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Click here to subscribeKNIGHT WESTMARDEN; an 18th century oak cased longcase clock, the silvered dial set with both Arabic and Roman numerals, set in plain oak case with single panelled door on bracket feet, height 197cm.Additional InformationDial size 26x26cm. light wear to case, no weight or pendulum, lacking key, possible replacement seat board.
A GEORGE III MAHOGANY EIGHT DAY LONGCASE CLOCK, the hood with triple brass finials, barley twist Corinthian pillars flanking a door with a wavy border, enclosing a painted 13 inch dial, the arch with a ship at sea automaton movement, Arabic and Roman Numerals, signed Palmer of Bristol, Seconds and date dial, on bracket feet, with two weights, pendulum and trunk door key, height 223cm (condition:-clock dial possibly a marriage due not fitting correctly)
TWO ANTIQUE CLOCKS, comprising a black slate and marble mantel clock, with white enamel dial bearing black Roman numerals, height 32.5cm x width 28cm x depth 15cm, with pendulum and key (clock winds, missing attachment for pendulum, no bell), together with a wooden cased Junghans bracket clock of architectural form, with metal mounts, having an embossed cardboard face printed with black Roman numerals, the movement stamped 'Haller, Foreign, afa', height 50cm x width 31cm x depth 18.5cm, with pendulum and key, winds, runs intermittently and strikes (2 + 2 envelopes) (Condition report: slate clock as stated, some chips and scratches to case, would benefit from a clean, wooden clock has a little evidence of historic woodworm, face has some wear especially to corners)
TWO BOXES OF ASSORTED SUNDRIES, to include a ceramic based table lamp, height 43cm to top of brass fitting, a brass Aladdin oil lamp (missing shade), a large copper coffee pot (stamped on base Birmingham 1931), a pair of blue ground cloisonné vases, height 18cm, a boxed Japanese table runner, a blue floral tapestry wall hanging, an Eluxa bracket clock with key and pendulum, with a brass face and hand painted floral design to case with a matching shelf, a pair of hand carved hardwood tribal art bookends, a relief decorated lidded urn, a boxed collector's plate to commemorate 150th anniversary of Burton Rail, an Asian brass bell, brass jug, brass candle stick, a brass dinner gong, vintage table linen, an SB wall barometer, a Ronson onyx table lighter, a Seiko carriage clock, a NZ Paua shell dish, etc (s.d) (2 boxes + loose)
Dark oak longcase clock c1790 with a brass dial engraved �John Frost, London� with a flat top, swans neck pediment and dentil moulding beneath, break arch dial flanked by reeded pilasters with corinthian capitals, long trunk door with a pointed arched top, trunk with canted corners on a rectangular plinth raised on bracket feet, dial with a silvered chapter ring, Roman numerals, five minute Arabic's, matted dial centre, silvered seconds dial and semi-circular date aperture, with non-matching serpentine hands and cast spandrels, 8-day rack striking movement, striking the hours on a bell. With weights and pendulum.Dimensions: Height: 330cm Length/Width: 48cm Depth/Diameter: 26cmCondition Report:Seconds hand missing.
A George III Mahogany Mantle Clock, by Dowsett of Margate, the 8ins cream enamelled domed dial with Roman numerals, to the eight day movement striking on a gong contained in case with arched and moulded top and brass grille to front and sides, on bracket feet, 16ins high Note: Charles Dowsett of Margate recorded working 1799
A 19th Century North Country Mahogany Long Case Clock, by Dennett of Wigan, the 14ins arched painted dial with Roman numerals and phases of the moon to the arch, spandrel painted with churches to the eight day two train movement striking on a bell, contained in case with moulded scroll pediment and fruiting vine cresting and turned columns to hood, short shaped trunk door and cant corners on plinth base with bracket feet, 89ins high
Große Bracket-clock/Stutzuhr - England oder Frankreich, um 1920, Messing, poliert, eckiger Korpus mit beweglichem Bügelgriff, allseitig verglast (geschliffenes Kristall) mit bunter Hinterglasmalerei auf türkisblauem Grund ¨musizierendes und spielendes Harlekin-Paar in Landschaft¨ rundes Zifferblatt mit goldenen römischen Zahlen, gebläute Stahlzeiger, Handaufzug, Schlagwerk auf Spirale, H ca. 20-25cm, 2 Gläser mit Haarrissen, Funktion ungeprüft und ohne Gewähr
Reiseuhr, sogenannte bracket-clock - Aiguilles, Frankreich, wohl um 1920, Werk mit Schlüsselaufzug, Schlagwerk auf Spirale, bezeichnet ¨Aiguilles¨, eckiges Messing-Gehäuse, kanneliert, allseitig verglast (geschliffenes Kristall), weißes Zifferblatt mit römischen Ziffern, gebläute Stahlzeiger, H 13,5 bzw 18cm, B 10cm, T 8,5cm, 1945g, Funktion ungeprüft und ohne Gewähr
2 Matthew NORMAN (Swiss Made) Reiseuhren - eckige Messinggehäuse in Form einer Stutzuhr (¨bracket-clock¨) mit beweglichem Bügelgriff, allseitig verglast (geschliffenes Kristall), weißes Zifferblatt mit römischen Zahlen, gebläute Stahlzeiger, die größere Uhr mit Weck-Funktion, beide Werke mit Schlüsselaufzug (1 Schlüssel vorhanden) und 17 Steinen (unadjusted), H 6 bzw. 8cm, Funktion ungeprüft und ohne Gewähr
Reid & Son, Newcastle upon Tyne: a Victorian mahogany bracket clock, the painted roman dial with two train fusee movement, the case with undulating top and decorative carved foliate and scrollwork frieze and apron, on swept plinth base, with pendulum, 50cms high.From the Leslie Southall Collection.
B. Mitchell, Cockermouth: an inlaid mahogany longcase clock, the painted roman dial with foliate spandrels centred with brass date boss '1829', with moon phase to the arch, two train movement with anchor escapement and bell, the case with fretwork frieze above arched glazed door, arched waist door centred by inlaid paterae, inlaid canted sides, panel base on bracket feet and brass finials, with weights and pendulum, 227cms high.From the Leslie Southall Collection.
T. Gaskell, Knutsford: an ornate mahogany and satinwood banded longcase clock, the painted roman dial with foliate spandrels, moon phase to the arch, subsidiary seconds and date dials, the two train movement with anchor escapement and bell, the case with pierced and carved detail to the pediment, painted urn and scroll frieze above arched glazed door flanked by cluster columns, the centre section with triple arched waist door flanked by cluster columns, on chamfered and canted panel base and ogee bracket feet, with weights and pendulum, 246cms high.From the Leslie Southall Collection.
Robert Marshall, Newcastle: an oak longcase clock, the brass dial with decorative silvered roman chapter ring, the matted centre with nameplate, subsidiary seconds dial and date aperture, with Tempus Fugit boss to arch, the two train movement with anchor escapement and bell, the case with swan neck pediment, brass roundel and finial, above an arched glazed door flanked by fluted columns, shaped waist door on panel base and bracket feet, 240cms high, with weights and pendulum.From the Leslie Southall Collection.
William Bell, North Shields: a handsome inlaid mahogany longcase clock, the brass dial with silvered roman chapter ring, the centre dial with peripheral date markers and engraved with Venetian scrolls, name boss to arch, scrollwork spandrels, two train movement with anchor escapement and bell, the ornate case with swan neck pediment and brass finials, above an arched glazed door flanked by columns, arched waist door inlaid with shell and fan design, shell inlaid panel base on ogee bracket feet, with weights and pendulum, 246cms high.
A good late 17th century walnut marquetry-inlaid and laburnum oyster-veneered longcase clock with silver-mounted 10 inch dialEdmund Appley, Charing CrossThe rising hood with blind fret raised on ebonised twisted columns over a convex throat moulding and long door inlaid with four panels of bird-and flower-marquetry against an oyster-veneered ground, the sides with long oyster panels framed in crossbanded walnut, on a matching five-panel inlaid base raised on bun feet. The 10inch square brass dial with single line border interrupted at the base by the signature Edmund Appley, Charing Cross, the silver chapter ring with minute band with 5-minute numerals over slender Roman hours flanked by fleur de lys markers, with inner quarter-hour track, matted centre with small subsidiary seconds and matted shutters, all framed by finely cast silver winged cherub spandrels. The eight-day movement with five slender knopped and finned pillars, anchor escapement with bolt and shutter maintaining power, inside countwheel striking (the detent mounted externally and engaging through a slot in the backplate). The backplate mounted with a brass L-shaped bracket locating against a conforming iron bracket set into the backboard. Together with a pendulum and pair of brass-clad weights. 1.96m (6ft 6ins) highFootnotes:Edmund Appley was the son of a weaver and born in Westmoreland in 1656. Loomes notes that he was an apprentice of Jeffrey Bayley and made free of the Clockmakers Company in 1677. He died in Edinburgh whilst on business in 1688, writing in his will 'having come to Scotland about necessary affairs and there falling sick and fearing that my sickness be unto death....'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 Very Fine And Rare Quarter Chiming And Repeating Padouk Table Clock Of Small SizeGodfrey Poy, London. The case almost certainly by John Holl, casemaker. The inverted bell top with brass mouldings and five ball and spire finials over side handles and arched sound apertures protected by the original pierced and engraved sound frets depicting a floral urn amid scrolls and a wheatear border, the base further set with a wide brass band to ogee bracket feet, the 5inch arched brass dial signed in a silvered boss over the silvered Roman and Arabic chapter ring with lozenge half-quarter marks, the finely matted centre with chamfered date and mock pendulum apertures, the triple gut fusee movement with rectangular plates united by knopped and ringed pillars, with verge escapement on a knife edge, the brass rod terminating in an engraved octagonal rating nut numbered 1-8, rack striking the hour on a single bell and the quarters on a run of six bells and hammers, the backplate centred by an engraved basket of fruit framed by symmetrical foliate scrolls and a single line border, the side brackets and cock also engraved, with cord to the side to repeat the hours and quarters at will. 41cms (16ins) highFootnotes:Provenance:Sotheby's 8 November 1968.R.A. Lee, 12 July 1971.Bonhams 16 December 2015, lot 89. Part of the Estate of Peter Van Cortland Moore, M.D.Godfrie Poy worked in at least three addresses in the centre of fashionable London from 1718 to 1753 which included Pall Mall 1742-47 and Haymarket in 1753. His work was often exceptional - as in the current lot. 'A very fine musical clock with an ebonised case, brass mounts and engraved brass sound frets. Circa 1740.' is illustrated in Barder: The Georgian Bracket Clock ACC 1993, plate II/34. Another table clock by Poy, in an ebony case signed on the pierced fret 'John Holl, Casemaker' was sold in these rooms on 13th December 2017, lot 103. Comparing the ebony clock with the current lot, it is not unreasonable to suggest that both emanated from Holl's workshop.Roger Smith writes: John Holl was an immigrant cabinet- and clock-case maker who lived in the same parish of St Anne Soho as Godfrie Poy. His full name was Johan Diederick von Holle, and he appears to have been part of a wider circle of immigrant craftsmen from North Germany and southern Scandinavia associated with Poy. Although Holl's Will, proved in 1757, names various close relatives, it does not give their location, apart from an unmarried sister living with him in Soho. [1] However, one of his executors was the well-known chaser, engraver and metal worker Diederick Nicolaus Anderson (d. 1769), who was probably from Flensburg in Schleswig, which was then part of Denmark but is now in Germany. [2]. Holl's other executor was a 'Gunner Mathison' - perhaps for Gunnar Mathieson in Danish. Interestingly, Godfrie Poy's daughter married another immigrant German cabinet and clock case maker, Valentine Anscheutz. [3] This might suggest that Poy had a preference for the work of casemakers from this region. [4]Notes.1. The National Archives: PCC Wills, Prob 11/827. Will of Johan Holl, otherwise Johan Diederick Von Holle, proved London 3 January 1757.2. For Anderson's work, see Nicholas Goodison, Matthew Boulton: Ormolu (2nd ed. 2002), p. 38 and the references given there.3. Anscheutz, who was an Elder of the German Lutheran church in the Savoy, married Mary Ann Poy 20 May 1754, at St Martin's in the Fields, Westminster. He is known to have done work for Gray and Vulliamy in the early 1760s, and for James Cox of Shoe Lane in the 1770s. When he died in 1796, one of his executors was the immigrant Swedish silversmith Andrew Fogelberg.4. There is an interesting discussion of German cabinet makers working in 18C London in Christopher Gilbert and Tessa Murdoch (eds), John Channon and brass-inlaid furniture 1730-1760 (Yale 1993), chapter 4 - 'The Continental context: Germany' by Helena Hayward and Sarah Medlam, pp. 24-36.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A mid-18th century quarter chiming automata table clock by Stephen RimbaultStephen Rimbault, LondonThe bell topped case surmounted by a handle and cone finials over four cast male term mounts to the canted corners, terminating in a moulded base bound by a brass band on ogee bracket feet, with large, glazed side panels revealing the movement within. The seven-inch arched brass dial with a painted scene depicting a musical soiree comprising ten adults and a young girl, all in period clothing, centred by a seated male cello player, to the left stands a violinist, and to the right a woman sits at the piano - all three figures rhythmically moving their arms in time with the swing of the pendulum. The silvered Roman and Arabic chapter ring framing the finely matted centre with recessed signature plaque, date aperture and engraved and burnished initials A.N. below a crown with central mount flanked by four spheres, with good, blued steel hands, strike/not strike lever at IX and tune selection lever at III. The large triple wire fusee movement with knife-edge verge escapement rack striking the hours on a bell and playing one of two tunes on a run of eight bells and fifteen hammers, the backplate decorated with interlaced foliate scrolls and strapwork framing the signature, the cock, fly and barrel bridge similarly engraved. Ticking, striking and playing music; the automata figures moving freely. 52cms (1ft 9ins) high.Footnotes:Another clock by Stephen Rimbault with a similar backplate is featured in the supplement to Dzik, S. (2019) Engraving on English Table Clocks: Art on a Canvas of Brass 1660-1800, Wild Boar Publications, (R1-15).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
An extremely rare and impressive early 19th century year duration striking longcase clockHardeman & Son, BridgeThe remarkable case with shaped cresting mounted by three ball and spire finials on reeded uprights, the arched cresting supported on tapering reeded brass-mounted free-standing Corinthian columns over a broken arched trunk door with flame veneer and moulded edge flanked by matching quarter columns over a base with applied moulded panel, further set on a separate double-apron with moulded bracket. The 16inch one-piece silvered dial with month subsidiary in the arch framed by engraved foliage, the corners similarly decorated so as to frame the minute band and Roman chapters, signed across the centre with blued steel hands (the minute counterpoised). The extremely substantial movement with plates measuring 28cms x 23.5cms (11ins x 9.25ins) united by six very heavy knopped pillars; the going train of six wheels and high count pinions, terminating in an anchor escapement to a pendulum with light brass flat strip rod and light brass bob; the strike train with outside countwheel mounted on the backplate and striking every hour on the bell. The squar-section lead weights weighing 49kgs(108lbs) and 46kgs (101lbs). 2.72m (8ft 11ins) high. Footnotes:Samuel Hardeman was likely born in Kent, to Stephen and Sarah Hardeman, the former of whom was a musical instrument maker. He had one sibling, a brother named Stephen. It is not known where Samuel served his apprenticeship, but he appears to have spent all of his working life in Canterbury. At some point he married Ann, and they had two children, Edwin (Samuel) and William. Both Edwin and William would become horologists. The family seems to have been quite prosperous, as Samuel owned several properties in Canterbury, including, his shop with living quarters above. Whether this largess was gained through inheritance (his father leaving the entirety of his estate to Samuel and his brother, after Sarah's death) or horological renown is unknown. It also appears that Samuel was a grocer, and owned a shop in this capacity, though whether this was inherited or simply a side interest is not clear.On Samuel's death in 1843, he left instructions that all his stock in trade as a grocer was to be left to Ann. He also indicated that Ann, Edwin, and a John Paren were to have full use of the building he lived in, presumably for the continuation of business. It is quite interesting to note that William Hardeman, is emphatically banned from using the premises in any capacity, especially as a clock and watch maker. It seems there was a falling out between father and son at some point, possibly over a debt owed by William to Samuel of £80, which is detailed in Samuel's will. This might also explain why the business was referred to as 'Hardeman and Son' despite both sons being horologists.Edwin Samuel Hardeman was advertising as a watchmaker in 1847, working out of 2 St. George's Street. He married Sarah, and they had two children: Sarah and Charlotte Elizabeth. Edwin died relatively soon after his father, in 1857, of a sudden illness. He left instructions that all the property and stock, presumably much of the property that he inherited, should be sold and the money to go to his wife and grown children. No mention is made of his mother or brother.William Hardeman was advertising as a watch and clock maker in 1855, working out of Bridge, Canterbury. By 1882, a William Henry Hardeman was advertising, also as a clock and watchmaker, and also working out of Bridge. It is possible that this is the same William Hardeman who was Edwin's brother, but it is also possible that this was William's son. There is no mention of any horological William Hardeman after 1903. It is interesting to note that a Canterbury resident was interviewed in 1946 by the Antiquarian Horological Society, regarding 'Hardeman and Son'. The only horological Hardeman she knew in the area was 'elderly Billy Hardeman who was a watch and clock-maker and repairer in the village 50 years ago and whose family had been in business there for many years'.One, possibly two, other year-going clocks are known by Hardeman and Son, both made around 1810. Both are around 9 feet tall and use a similar train layout to the current clock. They require driving weights of around 44 kg per train. It is unknown if these year-going clocks were made for a specific purpose or were simply offered in different sizes.The Hardemans are known to have made and repaired turret clocks as well, including one such clock with rack striking and dead-beat escapement. Several longcase clocks are also known from all three horologists.Heimann, P. (2004) 'Long-Running Clocks', Horological Journal, Vol. 146 (11), pg. 402.British Horological Industry (1946) 'Canterbury Clockmaker', Horological Journal, Vol. 88 (12), pg. 563.Shenton, K. (1993) 'Southern Section: 3 April', Antiquarian Horology, Vol. 21 (1), pgs. 29-30.Bundock, M. (1987) 'Turret Clock Group: 2nd-4th July', Antiquarian Horology, Vol. 17 (2), pg. 160Probate of Stephen Hardeman (1810). The National Archives: Public Record Office. Catalogue reference: IR 26/300/106Will of Samuel Hardeman (1843). The National Archives: Public Record Office. Catalogue reference: PROB 11/1979/189Will of Edwin Samuel Hardeman (1857). The National Archives: Public Record Office. Catalogue reference: PROB 11/2253/265University of Leicester (2022) Historical Directories of England & Wales: Kent 1824-1918. Available at: https://specialcollections.le.ac.uk/digital/collection/p16445coll4/search/searchterm/Kent/field/place/mode/exact/conn/and/order/period/ad/asc/page/1This 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 mahogany bracket clock with pull repeat and calendar functionCrane, BromsgroveThe case surmounted by a cast brass handle atop the severely concave bell top with four small pineapple finials above the glazed sides, front and back doors, with upper quarter frets to the front door, supported by a moulded base, on moulded block feet.The fully silvered arched Roman and Arabic dial with engraved floral spandrels and a subsidiary calendar ring above VI and raised oval cartouche under XII, engraved Crane above an elaborately engraved Bromsgrove, all under skeletonised blued steel hands with a large strike silent dial in the arch and a blued steel pointer.The twin gut fusee movement with five knopped pillars and knife-edge verge escapement, the backplate with floral and urn engraving. Ticking with two case keys and a pierced bracket. 79cms (31ins) high with bracket, 53cms (20.5ins) withoutFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
An extremely rare 18th century continental tortoiseshell, cut and engraved inlaid brass and pewter weight driven quarter striking wall clock with moon phase indicationSurmounted by a cast finial and brass-bound caddy, over flared sides terminating in scroll feet, the brass inlaid sides with open back. The swag engraved arched dial with outer Latin engraving, Aspice Postremam qui cunctas aspicis horas Hodie Mihi Cras Aibi, and calendar aperture, the outer Arabic brass minute ring encircling the silvered moon phase dial, itself enclosing the silvered Roman hour dial, below a shaped blued steel hand. The weight driven movement with inverted anchor escapement and quarter striking on a bell. With an associated wall bracket, crank key and engraved pendulum. 21cms (8ins) highFootnotes:Provenance:The family collection of J. Drummond Robertson.The Latin inscription reading 'Consider the one who remains to watch all the hours' on the top half and 'Today, I will be there for tomorrow' on the bottom half.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 good mid-19th century ebonised travel clock with trip repeatArnold and Frodsham, 84 Strand London, numbered 736Surmounted by a gilt feathered serpent handle above a large escapement inspection window forming the roof of the pagoda-like top, over glazed sides and a pierced back door, above a carved feathered border over a moulded base and bracket feet. The 3.75 inch brass dial with engraved floral spandrels and engine turned minute ring, with large Roman chapter ring, engraved under XII Arnold 84 Strand and London No 736 below VI, the centre with engraved floral motifs and an engine-turned watered silk background, offsetting the blued steel quatrefoil hands, the whole dial surrounded by an engraved brass palm frond sight ring. The four pillar, twin chain fusee movement with maintaining power and a jewelled English lever platform escapement, the back plate signed in the lower left and right corners Charles Frodsham and 84 Strand London respectively. Ticking and striking with a pull repeat on the right side, together with a winding key and a case key. 27cms (10.5ins) highFootnotes:This clock would have been made between 1844-1858. Although Arnold is engraved on the dial, it is a product of the Frodsham workshop; John Roger Arnold died in 1843, and it was after his death that Charles Frodsham purchased Arnold's corner premises at 84 Strand, which Arnold had used since 1821. Frodsham continued to use the name 'Arnold', sometimes even using 'J. R. Arnold', together with his own name on all the items produced by the shop. By 1858, Frodsham stopped using Arnold's name on his products. The address of 84 Strand, originally a coffee house when constructed in 1696, would remain part of the Frodsham company until it was pulled down in 1894, as part of development for Hotel Cecil.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 early 19th century brass-banded mahogany single pad top bracket clock with wall bracketJames Amos Scott, Tottenham Court RoadThe brass handle set on a brass-bound pad over a moulded edge and four ball finials, the sides with geometric pierced brass sound frets, the front and back doors both glazed, on a moulded plinth and ogee bracket feet. The one piece 7.75 inch arched silvered dial with engraved Roman chapter ring, strike/silent subsidiary and date dial above VI, signed across the centre Scott Tottenham Court Road, with pierced, blued steel arrow hands. The twin gut fusee movement with five knopped pillars and anchor escapement, the signed backplate with running swag and leaf border. Ticking and striking with wall bracket and some paperwork. The frontplate of the movement is stamped Thwaites and numbered 2829. The clock 48 cms (18.5 ins) high, 69 cms (27 ins) high with bracketFootnotes:The note accompanying this lot relates that the clock, Thwaites 2829, was supplied to James Amos Scott in 1802, according to the Managing Director of Thwaites and Reed in 1963.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A second half of the 18th century ebonised table clockJohn Fletcher, London The bell top with handle over a swag mount and four cone finials, the moulded top above circular and shaped side frets backed by red silk, to a plinth base with repeating mount along the front, on low ogee bracket feet. The seven-inch arched brass dial with strike/silent over a silvered chapter ring, scroll spandrels and matted centre with decorated date aperture and shaped recessed signature plaque. Twin chain fusee movement with knife edge verge escapement and rack strike on the bell, with trip repeat for the hour. 51cms (20ins) high. Footnotes:A handwritten note in the case suggests that this was the John Fletcher apprenticed in 1727, who became a member of the Worshipful Company of Clockmakers in 1744.This clock is featured in Dzik, S. (2019) Engraving on English Table Clocks: Art on a Canvas of Brass 1660-1800, Wild Boar Publications, pg. 366 (F12-1).For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
An extremely rare late 18th century weight driven walnut-cased floor standing regulatorHenry Ward, BlandfordThe obelisk-form case with shallow pointed arched top over tapering sides to an upright rectangular base on a plinth with moulded lip, the circular dial aperture set into the front of the full-width hinged door. The 9-inch one-piece engraved silvered dial with curved aperture to show the minutes via a rotating minute ring with Arabic fives read against a tapering blued steel pointer, below the minute aperture sit two engraved subsidiaries, to the left is a 24-hour dial with Roman hours marked in three hour intervals marked to the nearest quarter of an hour (i.e. four divisions per hour) read by a simple blued steel tapering hand; to the right hand side is a twice 0-60 second subsidiary dial, marked in individual seconds and named every ten, again read via a simple blued steel tapering pointer. The weight driven movement with unique inverted truncated pyramid shaped backplate (suggestive of a parallelogon) secured directly on to the back of the dial via three 7cms (2.75ins) long turned pillars, the single going train consisting of two large (c.13cms (5ins)) finely cut wheels with screwed collets and eight-leaf pinions driving a 7.5cms (3ins) 'scape wheel with 60 pins. The steel impulse and exit pallets are set directly on the pendulum rod. The pendulum is set on a substantial brass bracket mounted on the walnut block, and is constructed in three parts - two steel arms centred by a zinc core, of octagonal section, set at the upper end with a pair of steel pallets mounted on a brass block, the lower end terminating in a very heavy spherical brass bob with additional auxiliary timing weight (the largest bob approximately 13cms (5ins) in diameter and weighing approximately 10.5kg (approx 23lbs). 1.78m (5ft 10ins) high. Footnotes:Henry Ward was born around 1776; it is unknown where he was born, though he would spend most of his working life in Blandford, Dorset. However, his brother Richard, described as a watchmaker, lived in Middlesex. The details of his early career remain unknown, though, in 1797 a Henry Ward is listed in the Charing Church warden's book as having been involved with the upkeep of the clock for that year. Unlike many of the other listed clockmakers, his place of residence is not recorded. In 1804, Henry Ward of Blandford supplied and installed a turret clock to Milton Abbey, though the actual movement appears to have been manufactured by John Thwaites in London. This, along with his brother's place of residence and the Charing Church records, suggests Ward may have at least been apprenticed in London. In 1805 he received his first of four awards from the Royal Society of Arts, in the form of 15 guineas for a new simplified striking system. This system was noticeably different from other striking systems, as it did away with a separate striking train, instead using the pendulum to power the hammer via front plate levers: The hammer and the pallets are joined together with a rack; a lever is attached to the pallets and once the clock is striking, the pallet lever moves the rack tooth by tooth. Each movement of the rack connects with the hammer tail and causes a blow to be sounded. Ward notes that he uses this system with a deadbeat escapement. Interestingly Edmund Beckett Denison, later Lord Grimthorpe, in his Rudimentary Treatise On Clocks, Watches, & Bells For Public Purposes advocated for a crutch-less escapement. He noted that an escapement which had the pallets on the pendulum would be much more effect, though he did say that this was 'hardly possible [...] to manage behind a clock of regulator size.'Less than two years later Ward had received another award from the society, this time in the form of a silver medal, for his compensation pendulum. This pendulum consisted of two hammered iron rods on either side of a zinc rod, all secured by several screws along the length of the rods. These screws acted as adjustment, according to Ward; unscrewing the screw by one thread, would result in an alteration of the clock's going by about one quarter of one second per day. Ward was quite thorough in his experimentation, making up two pendulums, one using un-hammered iron and the other with half-hammered iron, and observing the change in their respective timekeeping based on the temperature. He even installed a rudimentary heat lamp in each clock case, to be able to test increases in temperature without being dependent on the weather. He eventually refined his pendulum to have chamfered edges and hammered iron rods, both of which he claimed further stabilised the clock's rate. This same year, he also received 10 guineas from the Society, for his invention of a locking crank mechanism for telegraph machines. His final prize from the society would come in 1814, in the form of another silver medal and five guineas for a simplified equation of time complication. This manifested itself as a minute dial with two hands; one hand recorded mean time, and the other tracked solar time. Ward explained in his submission to the Society that he thought it was essential to depict solar time, as the difference between it and mean time could be as much as -14/+16 minutes depending on the day of the year. That this complication was uncommon on standard domestic clocks, Ward ascribed to the cost, expertise, and skill of manufacture necessary. He viewed his complication, which relied on a cam, quadrant rack and a few additional wheels, as simplified and easier to make, with the hope that it would be adopted by more manufacturers. Unfortunately, Ward would die less than a year later, on 23rd February 1815. He is listed in the Blandford Forum burial records for 5th March of that year. Interestingly, he is listed as 'Henry, Ward Snr' opening up the possibility that a son of the same name was still alive as of 1815, though this conjectural child has not yet been located. His brother Richard, and his friend James Ferris, the latter of whom worked from Poole, having been apprenticed to Thomas Wright of London, served as the executors of his will. Richard Ward continued to work in London, at 27 Banner St., St. Luke's until at least 1853. A possible description of his house from 1815 suggests that he had three paying lodgers in his house at that time. This same source also references Mary Ann Ward, who was the daughter of Richard Ward; it seems likely that this is the same Richard Ward, though this cannot be confirmed.Passing reference has also been made to a Henry J. Ward, who was apprenticed to a Thomas Mayne as a watch finisher in 1792 at St. Luke's, London. Assuming Henry J. Ward was 14 at the time of his apprenticeship, he would have been born two years after Henry Ward. Whether this is actually Ward's younger brother, or simply an amusing coincidence, remains unknown.An early 19th century turret clock is known by Ward; it has a pinwheel escapement, with pendulum mounted pallets and a vertical fly. He seems to have been partial to a pinwheel escapement as several of his more complicated clocks used one. Longcase clocks of 30 hour and eight-day duration, as well as silver pocket watches, including one with a duplex escapement, are all known by him as well.Kelly (1843) Post Office London Street Directory, London: Kelly's Directories Ltd.University of Leicester (2022) Historical Directories of England & Wales: London 1808-1915. Available at: https://specialcoll... 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 BURR WALNUT VENEERED LONGCASE CLOCK WITH TEN-INCH DIAL AND BOLT-AND-SHUTTER MAINTAINING POWERJOHN EBSWORTH, LONDONThe rising hood with overhanging cornice and blind cut frieze supported on twisted columns, with long side glazed panels over a convex throat moulding and long door with oval lenticle framed by quarter-veneered panels of lively figuring within a D-moulded edge, on a crossbanded base and squat bun feet. The ten-inch square brass dial with single line border framing the winged cherubs' head spandrels and silvered chapter ring, the Arabic five-minute markers set within the minute ring and enclosing the Roman hours, fleur de lys half-hour markers and inner quarter hour track, the finely matted centre with slender subsidiary seconds dial and chamfered date aperture with boldly engraved date numerals, signed along the lower edge in copperplate script John Ebsworth, Londini Fecit. The weight driven eight-day movement with six latched knopped pillars and bolt-and-shutter maintaining power to the going train with anchor escapement, the strike train regulated via an outside countwheel acting on the bell. Ticking and striking, with case key, crank winding key, pendulum and a pair of brass-clad weights. 1.93m (6ft 4ins) high.Footnotes:Provenance:P.A. Oxley, 4 April 1997.John Ebsworth was apprenticed to Richard Aymes (also spelt Ames) in 1657, meaning he was likely born around 1643. Richard Aymes is known to have worked in Holborn, near St. Andrews Church, so it seems likely that this is where Ebsworth served his apprenticeship. A Christopher Ebsworth is also noted as being apprenticed to Aymes in 1662, and he was described as a clockmaker after his apprenticeship. It remains unknown what his relationship to John was, though he has long been assumed to be the younger brother, given his later date of apprenticeship. He was not listed in John's will, but he may simply have died before John. John gained his freedom of the Clockmakers Company in 1665, before moving into a shop 'at the Cross[ed] Keys in Lothbury'. This may have been on the same site as Knifton's former premises which were destroyed in the Great Fire, to the far south-west of Lothbury. When Lothbury was rebuilt, Ebsworth may have chosen to occupy a site well-known for clocks from Knifton's occupancy since 1646. Lothbury was a popular centre for clock workshops from the 1630s onwards; the area had long been associated with metal workers and founders. This association goes back, certainly as far as 1508, with some suggestion of going as far back as 1365, and the establishment of the Founder's Company. Given the easy access to all the raw materials, it is natural that the early clockmakers would be found here too. Interestingly, Richard Aymes was apprenticed to Peter Closon, a famed early lantern clock maker, and when Knifton died in early 1667, Aymes was one of the appraisers of his estate. Closon, Knifton, and Ebsworth all have clocks which used the 'matchstick man' casting mark. This mark has been associated primarily with Lothbury clockmakers, between the 1630's until about 1685. The mark has been variously ascribed as being the mark of the founder, the casting firm, or another specific individual. John Ebsworth is also recorded as working at 'New Cheap Side, however, the uniformity of his style makes it difficult to tell where he worked first, but any work signed from the Cross[ed] Keys is likely to date from the rebuilding of Lothbury by the early 1670s; Ebsworth had an extensive output of products which included lantern, bracket and longcase clocks, pocket watches, and even sundials.He continued to climb the ranks of the Clockmakers Company throughout his career, becoming a warden by 1695; in October of that year, he and another warden, Edward Stanton, were present when the apprentice George Graham gained his freedom of the Company. Two years later, Ebsworth was the Master of the Company. That he was financially secure at this point is seen by his investment in 1694 of £1,000 in the burgeoning Bank of England. This is the largest amount invested by any recorded clockmaker, with the exception of Thomas Tompion, who also invested £1,000. Ebsworth died in 1699, appointing his wife Susanna the sole executor of his will and Edward Stanton as the overseer, as well as instructing Stanton to provide business advice to Susanna. In total, he willed £570 to his three cousins and their children, with the promise of giving them more, should Susanna remarry within two years of his death. He was buried in St.Margaret's, Lothbury, a short walk from his home and workshop, and his memorial may still be seen there.His timepieces remain highly prized; a longcase by Ebsworth is on display at the Victoria and Albert Museum, and one of his table clocks was presented to the Duke of York in 1923 to celebrate his marriage and is still kept running at Clarence House.Nye, J. and Doherty, C. (2020) 'Thomas Knifton, beginnings, middle, ends', Antiquarian Horology, Vol. 41 (1), pgs.76-82.Lloyd, H. A. (1951) 'George Graham Horologist and Astronomer', Horological Journal, Vol 93 (11) pg. 710.Will of John Ebsworth (1699). The National Archives: Public Record Office. Catalogue reference: PROB 11/452/249.The Worshipful Company of Founders (2022) History. Available at: https://www.foundersco.org.uk/historyRoyal Collection Trust (2022) Table clock. Available at: https://www.rct.uk/collection/3000/table-clock Victoria and Albert Museum (2008) Longcase clock. Available at: https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O53199/longcase-clock-john-ebsworth/ Loomes, B. (2013) Lantern Clocks of the mid-seventeenth century - an examination of some with 'matchstick man' castings and 'matchstick' flower engraving. Available at: https://www.brianloomes.com/collecting/matchstick/index.html Loomes, B. (2006) 'A Lantern Clock Showing 'Thirds'', Horological Journal, Vol. 148 (3), pg. 107-108. Robey, J. (2012) 'Moorfields And Clock-Brass Founders Part 2: The Mayor Family And Other Founders', Antiquarian Horology, Vol. 148 (3), pg. 622-623.Buick, T. (2020) Orreries, Clocks, and London Society Cham: Springer.Gloag, J. (1976) A Short Dictionary Of Furniture London: Allen & Unwin.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 LATE 17TH CENTURY EBONY VENEERED QUARTER-REPEATING TABLE TIMEPIECELangley Bradley, LondonThe caddy top with tied bud handle and four ball finials over a well-moulded cornice and base on button feet. The 6.75-inch dial framed by well-cast winged cherubs' head spandrels framing the silvered chapter ring, the periphery of which has Arabic five-minute numerals interrupted by half-quarter marks, around a minute band and Roman hour ring with fancy half-hour markers, the finely matted centre with chamfered mock pendulum aperture and signature between V and VII. The single gut fusee movement with knife-edge verge escapement repeating the hours and quarters on three bells and hammers via the repeat cord to the side, the backplate framed by a stylised wheatear border with shaded corners enclosing a series of symmetrical anemones within foliate scrolls, signed in an open reserve in copperplate script Langley Bradley, London. Ticking and repeating. 38cms (14.5ins) high.Footnotes:Sir Christopher Wren was a key supporter of Bradley's and may have influenced the decision to award him the contract for the new clocks at St Pauls Cathedral, Hampton Court and another in the Admiralty Building. King William III presented a Bradley watch to Wren on completion of St Pauls.Langley Bradley was born in Stepney in 1671, the second of five children born to Martha Curtus and Thomas Bradley, a gardener. In 1688, Langley was apprenticed to Joseph Wise, a member of a well-known horological family. His brother, Thomas Wise, seems to have known Joseph Windmills in some capacity, the latter of whom served as surveyor for Thomas' will. Three months after Thomas' death in 1696, his widow Ann, married Langley Bradley, who had gained his freedom a year earlier. This meant that Bradley was able to buy out Thomas' son's entitlement to his father's tools and materials; the inventory included a number of clock and watch movements, cases and a large clock which hung above the shop in the street. This clock gave Wise's house and shop its name, the Minute Dyall, in Fenchurch Street: Bradley is recorded as working here after his marriage, having previously worked in Whitechapel. The same year, 1696, Bradley assisted William Derham in his writing of the landmark book The Artificial Clockmaker. In 1706, Benjamin Bradley was born; Benjamin was apprenticed to his father in 1721, eventually being made partner in 1728. In 1726, Bradley became a Master of the Clockmakers Company, a position he would hold until 1748. Interestingly, Aynsworth Thwaites, who would go on to establish the Thwaites clock company, was apprenticed to Benjamin Bradley in 1735. The output of the Minute Dyall under the Bradleys was quite diverse, including longcase clocks, lantern clocks, bracket clocks, and watches. The firm also supplied a large number of turret clocks, using techniques Bradley possibly learned as an apprentice from his master's father, a noted turret clock maker. Seventeen turret clocks are known to have been made by Bradley, including one at Blenheim Palace, installed in 1710, whose escapement was later modified by Vulliamy, and one at St. Magnus the Martyr church by London Bridge, installed in 1709. Both these clocks are still working, though the clock for St. Magnus the Martyr has had the striking train disabled. He also maintained several turret clocks he didn't supply, including one supplied by Edward Stanton to the Royal Exchange. His turret clock work was not confined to London, ranging as far afield as Cambridge and Oxford; he is also known to have manufactured his own specialty tools to help him with his turret clock manufacture. Perhaps his most famous project, however, was supplying the original turret clock to St. Paul's cathedral in 1707. It was a massive undertaking, especially as it was desired that the clock should strike and run for eight days on a single wind. Unfortunately, the clock was plagued with time keeping problems; Bradley himself blamed the public, who were allowed to view the clock movement and apparently couldn't resist trying to ring the bell. A contemporary account, however, suggests that the movement itself was not robust enough to deliver the necessary power to drive the very large hands. Consequently, the clock was removed in 1717, and replaced with a thirty-hour clock by Wright and Street. Despite this, Bradley was still appointed Keeper of the Clock for St. Pauls in 1738, a position he held until his death.Benjamin worked at the Minute Dyall until his untimely death in 1744. A year later, the 74-year-old Langley Bradley moved back to Stepney; he continued to maintain a variety of turret clocks, though he no longer worked from a shop. He died in 1753, and the entirety of his estate was passed to his sole living child, Margaret Renard (née Bradley). She would also receive the final payment from St. Dunstan's Church, for Langley Bradley's work on maintaining their turret clock.Hodgson, B. (2002) 'Langley Bradley-'A Judicious Workman' Part I: Historical Details & Domestic Output', Antiquarian Horology, Vol. 26 (5), pgs. 477-499.Hodgson, B. (2002) 'Langley Bradley-'A Judicious Workman' Part II: Turrett Clocks', Antiquarian Horology, Vol. 26 (6), pgs. 611-625.Hodgson, B. (2002) 'Langley Bradley-'A Judicious Workman' Part III: St. Paul's Cathedral', Antiquarian Horology, Vol. 27 (1), pgs. 35-51.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
AN 18TH CENTURY WALNUT STRIKING LONGCASE CLOCK OF ONE MONTH DURATIONGeorge Graham, London, No. 590 The case with stepped caddy top flanked by twin finials over a blind cut fret, the stepped and moulded cornice over a further fret set on brass mounted Doric columns, both sides with rectangular glazed panels, the long trunk door with lively burr figuring enclosed by a D-moulded edge, the sides inlaid with two long feather-banded panels to a matching base and apron. The leading edge of the door punch numbered 590. The 12-inch square brass dial framed by Indian mask spandrels interspersed with foliate engraving, the bolt-and-shutter maintaining power lever set to the edge at IX, wide silvered chapter ring with outer Arabic five-minute numerals enclosing the bold Roman hours with typical floating lozenge half-hour marks and an inner quarter-hour track, the finely matted centre with subsidiary seconds dial over the applied oval signature cartouche and chamfered date aperture with pin-hole date adjustment, good blued steel hands and latched dial feet. The substantial movement set on built-up cheeks, (as is occasionally seen on Graham's work) and united by five heavy knopped and latched pillars, secured to the backboard via a brass L-shaped bracket, the five-wheel going-train terminating in an anchor escapement with long steel crutch to a pendulum with robust circular-section brass rod terminating in a brass-faced lenticular bob with engraved silvered rating nut: the rack striking train set in a partially skeletonised frontplate sounding the hours via a shaped brass-headed hammer and bell. The backplate numbered to the rear lower edge 590. Ticking and striking, together with the pendulum, brass-clad weights, crank winding key and door key. 2.31m (7ft 7ins) high.Footnotes:Provenance: Purchased Asprey, 14 May 1987.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 IMPORTANT LATE 17TH CENTURY EBONY VENEERED LONGCASE CLOCK OF THREE MONTH DURATION WITH ROMAN-STRIKING AND ONE-AND-A-QUARTER SECOND PENDULUMJoseph Knibb, LondonThe rising hood with shallow caddy top surmounted by three gilt brass flattened-ball finials over a blind fret supported by brass-mounted multi-piece Corinthian columns, centred by a cast gilt brass foliate swag terminating in tied ribbons, each side with pierced wood sound fret, the trunk with internal spoon lock and set with a mask to the centre of the upper cross-piece, the long door set with three panels, two long and one short, the sides matching, raised on a plain base and brass ball feet. The 10.5-inch square brass dial signed along the lower edge, Joseph Knibb, London between winged cherub head spandrels interspersed by engraved foliate boughs to the sides and a symmetrical foliate motif above, all framing the large expanse of very fine matting acting as the perfect foil to the silvered skeletonised Roman chapter ring with each minute engraved on the minute band. The quarter-hour track with small leaf-shaped half-hour markers, and finely fettled blued steel hands. (In typical fashion for a Roman striking clock, the numeral four is marked by IV rather than IIII.) The weight driven movement secured to the backboard with a brass L-shaped bracket, with arched and slightly shouldered plates united by substantial knopped and ringed pillars latched to the frontplate, both trains with large diameter barrels and finely shaped collets to the wheels, the going train terminating in an anchor escapement, the rear pivot of which is supported on a single-footed cock mounted on the backplate with a long crutch to the two-piece pendulum which hooks on to a spring suspension hung from a shaped bracket at the top of the backplate, with butterfly suspension. The backplate with semi-circular cut-out for the anchor pallets. The strike train using the Roman notation system of sounding the hours on a pair of hammers and bells – one large and straight-sided to represent the numeral '5' and a smaller, lighter example to represent the numeral '1', controlled via a small-diameter outside countwheel with four crossings and external detent. Ticking and striking, together with the pendulum and a pair of very large brass-covered weights. 2.135m (7ft) high.Footnotes:The foregoing is a list of the seven Roman striking, three-month going, longcase clocks by Joseph Knibb that are known to exist. It is immediately apparent that the current clock is in a very select group of Golden Age clocks. Perhaps even more telling is that of the seven listed, only one matches the current lot in benefitting from the additional refinement of a skeletonised chapter ring. The other skeletonised example is illustrated in the standard reference work 'The Knibb Family Clockmakers' by R.A. Lee, in figures 32 and 48. At that time, the images had been supplied by Messrs. F. Partridge & Sons Ltd, one of the great Antique dealing dynasties of the modern period. It has not been seen in public since its publication in 1964 and its current whereabout is not known to us. The current clock, therefore, offers a remarkable opportunity to acquire an iconic clock from one of the world's most revered makers. Garnier & Hollis (2018): Innovation and Collaboration; 'The early development of the pendulum clock in England. Catalogue of the Exhibition held at Bonhams, 101 New Bond Street', London 3-14 September 2018, Exhibit number 100. (three-month duration, ebony case, 10.5-inch dial, solid chapter ring)R.A.Lee; The Knibb Family Clockmakers, The Manor House Press, 1964, plates 31 and 47 (three-month going, ebony case, un-recorded dial size, solid chapter ring)R.A.Lee; The Knibb Family Clockmakers, The Manor House Press, 1964, plates 32 and 48 (three-month going, ebony case, un-recorded dial size, skeletonised chapter ring)Roberts, D. (1990) British Longcase Clocks. Pennsylvania: Schiffer Publishing, Figs. 96 A and B (three-month going, ebony case, un-known dial size, solid chapter ring). J. Darken (ed.) (2003) Horological Masterworks: English 17th Century clocks from Private Collections, AHS, Exhibit 25 (three-month going, ebony case, 10.5inch dial, solid chapter ring)H. van den Ende (ed.) (2004), Huygen's Legacy, The Golden Age of the Pendulum Clock, Castletown, pp156-157 (three-month going, ebony case, 10.5inch dial, solid chapter ring)The Time Museum sale of Clocks and Watches, Sotheby's New York, 13 October 2004, lot 532 sold for $540,000. (three-month going, ebony case, 10.5-inch dial, solid chapter ring)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 AND RARE LATE 17TH CENTURY 'PHASE TWO' EBONY CASED QUARTER REPEATING STRIKING TABLE CLOCKTHOMAS TOMPION, LONDON NO. 198, CIRCA 1692The 'Phase Two' style case surmounted by a bold gilt brass handle centred with a cast foliate bud on internal pommels with flowerhead bases set on a low caddy over elaborate cornice mouldings, the sides with silk-backed sound frets and long glazed apertures to a moulded base on block feet, the rear door with central glazed panel, the front with gilt brass escutcheons. The 6 and 7/8ths inch rectangular dial with twin subsidiaries in the upper corners – the left for rise-and-fall regulation, the right for strike/not strike, flanking the signature Thomas Tompion, LONDINI, fecit within an oval wheat-ear border with further engraved scrollwork and twin rose heads in the subsidiaries, the silvered Roman and Arabic chapter ring with sword-hilt half-quarter marks, minute band, meeting-arrow-head half-hour marks and quarter-hour track enclosing the finely matted centre with chamfered mock pendulum aperture and blued steel hands, all framed by cherubs head spandrels to the lower corners with quadrant spandrels above. The substantial eight-day movement united by seven knopped and finned pillars latched to the frontplate which is cut to accommodate Tompion's unique quarter repeating system. The going train with gut fusee to a pivoted verge escapement with long steel crutch to the pendulum with lenticular brass-bob, suspended on a spring and pinned to the massive rise-and-fall lever spanning the top of the backplate, with pendulum holdfast to the left of centre. The strike train with gut fusee and rack striking the hours via a facetted steel hammer on a large bell. The repeat train sounding the time to the nearest fifteen minutes by pulling a cord from either side of the case to engage a pair of pivoted repeat levers cocked on the left-hand side of the backplate. The elaborate backplate signed in a shaped wheatear cartouche Thomas Tompion, LONDINI, Fecit and punch-numbered 198 to the centre of the rear edge. The fully engraved foliate scroll backplate attributable to Engraver 155 (possibly Bartholemew le Maire, Engraver of His Majesty's Arms-in-Ordinary, working in Charing Cross between 1684-1698) and featuring his interlaced foliate scrolls with bold shading and crisp details in flowing patterns, with secret porpoise head in profile.Footnotes:Provenance:Sotheby's 13.12.1963, lot 87. Property of J.F.R. Peel, hammer price £3,000, together with the 'original' wall bracket. Christies 5.7.1989 lot 32. Anonymous sale, hammer price £90,000. By this time, opinion was that the wall bracket was later.Literature:Evans, J., Carter, J., Wright, B. (2013) Thomas Tompion 300 Years. Kent: White Horse Press, page 338.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A good and rare late 18th century brass-mounted ebonised quarter repeating small bracket clockHenry Long, LondonWith brass banding to the bell top surmounted by a handle and four cone finials, set over circular and shaped glazed side panels to a moulded plinth on block feet, the glass panels and doors all framed by a quarter-round cast brass moulding. The five-inch arched brass dial with twin subsidiaries for rise-and-fall regulation and strike/silent set either side of the applied silvered signature plate, silvered Roman and Arabic chapter ring enclosing a matted centre with mock pendulum and date apertures. The twin fusee movement united by five knopped pillars, pivoted verge escapement with rise-and-fall regulation and rack striking on a bell. Repeating the quarters on demand via the pull cord to the right-hand side of the case on a nest of six graduated bells and hammers. The backplate engraved with a symmetrical pattern of scrolling acanthus and centred by the pendulum holdfast block. Ticking, but strike fusee chain damaged. 38cms (15ins) highFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
An early 19th century brass-bound single pad top table clock of small sizeDebois & Wheeler, LondonThe cast brass leaf handle on a brass-bound pad over a moulded cornice and brass uprights to the front corners, on a brass-bound base and tall bracket feet. The 3.75-inch white enamel Roman dial with matching pierced brass hands framed by a minute ring. The movement with gut fusee to the going train terminating in an anchor escapement, now with later continental strike train with vertical hammer added to the side of the movement, the winding square hidden by the front door. The backplate signed Debois & Wheeler London. Ticking. 28cms (11ins) highFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
An early 19th century West Country inlaid mahogany eight day longcase clock by Thomas Honey of Launceston, Cornwall, the shaped and boxwood strung arched hood with fluted columns, enclosing an arched brass dial, with Tempus Fugit eagle to arch, engraved floral spandrels and Roman chapter ring, enclosing a subsidiary seconds dial and date aperture, signed 'Thos. Honey Launceston', 8 day bell strike movement, on a boxwood strung base with bracket feet, 82 ½in. (209.5cm.) high, in running order., * Provenance: Miscellanea (Cornwall) Ltd., Truro, 1964,
A Regency brass strung bracket clock by John Thompson Edinburgh, with two train movement, brass carrying handle to either side and raised on ball feet. Height 47 cm, width 27 cm, depth 15 cm (see illustration). CONDITION REPORT: The clock is in generally very good condition. The movement winds on both trains and is currently ticking away and striking when advanced. The dial looks to have been recently finished and is in generally good order. There is one scratch and little marks around the winding apertures. The case is in generally good order with some stress fractures to the veneers but no real significant problems. All brasswork is clean and in good order. There are some veneer repairs in places. In our opinion the clock has fairly recently been through a restorers workshop hence the generally very good order.
A 17TH CENTURY STYLE CONTINENTAL EBONY VENEERED AND GILT BRASS MOUNTED BASKET TOP BRACKET CLOCK the 7" square fabric backed gilt brass dial with cherubs head spandrels and Roman chapter ring with outer minute markers fronting an eight-day spring driven 19th century movement with outside countwheel strike on a bell. The basket top case with folding handle and leaf cast sound frets to the sides; on brass bun feet.42cm high handle down.In very good condition, with no damage or losses to the case other than a dent to the right edge of the door. The dial is in good condition and the clock ticks when wound and strikes the correct hours and half hour, but will need a service. We do not guarantee mechanical parts or functionality.
WILLIAM THOMPSON, CHESTER. A GEORGE II EBONISED PULL QUARTER REPEATING BRACKET CLOCK with inverted bell top pediment and hinged brass handle above a glazed door enclosing a 7" arched brass dial with gilt masked spandrels and silvered chapter ring surrounding a matted centre with calendar aperture, the silvered arch plaque with engraved easel and makers name fronting an eight-day fusee movement with knopped pillars and anchor escapement repeating the quarters and hour on three bells, signed backplate43.5cm high handle downthe clock case, movement and dial are all original to one another, the case is very dry and the ebonised finish is worn through on the edges, the front and back locks are missing from the doors, and the movement is complete, striking on three bells and has an original anchor escapement, which is positioned unusually close to the backplate.
A LATE 17TH CENTURY ITALIAN CHAMBER CLOCK the rectangular brass leaf engraved dial with Roman numerals and pierced engraved crest fronting a weight driven posted frame movement with verge escapement striking on a bell; on later wood bracket29cm high not including bracket The clock is complete. the pendulum has been replaced but has the original verge escapement. The dial is original to the movement but the hands are later additions.
LEFERVRE & FILS, PARIS. AN UNUSUAL 19TH CENTURY FRENCH ONYX AND CHAMPLEVE ENAMEL MANTEL CLOCK the 4.5" dial with enamel centre and Roman numerals fronting a spring-driven eight-day movement striking the hours and half hours on a bell with anchor escapement - stamped by Lefevre & Fils Paris numbered 4168. The architectural temple-shaped case with champleve enamel panels and tile effect roof having pierced gilt brass gallery and amethyst glass jewels; raised on leaf cast bracket feet.43cm wide 40cm high
JONATHAN HOCKER, READING. A RARE QUEEN ANNE WALNUT AND ARABESQUE MARQUETRY EIGHT-DAY VERGE BRACKET CLOCK WITH PULL QUARTER REPEAT the eight inch square brass dial with wheatear border, gilt cherub's head spandrels and silvered Roman chapter ring with Arabic minute markings enclosing a matted centre with cut engraved date aperture and dished mock pendulum, the border with a strike/not strike lever fronting a substantial eight day fusee movement with six substantial ringed baluster pillars uniting the rectangular plates. Verge escapement with fine shaped and fret-cut engraved brass pendulum cock, hour strike on a single bell and pull quarter repeat on a series of six bells - the signed backplate with fine scroll leaf engraved all over decoration within a herring banded border. The rounded caddy top case with elaborate cast gilt brass folding handle above a cross grain veneered border and matching plinth base raised on leafcast shallow brass bun feet, with partly fret-cut and long glazed side panels.38.5cm high handle downThe case is in good original condition with nice colour and patina, and the movement and dial are original to the case. The gilded dial is in good condition, and the movement is complete but the fusee gut has snapped on both trains so will require attention, all bells are present and have the original verge escapement. The bell staff and hour strike bell have been replaced, there are 2 vacant holes where the original bell staff would've been attached, and no other plugged holes.
DANIEL DE SAINT LEU, WATCHMAKER TO HER MAJESTY, LONDON. A GEORGE III MAHOGANY VERGE BRACKET CLOCK the case with inverted bell top pediment above a glazed door with pierced brass sound frets enclosing a 7" arched brass dial with rococo spandrels and silvered chapter ring surrounding a matted centre with subsidiary seconds dial and calendar aperture, the foliate engraved arch with subsidiary Strike/Silent and regulation dials fronting an eight-day double fusee movement with original rise and fall verge escapement and signed foliate engraved backplate striking the hours on a bell.47cm high
M. NICOLASON, LONDON. A GEORGE III FIGURED MAHOGANY ORMOLU MOUNTED INVERTED BELL TOP EIGHT-DAY BRACKET CLOCK the 7" arched brass dial with rococo brass spandrels enclosing a silvered chapter ring with Roman numerals and finely engraved signed centre, having strike/silent to the arch fronting a substantial double fusee movement with engraved back plate and anchor escapement striking on a bell. The case with folding carrying handle and canted corners fitted applied gilt brass floral decoration; raised on scrolled leaf cast bracket feet ( pendulum lacking).47cm high handle down. A good genuine clock with original dial and case. The clock has its original seatboard and verge escapement but the pendulum suspension has been altered and the pendulum is also missing. The case is in good condition having all of its gilt brass mounts. The dial is untouched with its original silvering. The front door is locked and we do not have the key for this. The front door is locked and we do not have the key for this. The left bottom hole is where the pendulum fastener would have been origin lay. The other holes are where the cogs have been repositioned in the movement. The movement is complete.
ROBERT HENDERSON, LONDON A GEORGE III EBONISED AND ORMOLU MOUNTED BRACKET CLOCK the classic bell top case with pineapple finials and canted caryatid corners on moulded bracket cast feet. The arched 7" brass and silvered dial with gilt rococo spandrels, Roman and Arabic chapter ring and matted centre with mock pendulum and date apertures below a shaped signed recessed name plaque, the arch having a subsidiary strike/silent, fronting an eight-day double fusee movement with knopped pillars striking the hours on a bell; fully engraved backplate49cm high The clock is in good working condition but may need a service, the case has fine splits to the veneer on the front door, the dial has minor discolouring to the silvering on the chapter ring, and the movement, which is original to the case, is complete and runs, striking the hours on a bell, originally been verge escapement now converted to anchor. We can not guarantee mechanical parts
EDMUND APPLY, AT CHARING CROSS. A WILLIAM AND MARY EBONY VENEERED GILT BRASS MOUNTED BASKET TOP BRACKET CLOCK the gilt embossed floral scrollwork basket with double-sided dolphin's folding handle and red fabric lining above a glazed door with applied brass fretwork panels; glazed sides and back door and moulded plinth base raised on block feet. 6.5-inch brass dial with fine gilded winged cherub's head spandrels, silvered chapter ring with inner quarters markers and matted centre with date aperture below a Strike/Not Strike lever fronting a double fusee gut wound movement with five reversed ringed tapering baluster pillars and verge escapement with bob pendulum, hour strike and pull quarter repeat on a further three bells; the profusely engraved tulip backplate with similarly signed centre cartouche.34cm highThere are plugged holes in the backplate which suggest the clock has had an anchor escapement and then been converted back to verge? The clock functions correctly and the pull quarter repeat works, the movement is original to case, and the seatboard looks to have been changed when converted back from an anchor, having extra screw holes underneath the case, see extra images uploaded.
JOHN WRENCH, CHESTER. A GEORGE II TIDAL MUSICAL BRACKET CLOCK WITH MOONPHASE the mahogany inverted bell top case with a glazed door and fan inlays on ogee bracket clock enclosing an 8" arched brass dial with scrollwork and wheatear engraved decoration, winged cherub head spandrels and silvered chapter ring surrounding a matted centre, two subsidiary dials above for Chime/Silent and music selection below a moonphase aperture with age of moon and high tide fronting an eight-day double fusee movement with verge escapement and finned knopped pillars, playing one of four tunes on eight bells and sixteen hammers, fully engraved signed backplate, originally with pull quarter repeat.52cm highThe case has some dents and scratches to the top mold, just below the pediment. The case has been repolished in the past. the movement and dial are original to the case and the dial is in nice condition. The movement is missing the pull quarter repeat mechanism and the moonwork, the musical side, however, is complete with all of the bells. The clock is running on the verge escapement and the musical side does play all of the tunes. The movement looks to have been cleaned and overhauled in recent years but may require attention. We do not guarantee mechanical parts.
A LARGE AND IMPRESSIVE 19TH CENTURY FRENCH BOULLE TORTOISESHELL BRACKET CLOCK the ormolu mounted case surmounted by Minerva on a removable caddy top above a glazed door flanked by ormolu mounted canted corners and pendulum aperture below with figural mounts raised on caryatid bracket feet, the 10" gilt dial with enamel blue Roman numerals fronting an eight-day spring driven movement with outside countwheel striking the hours/half hours on a bell; stands on the original ormolu mounted wall bracket.Clock measures 121cm, including bracket measures 158cmThe clocks original movement in working and has a pendulum and key, we cannot guarantee clock parts. The case is in very nice un-damaged condition. Lots of extra images have been uploaded online.
PHILIP LONDON. A 19TH CENTURY GEORGE III STYLE THREE TRAIN QUARTER STRIKING MAHOGANY BELL TOP BRACKET CLOCK the 8" arched brass dial with Rococo cast brass spandrels enclosing a silvered chapter ring with Roman numerals and outer minute markers surrounding a matted centre with date wheel below a strike silent function to the arch fronting an eight-day fusee movement with five knopped pillars and engraved backplate having name cartouche, anchor escapement and striking the quarters on eight bells. The mahogany case with folding carrying handle, bell top and arched glazed doors; standing on a plinth base with bun feet51cm handle down.The current vendor who is a private collector has had the movement fully cleaned and serviced and it is in nice working condition, chiming correctly and striking the hours, however, we cannot guarantee the mechanical parts or functionality. The silvering to the chapter rings is slightly discolored and there is losses to the gilding on the matted center. The case is in good order.
FRODSHAM, GRACECHURCH STREET, LONDON. A WILLIAM IV MAHOGANY TRIPLE FUSEE QUARTER CHIMING BRACKET CLOCK The carved scrollwork case with thistles and flower heads below a cast brass bezel enclosing an 8.5" painted circular dial with Roman numerals fronting a signed chain driven triple fusee eight-day movement chiming the quarters on eight bells57cm highThe clock winds and runs and strikes correctly on all trains, but the bells aren't setup correctly and therefore could sound better, the movement is very good quality and has an original pendulum, and door keys, the case is in good untouched condition, and the glass has two cracks running from the hinge, dial paint is original. We do not guarantee the mechanical parts or functionality.
A LARGE FRENCH EMPIRE DOUBLE DIAL SWINGING PENDULUM MYSTERY CLOCK made to suspend from the ceiling from a brass bracket and knife edge suspension on a gridiron rod and large convex enamel double dial body with engraved bronze surround enclosing a spring driven movement118cm overallWe have not had this clock running but it looks to be complete. There are very fine hairline cracks to both dials, it will require attention.
AN 18TH CENTURY EBONISED BRACKET CLOCK CASE with folding brass carrying handle and inverted bell top, for a 7" wide movement.41cm high handle down The case been repolished, the backdoor lock has been patched and a catch has been fitted in its place.(Door Measurements 18.5cm wide, 18cm high bottom of the arch, 24.7cm high to top of the arch, was designed for a 7" movement, the measurements of the internal mask are slightly smaller, 17cm wide 17.5cm to bottom of the arch 24cm high to the top of the arch.)
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