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Lot 124A
A Military issue Omega desk clock,of brass construction and numbered (9576535). With seconds dial below 12 'oclock. Swiss Made. (1)Footnotes:This clock was part of the estate of Commander Wilfred Albert 'Biffy' Dunderdale. It was the clock he had during WW2. The clock was inherited by his Chauffeur during the war years who was entrusted to deal with his affairs. They both lived in Bletchingley in Surrey, and passed down from them.Commander Wilfred Albert 'Biffy' Dunderdale MBE (24 December 1899 – 13 November 1990) was a British spy and intelligence officer. It has been suggested that Dunderdale was used by Ian Fleming as a basis for the character of James Bond. He was born in Odessa, son of Richard Albert Dunderdale, a shipping magnate. Dunderdale served in the Royal Navy during the First World War. He worked for the British Secret Intelligence Service (MI6) between 1921 and 1959. His work involved liaison with French intelligence (1926–40) and Polish intelligence (1940–45). Bill 'Biffy' Dunderdale, was station head of MI6 in Paris, wore cufflinks and handmade suits and was chauffeured around Paris in a Rolls-Royce. After his retirement from SIS in 1959 he was appointed British Consul-General in Chicago. He later moved to New York, he died there in November 1990.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 354
Yorkshire inlaid mahogany longcase clock, the case with swan neck pediment and urn finial, turned columns, short door, bracket feet, 13" arched painted dial signed Plowman, Cawood, subsidiary seconds and date dials, eight-day movement striking on a bell, height 232cm, with pendulum, weights and winding key.
Lot 349
Welsh inlaid mahogany longcase clock, the case with swan neck pediment, turned and carved columns, short inlaid door flanked by turned and carbed columns, bracket feet, 14" arched painted dial, signed F. Jones, Mold, subsidiary seconds dial and date aperture, eight day movement striking on a bell, height 229cm, with pendulum, two weights, winding key and door key.
Lot 954
John Walker, London a small mahogany wall clock: the eight-day duration, single-fusee movement having shaped plates, the eight-inch round painted dial having black Roman numerals, blued steel heart hands and signed Jno. Walker, 230 Regent Street, London, with restored mahogany case, diameter 27cm.* Biography John Walker is recorded at Regent Street and Fenchurch Street circa 1880 and then New Bond Street, circa 1904.
Lot 955
John Benham, Cullompton, an inlaid drop-dial wall clock: the eight-day duration timepiece fusee movement having a thirteen-inch round painted dial with black Roman numerals, decorative blue steel hands and signed John Benham, Cullompton, the rosewood drop-dial case having an octagonal surround, carved flora and grape ears, an oval glazed aperture to the drop allowing for viewing of the pendulum bob, all with mother-of-pearl floral inlaid decoration, height 88cm.* Biography John Benham, born circa 1810, is recorded as working in Cullompton, Devon from 1838 and then Bradninch in 1844. His shop was burgled in 1860 with the loss of £500 worth of goods.Benham had his dials made in Bristol and movements and cases made locally in Devon. He died in May 1866.* Notes Reference Clive N. Ponsford Devon Clocks and Clockmakers Pub. David & Charles 1985.
Lot 952
Richard Ganthony, London, a Regency mahogany bracket clock: the eight-day duration, five-pillar double-fusee movement having border engraving to the backplate with the pendulum having fine regulation adjustment and matching engraving to the brass bob, the seven-inch round painted dial having black Roman numerals and signed Richard Ganthony, 11 Lombard Street, London, with decorative brass moon hands, the mahogany lancet case with raised mouldings to the front, brass fishscale frets to the sides and standing on ball feet, height 40cm.* Biography Richard Ganthony was a well-known maker recorded as working at 11, Lombard Street from 1811 having previously been at Penton Place, Clerkenwell. He was apprenticed in 1785 becoming a member of the Clockmakers' Company in 1794 and died in 1845.
Lot 961
William Grandpre, London, a mahogany longcase clock: having an eight-day duration, weight-driven five-pillar movement striking the hours on a bell, the twelve-inch break-arch brass dial having a raised chapter ring engraved with black Roman hour numerals, with cast brass c-scroll spandrels to the four corners, the arch having a 'strike/silent' dial and engraved across the top with the maker's name William Grandpre, London, the dial centre with a subsidiary seconds dial and date aperture, the mahogany case having fluted quarter-columns to the trunk with cast-brass capitals and shaped moulding to the door, the hood with fretwork below the shallow arched top and fluted pillars with brass stops and cast-brass capitals, the base having a raised panel and double plinth standing on bracket feet, with brass bound weights and a flat-rod to the pendulum, height 233cm.* Biography William Grandpre is recorded as working in London circa 1773.
Lot 941
Garrard & Co., a contemporary carriage clock: the eight-day duration movement having a platform lever escapement and striking the hours and half-hours on a bell, the white enamel dial signed for the retailer Garrard & Co. London W1, Made in England, with moon hands, the gilded brass Corniche style case with folding handle, height 18cm handle up, 15cm handle down.
Lot 953
!Tucker, Tiverton, a mahogany convex dial wall clock: having an eight-day duration, single fusee movement with anchor escapement, the twelve-inch round painted convex dial having black Roman numerals, blued steel spade hands and signed Tucker, Tiverton, the round mahogany case having a cast brass bezel, diameter 36cm.*Notes - VAT is also payable on the hammer price* Biography The Tucker family were well-known clockmakers in Tiverton with John working in Fore Street between circa 1760 until 1805. His grandson John Walter Tothill was said to have dominated the Tiverton clock trade in the 1830s and '40s having taken over from his father in 1810 and is the probable maker of this clock.
Lot 949
A painted mahogany chiming bracket clock: having an eight-day duration, triple-fusee movement chiming the quarters on four gongs and the hour on a further gong, the silvered rectangular dial having a raised silvered chapter ring with black Roman numerals, with two subsidiary dials above for 'fast/slow' regulation and 'chime/silent', the mahogany case painted with floral decoration to the front and top, with fantasy figures in oval cartouches to either side playing a French horn and flute, the shallow pagoda top with four brass corner finials and surmounted by a further finial, height 47cm.
Lot 947
A Gothic mantel clock constructed from cigar boxes: the silvered dial with black Roman numerals, now fitted with a quartz movement, the case in the form of a Gothic church with fretwork door, front & sides with matching steeples to the four corners, constructed by the proprietor of H. Durands, Tobacconist of Exchange Street East, Liverpool utilising cigar boxes from that establishment and standing on an ebonised base, height 60cm clock, 70cm including base.* Notes The original accompanying photograph shows the maker of the clock standing outside his tobacconist shop, Durands of Liverpool and who was the grandfather of the person from whom the present vendor purchased the clock.
Lot 960
Benjamin Anns, Highworth an oak longcase clock: the thirty-hour duration bird-cage movement striking the hours on a bell with an outside countwheel, the eleven-inch square brass dial having a raised chapter ring engraved with black Roman numerals and triple-ball half-hour markings and signed Benj. Anns, Highworth, with a single blued-steel hand, the oak flat-top case having three-inset panels to the door with turned pillars to the hood having cast brass capitals, height 196cm.* Biography Benjamin Anns is recorded as working in Highworth, Wiltshire from at least 1748 when his first son Thomas was born. An oak cased brass dialled longcase clock signed for Anns is in the Salisbury and South Wiltshire Museum. Benjamin died in March 1807. His son James, born in April 1750, was an eminent master watch and clockmaker as stated on his marriage certificate of 1777.* Notes Reference John Young Wiltshire Watch and Clockmakers Vol.1 Sedgehill Publishing 2004
Lot 957
Kienzle, Germany, a 20th century longcase clock: the eight-day duration movement chiming the quarters on 4 gongs, the block being embossed Kienzle, Westminster Glocken, the brass break-arch dial having a silvered chapter ring with black Arabic numerals, the arch with a 'chime/silent' dial, the mahogany case having a swan-neck pediment to the hood, blind-fretwork to the trunk, a raised panel to the base and standing on bracket feet, height 212cm.
Lot 959
John Telford, Wigton, a mahogany moonphase longcase clock: the eight-day duration movement striking the hours on a bell and having a fourteen-inch painted break-arch dial with black Roman numerals, subsidiary seconds and date dials, decorative gilt-brass hands and signed J. Telford, Wigton, the four corners painted with decorative scenes depicting ruined rural churches, the arch having a moonphase disc painted with further rural scenes, the mahogany case having decorative turned columns to the trunk and hood, with inset panel below, a swan-neck pediment to the hood and fluted flat-columns to the base, standing on bracket feet, height 223cm.* Biography John Telford, born 1793, is recorded as working in Wigton, Cumbria prior to 1820 and took over the business of John Ivison of Carlisle running both businesses until his death in 1847 when he was succeeded by his nephew also called John Telford, born 1821.* Notes Reference Brian Loomes Clockmakers of Northern England Pub. Mayfield Books 1997.
Lot 945
Richard & Co, a French Victorian Anglaise carriage clock: the eight-day duration movement having a silvered platform lever escapement and striking the hours and half-hours on a gong with a push button to repeat the last hour at will, the backplate stamped R & Co. Made in Paris, within an oval being the trademark for the maker Richard and Co, the white enamel dial having black Roman numerals and blued steel hands, the Anglaise case having fluted pillars with cast Corinthian capitals and matching handle, height 16.5cm handle up, 13.5cm handle down.*Notes Richard et Cie are recorded as working in Paris at Rue Bondy, 32 having originally being known as Lemaitre & Bergmann in 1848. They received an Honourable Mention at the Paris Exposition of 1889 having opened a retail outlet at 24 Cannon Street, London in 1867. The normal trademark depicts the initials R & C entwined around a snake whereas the mark showing the initials R & Co. donates clocks retailed by the firm, but not made by them.
Lot 950
Watson, London, a mid-eighteenth century ebonised bell-top bracket clock: the eight-day duration, double-fusee movement with verge escapement and striking the hours on a bell with pull repeat at will, having a fully engraved backplate decorated with a vase to the centre, the seven-inch dial having a raised silvered chapter ring engraved with black Roman numerals, Arabic five-minute outer numerals and meeting arrow-head half-hour markings, the matted centre with a false-pendulum aperture, with cast-brass crown-and-cherub corner spandrels, the arch having a large silvered date ring and engraved scroll decoration and signed below Watson, London, the ebonised bell-top case having wooden fretwork above the dial, with glazed sides and surmounted by a cast handle, height 46cm handle up, 42cm handle down.The movement associated.
Lot 962
William Bickerton, Sleaford, a mahogany longcase clock: the eight-day duration movement striking the hours on a bell and having a thirteen-inch break-arch silvered brass dial engraved with black Roman numerals, outer five-minute Arabic numerals and decorative floral decoration, the centre having a subsidiary seconds dial and date aperture with the arch engraved with the maker's name Willm. Bickerton, Sleaford, with blued-steel decorative hands, the mahogany case with barley twist columns and swan-neck pediment to the hood, the trunk with barley twist columns and decorative inlay to the trunk door depicting Britannia and further inlaid decoration to the base depicting a classical urn, all standing on bracket feet, with weights and pendulum, height 233cm.
Lot 951
William Johnson, London, a white marble and ormolu mantel clock: having an eight-day duration single fusee movement with anchor escapement, the backplate engraved in scroll with the maker's name Wm. Johnson, London, the round white enamel dial having black Roman numerals and decorative gilt brass hands, the tapered white marble case having fine applied ormolu mounts with that to the front depicting young children goading a wild boar, the case surmounted by an ormolu figure depicting a young woman holding a dove in one hand and cradling a cherub with the other, height 38cm.
Lot 943
Duverdry & Bloquel, France, an Edwardian carriage clock:, the eight-day duration movement having a platform lever escapement and striking the hours and half hours on a gong with a push button to allow a repeat of the last hour at will, with additional alarm, the movement backplate stamped with the serial number 1959 and hand setting arrow of a style used by the carriage clock makers Duverdry & Bloquel of Saint Nicolas d'Aliermont, France, the white enamel dial having black Roman hour numerals, a subsidiary alarm setting dial, blued steel hands and signed for the retailer Hry. Marc, Paris, the brass Anglaise case having concave fluted columns with matching handle and stepped base and top, height 19cm handle up, 17cm handle down.* Biography Duverdry & Bloquel were originally founded by Albert Villon in 1867 in th clockmaking town of Saint-Nicolas-d'Aliermont with both Paul Duverdry in 1887 followed by Joseph Bloquel in 1910, becoming directors in the business.* Notes Reference Leigh Extence The Carriage Clock Makers of Saint Nicolas d'Aliermont NAWCC 2020
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