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Lot 170
ϒA fine George II gilt brass mounted ebonised quarter-chiming table clock with moonphase, Daniel Torin and Moses Fontaine, London, circa 1745 The substantial eight pillar triple chain fusee movement chiming the quarters on a graduated nest of three bells and striking the hours on a further larger bell, with trip repeat and backplate finely engraved with Ho-Ho bird and lambrequin panel inhabited foliate strapwork centred with Apollo standing with a harp over twin female busts to lower margin, the 8.25 inch wide brass break-arch dial with calendar aperture, false bob aperture and applied oval signature plate engraved Daniel Torin & Moses Fontaine, London No. 475 to the matted centre within applied silvered Roman numeral chapter ring with fleur-de-lys half hour markers and Arabic five minutes to outer track, with pierced blued steel hands and female bust and scroll cast spandrels to angles beneath arch incorporating rolling moonphase with scroll engraved lunettes and herringbone decorated arch flanked by small panels to shoulders featuring S/N strike selection switch to the right hand side, the inverted bell-top case with brass mouldings and vase finials to superstructure over cavetto top mouldings and break-arch glazed front door with raised brass mouldings to the aperture and upper quadrant frets incorporating scroll cast infill flanked by canted angles applied with grotesque mask strapwork pendant mounts, the sides with hinged brass handles over concave-topped fishscale sound frets, the rear matching the front with the exception of the upper quadrants being glazed, on brass bound cavetto moulded base with generous bracket feet, 61cm (24ins) high. The partnership between Daniel Torin and Moses Fontaine is recorded in Baillie, G.H. Watchmakers & Clockmakers of the World as working from ‘the dial’ at Moorfields circa 1744-61. Literature: The current lot is illustrated in Barder, Richard C.R. The Georgian Bracket Clock on page 119 (Plate II/40). The highly decorative nature of the dial coupled with the beautifully engraved backplate incorporating an allegorical figure is typical of the Huguenot school of London clockmaking which thrived during the latter quarter of the 17th century and the first half of the 18th century. This distinct branch of London clockmaking was established by immigrant makers such as Claude Duchesne who established large workshops employing highly skilled specialist craftsmen many of whom remained anonymous. Clocks made in such workshops are invariably finely made which rich engraving, highly decorative dials and cases and complex movements often musical or incorporating complications. The importance of the Huguenot influence in London clockmaking cannot be underestimated indeed the fact that Claude Duchesne supplied the plates and frame for John Harrison’s first marine timekeeper (H1) is indicative of the esteem to which his workshop was held by his contemporary peers. ϒ Indicates that this lot may be subject to CITES regulations when exported. Please see our Terms & Conditions for more information.
Lot 1022
A Byzantine gold ring with an oval bezel inscribed NIKH, over two lines, 1.7cm diameter, a Byzantine child's ring, indistinctly inscribed on the bezel, 1.2cm diameter, a Byzantine silver ring, engraved the bust of a Saint, 1.8cm diameter, a pair of Byzantine gold crosses, with an inset garnet, a Byzantine bronze cross pendant and a pair of Roman gold earrings with domed frontal plates. (8) Provenance Bonhams & Brooks, 26th April 2001, lot 319, part.
Lot 56
A parian bust of John Milton, possibly Copeland circa 1850, the bust formed on a circular pedestal labeled "MILTON," 40cm high (socle present but detatched, cracks to bust have been restored/stabilised) The blind 17th century English poet John Milton was greatly admired in 19th century England and America. His bust was displayed in home libraries and parlors as a sign of the owner's culture.
Lot 55
A Minton parian figure of William Shakespeare by John Bell, mid-19th century, 45.5cm high (small restored chip to the base) See Paul Atterbury, The Parian Phenomenon, fig. 133, p. 86 and fig. 37, p. 25. A full scale plaster statue, after the bust over the Poet's tomb at Stratford-upon-Avon, was shown by Bell at the Great Exhibition in 1851. Summerley's Art Manufactures exhibited the parian version by Minton at the same time, surmounting a bronze clock flanked by figures of Tragedy and Comedy.
Lot 244
A collection of vintage jewellery, an oval carved shell cameo 45mm x 35mm, classical bust in a rose metal mount, a 9 carat rose gold half hinged bangle (af), approximate weight 11.4gms, a Senate silver and marcasite cocktail watch with cover to dial hallmarked London 1958, a Wedgwood style cameo brooch silver signet ring and a 9 carat rose gold wrist watch - bracelet model. (6)
Lot 848
A 19th century carved marble bustCarved as a male figure in the Roman style; together with an associated sectional marble plinth. Approximately 134 cm high overall. CONDITION REPORTS: Bust repaired through neck, some minor staining, some minor chipping, some cracks, chips, losses and repairs to plinth, general wear.
Lot 847
JOHN FRANCIS (1780-1861) BritishBust of James Loch MP (1780-1855)Carved marble, in the Roman style, on a stepped socle, the reverse inscribed JAMES LOCH MP and inscribed J FRANCIS SC, LONDON, dated 1839. 79 cm high. Note: James Loch was a Scottish economist, advocate, barrister, estate commissioner and later MP. John Francis first exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1820 with a bust of Thomas William Coke. His other works include The Duke and Duchess of Norfolk (1844), The Duke of Wellington (1852) which later went to the National Portrait Gallery and Vice Admiral Sir Charles Napier (1855). CONDITION REPORTS: Some staining and weathering, large chip to reverse of socle, some other minor chipping/fritting, general wear.
Lot 1038
REPUBLIC PERIOD CHINESE YI XING TEA POT, decorated to one side with a portrait bust of Mao in a sunburst with inscription Hua Ren Min Gong He Guo Wan (Chinese People's Republic), and to the other side with three inscriptions (Serving for the People, copy of Mao's signature and proclamation date 1.10.1949), maker Xu Xie Bao, seal mark to base, 13cm high, 15.5cm wide
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