Trades & Pastimes. A collection of leaves with hand-drawn illustrations, circa 1832, 10ff., each with 10 pen, ink and watercolour illustrations to recto, each drawing within a decorative frame (the frames shaped differently on each leaf), a couple with pencilled titles, depicting a variety of people, animals, and activities, e.g. astronomer, fishing, sword-swallower, dentist, maypole dancing, hawking, portraitist, bell-ringing, laundering, watch-seller, cooper, coffee merchant, cobbler, barber, hat-seller, etc., first page lightly spotted and dust-soiled, remainder with occasional spotting and margins a little dusty, watermarked Whatman 1832, disbound, sheet size 21.8 x 19.6cm (8.5 x 7.75ins)Qty: (1)Footnote: A charming and well-executed set of illustrations, each nicely-detailed and attractively arranged on each page.
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Flint (William Russell). Models of Propriety..., limited edition, London: Michael Joseph, 1951, signed by the author to the limitation page, numerous monochrome illustrations, top edge gilt, original cloth in dust jacket, very minor rubbing to head & foot of the covers, 8vo, 19/500, The Scholar Gipsy & Thyrsis, by Matthew Arnold, 1st edition, London: Philip Lee Warner, 1910, 10 tipped-in colour plates, with tissue guards, some spotting to the front & rear endpapers, some minor spotting & toning throughout, top edge gilt, original cloth in dust jacket, spine & covers lightly faded, 8vo, Savoy Operas, by W. S. Gilbert, 1st edition, London: George Bell & Sons, 1909, 31 colour plates, some light spotting, top edge gilt, publishers original gilt decorated red cloth, spine lightly faded & rubbed to head & foot, 4to, plus 11 further works illustrated by William Russelll Flint, including The Book of Tobit & History of Susanna, limited edition,London: The Haymarket Press, 1919, 8/100, all in the publishers original cloth/boards, 8vo/4toQty: (14)
Murdoch (Iris). The Flight from the Enchanter, 1st edition, London: Chatto & Windus, 1956, spotting, toned to inner margin of half-title, original publisher's cloth, dust jacket, spine & rear panel toned, extremities rubbed with slight loss, flap margins toned, 8vo, together with: The Sandcastle, 1st edition, London: Chatto & Windus, 1957, ownership inscription to front free endpaper, light spotting to preliminaries, original publisher's cloth, dust jacket, spine extremities rubbed (with slight loss to head of spine), a couple of small nicks to upper margin of front panel, 8vo, with The Bell, 1st edition London: Chatto & Windus, 1958, endpapers toned to inner margin, original publisher's cloth, dust jacket, tape reinforcements to extremities of spine verso, spotting to verso, panels lightly spotted, 8vo, together with 35 other works by Murdoch, predominantly 1st editions in dust jackets, 2 works signed (The One Alone, 1995 & A Year of Birds, 1978)Qty: (38)
Yeats (William Butler). Three Things, London: Faber & Faber Ltd., 1929, monochrome illustration to half-title and one colour plate by Gilbert Spencer, original boards, some light browning, spine cracked & worn with loss at head & foot, slim 8vo (Large Paper edition on handmade paper, no. 108/500, signed by the author. This is number 18 of the Ariel Poems), together with: De la Mare (Walter), Ding Dong Bell, London: Selwyn & Blount Ltd., 1924, edges rough-trimmed, bookplate of V.E.D. Haggard to upper pastedown, original cloth-backed boards, slim 8vo (limited edition 286/300, signed by the author), De la Mare (Walter), News, London: Faber & Faber Ltd., 1930, monochrome illustration to half-title and one colour plate by Barnett Freeman, original boards, lightly mottled, slim 8vo (Large Paper edition on handmade paper, no. 53/500, signed by the author. This is number 31 of the Ariel Poems), plus the prospectus of the same work, Stephens (James), Three Outcast, London: Faber & Faber Ltd., 1929, monochrome illustration to half-title and one colour plate by Barnett Freeman, original boards, slim 8vo (Large Paper edition on handmade paper, no. 214/500, signed by the author. This is number 22 of the Ariel Poems), Yeats (William Butler), The Wild Swans at Coole, 1st edition, London: Macmillan & Co. Ltd., 1919, original gilt-blocked blue cloth, 8vo, and others similar, including titles by Yeats, T.S. Eliot, W.H. Auden, Samuel Beckett, Edward Thomas and Walter De la MareQty: (17)
Vinyl - Pink Floyd & David Gilmour - from Pink Floyd 6 LP's to include A Collection Of Great Dance Songs, Wish You Were Here (no postcard), Atom Heart Mother (No EMI to label), The Division Bell, The Wall - name to inner gatefold and The Wall Pink Floyd in smudged ink to front sleeve, paper inners, Dark Side Of The Moon (no posters of stickers), from David Gilmour On An Island gatefold with poster, Arnold Layne with David Bowie 7" single. Sleeves & Vinyl Vg overall
A fine early 19th century rosewood table clockVulliamy, London, No. 1435The rectangular case surmounted with a stepped caddy top over a concave moulded pediment and rectangular glazed side panels on a plinth base with block feet, with solid rear door, the 6.75 inch silvered Roman dial with outer minute track and modern blued steel Breguet style hands, framed by a moulded brass bezel set into the panelled front door. When the front door is opened, the signature and number are revealed on the dial below VI, while a regulation arbor is visible above XII with engraved instructions 'turn to the left to go slower/to the right to go faster' and a strike/silent lever at IIII. The signed and numbered twin gut (now wire) fusee movement with substantial plates united by five tapering 'cannon barrel' pillars, with half deadbeat escapement, striking the hours on a bell, (the hammer arbor and adjustable vane both cocked on the backplante), the pendulum with an ebony facetted rod terminating in a heavy numbered bob, secured in transit by a substantial hinged locking block. Together with two case keys and two associated winding keys. Running and striking. 43cms (16 1/2ins) high (6)This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: YY Subject to CITES regulations when exporting items outside of the EU, see clause 13.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A late 17th century marquetry longcase clock with ten inch dial and bolt-and-shutter maintaining powerWilliam Clement, Londini fecitThe flat top over a blind fret cut cornice over spirally twisted columns, convex throat moulding and 42 inch long door inlaid with three shaped panels of bird and flower inlay framing the circular lenticle, on a matching base (now partly built up). With spoon lock to the throat.The 10-inch square brass dial with winged cherubs head spandrels and foliate engraving framing the silvered Roman and Arabic chapter ring, finely matted centre with slender subsidiary seconds ring and decorated date aperture. Secured to the movement by four latched dial feet.The rectangular movement plates united by six knopped and ringed pillars latched to the frontplate, with capped barrels, the going train with bolt-and-shutter maintaining power to the anchor escapement, the strike with outside countwheel, striking on the large bell. The backplate further set with a brass bracket which secures to a conforming bracket on the case backboard via a butterfly nut. Ticking and striking. Together with the door key and a crank winding key. 2.01m (6ft 7ins) high.Footnotes:Provenance:The estate of John Graveson, (1946-2021), son of Professor Ronald H Graveson, CBE (1911-1991). Professor Graveson was one of the most highly respected collectors of Fine English clocks in the 1960s and 70s. Purchased Sotheby's Important Clocks, English Pottery, Rugs and Carpets, Tapestries and Fine English Furniture, Thursday 30th January 1964, lot 80. 'A late 17th century marquetry longcase clock by Wim. Clement, Londini fecit...'.A note in the margin gives the purchase price of £360 - in the same sale a walnut longcase by Christopher Gould sold for £140 and a walnut longcase by Joseph Windmills realised £180. A copy of the catalogue is included with this lot. Additional paperwork includes a receipt for a replacement pendulum suspension from Camerer Cuss & Co, 9-3-1964 for £17-6d. Another for various minor jobs from A. & H. Rowley Parkes & Co. 30-9-1965 for £47-10d, and a handwritten letter from Daniel Parkes, detailing work done to the retaining bracket dated 8th October 1965. The clock has remained in the Graveson family for the last 57 years.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: TPTP Lot will be moved to an offsite storage location (Cadogan Tate, Auction House Services, 241 Acton Lane, London NW10 7NP, UK) and will only be available for collection from this location at the date stated in the catalogue. Please note transfer and storage charges will apply to any lots not collected after 14 calendar days from the auction date.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
An early 19th century French ormolu and black onyx mantel clockVaillant a ParisThe case depicting Venus and Cupid with outstretched arms in a swan led chariot decorated with winged griffins motifs on ball and claw and webbed feet on a substantial plinth decorated with a scene depicting the river gods, on brass bun feet, the 4 inch signed white enamel Roman and Arabic dial with brushed brass spear hands, the circular silk suspension movement with outside countwheel with the ability to strike the hours and half hours (currently not functioning) on a bell, ticking but not currently striking, together with a silk suspension pendulum and an associated winding key. 40cms (15 1/2ins) high (3)For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A fine and rare mid 18th century Czech ormolu quarter striking and repeating travel clock with calendarJoseph Weishaupt Carlsbaad N486The waisted case with cast front of seashells flanking a basket of fruit over C-scrolls and shells, terminating in scroll supports, the sides with pierced lattice sound frets and solid rear cover, the 2.25 inch enamel dial with outer Arabic five minutes enclosing the date ring and Roman hours, a strike/silent lever below VI; the signed and numbered movement with shaped plates to follow the outline of the case united by four pillars and with scroll engraved border, the going train with chain fusee to a verge escapement with monometallic three-arm sprung balance under a pierced and engraved bridge cock, both strike trains spring driven and sounding the quarters on two hammers, and the hours on a third hammer, all on a single bell mounted horizontally below. 15cms (6ins) highThis 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 rare 19th century Japanese weight driven wall clock with alarm, now in a later hooded caseThe clock body surmounted by a straight-sided bell with thickened rim over four finials and freestanding turned brass pillars set between top and bottom plates, the side and rear doors connected by pairs of hinges and removable as one joined unit, all three pieces engraved with an elaborate floral sprig, now set on a wooden wall bracket with glazed hood, the weight driven movement with verge escapement, the balance arbor and pallets suspended on silk, the flat brass balance with regulation effected by a sliding lead weight mounted on to one of the arms, the countwheel strike and alarm sounding on the bell above, the dial with 24 movable hour and half-hour markers, (12 silvered, 12 blued steel to denote day and night) rotating against a fixed pierced steel hand the centre further set with a smaller alarm-setting hand within a curved arc, over a pair of calendar apertures, all framed by a series of flowers and foliage. The clock 24cms (9.5ins) high. The bracket 51cms (20ins) 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 fine and rare late 19th century French gorge cased bell-striking carriage clock with three subsidiary dials and running secondsChles. Oudin, Palais Royal 52, ParisThe ribbed handle over bevelled panels on a moulded base, the signed white enamel Roman dial with blued steel Breguet style hands with a subsidiary running seconds dial at XII and three further subsidiary dials for the days of the week (in French), alarm and date, the twin train movement with lever platform escapement with bimetallic compensated balance striking the hours and half hours on a bell. Ticking, striking and repeating. 16.6cms (6ins) high (1)Footnotes:Charles Oudin was apprenticed with Abraham-Louis Breguet and became the official clockmaker to the Tsar of Russia.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 very rare early 19th century brass-inlaid ebonised table clock of small sizeJames Murray, Royal Exchange, LondonThe pagoda top case surmounted by a pineapple finial over four shaped pieces, glazed rectangular side panels within brass frames on a brass-banded plinth on ball feet, the 3.5 inch signed circular white enamel Roman dial with minute track and blued steel hands set within a highly elaborate pierced foliate mask, the signed twin chain fusee movement with tapering pillars and anchor escapement, rack striking the hours on a bell. Ticking and striking, together with a brass heart shape winding key. 29cms (11ins) high (2)For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A very fine and rare 17th century longcase clock movement with verge escapement, now contained in a bespoke architectural ebony caseEdward East, London. The movement circa 1665-70, the case possibly made by Percy Dawson in the 1920s?The 8.25 inch square brass dial with single line border framing the engraved spandrels depicting split pomegranates, gourds, and grapes around a narrow silvered chapter ring, the minute band with Arabic five-minute markers within the band, short Roman hour markers and a narrow quarter-hour track, the finely matted centre with small date aperture above VI, blued steel hands. Signed along the lower edge 'Edwardus East, Londini' Four latched dial feet to the movement.The weight driven movement with tall rectangular plates with chamfered corners united by five knopped and ringed pillars (all latched), an L-shaped retaining bracket screwed to the upper right hand corner. The high barrels with slightly rounded front ends, the going train terminating in a verge escapement, with short pendulum and pear-shaped bob; the strike train with small countwheel and vertical hammer both mounted high on the backplate, striking on the horizontal bell above.Now contained in a 1920s (?) expertly made architectural case, the rising hood with shaped wooden catch to the backboard, triangular pediment supported on turned quarter and three-quarter columns with lacquered brass Corinthian capitals and bases, the 45 inch long trunk door with three raised panels and lock within a moulded edge, the sides with single moulded panel running the length of the sides to a plain base on bun feet. 1.92m (6ft 4ins) high. Footnotes:Provenance:The estate of John Graveson, (1946-2021), son of Professor Ronald H Graveson, CBE (1911-1991). Professor Graveson was one of the most highly respected collectors of Fine English clocks in the 1960s and 70s. Purchased from one of the great post-war clock dealers, Charles Thornton in 1961. Literature:Dawson, G.P., Drover, C.B., Parkes, D.W. (1982) Early English Clocks. Woodbridge: ACC, plate 156.Original paperwork from Thornton relating to the 20th century history of the clock are included with this lot. The first, dated 25th November 1960, reads:'Nice to hear from you again & do admit to a mistake when I wrote to you. I had the figure of £1250 on my mind, which I had refused to take for the East, as it would have left the country. The price I quoted to you was £1200 & of course I will stand up to this if you are interested. Please don't hold me to this price after the year end for quite frankly I shall be asking much more; for this is an even rarer clock that I think you realize....' Another dated 16th January 1961 states:'Thank you very much for your letter & enclosed cheque for the Edward East for which I have pleasure in sending receipt. You have bought yourself a very rare & fine clock. Now you have bought it & the deal is settled I can tell you that some weeks ago the trade in USA offered me £1250 cash for same - this I refused and since then they increased their offer which I also declined. I was determined that I was going to sell it to stay in this country that is why it gives me great pleasure to sell to you at less money. I am not saying that I would have done this thirty five or forty years ago when I was hard up and struggling along but thank goodness it came in to my possession when it did so that I was able to do this. This clock was on show at the South Kensington Science Museum for over six months as the only example of Edward East with bob pendulum & bolt & shutter that was known...'The receipt dated 16th January 1961 describes the clock as follows:'To Fine small long case clock by Edward East in ebonised case, eight day movement with strike, bolt & shutter, date aperture, bob pendulum, original hands, movement original and shown & (sic) the South Kensington Science Museum, slight restoration to ebonised case.........£1200. ' It is now thought that the case rather than being 'slightly restored' was made to order, probably in the 1920s from the great case maker Percy Dawson. It is a testament to Dawson's skill and sensitivity as a case maker that the clock has been described as completely original by others since then. Dawson later went on to co-author the standard work on early English clocks, and illustrated this movement in 'Early English Clocks', plate 156. ExhibitedThe Science Museum, London 'British Clockmaker's Heritage Exhibition May 23rd to September 14th, 1952, exhibit number 76'LONG-CASE MOVEMENT by EDWARD EAST, LONDON, C 1665-1670. Eight day. Weight driven with a verge escapement and short bob pendulum. It has Dutch striking mechanism with small locking-plate high up on the backplate, and bolt-and-shutter maintaining power. The dial which is 8 5/8in. square has a narrow chapter ring. The centre is matted and the corners engraved. The plates are shaped at the top. Lent by Chas. Thornton, Esq. ' A copy of the exhibition catalogue is included with this lot.A comparable longcase clock by East with verge escapement, vertical bell and 8.25 inch fruit-engraved dial was exhibited in these rooms at the exhibition 'Innovation and Collaboration' September 2018, exhibit number 33.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: TPTP Lot will be moved to an offsite storage location (Cadogan Tate, Auction House Services, 241 Acton Lane, London NW10 7NP, UK) and will only be available for collection from this location at the date stated in the catalogue. Please note transfer and storage charges will apply to any lots not collected after 14 calendar days from the auction date.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A late 18th century French ormolu and bronze mantel clock inset with glass jewelsGille Laine, a ParisThe case surmounted by a swagged lidded urn over the circular drum decorated with laurels mounted on top of a prowling lion on a jewelled plinth base decorated with plaque depicting putti on toupie feet, the 3 1/2 inch signed white enamel Roman and Arabic dial with fancy jewelled hands (the glass to the front door lacking), the later 19th century circular movement now fitted with a lever platform escapement mounted onto the backplate, striking the hours and half hours on a bell. Ticking and striking. Together with an associated double ended winding key. 39.5cms (15 1/2ins) high (2)For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A late 17th century brass winged Lantern ClockThomas Bradford, Londini fecitThe strapped bell over urn finials, heraldic frets, turned columns and ball feet, (doors and back panel now lacking, frets later), the 6.5 inch brass Roman chapter ring with double wheat-ear half-hour markers and single hand, signed 'Thos. Bradford Londini fecit' above a floral spray to the centre, the weight driven movement with knife-edge verge escapement and central short bob pendulum situated between the two trains, with countwheel strike on the bell. Together with a later wooden wall bracket (17.5cms) high. 39cms (15 ins) highFootnotes:Literature: Loomes, B. (2008) Lantern Clocks and their Makers. Mayfield: Mayfield Books, figure 9.54 with the caption 'Lantern clock with original centre pendulum (no wings) signed 'Tho Bradford Londini fecit'...'For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A late 17th century ebony basket top table clock with twin subsidiaries Signed behind the mock pendulum apertureWilliam Webster LondonRepousse basket top with knopped bud handle over four unusual finials and an intricately moulded cornice, rectangular glazed side panels to a moulded plinth and brass button feet, both doors with applied repousse mounts, the 6.75 inch square brass dial with twin subsidiaries for strike/silent and rise-and-fall regulation in the upper corners, the silvered Roman and Arabic chapter ring with meeting-arrowhead half-quarter marks, finely matted centre with ringed winding squares and decorated mock pendulum (revealing the signature) and date apertures, the twin gut fusee movement with verge escapement with rise and fall pendulum mounted on an engraved curved arm terminating in a rack and pinion, with lenticular bob, the strike train with internal rack sounding on the bell, with pull quarter repeat on three bells and hammers. Running, striking and repeating. Together with a door key (which operates both locks) and a later winding key. 40cms (16ins) 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 rare early 18th century ebony table clockCharles Goode, LondonSurmounted by a bold 'Quare-style' double-S scroll handle on a caddy top over an intricately moulded cornice and two long glazed side panels to a moulded base and block feet, the front door with highly unusual ogee bolection-moulded frame. The rectangular dial measuring 7.75 ins x 7ins signed upper centre Charles Goode, LONDON over a strike/not strike lever framed by foliate and strapwork spandrels to the corners, the silvered Roman and Arabic chapter ring with half-quarter marks and meeting-arrowhead half hour markers, the finely matted centre displaying the decorated mock pendulum aperture, conforming date aperture and ringed winding squares, with finely pierced original hands. The twin gut fusee movement (now wire) now converted to anchor escapement with internal rack strike on the bell, the plates united by five knopped and ringed pillars (the centre latched), the backplate boldly engraved with interlaced foliate scrolls centred by the repeat signature within a shaped foliate cartouche below a winged cherubs head. 43cms (17ins) highFootnotes:Another table clock by Goode with an ogee bolection-moulded door was sold Christies London, 'Magnificent Clocks', 15/9/2004, lot 21, with a quarter chiming movement, the hammer price was £30,000.Charles Goode was a watchmaker who was made a Free Brother in the Clockmaker's Company in September 1686. He did not sign the 1697 oath roll of allegiance for any City Company. He died in 1730. compare with others in DDP - the christies one was plates 580-583..For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A mid 19th century French ormolu mounted white marble mantel clockRaingo Freres A Paris, case and movement numbered 1035The highly elaborate case surmounted by a floral urn and a large ribboned bow leading to flowing swagged garlands held by two bronze putti, on a stepped classical base with egg and dart moulding on beaded toupie feet. The 3 1/2 inch signed white enamel Roman and Arabic dial with gilt fancy hands, the circular movement with with outside countwheel striking the hours and half hours on a bell. Ticking and striking, together with a pendulum and an associated double ended winding key. 32cms (12 1/2ins) high (3)Footnotes:Property of a Gentleman.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A 19th century copy of a 17th century wall timepiece with alarm in a hooded oak caseBearing the date 1668The iron frame surmounted by a bell within a cruciform strap over a heavy iron balance to a verge escapement, the 4.75 inch shaped painted iron dial bearing the date 1668 between columns over a Gothic Roman chapter ring with pierced hand and Arabic alarm setting disc to the centre, contained in an oak hooded wall case with sliding glazed side panels. 45cms (17 1/2ins) high (8)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 late 18th Century French ormolu mantel clock with centre seconds and concentric dateBouchetSurmounted by an urn finial over foliage and berried swags on a reeded column to a stepped base and shaped plinth on adjustable turned feet, the signed five inch white enamel dial with black Roman and Arabic numerals framing the red Arabic date ring, with finely pierced and engraved gilt hands for the time, a serpentine hand for the date, and a tapering centre seconds hand, the large circular movement with deadbeat 'scape wheel cocked on the backplate, with pierced outside countwheel strike on a bell. Running and striking, with pendulum and a winding key. 44cms (17ins) high.Footnotes:Provenance:Single family ownership for 67 years. Purchased from Richard Grose Ltd, South Kensington and Brighton, a copy of a letter from Grose Ltd dated 5th November 1964 is included with this lot.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A fine and rare second quarter of the 18th century ebonised striking table clock with hour repeatDaniel and Thomas Grignion 'from the late Mr Quare, London' The inverted bell top case surmounted by a brass handle over long arched glazed side panels, the front door with finely moulded frame slightly canted corners to moulded base and block feet, the 5.5 inch arched brass dial with strike/silent subsidiary dial over four basket-of-fruit spandrels framing the silvered Roman and Arabic chapter ring and very finely matted centre, with chamfered mock pendulum aperture and arched silvered signature plaque 'Danl: & Thos: Grignion from/the late Mr: Quare London', with finely cut blued steel hands, the twin gut fusee movement with six knopped pillars, verge escapement and rack strike on the bell, with pull cord for hourly repeat from below, the backplate repeat signed 'from the late Mr Quare' within a pattern of interlaced foliate scrolls. 43cms (17ins) highFootnotes:Provenance:Single family ownership for approximately the last 80 years.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A late 17th century and later walnut and marquetry Longcase clockThe later dial unsigned, The formerly rising hood with blind cut fret over ebonised spiral columns, (the front now cut for a hinged door) over a long trunk with five panels of bird, urn and flower inlay on an oyster-cut ground, the sides with boxwood panels, the base with a further panel depicting a bird in flight, the 10.5 inch later dial with winged cherubs head spandrels, silvered Roman chapter ring with each minute numbered, matted centre with late 18th century matching hands, the 17th century movement with five knopped and ringed latched pillars, the backplate cut for the anchor but now with later anchor escapement cocked from the backplate, the backplate further set with the outside countwheel for the strike on the bell above. (Case and movement seemingly original to one another, dial and hands later replacements). 1.96m (6ft 5ins) high.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: TPTP Lot will be moved to an offsite storage location (Cadogan Tate, Auction House Services, 241 Acton Lane, London NW10 7NP, UK) and will only be available for collection from this location at the date stated in the catalogue. Please note transfer and storage charges will apply to any lots not collected after 14 calendar days from the auction date.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
An 18th century brass lantern clockWilliam Jackson, LondonThe strapped bell over urn finials and side frets, tapering columns and ball feet, with hoop and spike wall fixings, the signed 8 inch arched brass dial with silvered Roman chapter ring with floating half hour markers with single hand, weight driven movement with pivotted verge escapement with short bob pendulum, striking the hours on the bell. 38cms (14 1/2ins) highFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A rare late 17th century silver-mounted red-stained tortoise-shell veneered, quarter repeating table clockObadiah Grevill, LondonThe case with caddy top with silvered decorative mounts surmounted by a knopped 's' scroll handle over a stepped cornice and glazed rectangular side panels on a plinth base, the 6 3/4 inch square brass dial with silvered Roman and Arabic chapter ring with fleur de lys half markers, matted centre and chamfered date aperture at VI with blued steel fettled hands, all framed by winged cherubs head spandrels. The signed twin gut fusee movement with knife edge verge escapement striking the hours on a main bell and sounding the quarters on a nest of three bells and hammers on command via a pull cord to the side, signed in a foliate cartouche within a symmetrical pattern of foliage and four pairs of flowerheads. Ticking and striking, together with a 17th century style foliate winding key and two case keys. 37cms (14 1/2ins) high (3)Footnotes:Obadiah Grevill was born around 1660 and apprenticed 1674 to the Goldsmith's corporation, by 1681 he was made free of the City of London. In 1697 he signed the Goldsmith's Company oath of alliance.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 very fine and rare early 19th century large English skeleton clock with world time indicationBarraud, Cornhill, LondonThe clock designed as a globe on a turned column set on three folding cabriole legs, each terminating in a knurled levelling screw at the foot, the horizon ring 10 inches in diameter and surmounted with a signed arc set with gilt East and West indicators, the time shown by two rays emanating from the gilt brass sun mounted centrally between horizontal chapter rings for Arabic minutes (0-60) and Roman hours (marked for a full 24 hour period, twice I-XII), over a 360 degree band, the silvered Equator band engraved with a remarkable list of nearly one hundred place names or reference points, each positioned to mark the time difference between itself and London (see full list below).The twin chain fusee movement with pierced plates united by turned pillars set within the 'Southern hemisphere', (the upper plate larger than the lower so as to fit inside the curved lower part), both trains with skeletonised spring barrels to a chain fusee, the going terminating in a horizontal deadbeat 'scape wheel visible on the top plate, the polished steel rack strike work also visible on the top plate activating the hammer and bell mounted on the underside. Running and striking. Set on the original ebonised circular plinth with brass locating points for the levelling screws, under the original glass dome. Further set on a 19th/early 20th century (?) reeded mahogany pedestal. Together with the possibly original winding key with bespoke elongated steel shank. 1.65m (5ft 5ins) high in total. Footnotes:Provenance: Single family ownership for the last 100-120 years. The full list of place names is as follows:London - Amsterdam - German - Corsica - Sardinia - Denmark - Italy - Rome - Malta - Norway - C.Good H - Sweden - Poland - Hungary - Turk - Eur - Candia - Smyrna - Constantinople - Petersburg - Syria - Mosco - Medina Mecca - Arabia - S. Babelmandel - Madagascar - I. of France - Tartary - Samarcand - Malabar - Coromandel - Bay of Bengal - Strait of Malacca - Siam Bay - Batavia - Cochin China - Canton - China Sea - Phillips Islands - Mollucca - N. Holland - N. Guinea - NS Wales - N.Britain - N.Ireland - Botany Bay - C(ape) of Deliverance - Queen Chts.Isles - Montague I - Esratum I - N Zealand - Antipodes - Pacific Ocean - Rotterdam I - Tuberones I. - Sandwich Islands - Hervey's I. - Howe I. - Huahine - Miatea - Tubukaa - Resolution - Hood Adventure - Nootka Sound - California - N Mexico - Easter I. - Mexico - Verra Cruz - G. of Mexico - Virginia - Savannah - Florida - Jamaica - Charlestown - Quito - Peru - N.York Quebec - N. Britain - Boston - Halifax - Guadaloupe - Surinum - Cayenna - Brazil - St. Salvador - Trinidada - Atlantic Ocean - C.Verdis Isds. - Canary Isds. - C.Verd - Portugal - Guinea - France - Spain - Morocco.Two similar but much smaller examples by Barraud were sold in these rooms 29th July 2020 'The Jacob Collection; The Property of an Important Swiss Collector', lots 262 and 263. Another related example is illustrated in Royer-Collard, F.B. (1969) Skeleton Clocks. London: N.A.G. Press Ltd., figs.6-15 to 6-19 inclusive, and illustrated again in Roberts, Skeleton Clocks. Woodbridge, ACC, colour plate 4.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A rare first half of the 17th century German gilt engraved brass table clock or 'Tischuhr'The architectural case surmounted by a spire raised on a cupola above an openwork gallery housing the bell, with obelisk finials to the corners and two sections of fretwork balustrade (two lacking), each corner set with a tapering column on tall bases engraved with tall flowers, on a spreading plinth base, two sides set with architectural glazed arches to reveal the movement, the front panel with a 2.25 inch silvered brass dial with Roman I-XII and inner Arabic 13-24 hour numerals, with blued steel hand, the reverse set with a 1.75 inch silvered dial revealing the last hour struck on the countwheel, the spring driven movement with capped barrels to short gut fusees, both wound through the rear, the going train with later sprung plain brass balance wheel to the verge escapement, the hours struck on the bell above. 27.5cms (10 1/2ins) high (1)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 rare second half of the 19th century French quarter striking brass carriage clockVictoriene Boseet - V.B over a crown in a heart.The case with unusual moulded cornice incorporating an oval inspection glass over glazed sides, on a moulded base, the white enamel Roman and Arabic dial with blued steel Breguet style hands set over an enamel alarm-setting dial within a mask engraved with foliate scrollwork on a matted ground, the movement with large frosted silvered lever platform escapement stamped twice with the V.B. trademark, striking the quarters on a pair of blued steel coiled gongs set within the base, the alarm sounding on a bell to the base, the strike activated via a blued steel rack mounted on the signed backplate and regulated by a quarter-strike countwheel directly geared to the hand setting arbor. Running. Alarm functioning, striking the hours and quarters. Together with an associated travelling case with a double ended key. 16cms (6.25ins) high.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A second half of the 19th century French brass gorge cased bell-striking carriage clockRetailed by J. Klaftenberger, 157 Regent Street, London. Numbered 1600The rippled handle over a large inspection panel and bevelled sides on a moulded base, the signed white enamel Roman dial with Breguet style hands, the numbered movement with silvered lever platform escapement with compensated bimetallic balance striking and repeating the hours on a bell. Running, striking and repeating. Together with the original velvet-lined travel case and a double-ended key. 16cms (6.25ins) high. (3)Footnotes:J. Klaftenberger was in business from 1863 to 1881, he retailed the finest carriage clocks of the period.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A 19th century porcelain ormolu and glass jewelled lyre clock garnitureHowell & James Ltd, To the Queen, 5,7,9 Regent Street, LondonThe lyre shaped case surmounted by a sunburst medallion and floral festoon over boldly cast and crisply finished rope twists and foliage on a concave socle applied with beading and a swagged garland on toupie feet, the dial and movement in the centre with a grid iron pendulum and a glass jewelled bezel attached to the pendulum (some stones lacking), the 4 inch signed white enamel Arabic dial with gilt fancy hands, decorated with floral swagged garlands to the inner circle, the circular movement stamped Paris 513, striking the hours and half hours on a bell, striking but not currently ticking. The clock is accompanied by a pair of floral and foliate inspired candelabra on an urn stem decorated with glass jewel banding, swagged garlands and centaur masks on stepped plinth base on toupie feet. The candelabra: 47cms high. 49cms (19ins) high (3)Footnotes:Howell James & Co. was a firm of jewellers and silversmiths based in London's Regent Street for almost a century, from 1819 to 1911. The firm exhibited at the Great Exhibition in London in 1851 and at the 1862 International Exhibition. In 1884 it became a Limited Company.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A good late 17th/early 18th century silver-mounted turtleshell-veneered table clock with pull quarter repeatG.Etherington, LondonThe caddy top surmounted by a silver handle with central foliate and bud knop, over a moulded cornice, and four rectangular repousse side panels depicting flowers in an urn and bust portraits, on cast squat ball and claw feet, both front and rear doors with applied escutcheon plates.The 6.25 inch square brass dial with subsidiaries in the top corners for rise-and-fall regulation and strike/silent over the silvered Roman and Arabic chapter ring signed between V and VII, with blued steel hands the matted centre with chamfered mock pendulum and date apertures decorated with characteristic decorative ringed detailing, the lower corners with winged cherubs spandrels. The twin fusee movement with six knopped and ringed pillars and a seventh plain but latched uniting the two plates, the backplate deliberately larger in order to fill as much of the rear of the case as possible and signed within a flat oval palm-frond reserve amid a symmetrical pattern of foliate scrolls and strapwork. The going train terminating in a verge escapement with rise-and-fall regulation effected via a shaped steel lever on a rack and pinion set-up on the backplate, the pendulum with hook fixing to the top and terminating in a lenticular bob, with unusual shaped steel securing bracket. The strike train sounding the hours on a single bell, with pull quarter repeat sounding the quarters on a run of three bells and hammers. Ticking, striking and repeating. Together with a case key. 33.5cms (13ins) high (3)Footnotes:George Etherington was free of the Clockmakers Company in 1684 and Master in 1709. He attended until 1720 and supposedly died in 1729.This 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
A large 19th century lacquered brass skeleton clock with lever escapement and original domeSigned on the bell J. Taylor, 6 Silver Street, WakefieldThe elaborate scroll frame united by seven turned tapering pillars and surmounted by the signed bell, mounted on a wooden base with tooled red leather centre embossed with a gilt 'S', the 7.25 inch skeletonised Roman dial with dotted minute outer track and blued-steel trefoil hands, the twin chain fusee movement with English lever escapement mounted above XII, rack striking the hour on a blued steel coiled gong mounted on a block stamped F.D., and striking the half-hours on the bell. Running and striking, with trip repeat for the hour. Together with the large original glass dome (49cms high) and a large brass winding key. 51.5cms (20ins) high (3)Footnotes:A Joseph Taylor was active in Wakefield in 1851-71.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A good late 18th century mahogany centre seconds longcase clockWilliam Miles, LondonThe case with pagoda top raised on freestanding stop-fluted brass-mounted Doric columns, the long door of excellent colour and figure with finely moulded edge on a panelled base with applied panel on a double apron; 12 inch one-piece silvered dial with strike/silent subsidiary above the Roman and Arabic chapter framing the shaped recessed signature plaque, with blued steel hands, the weight driven movement with plates united by four knopped pillars, unusually latched to the front plate by four distinctive curved latches, with anchor escapement and rack strike on a bell 2.42m (7ft. 11ins) high.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: TPTP Lot will be moved to an offsite storage location (Cadogan Tate, Auction House Services, 241 Acton Lane, London NW10 7NP, UK) and will only be available for collection from this location at the date stated in the catalogue. Please note transfer and storage charges will apply to any lots not collected after 14 calendar days from the auction date.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A late 17th century walnut marquetry longcase clock with bolt and shutter maintaining power, previously in the Wetherfield CollectionChristopher Gould Surmounted by a (later?) carved cresting of two cherubs heads over a pair of wings and scrolls, with twist columns and an inlaid front door, the trunk with three panels of bird and flower inlay on a matching panel base raised on bun feet, the 10.5ins square brass dial with engraved wheatear border framing the large winged cherubs head spandrels, Roman and Arabic chapter ring (with half-quarter marks), finely matted centre with subsidiary seconds, ringed winding squares, chamfered decorated date aperture and engraved foliate boss to the centre, with fine blued steel hands, the movement with five knopped and ringed pillars, bolt and shutter maintaining power to an anchor escapement, with outside countwheel strike on a bell, the backplate with shaped aperture for the pallet arbor 2.1m (6ft 11ins) high.Footnotes:Provenance:The Wetherfield Collection in the early 20th century.Literature:Illustrated on the front cover Bruton, E. (1981) The Wetherfield Collection of Clocks a Guide to Dating English Antique Clocks. London: N.A.G. Press Ltd. Illustrated and described page 146, plate 100. This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: TPTP Lot will be moved to an offsite storage location (Cadogan Tate, Auction House Services, 241 Acton Lane, London NW10 7NP, UK) and will only be available for collection from this location at the date stated in the catalogue. Please note transfer and storage charges will apply to any lots not collected after 14 calendar days from the auction date.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A fine 19th century French gilt brass carriage clock with calendar in the manner of Abraham Louis BreguetThe Classically inspired case with folding bud handle and four bud finials on an engine turned ground over rosettes and reeded columns to a matching base on button feet, the white enamel dial with blue Roman numerals, minute track and blued steel trefoil hands over a subsidiary date dial within an engine turned mask, the movement with twin barrels driving a gilt platform with bimetallic balance to a lever escapement, the strike and repeat on a bell behind a shuttered rear panel. Together with an associated mid 19th century leather covered travel case and a double ended key. 16cms (6.25ins) high. Footnotes:This carriage clock is closely modelled on the early travel clocks by the great Abraham Louis Breguet. Comparable examples by Breguet were sold in these rooms 11 December 2019, lot 106 (Breguet number 2889, circa 1804), lot 107 (Breguet number 4248, circa 1837) and lot 109 (Breguet number 2963, circa 1820).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 rare late 17th century English dated lantern clock with verge escapement and alarmWilliam Holloway, Stroud. Dated 1676Surmounted by five finials with distinctive acorn knops (bell strap replaced) over tall arcaded frets, brass rear panel and side doors, the tapering Doric columns terminating in acorn feet, the Roman chapter ring with tall fleur de lys half-hour markers, inner quarter hour track and single blued steel pierced hand, the centre signed in three curved lines between XI and I, 'William Holloway/ at Stroud/ 1676' over a wreath of flowerheads and foliage, with Arabic alarm-setting disc engraved with a rose, the weight driven movement with knife-edge verge escapement, the top potance and front verge arbor with decorative detail, the short pendulum with rounded bob, striking on the bell above, the hammer stop with filed and chamfered edges. 41cms (16ins) high.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
An 18th century ormolu-mounted Vernis Martin Wall Clock with Original BracketThe waisted case decorated with flowers surmounted by an elaborate Rococo mount with flowing scrollwork and flower stems, with glazed pendulum aperture, on raised scroll feet, the 8.75 inch circular Arabic and Roman white enamel dial with gilt fancy hands, the signed rectangular twin train movement signed for Pierre Le Roy Hger. du Roy, with outside countwheel striking the hours and half hours on a bell mounted on top of the case. Ticking with the ability to strike, the strike hammer present but currently detached. Sold with silk suspension pendulum, and winding key. 72cms (28ins) high with bracket 104cms high (6)For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
An early 18th century ebonised double basket top bracket clock with pull repeatJohn Constantin, Londini fecitThe repousse double basket top with eight portraits within pierced ribs, with elaborate foliate cast handle and four large bulbous finials over elaborately fretted side sound frets on a moulded base and brass button feet, the 6.75 inch signed brass rectangular dial signed along the upper edge in two lines framed by foliate scrolls over winged cherubs head spandrels framing the silvered Roman and Arabic chapter ring with cross half-quarter marks, the matted centre with decorated mock pendulum and date apertures, ringed winding squares and blued steel hands, a strike/non-strike lever at IX, the twin chain fusee movement united by seven knopped pillars, the going train with knife edge verge escapement and elaborate back cock, the hours struck on a bell, the quarters on a nest of four bells and hammers, the backplate with symmetrical foliate scrolls enclosing the oval signature cartouche with wheatear border. Ticking and striking. Together with a case key and large associated brass winding key. 48cms (18 1/2ins) high (3)Footnotes:John Constantine promised to join the Clock Makers Company in 1688, but did not. His will was proved in March 1721/22.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 mid 18th century brass-mounted gilt and green japanned quarter chiming Astronomical clock made for the Spanish market, with Time Museum provenanceJohn Ellicott, LondonThe case with inverted caddy top surmounted by an astronomical revolving moon decorated to show its phases, over four flaming finals and tiered sound frets, with caryatid corner mounts and brass side carrying handles on a plinth base with scroll feet, the 9 inch signed arch brass dial with silvered Roman chapter ring, with silvered rings depicting lunar date and annual calendar (in Spanish) showing the signs of the zodiac, sunrise and sunset and the declination of the sun above the equator, the 8 day triple fusee movement with verge escapement, chiming the quarters and half hours on a nest of eight bells and the hours on a further bell, with pull repeat, the highly engraved floral and foliate backplate with a flourishing signature cartouche. Together with a case key and winder. 82cms (32ins) high (3)Footnotes:Provenance:The Time Museum, Rockford, Illinois, inv. 'no.A586,'. Sold Sotheby's, New York, 2 December 1999, Masterpieces from the Time Museum, lot 79 ($51,750 including premium).John Ellicott was born in 1706, the son of a clockmaker of the same name. He was one of the outstanding clockmakers of the 18th century, producing a large number of high quality clocks for the home market and export, his work particularly valued by the Spanish Royal family. He developed his own temperature compensated pendulum and was instrumental in the perfection of the cylinder escapement. He was clockmaker to King George III, a position which paid £150 per annum. He was elected a fellow of the Royal Society on the 26th October 1738 and published articles on clocks and an equation of time table in the Philosophical Transactions for the Society.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A first half of the 17th century German gilt brass table clockPossibly Nicholas Schmidt. Surmounted by an obelisk raised on an open gallery housing the bell, with engraved finials and fretwork balustrade, above three quarter columns of the Corinthian order, raised on a spreading plinth base on crouched lion feet, each of the four sides decorated with engraved fruit, flowers and an urn, the front with silvered Roman chapter ring and Arabic alarm disc within a polychrome enamel decorated band, with gilt brass hands, the rear panel with matching dial the countwheel and quarters, the rebuilt movement with twin engraved spring barrels and blued steelwork, the going train with unsprung steel balance and verge escapement, the strike barrel with tandem drive to the countwheel strike and alarm on the bells above. 37cms (14 1/2ins) high (1)Footnotes:The stamp looks to be that of Nikolaus Schmidt the Younger. An example of this stamp can be found in Klaus Maurice, Die deutsche Raderuhr, Band II, Figure 395b.Nikolaus Schmidt the younger (1582-1637) became a master clockmaker in 1620.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 first half of the 18th century red Chinoiserie decorated table clockHarrison, LondonInverted bell top with turned handle over arched glazed side panels on a plinth base, decorated all over with chinoiserie figures in naturalistic landscapes with rockwork and buildings, framed by a lattice-work background and lightened by birds and wrigglework, the 6.75 inch arched brass dial with silvered boss engraved 'About yr. Business' and 'PEREUNT ET IMPUTANTUR' (the hours pass away and are reckoned against us), the signed silvered Roman and Arabic chapter ring with lozenge half-quarter marks, matted centre with mock pendulum and date apertures, and ringed winding squares, the twin gut fusee movement with knife-edge verge escapement rack striking on a bell, and with pull quarter repeat on six bells and hammers, the backplate centred by a basket of fruit flanked by birds and symmetrical foliate swags. 47cms (18.5ins) highThis 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 good late 18th century French ormolu mantel clockLepaute, H.ger du RoiThe case surmounted by a woven basket of fruit and foliage over a pair of lions each carrying a swagged handle in its mouth on acanthus scrolls on an inverted break-front plinth, the 5 1/2 inch signed white enamel Roman and Arabic dial with gilt pierced and engraved hands, the large circular movement with pinned pillars and flattened base, anchor escapement with silk suspension and outside countwheel striking the hours and half hours on a bell. Together with a pendulum and a winding key stamped 14. 38cms (14 1/2ins) high (3)For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A good late 18th century French ormolu and marble portico mantel clock with date and day of the week indicationGermain Dubois, ParisThe case surmounted by a smoking urn finial over the circular main body decorated with foliate laurels on a socle mid-section, flanked by four urn shaped finials united with swagged chainwork over an elaborate portico with four baluster columns enclosing a burning flame flanked by two bare-breasted mermaids on a canted plinth base on toupie feet, the signed 5.75 inch white enamel Roman and Arabic dial with gilt fancy fleur de lys hands with inner calendar dial and days of the week indicator (in French) with blued-steel arrow hands, the large circular movement with silk suspension and outside countwheel striking the hours and half hours on a bell, with silk suspended sunburst pendulum. Ticking and striking, together with an associated winding key and two further keys. 63cms (24 1/2) ins. high (6)Footnotes:Germaine Dubois, active in Paris between 1757-1789.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A 19th century European weight driven wall clock with front mounted pendulum in an ebonised wooden caseAnonymousThe case with shallow arched cresting surmounted by a bell and hammer, over an arched glazed door and hinged glazed side doors, the 6 inch arched brass dial with five applied circular roundels, Roman and Arabic chapter ring framing the cross-hatched centre and gilt brass hands, the brass-posted movement with iron backplate complete with hook and spikes, verge escapement, front-mounted pendulum and outside countwheel strike on the bell. Together with three lead and one brass weight. 30cms (11 1/2ins) high (5)Footnotes:This weight driven wall clock can be used either in the wooden case, or independently hung via the hook and spikes set into the iron backplate.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 good first half of the 18th century ebonised table clock with date and rise-and-fall regulationJohn Gerrard, LondonThe inverted bell topped case with handle over shaped glazed side panels on a moulded base and block feet, the 7.75 inch arched brass dial signed on a plaque over twin subsidiaries in the arch for rise-and-fall regulation and strike/silent, over the Roman and Arabic chapter ring with lozenge half-quarter marks, matted centre, mock pendulum aperture and chamfered date aperture with blued steel hands, the twin fusee movement now with wire lines and anchor escapement, with rack strike on a bell, signed in an open cartouche decorated with a pair of lions heads below a central mask, flanked by symmetrical foliate scrolls within a wide wheatear border. Running and striking. Sold with a winding key. 51.5cms (20ins) high (3)Footnotes:A John Gerrard was active in London from 1714 to c. 1735.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A large and impressive 19th century French gilt brass cartel clockRaingo Freres, movement number 2060The tapering case surmounted by a cockerel over a young Chronos and a mask of Bacchus to the lower section, the eight inch chased dial with applied enamel cartouche numerals with quatrefoil hands, the signed circular movement with Brocot type suspension and outside countwheel strike on a bell. Running and striking. 132cms (4ft. 4ins.) high.Footnotes:Overhauled July 2010 at a cost of £493.50.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A rare late 18th/early 19th century French ormolu-mounted mahogany four glass centre seconds table regulator with perpetual calendarUnsignedThe tall rectangular glazed case with overhanging cornice over a dentil moulding, both side and front glazed panels framed by a running lotus leaf border, the rear panel removable via a catch; the 5.5 inch white enamel dial with outer minute ring with Arabic quarters and gilt five minute-markers, enclosing the concentric date ring, the centre with shaped aperture for the age and phase of the moon, the moon hand painted 'en grisaille' with various craters against a gilt star-studded night sky, the lower half (restored) with a lakeside scene, signed below XII 'Quantieme Perpetuel', the spring driven circular movement with deadbeat pin-wheel 'scape wheel mounted on the backplate, the brass crutch with fine-screw beat adjustment to a heavy nine-bar gridiron pendulum (five steel and four brass) mounted from a horizontal brass bar spanning the top inside of the case, terminating in a lenticular bob with blued steel temperature pointer, the strike operated via a large outside countwheel with finely cut crossings, activating the brass-headed hammer on the bell. 50cms (1ft 8ins) 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 fine mid 19th century French engraved brass gorge cased bell-striking carriage clock with alarmThe case numbered 2690The rippled handle over a full-width bevelled glass inspection panel and four side panels, the frame engraved with foliage against a stippled ground within running borders, the white enamel Roman dial with Bregeut style hands over an Arabic alarm dial within an engine turned mask, the movement with silvered lever platform escapement with cut and compensated bimetallic balance, striking and repeating on a single bell. Running, striking and repeating. Alarm functions. 18cms (7ins) high. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A late 18th century EBONIZED STRIKING TABLE CLOCK WITH PULL QUARTER REPEATSigned William Hughes, Holborn, LondonThe case surmounted by a caddy top with brass carrying handle flanked by bud finials, glazed side panels with gilt fillets, on a moulded base. The brass dial with gilt scroll spandrels, silvered strike/silent dial in the arch, silvered Roman chapter ring enclosing date, mock pendulum and silvered signature plaque in the matted centre, with scroll hands. The movement with rectangular plates, engraved with foliate scrolls enclosing signature cartouche, five knopped pillars, twin fusees with wire lines, verge escapement with knife edge suspended bob pendulum, striking the hour on a bell mounted above the case with pull quarter repeat on six bells. Size: 17 ½ in (44cm) high including handle.Footnotes:William Hughes worked at 119 High Holborn from 1755-1792. In 1763 he took Thomas Earnshaw as an apprentice, who eventually took over his premises when Hughes died.Illustrated in Dzik, Sunny. Engraving on English Table Clocks, 1660-1800 fig. H21-2This 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 late 17th century ebony basket topped table clock with pull quarter repeatJohn Bushman, LondonSurmounted by an elaborate figural handle over a pierced basket top centred by a medallion of George and the Dragon flanked by supporters, the sides with similar portrait medallions, over a moulded cornice and repousse framed side windows, to a moulded base and claw feet, the 7 inch square brass dial with winged cherub spandrels framing the silvered Roman and Arabic chapter ring, with strike/silent lever above XII, the finely matted centre with chamfered mock pendulum and date apertures, ringed winding squares and fettled blued steel hands, the twin chain fusee movement united by five distinctive delicate baluster pillars, the going train with knife edge verge escapement on an elaborate engraved back cock, with rack strike on a bell and pull repeating the quarters on three small vertical bells and hammers, the backplate with outside set up ratchets and clicks, engraved with symmetrical foliate scrolls and central signature cartouche. Ticking, striking and repeating. Together with a large brass associated winding key and case key. 42cms (16 1/2ins) high (3)Footnotes:John Bushman or Bushmann was a German watch and clock maker born in 1661 in Hagen. He moved to London by 1690 and became a member of the London Clockmakers' Company two years later in 1692. He died in 1722.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 good late 17th century ebonised table timepiece with hour and quarter repeatHenry Jones in the TempleThe case with shallow caddy top set with twin repousse panels, surmounted by a substantial knopped and foliate handle on S-scroll uprights and internal pommels, framed by four bud finials and moulded cornice over glazed side panels and silk-backed repousse sound frets, the front and rear doors further mounted, on a plinth base and brass button feet, the 6.25 inch square brass dial with winged cherubs head spandrels framing the silvered Roman and Arabic chapter ring, the five-minute numerals interspersed by meeting arrow-head markers, the finely matted centre with chamfered and decorated date aperture at XII, ringed winding square, with blued-steel fettled hands, the single gut fusee movement united by six slender knopped and finned latched pillars, the barrel with raised lips, knife-edge verge escapement set in a cock with sliding cover, with brass rod and bob pendulum, repeating the hours and quarters on command via a pull cord to the left via a pair of hammers (the hours struck on a horizontal bell mounted on the frontplate, the quarters on a smaller vertical bell mounted on the backplate), signed in a foliate cartouche in the centre of the backplate within a foliate pattern containing four pairs of symmetrical flowerheads. Together with a pierced and engraved brass 'Knibb style' winding key, and a case key. 36cms (14inches) high (3)Footnotes:A very similar engraved backplate can be found in Dzik, S. Engraving on English Table Clocks: Art on a Canvas of Brass 1660-1800, p.401, Figure 6, right hand image. Image courtesy of Anthony Woodburn.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A modern comtoise or morbier style wall clock with weight driven movement striking on a bell, the dial inscribed 'FR's Dupuits a St George', diameter 27.5cm, with pendulum and two weights.Buyer’s Premium 29.4% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price. Lots purchased online via the-saleroom.com will attract an additional premium of 6% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price.
A late 19th century French ormolu mantel clock with eight day movement striking on a bell, the backplate stamped 'Mottu Freres a Paris', the similarly signed enamelled circular dial with Roman hour numerals, the case surmounted with a Highland clansman above a pair of inset Sèvres style porcelain panels to the front, cast flower swags and pierced scrolls, height 46.5cm, with pendulum (dial cracked).Buyer’s Premium 29.4% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price. Lots purchased online via the-saleroom.com will attract an additional premium of 6% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price.
A late 19th century American Welch, Spring & Co perpetual calendar clock with eight day movement striking on a bell, the 12-inch circular painted dial with black Roman hour numerals and inner days of the week within a moulded circular surround, the smaller lower dial with outer date ring and inner months, height 84.5cm, with pendulum.Buyer’s Premium 29.4% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price. Lots purchased online via the-saleroom.com will attract an additional premium of 6% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price.
A Victorian mahogany bracket clock with eight day triple fusee movement chiming quarters on eight bells and striking hours on a larger single bell, the silvered dial with subsidiary pendulum regulation dial to arch above strike/silent indicator, black Roman hour numerals and engraved foliate scrolls, inscribed 'Robert Rowlands London', the arched case with applied carved fruit moulding surmount above scrolls and flower festoon to front, on a plinth base, height 66cm, with pendulum.Buyer’s Premium 29.4% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price. Lots purchased online via the-saleroom.com will attract an additional premium of 6% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price.
A George III Scottish oak longcase clock with eight day movement striking on a bell, the painted breakarch dial with subsidiary seconds and date dials, inscribed 'David Craig Ford Perthhead', the hood with swan neck pediment and brass ball finial above a glazed door, the arched trunk door flanked by a pair of fluted corner columns, on a plain base, height 215cm, with pendulum, two weights and winder (faults). Note: David Craig is a recorded Scottish clockmaker working in Ford Pathhead near Dalkeith between 1798 and 1804.Buyer’s Premium 29.4% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price. Lots purchased online via the-saleroom.com will attract an additional premium of 6% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price.
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