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Lot 14
A French gilt brass four-glass mantel clock Samuel Marti et Cie, Paris, late 19th century The eight-day gong striking movement with twin mercury capsule `compensated` pendulum and with stamped roundel S. Marti et Cie, MEDAILLE DE BRONZE and numbered 56763 to backplate, the dial with visible Brocot escapement to the recessed gilt engine turned centre within white enamel Roman numeral chapter ring and engine turned bezel, the bowfronted bevel-glazed case with moulded cornice and ripple cast frieze above reeded Corinthian columns to angles, on curved-front cavetto moulded base incorporating shaped apron, 28cm (11ins) high.
Lot 20
A French patinated spelter and gilt brass mounted Belge noir marble figural mystery clock Guilmet, Paris, late 19th century The two train countwheel bell striking movement with Guilmet`s crank and stirrup escapement connected via fixed crutch passing through the movement plates to a cylindrical steel post resting on pin pivot and carrying the moulded plinth for the figure surmount, the backplate stamped with oval GLT, BREVETTE, S.G.D.G. trademark and numbered 607, the 4 inch gilt on black marble circular Roman numeral dial with gilt spade hands within egg-and-dart cast hinged bevel-glazed bezel, the rectangular plinth-form case with `bronze` patinated spelter figural surmount cast as a standing Classical female holding aloft in her left hand the spring suspension for the glass inset bob pendulum above cavetto moulded top and stylised lions mask ring side handles, the front with incised gilt scroll decorated infill around dial, on cavetto moulded skirt base with conforming decoration and generous scroll cast lions paw feet to front, 63cm (24.75ins) high. Andre Romain Guilmot was amongst a number of French clockmakers, including Robert Houdin, who responded to the nineteenth century Parisian passion for magic and conjuring by designing a clock which was inherently mysterious in nature. The mechanism which he devised was designed to give the impression that the pendulum, held by the figural surmount, appeared to oscillate without and impulse. This was achieved by standing the figure on a post which was pivoted on a pinpoint at the base, this allowed the figure itself to oscillate side to side imperceptibly. With this post connected to the specially designed escapement the impulse for the pendulum is ingeniously transferred through the figure. Guilmet was granted Patent for his invention in 1867, which was modified on 1872. The apparent popularity for his design of `Pendule a marche mysterieuse` can in part be due to the showing of such clocks at the various international exhibitions held in Paris and elsewhere throughout the latter quarter of the 19th century.
Lot 23
A French Empire gilt and patinated bronze figural mantel timepiece Now with rack lever watch movement by Litherland and Company, Liverpool, early 19th century The four pillar fusee full-plate movement with rack lever escapement and sprung three arm monometallic balance, the backplate with large Slow/Fast regulation scale and diamond endstone to the chased balance cock incorporating signature LITHERLAND & CO., PATENTEES, now with circular white enamel Roman numeral dial with gilt spade hands within cast laurel surround, in a case modelled as an anchor resting against a bale of cotton opposing a figure of a first generation African American wearing pantaloons, on oval plinth base applied with mount cast with tied bale of wheat flanked by dolphins above shallow skirt and turned toupe feet, 18cm (7ins) high; with original oval outline black marble base, 21cm (88.25ins) high. Peter Litherland is recorded in Baillie, G.H. Watchmakers & Clockmakers of the World as working from circa 1790 until his death in 1805 with the firm continuing as Litherland, Whiteside & Company until 1816 when it became Litherland, Davies & Company. The escapement fitted to the current lot is a rare form of rack lever (non-detached) that was patented by Litherland in 1792 (Patent number1889).
Lot 112
A French porcelain inset ormolu mantel clock The movement by Samuel Marti et Cie, Paris, late 19th century The eight-day two train bell striking movement with S. Marti et Cie, MEDAILLE DE BRONZE roundel and stamped 2655 to backplate, the circular porcelain dial with polychrome foliate scroll painted centre within pink ground chapter ring with gilt cartouche Roman numerals, the case with love bird surmount and ribbon-tied foliate crest above dial flanked by rococo scrolls, on swept lobed base inset with a conforming shaped porcelain panel to front and with pierced moulded collar to base, on openwork rococo scroll cast feet with acanthus spray above turned support to front apron, 28cm (11ins) high; with original moulded shaped giltwood stand applied with trade paper label AUBERT AND LINTON.., LONDON to underside, 32.5cm (12.75ins) high overall.
Lot 1371
A Circular Bronze Box with embossed profile of the Duke Of Wellington to the top and inscribed to the rear ''By his consummate skill as a general, he has raised the British army to the highest excellence, and himself to the most noble and exhaled hero in the annuals of history'', inside the box are 12 circular paper discs commemorating British victories in Portugal, Spain & France in the 19th century
Lot 349
A pair of French bronze and marble mounted tazzas, last quarter 19th century, the shallow dished tops with a figural scene in the Classical taste cast in low relief to the tondo, on rectangular section marmo nero Belgio and marmo brocatello plinths, 19cm high, 12cm diameter; and a Victorian electroplated copper low tazza, dated 1862 and stamped for `ELKINGTON MASON & CO.`, 5cm high, 24cm diameter
Lot 383
A Regency patinated and gilt bronze and marble mounted figural candlestick, circa 1815, the spiral fluted urn socket held aloft by a standing putto, the cylindrical plinth with engine milled collar above a square base, 33cm high Previously sold Christie`s Interiors, 6th December 2011, lot 190.
Lot 384
A pair of Regency patinated and gilt bronze figural candlesticks, circa 1815, the urn sockets held aloft by standing amorini, the cylindrical plinths with bands of engine milled anthemia, on square bases, 28cm high Previously sold Christie`s Interiors, `Three Tastemakers`, 17th January 2012, lot 251.
Lot 393
A pair of Empire patinated and gilt bronze twin light figural candelabra, early 19th century, the urn sockets and drip pans above conjoined cornucopias with central flambeau finials, held aloft by standing and classically draped maidens, the domed socles and cylindrical plinths with engine milled detailing, on square bases, 39cm high, 17cm wide
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