An inlaid mahogany eight-day longcase clock, late 18th century and later, the four pillar rack and bell striking movement with 12 inch brass break-arch dial with subsidiary seconds dial, arched calendar aperture and signed GEORGE LOTT, Honiton to the rococo scroll engraved centre within applied silvered Roman numeral chapter ring with Arabic five minutes to outer track and scroll cast brass spandrels, the arch with silvered boss engraved with an eagle over banner inscribed TEMPUS FUGIT flanked by conforming dolphin cast mounts, now in a case with shaped arch crest above wavy-edge glazed dial aperture flanked by fluted columns, the trunk with short panel-strung rectangular caddy moulded door between conforming line-edged panels to upper and lower margins and flanked by fluted canted angles, the base with further inlaid panel and tall bracket feet, 216cm (85ins) high.
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A George III Mahogany Secretary Bookcase, 18th c. and later, the upper case with dentil molded cornice, astragal glazed doors, shelf interior; lower case with slant front, fitted interior with shell-inlaid door, two over three graduated drawers below, ogee bracket feet, height 90 in., width 42 in., depth 22 in.
A George III-Style Burl Walnut Bureau Bookcase, comprised of antique elements, broken pediment centering an eagle, molded frieze, arched paneled doors; lower case with slant front opening to fitted interior, four graduated long drawers below, bracket feet, height 97 in., width 39 1/2 in., depth 22 in.
A Group of New Orleans Carved Cypress Architectural Fragments, late 19th c., comprised of three scroll brackets, a window pediment, a very large scroll bracket, a spindled porch element and a turned porch post. Provenance: Sold for the Benefit of Hermann-Grima/Gallier Historic Houses, New Orleans.
A 19th CENTURY GILT BRASS CARRIAGE CLOCK WITH PUSH BUTTON REPEAT, RETAILED BY J.W. BENSON, LONDON, the eight day French movement with platform lever escapement and striking on a gong, the backplate numbered 1923, the white enamel dial with Roman numerals and signed J.W. Benson........London, with blue steel spade hands, the case with fluted carrying handle above a moulded top supported by four fluted Corinthian quarter columns on a base raised on bracket feet, with key. Height 16.5cm
A LATE 18th CENTURY OAK LONGCASE CLOCK, the 11" brass dial signed in the arch James Common, Coldstream, with subsidiary dial and date aperture, pierced foliate spandrels, eight day movement, with pendulum and weights, the hood with swan neck pediment, above an arched door with parcel gilt columns, the slender trunk with arched door, on a plinth with bracket feet. 2.26m
A large Victorian gilt brass mounted oak quarter chiming bracket clock the substantial four pillar triple chain fusee movement repeating and chiming a choice of two tunes on eight bells, striking on a single coil, the arched gilt brass dial with matted centre, applied silvered 7in. Roman chapter ring with Arabic five minutes to outer track, subsidiary silvered Chime/Silent and Chime on 8 bells/Westminster selection dials, gilt metal shell, cherub mask and foliate spandrels, the case painted to simulate lacewood, the caddy top with brass pineapple urn and flame urn finials and floral swag mount, the canted body with gilt brass caryatids and shell spandrels above the arched bevelled glass door, decorative pierced grilles to sides, on a cavetto moulded plinth with gilt brass mounts with foliate paw feet, 28½in. (72.5cm.) high.
A good English carved oak cased bracket clock, the triple fusèe movement playing on eight bells and five coiled gongs, the 19cm gilded and pierced arched dial with silvered chime/silent, slow/fast, Whittington/Westminster chimes subsidiary dials to the arch above a silvered chapter ring with matted centre, signed Turnbull and Bunyan 19 Corporation Street Manchester, within a foliate carved case surmounted by a carved cushion cornice and flat top, 56cm high
**AN INDO-PERSIAN HELMET (KULAH KHUD), 19TH CENTURY with hemispherical skull embossed with a radiating pattern of ribs rising to a foliate moulding for a central spike (now missing), fitted with a pair of plume-holders (sliding nasal, bracket, and mail neck-defence missing), and the skull decorated over its surface with silver foliage enriched with gold scrollwork (rubbed) 12.7 cm; 5 in high
**A D.B. WHEEL-LOCK TRAP GUN BUILT AROUND 17TH CENTURY PARTS, 19TH CENTURY with tapering sighted barrels, flush-fitting lock on the right fitted with external wheel retained by a bracket and circular cover, the latter engraved with an eagle displayed, sliding pan-cover with button release, and moulded dog, top-mounted set trigger, fruitwood full stock profusely inlaid with engraved staghorn plaques including monsters issuant with foliage, mounted knights jousting, marksmen taking aim and brigands being felled, and the top of the butt pierced for attaching to a base or the ground, and fitted with brass tag numbered 525 30.5 cm; 12 in barrels Provenance James Graham, by 1925 George F. Harding Jr., Chicago, 1925 Transferred to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1982, Acc. No. 1982.2935
**A 120 BORE SILESIAN WHEEL-LOCK BIRDING RIFLE (TSCHINKE), MID-17TH CENTURY, PROBABLY CIESZYN (TESCHEN) with octagonal blued swamped sighted barrel rifled with six slender grooves, punched, engraved and gilt with serpents and flowerheads at the muzzle, over the median and the breech, the latter extending to form an angular tang decorated en suite (the gilding with losses), flat lock fitted with external mechanism, the wheel retained by a characteristic strongly arched bracket, mainspring decorated with delicate filed patterns, engraved sliding pan-cover with button release, engraved dog, and flash-guard, the principal components overlaid with gilt brass sheet engraved with scrolls of foliage, those on the dog involving a celestial mask and a beast playing a horn, fruitwood full stock profusely inlaid with staghorn plaques, tendrils and pellets enriched with engraved mother-of-pearl rondels all within segmental lines over the fore-end, decorated with a pair of cornucopia centering on a rabbit opposite the lock), the butt inlaid with an elaborate near symmetrical pattern of leaves, tendrils and pellets on the left all en suite with the fore-end and fitted with patchbox with sliding cover on the right (the stock with small chips and repairs, inlay with minor restorations, cracked through at the butt and repaired), moulded steel trigger-guard (terminal chipped), engraved staghorn ramrod-pipes, engraved staghorn fore-end cap, staghorn butt-cap, and wooden ramrod with engraved staghorn tip, perhaps the original 98.5 cm; 38 ¾ in barrel Provenance Sumner Healy, New York, by 1924, sold American Art Gallery, New York City, 11-13 December 1924, lot 533, illustrated George F. Harding, Chicago, by 1939 Transferred to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1982, Acc. No. 1982.2271
**A 28 BORE GERMAN WHEEL-LOCK HOLSTER PISTOL, SUHL, MID-17TH CENTURY with tapering octagonal barrel struck with Suhl control marks and a further mark (indistinct) at the breech, rounded lock retained by three side nails, fitted with external wheel retained by a small basal bracket, dog and sliding pan-cover, full stock rounded beneath the lock (small scratches, bruising, pierced through for display at the butt), impressed with a mark behind the lock, iron mounts comprising trigger-guard, ramrod-pipe, fore-end cap and a band enclosing the butt, and early iron-tipped ramrod 43.5 cm; 17 1/8 in barrel
**A 28 BORE NORTH EUROPEAN WHEEL-LOCK HOLSTER PISTOL, MID-17TH CENTURY with associated barrel formed in two stages (pitted over the median), rounded lock retained by three side nails, fitted with external wheel retained by a small basal bracket, dog and sliding pan-cover, full stock rounded beneath the lock, iron mounts comprising trigger-guard, ramrod-pipe, fore-end cap and a band enclosing the base of the butt, and the latter fitted with a turned bone button (later ramrod) 49 cm; 19 1/4 in barrel
**A 32 BORE GERMAN WHEEL-LOCK HOLSTER PISTOL, SUHL, THIRD QUARTER OF THE 17TH CENTURY with tapering heavy octagonal barrel struck with Suhl mark at the breech, rounded lock retained by three side nails (one seized), fitted with external wheel retained by a small basal bracket, dog and sliding pan-cover, full stock rounded beneath the lock, iron mounts comprising trigger-guard, ramrod-pipe, fore-end cap and butt-cap, and iron-tipped ramrod 37.5 cm; 14 3/4 in barrel
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