Ω A fine George III mahogany mercury stick barometer with hygrometer Gilbert, Wright and Hooke, London, circa 1800 The caddy moulded and ebony banded case with open triangular pediment and cavetto cornice above hygrometer with independent adjustment for the beard pointer via a brass turn-screw set beneath, over inset silvered Vernier scale calibrated in barometric inches to the right hand margin opposing weather observations to the left, the upper margin signed Gilbert, Wright & Hooke, London, set behind flush hinged glazed door, the trunk with Vernier adjustment square to throat over conforming inset silvered Fahrenheit scale mercury tube thermometer with brass protective cover to the bulb and recording slider to right hand edge behind hinged glazed cover, the rounded base with circular moulded domed cistern cover above brass level adjustment screw to underside, 112cm (44ins) high. Provenance: Private collection Hampshire (ref. B67); purchased from C.E. Hebden, Cambridge, 28h July 1997 for £2,750. The partnership between William Gilbert, Gabriel Wright and Benjamin Hooke Hooke are recorded in Clifton, Gloria Directory of British Scientific Instrument Makers 1550-1851 as working from Navigation Warehouse, 148 Leadenhall Street, London 1794-1801.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
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Ω A George III mahogany mercury stick barometer Cately and Company, London, early 19th century With open triangular pediment above chevron bordered glazed door enclosing rectangular silvered Vernier scale calibrated in barometric inches and with the usual observations to the right opposing Fahrenheit scale spirit thermometer to the left, the upper margin signed Cately & Co. Ship Turnstile, Holborn , the caddy moulded trunk with exposed tube flanked by mahogany veneers with grain set at opposing forty-five degree angles within chevron-strung border, the conforming rounded base with hemispherical cistern cover centred with a turned ivory button, 96.5cm (38ins) high. Provenance: Private collection Hampshire (ref. B1); purchased from Lita Kaye of Lyndhurst, 12th July 1978 for £650 Cat(t)ely and Company are recorded in Banfield, Edwin BAROMETER MAKERS & RETAILERS 1660-1900 as working from 81 Holborn, London, circa 1810-30.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
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.
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.
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
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
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.
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.
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
A Victorian mahogany small mantel timepiece Unsigned, mid 19th century The single fusee four pillar movement with anchor escapement regulated by short lenticular bob pendulum and shouldered plates measuring 4 by 2.75 inches, the 4 inch wide Gothic ogee-arch top white painted Roman numeral dial with steel moon hands within outer minute track, the fiddle-back figured case with shallow arch top over cavetto moulded cornice and conforming canted brass fillet inset shaped arch-glazed door flanked by canted angles, the rear with rectangular glazed door, on cavetto moulded skirt base with fluted band to upper margin and compressed lobed bun feet, 27cm (10.5ins) high.
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.
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
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
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
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
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
W.Heseltine (Engraver) - 19th Century stipple engraving - A classical interior with hand maidens protecting a woman as soldiers enter through a door, after De Lairesse, 39.5cm x 54cm Condition: Very slightly yellowed, we are unable to see the extreme margins, so are unable to tell how tightly it is trimmed - ** General condition consistent with age
A 19th century oak longcase clock. With double ogee arched pediment and brass finials. Rope twist columns and engaged pillasters frame the dial and door. Mahogany crossbanding runs throughout the case and canopy. The dial is painted with a peacock, fruit and floral embellishments. Also with Arabic numerals, subsidiary seconds dial and date aperture. Signed Monkford, Lichfield. Eight day two-train movement. 89 x 20 in. We are unable to provide condition reports for this sale.
Early 20th Century French Napoleon III style Gilt Bronze Mounted Marquetry Inlaid Demi Lune Credenza. Two fitted glass doors with central door, figural mounts with floral marquetry. Wear to veneer, scuffs and scratches, a portion of the fittings one fitted door is missing. Measures 45" H x 73" W x 18" Depth. Shipping: Third party. (estimate $1500-$2500)
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