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Misc. items to include battery operated clock, china, Dagging shears by Burgon and Ball, chamber pot, blood pressure monitor, church candles etc.

Various items of metalware to include a silver plated serving tray, length approx 55cm, a part canteen of cutlery, a cased set of dessert knives, a good quantity of loose cutlery, including nutcrackers, tongs, cake slice, etc, various brassware to include candlesticks, baskets, vases, chamber stick, jug and a small oak bodied mantel clock.

A collection of Harry Potter merchandise and books including box set 'It's Magic', alarm clock bookends, Harry Potter 'Slime Chamber' (sealed box), Sticker Album, craft kits, various figurines, novelty soap and tooth brushes, keyrings, snitch necklace etc, some in sealed boxes

An Arts & Crafts drum clock in a copper case, fitted an eight-day movement and an embossed copper chamber stick CONDITION REPORT: Case a bit tired. Don't guarantee working condition.

Collection of metal work, to comprise three Middle Eastern style ewers and coffee pots, set of four brass deer, two brass chamber sticks, one brass rest, a copper hunting horn, brass car horn, lacking bulb, together with two Tibetan style bells with two Vajra and a pair of brass ringing bowls, with two glass items, to comprise a vase and a lamp with glass shade, and a German clock(Qty)

A FRENCH ORMOLU MANTEL CLOCK IN LOUIS XV STYLE, 19TH CENTURY the brass drum movement with an outside countwheel and anchor escapement, the backplate stamped 'S Marti at Ci / Medaille de Bronze', striking the half hours on a bell, on a five and three quarter inch enamelled dial inscribed 'Gudin Paris', with Roman hour and Arabic minute numerals, the Rococo case surmounted by a cherub and peacock amongst clouds above flowering foliage, reticulated panels with blue silk backing, bagpipes and a scrolling base, with keys and pendulum 51cm high, 31cm wide, 21cm deep Provenance Alfred de Rothschild (1842-1918) the Ante-Chamber to the Central Hall / Salon, Halton House, Buckinghamshire Lionel de Rothschild (1882-1942) Edmund de Rothschild (1916-2009) The Trustees of Exbury House

Three trays of miscellaneous items; quartz travel clocks, Sestrel porthole style alarm clock, small wall barometer with wooden frame etc, art pottery jugs and goblets, hardstone cylindrical vase and small jar with lid, stoneware vase by Newport pottery, duck design egg crock, chamber stick, glass animal figures; avondale coloured glass whale, Wedgwood clear glass whale, duck, elephant, bear and a similar squirrel, a Mdina seahorse with coloured base etc. (3)(B.P. 21% + VAT)

A good bow fronted brass and champlevé enamel four glass Mantle Clock, the movement by R. & Co., Paris, striking on a steel gong, a double chamber mercury pendulum, the ornate dial with Arabic numerals. (1)

Chinese blue and white chamber pot together with masons brown velvet twin handled bowl and Galway Irish crystal clock in original box

AN EBONISED TABLE TIMEPIECE WITH SILENT PULL-QUARTER REPEAT AND MOONPHASEUNSIGNED, PROBABLY DUTCH, THIRD QUARTER OF THE 18th CENTURYThe four pillar single fusee movement with verge escapement regulated by bob pendulum and pull-quarter repeat sounding the hours and quarters on a graduated pair of bells positioned vertically above the plates, the 6.5 inch brass break-arch dial with calendar aperture to the matted centre within applied silvered Roman numeral chapter ring with Arabic five minutes beyond the minute track, with pierced steel hands and cast mask and scroll spandrels to angles beneath arch centred with a 'penny moon' providing a visual indication for the age of the moon within outer silvered ring calibrated for the lunar month flanked by conforming grotesque mask and scroll cast spandrels, the ebonised inverted bell-top case with generous hinged cast brass carrying handle over double cavetto top mouldings and brass fillet inset glazed dial aperture and upper quadrant panels to the front door, the sides with circular over concave-topped glazed apertures, the rear with brass fillet inset break-arch glazed rectangular door, on cavetto moulded skirt with squab feet.43cm (17ins) high with handle down 26cm (10.25ins) wide, 17cm (6.75ins) deep. The current lot will sound the hours and quarters on demand only hence is of a type traditionally described as a 'silent' pull quarter repeating clock. It is thought that such clocks were made for use exclusively in the bed chamber to allow the owner to establish the time during hours of darkness (by pulling the repeat cord) without having to go to the trouble of striking a light. Due to clocks and timepieces being very expensive at that time the original owner would have been a particularly wealthy individual to be able to afford a clock for use just in the bed chamber. Indeed many full hour-striking bracket/table clocks fitted with repeat-work have a facility to silence the strike train so that they can be 'taken upstairs' at night (thus negating the need to own more than one spring clock) this is why such clocks were traditionally made with a carrying handle.The design/layout of the repeat mechanism in the current lot is based upon the system first devised by Edward Barlow and/or Daniel Quare in around 1676 which, in practice, seems to have been first put to use by Joseph Knibb (see Dawson, Percy G., Drover, C.B., and Parkes D.W. Early English Clocks pages 343-4).Condition Report: The movement is fundamentally in working condition however it is a little dirty/neglected hence a clean and overhaul is advised. The repeat work is a little lazy and presently out-of-sync with the hands. The going train is operational however the pendulum requires a silk line for suspension. The plates have a couple of filled holes which are most probably form 'rethinking' by the maker at the time the clock was made rather than being evidence of subsequent alteration. The calendar and moon phase linkages are present although the latter requires adjustment. The dial is in good original condition with pleasing overall slightly mellowed appearance. The hour hand is a replacement and the left-hand winding square is a dummy. The movement rests on what appears to be its original seatboard however one of the securing bolts (threaded into the lower pillars is missing)The case is generally in sound condition retaining old surface and mellow colour to the brass elements. At some point the superstructure has come apart on lifting the case; this is evidenced by some cracking to the veneers, visible re-setting of the angles and later metal strap bracing to the inside. The appearance of the veneer cracks (although they are by no means disfiguring) can probably be improved by a good finisher. Both the front and rear doors retain their original locks and hinges and are in good condition with faults limited to a small veneer loss the rear door (at the base of the arch) The sides are also in good condition with one small veneer chip only to the right-hand side (bordering the circular aperture). The rear has some historic worm damage to the frame just below the left-hand corner of the door (historic and non-structural). The base of the case has a blanked slot indicating that a pendulum with a larger bob was once fitted requiring a slot to be cut into the case (the present pendulum has a very small bob); we do not consider this evidence of the movement and dial being 'married' to the case. The rear edge has had a slight chafer cut between the two later block feet (the front feet appear original). Otherwise faults to the case are limited to minor age-related bumps, scuffs, shrinkage and wear.Clock has a pendulum but no case key or winder. Condition Report Disclaimer

FOUR BOXES, ONE BAG OF SOFT TOYS AND ASSORTED SUNDRIES, to include an oak cased novelty clock in the shape of a radiogram, a 1940s 'Cidu' sewing and stitching appliance for leather and carpets, a Bradford Exchange Wings of Victory series collector's plate 'The Mosquito', Wedgwood The Dawn of the Jet Age series plate 'Wings of the Valley', Royal Doulton Heroes of the Sky series plate 'Hurricane Victory Pass', a Royal Adderley china wheelbarrow of flowers, a small footstool, a lidded stein, four floral chamber pots, a worn leather holdall, a 'Scholer' German Democratic Republic concertina (leather straps broken), a 1956-1961 Jaguar MKS I and II workshop manual, 1950's scout cap, a Fez, soft toys, etc (s.d) (4 boxes + loose)

A MAHOGANY CASED MANTLE CLOCK, A PLANTER ON STAND, AND A DECORATIVE ANTIQUE CHAMBER POT.

Various Masons Ironstone Mandalay pattern china wall clock, 24cm diameter, chamber stick, jug, etc., printed marks beneath. (a quantity)

A walnut cased mantle clock, together with a Gainsborough part tea service, Weatherby salad bowl set, Alfred Meakin bowl and two plates, two stoneware foot warmers, dressing table set, lamp base, chamber pot, gas mask etc

A Pair of Walker & Hall Plated Chamber Candlesticks, continental musical casket, coinage, clock.

The fine mid-19th century childhood Dolls' House of Katherine Jeffray (1841-1929), an important English simulated stone painted wooden dolls' house, on detachable wooden stand with four turned legs terminating in lacquered brass castors, the breakfront three-bay façade with two storeys, the central key-lockable wood-grained four-panelled front door with brass knob, opening, with concealed hook releasing to open the whole front of the house, the door framed by pilastered Tuscan portico and painted glass Adam-style semi-circular fanlight above, roof pediment, five large twelve-light windows to the front and two to each end, grey-painted tiled pitched roof, trough gutter, stone painted chimney at each end with two angled upper sections, two flues to each chimney, the front opening to the left of the front door in two parts to reveal four large rooms with original decoration and furnishings, the ground floor on the left, kitchen with wooden fitted blackened range, burgundy, black and cream plaid wallpaper, painted paper marblised ceiling paper, blue and brown patterned glazed cotton chintz curtains, rush-effect embossed oil-cloth floor, a tin spit with 'clockwork' bottle jack on stand with drip tray, basting spoon and skimming spoon, Evans & Cartwright painted tinplate - yellow rush seat chair, yellow log basket and green kettle, six tin graduated meat covers, two copper kettles, six pewter platters with embossed food and a similar basket, a wooden birdcage with yellow feather canary and two Grödnerthal female servants (one missing legs); to the right on the ground floor, dining room with grey marblised wood fireplace with black Evans & Cartwright tinplate embossed surround with gilt-painted grate and fender, green and red wavy water simulated silk wallpaper, a pair of blue and white printed cotton patterned curtains with pelmet, silk blue rosette and white fringing, marblised painted paper ceiling, painted grey floor with teal silk velvet fitted carpet printed with pink roses, a pair of Evans & Cartwright painted wood-grained tinplate console tables in manner of William Kent, a simulated 'tortoiseshell' covered card gilt paper trimmed bookcase bon-bon or sewing box in the form of a glazed bookcase, a working pewter urn of spherical form with brown spirit-wash, a mahogany tilt-top circular table, a gentleman Grödnerthal doll in white jacket with a blue zig-zag line decoration, red waistcoat, cotton shirt and black britches, a lady Grödnerthal doll, a china shoulder-head doll, skirt made into a pin-cushion, in cream evening dress with train, five blown stemmed wine glasses, a gilt painted wooden clock in dome, a Waltershausen work-table and green paper covered circular box with various card discs with applied printed images, probably a game; the first floor left, sitting room with Siena marblised painted wood fireplace with black painted tinplate Evans & Cartwright embossed surround and gilt-painted grate and fender, red, black and cream plaid wallpaper, burgundy, pink and cream printed pattern curtains with pelmet and white fringing, painted marblised paper ceiling, blue and brown cotton chintz fitted carpet, a large Waltershausen Biedermeier style bureau with mirrored niche, a German eleven piece chromolithographed wood grain and inlay paper covered suite of furniture with purple velvet upholstery including sofa, unusual elaborate floor standing clock, square piano and six chairs, four currently in the dining room (one chair missing two legs), a china shoulder head doll with jointed wooden body, china limbs and green dress with lace trim, five Grödnerthal children (various limbs missing), Murano glass vases under glass domes, one with original glass roses (some damage), a turned painted wooden tea set on tray and a stack of handwritten calling cards for 'Miss Jeffray'; and the top floor right, bedroom with deep and light pink wavy stripe simulated water silk wallpaper, grey painted marblised fireplace with black painted tinplate Evans & Cartwright embossed surround with gilt painted grate and fender, painted marblised paper ceiling, grey, burgundy, pink and cream printed cotton curtains with pelmet and white fringing, a teal silk velvet fitted carpet printed with pink roses, grey and white printed cotton bed curtains with white fringing hung on left wall, an Evans & Cartwright painted tinplate washstand with green tinplate jug and basin and a toilet mirror, an interesting set of nine Biedermeier style blonde wood furniture with black ink decoration comprising sleigh bed, day bed, two tables, chest of drawers and four chairs, a china shoulder head doll with jointed wooden body, china limbs and green dress (missing one china leg) a washstand with bone shaving brush, cut throat razor, two nit combs and strap, a home-made card and pink silk half-tester bed, a German pink painted tinplate three piece bath set, two gilt metal leaf shaped chamber sticks, two bottles of Patchouly oil (for clear skin) and a bottle of Ambroisie; two small beds with tiny Grödnerthal babies and seven calling cards, two printed for Gnr Tom Thumb and five handwritten for Aunt Henrietta, Aunt Mary, Aunt Elisa and Aunt Caroline (who were Katherine's aunts on her mother's side) and a Miss Whitehead --57½in. (146cm.) high x 39½in. (100.5cm.) wide x 19in. (48.5cm.) deep (slight damage to house, crack down right hand side and top front left window broken, some slight damage to contents); and sold with an original painted portrait of Katherine Jeffray circa 1864 (aged 23) in gilt frame in leather carrying case --8¾in. (22cm.) height of image --16¾in. (42.5cm.) x 14¾in. (37.5cm.) size of case (case worn) Provenance - this house and contents have come directly down a female line of the family from Katherine; the house appeared on the BBC Antiques Roadshow in Dorking in 1998 and Homes & Antiques magazine in December 1998. Family tree - Grandparents Paternal - James Jeffray 1759-1848 was a Professor and born in Aberdeen, his wife was Margaret Lockhart 1775-1864 born in Stirling, Grandparents Maternal - Thomas Millar (Preston), 1767-1840 and his wife Catherine May, 1775-1844, Parents - Rev Lockhart William Jeffray, rector at Aldford, Cheshire (1815-1862) and Catherine Millar (1809-1900) born in Preston, Catherine Millar’s siblings - Anne Marshall (1800), Elisa Horrocks (1804), Thomas (1811-1865) married Henrietta Pitt (Winckley Preston), Mary Cairns (1812) and Henry (1813) married Caroline Robbins (Thistleton), Katherine Jeffray who owned the dolls' house was born in 1841 and died in 1927.Married Archibald Hamilton, 29th May 1867 at St Mary’s, Windermere.Children - Alexander Cairns Hamilton (1878-1928), Lilihs, Elsie (1869-1960) and Stella (1872-1955)

Clocks and horology. Edwardes (Ernest L) - Weight-Driven Chamber Clocks of the Middle Ages and Renaissance, illustrated, cloth dust jacket torn, Altrincham 1965 and various others, including Thorpe - The French Marble Clock, The Clockmakers' Library Catalogue, Allix - Carriage Clocks, Mckay - Big Ben and Craven and Hughes - Clockmakers & Watchmakers of Derbyshire and several exhibition catalogues, etc (approximately 22)

Edwardes (Ernest L.) WEIGHT-DRIVEN CHAMBER CLOCKS 1965 § Loomes (Brian) YORKSHIRE CLOCKMAKERS 1985 § Roberts (Deryck) THE BRACKET CLOCK 1982 § Loomes (Brian) THE WHITE DIAL CLOCK 1974, publisher's cloth, dust-jackets; and another trade catalogue, 4to (5)

A GEORGE IV MAHOGANY SIDE OR CHAMBER TABLEIN THE MANNER OF GILLOWS, CIRCA 1825The frieze drawer cedar lined, with flame veneers in beaded panels to the sides and the back77cm high, 61cm wide, 45.5cm deepSee Christopher Gilbert, Furniture at Temple Newsam and Lotherton Hall, p 382, for a related 'chamber' writing table. Gillows supplied four such tables with lidded wells to the top to Richard Gascoigne in 1810, for the bedrooms at Parlington Hall, Aberford, three of which are now at Lotherton Hall, Leeds.Condition Report: Marks, knocks, scratches, abrasions consistent with age and useOld splits and cracks, some chips and losses,The handles are replacements throughout, there are old filled holes where the previous handles have been visible to the interior of the drawer frontOverall with a polished appearance, the rear corner has some scratches and indentation, this would appear to have had a clock or ornament on top previously and the feet have scratched and impacted. Some later blocks to the interior and underside of the topPlease refer to additional images for visual reference to condition Condition Report Disclaimer

MIXED LOT VARIOUS MINIATURE TEA WARES, STAFFORDSHIRE CLOCK FIGURE GROUP, MINIATURE CHARACTER JUGS, CHAMBER STICKS ETC

MIXED LOT: BRASS COUNTER BELL, CHAMBER STICK, SMALL MANTEL CLOCK ETC

A FINE AND VERY RARE CHROME PLATED BRASS PO1 ATMOS TIMEPIECE JEAN-LEON REUTTER, FRANCE, CIRCA 1932-35The calibre 30A movement driven by sealed ammonia gas and mercury-filled U-tube 'bellows' contained within the cylindrical chamber at the rear which rock back and forth with variation in temperature to wind the mainspring set behind the movement backplate, the fine wheel-train pivoted between cote-de Geneve engine-turned frontplate engraved 5208 to lower left and spotted backplate inscribed ATMOS, FRANCE, UNADJUSTED FOURTEEN JEWELS to the mounting plate, with lever escapement regulated by large oscillating balance suspended from a torsion wire beneath the dial incorporating locking lever to underside, the inside face of the bellows chamber applied with disc printed ATMOS and notes not to open the chamber in English, French and German, the rear of the chamber support frame with applied plate inscribed BREVETS J.L. REUTTER, S.G.D.G. and stamped with serial number 6382, the open-centred dial with 5.25 inch circular frosted silver finished chapter ring painted with vertically aligned Arabic hour numerals and stamped MADE IN FRANCE to lower edge, the whole raised on simple chrome plated side supports with angled feet secured by screws to a Belge noir marble rectangular platform with rounded angles applied to a slightly larger chromed plate incorporating down-curved feet to each side, with balance locking lever beneath the front left edge and with glass dome cover.27.5cm (11.75ins) high, 34cm (13.5ins) wide, 16cm (6.25ins) deep. Provenance: Private collection, East Midlands. The original Atmos clock was designed by Jean-Léon Reutter, a Neuchatel engineer engaged as a radiological engineer by the Company Generale de Radiologie (C.G.R.), in 1928. Reutter's intention was to create a 'perpetual' timepiece that would not require regular winding. In that year he produced a prototype (now named unofficially as Atmos 0) which was driven by a mercury-in-glass expansion device operating on temperature changes alone. In 1929 his employers, who were very impressed with his invention, began manufacturing his first commercial model, now named Atmos 1, which used a mercury and ammonia filled U tube and the movement now known as the Cluses movement. In 1935, Jaeger-LeCoultre took over production of Atmos and worked with J.L. Reutter to evolve the winding mechanism which eventually led to the present ethyl chloride filled bellows arrangement used in current models. The current lot is a very rare example from the early years of Reutter Atmos clock production made prior to Jeager-LeCoultre taking-on manufacture in 1935. In September 1932 LeCoultre entered an agreement to develop movements for Company Generale de Radiologie with first deliveries arriving in mid-1933. These movements were called the 30A calibre and annual production was between one and two thousand for years 1933 and 1934, with many being retrofitted by the factory to earlier clocks (to replace the 'inferior' movements made in Cluses). This current model with the glass dome is known by collectors as the PO1 model and due to its desirability was subject to a limited edition re-issue of 300 examples produced by Jeager-LeCoultre as part of their Millennium commemorations.

AN EXTREMELY RARE WALNUT AND BRASS BALANCE BAROMETERH. MAPPLE, LONDON, CIRCA 1856 With arched brass scale calibrated in barometric inches with the usual observations and engraved H. Mapples PATENT Barometer to upper margin raised over pivoted cradle with counterweight and operating moving pointer for the scale with second recording pointer set behind, the whole raised on a cavetto moulded rectangular brass plinth over walnut box base enclosing rack-and-pinion mechanism for the adjustment of the recording pointer via a knob to the front, on cavetto moulded skirt and brass ball feet, (aneroid vacuum chamber lacking).34cm (13.5ins) high, 17cm (6.75ins) wide, 11cm (4.25ins) deep. Provenance: The exhibition collection of Barometer World Museum, Merton, Devon; described and illustrated in Collins, Phillip Aneroid Barometers and their Restoration pages 205-6. Henry Mapple is recorded in Baillie, G.H. Watchmakers & Clockmakers of the World as publishing two articles in 'Trans. Soc. Arts' on clock springs and an escapement in 1838 and 1839 respectively. The British Museum webs archives notes that Henry Mapple was a former telegraph engineer for the Electric Telegraph Company who exhibited an electric telegraph, a clock escapement, and a telegraphic fire alarm at the Great Exhibition of 1851. He also, along with William Morris, held a Patent for electric timekeeping (No. 1515, 22nd June 1860 'Electric Clocks and Telegraphs').Henry Mapple devised this type of barometer and patented it in 1856 (Patent No. 1029). The pivoted cradle would have originally held a 'hollow tube, thin and exhausted of air'. This tube was designed to expand or contract due to change in barometric pressure causing a shift in the balance of its weight; consequently the balance cradle would tip and the pointer would move in relation to the scale. 

Replica chamber alarm clock, 17th Century style, the brass and iron 30-hour movement striking a bell, on a stained oak wall bracket, lacking weights.

A quantity of mixed collectibles to include an oak desk clock in a shield-shaped frame, carved with ribbons and floral garlands, pot lids, trinket boxes, a empty Rowntree & Co 'Souvenir of the Royal Visit to Bolton 1913' chocolate tin, a novelty wooden mechanical cigarette dispenser, with colourful bird grabber and inlaid decoration, glass inkwell, owl glass paperweight by Langham, wooden jewellery box, brass chamber stick, etc.

Two Novelty antique cigar cutters being a child with chamber pot and a Verve Cliquot Champagne bottle together with a Polaire Paris lighter (missing clock).

An assortment of metalware, to include a pair of worn Sheffield plated chamber sticks, a pair of lamp bases, a water jug, and more, plus a mantle clock (parcel)

A gilt brass Plato or ticket clock, early 20th century, with two registers of tickets displaying the time within a cylindrical glass chamber, on stepped circular base holding the wind up movement with fixed key, 5¼in. (13.3cm.) high plus handle. * Condition: Winds and runs. Both registers flicking to change correctly. Slight damage to both celluloid 'hand' pointers inside the case. One of movement case nuts missing from bottom, also a part missing from centre of dial to underside.

SHELF WITH 2 CHAMBER POTS, A METAMEC, METAL & STONE CARRIAGE CLOCK,BLUE & GLASS LUSTRE & OTHER CHINAWARE

A 1930's oak mantel clock, a brass chamber candlestick, an inkwell and a barometer.

An important French Imperial gold snuff box with the cipher of Napoleon Bonaparteby Léger-Fortuné-Alexandre Ricart, Paris c.1808-15, also with the post-revolutionary unofficial standard mark for 18 carat gold for Paris and the incuse inventory number 408Rectangular, the cover chased with a central N-cipher flanked by palm fronds and a sheathed sword on a pricked ground in an extended hexagonal studded frame over the crossed sceptre of Charlemagne and the staff with the Hand of Justice and flanked by stylised anthemions on a matted ground with four laurel wreath spandrels centred with applied bright five-pointed stars all within a geometric frame and foliate border interrupted with bees and laurel wreaths, the flange with a similar chased frieze of honeysuckle and bell-husks centred on an N and interrupted with five-pointed stars, over diaper engine-turned panels within bell husk borders, the base with a similar diaper panel and matching border, contained within a red Morocco leather case with gilt tooling and silk-lined interior, length 8.4cm, weight 138gms.Footnotes:Provenance:Bequeathed by Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte to his son, Napoleon François Charles Joseph Bonaparte (1811-1832)Jérôme-Napoleon Bonaparte, King of Westphalia, Prince of Montfort (1784–1860)Jérôme Napoleon Charles Bonaparte, Prince of Montfort (1814-1847)Giovanni Maria di Francesco Ginori, (1788-1858)Gino Ginori Conti, Prince of Trevignano (1836-1907)Piero Ginori Conti, Prince of Trevignano (1865-1939)Thence by descent to the present ownerThe box has been passed down with and a hand written letter from Jerome Napoleon Bonaparte, Florence, 8 May 1837, to Giovanni Maria di Francesco Ginori:Mon cher Ginori,C'est avec le desir de vous donnez une preuve de l'affection bien reelle que je vous porte, et vous remercier de tous les soins affectueux que vous n'avez prodigue[s] pendant mon sejour a Florence que je vous prie d'accepter comme souvenir un objet, qui j'espere sera apprecie par vous: c'est une tabatiere que feu mon auguste Oncle l'Empereur Napoleon avait a Ste. Helene, ......Mon pere en me la donnant a entrerement approuve l'usage que j'en fais aujourd'hui. C'est avec un sentiment de veritable attachement que je vous prie d'agreer l'assiurance de ma haute estime et de ma consideration distinguee avec laquelle je suis de votre Excellence le tres affectionne, Jérôme Napoleon Bonaparte, Florence 8 Mai 1837'It is with the desire to give you a proof of the very real affection that I have for you, and to thank you for all the affectionate care that you have lavished during my stay in Florence that I ask you to accept as a souvenir an object, which I hope will be appreciated by you: it is a snuffbox that my late Uncle the Emperor Napoleon had in Ste. Helene, ......By giving it to me, my father approves the use I make of it today. It is with a feeling of genuine attachment that I ask you to accept the assurance of my high esteem and my distinguished consideration with which I am your very affectionate Excellency, Jérôme Napoleon Bonaparte, Florence, 8 May 1837'Giovanni Maria di Francesco Ginori was in the service of Elisa Baciocchi, Archduchess of Tuscany and sister of Napoleon Bonaparte until the fall of the French Empire. He went on to be appointed Lorena Court Chamberlain in 1814 and, in 1818, personal chamberlain to Archduke Leopold of Lorena, Lord Chamberlain in 1833 and Finance Counsellor in 1840.The letter has remained with the box until this time, and has been retained by the vendor. The letter written by the nephew of Napoleon, describes that the present lot as one of the several snuff boxes taken by Napoleon Bonaparte to Saint Helena. The box is specifically mentioned in Napoleon's Last Will and Testament kept at the Armoire de Fer at the Archives Nationales, Paris, Extract from Chantal Prevot, Fondation Napoleon, (in English translation) January 2007:Part II1. I bequeath to my son the boxes, orders, and other articles; such as my plate, field-beds, arms, saddles, spurs, chapel-plate, books, linen which I have been accustomed to wear and use, according to the list annexed (A). It is my wish that this slight bequest may be dear to him, as coming from a father of whom the whole world will remind him.List (A) is as follows:1. None of the articles which have been used by me shall be sold; the residue shall be divided amongst the executors of my will and my brothers.2. Marchand shall preserve my hair, and cause a bracelet to be made of it, with a little gold clasp, to be sent to the Empress Maria Louisa, to my mother, and to each of my brothers, sisters, nephews, nieces, the Cardinal; and one of larger size for my son.3. Marchand will send one pair of my gold shoe-buckles to Prince Joseph.4. A small pair of gold knee-buckles to Prince Lucien.5. A gold collar-clasp to Prince Jerome.Inventory of my effects, which Marchand will take care of, convey to my son.My silver dressing-case, that which is on my table, furnished with all its utensils, razors, &c. My alarum-clock: it is the alarum-clock of Frederic II. which I took at Potsdam (in box No. III.). My two watches, with the chain of the Empress's hair and a chain of my own hair for the other watch: Marchand will get it made at Paris. My two seals (one the seal of France, contained in box No. III.). The small gold clock which is now in my bed-chamber. My wash-hand-stand and its water-jug. My night-tables, those used in France, and my silver-gilt bidet. My two iron bedsteads, my mattresses, and my coverlets, if they can be preserved. My three silver decanters, which held my eau-de-vie., and which my chasseurs carried in the field. My French telescope. My spurs, two pairs. Three mahogany boxes, Nos. I. II. III., containing my snuff-boxes and other articles. A silver-gilt perfuming pan.Linen: 6 shirts, six handkerchiefs, 6 cravates, six towels, six pairs of silk stockings, four black collars, six pairs of socks, 2 pairs of batiste sheets, 2 pillow cases, 2 dressing gowns, 2 pairs of night trousers, 1 pair of braces, 4 all-in-one vests in white casimir, 6 madras kerchiefs, 6 flannel waistcoats, 4 pairs of underpants, 6 pairs of gaiters, 1 small box for my tobacco, 1 gold collar-clasp (in small box number III), 1 pair of gold knee-buckles (idem), 1 pair of gold shoe-buckles (idem)Though the will was not codified, as the government of Louis XVIII refused to have it signed by a French notary, the personal items were distributed amongst family members. This was not always in accordance with Napoleon's wishes, hence the box passing to his brother rather than his son.For a box with a similarly styled N cipher in diamonds, see these rooms, 13 Nov 2013, lot 31. A further box, similar, with an informal script-N cipher and the marks of Blerzy and Marguerite was sold these rooms 23 Nov 2011, lot 14.Nicolas Marguerite, Au vase d'Or, 177 rue Saint-Honoré, received between March and August 1806, an order from the Imperial court for 100 gold boxes, decorated with diamonds, ciphers and portraits at 380,688 Fr, see Alphonse Maze-Sencier, Les fournisseurs de Napoleon Ier et des deux Imperatrices d'apres des documants inedits (Paris 1893), p.276. The box is almost identical to one sold at Christies, Paris, 29 Nov 2017, lot 15. The boxes have the same central panel on the cover with slight differences to the border of the top and sides of the cover.... This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

SILVER PLATED SERVING TRAY TOGETHER WITH SERVING TONGS, CHAMBER STICK AND A QUARTZ MOVEMENT CARRIAGE CLOCK

Replica chamber alarm clock, 17thr Century style.

A GILT AND OXIDISED BRASS 150 YEAR ANNIVERSARY ATMOS TIMEPIECEJaeger-LeCoultre, Switzerland, 1984The skeletonised fourteen jewel calibre 540 movement with spring barrel automatically wound via the expansion and contraction of an aneroid chamber enclosed in a drum behind the mechanism, and with pivoted lever escapement regulated by Schraubenunruh oscillating balance suspended from a torsion spring, the movement frontplate inscribed ATMOS, JAEGER-LECOULTRE, FOURTEEN (14) JEWELS, SWISS, 540 and the suspension platform numbered 603466, the movement supported between twin oxidised brass columns with balance between, over a circular base fitted with bubble level and applied with plaques engraved 150 and clock number N.A. 138 to inside beneath the glass dome cover. On three disc feet with balance locking lever to underside; with original faux suede covered outer box.The clock 32cm (12.5ins) high to top of dome, 20cm (8ins) diameter at the base; the box 42cm 916.5ins) high. The current lot is from a limited run of 3,000 examples made In 1984 to commemorate 150th anniversary the first Atmos timepiece ever Made By Reutter.Condition Report: Timepiece is working and in generally fine, original condition, having only very minor discolouration to the gilding of the exteriors of the base. Has box, but no paperworkCondition Report Disclaimer

Replica chamber alarm clock, 17thr Century style.

FOUR BOXES OF CERAMICS AND GLASSWARES to include approximately twenty pieces of Royal Doulton 'Sherbrooke' dinnerwares, Europa Paua shell alarm clock, ornaments to include Wade Whimsies, carved stone sculptures of bears (one boxed), late Victorian pottery biscuit barrel, chamber pot printed with vintage corset advertisements, Denby Royal Air Force 1918-1978 pin dish etc (sd) (four boxes)

A Royal Vienna A G Harley Jones clock and a Minton chamber pot (2)

MIXED EPNS COLLECTABLES to include a vintage carriage clock, hip flask, chamber stick, teapot and milk jug, ETC

Extensive selection of Masons 'Mandalay' ceramics including vases; circular wall clock; tea pot; lidded cheese dish; photograph frames; chamber candlestick; coasters; condiments and other items, comprising over 30 overall.

A 19th Century Leather Case for a Carriage Clock, Pink Chamber Pot, Vintage Soap Tray etc

One Gill 1/2 gill pewter spirit measures, 1/2 pint measure, C19th Broadhead & Atkins pewter bullet shaped bachelors teapot, pewter charger, two pewter chamber sticks, cased quartz carriage clock and other decorative metal items (2 boxes)

A brass cylindrical desk clock, the movement marked SFRA, approx 10cm (h) and a further brass desk clock in the form of a chamber stick, the face marked Swiza, approx 13cm (h) (2)

Badges, Commerce, Industry and Leisure: Arthur Balfour & Co Ltd, brass and enamel, stamped 199, 27mm; Association of Mining Electrical Engineers, Sheffield Convention, 1939, brass and enamel, unsigned, 38 x 32mm; Brook Shaw Ltd, brass and enamel by Caxton, 34 x 28mm; Brown Bayley Sports Club, brass and enamel, unsigned, 25mm; Bruce & Co, brass clock key, 40mm; Caledonian Society of Sheffield, brass and enamel by Fattorini, 32 x 30mm; E[nglish] S[teel] C[orporation], Retired Employees Club, brass and enamel, unsigned, 25mm, ARP Warden, nickel, 22 x 18mm; Gas Institute Visit to Sheffield, 1883, silver, unsigned, 27mm; Iron & Steel Institute, Sheffield, 1905, brass and enamel, unsigned, 30mm; W[illiam] J[essop] & S[ons], Brightside Works, brass and enamel, stamped 1449, 19mm; W.S. Laycock Ltd, On War Service, brass and enamel by Vaughton, 28mm; Mappin & Webb, Visitor, octagonal brass, 25mm; The Sheffield Junior Chamber of Commerce, Steward, brass and enamel by J.R. Gaunt, 27mm; Sheffield Relay Station Radio Circle, brass and enamel by S. Jenkins, 23mm; Sheffield Triennial Musical Festival, 1936, brass and enamel, unsigned, 27mm; The Sheffield [Union] Choir Visit to Canada, 1908, brass and enamel by R. Emsley, Montreal, named (J.W. Broadbent, Quarry Mt, Delph Lane, Leeds), 28mm; Steel Peech & Tozer, nickel by Fattorini, stamped 6708, 30mm; George Turton Platts & Co Ltd, National Service, brass and enamel, stamped 460, 25mm; Walker & Hall, silver, 30 x 26mm; Walkley Church Guild, openwork brass, unsigned, 22mm; Walshs, brass and enamel, 38 x 13mm; Woodhouse & District Darts League, nickel and enamel, 25mm [23]. Generally very fine, some better £70-£90 --- Arthur Balfour & Co Ltd, Capital steelworks; Brook Shaw Ltd, Ford main dealers, Union street; Brown Bayley, steelmakers, Leeds road; Bruce & Co, watchmakers and jewellers, 31 Orchard street; Caledonian Society of Sheffield, established 1822; William Jessop & Sons, Brightside, Park and Soho Works; W.S. Laycock Ltd, railway engineers, Archer road, Millhouses; Mappin & Webb, silversmiths and jewellers, Queen’s road; Steel Peech & Tozer, steelmakers, Phoenix Works, The Ickles, and Templeborough, Rotherham; George Turton Platts & Co, railway engineers, Savile street; Walker & Hall, silversmiths, Howard street; Walshs [John Walsh], department store, High street. The Sheffield Union Choir, under its musical director Henry Coward, gave 16 concerts on its first visit to Canada and the US in 1908; this was followed in 1911 by an ambitious six-month world tour, covering 34,000 miles and giving 134 concerts in Canada, US, Fiji, Australia, New Zealand, Tasmania and South Africa

CERAMICS, METALWARE AND GLASS, ETC, to include seven 'Westbury' Denbyware twin handled soup bowls with covers, eight Woods Ware 'Beryl' tea cups and saucers, Wilkinson & T.G.Green chamber pots, box of six Walker & Hall spoons, assorted flatwares, dome topped mantel clock, enamel dial with Arabic numerals, wooden case with inlaid panels and stringing (runs), dial cracked, alabaster urn, glass basket with handle, etc

A small Victorian mahogany bow fronted hanging corner cabinet, together with a cast brass reeded swan neck table lamp, an art deco style oak cased three train mantel clock and a Davenport Banks Pavoti ceramic chamber pot(4)

Two boxes of assorted items to include; two unframed German ecclesiastical prints, a small framed print of Kidwelly Castle and bridge, a leather jewellery box with velvet and silk interior, chamber sticks, part of a clock, a coopered jug, part of a lamp, composite figure of a putti, a ceramic pill box with figural decoration, cut glass bowl and oil lamp shade, metal bamboo design candlesticks, silver plated coffeeware, glass ink bottle, log shaped trinket tray etc. (2)(B.P. 21% + VAT)

Porcelain wall clock with weights and pendulum, two lamp shades, two chamber pots, floral decorated teaset etc

An early 20th Century Synchronome electric slave clock with invar pendulum, in mahogany case, small electric slave clock, together with a master clock handbuilt in the style of Shortt & Sons, housed in a metal wall mounting cylindrical vacuum chamber, with glass dome cover and invar pendulum (3). Metal chamber 92cm long, Synchronome 127cm long, small slave 19.5cm diameter.

A collection of horology reference books, to include 4 x Ernest L Edwards - The Story of the Pendulum Clock, The Grandfather Clock, Weight Driven Chamber Clocks, & Weight Driven Dutch Clocks & Their Japanese Connections, Derek Roberts - Skeleton Clocks - Britain 1800 - 1914, Ronald E Rose - English Dial Clocks, Andrew Nicholls - English Bracket & Mantel Clocks, F J Britten - Old Clocks & Watches & Their Makers, Nicholas M Thorpe - The French Marble Clock, Jeff Darken & John Hooper - English 30 Hour Clocks origin & development 1600 - 1800, Charles Allix - Carriage Clocks, Their History & Development, Brian Loomes - Grandfather Clocks & Their Cases, and othersQty: 22

A quantity of Portmeirion storage jars, clock, chamber pot etc.

A quantity of Portmeirion storage jars, clock, chamber pot etc.

Five Clock and Watch related volumes, to include The Camerer Cuss Book of Antique Watches, Early Watch Case Makers of England 1631-1720, Britten's Old Clocks and Watches and Their Makers, H. Alan Lloyd, Some Outstanding Clocks Over Seven Hundred Years 1250-1950, Ernest L. Edwardes, Weight Driven Chamber Clocks (5)

A collection of twenty longcase and lantern clock bellsAnonymous, mainly 18th centuryIncluding two Knibb style 'pork pie' bells and a large chamber clock bell measuring 17cm (6.75ins) in diameter, (20).Condition Report: One of the standard longcase clock bells has an invisible crack (has a dead sound) another has a small chunk chipped out of the rim otherwise bells appear to be in sound usable condition.Condition Report Disclaimer

JOHN HARDMAN POWELL (1827-1895) FOR HARDMAN & CO. COLLECTION OF ORIGINAL DESIGNS, CIRCA 1860 to include: ORIGINAL DRAWINGS FOR A TEAPOT AND SUGAR BOWL WITH TONGS, CIRCA 1860, pencil, pen and ink on paper, mounted onto card, 17cm x 21cm and 14cm x 11.5cm; also an ORIGINAL DRAWING BY THE SAME HAND, depicting studies of medieval caps and cap badges, pencil, pen & ink on paper, mounted verso, 25cm x 20cm, card inscribed 72/ 30856/15 (1) and 71/ 30856 (15); together with THREE SHEETS OF ORIGINAL DRAWINGS, ATTRIBUTED TO A.W.N. PUGIN FOR HARDMAN & CO., the FIRST SHEET comprising two drawings of INKWELLS, for the Palace of Westminster, 9cm x 16.5cm and 9cm x 17.3cm; two of THURIBLES ON STANDS, 17.5cm x 7cm and 15cm x 6cm; one of a GOTHIC REVIVAL WALL MOUNTED BRACKET, 14cm x 5cm; a MONUMENTAL CLOCK, 17.5cm x 11cm and five further drawings of MEDALLIONS; A CASKET; A DEPICTION OF THE VIRGIN; and a WALL BRACKET; the SECOND SHEET comprising a drawing of a PAIR OF SIDE DISHES, 21cm x 20cm; a SWORD HANDLE, 10cm x 21cm; and verso a FONT COVER, 20cm x 14.5cm; and a STATUE OF CHRIST ON A PEDESTAL, 23cm x 11.3cm; the THIRD SHEET with drawings of a GOTHIC FRAME, 17.3cm x 11.7cm; a POLE SCREEN, 23cm x 8.5cm; a CHAMBER CANDLESTICK, 12.5cm x 16cm, each pencil, pen & ink on paper, mounted onto card; and ORIGINAL DESIGN FOR A PULPIT FOR THE MARQUIS OF BUTE BY JOHN HARDMAN POWELL FOR HARDMAN & CO., pencil, pen & ink on paper, with inscription "Design for a Pulpit in oak "carved"/ Marquis of Bute", bears makers embossed stamp HARDMAN & CO., 61cm x 26cmFootnote: Provenance: Hardman Archive Note: See V&A collection, museum number 8119-1863 for the realised teapot in silver dated 1861-2

PORTMERION BOTANIC GARDEN AND BOTANIC ROSES CERAMICS, ETC, to include casserole dish with lid, five large cups, two 28cm vases, one chipped, clock , three chamber pots, candlesticks, teapot, kettle, ramekins, posy vases, chipped teapot coaster, 18cm plates, ladle, brooches, teabag and spoon holder, etc, (one ramekin cracked, crazing, staining to some pieces) (38 pieces)

Mid 20th Century mahogany and nickel plate wall plaque in the form of a ships wheel and lifebelt, a North of Scotland, Orkney and Shetland Steam Navigation and Company chamber pot and a wall clock in the form of a ships wheel

A collection of assorted items, including a brass dome shaped clock, a pair of brass chamber sticks and other items

A unique and important dated 17th century lantern clock of large size, engraved with the arms of The Brewers CompanyWilliam Bowyer, London, dated 1632. The bell cast with the initials 'KS'The case:15.5 inches high to the top of the reduced finial, and surmounted by a substantial strapped bell (the bell cast internally with the letters KS), over three pierced frets (cast to accommodate the bases of the finials and measuring 91 x 144mm), each centred by a shield and framed by foliate scrolls, the front central shield engraved with the coat of arms of the Brewers Company above the signature WILLIAM BOWYER OF LONDon FECIT (sic), the square top plate with original holes for the balance control and with a hoop to the rear, with four boldly cast squat urn finials on tapering Doric columns over bulbous turned feet. (doors and rear plate lacking, rear left hand finial smaller) The dial:the silvered chapter ring 1 and 1/16th of an inch in width, with double line border enclosing the Roman numerals and inner quarter hour track with star half-hour markers raised on single lines, the corners with foliate scrolls, the centre fully engraved and divided into diagonal quarters by pairs of sword-shaped leaves, the upper quarter with the date 1632 below a human face surrounded by petals, the lower quarter with another male face with leaves as hair, framed by largely symmetrical patterns of leaves, with single filed iron handThe movement:the weight driven movement (two modern weights accompany the clock) with later verge escapement, the crown wheel set on a shaped brass top potance, the pallet arbor cocked front and back and with forked crutch (displaying some decorative filing) , but missing the pendulum, the strike train dictated via a pierced brass countwheel with three crossings, the heavy iron hammer with substantial stop and altered spring 39cms (15.5ins) high. Footnotes:William Bowyer is one of the great early British clockmakers and we have been fortunate enough to present several important examples in recent years, including: The so called 'Masterpiece' clock dated 1623, lot 72, 19th June 2007 £144,000. His earliest known clock, dated 1617, lot 60, 11th June 2018, £43,750. The clock he sold to John Earle of Rothes circa 1626, lot 68, 11th December 2019, £43,800. Literature: This clock is discussed and illustrated in an article by John Hooper 'William Bowyer Great Clock Maker', published in Antiquarian Horology, Summer 1998, p.122-133. 'His standard of workmanship, design and execution was exemplary throughout his working life.....His clock frames were splendidly turned and assembled and the dials beautifully engraved, especially on his early clocks....The movements of his clocks are of an equal standard of workmanship and the finishing of his wheels and pinions generally of an excellence rarely approached by other makers of his era. The tempering of his steelwork is invariably good and the wear on his pinions minimal considering the great age of his clocks and the survivors are, as a rule, still in good working order if suitably looked after.' There are no records as yet of the bell founder 'K.S', although another Bowyer clock is recorded in White with a bell cast with the initials 'G.S'The Worshipful Company of BrewersThe Worshipful Company of Brewers is one of the oldest of London's livery companies with references as far back as the 13th century. The first Royal Charter was granted by Henry VI in 1438 and the first Coat of Arms in 1468, these were the arms of Saint Thomas Becket, the Company's patron Saint. The Arms were changed to the present sheaves of barley and barrels, after the reformation, by Royal grant in 1544.Initial inspection of the Court Minutes and Accounts book has not yet revealed a reference to this wonderful clock - like today, this would have been an object of enormous rarity and value in the early 17th century, and it is quite possible that it was presented to the Company by a member as a gift - just as Bowyer himself had presented a clock to the Clockmakers Company. The Masters of the Brewers Company at around this time were Samuel Cranmer (1575-1640) from Cripplegate in 1631 and Francis Zachary, of Stepney in 1632.Andrew King writes:WILLIAM BOWYERGREAT CHAMBER CLOCK MAKERWith the more regular appearance of domestic clocks in the inventories from the earlier years of the sixteenth century, almost exclusively the work of Continental makers, the clock making trade in England may have been established in that century if it had not been for the successive plagues that took their toll of so many craftsmen. These human disasters led to a revived clock making trade which became established in the beginning of the seventeenth century learning their trade from previous sources as well as turret clock work, locksmithing and the art of the blacksmith. Within that first decade of the seventeenth century the tradition of the English lantern clock emerged. Of all the notable clockmakers from what has now become known as The first Period of lantern clock making, 1580-1640, William Bowyer remains one of the leading lights with his voluminous output of fine crafted clocks. Bowyer, probably born in the 1590s, in Berkshire and avoiding the contagion of plague married and possibly with his second wife Prudence produced six children with only three surviving infancy. Bowyer became a member of the Pewterer 's Livery Company, becoming a Freeman of the City of London in 1630, this, sometime before the Worshipful Company of Clockmakers received their Royal Charter in 1631. Establishing himself in Leadenhall Street Bowyer took at least six apprentices during his early years and another four some years later from 1638 through the Clockmakers Company. This providing only the smallest indication of the considerable workforce that must have existed in the Leadenhall Street manufactory not too far away from Lothbury the busiest area of lantern clockmaking with not only the Hall of the Founders Company but also the necessary foundries themselves for the adjacent trade.With the formation of the Clockmakers Company William Bowyer appeared to be a somewhat reluctant and not fully committed member in their ranks. His name first appeared in 1632 when he was sent with a small committee 'to treat to the Blacksmiths about their business' but the following year he was in trouble for failing to attend the Court despite warnings. Nine years later in 1642 Bowyer presented the Company with a great chamber clock, the purpose to absolve himself of all Company responsibilities, 'Mr Bowyer to be exempt from place, office and service'. With possibly a somewhat unpredictable and recalcitrant character he nevertheless, became Assistant in 1651 and was elected a Warden in 1653, the year in which it is believed he may have died.William Bowyer's lantern clocks are always notably varied and impressive with unique art and innovation in both styling and mechanical versatility.The dials of Bowyer's clocks are a unique cornucopia of flowers, fruit, swirling leaves and comical masks much of this witness from the world of silversmithing, needlework and the publications of craft and design. This unique artwork suggesting that perhaps Bowyer employed a full time engraver. It would certainly appear that with the output of this manufactory any engraver would have been very busy. The adjacent frets a reflective artwork perhaps with a central urn of flowers and leaves flowing to form the outer region of the fret and sometimes incorporating an owl or even a boar's head. These frets were considered to be such an important feature that Bowyer is cast them to accommodate the bases of the finials, a unique feature. An unusual feature of some of Bowyer's chapter rings and surely another unique feature to him, are the quart... For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A collection of oddments a black slate clock case a chamber pot cloisonné dish vases and oddments.

A quantity of Portmeirion to include storage jars, chamber pot, wall clock etc.