records that Weyers had planned to visit Bell in Scotland but as the last letter from Bell's widow records, Bell had passed away before this could take place, several of the letters have had the signatures cut out (this was done by Weyers who pasted them into copies of Bell's books that he had in his library). (12)
Lot 527
An Edwardian mahogany cased mantle clock, 'The Automatic Memorandum Clock', having turned finials and hinged lid, enclosing a brass segmented dial with provision for ivory tablets, body with a blind fret frieze over enamel Roman dial with applied pierced floral spandrels and lower bell activating trap door on turned and block feet.
Lot 18
reid (T.) Treatise on Clock and Watch Making, Theoretical and Practical, 1859 20 fold-out plts., contemp. hf. cf.; Britten (F.J.) The Watch and Clockmakers' Handbook, 1881, orig. cl.; Cescinsky (H.) The Old English Master Clockmakers and Their Clocks, 1670-1820, 1938, orig. cl.; Bell (G.H. & E.F.) Old English Barometers, 1952, dw. (4)
Lot 1300
Family group: six: Private R. W. Bell, Royal Military Police 1939-45 Star; Italy Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals; General Service Medal 1918-62, 1 clasp, Palestine 1945-48 (14790890 Pte., R.M.P.), service number corrected, good very fine general Service 1962, 1 clasp, Dhofar (AC P. W. Bell, (J8094093) RAF) late issue, in card box of issue, extremely fine (6) £160-200 Aircraftsman P. W. Bell qualified for the Dhofar clasp with his service at R.A.F. Salah in 1972. sold with copied correspondence from R.A.F. Innsworth re. the award of the medal dated September-November 1994. £160-£200
Lot 1442
A Great War ‘Western Front’ D.C.M., M.M. pair awarded to Lance-Corporal Arthur Hutton, Durham Light Infantry distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (15347 L. Cpl., M.M., 2/Durh. L.I.), suspension rod loose; Military Medal, G.V.R. (15347 Pte., 10/Durh. L.I.) edge bruising, contact marks, good fine (2) £900-1100 D.C.M. London Gazette 30 October 1918. ‘For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty in rushing and capturing a post containing six of the enemy, thus allowing the company to continue its advance. Later, with his company commander, two machine guns in action were located. They worked round and rushed them, the gunners surrendering’. m.M. London Gazette 12 March 1917. arthur Hutton came from Crook, Co. Durham. Serving with the Durham Light Infantry, he entered the France/Flanders theatre of war on 21 May 1915. He was awarded the Military Medal for bravery whilst serving with the 10th Battalion Durham Light Infantry in the vicinity of Arras. On 6 January 1917 a raid was carried out upon the German lines, in the hard fighting that followed, casualties to the battalion amounted to 2 officers wounded and 44 other ranks killed, wounded or missing. For the action, one M.C. (to 2nd Lieutenant A. G. Bell) and 6 M.M.’s (including one to Hutton) were awarded. He was subsequently awarded the D.C.M. for conspicuous gallantry whilst serving with the 2nd Battalion. Sold with copied research including gazette extracts and m.i.c. £900-£1100
Lot 203
A 19th century French gilt brass and marble mantel clock By Mabille, Paris the case in the form of a young girl in a flowing dress holding a serpent and leaning against the dial, the whole on a breakfront gilt brass and white marble plinth, with bun feet, the 41/2" white enamel dial with twin winding apertures marked 'Mabille a Paris', the barrel movement striking on a bell 28cm wide, 34cm high
Lot 204
A late 19th century French sienna marble mantel clock By Baullier & Fils, Paris the giltmetal engine turned dial with roman numerals and maker's signature, within serpent cast bezel, the case with a bronze figure of a muse reading at a parchment scroll with wreath and adjacent lyre, the frieze with a classical tableau of winged reading figures, anthemia and cornucopiae, on feet cast as owl figures with coiled serpent terminals, the eight day movement with silk suspension striking the hours and half hours on a bell 37cm wide, 51cm high, 14cm deep Property of a private Surrey collection.
Lot 205
A Regency period mahogany bracket clock, by James Whitelaw, Edinburgh the white enamel dial with an 8-day fusee movement with anchor escapement and striking on a bell, the arched case with sound frets to the sides and raised on a moulded platform base with squat bun feet 26cm wide, 39cm high, 16cm deep
Lot 206
A Regency period mahogany bracket clock By Matthew Thornhill, London the arched white dial with subsidiary silent/strike and second dials, the twin train fusee movement with anchor escapement and striking on a bell, the back plate signed Mattw Thornhill, London, the arched case with a brass carrying handle and ogee bracket feet 26cm wide, 38cm high, 17cm deep
Lot 212
A Charles II period ebonised striking table clock By Henry Jones, London the lacquered brass dial with silvered Roman numeral chapter and angel mask spandrels, the matted centre with a date aperture, the movement with thick brass plates secured by seven baluster pillars, the twin train fusee movement with verge escapement and the back plate signed Henry Jones in the Temple and with a calibrated countwheel giving hour strike on a bell, within a panelled architectural arched ebonised case, raised on bracket feet 31cm wide, 44cm high, 14cm deep Note: the movement of this clock was exhibited at the British Clockmakers Heritage Exhibition at the Science Museum in 1952, catalogue number 91.
Lot 218
A George III period mahogany longcase clock the key fret carved swan neck pediment above brass dial with matted centre, subsidiary calendar aperture and seconds dial, the Roman and arabic chapter ring flanked by rococo cast spandrels, signed James Cowan to the arch, above a strike/silent lever with an anthemion and leaf scroll engraved escutcheon, between corinthian pilasters, the arched trunk door between caddy moulded uprights, on shaped apron and bracket feet the twin train movement striking the hours on a bell 223cm high
Lot 219
An early 19th century mahogany eight day longcase clock the twin train movement striking on a bell, the white enamelled dial with Roman chapter ring, subsidiary seconds and date dials, floral painted spandrels, with painted moonphase dial to the arch, the hood with swan neck pediment and gadrooned urn finials, above arched glazed door flanked by spirally reeded columns and demi columns, the case with triple arched trunk door flanked by spirally reeded columns, on panelled base with circular mouldings and bracket feet 236cm high
Lot 225
A fine 18th century blue japanned month-going longcase clock By Hugh Richards of London the twin train movement with anchor escapement striking the hours on a bell, the pagoda top with ball finials above a silvered roman and arabic chaper ring, the matted centre with subsidiary seconds dial and calendar aperture flanking maker's name plate, within rococo cast spandrels, the arch with an international time zone dial decorated with stars and Roman chapters, indicating times for (inter alia) Dublin, Cape Clear, Zealand and Amsterdam, the arched trunk door above a skirted plinth base raised on block feet, the whole decorated with ho-ho birds and scenes from Chinese courtly life 240cm high Property of a private Surrey collection.
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