Golay Fils & Stahl, Geneve a small striking carriage clock: the eight-day duration movement having a platform lever escapement and striking the hours and half-hours on a bell, with a push button to repeat the last hour at will, the backplate is stamped with the serial number 2472, the white enamel dial has black Roman hour numerals, decorative blued steel hands and signed for the maker Golay Fils et Stahl, Geneve, the small corniche case having a typical three bail handle, complete with the original winding key having the maker's details stamped on it, height 15.5cms handle up: 12.5cms handle down. * Biography Golay Fils & Stahl of Geneve were successors to l'ancienne maison Golay-Leresche & Fils founded in 1837, makers of clocks and watches with grande complications. Their address was Quai des Bergues 31 with the maison Paris at Rue de la Paix 2. They won various medals for their work including Paris in 1855 & 1878 and London in 1851 & 1862 culminating in a gold medal at Zurich in 1896. Following the death of Walter Stahl in 1914, the company established a grant of Fr. 2500 to allow an apprentice to continue the tradition of the Geneve horologer. * Notes Reference Patrizzi, Osvaldo Dictionnaire des Horlogers Genevois Pub: Antiquorum Editions
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A Black Forest carved lindenwood mantel clock: having a French eight-day duration movement striking the hours and half-hours on a bell with an outside countwheel, the backplate stamped with the makers details Levenbergen, Interlaken, the dial with blue Roman hour numerals to the applied enamel plaques and with decorative brass hands, the carved lindenwood case depicting a bird of prey stood on a rocky outcrop with a tree stump behind, height 61cms.
A Black Forest carved walnut mantel clock: having a French eight-day duration movement striking the hours and half-hours on a bell with an outside countwheel, the backplate stamped with the makers details and serial number Vincenti et Cie, Paris 2551, the dial with applied bone Roman numerals and brass spade hands, the carved case depicting a dove stood on a tree stump with another sat to the front, height 58cms.
A miniature ebonised bracket clock: the French eight-day duration timepiece movement having a platform lever escapement, the three-inch square brass dial having a raised silvered chapter ring engraved with black Roman numerals and Arabic outer five-minute markings, with a matted centre and cast-brass c-scroll corner spandrels, the small ebonised bell-top case having cast-brass finials to the four top corners, brass frets to the sides, a brass carrying handle to the top and standing on bracket feet, height 18cms, 20.5cms inc. handle.
William Edwards, London, an ebonised Georgian bracket clock: the eight-day duration, five-pillar movement having a verge escapement and striking the hours on a bell, the backplate having rococo engraved decoration and signed by the maker Will. Edwards, London, the seven-inch brass break-arch dial having a raised silvered chapter ring engraved with black Roman numerals and five-minute outer numerals, the matted centre having a date aperture and inset silvered plaque engraved with a repeat of the maker's name William Edwards, London, with cast-brass c-scroll spandrels to the four corners and blued steel hands, the arch having a 'strike/silent' dial with further cast-brass spandrels, the bell-top ebonised case having four cast-brass finials to the top corners, rococo fret-work inset above the dial, glazed side panels, surmounted by a brass carrying handle and all standing on brass bracket feet, height 50cms inc. handle.
J. Hall & Co, Manchester a mahogany wall clock: the weight-driven eight-day duration movement striking the hours on a bell and stamped to the backplate with the serial number 213, the thirteen-inch round painted dial having black Roman numerals and signed J. Hall & Co, 56 King Street, Manchester, with a subsidiary seconds dial and blued steel spade hands, the mahogany case having a round hood with panels to the lower corners, a shaped top to the trunk door, canted corners and a curved drop into the wall, height 162cms. * Biography In August 1831 John Hall joined William Hatfield of Sheffield in a partnership based at 56 King Street, Manchester, whilst also recorded at 48 Swan Street in 1841 and Montague Terrace, Bury New Road in 1843. The partnership lasted until 1845 although the business continued at King Street until at least 1918. They were not only makers of clocks but also importers of fine French clocks & bronzes. They showed a 'Jubilee Watch' at the 1887 Royal Exhibition held at Old Trafford, Manchester, which reputedly took six years to make costing £500. A watch signed John Hall & Co, Manchester and hallmarked for 1918 received a Class A Certificate from Kew Observatory where it was awarded 81.5 marks and described as Especially Good. Reference: Edmund Davies Greater Manchester Clocks & Clockmakers Pub. Mayfield Books 2007
F.W. Tornberg, Stockholm, a giltwood wall clock: with an eight-day duration movement striking on a bell and stamped with the serial number 322230, the round convex painted dial having black Arabic hour numerals and decorative brass hands and signed F.W. Tornberg, Stockholm, the carved giltwood case with four fluted columns to the front portico and having a mirror set behind with a decorative curved base below and a pediment top of fan and floral design, with applied tassels to the centre decoration, height 76cms. * Biography A W. Tornberg is recorded as working in Stockholm in circa 1910. Reference Loomes, Brian Watchmakers and Clockmakers of the World Pub. NAG Press 1988
John Rayment, Huntingdon, an oak longcase clock: the eight-day duration movement striking the hours on a bell, with the twelve-inch brass break-arch dial having a raised, silvered chapter ring engraved with black Roman hour numerals and outer Arabic five-minute numerals, the matted dial centre having a date aperture and subsidiary date aperture, with cast-brass urn spandrels to the four corners, the arch with a round silvered boss engraved with the makers name Jno. Rayment, Huntingdon and with cast-brass dolphin spandrels to either side, the oak case having a break-arch hood with three-quarter turned pillars, with boxwood stringing to the break-arch trunk door and having a plain base, height 203 cms.* Biography John Rayment, born 1715, the son of clockmaker Richard Rayment is recorded as working from at least 1751 in Huntingdon and died in 1795. He was succeeded by his son, also John, born circa 1745 who is known working in Stamford, Lincolnshire also as an auctioneer, silversmith and dentist before becoming master of the Ladies' Boarding School at Huntingdon.
Thomas Ogden, Halifax, an eight-day longcase clock with 'Halifax' moonphase aperture: the eight-day duration movement striking the hours on a bell and having arched tops to the plates along with finned pillars both typical of this maker, the twelve-inch brass break-arch dial having a raised, silvered chapter ring engraved with black Roman hour numerals, outer Arabic five-minute numerals, decorative half-hour markings and diamond quarter-hour markings, engraved at VI o'clock with the makers name Thos. Ogden, Halifax, the matted dial centre having ringed winding holes, a date aperture with engraved surround and a round moonphase aperture with date as typical from the Halifax region, with cast-brass female-head spandrels to the four corners, the arch with a round silvered boss engraved with the inscription Moveo dum Moneo (I warn whilst I move) and with cast-brass dolphin spandrels to either side, contained in a modern walnut flat-top case with three-quarter turned pillars to the hood, a plain trunk and standing on a plain plinth to the base, height 226 cms.* Biography Thomas Ogden was a member of the well-known clockmaking family from Yorkshire founded by James Ogden born circa 1640. Thomas Ogden, born 1693 and the son of Samuel, lived near Ripponden before moving to Halifax in the 1740s where he died in 1769.
John Roberts, Dartmouth, a rare shuttlecock automata longcase clock: the eight-day duration movement striking the hours on a bell, with the thirteen-inch painted break-arch dial having black Roman hour numerals with the centre having a subsidiary seconds dial and signed for the maker John Roberts, Dartmouth and painted to each corner with a depiction of a flint house with tower, the arch having a painted scene of a couple playing badminton within a garden, the shuttlecock moving between each player's racquet with each beat of the clock, the mahogany case with canted corners to the trunk, a curved moulding to the trunk door, boxwood stringing to the base and trunk, the hood having an architectural pediment with a brass eagle-and-ball finial between and columns with cast-brass capitals, all standing on bracket feet, height 226cms. * Biography John Roberts is recorded as working as a watch & clockmaker in Dartmouth in 1793. Reference The Universal British Directory 1793.
A mid-19th century mahogany longcase clock: the eight-day duration movement striking the hours on a bell, the twelve-inch painted break-arch dial having black Roman hour numerals, a subsidiary seconds dial to the centre, unusual decorative painted corner spandrels and with a painted scene within the arch depicting a gentleman hunting with dogs, with blued steel hands, the mahogany case having crossbanding to the trunk and base, with boxwood stringing, the trunk with canted corners, with the hood having turned columns, a whale’s-tails pediment to the top and three brass ball-and-spire finials, height 207cms.
ARTHUR WINTER SHAW (1869-1948) WATER MEADOWS AT AMBERLEY, SUSSEX Signed with initials and dated 1903, watercolour and pencil 33 x 47cm.; with `On the Romney Marshes` by Arthur George Bell, 35.5 x 53cm.; and `Banstead Down, Surrey` by Thomas Colman Dibdin, 10 x 19.5cm. (3) ++ Shaw a little rubbed and foxed; Bell and Dibdin good
FRENCH GILT BRASS MANTEL CLOCK, late 19th century, the 3" enamelled dial inscribed Alfred B Pearce, 23 Ludgate Hill, on a brass eight day movement half hourly striking to a bell and stamped Pert Bally Brevete A Paris, the case with a classical maiden draping a garland over a bust above a Sevres style plaque, on a carved and gilded wooden stand, height excluding stand 28cm, width 28cm
REGENCY BRACKET CLOCK AND BRACKET, the 6 3/4" silvered dial inscribed Payne, 163 New Bond Street beneath a Strike Silent lever, on a brass, four pillar, twin fusee, eight day movement striking to a bell, the back plate inscribed as the dial, the ebonised case with caddy top, with pendulum, height 36cm; with a conforming and probably original bracket, height 17cm
FRENCH GILT BRASS MANTEL CLOCK, late 19th century, the 3" gilt dial inscribed JJ Peters/Paris on a Japy Freres eight day brass movement half hourly striking to a bell (lacking), the back plate and pendulum stamped 6459, the pagoda style case with turned finial and columns to each corner, the whole with floral and scrolling champleve enamelled decoration, with key and pendulum, on a shaped base and under a glass dome, height of clock 34cm
WEST COUNTRY OAK LONGCASE CLOCK, the 11" brass dial with date aperture and inscribed Samuel Pearce, Honiton on a brass, four pillar, eight day movement hourly striking to a bell, the crossbanded case with square glazed hood door flanked by columns, with weights, key and pendulum, height 208cm
MAHOGANY AND INLAID MUSICAL LONGCASE CLOCK, the brass dial with 11 1/2" silvered chapter ring with subsidiary seconds dial and chime silent dial to the arch on a brass, eight day three train movement chiming to a nest of eight bell and striking to a gong, the case with a broken swan neck pediment, arched, glazed door to the hood, arched and inlaid door to the trunk, with weights and pendulum, height 239cm
MAHOGANY LONGCASE CLOCK, the brass dial with 11" silvered chapter ring enclosing a subsidiary seconds dial and date arch and inscribed Benjn Abrahams Yeovil, on a brass, four pillar, eight day movement striking hourly to a bell, the hood with a rectangular, glazed door flanked by 3/4 octagonal columns on a base with a rectangular trunk door, with weights and pendulum, height 194cm
MAHOGANY LONGCASE CLOCK, the 12" enamelled dial inscribed Pitt, Tetbury, on a brass, eight day, four pillar movement striking to a bell, the hood with a circular aperture flanked by brass mounted columns and surmounted by fretwork, the trunk with quarter columns with foliate brass capitals, with keys, weight and pendulum, height 215cm
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