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Lot 408
Advertising - an early 20th century copper cigar box/smoker's companion, in the form of a circular riveted boiler, probably for a desk or shop counter, the single chimney acting as a cigar cutter, rectangular latched door with spring loaded tray to interior, removable lid, applied with shaped rectangular label inscribed 'BRADSHAW & CO, 52 QUEEN VICTORIA STREET LONDON E.C., SOLE REPRESENTATIVES IN THE UNITED KINGDOM OF THE DEUTSCHE ASPHALT ACTTIEN-GESELLSCHAFT DER LIMMER UND VORWOHLER GRUBENFELDER HANNOVER, GERMANY', stepped cylindrical oak base, 19.5cm high
Lot 1191
A walnut and feather banded kneehole desk or dressing table, in Queen Anne style, the top with a moulded edge and rounded corners, above an arrangement of three frieze drawers and six drawers around a recess with door, all with brass handles, on bracket feet, 81cm high, 83cm wide, 53cm deep.
Lot 1
A Victorian sterling silver desk inkwell/stand with Chinese silver dip pen. Rope design to the border and scrolling form feet. The pen has a Chinese silver mark with characters and the finial is in the form of a Chinese merchant. Hallmarked: CSH for Charles Stuart Harris, London,1892. Engraved dedication. From the collection of Major General Botting. Weight 860g L.25.5 W.20cm
Lot 231
Group of 31 sterling and silver objects. Including one set of four Gorham repousse sterling silver desk corners, set of three Howard & Co. sterling silver desk corners, three sterling silver small flatware, two sterling toothpick cases, one sterling sugar bowl, one sterling vessel, five sterling cups, five various small pieces of sterling silver include two lids, one silver unmarked cup, one silver bourbon tag, one unmarked silver rattle, and a set of four silver and leather desk corners. Most marked along the underside.Height ranges from 1 in to 4 1/2 in; width ranges from 1 1/4 in to 6 1/4 in; depth ranges from 1 1/4 in to 5 3/4 in. Gross weight (not including 7 non-sterling or unmarked objects, or objects with attached leather): 39.80 Troy oz.Condition: Wear throughout consistent with age and use. Heavy tarnishing along many of the pieces. Some small dents and light scratches throughout. Some pieces such as lids are not associated with matching vessels. One of the desk corners with leather is not attached to the leather base. Wear to the leather.
Lot 597
Art Deco burl wood table or writing desk fitted with a long center drawer flanked by two smaller drawers, each with a hexagonal shaped brass pull. The table is supported by four tapering legs.Height: 30 1/2 in x width: 56 1/2 in x depth: 29 1/2 in.Condition: The table is structurally sound and stable. All drawers open and close smoothly. There is wear throughout including some minor chips along the extreme edges, scratches along the surface and legs, and general wear as expected from an item of this age. Some small dark stains along the surface of the table. Some possible minor repairs along the top of the desk along the seams, visible in the lot listing. Wear and scratches to the writing surface.
Lot 598
Georgian style inlaid English secretary desk with an upper case with two glass doors with shaped mullions opening to shelves. The bottom case features a slant front desk that opens to several drawers and an inset leather writing surface above four graduating pull out drawers and resting on shaped bracket feet.Height: 91 in x width: 45 1/2 in x depth: 22 in.Condition: Please contact us for a detailed condition report. Please note that the lack of a condition statement does not imply perfect condition. Email condition@revereauctions.com with any condition questions.
Lot 599
English Regency style brass inlaid lap desk on stand. The rectangular form features foliate scroll brass inlay to along the front and rests on a late conforming stand. Patterns in the wood match patterns in the stand.Height: 21 1/2 in x width: 20 1/2 in x depth: 10 1/2 in.Condition: Please contact us for a detailed condition report. Please note that the lack of a condition statement does not imply perfect condition. Email condition@revereauctions.com with any condition questions.
Lot 253
ENTERTAINMENT: Small selection of multiple signed 8 x 10 photographs and slightly smaller (1) comprising Terry Scott & Hugh Lloyd (standing in three-quarter length poses together, most likely in a scene from an episode of the British sitcom Hugh and I), Beryl Reid & Dennis Waterman (standing opposite each other in three-quarter length poses in costume as Ruth Hubbard and Terry in a 1984 episode of the Minder television series entitled The Second Time Around) and Patsy Rowlands & John Clive (in half-length poses together, each wearing uniforms and seated behind a desk). Most are signed in fountain pen inks to light areas of the images and one is inscribed. VG, 3
Lot 599
CAIN JAMES M.: (1892-1977) American author of hardboiled crime fiction whose works included The Postman Always Rings Twice (1934), Mildred Pierce (1941) and Double Indemnity (1944), all of which were made into movies. T.L.S., James M Cain, one page, 4to, Hyatsville, Maryland, 10th February 1963, to Mrs. E. J. Connor of Who's Who in America. Cain writes, in part, 'Reading the monumental life of Jefferson by Nathan Schachner I opened Who's Who in America to see who he was, and didn't find him. This is just a note to suggest his inclusion, as it is a profoundly scholarly work, by itself a qualification, I would think, whether he's done anything else or not…..With my latest corrected proofs I sent two other suggestions on, Paul Hume of the Washington Post & Times Herald, their music critic, and Lois Long, the New Yorker's fashion writer……whether the note reached your desk I don't know. Hence this brief recap. Getting one more half line of your father's agate type was the hardest chore of my life, and now that he's gone, doesn't get any easier. But I never fail to think of him when I fill out one of your forms. The two editions since his passing have been up to standard, to my eye, particularly the last, which is better proof-read than the other…..The selections are really encyclopedic, and do you enormous credit'. Accompanied by the original envelope. Some very light, extremely minor creasing, VG
Lot 628
PERES SHIMON: (1923-2016) Israeli politician who served as Prime Minister of Israel 1984-86, 1995-96 and as President of Israel 2007-14. Nobel Peace Prize winner, 1994. Signed colour 4 x 6 photograph of Peres seated in a half-length pose behind the desk in his office. Signed in blue ink with his name alone to the lower white border. About EX
Lot 64
V.I.P.S THE: A good vintage signed 7.5 x 9.5 photograph by both Richard Burton (Paul Andros) and Maggie Smith (Miss. Mead) individually, the image depicting Burton seated at a desk with Smith standing at his side in a scene from the comedy-drama film The V.I.P.s (1963). Signed by both Burton and Smith in bold fountain pen inks with their names alone to light areas at the base of the image. VG
Lot 807
BENES EDUARD: (1884-1948) President of Czechoslovakia 1935-38 & 1940-48. Signed 4.5 x 5.5 photograph, the image showing Benes seated before his desk in a half-length pose. Signed `Ed. Benes´ in bold black ink to a clear area of the image. Written in a collector´s hand to the verso that the autograph was obtained in October 1939. Very small minor silvering, otherwise G to VG
Lot 620
A pine bookcase with three shelves, 48" wide x 6 1/2" deep x 41" high, an open bookcase, fitted adjustable shelves, on stile supports, a waxed pine chest of six drawers with wrought iron handles, 14 1/2" wide x 10" deep x 23 1/2" high, a waxed pine square low coffee table, on turned supports, 23" square x 15 1/2" high, a pine double pedestal desk, fitted cupboard and three drawers, 54" wide x 24" deep x 30" high, a waxed pine two-drawer filing cabinet, 21" wide x 18" deep x 30" high, and a walnut frame stool with leather top, on turned and stretchered supports, 22" wide x 14" deep x 15" high
Lot 118
A SWISS CONTEMPORARY GILT BRASS 'ARMILLARY' DESK TIME-ZONE CALENDAR TIMEPIECEJEAN ROULLET 'G-LINE', FOURTH QUARTER OF THE 20th CENTURYThe quartz movement with dial-setting adjustment and signed Jean Roulet, Le Locle to rear cover, the 4.5 inch circular silvered dial with subsidiary month-of-the-year, day-of-the-week and date-of-the-month dials over rolling moonphase aperture and text G-line to centre within applied gilt Arabic Roman hour numerals and minute markers to outer track, with gilt hands set within convex glazed canted bezel, the case modelled as an armillary sphere with the movement pivoted vertically at a slight angle within a meridian crescent joined by a canted ring decorated with the signs of the zodiac to outer edge, enclosing a further angled horizontal ring encompassing the dial with adjustable outer twenty-four hour scale around annotations for various cities within subdivisions labelled EUROPE, RUSSIA, CHINA and AMERICA, the base cast as ring with angled upper edges to cradle the meridian.19cm (7.5ins) high, 18cm (18ins) diameter. Provenance:From the private collection of a titled family.
Lot 122
A SWISS GLASS BALL EIGHT-DAY DESK WATCHUNSIGNED, EARLY 20th CENTURYThe frosted nickel finish keyless lever movement regulated by sprung bimetallic balance, the 2.5 inch circular white enamel Roman numeral dial with subsidiary seconds dial at six o'clock and blued steel spade hands, the case with solid hemispherical front and rear glasses within nickel finish collars applied to the circular movement case with suspension post incorporating gilt winding crown at twelve o'clock, the rear glass with flatted section to allow the timepiece to rest at an angle.11cm (4.375ins) high overall, 7.4cm (2.875ins) diameter.
Lot 182
A FRENCH LOUIS XVI STYLE GILT BRASS AND WHITE MARBLE SMALL DESK TIMEPIECETHE CASE STAMPED FOR BOIN TABURET, PARIS, CIRCA 1900The circular eight-day single train movement with silvered platform lever escapement regulated by sprung bimetallic balance vertically planted on the backplate over serial number 1119 stamped to the lower left hand margin, the 2.75 inch circular slightly convex white enamel dial with vertically orientated Arabic hour numerals and conforming quarter annotations within the outer minute track, with fine scroll-pierced gilt hands set behind a convex glazed hinged gilt brass engine-milled bezel, the case with twin handled flambeau-urn finial and draped oakleaves applied to the gilt drum housing the movement incorporating conforming glazed hinged bezel to rear, over tapered fluted column upright draped with generous husk swags tied with ribbon bows at the sides around a segmented collar, above an acanthus cast ogee mounded foot set onto a square platform with gilt disc feet.30.5cm (12ins) high, 9.5cm (3.75ins) square. The Boin-Taburet firm of metalworkers and silversmiths was founded in George Boin and Emile Taburet in 1873. They specialised in producing silverwares in the Louis XV revival style and gained a reputation for their very fine quality and attention to detail leading to the firm receiving a major award at the 1889 Paris Exposition Universelle. Amongst Boin-Taburet's most impressive creations were a series of 'surtout de tables' crafted to resemble garden lakes or ponds with temples, ornamental sculptures, fountains and urns.
Lot 21
A LATE VICTORAIN OXIDISED AND SILVERED BRASS DESK THERMOMETERUNSIGNED, LATE 19th CENTURYWith mercury tube applied to a silvered Fahrenheit scale, set between two columns uprights cast in the ancient Egyptian taste with lapper leaf bases and concentric ring decorated shafts beneath a rococo scroll pierced surmount.21cm (8.25ins) high, 11cm (4.25ins) wide, 6cm (2.25ins) deep.
Lot 234
A VERY FINE WILLIAM III WALNUT AND ARABESQUE MARQUETRY QUARTER-REPEATING MONTH-GOING LONGCASE CLOCK THOMAS WHITE, LONDON, THE CASE IN THE MANNER OF GERRIT JENSEN, CIRCA 1695The substantial six finned and latched two train bell striking movement with plates measuring 8.375 inches high by 6 inches wide cut with aperture for the escapement pallets at the rear, the five-wheel going train with anchor escapement incorporating inverted Y-shaped pallets regulated by one-and-a-quarter seconds pendulum incorporating a second false bob and regulation adjustment at lenticle height, the hour striking train with large diameter hammer pin wheel and internal rack gathered via a flag to the arbor behind the third wheel, the pull-quarter repeat mechanism powered by a leaf spring and sounding a peel for each quarter on a graduated nest of three bells before releasing the hour strike train, the 12 inch square brass dial with subsidiary seconds dial and chamfered calendar aperture incorporating pin-hole adjustment to the very finely matted centre, within applied silvered Roman numeral chapter ring with stylised cruciform half hour markers and small Arabic five minutes beyond the minute track, with fine scroll pierced and chased steel hands and winged cherub and foliate scroll cast spandrels to angles set within a leafy herringbone engraved border interrupted with signature Thomas White, Londini fecit to the lower margin, the case with repeating leaf inlaid lip to the ogee cornice and foliate scroll pierced fret to frieze, over hinged front veneered with fine leafy trails to the frame of the glazed dial aperture and applied with three-quarter columns with crisply cast capitals and bases to the front angles, the sides with hinged doors inset with fine scroll pierced frets and with conforming quarter columns set against bargeboards at the rear continuing up past the frieze to meet the underside of the lintel, the trunk with concave throat moulding decorated with a central stylised scallop shell flanked by leafy strapwork infill and applied with generous volute scroll-carved corbel ornaments to front angles, the 42 inch rectangular door centred with a brass-bordered circular lenticle and veneered with three shaped triple-lined edged panels decorated with further symmetrical foliate strapwork designs within a figured walnut field, bordered by a conforming line-edged band of repeating leaves and half-round cross-grain edge mouldings, the surround fronted with further conforming scrollwork and the sides with twin triple-line edged panels within crossbanded borders, the plinth base with marquetry decorated cavetto top moulding over conforming shaped panel incorporating concentric designs to the foliate scroll decoration within leaf-banded scroll trail decorated borders, on cavetto moulded skirt base.221cm (87ins) high, 55cm (20ins) wide, 27cm (10.5ins) deep. Provenance:The property of a private collector, acquired in Portugal. Literature:Dzik, Sunny and Still, Roger BENEATH THE DIAL, English Clock Pull Repeat Striking 1675-1725 pages 558-560. Dzik notes that Thomas White was born in County Pembrook, Ireland in 1644 and trained as a clockmaker in Dublin (under John Turner) before moving to London in the early to mid 1670's. He married in London in 1674 and was made a 'free Brother' of the Clockmakers' Company in January 1683/4. Thomas White had a working association with Thomas Tompion taking-on the latter's first address on Water Lane when Tompion moved to larger premises on the corner of Fleet Street in 1678. White is thought to have retired after vacating Tompion's former premises by 1694 and probably died before 1700. Of Thomas White's work the present clock is one of only two clocks by him known. His other clock is an eight-day longcase clock (case sadly lost) incorporating full Tompion-type pull-quarter repeating illustrated in Evans, Jeremy THOMAS TOMPION, at the Dial and Three Crowns on page 52 (Figures 92 and 93). The movement of the present clock is discussed in detail by Dzik and Still and is testament to the maker's highly ingenuitive approach. The quarter-repeat work is particularly notable for the sophisticated economy of its design. Although there are some visual similarities with Tompion's system (most notably the pivoted geared tooth sector to the activation arbor) White has devised a much-distilled mechanism by simplifying and refining elements. An example of this is the quarter pinwheel, which is reduced to three pins and mounted via a ratcheted wheel so the train remains stationary during pulling. The three quarter bells are all operated by each of these three pins via a single lever which, when drawn back, releases a series of hooks to the bell hammers causing all the bells to sound in sequence. The strike train is notable in that it requires enough facility in the train to allow for reasonable operation of the repeat work throughout the month. This is achieved by gearing with a large diameter hammer pin wheel. The rack is very finely made, with an exquisite rack hook, and is released after the quarters have sounded via a carefully worked S-shaped detent engaging with the strike train rack hook in a highly controlled manner. The dial compliments the movement having particularly fine matting to the centre and well-sculpted hands. The chapter ring emulates Tompion but with slight additional flourishes to the half-hour markers; the 'herringbone' engraved border is also finely drawn and the scripted signature beautifully executed. The case of the present clock is particularly fine with details such as the bargeboards at the rear of the hood rising past the frieze to meet the underside of the lintel, extensive use of frets, and crisp gilt brass column castings, being typical of examples made to house movements by Thomas Tompion. The carved volute scroll ornaments to the throat are notably rare embellishments only seen on the highest status examples including Tompion No. 275 - a walnut grande-sonnerie striking longcase clock believed to have been made for William III, circa 1696 (See Evans, Jeremy; Carter, Jonathan and Wright, Ben THOMAS TOMPION, 300 YEARS pages 492-93). The marquetry veneers, however, are very unusual for a longcase clock and depart from standard 'Tompion' practice who is not known to have decorated his clocks in this manner. When considering marquetry clocks in general, those veneered with arabesque/seaweed tend to have 'all-over' decoration to the front rather than in panels. Although the use of panels is known (see Cescinsky, Herbert and Webster, Malcolm English Domestic Clocks page 157) the actual shape of the those on the current lot is highly unusual in that the upper and lower margins incorporate convex shoulders rather than being of the simpler normal break-arch profile. This shape of panel, however, is often seen on contemporary case furniture including examples attributed to the workshops of the Royal cabinet maker Gerrit Jensen. Amongst such examples are two cabinets made by Jensen for the Duke of Devonshire at Chatsworth, and a kneehole desk in the Royal Collection at Windsor. A bureau on stand, exhibiting similar shaped panels to the fall (as well as triple-line stringing and foliate banded borders), is illustrated in Bowett, Adam English Furniture 1660-1714 page 217, Plate 7.43 and on dust jacket. The individual high-quality approach to both the movement and case of the present clock is indicative of a clockmaker... TO READ MORE CLICK HERE.
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