A good mid 19th century rosewood bell-striking travel clock with enamel dial and trip repeatDent, London, number 1434Surmounted by an octagonal-section handle on foliate scroll supports over a large bevelled glass inspection panel and matching side panels, with moulded cornice and stepped plinth base on brass button feet. The 3.5 inch signed enamel Roman dial with triangular hour-markers and original blued steel hands framed by a gilt engraved foliate scroll mask. The substantial twin chain fusee movement with Harrison's maintaining power to the going train terminating in a frosted gilt platform with monometallic three-arm gilt balance over a jewelled under-slung lever escapement, the striking train sounding on a bell, the signed and numbered backplate with strike/silent lever to the corner with hand-setting knob. Running, repeating and striking. Together with two case keys and a shaped winding key. 25cm (9 1/2in) highThis lot is subject to the following lot symbols: * Y* VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.Y Subject to CITES regulations when exporting items outside of the EU, see clause 13.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
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A late 18th century French ormolu and marble figural mantel clockPochon a ParisDepicting a classical woman dis-arming Cupid, the playful cherub lounging on a blanket over the enamel Arabic dial surrounded by floral festoons on a marble plinth, with ormolu panels and toupie feet, his torch, quiver and bow discarded on the left side of the clock, above cherub and floral mounts to the base supported by shaped feet. The Arabic enamel dial with gilt hour marker inlays and fine floral and geometric hands, above the red signature Pochon a Paris. The two-train movement with silk suspension, flat bottom circular plates and outside count wheel, striking on a bell, with a winding key 37cms (14.5ins) highFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A rare late 18th/early 19th century French ormolu alarm clockThiery, A Paris The rectangular case surmounted by four tapering finials and a folding handle over a large bevelled glass panel and glazed sides to button feet, the arched dial plate with applied ormolu medallion, swags and palm fronds, the upper part with twin chamfered aperture revealing the day and date on horizontal rotating dials over the signed white enamel dial with Roman hours and Arabic quarters, good pierced and engraved matching hands and a blued steel tapering alarm setting hand. The movement united by four turned pillars, twin barrels driving an anchor escapement with crescent-shaped pendulum bob, and rack striking on a bell. 23cms (9ins) high.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A 19th century French month-going centre-seconds gilt brass table regulator with pin-wheel escapement and gridiron pendulumWaltrin, Boulevard des Italiens, N0.20, a ParisThe portico case with dentil moulded cornice supported on four Doric columns on a tall plinth, the 5.25 inch Roman enamel dial with outer seconds ring and inner five-minute track, with Breguet-style hands, the large circular movement with pin-wheel escapement mounted to the backplate and outside countwheel striking on a bell, the nine-bar gridiron pendulum mounted on a substantial bracket with knife-edge. 63cms (2ft 1ins) highFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Tuson (Edward William) Myology..., 2 vol. including Supplement, mixed set, vol.1 second edition, with 8 hand-coloured lithographed plates with multiple flaps, each with explanatory leaf of text, with prospectus for Supplement tipped to title and flyer for Tuson's lecture course mounted on front pastedown, plate 6 lacking flaps A & B, light water-staining at end affecting loose final plate, original cloth-backed boards with paper label to upper cover, rubbed and stained, spine torn and frayed, Supplement first edition, with 9 hand-coloured lithographed plates with multiple flaps, each with explanatory leaf of text, plate 2 with one flap torn, one small flap detached and tipped in at beginning, first two plates with short tear to fore-edge, the first affecting image, ink inscription to front pastedown, contemporary half calf (slightly smaller), rubbed, spine torn and chipped, both rather soiled internally with a few spots or small stains, one or two flaps detached, large folio, 1828.⁂ Complex teaching atlas with superb plates printed by Hullmandel, some with numerous flaps to simulate dissection. Tuson was a protégé of Astley Cooper and succeeded Charles Bell as surgeon at the Middlesex Hospital.
4 Tri-ang clockwork vehicles. Post War Breakdown Lorry, standard cab example (48M). Cab in red with dark green body, red jib, red plastic wheels with thick rubber tyres, complete. Post War Fire Engine (62M). In red with black mudguards and wheel arches, complete with ladder and bell, die-cast wheels with black tyres. A Post War Taxi Cab (35M), example in black and dark blue with plated wheels and black tyres. Together with an Ambulance (75M) in cream LCC livery, red crosses to roof and sides, both rear doors with latch, one door repainted, die-cast wheels with black rubber tyres. QGC-GC some age wear and denting to Ambulance. £60-80
3 Tri-ang Minic clockwork vehicles. A post war Carter Paterson & Pickfords van (22M). Red cab, green body and elephant transfer, plated mudguards and wheels, complete with both doors and latch. A post war fire engine (62M), in red with black mudguards, plated wheels, complete with ladder and bell. Plus a post war articulated Cable Lorry (73M), with forward control tractor unit in red, green low loader trailer, complete with 2 BICC cable drums. Cast wheels, all with black rubber tyres. QGC-GC some age wear. £60-80
THREE CHINESE PORCELAIN ITEMS, MID 20TH CENTURY. To include a teapot decorated with figure of immortal and inscription, faded four-character mark to base. A bell-shaped pot with spout decorated with winter landscape scene and inscription, two-character mark to base. Together with a wrist rest of rectangular form with pierced sides painted to the top with bird on branch, makers mark to corner. Wrist rest 13.5cm length. (3)All items in good general condition with surface wear only. No signs of damage or repair.
Thomas Reynolds Warwick eight day Longcase clock striking on a bell. With 11" square dial date calendar Contained in a Oak and cross-banded case.Dimensions 81" x 20" x 91/2" deep.Condition report. New seat-board some poor restoration to hood (brass adornments) Case looks in original condition Movement not tested A/F
W Hartfhorne Brofeley eight day longcase clock with moon phase. 13" arch dial calendar and seconds. brass hands. Two train movement striking on a bell. Contained in an oak case cross-banded with mahogany reeded quarter columns to trunk, reed columns to hood with swan neck pediment.Dimensions 83" x 18" x11" deep.Dial has been restored new seat-board, Case in original condition. Movement not tested weights and pendulum present
Football Autographed Manchester City 12 X 8 Photo - B/W, Depicting Players Posing At Maine Road With Silverware Won During The 1969/70 Season - The League Cup And The European Cup Winners Cup, Signed By Pardoe, Dowd, Corrigan, Booth, Doyle, Oakes, Bowyer, Summerbee, Lee, Book, Young And Bell In Blue Marker. Good Condition Est.
Trevor Bell (British, 1930-2017)As Whites Rose signed, titled and dated 'AS WHITES ROSE/2007/Trevor Bell' (on canvas verso)acrylic on canvas151 x 155cm (59 7/16 x 61in).(unframed)Footnotes:ProvenanceWith New Millennium Gallery, St Ives, where acquired by the present owner, May 2007Private Collection, U.K.ExhibitedSt Ives, New Millennium Gallery, White and Colour, 12 May-12 June 2007LiteratureC.Wild, 'bell-isimo!', Cornwall Today, May 2007, illustrated on p.104This 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
Trevor Bell (British, 1930-2017)Tethera signed, titled and dated 'TETHERA/2003/Trevor Bell' (on canvas verso)acrylic on canvas160 x 168cm (63 x 66 1/8in).(unframed)Footnotes:ProvenanceWith New Millennium Gallery, St Ives, where acquired by the present owner, May 2003Private Collection, U.K.ExhibitedSt Ives, New Millennium Gallery, Trevor Bell, 2003, illustratedThis 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
Trevor Bell (British, 1930-2017)Gust signed, titled and dated 'GUST/2010/Trevor Bell' (on board verso)oil on board and plywood50.5 x 110 x 5.5cm (19 7/8 x 43 5/16 x 2 3/16in).(unframed)Footnotes:ProvenanceWith New Millennium Gallery, St. Ives, where acquired by the present owner, 5 August 2010Private Collection, U.K.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
A Victorian French brass carriage alarm clock: the eight-day duration movement having a later platform lever escapement and stamped to the backplate with the initial B within a circle along with the serial number N913, with a bell to sound the alarm, the white enamel dial having black Arabic numerals and blued steel spade hands with a subsidiary alarm setting dial, with a brass Corniche case, height 16cm handle up, 14cm handle down.
Gay, Lamaille, Paris a brass Corniche carriage clock with alarm: the eight-day duration timepiece movement having a silvered platform lever escapement with alarm sounding on a bell, the backplate stamped with the initials E.G.L. within an oval for the maker Gay, Lamaille of Paris, the white enamel dial with black Roman numerals, alarm setting dial and blued steel spade hands, the brass Corniche case having a three bale handle, height 16.5cm handle up, 13.5cm handle down.
Henry Capt, a French alarm carriage clock: the eight-day duration timepiece movement having a silvered platform lever escapement and sounding the alarm on a bell, with the backplate stamped with the serial number 791, the white enamel dial having black Roman numerals, blued steel moon hands, alarm setting dial and signed for the retailer Henry Capt, Geneve, the brass Corniche case with handle, height 13cm handle down, 15.5cm handle up.
Japy Frères, Paris, an ormolu and porcelain mantel clock: the eight-day duration movement striking the hours and half-hours on a bell with the backplate stamped with the trademark roundel and serial number for Japy Frères, 7399, the Sevres-style blue porcelain dial having black Roman numerals, a cherub painted to the centre and brass spade hands, the decorative ormolu case with matching porcelain panels to the sides and front, applied floral mounts, Satan-head mounts to the sides and surmounted by an urn, height 45cm. Movement detached from case.
Handley and Moore, London and Francis Adams, London, a Regency bracket clock: the shaped eight-day duration, double-fusee movement having an anchor escapement and striking the hours on a bell, engraved to the backplate by the movement makers Handley & Moore, Clerkenwell, London, with typical border engraving, the pendulum with an engraved bob and fine regulation, the eight-inch round painted dial having black Roman numerals, blued-steel hands, a strike/silent lever above XII o'clock and signed F.B. Adams, London, the mahogany curved-top case with brass inlaid decoration, brass fish-scale frets and handles to the sides, canted corners and surmounted by a pediment top with brass finial, height 49cm.* Biography Handley & Moore were makers of movements to the clockmaking trade, working in Clerkenwell Close from 1801 until Handley retired in 1820 whereupon John Moore continued alone.*Biography Francis Bryant Adams, apprenticed in 1795, is recorded as working in St. Johns Square, Clerkenwell, a few hundred yards from the Handley & Moore workshops, until 1825 with his son of the same name continuing the business.*Notes Reference Brian Loomes Watchmakers and Clockmakers of the World, Pub. NAG 2006.
Charles Frodsham, Strand, London, a walnut bracket clock: the eight-day duration, double-fusee movement having an anchor escapement and striking the hours on a bell with the backplate engraved Chas. Frodsham, Clockmakers to the Queen, 84 Strand, London, No. 1930, the brass break-arch dial having a raised silvered chapter ring engraved with black Roman numerals, fleur-de-lys half-hour markings and with a repeat of the makers name and address, with cast-brass female-head spandrels to the four corners, the arch with a 'Strike/Silent' dial and dolphin spandrels, with decorative blued-steel hands, the walnut break-arch case with cast carytid mounts to the corners, decorative frets to the sides and surmounted by an acron finial to the stepped top, all standing on brass bracket feet, with an applied presentation plaque to the front engraved for Captain F.C. Meyrick and dated for 1892, height 41cm.* Biography Charles Frodsham, born 15th July 1810, was a member of the illustrious Frodsham clockmaking dynasty. Educated at Christ's Hospital school he was apprenticed to his father, William James, on the 14th July 1824 for seven years. Rather than join the firm of Parkinson & Frodsham, Charles set up on his own account in 1834 with various addresses in the City before finally settling at 84, The Strand having taken on the premises and stock of the renowned chronometer maker John R. Arnold, naming the business J.R. Arnold - Chas. Frodsham. The name changed to simply Charles Frodsham in 1848 having established himself as one of the leading chronometer makers as well as a maker of other ecxceptional clocks. Charles Frodsham died on the 11th January 1871.Reference Vaudrey Mercer The Frodshams, The Story of a Family of Chronometer Makers Pub. The Antiquarian Horolgical Society 1981.* The property of the Late Ann Meyrick
Walter Mitchelson, London, a fine Georgian chiming bracket clock: the eight-day duration, triple-fusee movement having a verge escapement and striking the hours on a bell and chiming on a further eight-bells, the round enamel dial having black Roman numerals and signed Walter Mitchelson, London, with gilt-brass hands, with two subsidiary dials to the arch for 'strike/silent' and regulation, with engraved floral and c-scroll decoration to the four corners and arch, the bell-top mahogany case surmounted by five cast-brass ball finials and with brass mounts, brass fishscale frets to the sides, fluted canted corners with brass stops, brass fretwork to the front, brass carrying handles to the sides and standing on brass bracket feet, height 56cm.* Biography Walter Mitchelson is recorded as working in Helmut Row, London from before 1781 until at least 1800.*Notes Illustrated in Robin Butler, The Arthur Negus Guide to English Furniture Colour plate 96. Pub. 1978.
Brounker Watts, London an ebonised bracket clock: the eight-day duration, five-pillar, double-fusee movement having a verge escapement and striking the hours on a bell with repeat of the last quarter on two further bells, the fully engraved backplate signed Brounker Watts, London, the seven-inch brass dial having a raised silvered chapter ring engraved with black Roman numerals, Arabic five-minute numerals to the outer aspect and fleur-de-lys half-hour markings, the matted dial centre having engraved decoration, a false-pendulum aperture and date aperture, with wheat-ear border engraving, the top and bottom of the dial with scroll engraving and signed Brounker Watts, London, the ebonised bell-top case with blind fret to the front, glazed panels to the sides, cast-brass finials to the four top corners, surmounted by a cast-brass handle and all standing on bracket feet, height 39.5cm handle down, 43.5cm handle up.* Biography Brounker Watts was a fine maker having been apprenticed to the eminent clockmaker Joseph Knibb in 1685. A Freeman of the Worshipful Company of Clockmakers from 1693, he signed the Clockmakers' Company oath of allegiance in 1697. He avoided stewardship of the Comapny in 1711 by being 'out of town'. Watts worked in Fleet Street, London and died in 1719.*Notes Brian Loomes Clockmakers of Britain 1286-1700, Pub. Mayfield Books 2014.
An early Victorian Frisian thirty-hour duration Dutch oak wall staartklok: the thirty-hour duration movement with turned pillars striking the hours on a bell with the break-arch painted dial having black Roman numerals, a subsidiary alarm-setting disc to the centre and painted with landscape scenes to the arch and centre, with decorative brass hands, the break-arch oak case with cast-brass capitals to the hood pillars and brass fret showing the pendulum bob to the shaped drop, height 127cm.
A mid-19th century oak hooded wall clock with alarm: the thirty-hour rope-driven timepiece movement having an anchor escapement, iron plates and sounding the alarm on a bell, with the seven-inch square brass dial having a raised chapter ring engraved with Roman hour numerals, diamond half-hour markings and inner quarter-hour aspect, with an alarm setting disc to the centre, cast-brass c-scroll spandrels to the four corners and a single steel hand, the flat-top oak case with turned pillars and curved moulding below and an extended back board, height 80cm.
Samuel Hart, Stonham, an oak and mahogany longcase clock: the eight-day duration movement striking the hours on a bell, with the twelve-inch square brass dial having a raised chapter ring engraved with black Roman numerals and signed Saml. Hart, Stonham, the matted centre with subsidiary seconds dial and false date aperture, with cast-brass cherub-head spandrels to the four corners and blued-steel hands, the oak flat-top case having three-quarter columns to the hood, boxwood inlaid decoration to the trunk, the base having a shaped raised panel with further inlaid decoration, all standing on bracket feet, height 198cm.*Biography Samuel Hart, born 1694 and baptised at Stonham Aspall, Suffolk, was orphaned at a young age. Married in 1729, he died in 1775 and was buried in the parish churchyard.An incomplete turret clock signed by Hart is exhibited at Snowshill Manor, Gloucester.*Notes Reference Haggar & Miller Suffolk Clocks & Clockmakers Pub. 1974.
Stringer, Nantwich, an oak longcase clock: the thirty-hour duration movement striking the hours on a bell (missing) with an outside countwheel, the eleven-inch square brass dial having a raised chapter ring engraved with black Roman hour numerals, flame half-hour markings and the makers name Stringer, Namptwich, with a single blued-steel hand, date aperture to the matted dial centre and cast-brass four-seasons spandrels to the four corners, the oak case with mahogany crossbanding, the flat-top hood with three-quarter columns and blind fretwork, height 212cm.* Biography Stringer is recorded as working in Nantwich (old name Namptwich), Cheshire in the early 18th century.
A mahogany longcase clock: the eight-day duration movement striking the hours on a bell with the fourteen-inch painted break-arch dial having black Roman hour numerals, subsidiary seconds and date dials to the centre, various scenes depicting the continents painted to the four corners and arch, and with gilt-brass hands, the mahogany flat-top case having canted corners to the trunk, moulded edges to the door, cross-banding to the base and an overhanging moulding to the hood, all standing on bun feet, height 213cm.
A Georgian mahogany long case clock: the eight-day duration movement striking the hours on a bell, the twelve-inch painted break-arch dial having black Roman numerals, subsidiary seconds and date dials, painted decoration to the four corners and arch, and with the makers name J. Welch, Houghton to the centre, with gilt-brass hands, the mahogany curved-top case with a Gothic moulding to the trunk door and inlaid stringing either side, turned pillars to the hood and crossbanding to the base, height 204cm.* Biography James Welch is recorded as working in Houghton-le-Spring, County Durham from circa 1827 with his address at Market Place in 1841, Quality Hill in 1847 and Nesham Place in 1855.* Notes Reference Keith Bates Clockmakers of Northumberland and Durham Pub. Pendulum Publications 1980.
A mahogany moon phase longcase clock: the eight-day duration movement striking the hours on a bell with the thirteen-inch painted break-arch dial having black Roman numerals, subsidiary seconds dial and date aperture, strawberry decoration to the four corners and indistinctly signed to the centre, the arch with a moonphase disc painted with cottage and seascape scenes, with blued-steel hands, the oak case having mahogany crossbanding, fluted quarter columns, a raised plinth to the base, with the hood having fluted columns and a swan-neck pediment, all standing on bracket feet, height 214cm.
Thomas Ivory, Dundee, a moonphase longcase clock: the eight-day duration movement striking the hours on a bell with the twelve-inch painted break-arch dial having black Roman numerals, a subsidiary seconds dial, date aperture (ring now missing), decorative gilt-brass hands and signed Thos. Ivory, Dundee, with strawberry decoration to the four corners, the arch having a moonphase disc painted with land and seascapes, the falseplate to the dial embossed to the rear with the name of the well-known dialmaker Wilson, Birmingham, the oak case having quartered pillars and a swan-neck pediment to the hood, all standing on bracket feet, height 202cm.* Biography Thomas Ivory is recorded as working in Dundee from circa 1793 until after 1825 having been made a Burgess of the city in July 1795. He was the son of the well-known maker James Ivory.*Notes Reference Donald Whyte Clockmakers & Watchmakers of Scotland Pub. Mayfield Books 2005
A George III mahogany longcase clock with Father Time automata: the eight-day duration movement striking the hours on a bell, the thirteen-inch brass break-arch dial having a raised chapter ring engraved with black Roman numerals, 'fleur-de-lys' half-hour markings and outer Arabic five-minute numerals, with the matted dial centre having ringed winding holes, cast-brass 'female-head' spandrels to the four corners, and brass hands, the arch having a rocking Father Time set within a round aperture, the mahogany case with fluted quartered-columns to the trunk and shaped door, the hood having a swan-neck pediment with carved wood patrae and fluted columns, the base with canted corners and standing on bracket feet, height 232cm.
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[Antiquarian] Secret Memoirs of the Court of Louis XIV and of The Regency Extracted from German Correspondence of the Duchess of Orleans 1824 in half leather with gilt spine. Volume on Battle of Waterloo (lacking title) (c.1850s) illustrated with panoramic views, map and etchings (incomplete) bound in half leather. Memorable Battles in English History 1863 full gilt leather. W.S. Gilbert Iolanthe & Other Operas illustrated with colour plates by W. Russell Flint, published G. Bell 1910 first edition in gilt cloth. Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam illustrated by Willy Pogany, published Harrap, with tipped-in colour plates and other illustrations in decorated boards. Pompeiana: The Topography Edifices and Ornaments of Pompeii by Sir William Gell 1835 volume 1 only (of 2) illustrated in half leather with gilt decorated spine. Dante Alighieri The Divine Comedy translated by Longfellow 1867, in full leather with raised bands and gilt panels. Adventures of Don Quixote illustrated by John Gilbert 1858, in gilt decorated cloth (8)
Shirley Hibberd New And Rare Beautiful-Leaved Plants with illustrations and descriptions of The Most Ornamental-Foliaged Plants published, Bell & Daldy 1870 first edition with many full-page chromolithographed plates and text engravings in gilt cloth. Flowers of The Field by Rev. Johns 1881 with black & white engravings in publisher's gilt cloth. Botany for Beginners 1909 and 13 King Penguins (mostly plants or gardening) decorated boards (16)
Four inch scale Burrell single crank compound live steam traction engine or road locomotive with pump and injector, two gears and planked wooden canopy with canvas covering. Built by the vendor's late father, latterly on display in his living room, With the engine is a box file of paperwork including drawings, Franklin & Bell boiler certificate for 1995 (when the boiler was presumably built) and steam test dating to 2010
Charles I, Tower mint, Shilling, Gp D, type 3a, mm. tun, 5.84g/11h (S 2791); George II, Shilling, 1735 (S 3700); SCOTLAND, Charles II, Second coinage, Sixteenth-Dollar, 1680? (S 5624); IRELAND, James I, First coinage, Shilling, mm. bell, 4.38g/11h (S 6512) [4]. Last fair, others better £80-£100
A C R Dyson of Bourne 17thC style walnut and marquetry inlaid longcase clock, the brass break arch dial with urn spandrels, moon face showing a three masted sailing vessel on choppy seas, silvered chapter ring bearing Roman and Arabic numerals, subsidiary seconds dial, eight day two train movement, with bell strike, the hood with shaped pediment carved Prince of Wales figures, inlaid with flowers and butterflies, the door flanked by demi pilasters, the trunk similarly inlaid with a vase and urn of flowers, and a viewing bullseye glass, above a bombe base, inlaid an urn of flowers, further flowers and butterflies, raised on paw feet, with pendulum weights, no keys, 212cm high.
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