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Lot 305
GEORGE III SATINWOOD AND CROSSBANDED KNEEHOLE DESK CIRCA 1780 the rectangular top above one fall front frieze drawer, opening to reveal a fitted interior with pigeon holes and small drawers, over six further short drawers flanking a central recessed cupboard door, raised on bracket feet 88cm wide, 82cm high, 51cm deep
Lot 312
GEORGE III MAHOGANY AND INLAID STANDING CORNER CUPBOARD CIRCA 1790 the moulded cornice above a frieze inlaid with conch shell and stylised foliate motifs, over two cupboard doors opening to reveal shaped shelves, the lower section with two further cupboard doors raised on bracket feet 113cm wide, 206cm high, 69cm deep
Lot 406
EDWARDIAN MAHOGANY AND INLAID CORNER CABINET CIRCA 1910 inlaid with ribbon tied berried foliage and paterae, the broken swan-neck pediment above an astragal glazed panel door enclosing shelves, the lower section with a further panelled cupboard door flanked by simulated fluted corners, raised on bracket feet 79cm wide, 214cm high, 47cm deep
Lot 436
*SCOTTISH GEORGE III EBONISED BRACKET CLOCK BY NORMAN MACPHERSON, EDINBURGH, CIRCA 1770 the arched dial with silvered chapter ring, subsidiary second dial, date appeture and pierced brass spandrals, the single train fusee movement with foliate engraved backplate, the dome case with a brass carrying handle, raised on a moulded plinth base with bracket feet 27.5cm wide, 43cm high, 17cm deep
Lot 647
Rare and unusual George I clock by Richard Glynne, London, circa 1720-1725, a fruitwood cased table clock (probably previously ebonised), surmounted by a revolving celestial globe showing phases of the moon on brass S supports with a flower and foliage engraved front bracket above the inverted bell top. The brass 7.5" dial has a very rare trefoil shaped chapter ring (see below) with Roman numerals, and the spandrels are engraved with figures emblematic of the seasons. The centre of the dial has a matt finish. The arch has a subsidiary dial with twin rings one showing minutes and the other lunar dates for the phases of the moon with Arabic numerals (hands missing). On brass ball feet. There are glazed sides and doors enclosing the eight day single train fusee movement. The brass back plate is engraved with scrolling foliage and "Richard Glynne Londini fecit", 25.25" high There are several unusual features in this clock 1 The case is surmounted by a revolving moon phase globe driven by a vertical pillar and a series of cogs from the movement. Knowing the correct moon phase was important because trips on horseback or by coach were much less safe on a dark night and crops could be harvested by the light of the moon. This however is an unusual way of depicting phases of the moon. 2 The trefoil shaped chapter ring is extremely rare although there are a few examples by Glynne`s contemporary Richard Street (See below) On 28th May 1982 Sothebys sold a wall clock by Richard Street of Shoe Lane just off Fleet Street. (Lot five in the sale described as a "sale of nine English clocks"). The clock had previously been sold by them in 1953. The similarities of the two dials are striking not only because of the shape of the chapter ring which was described as pear shaped but because of the style of the engraving of the foliage and numerals and the matt finish to the centre of the dial. Street and Glynne worked close to one another; Street is recorded in Fleet Street until he is thought to have died in 1722 and Glynne was in Fleet Street from 1718-1729 when he retired. 3 The single hour hand mechanism. The shape of the chapter ring means that there must be special arrangements for the single hour hand the shape of which again very closely resembles the hand in the Street clock. The whole of the inner dial revolves and the hand is fixed but has to follow the contours of the inner border of the chapter ring. This is achieved by a spring loading which seems to be the same in both clocks. Street was a distinguished but little known clockmaker whereas Glynne although also described as a clockmaker was much better known for his finely engraved scientific instruments. It is reasonable to suggest that the eccentric dial may well have provided by Street although it is conversely equally possible that the dials were made by Glynne and used by Street in his clocks! There may also have been a contribution from Glynne`s business partner in the 1720s Anne Lea, whose father and mother Philli and Anne Lea were noted ma and globe sellers.(See below) HISTORICAL NOTES RICHARD GLYNNE Richard Glynne (1681-1755), was apprenticed to Henry Wynne in 1696 in the Clockmakers` Company of which he became a freeman in 1705: he became Steward of the Company in 1725. He worked first at the sign of the Atlas and Hercules (1712-16) in Cheapside and subsequently (1718-29) opposite Salisbury Court in Fleet Street, London. On obtaining his freedom in 1705, he married Anne Lea, the daughter of the noted ma and globe-sellers Phili and Anne Lea (see below). From at least 1712 he was working in association if not in formal partnership, with his mother-in-law, advertising a new pair of globes in 1712, and publishing and marketing maps. In parallel with this activity, he made and sold `all sorts of Mathematical instruments, either for Land or Sea, according to the newest improvements` as he stated in an advertisement in 1726. There is another reference to advertising `all Kinds of Dials, Spheres and Globes of all Sizes.` A variety of scientific instruments by Glynne are indeed known. All are of high quality, with clean, well executed engraving uncluttered by unnecessary decoration. Glynne`s fine instruments recommended themselves to a fashionable clientèle, and he was sufficiently successful to be able to retire at the relatively early age of 49 in 1729, his stock being auctioned at the sho of the optician Edward Scarlett in 1730. There is an impressive armillary orrery in the Science Museum in Oxford, dating from around 1720 and standing just over a metre in height. The Museum state on their website that it must have been at the to of his range: an impressive and expensive purchase by one of his most wealthy customers. RICHARD STREET Richard Street was apprenticed to Thomas Tompion; he became a freeman of the Clockmakers Company in 1687 and was elected Junior Warden in 1713. He worked in Shoe Lane just off Fleet Street and there is evidence that he was responsible for some of Tompion`s repeating watch movements. He was undoubtedly well connected and probably his most famous commission is the important Degree Clock which is now at the Old Observatory at Greenwich. This may have been "The black clock on the back stairs" described in Sir Isaac Newton`s personal papers after his death. Sir Isaac had also commissioned from Street a fine and highly unusual clock as a gift for Doctor Bentley who was Master of Trinity College Cambridge in 1708, it apparently had an eccentric chapter ring and an expanding and contracting hand. There is no record of him after 1722 when it is presumed he died.. The dial of the wall clock sold by Sothebys and mentioned above has striking similarities to the dial of this clock by Richard Glynne ANNE LEA Anne Lea was mother in law of Richard Glynne and inherited from her husband Philli who died in 1700. He had been apprenticed to Robert Morden in 1675 and by 1683 was in business as a globe maker with Robert Morden and William Berry. He was one of the leading English map-makers and publishers of his day and described himself as a globe maker in advertisements and in a catalogue of "Globes, spheres, maps, mathematical projections, books, and instruments" in the 1790s. On his death he left a third of all his maps, plates and globes to his wife with the remainder to his children. She also inherited one third of his globe plates. Their daughter, also Anne, married Richard Glynne. Mother and daughter therefore would have inherited a large part of Philli Lea`s stock in trade, which would have been available to Richard Glynne. CONDITION Multiple images of this clock are available. Buyers will be able to assess the condition from these images. The following comments may be of further assistance. There is a screw thread at the to of the globe and obviously a finial is missing from here The glass on the globe is badly cracked The hands from the subsidiary dial are lost. We have removed the globe and to plate and have found no other screw holes in the case indicating that the globe is an original feature and was not added later in place of a handle. Several cogs in the mechanism for driving the globe are replacements The escapement and pendulum are replacements for an original verge escapement. The two large brass brackets holding the clock in the case are not original. There is a hole drilled in the base of the case where it is assumed that some support for the movement was housed but is no longer there. The brass feet are thought to be replacements PROVENANCE This clock is has been sent in for sale by executors from an estate in Winchester. Family tradition indicates that this clock was inherited through the Bohn family of Hull and through earlier connections from the Boleyns.
Lot 1367
A Georgian burr yew-wood tea-caddy : A Victorian burrwood and mother of pearl inlaid spirit decanter box; a Victorian mahogany sarcophagus shaped tea-caddy; A walnut three-tier miniature wall shelf,a Victorian walnut writing slope, a Victorian rosewood octagonal glove box, and a late 19th century walnut cased bracket clock a/f. (7)
Lot 1681
A George I walnut oyster veneered cabinet on chest, the shaped cornice over long cushion drawer and twin cupboard doors enclosing an arrangement of eleven drawers surrounding central cupboard with two further drawers above a base with four long graduated drawers upon ogee bracket supports, 170 x 98 x 44 cm.
Lot 1719
A late George III mahogany secretaire bookcase, early 19th century and later, the dentil moulded cornice above two geometric astragal glazed doors enclosing three adjustable shelves, the secretaire drawer, with later replaced handles, revealing a gilt tooled leather writing surface and interior with eight pigeon holes, four short and two long drawers and two doors, the lower cabinet doors with later applied oval mouldings and later floral marquetry, upon scrolled bracket feet, 230 x 123 x 60 cm.
Lot 1750
A George II oak chest of drawers, by John Hatch, 1750, the rectangular moulded top above a uniting slide and four graduating drawers upon ogee bracket feet, the top drawer with paper label inscribed Bought of John Hatch Cabinet Maker & c at the Golden Ball near Hatch House High Holborn, 82 x 78 x 44 cm.
Lot 581
19th Century Longcase Clock, the arched painted dial inscribed - "Rd. Stevens - Leicester", with secondary seconds dial and date aperture, floral spandrels, the arch decorated with a scene of a figure on a beach, eight-day movement, contained within an oak and cross-banded case, with break arch pediment, turned column pilasters, arched door and bracket feet, 191cms, (6`3").
Lot 585
18th Century Longcase Clock, the brass square dial (33cms, 13"), inscribed - "M. Thomas, Caernarvon", with secondary date and second dials, eight-day movement, striking on a bell, contained within an oak case, rectangular hood with moulded cornice, above turned columns, with arched door, fluted quarter pilasters and bracket feet, 198cms, (6;6").
Lot 618
Victorian mahogany Secretaire Bookcase, the upper section with moulded cornice, the interior fitted with two adjustable shelves and enclosed by arched mirrored doors, the base with rectangular top with canted corners, frieze secretaire drawer with full front enclosing satinwood-faced drawers, cupboard below with arched panelled door, on bracket feet, 104cms, (3`5").
Lot 621
George III mahogany Secretaire Bookcase, the upper half with dentil cornice, the interior fitted with three adjustable shelves, enclosed by astragal glazed doors, the base with rectangular top and fall front enclosing drawers and pigeonholes and with cupboard below enclosed by a satinwood crossbanded doors, on bracket feet, 119cms, (3`11").
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