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Lot 205
A 19th Century mahogany cased mantle clock, the caddy top with pineapple finial flanked by lion mask ring handles raised on brass ogee bracket feet, the twin fusee eight day movement with circular enamel dial and Roman numerals inscribed "Daniel Lambert Knightsbridge 1820", 28.5 cm x 50 cm CONDITION REPORTS Unknown if in working order. The case has top right hand section missing. Various large splits, etc, throughout. The fabric covering the grilles to the sides is worn and threadbare. Key for both the clock and case are missing. Unable to open the front cover. Wear to the enamelled dial and crazing and cracking in places. Wear and tear conducive with age and use. See images for further details.
Lot 206
A 19th Century French brass cased cartel style wall clock in the Louis XV taste with harebell and acanthus decoration, the twin fusee eight day movement by 'Vincenti' stamped verso "Vincenti 1855 Medaille D'Argent" with circular enamel dial with Arabic and Roman numerals, movement stamped verso 5908-A.1, 55 cm high CONDITION REPORTS There is wear and patination to the metal work throughout. Some minor knocks, the enamel dial has some light surface scratches, possibly a replacement, and some chips around the holes. Glass also has some chips to the edge. Unknown if in working order - see images for further details
Lot 212
A circa 1750 oak and inlaid oak cased long case clock, the eight day movement with brass arch dial and sun and moon phase, the silvered plaque inscribed "John Clayton + Marple", the silvered chapter ring with Roman and Arabic numerals enclosing a subsidiairy seconds dial and date aperture with pierced brass spandrels, approx. 50 cm wide x 235 cm high CONDITION REPORTS Nothing sold in working order, we are not clock specialists. Various chips and scratches, scuffs and losses to the body to include the top of the hood. Some splits to the veneers to the banding, damage to the decoration to the arch and will need refurbishment. Splits to the door, loss of glass round the back of the hood - see images. Veneer is lifting and cracked in places. Various general signs of wear and tear, damage to the paintwork to moon phase. Various scratches, scuffs and losses. Some damage to the dial, crazing to the numbers. Various general signs of wear and tear throughout
Lot 213
An early 19th Century Scottish mahogany cased long case clock with swan neck pediment with brass roundel decoration to the ends above the arched hood, the plain arched door flanked by reeded column pilasters raised on bracket feet, the movement with painted arch dial, the arch depicting a bagpipe player with flag over a chapter ring with Roman and Arabic numerals enclosing subsidiary seconds and dates dials, inscribed "Wm Anderson St Andrews", 210.5 cm high
Lot 100
A rare French Louis XV provincial iron framed rack-striking lantern clock The bell signed for Jean Dubois, mid 18th century The posted inside rack-striking two handed movement with vertically pivoted hour hammer, passing half-hour strike via second hammer sounding on the same bell and anchor escapement regulated by 48 inch pendulum swinging outside the frame to the rear, the 8 inch circular cast brass twenty-four piece white enamel Roman numeral cartouche dial with profile bust, dolphin and foliate scroll decorated centre and Arabic five minutes to outer track beneath Classical mask, Ho-Ho bird and cockerel pierced crest, frame with rectangular section corner posts continuing above the top plate to support the domed bell bearer with turned top finial and enclosing bell cast with inscription JEAN DUBOIS AU PUY , on tall integral spike feet carrying scroll cast openwork apron mount to front, 43.5cm (17.25ins) high; with a carved oak wall bracket, 63.5cm (25ins) high overall. A Jean Dubois does not appear in the usual sources however a Jean Duboys is recorded in Baillie, G.H. Watchmakers & Clockmakers of the World as working in Lyon in 1685.
Lot 102
A Regency silver cylinder pocket watch John Roger Arnold, London, circa 1814 The gilt full plate single fusee movement with four column pillars pinned through the backplate, scroll stop-iron block and cylinder escapement with jewelled escapewheel pivots regulated by sprung steel three-arm balance with lever adjustment, the backplate with plain balance cock fitted with faceted diamond endstone and adjacent shaped mainspring pivot plate signed J.R. Arnold, London opposing serial number No. 3438 , the white enamel Roman numeral dial repeat signed Arnold, No. 3438 to centre over subsidiary seconds at six o clock and with blued steel spade hands, The silver consular case fitted with convex glass, suspension post and hinged rear cover revealing winding hole, hallmarks for London 1814, makers mark A.G. over J.M. , the pillar plate 44mm (1.75ins) diameter, the case 53mm (2.125ins) diameter overall. John Roger Arnold, son of the renowned Chronometer maker John Arnold, was born in 1769. In 1783 he started working with his father before becoming an apprentice to Abraham Louis Breguet in 1792. By 1796 he had returned to London and gained his Freedom of the Clockmaker's Company. After his father's death in 1799 John Roger Arnold continued to work alone becoming Master of the Clockmaker's Company in 1817. Shortly after his move to 84 Strand, London in 1830 he went into partnership with E.J. Dent, this partnership lasted for ten years before it was dissolved in 1840. Arnold continued to work alone from 84 Strand until his death in 1843 when the business was acquired by Charles Frodsham. The cylinder escapement was developed in around 1695 by Thomas Tompion and further refined by George Graham in 1726. This new escapement was perhaps the first developed exclusively for watch work and, as well as being a better rate keeper, the cylinder escapement also allowed movements to be made more compact (due to the escapement operating in one plane only). However, being a form of frictional rest escapement, the cylinder escapement was prone to relatively heavy rates of wear hence was less reliable than the verge (until hardened steel escape wheels and ruby cylinders were developed later in the 18th century).
Lot 109
A fine William and Mary walnut, olive wood and floral marquetry longcase clock of month duration James Clowes, London, circa 1690 The five finned pillar bell striking movement with high position outside countwheel and anchor escapement regulated by seconds pendulum, the 11 inch square brass dial with subsidiary seconds dial enclosing calendar aperture and low ringed winding holes to the matted centre, within applied silvered Roman numeral chapter ring with stylised sword hilt half hour markers and Arabic five minutes to narrow outer track, with sculpted steel hands, the lower edge of the plate signed James Clowes, London and the angles with gilt winged cherub mask and foliate scroll cast spandrels, In a case with formerly rising hood incorporating projecting ogee moulded cornice and floral trail marquetry decoration to frieze above conforming inlaid glazed dial surround applied with ebonised Solomonic three-quarter columns to front angles, the sides with rectangular windows and further quarter columns applied against bargeboards at the rear, the trunk with convex olive wood veneered throat moulding over rectangular 40 inch door centred with an oval lenticle and with three shaped marquetry panels decorated with bird inhabited scrolling flowering foliage on an ebonised fruitwood ground and incorporating unusual teardrop design within the upper panel set within an oyster olive wood field, the sides with three line-edged crossbanded panels, the base with conforming rectangular marquetry panel within further crossbanded surround, 194cm (76.25ins) high; standing on a later conforming detachable skirt plinth, 199.5cm (78.5ins) high overall. James Clowes is recorded in Loomes, Brian Clockmakers of Britain 1286-1700 as born in around 1643 in Astbury, Cheshire, older brother of John (born 1751) and son to James Clowes senior, a nail maker of Odd Rode. James Clowes became a Free Brother of The Clockmakers Company in 1671 - the same year as Thomas Tompion, Joseph Knibb, Daniel Quare and Joseph Windmills. In 1673 he was working at St. Giles in the Fields and then At. Ann s Blackfriars in 1675 when he married Mary Winckley of Biddulph, Staffordshire (at Barthomley in Cheshire). He is believed to have married again to a Jane Coulton in 1680 who was still alive in 1686. James Clowes signed the Clockmakers Company oath of allegiance in 1697 and paid quarterage up until 1705 when he is thought to have died. The case of the current lot exhibits an unusual teardrop design within the upper marquetry panel of the trunk door. This feature can also be seen on a case housing an eight-day movement and dial by his brother, John Clowes of Russell Street (Covent Garden), which was sold in these rooms on 9th September 2009 (lot 100).
Lot 110
Ω A fine Queen Anne gilt brass mounted ebony table clock with pull-quarter repeat Isaac Papavoine, London, circa 1705-10 The five finned pillar twin fusee movement with verge escapement regulated by short bob pendulum, pull-quarter repeat on a nest of three graduated bells and striking the hour on a further larger bell, the backplate finely engraved with symmetrical leafy scrolls and strapwork around a central crowned male mask within herringbone border, the 7 inch square brass dial with ringed winding holes and herringbone border-engraved shaped false bob aperture signed I Papauoine London to the recessed backing plate and conforming calendar aperture the finely matted centre within applied silvered Roman numeral chapter ring with sword hilt half hour markers and Arabic five minutes to outer track, with delicate pierced steel hands and winged cherub head cast spandrels to angles within herringbone engraved outer border incorporating S/N switch at nine o'clock, in a case with fine twin cherub cast handle to the bell-top superstructure and gilt urn finials, the front with raised mouldings to the glazed dial aperture flanked by scroll cast gilt escutcheon mounts, the sides with conforming rectangular glazed apertures and the rear with door matching the front set within the frame of the case, on complex moulded shallow skirt base with gilt brass claw bun feet, 39.5cm (15.5ins) high excluding handle. Provenance: Private collection, Hampshire (ref. C5); purchased at Louis Taylor and Sons, Stoke-on-Trent, 23rd March 1981 (lot 265) for £2,000 hammer. Isaac Papavoine is recorded in Loomes, Brian Clockmakers of Britain 1286-1700 as a French immigrant clockmaker who became a Free Brother of the Clockmakers Company in 1687/8. The only other mention of him in the Company records is a note indicating that he was much in arrears of his subscriptions in 1705/6. Loomes mentions clocks by him signed as being made in Dukes Court, London whilst other examples inscribed Suffolk Street, London are also known. The overall design of the current lot is typical of those made for a very short period during the formative years of the 18th century. The movement and dial are very much rooted in 17th century practice with the engraving to the backplate showing a Continental influence with strapwork and grotesques more typical of Huguenot practice. The case is surmounted by a fully developed bell-top caddy with exuberant handle which combined with a square dial very much dates the clock to around 1700 and 1710- and is of a form favoured by leading London makers such as Christopher Gould and Joseph Windmills (see Barder, Richard C. The Georgian Bracket Clock 1714-1830 for an example by Gould and Dawson, Percy G.; Drover, C.B. and Parkes, D.W. Early English Clocks 484 for a burr walnut clock by Joseph Windmills of related case design).Cites Regulations Please note that this lot (lots marked with the symbol Ω in the printed catalogue) may be subject to CITES regulations when exported from the EU. The CITES regulations may be found at www.defra.gov.uk/ahvla-en/imports-exports/cites
Lot 112
A rare Charles I first period brass lantern clock Anonymous but possibly by Richard Milbourne, London, circa 1620-30; the dial later inscribed for John Harford, Bath, 1658 The posted movement now with verge escapement regulated by short bob pendulum swinging outside the frame to the rear and Huygen s endless rope winding, the reversed strike train with countwheel planted to the rear and sounding the hours on a bell set above the top plate, the dial with elaborate rose centred vestigial alarm disc and sculpted iron hand enveloped by fine engraved infill incorporating winged angel mask over opposing lions mask inhabited stylised foliate scrolls issuing from cornucopiae and grotesque mask positioned just above six o'clock, within an applied Roman numeral chapter ring with simple wheatear half hour markers, the upper angles engraved John Harford, in Bath, 1658 over earlier leafy sprays matching those to the lower angles, the distinctive frame with one-piece column turned corner posts incorporating rounded blocks at the junctions with the top and bottom plates beneath symmetrical foliate strapwork pierced frets decorated with engraved detail to the front, integral multi-knopped ovoid vase-turned corner finials and domed bell bearer cast with pierced decoration between the limbs surmounted by a later substantial cup-and-cover vase finial, with brass side doors and on ring-turned ball feet, 32cm (12.5ins) high excluding later finial; 39.5cm (15.5ins) high overall; with an oak wall bracket and 19th century cylindrical brass cased weight embossed in the Arts and Crafts style with monogram DIW. The current lot can be directly compared to an example dated to circa 1610-1620 signed Richard Milborne fecit in holborne illustrated and described in Loomes, Brian LANTERN CLOCKS & Their Makers on pages 49-50 (Figures 5.10-11). In particular the engraving to the centre of the dial of the Milborne clock is almost identical to that of the present lot. In addition to this they also share the same pattern of frame casting and the unusual detail of having a lateral hammer stop applied to the top plate (removed from the current lot but evidence in the form of a vacant lot is still present). From this it would be reasonable to suggest that both originate from Milborne s workshop evidenced by the fact that the signed example is inscribed directly into the dial plate along with fecit. . Loomes also illustrates (Figures 5.2-9) another larger clock with dial engraved by the same hand and related frame castings which also could have originated from the same workshop. A detail worth noting is that this larger unsigned clock was made without an alarm, hence the centre is engraved with infill to occupy the space which would have been taken by a setting disc. This infill takes the form of a two-tier complex radial rosette almost identical to the one decorating the alarm disc of the current lot (suggesting that the disc itself is a rare original survivor). A third clock utilising the same frame castings and with dial engraving clearly by the same hand is illustrated in White, George English Lantern Clocks on page 82 (Figure II/94). This example was once in the Iden collection and is fitted with a non-original front fret bearing a signature for William Selwood hence is described by White as by an unknown maker. Although the angel and demon engraved decoration departs a little from the design seen on the others noted above it is clear that the similarities are strong enough to suggest that it was made in the same workshop (possibly that of Richard Milborne). From these observations it would seem reasonable to conclude that the present clock and the three clocks described above can be considered a series. Very little is known of Richard Milborne; Brian Loomes notes in Clockmakers of Britain 1286-1700 that A Richard Milborne and his wife, Mary had two children baptised at St. Clement Danes, Elizabeth and Mary in 1634 and 37 respectively. The identification of the current lot as being London first period work possibly from the workshop of Richard Milborne confirms that the engraved inscription for John Harford of Bath was added at a later date. John Harford is recorded by Loomes in Clockmakers of Britain 1286-1700 as born in Chippenham, Wiltshire in 1632. His uncle (on his maternal side) was the clockmaker John Snow of West Lavington and his father (John senior) may have been the clockmaker John Har(t)ford who was made a Free Brother of the Clockmakers Company in 1632 and Assistant in 1649. John Harford junior was apprenticed to his uncle John Snow from 1646 until 1653 and is thought to have worked in Bath from around 1654. He was described as a watchmaker in 1677 when his son (again of the same name) was apprenticed in London and is thought to have continued working until the end of the century. The presence of Harford s signature on the current lot would suggest that he probably acquired the clock and perhaps overhauled the mechanism prior to retailing it under his own name. On close examination the chapter ring appears to have been replaced at the same time of the execution of the signature. Indeed evidence in the form of extant earlier engraved decoration beneath indicates the original chapter ring was narrower whilst Harford's signature and date appear to have been executed to comfortably occupy the space above the current chapter ring.
Lot 113
A fine and very rare oak architectural floor-standing case for a first period lantern clock Anonymous, probably second quarter of the 17th century The superstructure now with fixed glazed top and ogee-cornice over architectural arch-glazed apertures to three sides, the front and right hand side attached by iron hinges to each other and to the backboard, the right hand side also attached via hinges to the backboard which is now applied with a print of Britannia seated on a globe, each of the three faces with faceted keystone flanked by raised quadrant panel infill to the arch springing from blocks applied with hipped pads over uprights decorated with tapered decorative split-turned batons, the integral trunk resembling a Roman Doric pilaster with moulded capital incorporating frieze bordered with slender stepped-ogee moulding to lower margin, over a full-width door to front applied with stepped oval panel centred with a domed button and issuing vertical slender straps and horizontal rails applied with further hipped pads, the lower section with additional further thicker horizontal strap issuing shaped vertical extensions and applied with another faceted panel to centre surrounded by domed buttons, the field decorated with additional vertical half-round split-batons, the sides with decoration matching the front above elaborate double skirt base with ogee top moulding to upper tier and ledge over generous cavetto moulding to the lower, 193cm (76ins) high; the body of the trunk 24cm (9.5ins) wide by 28cm (11ins) deep excluding the applied decoration. Provenance: The base of the backboard applied with a paper label inscribed in ink Cap t De Burgho Hodge, Exleigh, Tiverton. Online records of THE LONDON GAZETTE have two entries relating to Captain Edward DeBurgho Hodge: 24th May, 1861 Light Dragoons, Lieutenant De Burgho . Edward Hodge , from the 15th Foot, to be Lieu- tenant, vice Samuel Adams, who exchanges. 9th July, 1880 William Hodge , Gage John Hodge , and De Burgho Edward . Hodge , carrying on business in copartnership at Devonport, in the county of Devon, as Bankers, under the style or firm of William Hodge , William Chapell Hodge , and Company, the Devonport Bank, was, on the 1st day of July, 1880, dis- solved, by mutual consent. In addition to these The Plymouth and West Devon Record Office holds a document dated 31st July 1880 indicating the release (with later endorsements - 365/50) of De Burgho Edward Hodge of Sandwell, Harberton, Captain of the 12th Lancers. From these records it would appear that Edward DeBurgho Hodge was related to WillIam Hodge of the Devonport Bank, and, after serving in the Light Dragoons (up to 1861) and the 12th Lancers, entered into a new banking partnership with William Hodge in 1880. Exleigh, Tiverton and Sandwell, Harberton are both late Georgian Neo-Classical houses; Exleigh being a substantial Villa and Sandwell a Country House. The current lot appears to be a remarkable survivor which, on stylistic grounds, would appear to date to before the Civil War. The overall form is purely architectural conceived as a glazed arched loggia resting on top of a Roman Doric inspired pilaster. The strapwork decoration to the trunk follows that Jacobean architectural practice with similar designs often seen on fireplace surrounds. A good example dating from the 1630 s which exhibits comparable decoration (to the jambs of the overmantel) can be seen in the great chamber at Doughton House, Gloucestershire (illustrated in Cooper, Nicholas THE JACOBEAN COUNTRY HOUSE on page 105). In addition to this, details such as the applied faceted/hipped panels and buttons together with the tapered split turnings (flanking the glazed arched apertures) can be compared to those applied to an enclosed deed chest made by the joiner Francis Bower for the Shrewsbury Draper s Company in 1637 (illustrated in Chinnery, Victor OAK FURNITURE, The British Tradition on page 53, Figures 2:5 and 2:6). Evidence in the upper and lower rails of each of the arch-glazed panels indicate that when originally made the arches were narrower (i.e. were essentially semi-circular in profile). Indeed at some point the arches appear to have been widened by a little over an inch by inserting extensions into the rails at their centres. The original form of the loggia would have therefore been narrower and hence perhaps more suited to the proportions of a standard lantern clock. The overall appearance of the case in its original form would have therefore perhaps served to enclose a lantern clock and display it in almost a reliquary manner elevated on a Classically inspired pedestal. In addition to this the current lot has seen some further relatively minor repairs and additions over the years including a replacement top panel incorporating glazed insert and skirting around the base. The latter has the appearance of being executed by an estate workshop during the mid 19th century and adds to the overall country house feel of the case. The numerous split half-round batons applied to the front and sides of the trunk may also be early additions. Notwithstanding these observations the overall the structure of the case appears to have survived in remarkably sound original condition. When considering the dating evidence above (which strongly suggests a date of around 1630-40) the current lot would appear to have been made during the first period of lantern clock production. Indeed relatively detailed investigation by the cataloguer has failed to identify other floor standing lantern clock cases that can be dated to prior to the Civil War. With this in mind it would therefore be reasonable to suggest that the current case could well be the earliest surviving English purpose made floor-standing case for a domestic clock, and, as such, would make the perfect companion for the previous lot.
Lot 115
A rare George III mahogany hour-striking tavern clock The dial signed for Desbois and Wheeler, London, early 19th century The five pillar two train rack and bell striking movement with four-wheel trains and anchor escapement regulated by steel-rod brass-faced lenticular bob pendulum with effective length of approximately 30.5 inches, set on a seatboard behind the 16 inch circular white painted Roman numeral dial inscribed DESBOIS & WHEELER, GRAYS INN PASSAGE to centre and with counterweighted steel spade hands set behind a heavy cast brass convex moulded hinged glazed bezel applied to an ogee moulded wooden surround, the drop-trunk box case with movement access doors inset with sound frets to sides over flame figured panel flanked by shaped ears to throat and concave-topped rectangular caddy-moulded door, the square base terminating with a complex moulded collar over pendulum access flap to underside, 109cm (43ins) high. Daniel Desbois was apprenticed to John Johnson at Grays Inn Passage and took over his business from circa 1790 to 1846, dying two years later in 1848. The partnership between Daniel Desbois and Wheeler is also recorded in Baillie, G.H., Clutton, C. and Ilbert, C.A. BRITTEN'S Old Clocks and Watches and their Makers as working from Grays Inn Passage, London 1803-35.
Lot 116
A Regency small brass mounted bracket clock with enamel dial Dwerrihouse and Carter, London, early 19th century The five pillar twin fusee bell striking movement with anchor escapement regulated by lenticular bob pendulum and lancet-shaped plates, the 5 inch fired white enamel circular Roman numeral dial signed Dwerrihouse & Carter, BERKELEY SQUARE, LONDON to centre and with blued steel spade hands set behind hinged convex glazed cast brass bezel, the lancet-shaped case with raised brass line-bordered crescent panel above dial and further conforming shaped panel enclosing stylised looped double-lozenge motif beneath, the front edges with cast slender Gothic column mounts continuing to form moulded lancet-arch above, the sides with brass lion s mask ring handles above lancet arch shaped brass sound frets, the rear with conforming lancet-glazed door, on brass bound stepped skirt base with brass ball feet, (case formerly ebonised), 30.5cm (12ins) high. The partnership of Dwerrihouse and Carter are recorded in Baillie, G.H. Watchmakers & Clockmakers of the World as working from Berkeley Square, London 1802-23.
Lot 117
A George IV brass inlaid mahogany bracket clock Gravell and Son, London, circa 1830 The substantial four pillar twin fusee bell striking movement with trip-hour repeat, thick arched plates and deadbeat escapement incorporating screw end stop depth adjustment to the escape wheel pivot regulated by heavy lenticular bob pendulum, the backplate with scribed line border and signed GRAVELL & SON, LONDON over number 3928 to centre, the 8 inch circular silvered Roman numeral dial with fine pierced blued steel hands set behind hinged convex glazed cast brass bezel, the break-arch case with shallow ebonised cavetto cornice over concave-topped brass fillet edged recessed panel inlaid with brass lozenge scroll motif beneath dial flanked by strung ebonised canted angles, the sides with cornucopiae ring handles over arched gilt fishscale sound frets, the rear with arch glazed door, on shallow skirt base incorporating ebonised fluted band to upper margin and brass ball feet, 44.5cm (17.5ins) high. The partnership between William Gravell and his son of the same name succeeded Gravell and Tolkien who are recorded in Baillie, G. H. Watchmakers & Clockmakers of the World as taking on Eardley Norton s business in 1792, and working from St. John s Clerkenwell, London 1795-1820. Gravell and Tolkien continued the serial numbering system instigated by Norton which in-turn was continued by Gravell and Son and then William junior alone (who subsequently worked from Charterhouse Square and served Master of the Clockmakers Company 1841-42). The movement of the current lot is substantially built with a fine Graham type deadbeat escapement regulated by a particularly heavy lenticular bob pendulum. This specification will ensure very good timekeeping and reflects the high quality approach of the makers.
Lot 119
A Victorian mahogany night watchman's tell-tale bracket clock or noctuary Probably by Smith and Sons, London, for Willoughby, Windsor, mid 19th century The four pillar single chain fusee movement with anchor escapement regulated by lenticular bob pendulum and passing strike, the 5.25 inch circular silvered brass Roman numeral dial inscribed WILLOUGHBY, CLOCK-MAKER TO THE QUEEN, WINDSOR to centre with steel spade hands set within recessed circular ring engraved with reversed Roman numeral chapters fitted with push-pins at every half-hour to circumference and rotating anticlockwise against a plunger positioned to the upper margin, the case of rectangular form with recessed brass carrying handle and plunger to top over hinged circular bevel glazed cast brass bezel flanked by canted angles and floral scroll carved decoration to lower corners, the sides with rectangular side windows over ogee-profile moulded rails, the rear with rectangular glazed door, on shallow skirt base, 31cm (12.25cm) high excluding plunger; 37cm (14.5ins) high overall. Provenance: Private collection, Hampshire (ref. C28); purchased at Sotheby s, London 28th June 2002 (lot 116) for £550 hammer. An almost identical clock signed SMITH & SONS, CLERKENWELL was sold by Tennants, Leyburn on 16th March 2013 (lot 1189) for £650 hammer. The firm of John Smith and Sons was established in 1780 and became one of the largest manufacturers of both domestic and public clocks throughout the 19th century and is still trading today but as a materials stockholder and broker having made their last clock in 1938. Other than brief note in Baillie, G.H. Watchmakers & Clockmakers of the World indicating that a maker with the name Willoughby was working in Windsor during the early 19th century there appears to be no record of the working dates for the maker whose name appears on the dial of the current lot in the usual sources. However another almost identical timepiece signed by Willoughby is in the Royal Collection (alongside a similarly signed fusee dial wall timepiece) and can be found online at www.royalcollection.org.uk/collection/30174/. This listing indicates that Willoughby s first name was William and suggests that he may have been primarily occupied with supplying timepieces for the Royal household at Windsor Castle. The night watchman's clock or noctuary was developed as a 'tell-tale' method of recording a night watchman's progress throughout his shift. The dial incorporates a revolving ring to the circumference fitted with pins which are pushed-in by a manually operated plunger fitted to the exterior of the locked case. By having two such timepieces at each end of a watchman's circuit a record of his patrols throughout the night can be recorded. The pins are automatically reset to their raised position by a ramp positioned behind the ring at around the eleven o'clock position. The first basic design of 'Watchman's Noctuary' (see following lot) was subject of a patent submitted by Samuel Day in 1803 however the patent was disputed on the grounds that the Earl of Exeter had been using two such timepieces made by Boulton and Watt since 1799.
Lot 120
A fine George III brass mounted figured mahogany quarter chiming table clock with fired enamel dial John Scott, London, circa 1790 The substantial six pillar triple chain fusee movement chiming the quarters on a graduated nest of eight-bells and striking the hour on a further large bell, with original half-deadbeat escapement regulated by floral engraved lenticular bob pendulum with holdfast to the fine Classical urn-centred symmetrical rococo scroll engraved backplate, the 8 inch circular white enamel Roman numeral dial signed JOHN SCOTT, GLOUCESTER STREET, LONDON to centre, with Arabic five minutes to outer track and pierced blued steel hands, the shallow break-arch case with generous hinged brass carrying handle and single brass-fillet moulded rectangular pad to top over fine foliate pierced and engraved brass crescent-shaped sound fret to the arch of the full-height front door incorporating cast brass bezel to the convex glazed circular dial aperture and with conforming brass fillet-bordered lower quadrant frets flanked by chevron-strung angles, the sides with arched brass frets and the rear with glazed arched door set within the frame of the case, on generous cavetto moulded skirt base with cast brass ogee bracket feet, 43cm (17ins) high excluding handle. John Scott is recorded in Baillie, G.H. Watchmakers & Clockmakers of the World as working from Gloucester Street, London from before 1784. He is further noted in Britten, F.J. Old Clocks and Watches and Their Makers as being in business at 40 Gloucester Street, Red Lion Square. Scott became an honorary Freeman of the Clockmaker s Company in 1781 but is believed to have worked 1770-1794; a bracket clock of his dating to around 1775 was formerly in the Wetherfield Collection.
Lot 121
A fine early Victorian mahogany fusee drop-dial wall timepiece Vulliamy, London, supplied for the H.M. Government Poor Law Commission, circa 1836 The substantial rectangular four-pillar single fusee movement with thick plates and half-deadbeat escapement regulated by 15.5 inch heavy disc bob pendulum suspended from typical wide-jaw backcock, the backplate signed VULLIAMY, LONDON over serial number 1378 , the 12 inch circular silvered Roman numeral dial further signed VULLIAMY, LONDON beneath crowned Royal V.R. cypher and ribbon banner inscribed POOR LAW COMMISSION to centre, with blued steel spade hands set behind heavy cast brass convex glazed bezel within generous ogee moulded mahogany surround, the rectangular case with hinged side doors and flame-figured front over astragal moulded waist and canted chisel base incorporating hinged pendulum access flap bordered with half-round mouldings, 61cm (24ins) high. Provenance: Private collection, Hampshire (C4); purchased at Bonhams, London, 12th December 1980 (lot 65) for £600 hammer. Various paper labels applied to the inside of the left hand door include one inscribed with the name Mr. Heath and indicate that it was housed at Whitehall in Room 3, 4th Floor on the 16th April 1948. Benjamin Lewis Vulliamy is recorded in Baillie, G.H. Watchmakers & Clockmakers of the World as born 1780 to Benjamin Vulliamy and gaining his freedom of the Clockmakers' Company in 1809. He worked from 52 Pall Mall, served as Warden 1821-5 and was appointed Master five times. He was the last of the celebrated dynasty of Royal clockmakers which started with his grandfather, Justin, forming a partnership with George II's clockmaker, Benjamin Gray. Benjamin Lewis Vulliamy was perhaps one of the most influential horologists of his time publishing many works and undertaking numerous high profile public commissions as well as holding the Royal Warrant. He supplied many clocks to the Royal family including the turret clock for Windsor Castle in 1829 (replacing an earlier movement by Joseph Knibb); however his horological legacy is perhaps somewhat slightly blighted by his tendency to undertake controversial alterations to earlier important clocks by makers such as Tompion. The Vulliamys started numbering most of their clocks from 1788 until 1854. Two of the original Vulliamy work books still survive in the library of the British Horological Institute at Upton Hall, these often can provide valuable information regarding the manufacture and provenance of many clocks made by the workshop. Unfortunately the records are incomplete hence only note clocks with serial numbers 296-469 and 746-1067. From the engraved V.R. Cypher and banner POOR LAW COMMISSION it would appear that the present timepiece was supplied by Vulliamy for use by The Poor Law Commission at Somerset House in around 1836 - very soon after the ascension of Queen Victoria to the throne. The current lot would have been added to a large inventory of Vulliamy s work in the possession of the Crown as reflected by a third surviving workbook, relating only to repairs and servicing dating to the period 1846-53, which records at least sixty five clocks being in the possession of the government Office of Works and another forty being in the possession of Queen Victoria at Buckingham Palace. Another comparable but slightly later wall timepiece by Vulliamy (number 1525), this time inscribed with Royal V.R. cypher and inscribed PAYMASTER OF EXCHEQUER BILLS over date AD 1842, was sold at Bearnes, Hampton and Littlewood, Exeter, 7th October 2015 (lot 744) for £8,800 hammer. The Poor Law Commission was a body established to administer poor relief after the passing of the Poor Law Amendment Act 1834. The intention of the Act was to essentially tackle chronic social issues of unemployment and homelessness by taking those who were unable to provide for themselves off the streets and place them in a workhouse. The commission was made up of three commissioners who became known as The Bashaws of Somerset House , their secretary and nine clerks or assistant commissioners. The Poor Law Commission was independent of Parliament which gave them far reaching powers but also left them vulnerable to criticism from members of both houses. This inevitably resulted in divisions, scandals and other problems within the organisation which ultimately resulted in its dissolution and replacement by The Poor Law Board in 1847.Within the ‘Provenance:’ footnote - reference to a label applied to the interior of the case being inscribed ‘Mr. Heath’ has been misread, the label actually refers to the Ministry of Health.
Lot 122
A fine George III gilt brass mounted mahogany table clock Robert Fleetwood, London, circa 1780 The five pillar twin fusee bell striking movement with verge escapement regulated by lenticular bob pendulum with pivoted beam rise/fall regulation to suspension, trip hour repeat and fine symmetrical foliate rococo scroll engraved backplate, the 7 inch ogee-arch top dial with calendar aperture to the finely matted centre within applied Roman numeral chapter ring with Arabic five minutes to outer track, with pierced steel hands and rococo scroll cast mounts to spandrels with the upper two interrupted by twin subsidiary Strike/Silent and regulation dials flanking signature Rob t Fleetwood, Abchurch Lane, London to arch, the bell top case surmounted with gilt pineapple finial set on a pedestal flanked by fine gilt frets over four further smaller finials and cavetto top mouldings, the front with scroll-pierced and engraved brass upper quadrant frets and fillet inset glazed dial aperture to door flanked by caddy moulded angles, the sides with hinged brass carrying handles above conforming brass fillet inset break-arch side windows, the rear with plain glazed aperture and quadrant frets matching the front, on moulded skirt base with cast ogee bracket feet, 50cm (19.75ins) high overall. Robert Fleetwood is recorded in Britten F.J. Old Clocks and Watches and their Makers as a Liveryman of the Goldsmith s Company who was established at Featherstone Buildings, Holborn, London, in 1760 then 13 Abchurch Lane from 1776; he died in 1789. The unusual shape of the dial of the current lot is reminiscent of the work of the renowned London Partnership of Allam and Clements (see Christie s sale of Important Clocks and Marine Chronometers , King Street, London 20th February 2008, lot 96). Another clock of related design, this time by Eardley Norton, is illustrated in Barder, Richard, C. The GEORGIAN BRACKET CLOCK 1714-1830 on page 110.
Lot 13
A fine and rare Scottish brass mounted mahogany stick barometer with hygrometer William Dobbie to a design by John Russell, Falkirk, circa 1845 The chevron banded case with swan neck pediment and cavetto cornice above arch-glazed door enclosing fine engraved silvered brass scale incorporating HYGROMETER calibrated 0-30 in both directions and annotated DRY/MOIST flanked by fine foliate scroll infill to arch, above arched banner titled BAROMETER and signed W m Dobbie, Falkirk over Vernier scale calibrated in barometric inches and with the usual weather observations positioned to the right of the tube, opposing spirit tube Fahrenheit thermometer similarly labelled THERMOMETER in an arch above to the left, the trunk applied with full-height Corinthian half column with reeded shaft and cast brass capital and base over slightly domed oval cistern cover, 110cm (43.25ins) high excluding finial. Provenance: Private collection, Hampshire (ref. B44); purchased from J.W. Blanchard Limited, Winchester, 14th January 1993 for £1,700. William Dobbie is recorded in Loomes, Brian Watchmakers & Clockmakers of the World, volume 2 as a clock and watchmaker born in Falkirk, 1796 and died 1845. The design of the current lot was devised by the celebrated clock and watch maker John Russell who settled in Falkirk in 1770 in a shop opposite the top of Kirk Wynd. He subsequently became watch maker to the Prince of Wales and died in 1817. The basic design of the current lot was probably developed around 1785 by Russell and appears to have be closely related to that of Benjamin Martin s Triple Weather Glass (an example of which was sold in these rooms in our sale of Mallett: Taking Stock 8th November 2018, lot 109). In his work English BAROMETERS 1680-1860 Nicholas Goodison refers to an excerpt from the Alloa Monthly Advertiser of 7th February 1845 in which it was announced that William Dobbie of Falkirk had just completed two of Russell s splendid royal barometers (now scarce), warranted identical with those made by the original constructor.. from this it would appear that Dobbie was trading on the back of Russell s reputation or perhaps even as his successor. Indeed the current lot would support the latter as the engraving to the register plate is all but identical to an example by Russell illustrated by Goodison on page 230 (plate 157).
Lot 3
An English patinated brass octagonal sundial Bearing initials I.R.M. and date 1700 but probably earlier The 6 inch octagonal plate fitted with scroll decorated angled gnomon set at 52 degrees and engraved with circle, radial lines and bearing inscribed initials I.R.M. to centre, the narrow outer track with Roman numeral chapters IIII-XII-VIII divided into quarter-hours and bearing date 1700 between IIII and VIII, the angles drilled for fixing. The octagonal shape, centre engraving and narrow chapter ring of the current lot is similar to that of two related sundials by William Bowyer and Richard Hinton illustrated and discussed in White, George NOT A BAD TIMEKEEPER: THE ENGLISH LANTERN CLOCK IN THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY (Antiquarian Horology Vol. 31 Sept. 2009 pages 624-8). As White suggests that these examples were made by clockmakers to be supplied alongside lantern clocks then it would perhaps be reasonable to suggest that the current lot was also possibly made by a clockmaker for the same purpose. The rear of the plate has some neat hammering behind the engraved initials and date suggesting that earlier engraving was removed prior to the current text being executed. This, combined with the stylistic similarities with the Bowyer and Hinton dials, would support the possibility that the current lot may well date from the first half of the 17th century.
Lot 62
Clocks, watches, scientific instruments and mechanical music - sixteen publications: Roberts, Derek CARRIAGE and Other Travelling CLOCKS Schiffer, Atglen PA 1993, dj; Hooper, John English 30 Hour Clocks, Origin & Development, 1600-1800 Penita Books, Woking 1997, signed by both authors, blue cloth, no dj; Roberts, Derek British Longcase Clocks Schiffer, West Chester PA 1990, dj; Roberts, Derek BRITISH SKELETON CLOCKS Antique Collectors Club, Woodbridge 1987, dj; Ord-Hume THE MUSICAL BOX, A Guide for Collectors Schiffer Publishing Limited, Atglen PA, 1995, dj; Rees, Abraham Rees's Clocks, Watches and Chronometers (1819-20) David and Charles, Newton Abbot 1970 reprint of the 1819-20 edition, dj; Priestley, Philip T. WATCH CASE MAKERS of ENGLAND 1720-1920 NAWCC, Columbia PA 1994, gilt embossed blue cloth; Clutton, Cecil and Daniels, George WATCHES Sotheby Parke Bernet, London and New York 1979, dj; Burton, Stanley H. The Watch Collection of Stanley H. Burton B.T. Batsford Limited, London 1981, dj; Sauers, Don TIME for AMERICA, Hamilton Watch 1892-1992 Sutter House, Lititz PA, 1992, dj; Daumas, Maurice SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS of the 17th & 18th Centuries and their Makers B.T. Batsford, London 1972, dj; Reid, Thomas TREATISE ON CLOCK AND WATCH MAKING, THEORETICAL AND PRACTICAL Blackie and Son, Glasgow, fifth edition 1852, twenty folding plates spaced throughout, brown cloth spine lacking, 8vo; Hockey, Thomas et al. (Editors) Biographical Encyclopedia of Astronomers two volumes (A-L and M-Z) Springer, New York 2007, softbound; together with a paper flyer advertising Symonds, R.W. THOMAS TOMPION, HIS LIFE & WORK and a reprint of Gents, Leicester 1907 trade catalogue THE B.P. SYSTEM OF PATENT SILENT ELECTRIC IMPULSE CLOCKS Pierhead Publications Limited, Herne Bay 2005, staple bound, (16).
Lot 63
Clocks and watches general reference works - approximately thirty eight publications: Roberts, Derek BRITISH SKELETON CLOCKS Antique Collectors Club, Woodbridge 1987, dj; Allix, Charles and Bonnert, Peter CARRIAGE CLOCKS Their History and development Antique Collectors Club, Woodbridge 1974, dj; Barder, Richard C.R. The GEORGIAN BRACKET CLOCK 1714-1830 Antique Collectors Club, Woodbridge 1993, dj; Nicholls, Andrew English Bracket and Mantel Clocks Blandford Press, Poole 1981, dj; Rose, Ronald E. ENGLISH DIAL CLOCKS Antique Collectors Club, Woodbridge 1978, dj; Robinson, Tom THE LONGCASE CLOCK Antiques Collectors Club, Woodbridge 1981, dj; Edwardes, Ernest L. The Grandfather Clock John Sherratt and Son Limited, Altrincham 1974, dj; Neale, J.A. Joseph and Thomas Windmills, Clock and watch Makers 1671-1737 The Antiquarian Horological Society, Ticehurst 1999, dj; Loomes, Brian COMPLETE BRITISH CLOCKS David and Charles, Newton Abbot 1978, dj; Barder, Richard C.R. ENGLISH COUNTRY GRANDFATHER CLOCKS David and Charles, Newton Abbot 1983, dj; Cescinsky, Herbert and Webster, Malcolm R. ENGLISH DOMESTIC CLOCKS Chancery House Publishing Co. Ltd., Woodbridge, Suffolk 1976, dj; Baillie, G.H., Clutton, C. and Ilbert, C.A. BRITTEN'S OLD CLOCKS AND WATCHES AND THEIR MAKERS E. and F.N. Spon Limited, London 1956, dj; Baillie, G.H. Watchmakers & Clockmakers of the World, Volume 1 N.A.G. Press, London 1985; Loomes, Brian Watchmakers & Clockmakers of the World, Volume 2 N.A.G. Press, London 1989; Jeff (editor) TIME & PLACE, English Country Clocks 1600-1840 exhibition catalogue, The Antiquarian Horological Society, Ticehurst 2006, softbound; Hagger, Arthur L. and Miller, Leonard F. SUFFOLK CLOCKS AND CLOCKMAKERS Antiquarian Horological Society, Ramsgate 1974, no dj, with supplement 1979; Mather, Harold H. CLOCK AND WATCH MAKERS OF NOTTINGHAMSHIRE Friends of Nottingham Museums, Nottingham 1979, softbound; Loomes, Brian Yorkshire Clockmakers Dalesman Books, Clapham, Yorkshire 1972, softbound; Snell, Michael Clocks & Clockmakers of Salisbury Hobnob Press, Salisbury 1986, dj; Dowler, Graham GLOUCESTERSHIRE CLOCK AND WATCH MAKERS Phillimore, Chichester 1984, dj; Tribe, Thomas and Whatmore, Philip Dorset Clocks and Clock-makers Tanat Books, Oswestry 1991, dj; Camerer Cuss, T.P. The Camerer Cuss Book of ANTIQUE WATCHES Antique Collectors Club, Woodbridge 1987, dj; Jagger, Cedric THE ARTISTRY OF THE ENGLISH WATCH David and Charles, Newton Abbot 1988, dj; with approximately fifteen related sundry publications, (qty). Provenance: Private collection, Hampshire.
Lot 65
British clockmakers - eight volumes: Atkins, Charles Edward REGISTER OF APPRENTICES OF THE WORSHIPFUL COMPANY OF CLOCKMAKERS… privately printed, London 1931, gilt embossed green cloth; Moore, Dennis BRITISH CLOCKMAKERS & WATCHMAKERS APPRENTICE RECORDS, 1710-1810 Mayfield Books, Ashbourne, Derbyshire 2003; Pearson, Michael Kent Clocks & Clockmakers limited edition numbered 761/1000, Mayfield Books, Ashbourne 1997, dj; Bird, Clifford and Yvonne (editors) NORFOLK & NORWICH CLOCKS & CLOCKMAKERS Phillimore and Company Limited, Chichester 1996, dj; Hagger, Arthur L. and Miller, Leonard F. SUFFOLK CLOCKS AND CLOCKMAKERS Antiquarian Horological Society, Ramsgate 1974, dj (no supplement, ex. public library); Moore, J., Rice, R. and Hucker, E. BILBIE and THE CHEW VALLEY CLOCK MAKERS published by the authors, Weston Super Mare 1995, signed by all three authors, softbound; Cloutman, E.W. and Linnard, W. Henry Williams Lancarvan Tatham Books, Cardiff 2003, limited edition of 300 this copy unnumbered, signed by both authors, dj; and a copy of Loomes, Brian The Early CLOCKMAKERS of Great Britain N.A.G. Press, London 1981, dj, (8).
Lot 75
A Pulsynetic C69 programmable electromagnetic impulse timer Gents, Leicester, mid to late 20th century With black painted cast iron frame applied with electromagnetic slave mechanism shunting a large diameter twenty-four hour wheel drilled with holes positioned at five-minute intervals to circumference to take pins to engage with the timing contacts, with day-of-the week disc to allow de-activation over the weekend and mercury short-interval timer, set along with connection terminals within a glazed-front wooden case with lift-off cover incorporating front door, applied with paper label incorporating serial number 120778 in ink to the inside of the left hand side and an ivorine button inscribed MAKERS, GENTS, OF LEICESTER to lower front rail, 45cm (17.75ins) wide. Gents of Leicester were founded by John Thomas Gent in 1872 and specialised in producing electric timepieces principally for semi-public and industrial use alongside fire alarm systems, telephones, transformers and related products. The firm initially operated from Faraday Road, Leicester, later (after WWII) moving to nearby Kibworth. They were bought-out by the multi-national organisation, Chloride, in 1981. The current lot would have almost certainly served as an automatic bell ringer in a school or factory. The mechanism would be driven by impulses directly from a master clock every thirty seconds causing the large diameter twenty-four hour dial to rotate. Pins inserted within the circumference of the ring would engage with contact points at programmable intervals which, in-turn, would cause a circuit to become open for a short period of time (dictated by the controlled flow of mercury in the short duration timing switch). The day of the week dial allows the mechanism to be disabled over the weekend.
Lot 76
A unique burr walnut, brass, porcelain and glass electric Solar Timepiece Sandra Campbell, Oliver Hood and Karen Wagstaff of the Royal College of Art for Raymond M. Burton, London, 1976 The movement with substantial posted brass chassis enclosing a HORSTMANN Y-MK2 calendar time-switch set beside a rectangular brass control box incorporating six toggle switches and related fuse holders, the centre with an electric motor driving geared motionwork for the hours and minutes flanked by twin horizontal revolving cylinders of coloured glass each enclosing a light source and independently driven by electric motors connected to the control box, the top plate with circular aperture beneath two revolving concentric domes, the inner geared to revolve every hour and made from translucent textured porcelain with overall uneven polychrome colouring incorporating a deep purple line serving as a minute hand, the outer revolving once every twelve hours and finished with marbled polychrome decoration incorporating a gilt fissure design as the hour hand, the whole contained within a caddy-moulded stained burr walnut four-sided brass-framed sleeve cover with each side panel formed as an arch with cast patinated bronze fan clasp inserts applied with gold stars indicating the quarters to the angles, the control box applied with brass plate inscribed DESIGNED AND MADE, FOR, RAYMOND BURTON, BY, SANDRA CAMPBELL, OLIVER HOOD, & KAREN WAGSTAFF, ROYAL COLLEGE OF ART 1976, 28cm (11ins) high; with a detailed file of the clock s construction and instructions for use together with another file of correspondence relating to the development and funding of the project. The current lot was designed and built by three students of the Royal College of Art in 1975-76 after successfully winning the commission from Raymond M. Burton. Of the three students involved Sandra Campbell was responsible for the ceramic elements, Oliver Hood the design and engineering, and Karen Wagstaff the clasp inserts. The timepiece is designed to capture the passing of time through the expression of never ending shifts and change of light. The concentric dome dial elements incorporate subtle hands which allow the time to be read against gold star markers applied to the bronze clasps set into the angles of the case with the twelve o clock position being denoted by two gold stars (in contrast to the other three which each only have one star). The twin light sources are contained within the revolving glass cylinders, each of which is coloured to simulate night to one half of its circumference and day to the other. Each cylinder is programmed to revolve through 180 degrees at dawn and dusk causing the light to change reflecting the passing of night into day and vice-versa. The benefactor of the current lot, Raymond Montague Burton, was born in Leeds on November 3 1917. Raymond was educated at Clifton College and went on to study at Trinity College, Cambridge, and later at Harvard. During the war he was commissioned in the Royal Artillery, serving in India and Ceylon and rising to the rank of major. In the last phase of his business career he served as joint chairman and president of Burton, which continued to expand with acquisitions of fashion brands such as Evans and Dorothy Perkins and eventually, after the family withdrew from hands-on management, became part of the Arcadia group. In 1981 he retired to concentrate on philanthropic activities which took many forms both in Yorkshire, where he made his home and established a model farm, and further afield in projects such as the founding of the Shaarei Shalom Synagogue in St Petersburg. His support for York University included a long-standing sponsorship of its concert series and culminated in the opening in 2003 of the Raymond Burton Library for Humanities Research (though he was characteristically reluctant to see his name attached), which received his own scholarly collection of Yorkshire-related books, manuscripts and playbills from the 18th and 19th centuries. He also contributed to the York Civic Trust, the Company of the Staple (a York-based livery guild which he helped to re-establish), the Kew at Castle Howard Arboretum project, and the Ryedale music festival which at his request and under his sponsorship staged a spectacular performance of Beethoven s Ninth Symphony in York Minster to celebrate the Queen s Golden Jubilee in 2002. A man of great vitality and wide-ranging enthusiasms, he collected silver and fine furniture and was a lifelong car buff, having enjoyed international rallying with his brother Arnold in the 1950s; he owned Bentleys and Ferraris, and declared himself pleased with a small MG in his sprightly mid-eighties. Raymond Burton was appointed CBE for his charitable work in 1995 and died in 2011.
Lot 77
A gentleman s 18ct gold automatic chronometer calendar wristwatch Omega Constellation Swiss, 1960 s The radial brushed champagne dial with black baton numerals, calendar aperture at three o clock, spear-shaped hands and signed OMEGA, AUTOMATIC, CHRONOMETER, OFFICIALLY CERTIFIED, Constellation to centre over inscription SWISS MADE to the lower margin, in restrained circular case with simple moulded bezel and angled rectangular lugs, the rear cover cast with observatory trademark within engraved inscription STIG, 19,68, 50 AR, on a black leather Omega branded strap, diameter 34mm (1.375ins); with a red Omega branded presentation box. Provenance: Private collection, Hampshire (ref. C31); purchased at Christie s, South Kensington, 16th July 2003 (lot 153) for £500 hammer. The current lot was subsequently serviced by Omega in September 2003 at a cost of £110.
Lot 78
A scarce gold plated Atmos II timepiece LeCoultre to a design by Jean-Leon Reutter, Switzerland, early 1940 s The single train movement wound via the expansion and contraction of an aneroid chamber mounted to the rear of the mechanism and regulated by torsion escapement with rotating balance suspended beneath, numbered 6909 to frontplate and numbered 8148 to suspension platform, the dial gilt Arabic numeral chapter ring inscribed with retailer s signature NORTHERN GOLDSMITHS Co. at twelve o clock opposing MADE IN SWITZERLAND to lower edge, the glass bell jar' type case with canted angles, on plinth base with adjustable feet, 23.5cm (9.25ins) high.
Lot 79
A French gilt brass carriage clock Retailed by Payne and Company, London, third quarter of the 19th century The eight-day two train gong striking movement with silvered platform lever escapement incorporating split bimetallic balance and backplate engraved with retailer s signature Payne & Co., 163 New Bond Street, London to lower margin, the rectangular white enamel Roman numeral dial with blued steel moon hands and indistinct repeat signature to lower margin, the bevel glazed one-piece gilt brass caddy moulded case with hinged carrying handle and cavetto moulded skirt base, 13.5cm (5.25ins) high excluding handle; with original tooled red leather covered outer travelling case. The firm of Payne and Company was founded by William Payne who is recorded in Baillie, G.H. Watchmakers & Clockmakers of the World as working in London circa 1820-40, other sources suggest that he worked from 1811 until 1856 with the firm continuing to trade as Payne and Company until around 1875.
Lot 80
A French engraved gilt brass carriage clock with duplex escapement Silvani, Paris, mid 19th century The eight-day two train bell striking movement with underslung platform duplex escapement incorporating sprung split bimetallic balance and jewelled endstone to the fine foliate engraved balance cock, the inside of the backplate stamped SILVANI, PARIS, the rectangular white enamel Roman numeral dial with blued steel spade hands, the early multi-piece bevel glazed gilt brass case with unusual lions head pivot lugs for the hinged tied foliate bud handle to the foliate scroll engraved top over zig-zag decorated cushion cornice and leafy trail engraved rounded corner uprights, the rear with plain gilt back panel incorporating shuttered winding holes, on conforming foliate decorated skirt base, 13cm (5.125ins) high excluding handle. Although apparently not specifically recorded in the usual sources many clocks stylistically dating to the period 1835-60 signed/inscribed for Silvani or J. Silvani are known. A carriage clock made in the workshop of Paul Garnier but signed for Silvani et Cie is noted in Allix, Charles and Bonnert, Peter CARRIAGE CLOCKS, Their History and development on page 57 (footnote 22).
Lot 81
A French gilt brass petite sonnerie striking carriage clock with push-button repeat Unsigned, Paris, circa 1900 The eight-day two train movement ting-tang striking the quarters on two gongs and sounding the hour on the larger of the two, with replaced platform lever escapement, the circular blue on white enamel Arabic numeral dial with pierced steel hands set within engine-turned gilt mask, the bevel glazed case with hinged scroll handle over cavetto cornice, reeded frieze and caddy moulded uprights, on conforming base incorporating squat bracket feet, the underside with strike selection lever, 15cm (6ins) high excluding handle.
Lot 82
A French gilt and silvered brass carriage clock The movement possibly by Brunelot, late 19th century The eight-day two train gong striking movement with silvered platform lever escapement incorporating split bimetallic balance and backplate stamped with the letter B within a circle to lower left hand corner, the rectangular white enamel Roman numeral dial with blued steel moon hands and Arabic five minutes to outer track, the unusual bevel-glazed case of corniche type fitted with generous tied floral-bud chased silvered hinged carrying handle over standing semi-naked female figures to the caddy-moulded angles and elaborate leafy paw feet, 15cm (6ins) high excluding handle. See Allix, Charles and Bonnert, Peter CARRIAGE CLOCKS, Their History and development page 434 regarding the suggestion of the possible maker of the movement of the current lot.
Lot 83
A French gilt brass four-glass mantel clock Japy Freres, Paris, circa 1900 The circular eight-day bell striking movement with visible Brocot type escapement incorporating jewelled pallets set within the recessed gilt dial centre and regulated by mercury capsule pendulum with rate adjustment to suspension, the backplate stamped with JAPY FRERES, MED. D HONNEUR. roundel over number 25934 6.4, the dial with recessed gilt centre within circular white enamel Arabic numeral chapter ring, blued steel hands and milled bezel, the bevel-glazed case with caddy moulded uprights to angles, on conforming cavetto moulded skirt base incorporating bracket feet, 33cm, (13ins) high.
Lot 84
A French alabaster novelty 'swinging cherub' mantel clock Farcot, Paris, late 19th century The eight-day bell striking movement with two-plane duplex escapement incorporating half-moon pallet assembly and twin escape wheels set between cocks screwed to the movement backplate incorporating suspension for the back-and-forth swinging pendulum with bob cast as a cherub on a rope swing, the backplate stamped with eagle trademark over ECHAPPEMENT BREVETE, monogram FCT and number 32045, the circular white enamel Roman numeral dial with open centre revealing skeletonised movement frontplate and steel Breguet moon hands within a moulded brass bezel, the case with drum housing the movement over elaborate double-scroll outline uprights fronted by gilt incised decoration flanking the swing cherub pendulum, on cavetto moulded plinth base with conforming gilt scrolls to front, 33.5cm (13.25ins) high.
Lot 85
A George IV gilt and patinated bronze rococo style mantel clock Viner and Company, London, circa 1830 The circular four pillar twin chain fusee bell striking movement with anchor escapement regulated by short pendulum with sunburst mask cast bob and silk suspension, the backplate applied with the hour bell and signed Viner & Co., London to centre, the 3.75 inch circular silvered convex Roman numeral dial with repeat signature VINER & Co., Regent Street, LONDON to centre and blued steel spade hands set behind hinged moulded gilt brass convex bevel glazed bezel, the elaborate waisted patinated bronze rocaille cast case with gilt scallop shell and scroll surmount over sculpted dial surround and side scrolls incorporating ovoid panels, the rear with radial cartouche centred shield-shaped door, on tall twisted scroll supports applied with dolphins to knees flanking pendulum aperture to apron over shell cast feet, 33cm (13ins) high. Charles Edward Viner is recorded in Baillie, G.H. Watchmakers & Clockmakers of the World as apprenticed to Thomas Savage in 1802 and gaining his freedom of the Clockmakers' Company in 1813. He was elevated to Liveryman in 1819. He was a fine maker who worked from Regent Street and is best known for producing fine complex giant carriage clocks and small mantel clocks. The firm of Viner and Company is recorded in Loomes, Brian Clockmakers & Watchmakers of the World, complete 21st century edition as working from 233 Regent Street, London 1827-50.
Lot 88
Ω A Louis XV style gilt brass mounted Boulle bracket clock The dial signed for Passeral, Paris, late 19th century The two train gong striking movement with rectangular plates united by four cylindrical pillars pinned through the backplate, the going train with anchor escapement regulated by pendulum with decorative sunburst mask cast bob, the backplate stamped with VINCENTI & CIE, MADAILLE D ARGENT, 1855 roundel over serial number 409 87 , the 9 inch circular twenty-five piece cartouche numeral dial with convex white enamel centre inscribed Passeral, A Paris within chapter ring with blue-on-white Roman hour numerals within rococo borders and conforming black Arabic five minutes to outer track, with pierced steel hands, the engraved cut brass and red shell marquetry veneered waisted case with open scroll cast surmount applied to a concave-sided superstructure decorated with foliate scrolls flanked by leaf cast mounts to the angles, the front with rococo scroll cast crest over leafy gilt brass-framed arch-glazed door enclosing marquetry veneered inside surface to the rear door and incorporating richly cast panel decorated with rococo scrollwork to lower edge, the surround decorated with leafy scrolls within line border, the sides with tall recessed arch windows between marquetry panel veneered upper and lower margins, on generous scroll cast feet with cartouche apron between; with a wall bracket of ogee outline with applied leaf cast mount to edge of the table over conforming cut brass and red shell stylised foliate marquetry veneers to front and sides interrupted by rococo scroll cast mounts applied to angles, the base with further conforming mount, the clock 77cm (30.25ins) high; the clock and wall bracket 107cm (42ins) high overall.Cites Regulations Please note that this lot (lots marked with the symbol Ω in the printed catalogue) may be subject to CITES regulations when exported from the EU. The CITES regulations may be found at www.defra.gov.uk/ahvla-en/imports-exports/cites
Lot 89
Ω A French Louis XV Boulle Religeuse table clock case Unsigned, circa 1690, the case probably attributed to the workshop of Andre Charles Boulle With 8.75 inch arched red velvet covered dial plate applied with gilt cast mount modelled as the recumbent Chronos over a foliate infill panel to lower margin, the red stained tortoiseshell and cut brass marquetry decorated case with complex ebony moulded break-arch cornice, over arch glazed door applied with raised gilt brass leaf cast bezel to the 12 by 7.5 inch arched glazed dial aperture within continuous leafy scroll and line marquetry decorated surround flanked by pilasters with cast capitals and bases, the sides with panel upstands over cornice and conforming brass bordered break-arched windows within brass line-bordered multi-panel surround, the rear with ebonised plain arched door, on inverted breakfronted complex moulded shallow skirt base incorporating gilt brass leaf cast bun feet, 46cm (18ins) high. The case of the current lot exhibits features which can be seen on other clocks of this period attributed to the workshop of Andre Charles Boulle as illustrated and discussed in Plomp, Reinier Early French Pendulum Clocks 1658-1700 Chapter 4 entitled The heyday with A.-C. Boulle, 1680-1690. Indeed the overall design of the case together with the patterns used for the Chronos and dial surround mounts can be closely compared to that of a clock by Daniel Clavier, Paris illustrated by Plomp on page 72 (plate 128).Cites Regulations Please note that this lot (lots marked with the symbol Ω in the printed catalogue) may be subject to CITES regulations when exported from the EU. The CITES regulations may be found at www.defra.gov.uk/ahvla-en/imports-exports/cites
Lot 90
An Aesthetic Movement brass mounted black marble mantel clock Unsigned, circa 1880 The French rectangular eight-day gong striking movement with anchor escapement regulated by disc-bob pendulum with Brocot-type adjustment to suspension, the backplate stamped H.P. & Co. over number 3968 within a horizontal diamond cartouche with another number 32435 , the circular black marble dial with stylised floral motif and decoration to centre within Arabic Cartouche chapter ring, with gilt fleur-de-lys hands set within moulded hinged bevel-glazed cast brass bezel, the rectangular case with brass baluster gallery to the rear of the top flanked by scroll-shaped extensions of the side panels terminating with brass button finials at the front, over repeating stylised gilt sunflower decorated band to frieze and apron flanked by conforming designs to the leading edges of projecting side panels which continue down to form supports, 34cm (13.25ins approx.) high. Provenance: The rear of the current lot is applied with a brass plaque indicating that it was presented to the Rev. W.G. Buckle of Meole Brace (Shrewsbury) on 6th April 1881.
Lot 91
A fine Victorian Reformed Gothic oak longcase wall regulator timepiece in the manner of A.W.N. Pugin The movement probably attributed to the workshop of James Condliff, Liverpool for Isaac Simmons, Manchester, third quarter of the 19th century The massive eight-day five double-screwed baluster pillar frosted gilt movement with thick canted top angle plates measuring 9.5 by 7.75 inches enclosing wheel train with high pinion count, six-spoke wheel crossings and screw depth adjustment for all pivots terminating at the plates, with Harrison s maintaining power and deadbeat escapement incorporating jewelled pallets regulated by Frodsham/Dent type metal jar mercury compensated pendulum with weight tray for fine adjustment and fine beat adjustment to crutch, with winding via offset square to right hand side, the 12 inch circular silvered brass dial with subsidiary seconds over Roman numeral hour dial and signed I. Simmons, 7 St. Ann s, Square, Manchester to centre within outer minute track and canted silvered bezel, the movement and dial supported on a substantial gilt brass bracket attached to the 2 inch thick case backboard beneath wide-jaw pendulum suspension with fine screw position adjustment, the interior also applied with a silvered tapered scale for the pendulum weight tray calibrated 0-12 divided into eighths over plate engraved ARNOLD & LEWIS, SUCCESSORS TO, I. SIMMONS, WATCH & CLOCK MANUFACTURERS to centre section beneath dial, and beat scale to base, the exterior with triple stylised trefoil fronted canted mansard frieze flanked by pointed spires to pediment over heavy front door with entwined curved baton carved band over arch-glazed panel flanked by stylised ogee stepped sections decorated with rosettes over Gothic columns with foliate caps and moulded bands to shafts, the sides with slender rectangular glass windows set into 2 inch thick channel moulded surrounds incorporating hole for the indirect movement winding to right hand side, the base with cavetto apron flanked by plinths beneath the front door over triple substantial chevron-carved quarter-round fronted cavetto-outline brackets with elaborate complex horizontal moulded infill between and reeded panels to upper and lower margins, the superstructure containing a piece of oak stencilled with a blue rosette motif trademark, 216cm (85ins) high. Isaac Simmons is recorded in Loomes, Brian Watchmakers & Clockmakers of the World, Volume 2 as working in Manchester 1834-51. Online sources further suggest that he opened jewellers at Long Millgate in 1822, by 1832 he had moved to fashionable 9 St Ann s Square then again to number 7 by 1851 where he remained until 1871. Simmons was succeeded by Arnold and Lewis who continued at the same address until circa 1905. Contemporary directories also list Arnold and Lewis as retail jewellers and makers of watches and chronometers. Indeed the many fine quality watches that survive bearing their name suggest that they had a very wealthy clientele and were a major retail outlet for the watches made in the Prescott watch workshops. Details such as the design of weight pulley, left/right position-adjustable pendulum suspension block, extensive use of screw end stops and overall quality of the movement suggest that it may have been supplied to Simmons by James Condliff of Liverpool. James Condliff first set up in business at 32 Gerard Street, Liverpool, in 1816. Between 1816-1827 Condliff had premises in Gerard Street, Circus Street and Fraser Street; after 1827 he was joined by Joseph Condliff and they continued to work at Fraser Street (probably the workshops) and also in Clare Street. In 1846 a branch of the business opened in Everton under Joseph's name and that year also John Condliff appears, at premises at Mount Vernon. The last Condliff in the business was Thomas who is recorded as working between 1867-1914, whilst the last mention of James dates to 1884, although it is likely that he had retired by 1862. The quality of the movement of the current lot combined with the massive construction of the case complete with facility for external winding indicate that it was intended for an important location where a high degree accuracy was required. One such possibility is that it was made as the shop regulator for Simmonds premises in St. Ann s Square. A letter, dated 1851, to the editor of the Manchester Guardian confirms that Simmons utilised a highly accurate regulator on his premises: To the editor of the Manchester Guardian Sir, In reply to the complaints of A Subscriber , in your publication of Wednesday last, on the subject of the incorrectness of the public clocks, I take leave to say to say there is but too much truth in his remarks. For a number of years I have had my chief regulator tested by transit observations; the result in nearly all cases showing 2 minutes slower than the time as indicated by the public clocks. An observatory such as that in Liverpool is quite unnecessary in this, an inland town. Nor do I see the utility of incurring the expense of telegraphing Greenwich time, which, for the reasons stated above, can always be had at my shop, and is cheerfully offered for the use of such as may feel disposed to avail themselves of it.- The favour of your inserting the above will oblige, and apologising for trespassing on your valuable time, I am, sir, yours faithfully I.SIMMONS 7 St Ann s Square April 3rd 1851 The possibility of the current lot being used as the shop regulator is perhaps further supported by the presence of the silvered signature plate for Simmons s successors Arnold and Lewis applied to the inside of the case. It is perhaps interesting to note that soon after they took over the Simmons business in 1871 Arnold and Lewis installed a shop regulator (in July 1872) with a galvinometer connected to Greenwich. An exterior clock dial at their premises (designed by Edward Salomons architect) with a Greenwich style falling ball dropping at 1pm daily was also installed. This was reported in the Manchester Guardian, and no doubt provided endless publicity for the new proprietors. The installation of this new technology may have required the previous shop timepiece to be moved-on by Arnold and Lewis. Another possibility is that the current lot may have been supplied to a very wealthy discerning private client or a business where accuracy was highly valued. Indeed the strong architectural styling would suggest that it may have been conceived as part of a homogenous scheme created by a leading architect in the highly fashionable Reformed Gothic style. The leading exponent of the Reformed Gothic movement was A.W.N. Pugin although many other architects and designers such as Eastlake and Burgess adopted the style. Reformed Gothic was at its height during the 1850 s-60 s but, as with all fashionable styles, muscular Reformed Gothic was superseded by the more romantic Venetian Gothic style championed by Ruskin and the Aesthetic Movement with Japanese influences developed by architects such as Edward William Godwin. The enormous wealth generated through the massive expansion in industry in the Manchester area at this time would have ensured a healthy clientele for high status objects leading to large manufactories such as Lamb of Manchester working hard to keep abreast of fashion. As of yet the designer or maker of the case of the current lot has not been established, however the presence of a stencilled rosette trademark on a piece of timber (formerly concealed in the top of the case) may provide a strong clue and thus presents the prospective purchaser with a potentially rewarding research project.
Lot 92
A Fine Viennese mahogany grande-sonnerie striking Dachluhr regulator wall clock Anton Pohl, Vienna, circa 1830 The four pillar triple train eight-day movement with shallow-arch plates and deadbeat escapement incorporating tall inverted V-shaped pallets regulated by brass lenticular bob pendulum with ebonised wooden shaft to the weight-driven going train, the quarter train driven by standing spring barrel and sounding on the smaller of the pair of graduated gongs positioned behind the movement followed by the hour train again powered by a standing spring barrel and sounding the last hour on the larger of the two, the 6.5 inch circular two-piece silvered Roman numeral dial signed Anton Pohl, IN WIEN to the slightly recessed centre within gilt engine-turned border and chapter ring with outer minute track, with blued steel hands within fine gilt engine-turned bezel, the figured mahogany six-light case with foliate carved scroll pediment over elaborate ripple-moulded ogee cornice and slender-framed full-height front door incorporating square glazed dial aperture over conforming rectangular panel within box-strung surrounds applied with twist-carved mouldings to uprights, the sides with conforming glazed apertures over cavetto shaped base incorporating ripple-carved collar and terminating with a simple inverted arch, 109cm (43ins) high. Anton Pohl is recorded in Kaltenbock, Frederick Viennese Timepieces as becoming a Viennese Master in March 1835 and is thought to have worked until his death twenty years later in 1855.
Lot 93
Ω An Victorian small rosewood four-glass mantel clock with push-button hour repeat Stockall, London, circa 1865 The five pillar twin chain fusee movement striking the hour on a coiled gong and with anchor escapement regulated by lenticular bob pendulum with holdfast to the backplate, the 4 by 4.25 inch gilt brass Roman numeral dial with watered-silk engine-turned centre within chapter ring signed STOCKALL, LONDON to upper margin, with blued steel cruciform handles and foliate scroll engraved infill to spandrel areas, the case with bevel-glazed rectangular panel to the tablet upstand above cavetto cornice, fluted band to frieze and gilt brass canted fillet bordered front door, the sides with rectangular bevel glazed panels, the rear with rectangular door inset with plain glass, the base with ogee outline apron over moulded skirt with adjustable brass disc feet, 23cm (9.ins) high. A James John Stockall is recorded in Loomes, Brian Watchmakers & Clockmakers of the World, Volume 2 as working in London 1863-81.Cites Regulations Please note that this lot (lots marked with the symbol Ω in the printed catalogue) may be subject to CITES regulations when exported from the EU. The CITES regulations may be found at www.defra.gov.uk/ahvla-en/imports-exports/cites
Lot 97
A late Victorian brass mounted quarter chiming bracket clock Thwaites and Reed, London, late 19th century The substantial six pillar triple chain fusee movement with anchor escapement regulated by heavy lenticular bob pendulum with rise/fall regulation to the sprung suspension, chiming a choice of two options for the quarters on a nest of eight graduated bells and striking the hour on a gong, the 7.5 inch brass break-arch dial with matted centre incorporating silvered signature plate engraved THWAITES & REED, CLERKENWELL within applied silvered Roman numeral chapter ring with stylised fleur-de-lys half hour markers and Arabic five minutes to outer track, the angles with winged cherub mask cast spandrels interrupted by CHIME/SILENT and CHIME ON 8 BELLS/CHIME ON 4 BELLS selection switches to the vertical margins, beneath arch applied with subsidiary FASTER/SLOWER dial flanked by conforming cast mounts, the break-arch top case with flambeau finial to the moulded upstand over foliate cast gilt brass bordered pediment applied with grotesque mask mount to tympanum flanked by further gilt finials, the front with cast spandrel mounts to upper quadrants of the door inset with angled silvered brass fillet flanked by canted angles applied with male caryatids, the sides with rectangular cast brass sound frets decorated with foliate scrolls and Arabesques beneath generous carrying handles, on tall cavetto moulded base with leaf-cast mount to front and substantial gilt scroll feet, 75cm (29.5ins) high overall. The partnership between John Thwaites and George Jeremiah Reed is recorded in Baillie, G.H. Watchmakers & Clockmakers of the World as being formed in 1808. John Thwaites was the son of Ainsworth Thwaites who was apprenticed in 1735 and worked from Rosoman Row, Clerkenwell, London, 1751-80. He was an accomplished maker who supplied the clock for the tower at the Horse Guards Parade. John Thwaites was born in 1757 and took over the business presumably on the death of his father in 1780 before moving to Bowling Green Lane. The firm became well known for supplying all forms of clocks and movements either wholesale for others to retail, or signed by themselves. The partnership continued under John Thwaite's leadership from several addresses in London until his death in 1842. The business has subsequently passed through a series of successors and is still trading today from Rottingdean near Brighton.
Lot 99
A William and Mary thirty-hour wall clock movement and dial Unsigned, probably London circa 1690-95 The single-handed posted countwheel striking movement with anchor escapement for regulation by long pendulum, the frame incorporating rectangular section with the front pair being angled by forty-five degrees, the 8 inch square brass dial with matted centre and sculpted scroll pierced steel hand within applied Roman numeral chapter ring with cruciform half hour markers, (lacking bell and stand, spandrels, pendulum and weight). The quality of finish evident in the current lot coupled with relatively restrained/refined detailing in both the movement and dial would suggest that it was made in one of the better London workshops. Indeed the cruciform half-hour markers and tiered scroll design of the hand are reminiscent of the work of Thomas Tompion (see Symonds, R.W. THOMAS TOMPION, his life and work page 165 showing the Barnard Tompion with similar looped design to hour hand and conforming half hour markers).
Lot 359
Vintage Mofem nickel plated desk lamp/clock having a dome shaped shade, the inverted arch shaped clock with Arabic numerals, standing on a white marble base, 28.5cm high Condition: This lamp has no wiring and is therefore not in working order, some small nibbles to the marble, several dents to the shade and losses to white interior decoration, we do not guarantee the workings or accuracy of the clock, whilst the clock ticks when wound it does not continue, dial card has discoloured - ** General condition consistent with age
Lot 54
George III mahogany longcase clock by Philip Lloyd of Bristol, the hood with swan neck pediment, blind fret frieze below, arch shaped glazed door flanked by reeded pillars with Corinthian capitals, the trunk with long door and standing on a plinth base, the arch shaped brass dial with moon phase and script 'High Water At Bristol Key', Roman and Arabic numerals, subsidiary seconds dial and calendar aperture, signed Philip Lloyd, Bristol, eight day striking movement, 226cm high Condition: We do not guarantee the movement or accuracy of clocks - Please see extra images and TELEPHONE department if you require further information
Lot 55
19th Century oak and mahogany longcase clock by Thomas Waldie of Blyth, the hood with swan neck pediment, arch shaped glazed door flanked by cylindrical pillars, the trunk with short door and standing on bracket feet, arch shaped painted dial with Roman and Arabic numerals, subsidiary seconds and calendar dials, eight day striking movement, 215cm high Condition: We do not guarantee the movement or accuracy of clocks - Please see extra images and TELEPHONE department if you require further information
Lot 56
19th Century oak and mahogany longcase clock by Francis Foulks of Bakewell, the hood with swan neck pediment, circular glazed door flanked by tapered cylindrical pillars, the trunk with short door and standing on bracket feet, circular painted dial with Arabic numerals, 30 hour movement, 212cm high Condition: We do not guarantee the movement or accuracy of clocks - Please see extra images and TELEPHONE department if you require further information
Lot 57
Early 20th Century walnut and figured walnut cased grandmother clock, the hood having a moulded cornice, square glazed door flanked by split barley twist pillars, the trunk with long door, the square brass dial with silvered chapter ring having Roman and Arabic numerals, brass striking and chiming movement, 153.5cm high Condition: We do not guarantee the movement or accuracy of clocks - Please see extra images and TELEPHONE department if you require further information
Lot 60
19th Century French Buhl brass inlaid and mounted green tortoiseshell mantel clock, the case surmounted with a seated cherub, standing on dragon form scroll feet, the brass dial with enamel Roman and Arabic numerals, brass movement striking on a bell, 44c, high, on a gilt gesso decorated stand Condition: We do not guarantee the movement or accuracy of clocks - Some minor losses to the buhl decoration and some areas of lifting (mainly to back door), some pins and metal work are loose, metal decorative plinth for the cherub maybe a replacement and has a section missing, fabric on plinth is tired - Please see extra images and TELEPHONE department if you require further information
Lot 62
Jaeger-Le-Coultre Atmos clock Calibre 526-5 having a typical brass case, the off-white chapter ring with gilt Arabic numerals and baton, 18cm wide Condition: We do not guarantee the movement or accuracy of clocks - some light surface wear - Please see extra images and TELEPHONE department if you require further information
Lot 63
Jaeger-LeCoultre circular brass cased mantel clock having a clear glass front and back panel enclosing the visible movement, standing on a circular foot, in original case Condition: We do not guarantee the movement or accuracy of clocks - This time piece does tick when wound, the verdigris finish is missing to the top of the clock, some light surface wear to the box with foxing and tear to the interior - Please see extra images and TELEPHONE department if you require further information
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