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Lot 410
EX W. KEITH NEAL: H. DELANY, LONDONA RARE FLINTLOCK BREECH-LOADING SELF-PRIMING SINGLE-BARREL SPORTING-GUN, no visible serial number,circa 1720, with 33in. triple staged tilt-up barrel, the breech-section of octagonal to sixteen-sided form and engraved with borderlines and floral details, the top-flat at breech signed 'H. DELANY LONDON', engraved top-tang with sighting groove, the tip of tang engraved with a devil's head, internal dedicated removable chamber of 5in. length, engraved and moulded bevel-edged lock, the oversized pan with trap-door to outer edge opening to reveal the priming aperture, the action of opening the barrel causing a rotating section in the pan to collect priming powder from the magazine, figured walnut hand-rail butt-stock (cracked through and repaired at wrist), complex white metal rococo escutcheon engraved with an armorial, white metal side-plate carved and engraved in the form of a mythical serpent, carved border to lower edge of comb, large moulded and engraved white-metal heel-plate (butt shortened and re-lengthened in antiquity, the join disguised by silver wire inlay), carved, moulded and engraved iron trigger-guard bow and tang, retracting to release barrel, and no provision for fore-end, retaining its W. Keith Neal collection medallion numbered 'G185'..
Lot 1235
19th century inlaid mahogany floor standing corner display cabinet, single astragal glazed door enclosing three shaped shelves, two cupboard doors, bracket supports (W86cm, H195cm, D54cm) and a 20th century walnut nest of thee tables (2) Condition Report Click here for further images, condition, auction times & delivery costs
Lot 180
A Fine Brass Engraved Strike and Repeat Grande Sonnerie Alarm Carriage Clock with Calendar Displays, signed Henri Jacot, Paris, circa 1880, the elaborately engraved gorge case with carrying handle and repeat button, enamel dial with Roman numerals and signed, three subsidiary dials below 6 for day of the week (in French), date and alarm, swag and scroll elaborately engraved dial mask, underside of the case with sonnerie selection lever for grande sonnerie/silent/petite sonnerie, stamped H.Jacot Paris, twin barrel movement with a large platform lever escapement, split bimetallic balance, blued overcoil hairspring, sonnerie striking on two bells, movement backplate numbered 262, 17.5cm high over handle see illustration 31.10.19 Brass surfaces are discoloured, bevelled glass panels with scratches, top repeat button is not pushing down and is not working, back door knob is missing, main enamel dial with the signature and place name rubbed but still visible, date subsidiary dial with one small scratch, movement with two later bells, original platform, sonnerie strike work is functioning, movement needs cleaning, movement in going order.
Lot 194
A Mahogany Regulator Wall Timepiece, signed Reid & Sons, Newcastle On Tyne, 19th century, arch pediment, glazed trunk door, waisted base, 12-inch silvered dial with Roman numerals and signed, seconds, four pillar movement with a deadbeat escapement, maintaining power, cylindrical zinc pendulum, 154cm high see illustration 31.01.20 Case surfaces have been cleaned throughout, in my opinion the case would have started as an ebonised surface, dial is clean, movement with one vacant hole which appears to not have any use and does not line up with any other hole, movement is clean, with pendulum and weight.
Lot 198
~ A Mahogany Musical Eight Day Longcase Clock, signed Hinderwell, Norton, early 19th century, flat top pediment, Corinthian capped columns, arched trunk crossbanded door, 13-inch painted arch dial, dial centre with seconds and signed, musical theme painted corners, arch with four tune selection Easter Hymn/Brits Strike Home/Georges Minuet/Tweed Side, large triple weight driven movement with an anchor escapement, playing musical selected tune at one, four, seven and 10 o'clock on a nest of twelve bells and a larger bell for the hours, later seatboard, 221cm high see illustration 31.01.20 Case with small chips, scratches and scuff marks in places, hood door with small signs of later repair, some veneer is lifting in parts, bottom skirting is later, dial has been re-painted in parts, movement looks clean, later seatboard, with three weights and a pendulum.
Lot 369
A Good Louis XV Style Kingwood, Marquetry and Ormolu Mounted Vitrine, late 19th century, with breche de lap marble top above a central glazed door with marquetry panel depicting figures in a landscape, the bowed glass door applied with flower garlands flanked by glazed wings and a sliding tambour base in the form of faux- leather books, on cabriole legs with foliate mounts and scrolled sabots, 103cm by 35cm by 154cm See illustration Provenance: Ravenhurst House Sale, 15 & 16 April 1964, lot 193Original marble top with some fritting and small faults. With key. Generally in good original condition apart from the lower section where the leather faux books are rather scuffed and there is some slight fading to the lower section. 110220
Lot 200
A Scottish Mahogany Longcase Regulator, signed H&R Millar, Edinburgh, late 19th century, architectural pediment, trunk door with a bevelled glass panel, 12-1/2-inch circular silvered dial, two dials for seconds and hours, outer minute track with corresponding minute hand, large single weight driven movement with a deadbeat escapement, jewelled pallets, six spoke wheels, maintaining power, mercury glass tube pendulum, (mercury now removed from tube), sold with separate mercury to refill the tube if necessary, 196cm high see illustration 29.01.20 Case has been cleaned to a high standard, hood door with small cracks, front panel of the plinth with cracks and some of the cracks have been filled, dial with small scratch marks at 12, movement is clean, with pendulum, (mercury now removed from the pendulum tube, sold with separate mercury to refill the tube if necessary.
Lot 325
A Victorian Burr Walnut and Carved Davenport, circa 1870, with gilded leather writing surface and hinged lid enclosing a maple interior with two drawers, the carved cupboard door enclosing four drawers with brass recessed handles with foliate carved scroll supports, a platform base, circular feet and recessed castors, 56cm by 58cm by 84cm See illustration.
Lot 178
A Brass Engraved Striking Carriage Clock, signed Bolviller A Paris, circa 1840, the elaborately engraved scroll decorated case with a carrying handle, back door with winding hole shutter lever, bun shaped feet, enamel dial with Roman numerals, large seconds dial at 12 and signed Bolviller A Paris below 6, twin barrel movement with an engraved platform lever escapement, outside countwheel striking on a bell, movement backplate stamped with maker's mark Bolviller A Paris, 18cm high over handle see illustration 29.01.20 Case with small scratches, one of the feet are later made, right hand glass panel with one chip, dial with hairline cracks which are only visible under an eyeglass, strike is functioning correctly, movement in going order.
Lot 177
A Brass Striking Carriage Clock, signed Duval Rue D Orleans 8 A Paris, circa 1840, carrying handle, back door panel with winding hole shutter lever, one piece silvered dial with Roman numerals and signed, twin barrel movement with a platform lever escapement and striking on a bell, movement backplate signed to the side, 19cm high over handle see illustration 30.01.20 Case with surface scratches, surfaces are rubbed and discoloured in parts, dial is clean, movement is complete, strike is functioning, movement in going order.
Lot 202
A Fine and Rare William and Mary Walnut Marquetry Longcase Clock with Bolt and Shutter Maintaining Power, signed Daniel Quare, London, circa 1690, Barley twist columns, rising hood, throat mouldings beneath hood, side viewing windows, trunk door with D-ended floral marquetry inlaid panels, 10-inch square brass dial with a silvered chapter ring signed, finely matted dial centre with scroll engraved date aperture, seconds dial, finely pierced blued steel hands, winged cherub spandrels, six pillar latched movement with an anchor escapement and inside countwheel striking on a bell, bolt and shutter maintaining power with pull cord, later seatboard, 214cm high see illustrations Purchased by the current vendor from John Carlton Smith Antique Clock Dealer at 17 Ryder Street, St James, London. Daniel Quare (1647-1724). He was admitted as a Brother of the Clockmakers' Company in 1671 and served as Master in 1708. He was one of the most celebrated clockmakers of the late seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Examples of his work can be seen in major collections and museums around the world. 30.01.20 The case has good patina and good colour, hood with later pierced frets to the borders, hood with small chips to the throat moulding, veneers with cracks in parts, trunk door with small chips, marquetry panels with small crazing crack marks, both sides of the plinth with veneer lifting and some inlaid stringing is missing, silvered dial chapter ring, is slightly discoloured in parts, movement is clean and in going order, bottom left hand side movement pillar is bent and one small crack fracture, back cock screws are later, later seatboard, with pendulum and two brass cased weights.
Lot 374
A Matched Pair of French Mahogany and Ormolu Mounted Bedside Cabinets, late 19th century, each with gallery backs, parquetry decorated panels and green and white veined marble inset tops above single frieze drawers, one with two shelves, the other with a moulded cupboard door, on fluted tapering legs, 41cm by 41cm by 113cm See illustration
Lot 179
A Mignonette Brass Striking and Repeating Carriage Clock, signed Henri Jacot, circa 1880, gorge style case with carrying handle and repeat button, enamel dial with Roman numerals, twin barrel movement with a silvered platform lever escapement and striking on a gong, movement backplate stamped with maker's mark HJ for (Henri Jacot) and numbered 5418, 13cm high over handle see illustration 29.01.20 Brass surfaces with small scratches and minor dents in parts, back door glass with one chip to the top right hand corner, dial is clean, movement is clean, strike and repeat functions are working, in going order.
Lot 201
~ A Rare and Unusual Walnut Eight Day Longcase Clock with Newcomens Type Industrial Steam Beam Engine Automata Dial Display, signed Thompson, Whitehaven, circa 1740, broken arch pediment, hood with Ionic fluted canted columns, crossbanded trunk door, matching plinth with canted corners, 12-3/4-inch arch brass dial with chapter ring signed, dial centre with scroll and bird engraved decoration, seconds and date aperture, dial with engraved borders, dial arch with a beam engine automata, four pillar movement with an anchor escapement and rack striking on a bell, 237cm high see illustrations This unusual automatum shows an early example of Newcomens type steam beam engine. Newcomen invented in 1712 the world's first atmospheric steam engine. The engine was designed to pump water using a vacuum created by condensed steam. In the Industrial Revolution in Britain this became an important method of draining water from deep mines. 29.01.20 Case needs restoring, some veneers are missing and some mouldings are missing, veneers are lifting in parts, veneers with some cracks and chips in parts, hood appears to have mouldings missing around the lower edge which shows a gap when the hood is fully pushed on, front of the plinth is cracked, later feet, dial is dirty and needs cleaning, movement needs cleaning, with pendulum and two weights, pendulum bob has broken off the pendulum rod.
Lot 197
~ An Oak Eight Day Longcase Clock, signed William Barnard, Newark, circa 1740, caddied pediment, side viewing windows, arch moulded trunk door with a glass lenticle, 12-1/4-inch square brass dial with chapter ring signed, dial centre with seconds and date aperture, four pillar movement with an anchor escapement and inside countwheel striking on a bell, 220cm high see illustration William Barnard (1707-1784) was one of the best-known Newark clockmakers. He was apprenticed to Nottingham clockmaker Daniel Tantum in 1724. 29.01.20 Case with scratches, small cracks and small chips in parts, front of the plinth with a small crack to the top left hand corner, dial with small staining marks, movement needs cleaning.
Lot 305
A Regency Rosewood and Gilt Metal Mounted Breakfront Dwarf Bookcase, early 19th century, the later grey and white marble top above a central cupboard door flanked by four removeable shelves with acanthus and lyre shaped mounts, on a platform base, 120cm by 36cm by 91cm See illustration. Grey marble has some age but of a later date, top with scratches and small nibbles. Gilt mounts of reasonable quality but tarnished. Rosewood timber in good condition. Fabric door with some staining. Brasswork around base also tarnished. 040220
Lot 195
~ An Unusual Mahogany Centre Seconds Striking Drop Dial Wall Clock with Moonphase Display, signed Jos Finney, Liverpool, late 18th century, nicely figured case with top hinged door, trunk door with barber pole inlaid stringing, inset fluted pilasters, 15-inch silvered dial signed, inner date ring and a central moonphase/sailing galleon apertures, centre seconds hand, large five pillar movement with rack striking on a bell, 132cm high see illustration 06.02.20 Case is faded in parts, case with dents and scratches in parts, front door with some veneers missing and chips next to the lock plate, top left hand side of the trunk with a later piece of spliced wood added, underside of the base is missing, dial is dirty and needs cleaning, movement needs cleaning, with pendulum and two weights.
Lot 319
A Figured Walnut and Featherbanded Bookcase Cabinet, the cavetto cornice above a cushion shaped drawer and later moulded cupboard doors enclosing an arrangement of thirteen drawers around a central cupboard door, a pull-out writing slope below, the central moulding above three featherbanded deep drawers above a moulded and wavy shaped base, on turned feet, 18th century and restored, 112cm by 60cm by 224cm See illustration
Lot 343
A 19th Century Dutch Mahogany and Marquetry Inlaid Bedside Cupboard, the top inlaid with an oval panel of flowers with sliding tambour door below and long narrow frieze drawer, on square tapering legs decorated with trailing flowers, 57cm by 34cm by 72cm. Top section marquetry inlay with some losses and faults. Some small repair marks, mainly around the corners. Base section generally good apart from the rear back panel which has a natural? split. Small veneer losses around the back edge. 100220
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