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Click here to subscribeA HARLEQUIN SUITE OF VICTORIAN MAHOGANY SHOW FRAME PARLOUR FURNITURE, to include button backed scroll armed chaise longue with serpentine seat and cabriole legs on ceramic castors, two similar spoon backed scroll armed gentleman`s fireside chairs and three oval button backed side chairs with serpentine seats and cabriole legs. C1890 (6).
A Nazi German navy officer’s first model dagger and scabbard, the dagger having a white swirl celluloid handle with a gilt wire wrapping, headed by a golden pommel with a double-edged blade and part etched to both sides with a textured scabbard with button release attached to a silvered string to the handle, 42 cms. long.
A Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Small Jar and Cover, late Meiji period (1868-1912), the domed cover with foliate openwork button fiinial within an arcade, a further arcade to the shoulder over diverse mon roundels incorporating Buddhistic precious objects, flowers and birds against a dense scroll ground, a lappet band to the base, on three trilobed outswept feet, 10cm high
A Gilt Brass Striking and Repeating Carriage Clock, retailed by G.Wadham, Bath, circa 1890, the gorge case with carrying handle and repeat button, glazed bevelled panels, white enamel dial with Roman numerals, twin barrel movement with gilt finished platform lever escapement and striking on a bell, movement backplate numbered 2406, 14cm high, together with an associated outer case (worn)
A Gilt Brass Striking and Repeating Carriage Clock, retailed by E.White, Paris, circa 1890, the gorge case with carrying handle and repeat button, bevelled glazed panels, white enamel dial with Roman numerals, twin barrel movement with silvered platform lever escapement and striking on a gong, movement backplate signed and numbered 34357, 16cm high
A Gilt Brass Striking and Repeating Carriage Clock with Alarm, signed Charles Oudin, Palais, Royal, circa 1840, the one piece case with carrying handle, repeat button, glazed bevelled panels, white enamel dial with Roman numerals, subsidiary alarm dial, twin barrel movement with a gilt finished platform lever escapement and striking on a bell, 14.5cm high
A Rare Small Gilt Brass Grande Sonnerie Carriage Clock, signed Drocourt, No.27470, circa 1880, the small gorge case with carrying handle and repeat button, glazed bevelled panels, underside of the case with selection lever for striking/silent/full striking, white enamel dial with Roman and Arabic outer five minute markers, twin barrel movement with later platform lever escapement, striking the quarters and hours with two hammers on to two gongs, movement backplate stamped DC for Drocourt and numbered 27470, 13cm high
A Gilt Brass Grand Sonnerie Carriage Clock with Alarm, circa 1890, the case with carrying handle and repeat button, glazed bevelled panels, underside of the case with selection lever for grand sonnerie/petite sonnerie/silence, white enamel Arabic chapter ring surrounded with pierced scroll work depicting lions to either side of the alarm dial, twin barrel movement with silvered platform lever escapement, quarter and hour striking with two hammer on to two blued steel gongs and a further hammer for the alarm, 20cm high
A Gilt Brass Striking and Repeating Carriage Clock, circa 1890, the case with bamboo style columns, carrying handle and repeat button, glazed bevelled panels, gilt coloured dial with Roman numerals, twin barrel movement with silvered platform lever escapement and striking on a gong, 20cm high
A French Gilt Brass and Enamel Striking and Repeating Carriage Clock, circa 1880, the Anglaise-riche case with three finely enamelled panels depicting colourful birds amongst floral decoration, dial with silvered Roman chapter ring and the enamel surround decorated with a butterfly and flowers, carrying handle and repeat button to the top, twin barrel movement with a silvered platform lever escapement and striking on a gong, movement backplate numbered 1703, 19cm high
A Gilt Brass Striking and Repeating Carriage Clock, retailed by Le Roy & Fils, Palais Royal 13 & 15 Paris, circa 1880, the gorge case with carrying handle and repeat button, glazed bevelled panels, case front with engraved initials and a family crest, white enamel dial with Roman numerals and signed, twin barrel movement with silvered platform lever escapement and striking on a gong, movement backplate signed to the lower edge and numbered 8184, 17.5cm high
A Pair of Chesterfield Settees, stamped Howard & Sons, late 19th century, upholstered in cream and green printed moquette, the rounded button back support between close-nailed arms above a sprung serpentine shaped seat, raised on stout ring turned tapering forelegs with brass toes and castors, 196cm by 85cm by 70cm
A fine and rare giant Victorian Carriage Clock by Charles Frodsham, 84 Strand, London, No.1007, with twin up-and-down dials, one calibrated with days of the week, the moulded gilt case with recessed top and handle shaped to accommodate the repeat button to one side, the enamel chapter ring signed above and marked `Clock Maker To The Queen` below, cruciform hands, all within an engraved gilt surround, the signed gong striking chain fusee movement with Harrison`s maintaining power, well turned baluster pillars, reverse running silvered subsidiary seconds dial to backplate and ratchet tooth platform lever escapement with finely engraved cock, with rear dust shutter, 19.5cm high, with worn leather travelling case. See Allix (Charles) Carriage Clocks, p.271, plate IX/46 for a similar clock by this maker (No.1080) that Allix dates to `post 1854`. He also states that Frodsham was probably the only maker to incorporate up-and-down dials into his clocks, showing the state of wind of the barrel(s) Provenance: Presented to Sir Arthur Reid on his retirement in 1909 as Chief Judge of the Punjab Province, and thence by family descent
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