Interesting early 19th century 18ct alarm duplex pocket watch, London 1809, unsigned two train fusee duplex movement striking on gongs, inscribed 'Patent 101', with engraved balance cock, regulator and diamond endstone, enamel dial with Roman numerals and alarm indicator hand, unusual bell shaped bow, the case back with an engraved family crest and Latin inscription 'Fide et Labore' (Faith & Toil), case maker 'LC' (possibly Louis Comtesse).170.5gm, 58mm (the alarm function requires attention, case weight 88 grams approximately)-** with a trade pocket watch key and red Morocco leather case-** an almost identical example with this style of case and dial was sold at auction in 2006, that particular watch was signed Scott, 65 Charing Cross, 65, London, no. 618, Patent 618.-Movement - the movement appears running but the alarm work will require attention.Dial - appears generally good condition- see image.Glass - mild marks.Hands - the hour hand and minute hands each appear slightly bent as shown in the images, not matching.Case - a very nice case possibly adapted, with typical light surface marks, the back has a couple of very small bruises, approximately 89 grams in weight without the movement - see all images.-Condition reports are provided for general guidance only. Please view images and further information can be obtained upon request. Gardiner Houlgate do not guarantee the working order or time accuracy of any lots
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French Boulle work longcase clock, cartouche shaped top with Cronus sat on globular finial, circular gilt dial decorated with scrolls, floral urns and mask, inset porcelain Roman numeral plates the trunk with ornate acanthus leaf and mask gilt mounts, moulded gilt metal paw feet, twin train eight day movement striking on a bell, 227cm high
Stainton, H.T.; A Manual of British Butterflies and Moths, John Van Voorst, London 1859, 2 Vols; Staintin, H.T. British Butterflies and Moths, Reeve & Co., London 1867; Tutt, J.W. British Butterflies, Hedgerow & Woodland Series, George Gill & Sons 1896; Furneaux, W; Butterflies and Moths (British), also Random Recollections of Woodland, Fen and Hill, 1895, Longmans, Green, and Co, London 1916; Bell, J.H. Methods of Moth Collecting
A gentlemen's steel black PVD Bell and Ross BR03 Aviation quartz strap watch,with a 43mm case. A black circular dual display analogue and LCD dial, with white Arabic numerals at the quarter points, white batons, chapter ring and skeleton hands. Rotating bezel to a cushion shaped case, with screw head covers, after market strap, case and instruction booklet, battery and gasket exchanged at Bell and Ross, dated 2018. Unused military strap in the lower level of the case. After market strap and buckle fitted. BR03-88-5-02027Condition ReportThe top analogue dial not showing a display.Wear and marks to the bezel.Light marks to the case.Strap dirty.Case/box tatty (possibly damp).
18th century English oak long case clock, marked Thomas Ore of Tong (Shropshire), having pagoda hood above square aperture flanked by gun barrel turned columns, moulded waist door on a cross banded panel base with later bracket feet. 11inch square brass dial with Roman chapter ring, figural spandrels and engraved field with date aperture, engraved No 6. Thirty hour single train movement, strikes on one bell. Overall 2M high approx. Included single weight and pendulum. (B.P. 21% + VAT) Appearing in generally good original condition.
18th Century oak cased eight day long case clock by John Glazebrok (sic) (Glazebrook)of Mansfield, having flat hood above square aperture flanked by turned pilasters, cross banded ogee pointed arch waist door on a panel base with bracket feet. 12 inch brass face with Roman chapter ring, seconds dial , date aperture and foliate spandrels. Eight day two train movement strikes on one bell. Complete with two weights and pendulum. Overall 2.5M high approx. (B.P. 21% + VAT) Overall in good presentable and useable condition.
18th/19th century oak cased eight day long case clock, the face marked David Bowen, Swansey (sic), having broken swan neck pediment above arched aperture flanked by turned pilasters, plain waist door on a plain panelled skirted base. Square 11inch dial with added arch section, Roman chapter ring, seconds dial , date aperture and pierced spandrels. Eight day two train movement strikes on one bell, complete with two weights and pendulum. Overall 2.3M high approx. (B.P. 21% + VAT)
19th century eight day mahogany "rocking ship " long case clock by T Webb of Newquay, having broken arch pediment above arched aperture flanked by spirally turned columns, pointed arch waist door flanked by spirally turned pilasters on a plain panel base with bracket feet. Arch painted face with rocking ship automaton attached to the pendulum, painted Roman numerals, seconds and date apertures with nautical themed painted spandrels. The face 21x13.5cm approx. Eight day two train movement, striking on one bell. Complete with pendulum and two weights. Overall 2.35M approx. (B.P. 21% + VAT) Overall good condition commensurate with age, some minor wear to the face. lower base panel is cracked, a little dry and slightly faded. Face has wear.
19th Century oak cased 8 day longcase clock marked J Allkins, Horncastle. The case with brass mounted broken swan neck pediment above arched aperture flanked by reeded columns, cross banded arch shaped waist door, flanked by canted angles on a crossbanded panelled base with bracket feet. Arch painted face with Arabic numerals, seconds dial and date aperture. 16 x 12" approx. 8 day two train movement, striking on one bell. Overall 215cm high approx. Complete with two weights and pendulum.(B.P. 21% + VAT) In very clean and attractive original condition. Lacks back feet.
A majolica cheese bell in the manner of Minton, modelled as a bee skep entwined with fruiting vines, impressed faux "MINTON" mark to base, 35cm high and A novelty wooden snuff box modelled as a book, 19th century, the sliding cover opening to a recessed compartment, 10.4cm H x 7.5cm W x 2.2cm D, with a Mackintosh's De Luxe Lacquer Casket toffee tin, 17.5cm H x 39.5cm W x 25.5cm D (max) (3) (at fault)
A glass storm candle lamp, late 19th/early 20th century, of typical inverted bell form with integrated candle holder to the interior, raised upon four brass 'C' scroll supports, united by a square frame and applied to a hardwood plinth, 48cm H x 26cm D Lighting lots are sold as decorative items only, prospective buyers must consult with a qualified electrician before use or installation of these items.
A George III oak cased thirty hour longcase clock signed John Wood, Stroud, the flat top hood above tapering pilasters flanking the 30cm square brass dial centred with a date aperture and signed with the makers name, enclosing the chain driven movement striking on a saucer bell, above the plain door inlaid with a six pointed star, 192cm high, pendulum and weight (at fault)
A 17th century and later oyster veneered walnut eight day longcase clock, signed William Coster, Londini Fecit, the flat top hood with barley twist pilasters flanking the 25cm square brass dial centred with a subsidiary second dial and signed with the makers name to the bottom edge, enclosing the two train movement striking on a saucer bell, the slender case with a rectangular door inlaid with two segmental boxwood roundels and conforming spandrels, the bottom board similarly inlaid, raised upon bun feet, 200cm high, two brass coated weights and pendulum Please note this lot is offered for sale in accordance with the Ivory Act 2018, Trevanion Auctioneers & Valuers LLP have applied for a de minimis exemption licence for the ivory in this lotRef: S8ZCQ2FPCondition Report; We do not believe that the hood has been converted from rising. Dial engraving appears good. We do not believe that the movement has ever been bolt & shutter/maintaining power. There are four ring baluster pillars. Pillars are pinned. Dial plate pinned. Seat board is likely to be a replacement however there are no signs of packing. In our opinion the movement and face have been overhauled yet there do appear to be original parts retained to the movement which are contemporary with the case. The escape wheel is clearly later. Glass to the hood is entirely replaced and not period. Spandrels are mercury gilded. Plate name engraving is spurious and originality cannot be determined. Escutcheon is ivory. Some minor losses to the veneer towards the base. Hinges replaced and later cut in. Some signs of restoration to the case, beading, and hood. Parquetry appears to be period. Sections of the case appear to have been later reinforced. Feet likely to be replaced.
Full title: Six Chinese and Asian bronze and metal objects, probably Song and laterDescription:L 19,5 - 19 cm (the curved figures) Dia.: 19,5 - 20,7 cm (the mirrors) H 11,6 - 8,5 cm (the figure with and without the base) H 28,1 cm (the bell) The absence of a condition report does not imply that a lot is in perfect condition. Please contact us to let us know which lots are of interest, so we can make the requested reports for you.Once complete, they will be published on our website.High resolution pictures are already available on our website at www.coronariauctions.com. Further questions are always welcome at info@coronariauctions.com
Full title: A Chinese gilt and lacquered wood table bell stand and a bronze bell with relief design, 19th/20th C.Description:H 43,5 cm The absence of a condition report does not imply that a lot is in perfect condition. Please contact us to let us know which lots are of interest, so we can make the requested reports for you.Once complete, they will be published on our website.High resolution pictures are already available on our website at www.coronariauctions.com. Further questions are always welcome at info@coronariauctions.com
Duncan Grant (British, 1885-1978)Vanessa Bell in a Yellow Shawl oil on canvas72.7 x 51.5 cm. (28 5/8 x 20 1/4 in.)Painted circa 1911-12Footnotes:ProvenanceThe Artist's Estate, until 1987With Hirschl & Adler Galleries, New YorkWith Davis & Langdale Company, New York, where acquired by the present ownerExhibited New York, Hirschl & Adler Galleries, British Modernist Art 1905-1930, 14 November 1987-9 January 1988, cat.no.126New York, Davis & Langdale Company, Duncan Grant (1885-1978), 1997LiteratureJohn Russell, 'A Bloomsbury Founder, Always With an Idea', The New York Times, 7 March 1997, p.C30Duncan Grant painted and drew Vanessa Bell (1879-1961) countless times between 1911 and Bell's death in 1961 (when he drew her on her deathbed). All these portraits reflect both the personal intimacy of the two painters as well as Grant's sometimes dizzying changes of style – from brilliant Post Impressionism to the careful portrayals of her as an old woman. The present audacious work is one of the very first images he made of her and is a startling example of the 'divisionist' style Grant adopted in 1911 (which Bell called his 'leopard manner'). The origins of this style are mixed: Grant may have seen early Matisse paintings in which Pointillist handling is evident; also works by Cézanne and Signac (but not Seurat); and the mosaics Grant greatly admired in Sicily in early 1911. The best known of these 'leopard manner' paintings are The Queen of Sheba (Tate) and Portrait of George Mallory (National Portrait Gallery). He sometimes used both fluent and spotted styles in the same painting, but the latter gradually disappears in 1913 (although it is found in some specifically decorative works in 1913-14). Pure, often unmixed colour was applied in spots and square, parallel brushstrokes, the image tightened by a few dark lines as seen here on the left side of Bell's face.In several early portraits, Bell is fancifully dressed in striking hats or, as here, with a long yellow shawl over her head. It should be stressed that Bell was modelling for Grant rather than sitting for her portrait. He does not attempt to capture her particular beauty and flattery was a concept unknown to his personality. There is just a possibility that she is wearing metal spectacles, similar to these worn by Katherine Cox in another 'leopard manner' portrait (1912; two versions; Clandeboye, Northern Ireland; National Museum of Wales, Cardiff).This painting remained with Grant and was inventoried by Bell in 1951 as 'VB in yellow and orange'. It was in his estate from 1978 until shown in New York in 1987 and has been in the U.S.A. until the present.We are grateful to Richard Shone for his assistance in compiling this catalogue entry.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: * AR* VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.AR Goods subject to Artists Resale Right Additional Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Sir Terry Frost R.A. (British, 1915-2003)Khaki, Blue and Orange signed, titled and dated 'Khaki Blue + Orange/(autumn)/Terry Frost/1956' (verso)oil on canvas76.2 x 63.5 cm. (30 x 25 in.)Footnotes:ProvenancePrivate Collection, U.K.In 1954 Terry Frost was appointed a Gregory Fellow at Leeds University, and the period he spent there was an incredibly important one for his development as an artist. The Gregory Fellowships were established in 1950 by Peter Gregory, and the programme brought poets, painters and sculptors to Leeds University, so that during the 1950s the city became an exciting centre for the arts. Bonamy Dobrée and Herbert Read advised Peter Gregory on the appointment of the Fellows – which over time included Frost as well as Reg Butler, Hubert Dalwood, Kenneth Armitage, Alan Davie and Trevor Bell as well as many others – with many chosen at formative moments in their careers. The University would benefit from creative artists working on campus and contributing to student life, while the artist would receive lodgings, a studio and a small stipend, allowing them to focus solely on their art.Frost arrived in Leeds in 1954 with a large and growing family, and the financial support that the Fellowship afforded him was sincerely welcome at this time. His Fellowship lasted for three years and it was to prove a pivotal time in his artistic career. His ethos for painting was 'a state of delight in front of Nature' (Terry Frost quoted by Ronnie Duncan in Terry Frost, ed. Elizabeth Knowles, Lund Humphries, Aldershot, 2000, p.66), and it was his interactions with the landscape surrounding Leeds which had such a great impact on his work at this time. As Ronnie Duncan has stated, 'there was a further dimension to Terry's time in Leeds, one of incalculable significance to him creatively. He has himself called this 'the true experience of black and white in Yorkshire'. It arose from the impact made upon him by the bleak sparseness of the North, the landscape of the Wolds and the Dales and especially the high Pennines with limestone outcrops intersected by drystone walls running vertically over the contours of the hills.' (Ibid., p.64).Terry himself described one transformative experience while visiting Herbert Read at his house at Stonegrave in the Wolds, where they went out for a walk together: 'I drove through the snow and had lunch with Herbert Read at his house at Stonegrave. After lunch we went for a walk. Herbert lent me wellingtons and we struggled through the snow, so deep it came over the tops of the wellingtons; the angle of the hills seemed about 45 degrees and we had to lean to walk and counter the slope. It was a clear bright day and I looked up and saw the white sun spinning on the top of a copse. Afterwards and now I recall that I thought I saw a naples yellow blinding circle spinning on top of black verticals. The sensation was true. I was spellbound and, of course, when I tried to look again 'it' had gone, just a sun and a copse on the brow of a hill covered in snow. I do remember my heart almost stopped at the experience and it was gone. So I came back and painted Red, Black and White 1956.' (Ibid., p.66)Red, Black and White (Private Collection) is very similar to the present lot, Khaki, Blue and Orange, painted in the same year and after this revelatory experience. Frost began to explore taut geometric shapes, often surrounded by black verticals, reminiscent of shafts of sunlight filtering through trees in a wood. In both Khaki, Blue and Orange and Red, Black and White, the polygonal shape is strongly defined in the centre of the composition and represents the sun spinning on the tops of the trees. While the composition is strongly defined, Frost's approach began to become looser, with many of the vertical lines formed in this work by thinned paint being applied to the canvas which was allowed to dribble down. Khaki, Blue and Orange has a wonderfully rich palette, painted as it was in Autumn of that year, with warm browns, umber, and ochre forming much of the colour scheme, accented by a warm, golden orange and a glimmer of blue, perhaps hinting at a body of water or the sky beyond. Frost's time in Leeds was a formative period for the artist and resulted in much of his most original work in the 1950s. Having discovered 'the true black and white experience of Yorkshire', he brought to this his signature flair for colour, filtering his delight in nature through this painterly lens. In 1958 he was to return to Cornwall, renewed by his experience of the North and energised by this incredible landscape. Khaki, Blue and Orange is a beautiful example of this incredibly fertile period for Frost, and a rare opportunity to acquire a painting from this important decade.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ARAR Goods subject to Artists Resale Right Additional Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Cookery.- Bell (Joseph) A Treatise on Confectionary, In All its Branches, engraved frontispiece and 4 plates, 1 folding, 1 tinted blue, 2pp. list of subscribers at end, near contemporary ink gift inscription to front free endpaper (detached), offsetting, a few gatherings loose or working loose, some light spotting and toning, uncut in original boards, worn with loss to most of spine label, covers detached, 8vo, Newcastle, 1817.⁂ Rare in commerce, we can trace only this copy appearing at auction since 1932. Recipes include how to make a "hedgehog" of almonds, "a pack of cards in blancmange", spinning gold and silver webs of sugar and mixing cakes the "London way". The folding plate shows a table design for "A Grand Desert", featuring nearly 40 dishes.
UNITED KINGDOM. Elizabeth II, 1952-. Platinum 2 pounds, 2022. Royal Mint. Proof. Commemorates the 100th anniversary of the death of Alexander Graham Bell (1847 - 1922).Crowned fifth portrait of HM Queen Elizabeth II facing right, JC below. Legend around "ELIZABETH II · D · G · REG · F · D · 2 POUNDS · 2022 ·" Gold-plated outer ring. Design by Jody Clark. / Telephone dial pad at centre, " PIONEER OF THE TELEPHONE" spelled across the top nine buttons, * and # buttons have the birth and death dates of Alexander Graham Bell's life, "1847" and "1922", HDG below. Legend on left and right sides reads "Alexander Graham Bell". Design by Henry Gray. Plain edge with incuse lettering: "INNOVATION IN SCIENCE · BELL". In secure plastic holder, graded NGC PF 69 ULTRA CAMEO, certification number 2131516-003. NGC Census in this grade: 2, equal-finest graded.Total NGC Census: 2Reference: S- K67Mintage: 30.Diameter: 28.4 mm.Weight: 30 g.Composition: 999.5/1000 Platinum.PLEASE NOTE: 6% Buyer Premium + VAT on this lot. No other fees, including live bidding. Delivery cost will be added to your order.
RUGBY, selection, inc. part sets & odds, Phillips Pinnace (26, miniature), packet issues, silks; Copes, Players, Ardath Photocards (24), Pattreiouex Sporting Events (11), Ogdens, lapel tabs (3), Thomson; modern sets, Manchester Police, Bell Cablemedia, Merlin, British Gas, Card Crazy etc., in modern album, VG to EX, Qty.
SHEET MUSIC, selection, inc. pre & post War 1920s onwards, Keep Calling Me Sweetheart, selection of Cowboy songs, I Want You, Me And The Man In The Moon; Wartime, Say a Prayer For The Boys Over There, White Christmas, Bell Bottom Trousers; Jazz Journals, Dixieland; 1950s, Buskers No.4, Tears, Those Were The Days etc., many with foxing, tears to edges, pieces missing, creasing, FR to G, Qty.
EPHEMERA, selection, inc. theatre & concert programmes, Bill Haley, Louis Armstrong, Stan Kenton (signed), London Variety; mainly newspapers, early editions of The Nottingham Evening Post, centenary, press strikes 1959 & 1973 and emergency issues, Korean War 1950, Radio Times, royalty, Nottingham Forest ; hardback editions, The Boys Book Heroes, The Modern World Book of Hobbies, Thus We Served; softback editions, New Worlds Science Fiction, Analog Science Fact & Fiction, Before The Beginning; booklets, Ministry of Agriculture, The Bell Inn Nottingham, maps, postcards, WWII items, anti-aircraft books, New Testament, anti-glare specs etc., FR to VG, Qty.
Oak longcase clock, the hood with brass finial, swan neck pediment, turned columns, trunk with long door, bracket feet, 12" square painted dial, with floral spandrels, date aperture, signed W Morse, Malmesbury, thirty-hour movement striking on a bell, 207cm.Condition report:Evidence of woodworm and mould. Dial is crazed. Also some loss of paint. Minute hand is slightly bent. Wood detached from left-hand-side. Vertical crack to front. Has pendulum and one weight. Horizontal crack to finial. Please see additional uploaded images.
Mahogany longcase clock, the hood with cavetto cornice, square columns, trunk with lancet arched door, bracket feet, 14" square painted dial with curnocopia spandrels, subsidiary seconds and date dials, eight day movement striking on a bell, 203cm.Condition report:Loss of wood top left side of hood. Crack to bottom right of hood door. Edging pulling away from bottom of body door. Vertical crack to top of left-hand-side panel. Dial crazed. Has two weights plus pendulum. Please see additional uploaded images.
Welsh mixed wood longcase lock, the hood with swan neck pediment, turned spindles, the case with short door, plinth base, thirteen inch arched painted dial with subsidiary seconds dial and date aperture, eight day movement striking on a bell, height 214cm, with pendulum and two weights.Condition report:There is loss and cracking to the veneer to the base edges. The main body has some chipping and scraching to the edges and corners. The book has some slight cracking to veneer in places, and some chipping to the bottom rim edge. The face is rummbed, the roman numerals have some paint loss. The surface of the paint is bubbled and flaking to the to bottom left corner. There is light crazing to most of the face. It is sold as untested. It comes with pendulim (detached end) and two wieghts, but no key for the front door.
A Paris porcelain cased mantel clock, the silvered dial with bell striking movement and silk suspension, the case with floral panel to a blue ground, movement signed 'Laine', 36cm high/Provenance: Spetchley Park, Worcestershire CONDITION REPORT: Condition information is not usually provided in the description of the lot but is available upon request; the absence of a condition report does not imply that a lot is without imperfection
A London Pottery stilton cheese dish, commemorative of the Bell Inn Stilton, 25cm high and a Spode Italian pattern stilton cheese dish and cover CONDITION REPORT: Condition information is not usually provided in the description of the lot but is available upon request; the absence of a condition report does not imply that a lot is without imperfection
A Meissen style porcelain clock,c.1900 the case surmounted by two doves over applied flowers and swags, the base moulded as a fabric draped pedestal. The convex enamel dial supports a French drum movement which strikes the hours and half hours on a bell, crossed swords mark,32cm highCondition ReportMovement strikes, but has not been tested extensively, 1 beak to bird missing, pendulum but no key. Please see the additional images.
An Art Deco Muller Frères glass and wrought iron ceiling light,c.1925, the central domed shade enclosed by three further bell form shades, each with mottled decoration, with naturalistic scrolled mounts, acid etched signatures,central shade 36cm wideCondition ReportScratching to the frosted finish and wear to metal mounts. Oxidisation in places. Widest point appoximately 74cm. Please see the additional images.
A gilt cartel clock, of recent manufacture, with a Swedish movement striking on a bell, the circular dial with Arabic numerals and tied ribbon surmount32cm wide 54cm high together with a Smith's barometer38.5cm higha gilt mental table lamp,Neo-classical style, decorated with relief figures on an onyx base,42cm highand another similar example,with a figural base,32cm high (4)Condition ReportClock - Areas of gilding missing to flower heads. Minor scratches. Complete with key and pendulumBarometer - Minor faults commensurate with ageLamps - Loss of finish and knocks. Some nibbles to the bases. Famille rose lamp with crack, repair and section missing. 16.11.22 PAT Test passed.
A French ormolu mantel clock,late 19th century, with a porcelain urn pediment, over a painted porcelain dial, enclosing a two-train japy freres movement striking on a bell, raised on a shaped and gilded base, within a glass dome, on an ebonised stand,the clock; 27cm wide31cm highthe dome;38cm wide46.5cm highCondition ReportWith pendulum and key. No glass covering the dial. Wear and rubbing to the gilding and porcelain throughout. Losses to the gilded base. Knocks and scuffs to the ebonised base. Minor chip to the edge of one of the key holes. The movement has not been tested.
A long-cased clock by Edward Faulkner, London 18th century, the mahogany case with arching top and pilaster supports, the dial with silvered chapter ring, sub seconds hand and date aperture, the 8-day movement striking a bell49cm wide29cm deep203cm highCondition ReportSplits, knocks and losses to the case. Probable loss of finial to the hood. Pilasters are ill-fitting. Wear to the finish on the dial. The seatboard is heavily worn, with signs of woodworm. Please see the additional images.
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