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Click here to subscribeA carved oak square cut occasional table on square cut supports with carved and decorative blind fret detail, 73cm high x 50cm square, together with an Indian hardwood cupboard with hinged lid over a pair of narrow glazed panelled doors over a drawer to base, 84cm high x 49cm wide x 43cm deep (2)
19th century engraving of Oliver Cromwell, signed in pencil to margin, pub. 1881 Colnaghi & Co., 24cm x 19cm in ebonised frame 18th century engraving after Samuel Cooper of Oliver Cromwell, 34cm x 22cm, in ebonised frame Late 19th/early 20th century Armorial study in graphite, 20cm x 16.5cm 19th century engraving - portrait of William Laud Bishop of Canterbury, dated 1830, 23cm x 15cm, framed. Appointed by King Charles I in 1633, arrested by Parliament in 1640 and executed near the end of the Civil War in 1645. Sydney Ernest Wilson, b.1869. Artist proof coloured lithograph, 1928. “Sir George Sinclair”, after Sir Henry Raeburn RA. Published by Vicars Brothers. Signed lower right and Artist Proof stamp lower left. Framed with label verso. 42x32cm Victor Gustave Lhuillier, French 1844-1889. Two etchings, one after John Seymour Lucas. Signed and inscribed in pencil to the margin. In Hogarth frames. 33.5x25cm and 35.5x27.5cm After Rembrandt, portrait of Oopjen Coppit, 1611-1689 and Martin Soolmans, 1613-1641. Engravings, 19th century. Signed in pencil lower right to margin, blind stamp lower left. In Hogarth frames. 56x36.5cm.
1813 - Description De L'Egypte Histoire Naturelle Volume 1 - Geoffory St Hilaire. An early 19th century second edition anatomical description of the mammals of Egypt. Including engraved plates of bats, birds, crocodiles, reptiles and fish. Elephant folio, half straight grain morocco, half paper board, gilt tooling to spine and borders. Heraldic book plate of Louis De Givenchy. Lacking title page, blind stamp to upper right hand corner, each plate complete with tissue guard. Containing 62 engraved anatomical plates; collated 7, 1, 14, 8, 5, 27 and appearing complete. Measures approx. 56cm x 72cm.
Early 20th century figured walnut triple wardrobe, banded cornice over three doors, each crossbanded with boxwood stringing and shaped figured oval panels over a blind-fretwork row with shell and scrolling decoration, on cabriole feetDimensions: Height: 193cm Length/Width: 155cm Depth/Diameter: 52cm
Andy Warhol "Tigre" silkscreen from the series "Endangered Species" with the blind stamp of Warhol's master printer Rupert Jasen Smith and with on the back the red stamp of Ronald Feldman || WARHOL ANDY (1930 - 1987) silkscreen uit de reeks "Endangered Species" : "Tijger" - 96 x 96 met blindstempel van de Warhol's meesterdrukker Rupert Jasen Smith met op verso de rode stempel van "Ronald Feldman"
Andy Warhol "Urang Utan" silkscreen from the series "Endangered Species" with the blind stamp of Warhol's master printer Rupert Jasen Smith and with on the back the red stamp of Ronald Feldman || WARHOL ANDY (1930 - 1987) silkscreen uit de reeks "Endangered Species" : "Oerangoetan" - 96 x 96 met merk van de Warhol's meesterdrukker Rupert Jasen Smith met op verso de rode stempel van "Ronald Feldman"
19th century Prattware table ware to include an oval footed dish decorated with a scene after Landseer 'Highland Music', retailed by James Muggleton L27.5cm, ‘The Truant’ plate after T. Webster, 'Blind Man's Buff' & 'Snap Dragon' tea plate, two side plates with malachite printed borders and others (17)
SNAFFLES ACKERMANN HUNT SCENE PRINTS, 2 + 2 respectively, "Snaffles" Charles Johnson Payne (1884 - 1967) titled "Merry England and The Huntsman", 44.5 x 41cms and 39 x 36cms, Snaffles Bit blind stamp with pencil signatures alongside, Rudolph Ackermann Aquataints, "The Wrong Sort and The Right Sort", 40.5 x 52cms, published 1835Provenance: private collection DenbighshireComments: the Snaffles have some browning and spotted browning mostly to the outer edges, the Ackermanns have some water marking to the borders and some under glass dusty content, all framed, two glazed
Astronomy.- Leadbetter (Charles) Astronomy of the Satellites of the Earth, Jupiter and Saturn, woodcut diagrams, tables, a little spotting, contemporary speckled calf, spine gilt with red morocco label, 8vo, J. Wilcox, 1729*** The Macclesfield Library copy, with 'South Library' bookplate and usual blind-stamps to initial pages.
[Matthieu (Pierre)] & others. Vnhappy prosperity. Expressed in the history of Ælius Seianus, and Philippa the Catanian, 4 parts in 1, second edition, engraved frontispiece, titles within woodcut typographic borders, woodcut head-pieces and decorative initials, frontispiece detaching, the odd short tear, water-stained, occasional spotting, lightly browned, lacking pastedowns, front free endpaper wormed and with piece missing at foot, contemporary sheep, worn, [STC 17667], 12mo, Printed by Thomas Harper, 1639. *** Rare at auction. 'Originally published in Paris, 1617 under title: Ælius Seianus, histoire romaine. Supposed to have been written to represent the rise and fall of Concino Concini, Maréchal d'Ancre, assassinated 1617, and of his wife Leonora Dori Galigaï. The first English translation [of part one only] published under the initials P.M., with title: The powerfull favorite..., 1628, is said to have been intended as a satire on George Villiers, first duke of Buckingham' (WorldCat). Provenance: Samuell Taylor, 1685 (ink inscription to rear free endpaper); Edward McWhorter (20th century blind-stamp to front free endpaper).
Graduale Romanum, half-title, woodcut printer's device to title, printed in red and black throughout, woodcut initials, ink library stamp to front endpaper, first few leaves working loose, upper hinge broken but stitching holding, contemporary calf, ornately stamped in blind, spine head torn, some wear, remains of brass clasps, folio, Antwerp, Hieronymus & Joan. Bapt. Verdussen, 1662.
[Livius (Titus)] [Roemische Historien...], title in red and black, woodcut illustrations and decorative initials throughout, title defective, with upper third and portion at bottom lost (paper repairs), lacking C3 & C4, ?lacking final blank, worming, some holes affecting text with loss of letters, browning and staining, upper hinge and gutter very weak with portions coming loose, contemporary German blind-stamped pigskin over wooden boards, toned and stained, torn in places, [not in Adams; VD16 L 2114], folio, Strasbourg, Josias Rihel & Samuel Emmel, 1562.
Italian Language.- Tomitano (Bernardino) Ragionamenti della Lingua Toscana, first edition, printer's device to title, ink ownership inscriptions and a few other marginal notes, first gathering working loose, some damp-staining at start, t5 small marginal defect, contemporary black morocco, stamped in blind and gilt in panel design, gilt lettering to spine, portion of top corner lower cover torn away, [EDIT 16 CNCE 39253], 8vo, Venice, Giovanni Farri & fratelli, 1545.
Economics.- Marshall (Alfred) Principles of Economics, vol.1, second edition, advertisement leaf at end, some leaves unopened, ex-library with occasional blind-stamps, spotting to half-title and fore-edge, covers a little soiled, spine ends bumped, 1891; Industry and Trade, first edition, ink ownership inscription to front pastedown, spine sunned, ends bumped, a couple of small tears to joints but holding firm, 1919 § A.C. Pigou. Industrial Fluctuations, first edition, 20 charts, many folding, advertisement leaf at end, pp. 323-34 detached and loosely inserted, spine slightly faded, backstrip beginning to split at upper joint, bumping to corners and spine extremities, 1927, original cloth, extremities slightly rubbed, hinges cracked; and 9 others relating to economics, 8vo (12)
Carnival & Commedia de'arte.- Cantu (Ignazio) Il Carnevale Italiano, ovvero teatri, maschere e feste, presso gli antichi e i moderni, engraved frontispiece and 16 plates (3 of which printed on heavier paper, ?from another paper stock or copy (one hinged)), most plates lightly browned, some foxing or staining, original engraved pictorial wrappers, Turin bookseller’s blind-stamp to lower wrapper, a few small stains, oblong 8vo, Milan, Pietro & Giuseppe Vallardi, 1855. *** Scarce charmingly illustrated study of Italian carnivals, festivals and theatre, including the stock characters of the commedia dell'arte.
British Essayists (The), 40 vol., some engraved frontispieces, bookplates of Helena and Charles McCann, contemporary plum straight-grain morocco stamped in gilt and blind, occasional scuffing to extremities, g.e., overall a handsome set, 1823 § Scott (Sir Walter) [The Waverley Novels], 24 vol., "The Border Edition", etched frontispieces and plates, modern red half calf, spines gilt, most spines sunned, a couple of vol. with cloth damp-stained, spines and extremities lightly scuffed, t.e.g., 1901; 12mo & 8vo (64)
Woty (William) Poetical Amusements, title with neat tape repair to upper corner, heavy ink annotations and corrections to O3-Q2, ex-Nottingham library with usual labels and ink-stamps, scattered spotting, modern cloth, Nottingham, 1789 § Scott (Sir Walter) The Poetical Works, half-title, engraved portrait frontispiece, title in red and black, illustrations, one folding facsimile, spotting to blanks at beginning and end, contemporary morocco, g.e., gilt borders, richly gilt spine, Edinburgh, 1868 § [Rapin (René)] Rapin of Gardens. A Latin Poem, second edition, engraved portrait frontispiece and 2 plates only (of 4), scattered spotting, occasional water-staining, contemporary calf, a little rubbed, by W. Bowyer for Bernard Lintot, [1718] § Southey (Robert) The Remains of Henry Kirke White, 2 vol., engraved portrait frontispiece, faint off-setting, ex-Nottingham libraries with remnants of labels to front free endpapers and ink-stamps to title verso, scattered faint spotting, contemporary straight grain morocco, a little rubbed, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1823 § Godfrey (John T.) & James Ward. The Homes and Haunts of Henry Kirk White, half-title, portrait frontispiece, illustrations, ex-Nottingham libraries with discreet blind-stamp to title, original vellum-backed boards, library blind-stamp to upper cover, slight rubbing to corners and extremities, London & Nottingham, 1908; and others including 2 later copies of the Remains, v.s. (12).
Astronomy.- Streete (Thomas) Astronomia Carolina, with exact and most easy tables and rules for the calculation of eclipses, third edition, title in red and black, edge silked with 3 other small repairs, stained, woodcut diagrams, occasional manuscript notes in ink, damp-staining and others soiling, endpapers renewed, eighteenth century calf, spine head torn and foot repaired, [Houzeau & Lancaster 9229], 4to, S. Briscoe and R. Smith, 1716*** Third edition of the first printed text in English to discuss Kepler's first and third laws of planetary motion, alongside Streete's own version of Kepler's second law; originally published in 1661, it was a standard textbook, consulted by Newton, Flamsteed, and Halley. The Macclesfield Library copy, with 'South Library' bookplate and usual blind-stamps to initial pages.
Lewis (Lady Theresa) Extracts of the Journals and Correspondence of Miss Berry from the Year 1783 to 1852, 3 vol., engraved frontispieces, blind-stamps and bookplates, ink ownership inscription to half-titles, very occasional spotting, contemporary green half calf, gilt, t.e.g., slightly worn at creases, extremities slightly rubbed, fading to spines, 1865; and c.60 others, including biographies, Folio Society sets and some handsomely bound classics, v.s. (c.65)
Kent & Sussex.- Moss (W.G.) The History and Antiquities of the Town and Port of Hastings, engraved frontispiece, list of subscribers, folding map, 18 plates, bookplate, occasional faint foxing, modern half morocco, t.e.g., spine faded, 1824 § Phippen (James, editor) Colbran's New Guide for Tunbridge Wells, folding map, 16 plates, advertisements at end, ink ownership inscription, tears to folding map and title, some offsetting, foxing to a few plates, original green cloth, decorated in blind and gilt, corners and spine tips bumped, slightly rubbed, 1840 § Tunbridge Wells Guide; or an Account of the Ancient and Present State of that Place (The), 14 engraved plates, folding distance table loosely inserted at rear, a few tears to leaves, light foxing throughout, modern half calf, gilt morocco spine label, corners and spine tips slightly bumped, 1811; and c.15 others, including books, maps and photo albums relating to Tunbridge Wells, v.s. (c.15)
Letter writing.- Verepaeus (Simon) Selectiores epistolae clarorum virorum, colophon f., Antwerp, [Geeraet Smits for] Jean Bellère, 1574 bound with Macropedius (Georgius) Methodus de conscribendis epistolis, occasional early ink marginalia, final f. blank, Cologne, Heirs of Arnold Birckmann, 1573, together 2 works in 1 vol. (plus parts of 2 related works at end), titles with woodcut printer's device, woodcut decorative initials, occasional spotting, lightly browned, contemporary blind-stamped (including biblical portraits) pigskin-backed boards with part of a 15th century liturgical manuscript, spine in compartments, piece missing from pigskin of upper compartment and a smaller piece from lower compartment, lacking 1 tie, some staining, 8vo *** Two scarce works on the art of letter writing.
London.- Knight (Charles, editor) London, 6 vol., engraved frontispiece and illustrations, occasional spotting, some light browning, contemporary morocco-backed cloth, small tear to spine head of vol.1, strip of fading to vol.6, slightly rubbed and soiled, 1841-44 § Sims (George R., editor) Living London, 3 vol., red and black titles, illustrations, colour plates, scattered spotting not affecting images, contemporary half morocco, a couple of strips of fading, spines very lightly sunned, extremities very slightly rubbed, [1906] § London and Middlesex; or, an Historical, Commercial, & Descriptive Survey of the Metropolis, 4 vol. in 5, plates, light browning and foxing, contemporary crimson morocco, decorated in gilt and blind panels, ends bumped, slightly rubbed and soiled, 1810, spines gilt; and c.40 others relating to London, 8vo & 4to (c.55)
Steel Foundry.- Shaw & Co. (W., Wellington Cast Steel Foundry, Middlesbrough) [Photographs of Munitions Production], 5 gelatine prints mounted on thick card, 7 prints c.250 x 290mm., with printed captions on card and photographer's name in blind, mounts lightly soiled or worn, loose together with 2 duplicates and 3 other similar prints in modern cloth portfolio with ties, oblong folio, Middlesbrough, M.Wright, [?1914-18]. *** Shaw and Company at the Wellington Cast Steel Foundry were engaged in supplying various kinds of castings used in connection with war vessels. They also supplied aeroplane bombs, stern frames and propeller brackets for the Admiralty. These unusual photographs include a series of four photographs of aerial bombs in various stages of manufacture. William Shaw’s Wellington Foundry was started in 1881 and was one of a number of enterprises that utilized the phosphoric ores in Cleveland area.
David Shrigley (British 1968-) "I Loved You From the First Moment I Saw You" 2020, from a collaboration with London-based spectacle maker Cubitts to create a glasses cloth, the cloth was sold to raise money for Guide Dogs for the Blind Association, textile made from recycled plastic.21.5 x 13cm (framed 35 x 26cm)The cloth is in very good, original condition with no obvious faults to report. The cloth appears to be laid down. The cloth is framed and glazed.
Sir Francis Burdett (1770 - 1844) and Political Reform - John Doyle, The last & highest point, at which the unheard of courage of Don Quixote ever did, lithograph, published by Thomas McLean, Haymarket, London, 23rd May 1837, plate 487 from HB sketches, subscriber's copy blind stamp, 27cm x 37cm
Michael Parkes (b.1944) American, Last Circus, signed and numbered 16/20 AE, lithograph, 55.5 x 74.5 cm, unframed; and T. Donatella (b. 1947) French, 'Emprise', signed, titled and numbered 13/99 in pencil, mezzotint, image 46.5 x 37.5 cm, sheet 49.5 x 64 cm, unframedQty: 2Last Circus - Printed to the edge of the uncut wove paper (no watermark found). Shadow of impression visible on the reverse. Also a foxing spot visible on the reverse. Possibly another foxing spot on the dancer's raised leg, but otherwise the impression looks to be in good condition. Emprise - Jacqueline de Champvallins Paris blind stamp bottom left, printed on uncut wove paper with globe watermark bottom right. Some creases to the corners and edges of the paper, but these do not extend to the plate. Signs of previous mounting on the reverse. Plate itself is good, but with a slight crease top centre.Both are rolled and stored in a tube.
Mudie, Robert. 1853 The Feathered Tribes of the British Islands (2vol). Published Henry G. Bohn 1853, fourth edition. Publisher's original green full cloth binding with blind stamped decoration to spines & boards. Each illustrated with hand coloured plates, incl. an illustrated title page. Spines discoloured, bumped to the extremities & head and tail of the spines. A richly illustrated popular ornithological work on the birds of the British isles. 8vo.
Edward Earl of Clarendon. 1707 The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England, begun in the Year 1641. Printed at the Theater, Oxford 1707. Illustrated frontispiece portrait of the author. Six volumes bound in full contemporary calf, blind-stamped detail to the boards and gilt titles to spine. Bumped to the extremities, occasional slight loss to the leather at the head and tail of the spine, spines are rubbed and dried. Prior owner's inscription to the ffep. The first edition of this work in octavo format.
Milne, A. A. 1930 Winnie the Pooh, tenth edition. Published Methuen & Co. Ltd. Publisher's original full cloth binding with gilt illustration of Christopher Robin and Winnie the Pooh to front board. Contemporary prior owner's inscription to the title page & blind stamp to the half title. Illustrated by E. H. Shepard. 8vo. A smart tenth edition of the popular children's work. 8vo.
[MILITARY] Cannon, Richard. Historical Record of the Thirteenth, First Somerset, or, The Prince Albert's Regiment of Light Infantry; containing An Account of the Formation of the Regiment in 1685, and of its Subsequent Services to 1848, Parker, Furnivall, & Parker, London, 1848, original blind-stamped red cloth, three hand-coloured plate illustrations (as called for), octavo; together with Boyle, Capt. R.C. A Record of the West Somerset Yeomanry 1914-1919, St. Catherine Press, London, no date, original grey cloth, portrait frontispiece and a further twenty plate illustrations (as called for), eleven (of twelve) maps, octavo, (2).
[CLASSIC LITERATURE]. LEATHER BINDINGS Ruskin, John. Works of, various, eleven volumes, Allen, Orpington & London, 1896-99, full blind-stamped blue leather, all edges gilt, octavo. Condition Report : Generally good condition; slightly rubbed; some volumes with neat ownership inscriptions. Condition reports are offered as a guide only and we highly recommend inspecting (where possible) any lot to satisfy yourself as to its condition.
1990s/2000s Indie/Alternative - A collection of 12 inch singles and LPs, artists to include The Mock Turtles, Mansun, Morcheeba, Blind Melon, Dig, Birdland, The Hypnotics, The Stone Roses, Baby Fox, Band of Horses and more. (15) *A Tour Manager's Private Collection - The Estate Of The Late Dee Mcloughlin.
1990s/2000s American and British Rock/Alternative/New Wave - A collection of LPs/12 inches/promos, to include War On Drugs, Bivouac, Stephen Malkmus & The Ficks, Blind Melon, Junk Yard, Steve Mason, Ben Folds Five, Girls Against Boys, Kyuss, The Blue Aeroplanes, The Auteurs, Sun Ra Arkestra, Gallon Drunk, Flying Saucer Attack, Lambchop, Calexico, Nikon, The Church, The Electric Soft Parade, Cornershop, Aphex Twin, Echo and The Bunnymen, Intelligence and many more. (48) *A Tour Manager's Private Collection - The Estate Of The Late Dee Mcloughlin.
FOLK / BLUES - CD COLLECTION. A booklet containing approx 250 x CDs, mostly Folk/ Blues. Only the CDs and CD booklets are included. Artists include Big Bill Broonzy, Scrapper Blackwell, Blind Willie McTell, Fred McDonald, Reverend Gary Davis, Robert Johnson, John Lee Hooker, Sonny Terry, Bukka White, The Rolling Stones, Muddy Waters, Blind Lemon Jefferson, John Martyn and Bill Fay. The condition appears to be excellent.To view the video click here>>> https://youtu.be/moHexEKSgn4
PRIMAL SCREAM - COLLECTORS' VINYL PACKAGE (LPs/12"/10"/7"). Superb offering of 26 x releases all things vinyl with LPs/12"/10" and 7" included which will lead you to a Beautiful Future(!). To include Screamadelica (UK original Creation double LP original Damont pressing, CRELP 076 - VG condition records with some surface marks/VG+ some light creasing to the edges of the gatefold sleeve), Evil Heat (2002 original EU double LP, 5089231000 - sharp Ex and Ex+ records/with clean glossy printed inners/Ex neat sleeve), Bobby Gillespie and Jehnny Beth - Utopian Ashes (2021 LP, 2 x black vinyl copies), More Light (2013 double LP, 5060342850034 - Mint and sealed), Riot City Blues Sessions (2021 release, 19439873831 - Mint and sealed), Echo Dek (CREL7224 - 5 x 7" box set), Loaded (7" jukebox, CRE 117D), Dixie-Narco EP (CRE 117T, 12"), Kowalski, If The Move Kill 'Em (CRE 284T), Some Velvet Morning (feat. Kate Moss, promo XPR3730), Higher Than The Sun (7" and 12"), Don't Fight It, Feel It and (I'm Gonna) Cry Myself Blind (10"). Condition is generally VG+ to Ex+ with some (moreover on the sleeves) below.
PRIMAL SCREAM - COLLECTORS' VINYL PACKAGE 'PART TWO'. Movin' On Up Now with 15 x vinyl releases on LP/12"/10" and 7" from Primal Scream and related artists. To include Evil Heat (original EU 2002 double LP, 5089231000 - lovely Ex+ condition records/complete with clean glossy printed inners/VG sleeve a few creases with a small paper tear on the opening edge), More Light (2013 double LP/CD - Mint and sealed), Dixie-Narco EP (inc. original and 2021 reissue still sealed), Velvet Morning (feat. Kate Moss, 12" promo XPR3730), Bobby Gillespie and Jehhny Beth - Utopian Ashes (2021 LP, ltd edition red vinyl), Kowalski, Stuka, Burning Wheel (12" promo plus spare sleeve), Black To Comm (EARS037, sealed) and (I'm Gonna) Cry Myself Blind (10"). Condition is typically VG+ to Ex+.
Y A FRENCH REGENCE STYLE SMALL BOULLE MANTEL CLOCKUNSIGNED, CIRCA 1880The circular eight-day two train countwheel bell striking movement anchor escapement regulated by disc-bob pendulum incorporating Brocot-type regulation to suspension, the backplate stamped with serial number 13042 to left hand margin over 4 4 to lower edge, the circular gilt brass twelve-piece Roman cartouche numeral dial with rosette cast centre within applied blue-on-white enamel numerals within outer minute track, with steel trefoil pierced hands set behind hinged repeating husk cast brass convex-glazed bezel, the premier parti cut and engraved brass and red shell marquetry veneered case with surmount cast as a tazza loaded with fruit over concave-sided upstand applied with symmetrical foliate panel decorated veneers, the front with grotesque mask centred foliate cast arched crest over symmetrical scroll marquetry decorated panel within a bead cast border and conforming veneered border to front flanked by pendant husk cast mounts to shoulders, the sides with projecting arch sections over flat panels each also veneered with scroll-pierced brass within a mottled red-shell veneered ground, the rear ebonised and with full-height blind panel door, the base with leaf cast mount to the front apron and swollen sections to sides, on scroll cast paw feet.31cm (12.25ins) high, 15cm (6ins) wide, 10cm (4ins) deep.
A FINE VICTORIAN GILT BRASS GIANT CARRIAGE CLOCK WITH PUSH-BUTTON REPEATCARTER, LONDON, CIRCA 1860The eight-day five columnar pillar twin chain fusee train bell striking movement with Harrison's maintaining power and frosted gilt platform underslung lever escapement regulated by sprung split bimetallic balance with jewelled pivots to the going train, the backplate with central aperture revealing the balance regulation scale to upper margin over winding and hand-setting squares and engraved signature Carter, 61 Cornhill, LONDON to centre, the dial with fine foliate scroll pierced and engraved fretwork overlaid centre within 3.125 inch Roman numeral enamel chapter ring, with blued steel moon hands and set within conforming scroll pierced fret overlaid rectangular gilt mask incorporating shield cartouche signed CARTER, 61 CORNHILL beneath the chapter ring and framed by a canted bezel surround, the heavy thickly bevel-glazed frosted gilt brass case with hinged scroll-shaped handle over rectangular top glass, inverted ogee cornice, and rounded uprights to angles, the right hand side glass with push-repeat button and the rear with lift-out panel secured via a slide-latch and with shuttered winding and hand setting square holes, on cavetto moulded skirt base with rounded angles.21.5cm (8.5ins) high with handle down, 15cm (6ins) wide, 12.5cm (5ins) deep. John Carter is recorded in Betts, Jonathan MARINE CHRONOMETERS AT GREENWICH as born in 1803 and apprenticed to Boys Err Burrill gaining his Freedom of the Clockmakers' Company in 1829. He is listed in directories as working from Tooley Street, London as a watch and chronometer maker with additional premises at 61 Cornhill from 1840. He submitted many chronometers for the trials at Greenwich coming first in 1834 with chronometer number 144, and again the following year with watch number 160. He also became involved with the City of London becoming an Alderman in 1851 and serving as Lord Mayor in 1859. He also served three times as Master of the Clockmakers' Company in 1856, 59 and 64. In 1873 John Carter took his son, John William, into partnership who then continued the business after John Carter's death in May 1878. Condition Report: Movement appears all original and is in fine clean fully working condition. The dial has an extremely feint hairline crack to the enamel adjacent to the XI numeral (can only be seen on very close examination with light reflecting form the surface) otherwise dial is fine condition with exquisite engraved blind fretwork. The case is in fine condition with good strong even frosted gilding showing next to no wear or discolouration. There are a few very slight surface pin-pricks (probably very slight casting defects) to the front right hand upright, and the rear has a few spots of grime which most likely could be wiped-off with a soft cloth moistened with detergent. The right hand glass panel has a tiny shallow corner chip to the upper left hand corner (can only be detected on very close examination). Otherwise faults are very much limited to a couple of tiny/barely noticeable edge bumps.Clock is basically in near 'retail' condition and is complete with a bespoke winding key.Condition Report Disclaimer
A GREEN CHINOISERIE JAPANNED EIGHT-DAY LONGCASE CLOCKTHE MOVEMENT AND DIAL BY MANSELL BENNETT, LONDON, CIRCA 1695, THE CASE CIRCA 1760The five finned and ringed pillar inside countwheel bell striking movement with outside locking detent to the backplate and anchor escapement regulated by 32 inch pendulum, the 11 inch square brass dial with ringed winding holes and calendar aperture to the matted centre within applied silvered Roman numeral chapter ring with stylised sword hilt half hour markers and Small Arabic five minutes beyond the narrow minute track, with scroll pierced steel hands and winged cherub mask and scroll cast spandrels to angles, now in a green japanned case with faint foliate scroll painted concave-sided pediment over ogee and cavetto cornice, blind fret frieze and hinged glazed dial aperture painted in gilt with floral trails to frame and applied with three-quarter Doric columns to front angles, the sides with rectangular windows and conforming quarter columns set against bargeboards at the rear, the trunk with cavetto throat mouldings gilt painted with generous scrollwork flanked by leaf motifs over rectangular door decorated in raised polychrome and gilt with Oriental Arcadian garden landscape with pavilions and figures within a break-arch surround, complex mouldings and gilt trail decorated surround, on plinth base with cavetto upper moulding over conforming faint decoration to fascia and cavetto moulded skirt, (case finish with wear and losses).210cm (82.5ins) high, 46.5cm (18.25ins) wide, 24cm (9.5ins) deep. Mansell Bennett is recorded in Loomes, Brian Clockmakers of Britain 1286-1700 as being made a 'Free Brother' of the Clockmakers' Company in 1688. He married Lydia Wise at St. James's, Duke Place, London in 1690 and lived at Powells Buildings, St. Martin in the Fields. In 1697 Mansell Bennett signed the Clockmakers' Company oath of allegiance. In 1707 a Richard Boyce was trialled for 'Feloniously Stealing' several items form Mansell Bennett including three pendulum watches and three clocks; he was acquitted due a total lack of evidence as to his crime. Bennett attended Court until at least 1711 but was excused of serving as a Steward in 1713 due to being 'out of town'. Notwithstanding this he received payment from the Crown 'for care of the Great Clock at Kensington, £11. 14s.' the same year. He died in 1721 in the Parish of St. Martin in the Fields, Middlesex; there was a subsequent lawsuit relating to his probate (Jones V. Read).
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