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Lot 212
MANNER OF W.A.S. BENSON BRASS AND COPPER EXTENDING STANDARD LAMP, CIRCA 1900the ovoid reservoir with leafy bracket supports on turned and knopped adjustable support with three applied brackets, raised on curved legs with paw feet, later converted to electricity, with pleated silk shade140cm high closed
Lot 595
A mid 18thC mahogany bureau bookcase, with broken dentil pediment, centred with a turned urn, above two parcel gilt mirrored doors, enclosing adjustable shelves, with candle slides, the fall enclosing a fitted interior with a central drawer, flanked by two pillared letter drawers, above an arrangement of three short and three long drawers, each with pierced brass drop handles and ogee bracket feet, 255cm H, 61cm D, 115cm W.
Lot 711
A early 19thC mahogany bureau bookcase, the moulded corners with two astragal glazed doors enclosing adjustable shelves the base with a fall enclosing a inlaid fitted interior and a red leather inset above four graduated cross banded drawers each with brass drop handles on ogee bracket feet, 224cm H, 120cm W.
Lot 715
An Italian walnut and marquetry display cabinet, the crest with carved wood shells etc above a marquetry frieze and a central shaped glass drawer flanked by shaped sides, the base with a further marquetry frieze with central drawer above three panelled doors on bracket feet, 110cm H, 125cm W.
Lot 493
G Plan, a group of three bookshelves, various sizes and configurations, label to inside door Condition Report: One upper section cut at back to fit dado rail, most bracket supports missing bad scratch to base end, other noticeable minor scratches some shelf supports missing 305cm wide 198cm high 46cm deep
Lot 812
Payne, London a boulle bracket clock: the eight-day duration, single fusee timepiece movement having an anchor escapement and engraved to the backplate Payne, 163 New Bond St., the round gilt-brass dial with raised decoration and having black Roman numerals to individual shaped cartouches, the enamelled centre signed Payne, 163 New Bond Street, London with blued steel moon hands, the waisted boulle case with engraved inlaid brass decoration to the maroon tortoiseshell, with applied brass mounts and surmounted by rococo decoration, with a glazed front door and sides, height 58cms.* Biography William Payne is first recorded at 62 South Moulton Street, London in 1816. By 1825 he had moved to 163 New Bond Street becoming William Payne & Company at that address in 1852.* Notes Ref Cecil Clutton (Author), G H Baillie (Author), C A Ilbert (Author), Britten's Old Clocks and Watches and Their Makers, Pub. Bloomsbury Books, London 1986.
Lot 813
William Creak, Royal Exchange London, an automaton bracket clock: the eight-day duration, five-pillar, double-fusee movement having a verge escapement and striking the hours on a bell, with pull-repeat of the last hour at will, with a fully engraved backplate of floral and c-scroll decoration and engraved with the maker's name Wm. Creak, Royal Exchange, London, the brass break-arch dial having a raised silvered chapter ring engraved with black Roman numerals and Arabic outer five-minute markings, with the matted dial centre having a date aperture and inset silvered plaque engraved with a repeat of the maker's signature, with blued steel hands, the arch having a well-painted depiction of a couple in period dress playing badminton within a garden setting with the two racquets moving in sequence as the shuttlecock moves between the two as the clock ticks, the inverted bell-top ebonised case having curved canted corners, coloured glass to the two apertures above the arch of the dial, further decorative glass apertures to the sides, a brass carrying handle to the top and standing on ebonised pad feet, height 47.5cms, handle down, 51.5cms, handle up.* Biography William Creak was a well-regarded maker working in London from circa 1740 until at least 1775, being at the Royal Exchange from 1754. He made a number of fine musical and automata clocks for the Eastern Export market. There are examples of his clocks and watches in various museums including the Victoria and Albert Museum, the Science Museum, South Kensington and the Amsterdam Museum.
Lot 814
John Upjohn, Exeter, a mahogany bracket clock: the eight-day duration, double-fusee movement with verge escapement striking the hours on a bell, the shaped backplate with border engraving (now missing alarm work), the eight-inch round painted dial with black Roman numerals and signed John Upjohn, Exeter, with blued steel spade hands, the arched-top mahogany case with brass frets above and below the dial and to the sides and surmounted by a brass carrying handle, on brass bracket feet, height 47cm.*Biography The Upjohn family were a well-known and prolific family of clockmakers working in both Exeter and London, with James Upjohn of Red Lion Square, born 1822, having travelled extensively in Europe when trying to promote his business to a wider field. The Exeter branch of the family included, amongst others, William Upjohn, baptised in 1754 and who moved to London in 1803; John Upjohn, born 1771, who married Maria Wittingham before moving to London, when on his return in 1803 he took over the premises of William before dying in 1848 'after a long and painful illness, borne with Christian fortitude'; their son Robert Wittingham Upjohn, also a chronometer maker born 1807, who took over from his father as keeper of the Exeter Cathedral clock where his initials can be found carved and dated 1824.
Lot 815
Gustav Becker, a mahogany mantel clock: the eight-day duration movement striking the hours on a gong and chiming the quarters on a further four gongs, the backplate stamped for the maker Gustav Becker along with the serial number 2405077, giving a date of manufacture of circa 1927, the silvered arched dial having a raised silvered chapter ring with black Roman hour numerals and blued steel hands with two further subsidiary dials to the arch for regulation and chime/silent, the break-arch mahogany case having fluted columns to the corners and a stepped base with brass bracket feet, height 40cms.* Biography Gustav Becker, born 1819, was a prolific maker of 'Vienna' style wall regulators and mantel clocks. He had workshops at Silesia, Germany which continued well after his death in 1885. He was awarded the Medaille d'Or at the Schlesien Industrial Exhibition of 1852 for his work on regulator movements.
Lot 820
Thomas Gibbs, Stratford, a small striking fusee wall clock: the eight-day duration, double-fusee five-pillar movement having an anchor escapement and striking the hours on a bell, the round convex ten-inch painted dial having black Roman numerals, blued steel spade hands and signed Thos Gibbs, Stratford, the round mahogany case having a cast-brass bezel, diameter 33cms. * Biography Thomas Gibbs is recorded as working in the High Street, Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire from before 1828 until at least 1854 having been born in Preston-on-Stour, Gloucester in 1785. A Regency bracket clock signed by him was sold at Christies Auctioneers, South Kensington in 1996.
Lot 824
A late Victorian mahogany longcase clock: the eight-day duration movement having a dead-beat escapement and striking the hours on a gong, the twelve-inch break-arch dial having a raised silvered chapter ring with engraved black Roman numerals, fleur-de-lys half-hour markings and outer Arabic five-minute markings, the matted centre having a subsidiary seconds dial, the arch having a 'strike/silent' dial, with cast-brass c-scroll spandrels to the four corners and dolphin spandrels to the arch and decorative blued steel hands, the mahogany case having a swan-neck pediment with a brass ball-and-spire finial to the centre, canted corners to the hood and trunk, a shaped door and matching raised panel to the base, all standing on bracket feet, height 226cms (inc finial).
Lot 869
A carved wood and cream and gilt decorated serpentine fronted canopy:, with central urn of flowers and foliage, the beaded and reel turned frieze with garlands of flowers and foliage hung from rams heads, the underside with pleated white fabric (chain and bracket fixings), 120cm (3ft 11in) across, 86.5cm (2ft 10in) depth.
Lot 921
An early 18th Century walnut veneered and cross and feather banded bureau:, the sloping hinged fall fitted with a ledge enclosing a graduated fitted interior with concave fronted small drawers and pigeon holes about a central cupboard with two further small drawers and concealed compartments, enclosed by an arched panel door flanked by turned half columns, having a well with sliding cover and containing two short and two long drawers below, on bracket feet, 91.5cm (3ft) wide (the sides not veneered).* Provenance: The late R.B.W.Clarke Esq., Bridwell, Uffculme and thence by family descent.
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