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Click here to subscribeAntique six pillar brass skeleton clock, single fusee movement and silvered chapter ring set with Roman numerals under a glass dome on an oval mahogany base with brass plaque, marked 'Armstrong, Manchester', with key and pendulum, 28 cms high the clock, 33 cms high overall, 28.5 cms wide maximum
A French enamelled carriage clock: the eight-day duration timepiece movement having a platform lever escapement, the Anglaise case having blue enamelled decoration set within engraved brass floral mounts with a matching handle, the silvered dial having black Roman numerals and blued steel hands with a matching enamelled and engraved brass mask, height 15.5cms (handle up) 13cms (handle down).
Golay Fils & Stahl, Geneve a small striking carriage clock: the eight-day duration movement having a platform lever escapement and striking the hours and half-hours on a bell, with a push button to repeat the last hour at will, the backplate is stamped with the serial number 2472, the white enamel dial has black Roman hour numerals, decorative blued steel hands and signed for the maker Golay Fils et Stahl, Geneve, the small corniche case having a typical three bail handle, complete with the original winding key having the maker's details stamped on it, height 15.5cms handle up: 12.5cms handle down. * Biography Golay Fils & Stahl of Geneve were successors to l'ancienne maison Golay-Leresche & Fils founded in 1837, makers of clocks and watches with grande complications. Their address was Quai des Bergues 31 with the maison Paris at Rue de la Paix 2. They won various medals for their work including Paris in 1855 & 1878 and London in 1851 & 1862 culminating in a gold medal at Zurich in 1896. Following the death of Walter Stahl in 1914, the company established a grant of Fr. 2500 to allow an apprentice to continue the tradition of the Geneve horologer. * Notes Reference Patrizzi, Osvaldo Dictionnaire des Horlogers Genevois Pub: Antiquorum Editions
Clerke, London retailer, a French 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 the top to repeat the last hour at will, the backplate stamped with initials GLC for Gay, Lemaille & Company, and numbered 2653 along with the wording Patent Surety Roller, the silvered dial having an inset centre painted with black Roman numerals and signed for the retailer Clerke, I Royal Exchange, London and having blued steel spade hands, the anglaise case with shaped mouldings to the top and bottom and with a fluted handle, height 17.25cms handle up,15cms handle down. *Notes The patent surety roller was invented by German-born Moritz Immisch whose brevet for it in 1879 was reported in the Revue Chronométrique. Gay, Lemaille & Company acquired the patent in 1880 and it was described in The Horological Journal, March 1880, as an "Improvement in Carriage Clocks, to prevent Accidental Shifting of the Star Wheel", being a further wheel with a crescent-shaped cut-out set within the strike-work which enabled the strike at each hour to keep in synchronization with the hour hand. * Notes Horology, Vol. 38, issue 2 June 2017, the journal of the Antiquarian Horological Society.
A Liberty & Co Tudric pewter mantel clock: designed by David Veasey, London, circa 1902, the eight-day duration French timepiece movement having a platform escapement and stamped with the serial number 17066, the round turquoise enamelled dial having black Roman numerals to the copper chapter ring and brass spade hands, the arched hammered pewter case having a three part inset panel to the front and stamped to the underside English Pewter, Made by Liberty & Co, 01269, height 22.5cm
A Liberty & Co Tudric pewter mantel clock: designed by David Veasey, London, circa 1902, the eight-day duration French timepiece movement having a platform escapement and stamped with the serial number 17054, the round turquoise enamelled dial having black Roman numerals to the copper chapter ring and brass spade hands, the arched hammered pewter case having a three part inset panel to the front and stamped to the underside Made in England, Tudric, 01269, Golkets, height 22.5cm
A Black Forest carved lindenwood mantel clock: having a French eight-day duration movement striking the hours and half-hours on a bell with an outside countwheel, the backplate stamped with the makers details Levenbergen, Interlaken, the dial with blue Roman hour numerals to the applied enamel plaques and with decorative brass hands, the carved lindenwood case depicting a bird of prey stood on a rocky outcrop with a tree stump behind, height 61cms.
A Black Forest carved walnut mantel clock: having a French eight-day duration movement striking the hours and half-hours on a bell with an outside countwheel, the backplate stamped with the makers details and serial number Vincenti et Cie, Paris 2551, the dial with applied bone Roman numerals and brass spade hands, the carved case depicting a dove stood on a tree stump with another sat to the front, height 58cms.
Jaeger-LeCoultre Atmos mantel clock: the movement stamped to the top LeCoultre, Atmos along with the serial number 411794, the round dial having applied gilt Arabic numerals and dauphine batons and with dauphine gilt-brass hands, the glass to the front of the case signed Jaeger-Le Coultre with the front of the movement stamped Jaeger-LeCoultre, Atmos, Swiss Made, the brass case fully glazed to all sides, the underside of the base stamped with the calibre number 526-5, height 23cms.
A small brass Zenith clock: having an eight-day duration timepiece movement, the round silvered dial having black Roman numerals and a subsidiary seconds dial and a further 12-hour dial to the centre and a 24-hour dial to the outer aspect, with blued steel spade hands, signed Zenith, Swiss Made, the round brass case with ball feet, height 10cms.
A French brass turnstile combined clock, thermometer and compass: the rotating turnstile set with an eight-day duration timepiece movement with round silvered dial engraved with black Roman numerals and blued steel spade hands, a Fahrenheit thermometer with a round silvered dial, and an android barometer with silvered dial, the clock movement wound and set through a shutter to the side, all standing on a brass base with the turnstile gate to one side, height 17cms.
Frodsham, London, a globe clock: a limited edition modern clock depicting a brass globe with the centre silvered band showing the time with black Roman numerals, standing on a further base with an applied plaque engraved Charles Frodsham, London, the globe opening at the centre to reveal the winding stem and engraved Charles Frodsham, London 0112/5000, height 27cms.
Etienne Maxant, Paris, a boulle mantel clock: the eight-day duration movement striking the hours and half-hours on a gong, the backplate stamped with the makers details and serial number Etienne Maxant, Paris, Brevete, 19937, the round brass dial with embossed decoration having black Roman hour numerals to individual enamel plaques and blued steel spade hands, the waisted red tortoiseshell and brass boulle work case having applied cast-brass rococo mounts to the sides and top with matching feet, height 32cms. * Biography Etienne Maxant is recorded as working in Paris from before 1870 as Maxine fils. He is then recorded as Etienne Maxant working at 28, Rue Debelleyme which was also the workshops of the well-known carriage clock makers Pierre & Alfred Drocourt. By 1888 Maxant is recorded at 4, Rue Saintonge and 113, Rue Vieille-du-Temple and by 1907 was succeeded by Charles Reguier and J. Lefebvre having at some point also had workshops at 14, Rue Debelleyme. Reference Annuaire-almanach du Commerce, Paris. Pub. Ditot-Bottin.
A miniature ebonised bracket clock: the French eight-day duration timepiece movement having a platform lever escapement, the three-inch square brass dial having a raised silvered chapter ring engraved with black Roman numerals and Arabic outer five-minute markings, with a matted centre and cast-brass c-scroll corner spandrels, the small ebonised bell-top case having cast-brass finials to the four top corners, brass frets to the sides, a brass carrying handle to the top and standing on bracket feet, height 18cms, 20.5cms inc. handle.
William Edwards, London, an ebonised Georgian bracket clock: the eight-day duration, five-pillar movement having a verge escapement and striking the hours on a bell, the backplate having rococo engraved decoration and signed by the maker Will. Edwards, London, the seven-inch brass break-arch dial having a raised silvered chapter ring engraved with black Roman numerals and five-minute outer numerals, the matted centre having a date aperture and inset silvered plaque engraved with a repeat of the maker's name William Edwards, London, with cast-brass c-scroll spandrels to the four corners and blued steel hands, the arch having a 'strike/silent' dial with further cast-brass spandrels, the bell-top ebonised case having four cast-brass finials to the top corners, rococo fret-work inset above the dial, glazed side panels, surmounted by a brass carrying handle and all standing on brass bracket feet, height 50cms inc. handle.
J. Hall & Co, Manchester a mahogany wall clock: the weight-driven eight-day duration movement striking the hours on a bell and stamped to the backplate with the serial number 213, the thirteen-inch round painted dial having black Roman numerals and signed J. Hall & Co, 56 King Street, Manchester, with a subsidiary seconds dial and blued steel spade hands, the mahogany case having a round hood with panels to the lower corners, a shaped top to the trunk door, canted corners and a curved drop into the wall, height 162cms. * Biography In August 1831 John Hall joined William Hatfield of Sheffield in a partnership based at 56 King Street, Manchester, whilst also recorded at 48 Swan Street in 1841 and Montague Terrace, Bury New Road in 1843. The partnership lasted until 1845 although the business continued at King Street until at least 1918. They were not only makers of clocks but also importers of fine French clocks & bronzes. They showed a 'Jubilee Watch' at the 1887 Royal Exhibition held at Old Trafford, Manchester, which reputedly took six years to make costing £500. A watch signed John Hall & Co, Manchester and hallmarked for 1918 received a Class A Certificate from Kew Observatory where it was awarded 81.5 marks and described as Especially Good. Reference: Edmund Davies Greater Manchester Clocks & Clockmakers Pub. Mayfield Books 2007
A round lacquered wall clock: the tapered and curved shaped eight-day duration five-pillar timepiece movement having a verge escapement, the round painted dial having gilt Roman numerals on a black ground with shaped brass hands with the oak back-box having a shaped top, diameter 51cms (with restorations)
F.W. Tornberg, Stockholm, a giltwood wall clock: with an eight-day duration movement striking on a bell and stamped with the serial number 322230, the round convex painted dial having black Arabic hour numerals and decorative brass hands and signed F.W. Tornberg, Stockholm, the carved giltwood case with four fluted columns to the front portico and having a mirror set behind with a decorative curved base below and a pediment top of fan and floral design, with applied tassels to the centre decoration, height 76cms. * Biography A W. Tornberg is recorded as working in Stockholm in circa 1910. Reference Loomes, Brian Watchmakers and Clockmakers of the World Pub. NAG Press 1988
A 1930's walnut grandmother clock: the eight-day duration spring driven movement striking the hours on a gong and the quarters on a further four gongs, the seven-inch break-arch brass dial having a raised silvered chapter ring with black Roman numerals and blued steel hands with the matted centre having an applied silvered plaque engraved with the name Boodle & Dunthorne, Liverpool, with cast-brass spandrels to the four corners, the arch having a silvered centre boss engraved Tempus Fugit, the walnut grandmother case having a swan-neck pediment to the hood with a wooden centre finial and fluted pillars, the trunk with a shaped door and fluted quarter columns and blind fretwork mouldings, the base with canted corners and all standing on bracket feet, height 149cms.
John Rayment, Huntingdon, an oak longcase clock: the eight-day duration movement striking the hours on a bell, with the twelve-inch brass break-arch dial having a raised, silvered chapter ring engraved with black Roman hour numerals and outer Arabic five-minute numerals, the matted dial centre having a date aperture and subsidiary date aperture, with cast-brass urn spandrels to the four corners, the arch with a round silvered boss engraved with the makers name Jno. Rayment, Huntingdon and with cast-brass dolphin spandrels to either side, the oak case having a break-arch hood with three-quarter turned pillars, with boxwood stringing to the break-arch trunk door and having a plain base, height 203 cms.* Biography John Rayment, born 1715, the son of clockmaker Richard Rayment is recorded as working from at least 1751 in Huntingdon and died in 1795. He was succeeded by his son, also John, born circa 1745 who is known working in Stamford, Lincolnshire also as an auctioneer, silversmith and dentist before becoming master of the Ladies' Boarding School at Huntingdon.
Thomas Ogden, Halifax, an eight-day longcase clock with 'Halifax' moonphase aperture: the eight-day duration movement striking the hours on a bell and having arched tops to the plates along with finned pillars both typical of this maker, the twelve-inch brass break-arch dial having a raised, silvered chapter ring engraved with black Roman hour numerals, outer Arabic five-minute numerals, decorative half-hour markings and diamond quarter-hour markings, engraved at VI o'clock with the makers name Thos. Ogden, Halifax, the matted dial centre having ringed winding holes, a date aperture with engraved surround and a round moonphase aperture with date as typical from the Halifax region, with cast-brass female-head spandrels to the four corners, the arch with a round silvered boss engraved with the inscription Moveo dum Moneo (I warn whilst I move) and with cast-brass dolphin spandrels to either side, contained in a modern walnut flat-top case with three-quarter turned pillars to the hood, a plain trunk and standing on a plain plinth to the base, height 226 cms.* Biography Thomas Ogden was a member of the well-known clockmaking family from Yorkshire founded by James Ogden born circa 1640. Thomas Ogden, born 1693 and the son of Samuel, lived near Ripponden before moving to Halifax in the 1740s where he died in 1769.
John Roberts, Dartmouth, a rare shuttlecock automata longcase clock: the eight-day duration movement striking the hours on a bell, with the thirteen-inch painted break-arch dial having black Roman hour numerals with the centre having a subsidiary seconds dial and signed for the maker John Roberts, Dartmouth and painted to each corner with a depiction of a flint house with tower, the arch having a painted scene of a couple playing badminton within a garden, the shuttlecock moving between each player's racquet with each beat of the clock, the mahogany case with canted corners to the trunk, a curved moulding to the trunk door, boxwood stringing to the base and trunk, the hood having an architectural pediment with a brass eagle-and-ball finial between and columns with cast-brass capitals, all standing on bracket feet, height 226cms. * Biography John Roberts is recorded as working as a watch & clockmaker in Dartmouth in 1793. Reference The Universal British Directory 1793.
A mid-19th century mahogany longcase clock: the eight-day duration movement striking the hours on a bell, the twelve-inch painted break-arch dial having black Roman hour numerals, a subsidiary seconds dial to the centre, unusual decorative painted corner spandrels and with a painted scene within the arch depicting a gentleman hunting with dogs, with blued steel hands, the mahogany case having crossbanding to the trunk and base, with boxwood stringing, the trunk with canted corners, with the hood having turned columns, a whale’s-tails pediment to the top and three brass ball-and-spire finials, height 207cms.
An Ansonia shelf clock, circular arabic dial with a turquoise and gilt bezel of leaves, stained wooden case with plinth base having a central drawer, urn shape finial and mask to top, glazed door to front, twin train movement with twin barrel pendulum striking on a gong, complete with key, 39cm wide, 63cm high.
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