Fine late-17th century marquetry longcase clock by Joseph Windmills, London with 11" gilt brass and silvered dial with subsidiary seconds and date aperture, latched six pillar movement striking on bell, brass covered weights with pendulum in a fine walnut veneered and floral and bird marquetry inlaid case with lenticle glass to door, bull mouldings on altered bracket feet, approximately 232cm highGood original condition. The cheeks of the case are slightly packed out to make the movement level so may or may not suggest the movement is a marriage ( please make up your own mind before bidding ) . The movement is running and striking ( not tested for time keeping ) . The case is in good original order with some missing door mouldings. The rear base of the case is loose but present .The bracket feet are probably a later replacement for the original bun feet
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18th century 8-day longcase clock by Thomas Shipton, Andover with arched brass and silvered dial with subsidiary seconds and date aperture, striking on bell, in green Chinoiserie lacquered case, 230cm highFour pillar movement in running condition ( not tested for time keeping ) . The case is in good original condition with minor wear, chips and marks to the Chinoiserie decoration
1936 Berlin Olympic Games Participation medal, designed by Otto Placzek, the obverse with five athletes pulling the ropes of the Olympic bell, these representing the five continents, the reverse with the Olympic Bell, with the designers name, with foundry name to the rim, Guss - H.Noach Berlin, 70mm diameter, 100g
Victorian and Later Postcards, loose cards and a period album, includes Reading and surrounding villages, steam trains and the railway, humorous, sentimental, scenic UK examples and others, together with a number of RPs, F Carter Watchmaker and Jeweller shop front, probably Windsor, signed by shop proprietor, Victorian/Edwardian hand-bell ringers seated in a row, Padworth Hatch, Bridge Street Colnbrook, Cleeve Lock Nr Goring, Baden Powell and others,P-G, (400+)
A fine mahogany-cased twin-fusee repeating verge bracket clock, signed John Taylor, London, third-quarter 18th century, the brass and silvered dial with 6¾ inch Roman chapter ring, pierced-steel hands, date aperture above 6 o' clock, ormolu spandrels, strike/silent hand above dial, the eight day movement with foliate-engraved back plate, striking on a bell, the domed architectural case with brass bow carry handle, raised on bracket feet, with winding key, 41cm by 25cm by 18cm. Together with an ogee mahogany wall bracket measuring 29.5cm wide by 21cm deep by 25cm high, with gilt beaded moulding. With some recent service history.
An interesting collection of china pieces : Sadler ware bell, Gibsons sugar bowl and cream jug, two encrusted china floral posies, Wedgwood jasperware vase, Royal Worcester Spode vase, commemorative china jug for King Edward VIII May 12th 1937, commemorative china pieces, trio tea sets, etc. (19)
A GEORGIAN FLAME MAHOGANY EIGHT DAY LONGCASE CLOCK, the hood with a swan neck pediment, barley turned pillars, flanking a glazed door enclosing a painted 13 inch dial, moonphase movement to the arch, roman numerals, subsidiary date aperture and seconds dial, signed W Jones of Birmingham, bell striking movement, on a wide trunk, and bracket feet, height 238cm, with two weights and pendulum (condition:-some minor veneer loss)
NINE PIECES OF FRANZ PORCELAIN 'HUMMINGBIRD' TEA AND GIFT WARES, of which six are boxed, comprising two cups and saucers FZ00129 - one cup and saucer boxed, two covered sugar bowls FZ00134 - one boxed, a boxed cream jug FZ00133, a boxed bell FZ00709 (non-matching box, chip and hairline to leaf) and a boxed small vase FZ00246 height 14cm (9 + 5 boxes) (Condition Report: most pieces appear in good condition, specific obvious damage as stated, boxes a little dirty)
A GROUP OF WEIGHTS AND SHOE LASTS, comprising eight cast iron weights by Avery and others, weighing 10lb to 14lb, four brass bell weights of 1lb, 2lb, 4lb and 7lb, and three cobbler's shoe lasts, one reading 'Blakey's' and another 'Challenge' (15) (Condition Report: fair condition, some rust, small area of loss to one foot of Challenge last)
A BOX OF ASSORTED WHITE METAL WARE, to include a large oval tray, a smaller oval tray, an embossed detailed rim tray, a cased set of fish servers, each fitted with ivorine handles, an incomplete cased set of knives, each fitted with a kings pattern handle, a rose bowl, egg cups with stand, an EPNS small pierced basket bonbon dish, a bell shape pewter tankard, two EPNS cups, a trinket box, a three piece vanity set, an AF carriage clock, an oval tray with a pierced rim, a tea caddy, a wine cooler, and two boxes of cutlery etc
These are two volumes of first edition Christmas books by Dickens in a custom-fitted slipcase. The first is The Chimes: A Goblin Story Of Some Bells That Rang An Old Year Out And A New Year In. By Charles Dickens. London: Chapman And Hall, 186, Strand. MDCCCXLV [1845] on title page, with the imprint “London Bradbury And Evans Printers Whitefriars” on the reverse of the title page, with a list of thirteen illustrations after the imprint page, and it’s a first edition, second issue, with the name of the publishers “Chapman and Hall” at the bottom of the vignette title page, just outside the vignette; the first issue has “Chapman and Hall” printed inside the border of the plate, not outside the vignette. (The location of the publishers’ names on the vignette title page is the only point of issue listed for The Chimes.) The spine shows an image of a bell, the title, and “By Charles Dickens” in gilt, and the red covers are decorated with the title, six chimes, and Dickens’ name in gilt, with an embossed floral border around the gilt decorations on the cover; these are the original red covers. There are yellow endpapers followed by an ad for A Christmas Carol, as called for by Eckel. All the edges are gilt, with 175 pages of text, followed by the imprint of Bradbury And Evans again after page 175. The thirteen illustrations include the frontispiece and the vignette title page, both done by Daniel Maclise, and the rest were done by John Leech, Clarkson Stanfield, and Richard Doyle. This is Dickens’ second Christmas book in his Christmas Books series. Dickens wrote it when he was in Genoa, Italy, but the city didn’t seem to have the local atmosphere he wanted - he went there to see Joseph Grimaldi perform pantomime, but he missed London - and when he got back to London, he performed a reading of the book in front of friends at John Forster’s home, the person who became the noted biographer of Dickens. The top edges of the covers have light soiling, the frontispiece and vignette title page have very light spots on them, the tips have light wear, and the endpapers, text, and the rest of the plates are very clean. The second Christmas book is The Battle of Life, and the title page reads “The Battle Of Life. A Love Story. By Charles Dickens. London: Bradbury & Evans, Whitefriars. MDCCCXLVI” [1846], with the imprint of Bradbury & Evans on the reverse of the title page (“London: Bradbury And Evans, Printers, Whitefriars”), the book is dedicated to “My English Friends In Switzerland”, with a list of thirteen illustrations after the dedication page, and again the frontispiece and the vignette title page were both done by Daniel Maclise, and the rest by John Leech, Clarkson Stanfield, and Richard Doyle. All the edges are gilt, with 175 pages of text, followed by the imprint of Bradbury And Evans (“London: Bradbury And Evans, Printers, Whitefriars”), followed by two pages of publishers’ ads for Works by Dickens at the rear, and it has no points of issue, according to Eckel. It is a romantic novel and the fourth of Dickens’ Christmas books, and it’s a first edition, fourth issue because the cupid is holding a banner on the vignette title page and the publisher’s name has been left off the engraved title page altogether. (See Eckel page 122 for an illustration of the fourth issue.) The front paste-down has three light smudges and a small paper at the bottom which says “Dickens, The Battle of Life: A Love Story. Fine illustrations on wood by Maclise, Doyle, Leech, etc. 12 mo, cloth, gilt edges. London, 1846 Nice, fresh copy” on it. Otherwise, the endpapers, the plates, and the text are clean, with light fraying at the crown and heel of the spine. There are no repairs or restoration to the book at all. The Chimes is a small 8vo. and measures 6 3/4 x 4 1/2 in. wide, The Battle Of Life is also a small 8vo. and measures the same size as The Chimes, and the custom slipcase has Dickens’ name and “The Chimes The Battle Of Life" in gilt on the spine and measures 7 1/8 x 4 7/8 in. wide. See The First Editions Of Charles Dickens, Their Points and Values, John C. Eckel 1932 (pages 116 to 118 for The Chimes and pages 119 to 120 for The Battle of Life). An attractive pair of first edition Christmas books by Dickens in the original cloth and housed in a custom slipcase.
This is a four-language passport for the whaling ship Sarah, signed by President Millard Fillmore in 1851, and whaling passports allowed American ships to travel round the world to collect whale oil, a valuable commodity in the 1800’s. The whaling ship Sarah was out of Nantucket, but often docked in New Bedford, another whaling hub in Massachusetts. A history of the ship reveals where it sailed, the length of its journeys, and the value of its cargo, stating that “In 1830 the whaling ship Sarah returned home to Nantucket Island, carrying 3,500 barrels of valuable whale oil after a voyage of nearly three years.” This amount of whale oil would have been worth about $90,000 back then, equal to millions of dollars today. Ezra Smalley was a whaling captain originally from Nantucket, and he was booked to captain the Sarah on its voyage in 1851. The document was signed by President Fillmore on July 14, 1851, and the passport says that “Leave and permission are hereby given to Ezra Smalley, master or commander of the Ship called Sarah of the burthen of 370 tons, lying at present in the port of Mattapoisett [near New Bedford, Massachusetts] bound for the Pacific Ocean and laden with Provisions, stores and utensils for a whaling voyage, to depart and proceed … on his said voyage …” The document is countersigned by Secretary of State Daniel Webster, and is also signed by William T. Russell, Collector [of taxes] for the Port of New Bedford. The passport was written in four languages (English, Spanish, French, and Dutch) because the ship was traveling in international waters. The ship’s records show it stopped at the Galapagos Islands, confirming its destination to the Pacific Ocean. Unfortunately, this voyage was to be Smalley’s last. The New York Times reported on June 3, 1852, that “Captain Ezra Smalley, of the ship Sarah…died at sea on board his ship, on the 2d of January, 1852, off New Zealand …” His wife was by his side, telling us that at least some ship captains took their wives with them. Daniel Webster was a noted American lawyer and statesman who served in Congress under three Presidents and won several important cases before the U.S. Supreme Court. He fought the idea of nullification of federal laws by the states and won that case, and his signature is clear as a bell here. Whale oil was used to lubricate machinery or light up a room or a home; whale cartilage was used in making corsets and umbrellas. At its height, the whaling industry contributed millions of dollars to the U.S. economy, enough money to make it the fifth largest business sector in the country. President Fillmore also had a checkered past with slavery. In 1850, he signed into law the Fugitive Slave Act, which enacted strict provisions for returning runaway slaves to their owners. The act was part of the Compromise of 1850, which was supposed to ease conflict between the North and South, but it just made things worse, and it became a catalyst for the Civl War. Whaling passports signed by both President Fillmore and Daniel Webster are uncommon. Those related to whaling are even more rare. A search of public sales records going back over the past 40 years shows none have come to auction since 1989. The passport is split horizontally across the middle, making it difficult to read Fillmore’s signature, but that can be repaired, and the document measures 16 1/2 x 21 1/8 in. wide.
English - mid-19th century 8-day mahogany longcase clock, with a swans neck pediment and wooden urn finial, break arch hood door flanked by ring turned pilasters, trunk with a round topped door and reeded columns on a conforming plinth with a raised panel, unsigned fully painted dial with Roman numerals and minute markers, subsidiary seconds and date dials with matching brass hands, eight day rack striking movement striking the hours on a bell. With weights and pendulum.Dimensions: Height: 230cm Length/Width: 57cm Depth/Diameter: 24cm
Leyburn of Driffield - late 18th century 8-day oak and mahogany longcase clock, with an inlaid pagoda pediment, reeded pilasters and break-arch hood door, trunk with canted corners conforming long break arch door, on a plain plinth with bracket feet, painted dial with a lunar disc to the arch, Roman numerals and five minute Arabic's, subsidiary seconds hand and semi-circular calendar aperture with date disc behind, matching stamped brass hands and floral spandrels, recoil anchor escapement with a rack striking movement, striking the hours on a bell. With pendulum & weights.Dimensions: Height: 220cm Length/Width: 44cm Depth/Diameter: 22cmCondition Report:Movement may require and benefit from servicing and attention.
Collection of 20th Century Molas from San Blas Islands, Panama comprising ten reverse appliqué and embroidered cotton decorative panelsincluding a similar pair depicting a central figure holding the reins of two horses heads, on black cotton ground, 43cm by 33cmpair of Pidertupo molas with an alien type figure stood between a two headed animal, on black cotton ground, 47cm by 40cmpair with Egyptian style figures to the centre standing astride and flexing his arms, flanked by animals and figures using pale blue reverse appliqué, 46cm by 40cma mola with a central owl, abstract surround on an orange cotton ground, 47cm by 37cmanother with a central figure with antennas and anchors grounding him on a black cotton ground, 54cm by 43cm'Merry Christmas' mola designed with a bird in flight, flower and bell, on a black cotton ground, 46cm by 38cmanother with a central designs of fireworks and green trimmed figure to one corner and lettering to the top, 43cm by 41cm(10)John Newall Private Collection
An early 20th century Country House Butler's bell board. With verre eglomise front in black and gilt, with thirty rooms, each named and numbered, within wooden frame, 49.5cm x 49cm Condition Report: Old paint splatters and scratches to the frame, no majors chips and no visible worm holes. Screws are missing from the push button brackets
A collection of Lilliput Lane cottage ornaments, all being boxed, majority with deeds to include Bridge House, Rustic Charm, Holly Island Hideaway, The Bell at Stilton, Toytown, The Rocking Chair, The Nutshell, Treetops, Emerald Cottage, Eagle House Folly, Lullaby Cottage, The Chocolate Box, Sugarmouse, Afternoon Tea, The Toybox, Cabbage Patch Corner, Tying The Knot, Little Snowdrop, Anne Hathaways Cottage, Pillar Cottage, Roundtower Winter Castle, The Country Garage, Wisteria House, Here Comes The Bride and Jewel in the Crown
A Late 17th Century Style Lantern Clock, 20th Century, four posted case with pierced front and side frets, side doors, 6-3/4-inch silvered Roman numeral chapter ring bearing an inscription Ed Norris London, Fecit, single hand, weight driven thirty hour movement with a verge escapement and outside countwheel striking on a top mounted bell, with bob pendulum, 38cm highClock looks all complete and in clean condition, with one weight.
D.Sarrayol - 19th century French 8-day Morbier or Comptoise clock, mounted on a wooden wall bracket with an enclosed movement, anchor escapement and vertical rack strike, with a white enamel dial inscribed D.Sarrayol, Gerenade and repouss� brass dial surround, weight driven movement striking the hours on a bell, once on the hour and two minutes after, and once on the half hour, with a original gridiron pendulum and two weights. Dimensions: Height: 87cm Length/Width: 32cm Depth/Diameter: 24cm
Continental - early 19th century porcelain mantle clock with a French eight-day movement, rectangular case with raised gilt rococo decoration and carrying handle, hand painted panel to the front portraying a picturesque lakeside scene and two figures in 18th century dress, contrasting light green background with raised gold decoration to the sides and a depiction of flying birds within a scrollwork cartouche, white enamel dial with a cast brass bezel, Roman numerals, minute track and steel trefoil hands, dial inscribed Henry Marc, count wheel striking movement with a silk suspension, striking the hours and half hours on a bell. Dimensions: Height: 24cm Length/Width: 15cm Depth/Diameter: 10cm
French - late 19th century 8-day spelter and alabaster mantle clock, with a pierced rectangular base and standing figure representing an 18th century gallant in period costume, clock movement enclosed in a drum case with an enamel dial, Roman numerals, minute markers and steel moon hands, countwheel striking movement, striking the hours and half-hours on a bell. With pendulum.Dimensions: Height: 36cm Length/Width: 33cm Depth/Diameter: 12cm
Martin Baskett & Martin - late 19th century Belgium slate and marble 8-day striking mantle clock, movement housed in a drum case on a rectangular plinth with decorative carved volutes and variegated green marble, rectangular bronze panel to the front depicting a child artist at work, circular marble dial with a brass chapter ring engraved in Roman numerals, with a Parisian rack striking movement striking the hours and half-hours on a bell. With key, no pendulum.Dimensions: Height: 36cm Length/Width: 38cm Depth/Diameter: 15cm
An oak longcase clock, the 30cm square arched painted dial with Roman numerals and subsidiary seconds and minutes dial, the spandrels decorated with the four seasons, the arch with a harvest supper scene, signed 'R Seren, Dundee', fitted with an 8-day movement striking on a bell, in an oak case with urn finials and twin scroll broken arch pediment, 113cms high.
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