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Lot 338
A WALNUT LONGCASE CLOCK BY PETER ROGER, LONDON, LATE 17TH / EARLY 18TH CENTURY the brass eight day movement with five turned and finned pillars, the anchor escapement striking on a bell, the 12 inch brass dial with a silvered chapter ring with Roman and Arabic numerals, the matted centre with subsidiary seconds dial and date aperture, signed 'Peter Roger London', with crown and boys spandrels, the raised hood with columns, the trunk door with a lenticle, with two brass cased weights and pendulum 227.4cm high
Lot 340
A FINE QUEEN ANNE EBONISED LONGCASE CLOCK BY JOHN KNIBB, OXFORD, EARLY 18TH CENTURY the brass eight day fully latched movement with five turned and finned pillars and inside countwheel, the anchor escapement striking on a bell, with a separate shaped cock for the pallet arbor and a cut-out on the backplate for the pallets, with a long crutch, the brass 11 3/4inch dial with a silvered chapter ring with Roman and Arabic numerals and fleur-de-lis half hour markers, the matted centre with subsidiary seconds dial and date aperture, with blued steel hands, signed 'John Knibb Oxon' with gilt brass crown and boys spandrels, the hood with a Knibb type button capped giltwood centre finial flanked by conforming brass finials to the domed caddy top above a blind fret friezes, with integral columns with gilt brass caps and plinths, the trunk with a concave moulding and a lenticle to the door, on a plinth base, with two brass cased weights, pendulum and case key 239cm high Catalogue Note John Knibb was born in 1650 and was apprenticed to his older brother, Joseph, in around 1664. When Joseph moved to London in 1670 to set up business (presumably in the workshop inherited from his uncle, Samuel) John, his younger brother, took-on the Oxford workshop gaining the Freedom of the city on payment of a fine in 1673. Throughout the latter three decades of the 17th century John and Joseph worked in parallel, however when the products from both workshops are examined, it is evident that they had a close working relationship. Joseph Knibb retired in 1697 selling-up most of his workshop before moving to Hanslop, Buckinghamshire where he made a few clocks prior to his death in 1711. John Knibb continued in business until his death in 1722. The movement of the current lot is fully latched and has the feature of separate cock for the pallet arbor (and cut-out for the pallets in the backplate) normally found on earlier clocks by Joseph with butterfly-nut pendulum regulation, however the casting for the pendulum hanging cock differs from those found on earlier clocks and the use of internal countwheel for striking the hours certainly dates it towards the end of the century. From these observations one could speculate that the movement of the current lot may well have been acquired by John from Joseph's stock when he retired in 1697 or even on his death in 1711 before finishing and fitting with a dial. The fine proportions of the case closely echoes London work of the period. Despite being provincially made (probably Oxford) the case does exhibit features such as the distinctive spherical finials with button-shaped caps (which are often seen on other longcase clocks by the Knibb family) which set it aside from other provincial examples of the period.
Lot 346
A DUTCH MAHOGANY AND MARQUETRY LONGCASE CLOCK BY BARENT DIKHOFF, HAARLEM, LATE 18TH CENTURY the brass eight day movement with four turned pillars and an anchor escapement striking on two bells, the brass 13 1/4 inch arched dial with a silvered chapter ring with Roman and Arabic numerals, the matted centre with date and day of the week apertures and a subsidiary seconds dial, the arch with a moonphase, with the four seasons spandrels, signed 'Barent Dikhoff, Haarlem', the case inlaid with urns of flowers, with birds and a butterfly, the trunk door with a lenticle, with two brass cased weights and pendulum 215.5cm high
Lot 379
A DUTCH SATINWOOD AND ROSEWOOD SIDE CABINET 19TH CENTURY with parquetry banding, with an inset marble top, above a frieze drawer and a door (locked) decorated with an Oriental lacquer panel, enclosing a shelf 82.7cm high, 65cm wide, 39.5cm deep Provenance Redlynch House, Salisbury, Wiltshire.
Lot 427
A RARE SOUTH-AMERICAN TORTOISESHELL AND MOTHER OF PEARL CABINET ON STAND, MUEBLE ENCONCHADO SPANISH COLONIAL, MEXICO OR PERU, 18TH CENTURY with ebonised ripple mouldings inlaid with brass and bone stringing and various floral motifs, the lattice parquetry top above seven drawers around a central cupboard, the door inset with a portrait of Saint Anthony and Padua enclosing a plush lined interior fitted with a mirror, flanked by turned columns, the canted sides each with a hinged door, enclosing a shelf, above two frieze drawers, on a later ebonised stand with spiral twist supports138.5cm high, 182.5cm wide, 42cm deep Catalogue Note During the 17th and 18th centuries the upper strata of Colonial Latin America spent enormous sums of money on sumptuous furniture and works of art produced locally and also from Europe and Asia. The present lot is an example of a Peruvian technique called enconchado, practiced by ateliers in Lima. They used a rich tortoiseshell ground as a backdrop to a complex mother of pearl inlay of flowers, arabesques and geometric designs. This type of marquetry originated in the Spanish Philippines and the prototype for these cabinets is the famous piece made as a wedding gift for the grand-daughter of the Viceroy of Peru, now in the Dallas Museum of Art (see H. Hayward, World Furniture, p.106, fig.271).See Joseph J. Rishel with Suzanne Stratton-Pruitt, The Arts in Latin America 1492-1820, pp.490-91 for a similar desk resting on a bufete, in the collection of the Museo Pedro de Osma, Lima, Peru. For similar cabinets sold at auction, see Christie's, 20th May 2008, lot 385 and Sotheby's, Important Continental Furniture, 3rd July 2007, lot 12.
Lot 498
A GEORGE IV MAHOGANY DAVENPORT ATTRIBUTED TO GILLOWS, C.1825 with nulled and reeded mouldings, the hinged slope inset with gilt tooled leather, revealing two drawers and a pull- button mechanism for the pop-out hinged pen and ink compartment, with a pair of slides, the right side with a panelled door enclosing four cedar lined drawers, on ribbed feet and sunken brass castors 86.5cm high, 51.6cm wide, 56.5cm deep
Lot 66
AN ITALIAN CEDAR AND POKERWORK TABLE CABINET ADIGE, 17TH CENTURY AND LATER with a pair of hinged doors enclosing a penwork decorated interior with a pair of well dressed Renaissance gentlemen, with an arrangement of ten drawers around a central pull-out compartment fitted with secret drawers and an arched cupboard door decorated with another figure 58.4cm high, 63cm wide, 33.7cm deep
Lot 707
A VICTORIAN BURR WALNUT DAVENPORT C.1860-70 inlaid with stringing and burr banding, with a stationery compartment with a push button mechanism, above a sloping hinged front revealing a bird's eye maple interior with two drawers, the right side with a panelled door enclosing four drawers, on castors 88.4cm high, 56cm wide, 56.5cm deep
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