A late 18th Century mahogany longcase clock by Jacob Swaby of Deal, the 12ins arched silvered dial with subsidiary seconds dial and date aperture with engraved spandrels to the eight day two train five pillar movement striking on a bell, contained in associated case with deep arched moulded cornice with shaped cresting, turned, fluted and brass stopped columns to hood, figured veneered trunk door of shaped outline, with fluted and brass stopped quarter columns, astragal panelled plinth, on bracket feet, 93ins high. Note: Israel Swaby recorded working Dover 1775-1785 and Jacob Swaby recorded working Romney 1795
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A George III mahogany longcase clock by James Scholefield of London, the 12ins arched brass dial with silvered chapter ring with Roman and Arabic numerals, subsidiary seconds dial and date aperture and strike/silent dial to arch to the eight day two train five pillar movement striking on a bell, contained in associated case with pagoda top, turned, fluted and brass stopped pillars to hood, figured trunk door of shaped outline with moulded edge, fluted cant corners and astragal panelled plinth, 93ins high. Note: James Scholefield recorded working The Strand, London, apprenticed 1747 to circa 1760
A George III mahogany longcase clock by John Wilkins of Islington, London, the 12ins arched brass dial with wide chapter ring with Roman and Arabic numerals, subsidiary seconds dial, date aperture and strike/silent dial to arch to the eight day two train five pillar movement striking on a bell, contained in case with moulded cornice and shaped cresting, with turned, fluted and brass stopped columns to hood, the arched trunk door veneered in figured mahogany with moulded edge, fluted and brass stopped quarter columns to sides, the plinth with astragal panel and double plinth on bracket feet, 91ins high. , and on Back Cover. John Wilkins recorded working Islington, London 1773
Winston Churchill centenary: a cased commemorative silver decanter suite, each piece applied with a cast silver gilt Churchill coat of arms, comprising a bell-shaped decanter and stopper, 30cm high, a septfoil-shaped salver, 36cm diameter and 6 goblets12.5cm high, no. 22 of 100, by Mappin and Webb, London 1973, approx. 106 ozs. gross
A Tiffany favrile ten light table lamp, early 20th century, the brown patinated base naturalistically modelled with leaves issuing ten scrolled branches, supporting eight gold favrile glass bell-drop shades (two lacking), each etched 'LCT favrile', the base stamped Tiffany Studios, New York, no 28625, 51cm high
Gray (Robert). Three Months' Visitation, by the Bishop of Capetown, in the Autumn of 1855, with an Account of His Voyage to the Island of Tristan D'Acunha in March 1856, with Original Sketches by Mrs Gray, printed in Colours, pub. Bell and Daldy, 1856, seven col. plts., some spotting and old waterstaining, orig. cloth gilt, some wear, spine faded and torn, 8vo. Presentation copy signed by the author (as the Bishop of Cape Town) on half - title. (1)
Foster (Birket, illust.). Sabbath Bells Chimed by the Poets, Bell and Daldy, 1856, wood - eng. vignettes after Birket Foster, printed by Edmund Evans in four or five colours, decorative initials and Cundall's monogram hand - coloured, some foxing, recased in orig. blue cloth, blocked in gilt, a little rubbed, a.e.g., together with five other copies of the same title, various editions, including a very good copy of the Cundall 1861 printing, all in orig. gilt - dec. cloth, 8vo. Edmund Evans' first full - colour reproductive engraving, devised by Joseph Cundall. (6)
Jones (Owen). One Thousand and One Initial Letters, Designed and Illuminated by Owen Jones, Day & Son, 1864, title - page and twenty - six plates, chromolithographed in colours and gold, some spotting, orig. purple cloth, blocked in gilt, faded and worn, - a few leaves supplied from another copy, folio, together with Tymms (W. R.) and M. D. Wyatt, The Art of Illuminating as practised in Europe from the Earliest Times, Day and Son, 1860, title - page and 100 plts., mostly chromolithographs, letterpress text printed within borders in red or black, recased in orig. cloth, ornately blocked to an all - over design in gilt and red, rubbed at extrems., hinges weak, a.e.g., large 8vo, and Shaw (Henry), The Art of Illumination, as Practised during the Middle Ages, 2nd ed., Bell and Daldy, 1870, sixteen plts., twelve present in two states (lithograph and chromolithograph), a little foxed, orig. brown cloth, blocked in gilt and blind, slightly rubbed, a.e.g., large 8vo, plus eighteen others on illumination, alphabets, and related subjects, various sizes and bindings (21)
Poetry of the Year. Passages from the Poets, Descriptive of the Seasons, George Bell, 1853, twenty - two half - page chromolithographs by Hanhart and Day after paintings by contemporary artists including Birket Foster, David Cox, and W. J. Muller, pasted down onto the text pages, some foxing, contemp. full red morocco, elaborately gilt, gilt and gauffered edges, large 8vo (1)
Crane (Walter). The Art of Walter Crane by P.G. Konody, 1st ed., 1902, eight photogravures, sixteen col. plts., num. b & w illusts., t.e.g., orig. gilt dec. cloth, a little rubbed and darkened at edges, folio, together with The Claims of Decorative Art, by Walter Crane, 1st ed., 1892, b & w illusts. to text, orig. dec. cloth, rubbed on spine, small 4to, plus The Decorative Illustration of Books, by Walter Crane, George Bell Ex - Libris series, 2nd ed., revised, 1901, num. b & w illusts., orig. dec. cloth, faded on spine, 8vo (3)
A Dorset longcase clock, the 30hour movement with an outside counter wheel, striking on a bell, marked WH & Co no 19 the square 11in painted dial decorated a bird on a bough to the centre above a calendar aperture and inscribed Barrett Blandford, gilt roses to the corners, the hood with a glazed door, brass capped pillars and a swan neck pediment with turned wood finial, the trunk with a mahogany veneered panel above a rectangular door, the base on a shaped plinth, 6ft. 10in (2.08m).
A late 18th century small bracket clock, the 8 day twin fusee movement striking on a bell with a verge escapement, the back plate engraved foliage and ho ho birds, the pendulum bob engraved a sunburst, the arched silvered dial with strike, silent regulation to the lunette, the centre inscribed "Kenneth MacLennan, London" above calendar aperture, the ebonized pear wood veneered case with a brass carrying handle and brass corner mouldings, the sides glazed, the plinth on brass ogee bracket feet. 14in. (36cm) high. * "Britain's Old Clocks, Watches and their Makers" states Kenneth MacLennan at Mary's Buildings, St. Martins, London, 1778-1825. He made a Planetarium for the Royal Institution in 1801.
A LONGCASE CLOCK by J Bell, Doncaster, the eight day movement with arched brass dial chased with scrolling foliage, in mahogany case crossbanded with stringing, scrolled pediment with brass finials and marquetry patera on fluted columns, canted trunk with arched door, shaped apron and splayed feet, 91" high
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