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Click here to subscribeA good quality Edwardian mahogany and inlaid demi lune display cabinet with a shallow moulded cornice above a dentil inlaid frieze and having a single glass panelled door with flanking panelled glass sides, revealing silk lined and painted shelves above a small central drawer with flanking cupboards having brass teardrop handles and the four tapering square legs supporting an under tier with pad feet (105cms wide).
A late 19th Century Walnut marquetry inlaid Wall Clock, the serpentine pediment with carved and applied finial, over free-standing baluster turned columns, and concave base with scroll mounting, to a glazed panelled door, with cross banded border, and enclosing an 8” painted Roman dial with outside minute track and blued steel hands, to a spring driven movement with anchor escapement, strike on a bell, height 35”
A late 19th Century American weight driven Wall Clock, the rectangular cushion moulded case with a single glazed door, enclosing a 7½” painted square Roman dial with outside minute track and blued steel hands, to a weight driven movement with anchor escapement and strike on a coiled gong, height 25½”
An early 20th Century black lacquer and gilt highlighted triple barrel Mantel Clock, Winterhalter & Hoffmeyer, the black finished case decorated with Oriental figures within a landscape, to an arched glazed door enclosing a 4” silvered dial, with subsidiary for chime/silent to the arch, over a Roman chapter ring with outside minute track and blued steel spade hands, to a square brass movement with replacement platform escapement, and three spring barrels with strike on five blued steel coiled gongs, height 9 ¼”
A late 19th Century German Walnut Bracket Clock, the overhanging cornice surmounted by ring turned finials and carved cushion pediment, to a single arched glazed door and moulded base, raised on compressed bun feet, to a 5 ½” arched brass dial, with applied gilt spandrels, silvered chapter ring with outside minute track and pierced steel hands, to a rectangular brass movement, with anchor escapement and strike on a coiled gong, height 20 ½”
An early 20th Century Walnut cased triple spring-driven German Bracket Clock, the case with overhanging cornice surmounted by an arched pediment (detached), to a glazed door with canted corners and moulded plinth base, bearing an applied presentation plaque, to a 6 ½” silvered arch dial, with chime/silent subsidiary to the arch, over an engraved Roman chapter ring with outside minute track and blued steel spade hands, to a square brass movement with anchor escapement and strike on five rods, height 16 ½”
A late 19th Century cast and lacquered brass Binocular Microscope, J B Dancer, Optician, Manchester, the signed Y-shaped foot with twin supports, to a pivoting tube with double-sided mirror to a fixed stage and adjustable optical tubes, the whole mounted on a rectangular mahogany stand and contained within a fitted tall case, with carry handle and locking door, together with a small quantity of further interchangeable eye-pieces and a stand alone lacquered brass stand, height 18”
A mid-19th Century Mahogany cased 8 Day Long Case Clock, with moon phases, J Thornton of Leeds, the arched hood with swan neck pediment, over free-standing wrythen columns to a moulded throat and boxwood inlaid panel to a short trunk door, flanked by quarter columns, and further recessed panelled section to a plinth base with canted corners, to a 12” arched third period painted dial, set with moon phases and gilt highlighted floral spandrels, to a Roman chapter ring, enclosing subsidiary seconds and date sector with pierced and stamped brass hands, to a false plate and movement with plates united by four knopped pillars and anchor escapement, strike on a bell, height 89”
An early 19th Century Oak cased 8-day Long Cased Clock, J Bethel of Soham, the reproduction case with a hood, overhanging cornice, to a plain frieze and arched door with freestanding columns, to an ogee throat and long trunk door, to a plinth base, 12” arched second period painted dial, decorated to the arch with shells and seaweed, over rose and floral spandrels enclosing a Roman chapter ring with Arabic quarters, and subsidiary seconds with date sector and pierced Steel hands, to a movement with plates united by four knoped pillars and anchor escapement, strike on a bell, height 80”
A decorative European Kingwood Vitrine, applied with gilt metal mounts and detail, and with glazed front, sides and mirrored back, and the front door also inset with a marquetry style panel, and raised on four gilt metal mounted short cabriole supports, circa early 20th Century, 25” wide, 65 ½” high (ILLUSTRATED ON BACK COVER)
A late Victorian mahogany secretaire bookcase, the panel moulded cabinet doors enclosing gilt tooled leather inset writing surface and six adjustable shelves, above a drawer enclosing four short satinwood drawers and eight pigeon holes with one central satinwood cabinet door, with two further cabinet doors below, upon a plinth base, (lacking cornice), 240 x 124 x 55 cm.
A Mettoy Lithographed Tinplate Dolls House and Garage, the two storey house with brick effect walls, five open windows, tinplate door, the interior lithographed with different decoration to each room and floor, the detachable garage with up and over door and lithographed interior, together with tinplate car and original plastic furniture, circa 1950`s.
Galletly, John Thomas & James An archive of architectural drawing and sketches by the architectural family John Thomas and his son James Galletly, comprising of 13 pencil and watercolour architectural sketches by John T. Galletly from his time at the Edinburgh School of Applied Art, c. 1900-1902, various sizes, rolled with some chipping and tearing to edges; 10 pencil and watercolour architectural drawings and sketches by James Gallety from his time at the Edinburgh School of Applied Art, c.1927-32, including a large town planning drawing showing the Edinburgh New Town [torn at edges]; plus a number of copies of later drawings by James Galletly from his practice in Aberdeen; an Art Nouveau style copper door sign, "John T. Galletly Architect & Surveyor", 30 by 30cm; a marble door sign, "T. Galletly", 10 by 18cm (qty) Note: John Thomas Galletly was born on 27 March 1881. He began his architectural apprenticeship in 1897 under Anrew Granger Heiton of Perth in 1897, completeing it under James Smart of Perth several years later. Thereafter he moved to Edinburgh, working successively in the offices of Francis William Deas and Sir Robert Rowand Anderson as junior assistant, and with School Board architect John Alexander Carfrae as principal assistant, which enabled him to study at the Edinburgh School of Applied Art. In 1904 he appears as a draughtsman in HM Office of Works in Edinburgh moving to London as Senior Draughtsman thereafter, but soon returned to Edinburgh to take up a permanent post as Assistant Architect and Surveyor in the branch office on 1 June 1907. He was admitted LRIBA in the mass intake of 20 July 1911. By 1931 he had returned to H M Office of Works in London. J.T. Galletly`s son, James, would follow him as an architect commencing his studies at Edinburgh College of Art under John Begg in 1926. After passing the intermediate exam in June 1929, receiving a bronze medal for Construction, he spent two years working in an as yet unidentified office as improver, before completing the final year of his diploma in 1932 and passing the RIBA qualifying exam in the same year. He was admitted ARIBA early the following year, during his time as a post-graduate student in the Department of Civic Design at the School of Art. In 1937 he was appointed to the teaching staff of the School of Architecture at Robert Gordon`s College. Galletly was elected as a vice-president of Aberdeen Society of Architects (along with G Smart) in 1960. ( Dictionary of Scottish Architects)
A painted cast iron door porter modelled as Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington, late 19th / early 20th century, portrayed standing with sword, in a bicorn hat, red coat with decorations, white britches and boots, on a stepped, rectangular base, 35.5cm high; a Victorian cast iron example with a fox mask and hunting accoutrements within foliage, mid 19th century, 28.5cm high; and a Regency cast iron example, circa 1815, with a pair of entwined downturned cornucopia, 21cm high (lacking upper stem). A near identical Wellington door porter was sold in these rooms, lot 589, 21st October 2009, The Contents of Two Country Houses
An Edwardian mahogany and chequer banded safe cabinet, circa 1910, containing an iron Chubb safe, the moulded cornice above a panel door above a slide and three drawers, on a plinth base, 138cm high 55cm wide55cm deep, the safe with main door and secondary door opening to two shelves above a drawer, the safe 54cm high, 43cm wide, 45cm deep
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