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Click here to subscribeAn Early XX Century Edwardian Inlaid Mahogany Display Cabinet, with low back, crossbanded frieze and glazed astragal door to flanking bow fronted ends, on tapering legs and spade feet, 172cm high, 122cm wide.Lot 1629 - Staining to the shelves. 2) Bad scratch to the front near door. 3) Large knock to the other side near door. 4) General wear/scratches and knocks throughout.
An 18ct gold fob watch, An 18ct gold fob watch, with arabic hour markers and outer minutes track, 17 jewel crown wind movement within an 18ct gold case bearing Swiss assay marks, numbered 263870, with engraved crest detailing, case diameter 30mm, gross weight 21.3g.Overall condition good to fairWatch working at time of cataloguing, Wilson 55 does not guarantee the working accuracy of any timepiece offeredBow deficientScratches and wear to glass and case
A 18th century full size Irish violin, by William Perry of Dublin,With single piece back branded 'no. 875, Perry Dublin' below the neck and with interior label 'Made by Thos Perry Anglesea Street no 875 Dublin, 1778', length of back 35cm, with a bow, contained with a fabric covered travel case.Footnotes:Thomas Perry (I) worked c. 1741-1759 in Dublin. His son, Thomas Perry (II), from 1745 worked at Christ Church Yard until 1771 when he moved to 6 Anglesea Street, Dublin. In 1790 entered into partnership with son-in-law W. Wilkinson.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Scottish 20-bore flintlock dueling pistol by George Huntercirca 1810With twist octagonal sighted barrel, the breech with gold line gold-lined touch-hole and gold lined muzzle stamped 'Edinburgh', border engraved tang decorated with a martial trophy and foliage, signed border engraved flat detented lock decorated with foliage and safety-catch foliate engraved cock, rain proof pan, and roller bearing on a ramp on the steel-spring, figured full stock, rounded butt chequered, border engraved steel mounts retaining trigger-guard in the French fashion with foliate finial and decorated with a martial trophy and foliage on the D-shaped bow, turned ramrod-pipes, adjustable set trigger, steel tipped ramrod, stubs twisted barrel, 23cm. barrelFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Circle of Frederick Buck (1771-1839) - 19th Century miniature on ivory of a naval officer, possibly a Midshipman, wearing black bow tie and blue great coat, 51mm x 38mm, in gilt foliate scroll frame, prick-engraved '1852' verso, under glass, 73mm overall excluding suspension loopSold with APHA licence: ZMQM2ZEY Offered on APHA ivory permit 9BTG54YT.
A late Regency mahogany bow-front sideboard,with cellaret drawers flanking a central drawer, ebony line border inlays and brass ring handles, on tapering square legs and spade feet,183cm wide70cm deep89cm highCondition ReportSlight timber shrinkage to end poanels and a faint crack in the top.
A late George III mahogany bow-front sideboard,early 19th century, with frieze drawers, two deep drawers and two cupboards, banded in satinwood, on tapering square legs and shaped feet,137cm wide66cm deep91.5cm highProvenance: Farmleigh, Dining Room Corridor.Condition ReportOld repairs to satinwood inlays, and veneer loss to one end cupboard door front.
A mahogany bow-front chest of drawers,early 19th century, with chequered line border inlaid decoration, fitted with two small drawers and two further long drawers with brass handles, on a shaped apron and bracket feet,89.5cm wide45.5cm deep89cm highCondition ReportMarked, scratched and hair cracks to the top, corner veneer chips and lossesLacquer finish is failing and with losses, chips and losses to the cockbeading on the drawers.
A pair of Dutch satinwood bow-front pier cabinets,c.1820, each with an inlaid galleried top, a blind frieze drawer and lacquer inset panels to each door, stamped '8060', on shaped tapering square legs,76cm wide38cm deep93cm high (2)Condition ReportOne with diamage; a split in the top panel, losses to the front edge of the gallery and lifting veneers to the front of the cupboard.The other with minor blemishes.
A Regency mahogany bow-front chest of drawers,with crossbanded border decoration to the top, four long drawers, on splayed bracket feet,91.5cm wide50cm deep88cm highCondition ReportLater brass handlessome small veneer loss to the banding at the cornersPolish dulled and some drawer stops missing
A white marble plaque,19th century, of arched rectangular form, carved with Cupid as a boy with another figure52 x 38cm, with gilt slip and rosewood frameProvenance: Farmleigh, Nursery Corridor.Condition ReportCracked through the wing of Cupid to the right side of the plaque and small losses to hand and bow along the line of the crack.Overall frame measurements; 66cm wide x 54cm high.
KELLY GENE: (1912-1996) American dancer and actor, the recipient of an Honorary Academy Award. Signed 8 x 10 photograph of Kelly in a smiling head and shoulders pose wearing a straw boater. Signed in bold black ink with his name alone to a light area of the image. Together with a second signed 8 x 10 photograph of Kelly seated in a head and shoulders pose and wearing a polka dot bow tie. Signed in bold red ink with his name alone to a light area of the background. Some surface creasing to the first photograph, G to VG, 2
DIAMOND BOW NECKLACEBrilliant, baguette and tapered baguette-cut diamonds, and a pear-shaped diamond tassel, weighing 0.30 carat, lengths: pendant 2.2cm, chain 45.5cmFootnotes:GIA: Pear-shaped diamond, D colour, SI2 clarity, report number 3465572122, 11th May 2023.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
DIAMOND AND COLOURED DIAMOND COLLAR NECKLACEArticulated ribbon-bow design, brilliant-cut diamonds and brilliant-cut diamonds of brown tint, diamonds approx. 13.60cts total, brown diamonds approx. 2.80cts total, length approx. 34.0cmFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
† A VERY FINE GEORGE I BURR WALNUT EIGHT-DAY LONGCASE CLOCKGEORGE GRAHAM, LONDON, NO. 662 CIRCA 1725The five latched knopped pillar two train bell striking movement with thick plates measuring 7.625 inches high by 6 inches wide stamped 662 to the lower edge at the rear, the going train with bolt-and-shutter maintaining power, deadbeat escapement with inverted Y-shaped pallets, and regulated by the original brass-rod seconds pendulum with calibrated rating nut reading against a brass nib-piece to the lenticular bob, the rack strike train with finely worked steelwork and extensive use of cocks for the pivots incorporating distinctive sculpted feet screwed to the frontplate, the 12 inch square brass dial with narrow subsidiary seconds ring, shuttered winding holes, calendar aperture incorporating pin adjustment and oval plate signed Geo: Graham, London to the finely matted centre, within applied silvered Roman numeral chapter ring with diamond lozenge half hour markers and Arabic five minutes beyond the minute track, with scroll-pierced blued steel hands and double-screwed fine gilt Indian mask and scroll cast spandrels to angles with foliate strapwork engraved infill to the margins between, the right-hand edge with slotted lever for the bolt-and-shutter maintaining power and the lower edge engraved with repeat signature Geo: Graham, London, the movement and dial with original seatboard and secured via a brass T-bracket applied to the inside of the backboard behind the movement, the case with moulded upstand to the domed caddy surmount set on shallow mounded box upstand with cavetto moulded upper edge, over ogee moulded cornice, foliate scroll fretwork frieze and hinged front with glazed dial aperture flanked by three-quarter columns with crisply cast gilt brass capitals and bases to the front angles, the sides with fine scroll-pierced frets and conforming quarter columns set against bargeboards at the rear continuing up past the frieze to meet the underside of the lintel, the trunk with concave throat moulding over 40 inch rectangular door fronted with fine book-matched figured veneers within a slender herringbone border and complex cavetto cross-grain edge mouldings, the interior of the door with remnants of the original paper equation table beneath ivorine service label for CAMERER CUSS and various inventory numbers, the left hand top edge of the door punch stamped 662, the sides veneered with twin herringbone bordered panels within crossbanded surrounds, the plinth base with cavetto top moulding over herringbone bordered book matched veneered front and conforming single panel veneered sides, on cavetto moulded skirt.224cm (88.25ins) high, 49.5cm (19.5ins) wide, 26cm (10.25ins) deep. Provenance:The property of a central London financial institution; acquired prior to 1925 to form part of a collection housed in a purpose-built prestigious Georgian style office building.George Graham was born in around 1673 in Kirklinton, Cumberland, but by 1688 he had moved to London and entered into an apprenticeship with Henry Aske. Graham gained his freedom of the Clockmakers' Company in 1695 and went to work for Thomas Tompion, whose niece, Elizabeth, he married at St. Mary le Bow in September 1704. After the Tompion's failed partnership with Edard Banger Graham was trusted to become his successor with the two makers entering into a formal a partnership in 1711. On Tompion's death in 1713 George Graham inherited the business 'on the corner of Water Lane in Fleet Street' and continued there until 1720 when he relocated to 'the Dial and One Crown' further up Fleet Street, nearer Fleet Bridge.George Graham maintained the same exacting standards as his former master and also continued the serial numbering system established in around 1680/81. In 1722 he served as Master of the Clockmakers' Company and went on to establish himself as one of the most important clockmakers of his generation. Amongst his achievements was the further development of the deadbeat escapement, invention of the mercury compensated pendulum and the cylinder watch escapement. As well as clocks and watches George Graham was also a highly accomplished maker of scientific instruments with perhaps his most famous creation being the planetarium made for Charles Boyle, Earl of Orrery. He also produced the great mural quadrant for Edmund Halley at Greenwich observatory, also a fine transit instrument and the zenith sector used by James Bradley in his discoveries. Through his observations in testing his very highly regarded compasses Graham also discovered the diurnal variation in the terrestrial magnetic field in 1722/23.George Graham also became an ardent supporter of John Harrison in the development of his marine chronometers to the extent that he forwarded an interest free private loan of £200 to Harrison to facilitate the building of H1. George Graham died in 1751 and was buried next to his former master in Westminster Abbey, leaving the business in the hands of a former apprentices, Samuel Barclay and Thomas Colley. George Graham's legacy is perhaps best reflected by the subsequent work of another former apprentice, Thomas Mudge, who went on to continue in the development of the marine chronometer after Harrison, and to invent the lever watch escapement. The present clock is a fully-developed 'textbook' example of George Graham's highly refined design of longcase clock produced from just prior to 1720 until around the time of his death in 1751. Very much following in his former master's footsteps the fully latched movement incorporates bolt-and-shutter maintaining power, very finely finished delicate steelwork and extensive use of cocks for the under-dial motion and strike work. The escapement is of 'Graham' deadbeat type however this design of escapement was first used by Tompion for two regulators for Greenwich observatory in 1776. The original pendulum is a nice, relatively rare survivor and allows precise adjustment via the calibrated rating nut reading against a nib-piece applied to the large lenticular bob. The dial is beautifully finished with engraving between spandrels executed by Tompion's engraver 'G515' (see Dzik, Sunny ENGRAVING ON ENGLISH TABLE CLOCKS, Art on a Canvas of Brass 1660-1800 page 224). The case is beautifully proportioned with sophisticated mouldings and very well chosen tight-grained veneers laid to exhibit their fine figuring to best effect. The extensive use of fine scroll-pierced frets is a Tompion/Graham trait and details such as herringbone bordered crossbanded panels to each side of the plinth demonstrate an attention to detail beyond any other maker of the period. Amongst George Graham's surviving walnut longcase clocks, number 661 (the preceding serial number to that of the present clock) was offered at Bonham's, London, sale of Fine Clocks 9th December 2008, (lot 141 - with no caddy superstructure present) for £80-120,000; and was more recently sold (with a restored caddy) by Ben Wright, Tetbury for an undisclosed sum. Number 681 is known as 'The Cay Graham' as it still retains its original record of sale to Robert Cay (1649-1754) in 1728...TO READ MORE, PLEASE CLICK HERE
Y A FINE VICTORIAN OXIDISED BRASS FORTIN-TYPE MERCURY FORECASTING BAROMETERGEORGE S. WOOD, LIVERPOOL, CIRCA 1880Constructed with central large-bore tube flanked by silvered scales applied to separate ebonised moulded panels calibrated in barometric inches 0-32 and with rack and pinion adjusted Vernier slide to right hand side, opposing an arrangement of three plates engraved with detailed forecasting predictions within fine scroll engraved margins and incorporating recording slide labelled SET AT, 9 A.M. YESTERDAY to top, the apex with further applied bridging plate signed G.S. Wood, LATE ABRAHAM & Co., OPTICIAN, LIVERPOOL, the base with substantial cylindrical cistern incorporating glazed collar enclosing ivory level pointer between screw-clamped collars over fine level adjustment screw to underside, the instrument mounted onto the backboard of a full-height half-round glazed case opening at the front, with domed cupola surmounted with a reeded gilt brass ball finial and conforming inverted dome to base, (mercury removed).130cm (51ins) approx. high, 20.5cm (8ins) wide, 15cm (8ins) deep. George S. Wood is recorded in Banfield, Edwin BAROMETER MAKERS AND RETAILERS 1660-1900 as taking over the business of Abraham Abraham and Company located at 20 Lord Street, Liverpool in 1875 and working until 1894. The current lot is made to the principles laid down by Nicholas Fortin (1750-1831) and incorporates a glazed cistern so that the level can be calibrated via the adjustment screw to the base against an inverted conical ivory cone in the cistern in order to obtain consistency in the readings. This particular type of barometer provides an accurate reading hence was generally adopted for laboratory use throughout the 19th and early 20th centuries. The combination of comprehensive scales complete with detailed observations to assist in forecasting (based on those laid-out by Admiral Fitzroy in the 1850's) and fine bow-fronted case suggests that the current lot was either made to be exhibited by the maker (possibly in his own showroom) or for a wealthy client or institution. Condition Report: Instrument appears complete with the exception of mercury and two (of the three) brass cistern securing rods and screws (for holding the base of the cistern tight against the cylindrical glass sleeve) which are now unfortunately missing. The silvering to the register plates has some patchy discolouration but engraving is fine and crisp. The case is in good original condition with noticeable faults apparently only limited to the finial being a little bent. Condition Report Disclaimer
AN ENGRAVED GILT BRASS BOW-SIDED REPEATING CARRIAGE CLOCK WITH ALARMPROBABLY BY JULES BRUNELOT FOR RETAIL BY HENRY MARC, PARIS, CIRCA 1880The two train eight-day gong striking movement with silvered platform lever escapement regulated by split bimetallic balance and alarm mechanism sounding on the hour gong, the lower left hand corner of the backplate stamped with trademark of B within a circle, the rectangular white enamel Roman numeral dial indistinctly inscribed EXAM'D BY, HENRI MARC, PARIS to centre, with steel spade hands and subsidiary Arabic numeral alarm setting dial to lower margin, the bevel glazed case with reeded baton-centred hinged carrying handle decorated with leafy sprays to the scroll-shaped side pieces, over oval top glass set within scroll engraved panel borders and incorporating D-shaped side projections, with cavetto cornice over stylised leafy trail engraved plain corner uprights and bowed side glasses, the rear with bevel-glazed door, on ogee moulded base engraved with floral trails within textured line borders.15cm (6ins) high with handle down, 12cm (4.75ins) wide, 9cm (3.5ins) deep. The trademark stamped to the lower left-hand corner of the backplate of the current lot (letter B within a circle) is noted in Allix, Charles and Bonnert, Peter CARRIAGE CLOCKS, Their history and development as possibly being for Jules Brunelot although no evidence has been found to confirm this. Henry Marc is noted by Allix and Bonnert 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. Condition Report: Movement is complete and appears all original with no visible evidence of alteration or noticeable replacements. The movement is essentially in full working order however is generally somewhat dirty/neglected hence a gentle clean/service is required; the platform is missing one of its mounting screws. The retailers signature to the dial is heavily worn and there is noticeable wear to the alarm setting dial otherwise the dial appears to be in fine condition with no other noticeable faults. The case has lost most of its gilding however presents as reasonably clean and the glasses are free from visible defects.Clock has a winding key.Condition Report Disclaimer
A GEORGE I POCKET WATCH MOVEMENT IN LATER SILVER CASEGEORGE GRAHAM, LONDON, NO. 5078 CIRCA 1725, THE DIAL AND CASE 1795The gilt full plate single fusee movement with four square section baluster pillars pinned through the backplate, scroll-pierced stop-iron block and verge escapement regulated by sprung three-arm steel balance with Tompion type regulation, the backplate with fine symmetrical foliate scroll pierced and engraved balance cock with jewelled endstone and fine female mask at the junction with conforming pierced and engraved foot, flanked by silvered regulation disc set within adjacent applied scroll engraved panel infill opposing signature Geo. Graham, London and numbered 5078, now with a later slightly convex white enamel Roman numeral dial and gilt spade hands, the later silver inner case applied with suspension post and ring at twelve o'clock, fitted with convex glass to bezel and marked for London 1795 maker W.H. for William Howard II, the outer case with marks matching the inner. The pillar plate 3.5cm (1.375ins approx.) diameter; the outer case 5cm (2ins) diameter. George Graham was born in around 1673 in Kirklinton, Cumberland, but by 1688 he had moved to London and entered into an apprenticeship with Henry Aske. Graham gained his freedom of the Clockmakers' Company in 1695 and went to work for Thomas Tompion, whose niece, Elizabeth, he married at St. Mary le Bow in September 1704. After the Tompion's failed partnership with Edard Banger Graham was trusted to become his successor with the two makers entering into a formal a partnership in 1711. On Tompion's death in 1713 George Graham inherited the business 'on the corner of Water Lane in Fleet Street' and continued there until 1720 when he relocated to 'the Dial and One Crown' further up Fleet Street, nearer Fleet Bridge.George Graham maintained the same exacting standards as his former master and also continued the serial numbering system established in around 1680/81. In 1722 he served as Master of the Clockmakers' Company and went on to establish himself as one of the most important clockmakers of his generation. Amongst his achievements was the further development of the deadbeat escapement, invention of the mercury compensated pendulum and the cylinder watch escapement. As well as clocks and watches George Graham was also a highly accomplished maker of scientific instruments with perhaps his most famous creation being the planetarium made for Charles Boyle, Earl of Orrery. He also produced the great mural quadrant for Edmund Halley at Greenwich observatory, also a fine transit instrument and the zenith sector used by James Bradley in his discoveries. Through his observations in testing his very highly regarded compasses Graham also discovered the diurnal variation in the terrestrial magnetic field in 1722/23.George Graham also became an ardent supporter of John Harrison in the development of his marine chronometers to the extent that he forwarded an interest free private loan of £200 to Harrison to facilitate the building of H1. George Graham died in 1751 and was buried next to his former master in Westminster Abbey, leaving the business in the hands of a former apprentice, Samuel Barclay (who subsequently entered into partnership with Thomas Colley). George Graham's legacy is perhaps best reflected by the subsequent work of another former apprentice, Thomas Mudge, who went on to continue in the development of the marine chronometer after Harrison, and to invent the lever watch escapement. The present watch is noted in Evans, Jeremy, Carter, Jonathan and Wright, Ben THOMAS TOMPION, 300 YEARS as a timepiece in a silver case with no dates provided for the case hallmark. The nearest adjacent watches with recorded dates for their cases are 5065 dated 1724 and 5012 dated 1725. From this the movement of the present watch can be dated to 1724/25.
Taxidermy Northern Pike (Esox lucius) – is a very large taxidermy cased Pike in bow fronted black case set in naturalistic setting. Label top left: “caught by D.S. Wilkinson, Oulton Broad, 1st September 1959, 30lbs 6oz”. no taxidermist label by possibly by “Something fishy”. Case dimensions: 121cm long, 23cm deep and 48cm tall.
Wooden Noah’s Ark, Tri-ang Puff Puff train and other toys, 1950s, wooden bow bottom Ark, 19” (48cm) long, with fourteen carved wooden animals and two figures, ark lacks hinged roof side, figures fair condition some loss/damage, red painted Tri-ang Puff Puff pull-along toy train, 15” (38cm) long, boxed Goatoy Kumapart wooden toy train and a boxed Tri-ang Minic clockwork Puppy and Spider toy, working condition, box fair one end flap detached, (4 items)
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