A French ebonised cased carriage clock, probably by Jules for Henry Marc, Paris, circa 1845 The eight-day two train bell striking movement with Jules-type gilt divided lift sub-frame platform lever escapement with helical sprung split bimetallic balance incorporating wedge-shaped timing weights, the backplate with vertically planted bell over visible winding clicks, stamped oval trademark H’Y MARC, PARIS and serial number 19525, the lower left hand corner with additional number 621, the rectangular white enamel Roman numeral dial incorporating repeat signature H’Y MARC, A PARIS to lower margin, with blued steel moon hands and scroll motif engraved gilt brass surround, The rectangular bevel-glazed case with scroll outline double baluster turned hinged brass carrying handle over inset rectangular top glass and side panels, the rear with plain door, on cavetto moulded skirt base, 16cm (6.25ins) high excluding handle. Henry Marc is noted in Allix, Charles and Bonnert, Peter CARRIAGE CLOCKS Their history and development as probably a retailer of various mantel and other small clocks and refers to a relatively early carriage clock (number 26886) supplied to Marc by Japy Freres. A group of clocks incorporating very similar escapements to that used in the current lot are also discussed and illustrated by Allix on pages 72 to 74. Amongst these is a clock by Jules (illustrated on page 73, II/47-48) whose movement can be compared to that of the present clock. Allix/Bonnert do not list working dates for Jules however a working date of around 1840 is assumed.
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ϒ A French marquetry inlaid rosewood mantel clock, Henry Marc, Paris, mid 19th century The eight-day countwheel bell striking movement with anchor escapement regulated by disc-bob pendulum with silk suspension and stamped with oval H’Y MARC, PARIS trademark over serial number 17799 to backplate, the circular white enamel Roman numeral dial with decorative blued steel hands and repeat signature to centre set within hinged bead cast bevel glazed bezel, the rectangular case with hinged scroll cast brass handle to the rectangular panel glazed double-line bordered foliate spray inlaid top above conforming infill incorporating central urn motif to fascia, the sides further inlaid with oval foliate scroll oval motifs within line borders, the rear with lift-out panel, on moulded skirt base with further marquetry spray decoration to front, 22cm (8.75ins approx.) high excluding handle. ϒ Indicates that this lot may be subject to CITES regulations when exported. Please see our Terms & Conditions for more information.
A Regency brass mounted figured mahogany bracket clock, the dial signed for Cooper, London, early 19th century The five pillar twin chain fusee bell striking movement with half deadbeat escapement regulated by heavy lenticular bob pendulum incorporating calibrated regulation stirrup assembly, the shouldered backplate with geometric border engraved decoration and pendulum holdfast to lower margin, the 8 inch cream painted Roman numeral convex dial inscribed COOPER, LONDON to centre, with blued steel moon hands and Silent/Strike selection lever at twelve o’clock, the break-arch case with hinged brass carrying handle applied to a single brass fillet-bordered raised panel to top, over moulded cornice and full-width front door applied with convex glazed cast brass bezel over brass fishscale quadrant frets to lower margin, the sides with conforming rectangular frets and the rear with arch glazed door set within the frame of the case, on cavetto moulded skirt base with brass ogee bracket feet, 39cm (15.5ins) high.
An English lacquered brass carriage clock with push-button repeat, Retailed by Charles Frodsham, London, late 20th century The six pillar twin fusee rack and bell striking movement with platform lever escapement regulated by split bimetallic balance, the backplate inscribed ELEVEN (11) JEWELS over Charles Frodsham, London, MADE IN ENGLAND, the circular white enamel Roman numeral dial with repeat signature Charles Frodsham, London to centre and blued steel moon hands set within a rectangular foliate scroll engraved gilt mask, the case with hinged reeded baton handle over moulded cornice and reeded column uprights, on moulded skirt base with slender block feet, the underside stamped No. 00059, 17cm (6.75ins) high.
A fine lacquered brass ‘Concorde’ skeleton timepiece with Harrison’s grasshopper escapement, Fred Whitlock for Dent, London, 1970’s The substantial five pillar A-shaped pierced plates enclosing wheel train driven by Harrison type twenty-second spring rementoire powered by a weight with Huygen’s type endless chain drive automatically wound by an electric motor every seven minutes, with large diameter six-spoke escape wheel and grasshopper regulated by large compound ‘dumb bell’ balance oscillating within and above the frame, the front applied with pierced brass and large black cushion-shaped hour buttons to the abstract chapter ring and black steel hands, the rear with brass plate inscribed E. DENT & CO. LTD. LONDON ENGLAND, NO JEWELS, No. 034, F. Whitlock, 66cm (26ins) high; on mahogany plinth base with rectangular glass cover 75cm (29.5ins) high overall. Provenance: Purchased in these rooms on 9th December 2009 (lot 57); acquired directly from the family of the maker by the former vendor. The current timepiece was conceived and constructed by Fred Whitlock for retail by Dent and is based on a design by Martin Burgess. Approximately 25 examples were constructed during the 1970’s with a further batch of around 10 produced from unused parts discovered in around 2000.The grasshopper escapement was developed by John Harrison in the early 1720's, first used in his precision longcases and turret clocks it was later employed in his marine timekeepers H1-3. The spring rementoire (a device enabling power to be isolated and delivered to the escapewheel alone thus alleviating error caused by varying friction in the wheel train) was developed by Harrison in the 1730's whilst refining the design of H2. In essence this clock serves to demonstrate the escapement action and rementoire design employed in Harrison's marine timekeeper H2.
A WillIam III eight-day longcase clock movement, Jacob Wallis, London, circa 1695-1700 The five finned pillar inside countwheel bell striking movement with anchor escapement for regulation by a seconds pendulum, the 11 inch square brass dial with subsidiary seconds dial, ringed winding holes and scroll border decorated calendar aperture to the matted centre within applied silvered Roman numeral chapter ring with stylised sword hilt half hour markers, Arabic five minutes to outer track and signed Jacob Wallis, London to lower margin, with scroll pierced steel hour hand and twin winged cherub and foliate scroll cast spandrels to angles with foliate scroll engraved infill to margins between, (no pendulum, weights or minute hand). Jacob Wallis is recorded in Loomes, Brian Clockmakers of Britain 1286-1700 as born in 1649. He was a member of the saddlers’ Company and gained his freedom of the Clockmakers’ Company by patrimony in 1697. At this time he worked from Dean Street off Fetter Lane remaining there until at least 1716; he died in 1726.
An important George II/III mahogany domestic regulator, Henry Hindley, York, mid 18th century The substantial eight-day movement with plates measuring 8 by 6.75 inches united by four typical Hindley pattern double baluster pillars, the trains with six-spoke wheel crossings and high pinion count throughout, the going train with deadbeat escapement set low between the plates regulated by seconds pendulum with heavy lenticular bob and long crutch, with bolt-and-shutter maintaining power activated by a line connected to a crossed-out pulley segment positioned behind the dial engaging with a system of sprung levers to apply torque to the centre wheel, the gravity-fed rack striking train sounding the hours on a large bell mounted above the plates via hammer cocked on the backplate against large reverse ‘L’ shaped combined spring and stop, with typical Hindley system of trip-hour repeat incorporating substantial sprung steel lever engaging with the strike lifting detent via wheel on the backplate applied with a pair of pins configured to allow lever to operate in either direction, the calendar work advanced via a pump and system of sprung levers connected to a crank on the calendar wheel set behind the dial, the movement fitted with slide-in dust shutters to sides and top dressing up to the rear of the dial plate,the 12 inch brass break-arch dial with subsidiary seconds dial to the finely matted centre within fine narrow silvered Roman numeral chapter ring with Arabic five minutes to outer track and signed Hen’y Hindley, York to lower margin, with pierced steel hands and rococo scroll cast spandrels to angles beneath arch centred with calendar dial flanked by conforming mounts, the case with giltwood ball finial to the generous ogee-shaped caddy surmount over box frieze applied with crisply moulded swan neck pediment and architectural break-arch mouldings over the hinged glazed dial aperture flanked by substantial Doric columns, the sides with blind break-arch panel doors and conforming full columns to the rear, the trunk with ogee throat moulding over shaped-top caddy moulded door flanked by fluted quarter columns to front angle, on plinth base with cavetto top moulding and bracket feet, 251cm (95ins) high excluding finial; 251.5cm (99ins) high overall. Henry Hindley was born in Great Harwood, near Blackburn, Lancashire 1699, little is known about his early life, however by the mid 1720’s he was making clocks in Wigan where he repaired the church clock in 1726. Hindley moved with his young family (including his son, Joseph born 1728) to the prosperous city of York where, after making clocks for the Mansion House and Guildhall, he gained his Freedom of the city in 1732. Hindley s talents were such that he equipped his workshop with tools of his own design including an important dividing and wheel cutting engine, a screw cutting lathe and a fusee engine. As well as domestic clocks Hindley received commissions for several turret clocks including York Minster and supplied a range of scientific instruments including two important equatorial telescopes for the Duke of Norfolk and William Constable. By the 1760 s Hindley s health had deteriorated to the extent that an ever increasing proportion of the business was handled by his son Joseph. Henry died in 1771 with his son and successor Joseph unfortunately dying just three years later in 1774, before he had had the opportunity to stamp his own mark on the family firm. Hindley s work demonstrates a highly inventive exacting approach with each clock perhaps varying in some way to its predecessor ensuring constant refinement in design and layout. The quality of the finish of his work is generally exceptional being comparable to the very best London makers of the period which is why many collector’s refer to Hindley as the ‘Tompion of the North’. The movement of the current lot is no exception being a particularly fine example of Hindley’s work exhibiting inventive details such as the cranked pumping mechanism for the calendar dial, gravity fed rack striking, concealed clicks to the barrels and combined hammer spring and stop. The bolt-and-shutter maintaining power is beautifully executed and the movement exhibits the rare feature of having brass dust shutters fitted. The winding key present with the clock is suitably finely made and is most probably original.The case is also of the finest quality and as equally distinctive as the movement with the hood in particular featuring fine crisp mouldings and generous architecturally correct Doric columns. Unusually the hood is fixed integral to the trunk hence the movement and dial have to be inserted into the case via the dial aperture, the doors to the sides then allow the pendulum to be hung and the lines for the trip repeat and maintaining power connected. The reason for this arrangement is not obvious but it seems that Hindley sought to make the movement difficult to access/examine on purpose. From this it is perhaps appropriate to speculate that the current lot could have been supplied for a semi-public environment requiring the design to incorporate ‘anti-tampering’ features which would have served to reduce the chances of others copying some Hindley’s innovative features as well as preventing inexperienced individuals making unwelcome adjustments. Indeed if this is the case then it is possible that Hindley himself was initially contracted to tend to the clock. The inside of the trunk door is applied with a paper label inscribed in ink Sep’r 68 and Nov 30th 87 G.W. these probably note/record subsequent servicing of the clock. Indeed the visible positioning of this information also supports the possibility that the current lot was originally supplied for a semi-public environment where such information would need to be visible to ensure that the clock is correctly maintained.
A fine George III brass mounted mahogany quarter-striking table clock, John Taylor, London, circa 1780 The six pillar triple fusee movement with verge escapement regulated by short bob pendulum and striking the hour on a bell and the quarters on a second smaller bell, the rococo scroll engraved backplate centred with a globe set on a pedestal over a leafy rosette and with continuous foliate trail border, the 8 inch brass break-arch dial plate applied with circular silvered Roman numeral centre signed John Taylor, London within concentric calendar to inner ring and Arabic five minutes to outer, with pierced blued steel hands, brass calendar pointer and rococo scroll cast spandrels to angles beneath subsidiary STRIKE/SILENT selection dial flanked by conforming mounts to arch, the brass mounted bell top case capped with urn finial to the brass scroll fretwork decorated upstand over bead cast brass band applied superstructure flanked by four further gilt finials, the front door with inset gilt brass moulding to the glazed dial aperture, foliate and scroll cast upper quadrant frets flanked by canted angles adorned with fine female caryatid and tied rose drapery cast mounts, the sides with hinged handles over break-arch sunburst cherub mask and rococo scroll cast sound frets, the rear with rectangular glazed door set within the frame of the case, the cavetto moulded shallow skirt base applied with foliate trail mount to front, on generous leafy scroll cast feet, 61cm (24ins) high overall. Several makers with the name John Taylor are recorded working in London during the late 18th and early 19th centuries, however the most likely maker of the current lot is recorded in Baillie, G.H. Watchmakers & Clockmakers of the World as being admitted to the Clockmaker’s Company in 1796 and may be the same maker who is subsequently listed as working from Clerkenwell 1805-24.
A 19TH C COPPER PAN WITH IRON SWING HANDLE, 91CM L, A VICTORIAN COPPER WARMING PAN WITH TURNED FRUITWOOD HANDLE, A BRASS JAM PAN, AN INDIAN BRASS JARDINIERE, 27CM H, A CONTINENTAL GILTMETAL AND PORCELAIN FIVE BRANCH CHANDELIER AND A PAIR OF SIMILAR WALL LIGHTS, TWO PERSIAN, QAJAR, BRASS SCRIBE'S BOXES, 22 AND 25CM L AND A SHEET BRASS BELL
A Minton parian figure of William Shakespeare by John Bell, mid-19th century, 45.5cm high (small restored chip to the base) See Paul Atterbury, The Parian Phenomenon, fig. 133, p. 86 and fig. 37, p. 25. A full scale plaster statue, after the bust over the Poet's tomb at Stratford-upon-Avon, was shown by Bell at the Great Exhibition in 1851. Summerley's Art Manufactures exhibited the parian version by Minton at the same time, surmounting a bronze clock flanked by figures of Tragedy and Comedy.
FOUR DINKY CIRCA 1970's BOXED DIE CAST TOY VEHICLES in little used condition viz Purdey's TR7 yellow, model No. 112, Police Crash Squad - with Bell helicopter, Plymouth police car, two signs and traffic cones, Model. No. 299, ERF Fire Tender model No. 266, window boxes fair and Trident Starfighter - with firing missile, window box crumpled (4)
Oak longcase clock, moulded cornice, plain frieze, the hood with three quarter turned columns, long door, plinth base, 11" square brass dial, with cast seraphim spandrels, chapter ring with Roman numerals, subsidiary date dial, signed Thomas Gilkes, Shipston, 30-hour movement, striking on a bell, height 202cm.
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