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Lot 214
Titus Geneve 18k chronograph gentleman's wristwatch, circular bronze dial with Arabic numerals, outer Tachymeter/Telemeter scales, subsidiary constant seconds, thirty minute recording dials and chronograph centre seconds, signed movement, dust cover, signed inside case back, modern brown leather strap, 39mm - **Rotary box, service receipt from J.D. Brown Jewellers, Gloucester dated 10.5.2014 - Condition Report: - Movement - currently functioning. Dial - marks and some wear to the outer scales. Glass - light surface marks. Hands - marks and tarnishing. Case - surface marks and some small bruise marks. Crown - functioning correctly, push buttons start/stop and reset, marks and rubbing. Strap - modern, good. - Condition reports are provided for general guidance only. Please view images and further information can be obtained upon request. Gardiner Houlgate do not guarantee the working order or time accuracy of any lots. Due to the opening of the wristwatch case backs, it is recommended watches are re-sealed by professional technicians to ensure any stated water resistance is retained
Lot 8
Omega Genéve Megaquartz 32KHz gold plated and stainless steel gentleman's bracelet watch, ref. 1960030, circa 1972, serial no. 3xxxxx19, circular bronze dial with baton markers, minute markers, day/date apertures and centre seconds, cal. 1310 8 jewel unadjusted movement, tonneau shaped case, Omega bracelet, quartz, 39mm - Condition Report: - Movement - currently functioning. Dial - minor light marks. Glass - light surface marks. Hands - marks, chip/crack to the paint on the hour hand. Case - marks, rubbing to the gold plating, scratch marks to the case back. Crown - rubbed, functioning correctly. Bracelet - heavily rubbed, scratch marks, wrist size 7'' approx - Condition reports are provided for general guidance only. Please view images and further information can be obtained upon request. Gardiner Houlgate do not guarantee the working order or time accuracy of any lots. Due to the opening of the wristwatch case backs, it is recommended watches are re-sealed by professional technicians to ensure any stated water resistance is retained
Lot 231
Omega Military mid-size 'waterproof' stainless steel wristwatch, circa 1940s, signed bronze two-tone dial with Arabic numerals and centre seconds, case no. 9751905, tan strap, 31.5mm - Condition Report: - Movement - currently functioning. Dial - nice patination - see image . Glass - light marks present. Hands - matching, light marks. Case - surface marks and wear as expected of the period, no issue markings - see images for close-up views. Crown - adjusting correctly. Strap - modern, mild wear - Condition reports are provided for general guidance only. Please view images and further information can be obtained upon request. Gardiner Houlgate do not guarantee the working order or time accuracy of any lots. Due to the opening of the wristwatch case backs, it is recommended watches are re-sealed by professional technicians to ensure any stated water resistance is retained
Lot 396
A bronze figure of cupid, on a rectangular marble base, 21cm high together with another of a putti type figure draped in cloth holding a sheaf of wheat, on a square marble base, 22cm high CONDITION REPORT: Some rubbing to the patination, loose on the stands, in used condition, date estimated as early 20th century
Lot 359
HOOVER LIMITED, PERRIVALE, MIDDLESEX. AN UNUSUAL COLLECTION OF SEVEN SILVER AND TWO BRONZE MEDALS, OBVERSE OF ONE OF THE FORMER ENGRAVED THE HOOVER WAR OF 1934 DSM M KING AND VARIOUS HOOVER COMPANY GILTMETAL AND ENAMEL BROOCHES AND LAPEL BADGES, COLLECTED BY AN EMPLOYEE (MR R. M. PRICE OF NEWCASTLE), 1930'S
Lot 149
A Fine Victorian patinated bronze mantel timepiece with platform lever escapement, James McCabe, London, circa 1850 The single chain fusee four column-turned pillar movement with Harrison’s maintaining power and McCabe’s generous underslung English lever platform escapement regulated by sprung three-arm monometallic balance with cabochon endstone and pivoted regulation arm reading against a curved silvered scale to the rear, the backplate signed James McCabe, Royal Exchange, London, 1848, the six inch circular silvered Roman numeral dial with repeat signature and blued steel hands incorporating a pierced heart to the tip of the hour, the patinated bronze chamfer-top case with hipped superstructure over cavetto cornice and hinged cast brass bevel-glazed bezel to front, the rear with rectangular glazed door, in moulded skirt base with disc feet, 30.5cm (12ins) high. James McCabe senior is recorded in Baillie, G.H. Watchmakers & Clockmakers of the World as a 'very fine maker' who worked from Cheapside and Royal Exchange, London 1778-1811. The business was continued under his name by his sons including James junior who was apprenticed to Reid and Auld in Edinburgh, and Robert Jeremy who ran the business up until its closure in 1883.
Lot 65
A George V iron and brass turret timepiece, Gillett and Johnston, Croydon, circa 1926/7 The substantial skeletonised movement with pierced triangular plates united by three cylindrical pillars and thick bar top plate incorporating pendulum suspension cheeks to the rear, the four wheel train with bronze pivot bushes, Harrison’s maintaining power, high pinion count, six-spoke crossings to the second and third wheels and substantially engineered pin-wheel escapement regulated by seconds pendulum incorporating massive oval-section iron bob and wooden shaft, the front of the frame with bronze hand adjustment dial fitted with heavy brass setting pointer and calibrated with minute ring incorporating Arabic ten-minute annotations, the centre stamped with serial number 9274 over cast inscription GILLETT & JOHNSTON, CROYDON, BY ROYAL WARRANT, CLOCKMAKERS & BELLFOUNDERS TO, H.M. KING GEORGE V, the lower rail of the movement frame with cast-in repeat signature and with drilled securing flanges to each corner, complete with take-off bevel-gear pivoted through one of the movement pillars, drive rod, two bevel gear assemblies, further connecting rod, motionwork assembly with hands (no dial), heavy three-part cast iron weight with iron loop suspension, crank winder and a few other smaller related accessories, the movement frame 47cm (18.25ins) high by 27cm (10.5ins) deep by 33cm (13in wide); with a purpose made wooden display stand 151cm (59.25ins approx.) high overall. Provenance: The property of a private collector, by repute removed from a house near Marlborough, Wiltshire. The firm of Gillet and Johnston can trace its roots back to the clockmaker William Gillett who moved from Hadlow, Kent, to Clerkenwell in 1837. In 1844 he relocated again, this time to Union Road, Thornton Heath, Croydon. Charles Bland became a partner in 1854, and the company subsequently traded as Gillett & Bland. In 1877, Arthur A. Johnston (c.1851-1916) bought a partnership, and shortly afterwards extended the company's output by establishing a bell foundry. The business became known as Gillett, Bland & Co until Bland's death in c.1884, when the name was changed to Gillett & Co. The name Gillett & Johnston seems to have been used from around 1887.Arthur Johnston's son, Cyril Frederick Johnston (1884-1950), joined the company in 1902, became a partner in 1907, and took over the firm following his father's death in 1916. He developed an interest in the theory of bell tuning, and greatly expanded the bellfounding side of the business. During the First World War, the factory suspended its regular business and became involved in the manufacture of munitions, employing over 1,250 men and women. The firm became a limited liability company in 1925, initially trading as the Croydon Bell Foundry Ltd (although the name ‘Gillett and Johnston’ still appeared on bells). It reverted to the name Gillett & Johnston Ltd in 1930. After going into receivership in 1857 the company was subsequently reborn and still trades today as clockmakers specialising in the maintenance and restoration of turret clocks. The vendor has recorded eleven turret clocks with serial numbers in the 9,000’s with known dates of installation dating from 1920 (number 9125 at Bletsoe, Bedfordshire) to 1935 (number 9490 at St. Mary Kidderminster, Worcestershire). The closest number to the current lot noted is 9268 (at Cople, Bedfordshire) which dates to 1925; therefore it would be reasonable to suggest a date of around 1926/7 for the present timepiece.
Lot 112
A French gilt and patinated bronze mounted marble five-piece mantel clock garniture in the Egyptian revival taste, retailed by J.E. Caldwell, Philadelphia, circa 1875 The circular two train eight-day gong striking movement stamped with JAPY FRERES, MED. D’HONNEUR. roundel over number 4230 6 to backplate, the circular marmo nero belgio and rouge marble dial with gilt Roman numerals and retailers signature J.E. CALDWELL & CO., Philadelphia to centre behind hinged bevel-glazed bezel, the tapered rectangular section marmo nero belgio and rouge marble case engraved with pseudo hieroglyphs and surmounted by an urn with twin handles cast as birds suspending ring pendants flanked by recumbent sphinxes perched on the sides of the base below, on winged paw cast feet, 50cm (19.75ins) high; the two pairs of garniture side pieces modelled as ovoid vases set on either tapered or rectangular plinth bases with conforming paw feet, each 41cm (16ins) high, (5).
Lot 176
A fine and potentially important George III quarter chiming table or mantel clock movement, Justin Vulliamy, London, circa 1770 The substantial but compact circular six pillar triple fusee movement chiming the quarters on six bells configured as two nests of three set behind the plates and sounding the hours on an additional larger bell, the going train now with jewelled English lever escapement set on a gilt platform incorporating rack-arm for regulation, the backplate boldly signed Just: Vulliamy, London towards the lower margin, the 6 inch circular fired white enamel Roman numeral dial with Arabic five minutes beyond the outer minute track, small regulation square above the XII numeral and fine scroll-pierced steel hands set behind crisply moulded hinged gilt brass bezel with convex glass, with original brass cylindrical sleeve dust cover incorporating radial pierced hinged cover to rear, (escapement lacking balance), the movement plates 15cm (6 ins) diameter; the dust cover 12.5cm (5ins) deep. Justin Vulliamy was born in Pay de Vaud, the watchmaking heartland of Switzerland, in 1712. He initially trained and moved to Paris to make watches there, but when George Graham invented the cylinder escapement he came to London (in around 1730), to familiarise himself with it. At this time he met Benjamin Gray, watchmaker to King George II, with whom he was later to form a partnership with at “Ye sign of Ye Sun Diall. In 1746 Vulliamy married Mary Gray, daughter of Benjamin; they subsequently had four children, Jane, Benjamin, Lewis and Mary.Justin Vulliamy was proud of his roots, and took the lead in permanently establishing the Swiss Church in London in 1762. He was President of the Committee of the Church from its foundation till his death. He presented a clock to the original church and this clock is now in the vestibule of the present church in Endell Street, London, where there is also a plaque to the “Memory of its Founder, Francois Justin Vulliamy”.Whilst Vulliamy was in partnership with Gray their work was signed with both names. After the death of Gray in 1764 Vulliamy signed with either his full name or the shortened version ‘Just. Vulliamy’. In around 1780 Justin’s son, Benjamin, joined the his fatrher in partnership and the workshop subsequentlt adopted the practice of signing their work with the family surname ‘Vulliamy’ alone. Justin Vulliamy died in 1797 leaving the business in the hands of his son, Benjamin, who in turn passed it on to his son, Benjamin Lewis, who worked from 52 Pall Mall, served as Warden of the Clockmakers’ Company 1821-5 and was appointed Master five times.All three generations of the Vulliamy clockmaking family benefitted from Royal patronage. Of Justin Vulliamy’s work there are three fine table clocks and a very unusual barometer described in Jagger, Cedric ROYAL CLOCKS pages 88-91. Benjamin’s work in particular is very heavily represented in the Royal collection and include highly decorative sculptural timepieces executed in the Neo-Classical taste created from white marble and Derby biscuit porcelain with the finest cast and chased ormolu mounts by Matthew Boulton (see Jagger, page 117); and importantly in the context of the current lot numerous movements fitted into earlier French cases, (see Jagger, chapter 5). Indeed Benjamin Vulliamy, together with his son Benjamin Lewis, appeared to adopt the practice of replacing the original movements of earlier clocks in the Royal collection with their own; the most famous of which being that of the ‘Castlemaine Tompion’ (see Jagger page 269). The current lot is intriguing in that it is clearly designed to fit compactly within its 6 inch diameter brass sleeve. The most logical reason for this was to allow the clock to be inserted into the aperture of a decorative sculptural clock case (perhaps in a similar manner as a movement installed by Benjamin Vulliamy into a French Louis XV ormolu and bronze case by Osmond illustrated in Jagger, Cedric ROYAL CLOCKS on page 140). When originally made the current movement was almost certainly fitted with a verge pendulum escapement, indeed a filled slot in the base of the sleeve indicates where a pendulum would have passed through to swing within the body of the case below. The current platform escapement is very well executed and could well be of later Vulliamy workmanship. If this is the case then it would suggest that the current lot resided in a household who continually employed the Vulliamy family through subsequent generations. When considering this possibility alongside the overall quality and specification of the current movement, coupled with the probable calibre of the case it was made for, then it would be entirely reasonable to speculate that it may well be the product of Royal patronage.
Lot 351
A SMALL LACQUERED GILT BRONZE FIGURE OF A MONK, RATNAKOSIN STYLE, BANGKOK, THAILAND, 19TH CENTURY, seated on a tiered throne, his right hand in bhumisparsa mudra, his left holding a staff (now missing), with tightly curled hair, decorated robes and elongated earlobes 15cm; 6in high Condition: Minor knocks and some losses to gilding.
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