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Lot 1177
An Edwardian mahogany, satinwood, inlaid and decorated display cabinet:, of D shaped outline, crossbanded in tulipwood bordered with boxwood lines, having a moulded dentil cornice and frieze with ribbon tied floral garlands and cameo portraits on grisaille, enclosed by a central lozenge glazed astragal panel door flanked by a glazed panel of bowed outline to either side, the panels below decorated with neo-classical urns, ribbon tied musical trophy and urns of flowers, raised on short square tapered legs, terminating in spade feet, 145cm (4ft 9in) wide, 171.5cm (5ft 7 1/2in) high.
Lot 1124
An early 19th Century partner's mahogany kneehole desk:, the rectangular moulded top inset with a divided panel of tooled leather, to one side containing three narrow drawers to the frieze with recessed quatrelobe and blind fret geometric panels below and with three short drawers to each pedestal, the reverse with three narrow drawers to the similar frieze and with pedestal cupboards below each with twelve alphabetically labelled small drawers and enclosed by a faux drawer door, the sides with brass carrying handles, on a plinth base with castors, the top 146cm (4ft 9 1/2in) x 85cm (2ft 9 1/2in).
Lot 1118
A Georgian mahogany and inlaid square enclosed converted washstand:, bordered with lines, the hinged top enclosing a box interior with adjustable mirror to the back, the front enclosed by a panel door with dummy drawer below, having brass carrying handles to the sides, on square section legs, 54cm (1ft 9 1/4 in) wide.
Lot 1027
William Barker, Wigan, a moonphase longcase clock: the eight-day duration movement striking the hours on a bell, the fourteen-inch brass break-arch dial having a raised silvered chapter ring engraved with black Roman numerals with Arabic five-minute numerals to the outer aspect, the silvered dial centre engraved with c-scroll decoration and having a subsidiary seconds dial, and sweep date to the inner aspect of the chapter ring, with cast-brass c-scroll spandrels to the four corners, the arch having a moonphase disc set within the arch above, with the adjustment wheelwork from behind the dial in typical Barker fashion, and engraved above with the maker's name Will. Barker, Wigan, the globe area having two applied silvered mounts engraved with the motto Time is Valuable, the mahogany case having a shaped moulding to the top of the trunk door, fluted columns standing on fret-work blocks to the trunk corners, the hood flat fluted columns to the door and further turned fluted columns to the corners, a fretwork panel to the swan-neck pediment and cast-brass finials, the base having canted corners, a shaped raised panel and standing on bracket feet, height 230 cm.* Biography; William Barker was a well-known maker working in Wigan, Lancashire, with a whole chapter devoted to him in The Clockmakers and Watchmakers of Wigan by Arthur J. Hawkes published in 1950. A member of the Barker family of clockmakers, William was believed to have come to Wigan with his father Thomas in circa 1737 and established himself not only as a clockmaker, but also a gunsmith and petitioned to be made a Freeman in March 1748 stating that having 'married a wife there, is desirous to obtain his Freedom and to exercise his trade therein…' being finally admitted in 1751. He quickly became very active in the town and was at the forefront of a number of petitions stopping others from plying their trade without the requisite Freedoms, often to stop competition from those of equal ability. Thomas Hatton, an 18th century London watchmaker and author on clocks wrote in his Introduction to the Mechanical Part of Clock and Watch Work, published in 1773, that William Barker can be put 'in the front rank' of makers. Barker's masterpiece, a longcase clock with various complications, including moon-phases and state of sunrise and sunset along with calendar work for the Old Style and New Style that came into use in 1752, was made circa 1780. William Barker fell ill in July 1786 and died some months after, with his son Daye Barker continuing the business for a short while.
Lot 1169
A Victorian walnut, inlaid and gilt metal mounted credenza:, of shaped outline, bordered with boxwood lines and decorated with trailing scroll designs, the top with a moulded edge, enclosed by a central door decorated with shaped oval lines, flanked by an enclosed glazed cupboard of serpentine outline, between stiles headed with flowerhead, foliate and guilloche ornament, on a plinth base, 130cm (4ft 3in) long.
Lot 1164
A Victorian walnut, inlaid and gilt metal mounted pier cabinet:, decorated with ribbon tied and trailing floral foliage, the top with a moulded edge and crossbanded and boxwood strung cavetto moulded frieze, having a plush lined interior enclosed by a glazed panel cartouche-shaped door flanked by stiles headed with gilt metal floral foliage, on a shaped plinth base, 81cm (2ft 8in) wide.
Lot 1015
A Victorian grande-sonnerie striking 'Vienna' regulator wall clock: the eight-day duration, three-train weight driven movement striking both the hour and quarter-hour on two gongs at each quarter (grande-sonnerie strike), with the wood-rod pendulum having a brass bob, maintaining power to the winding and a dead-beat escapement with adjustable pallets, with a strike/silent lever above the bezel, the round white enamel dial having black Roman numerals and blued steel hands, the simulated rosewood case having shaped mouldings, a glazed front door, and turned finials to the bottom pediment, height 120 cm.
Lot 1211
A Chinese carved hardwood and simulated bamboo decorated display cabinet on stand:, the upper part with pierced and shaped bamboo cresting, having interior tiered shelves enclosed by a glazed panel door, the stand with a pierced bamboo apron and open tiered shelves below, 80cm (2ft 7 1/2in) wide, 207cm (6ft 9 1/2in) high.
Lot 1107
A 19th Century mahogany and inlaid hanging corner display cabinet:, with an architectural moulded broken pediment centred by an urn and a moulded cornice, the interior with fixed serpentine fronted shelves, enclosed by an astragal glazed panel door decorated with sycamore lines, flanked by canted angles, 68.5cm (2ft 3in) across, 107.5cm (3ft 6 1/4in) high.
Lot 1022
Peter Bower, Redlynch, an oak longcase clock: the associated thirty-hour birdcage movement striking on a bell, the ten-inch square brass dial having a raised chapter ring engraved with black Roman numerals, fleur-de-lys half-hour markings and signed either side of VI o'clock Peter Bower, Redlynch, with cast-brass c-scroll and shell corner spandrels, the dial centre engraved with a depiction of a castle flying a flag, with a steel single hand and date aperture, the oak flat-topped case having a long trunk door, plain base with restorations and tapered three-quarter columns to the hood with wood capitals, height 213cm.* Biography Peter Bower is recorded as a fine and prolific maker working in the west-country from circa 1710.
Lot 1034
Vulliamy, London, an oak night-watchman's clock: the eight-day duration, weight-driven, five-pillar timepiece movement having an anchor escapement with the shaped wood-rod pendulum having a brass bob and 'T' bar suspension, the backplate engraved Vulliamy, London, 1730,, the 8 ½ inch square silvered dial engraved with a standard chapter ring to the outer with black Roman numerals, with a twelve-hour time-keeping ring to the centre with plunger at XI o'clock, set via a brass knob running through the case on the right-hand side, engraved Vulliamy, London, No. 1743, AD 1845., the oak case having a pediment top and long door to the trunk, height 188 cm.* Biography Benjamin Louis Vulliamy, born 1780, married Francis Styles 1815, died 1854, was the son of the fine clockmaker Benjamin Vulliamy and worked alongside him for a number of years. B.L. Vulliamy was keeper of the clocks in the Royal Household and would often arrange for both movements and dials to be replaced with those of his making so as to improve their efficiency. He was also, along with his brother Justin Theodore, responsible for continuing the work of Frederick Barraud in building up the magnificent library of horological books belonging to the Clockmakers Company, indeed many of the books were presented by the Vulliamy brothers themselves and he would push other clockmakers of note to donate books. At a time when many new law offices and government buildings were being constructed on the orders of William IV, Vulliamy was given the opportunity to provide clocks for these buildings and it is claimed that the business supplied 187 such clocks for the Crown, of which this example is one.Ref. David G. Vulliamy, The Vulliamy Clockmakers, The Antiquarian Horological Society
Lot 1119
A late 18th Century mahogany kneehole desk:, the rectangular moulded top inset with a panel of tooled leather, fitted with a single long frieze drawer, the pedestal bases each fitted with three drawers and enclosed by a moulded panel door, the reverse with a dummy frieze drawer and plain panels below, on plinth bases, the top 126cm (4ft 1 1/2in) x 82cm (2ft 8 1/4in).With restoration and renewals*Provenance Edward Nowell, Wells, Somerset.
Lot 1029
Jas. Coffin, Barnstaple, a mahogany longcase clock: the eight-day duration movement striking the hours on a bell, the twelve-inch brass break-arch dial having a raised silvered chapter ring engraved with black Roman numerals and Arabic five-minute outer numerals, the dial centre having a seconds dial, large date aperture and engraved with rococo decoration and the name Jas. Coffin, Barnstaple, with decorative blued steel hands, female-head cast-brass spandrels to the four corners, a round silvered boss to the arch engraved with an eagle above a ribbon engraved tempus Fugit, with cast-brass dolphin spandrels to either side, the mahogany case with crossbanding to the base, shaped trunk door, the flat-topped hood with tapered pillars having cast-brass capitals, height 214 cm.* Biography; James Coffin is recorded as having been apprenticed in 1752 to William Upjohn of Exeter at a premium of £12 12s. It is known that he looked after the Barnstaple parish church clock for five years from the 7th of June 1764.
Lot 1161
A Victorian mahogany housekeeper's cupboard:, the upper part with a moulded cornice, the central cupboard enclosed by a pair of domed moulded panel doors, having a hinged moulded panel fall below enclosing an interior fitted with six small drawers, flanked by a cupboard to either side, enclosed by a domed moulded panel door, the lower part fitted with six short drawers and enclosed by three domed moulded panel doors below, on a plinth base, 163cm (5ft 4in) wide, 237cm, (7ft 9 1/4in) high.
Lot 1030
John Ebsworth, London, a marquetry longcase clock: the associated eight-day duration movement having finned pillars and striking the hours on a bell with an inside countwheel, the ten-inch square brass dial having a raised silvered chapter ring with Fleur-de-lys half-hour markings and a thin outer aspect engraved with Arabic five-minute numerals, the dial centre engraved with tulip style decoration and signed above VI o'clock John Ebsworth, Londini fecit, within a ribboned cartouche, with cast-brass cherub-head spandrels to the four corners and blued steel hands, the walnut case with panelled bird-and-flower marquetry inlay to the trunk door, with further inlay to the base, the flat-topped hood with barley-twist columns, floral inlay, fret-work to the top frieze and glazed panels to the sides, height 197 cm.* Biography John Ebsworth was a pre-eminent and important early clockmaker who was apprenticed to Richard Aymes on the 23rd of February 1657, becoming free on the 3rd of April 1665. He was an assistant to the Worshipful Company of Clockmakers in 1682 becoming a warden between 1694 and 1696 and finally Master in 1697. He worked at the Cross Keys, Lothbury, London and may well have succeeded the famous lantern clock maker Thomas Knifton. He died in 1699 with his will proven in September of that year.
Lot 1019
Vulliamy, London, a mahogany drop-dial wall clock: the eight-day duration timepiece fusee movement having maintaining power, a dead-beat escapement and a 'T' bar suspension, the backplate engraved Vulliamy, London, 1412 which is repeated twice to the underside of the plates, with an additional number 5813, the eleven-inch round silvered dial engraved Vulliamy, London, with black Roman numerals and blued steel heart-shaped hands, with a cast-brass bezel, having a mahogany chisel-foot case with lower trunk door, height 60 cm.*Biography For details of Vulliamy see lot no. 1034.
Lot 1020
Barwise, London, a mahogany wall clock: the eight-day duration, weight-driven timepiece movement having a dead-beat escapement and maintaining power, the nine-inch round silvered dial engraved with black Roman hour numerals, Arabic five-minute numerals to the outer aspect, with a subsidiary seconds dial, blued steel hands and signed Barwise, London, the mahogany case with inlaid 'sunburst' decoration to the arch of the trunk door, canted corners, a shaped pediment base with the hood having a pagoda top, height 145 cm.* Biography; John Barwise was born in Cockermouth, Cumberland in 1755 and moved to St. Martin's Lane, London in circa 1780, where he married in 1790. The business became known as Barwise and Sons from 1819 until 1823 and his date of death is often quoted as being 1842, although this is open to question.
Lot 1145
An Edwardian mahogany standing corner display cabinet:, in the Georgian taste, with a moulded dentil cornice and canted angles, having serpentine fronted fixed shelves enclosed by an astragal glazed panel door, on cabriole legs, decorated with anthemions and acanthus leaves, terminating in claw and ball feet, 94cm (3ft 1in) across, 201.5cm (6ft 7 1/2in) high.
Lot 1036
John Sampson, Truroe, a walnut longcase clock: the eight-day duration, five-pillar movement striking the hours on a bell, the twelve-inch brass break-arch dial having a raised silvered chapter ring engraved with black Roman hour numerals, Arabic five-minute numerals to the outer aspect, the matted dial centre with a subsidiary seconds dial and date aperture, with cast-brass bird-and-urn spandrels to the four corners, decorative blued-steel hands and a silvered boss to the arch engraved with the name Jno. Sampson, Truroe, the flat-topped walnut case with double cross-banding to the trunk door and base, the hood having turned tapered columns with cast-brass capitals and wooden fret-work above the dial, all standing on a double-plinth to the base, height 221 cm.* Biography; John Sampson is known to have made clocks of 'superior quality' with one known longcase example dated circa 1750, which also has the name of Truro spelt with the additional 'e'.
Lot 311
A Regency rosewood and brass inlaid chiffonier,the well figured upper section with gilt brass floral inlay framed by gilt metal edging, supported by cast stiff leaf and gun barrel turned columns and pilasters above two inlaid drawers and cupboard door, flanked by acanthus and foliate inlaid pilasters and scroll feet, 114cm wide, 42.5cm deep, 120cm high
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