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Lot 1052
LARGE LATE VICTORIAN MAHOGANY BOOKCASE,the stepped cornice above three glazed doors, enclosing adjustable shelves, the lower section with three short drawers each above carved cupboard door, enclosing single shelves, on stiled supports to plinth base, approximately 240cm high, 192cm wide, and 51cm deep
Lot 1053
VICTORIAN OAK BUREAU BOOKCASE,the stepped and moulded cornice above twin glazed doors enclosing three shelves, the lower section with fitted interior and twin carved cupboard doors enclosing a single shelf, raised on substantial bracket supports, approximately 235cm high, 125cm wide, 52.5cm deepCondition report: Some general surface wear, including scoring, scuffs and nibbles, in keeping with age and use. Two splits to the writing surface. Two strips of the border on the left cupboard door panel have detached, though they are present inside the writing desk storage. A strip of bordering on the right cupboard door is coming off. The panel of decoration on the left hand side is somewhat loose. Some residue on the right hand side, possibly watered down paint. There are several keys inside the drawers, though these have not been tested with the bookcase. Additional images showing damages available.
Lot 1064
ARTS & CRAFTS GLASGOW STYLE OAK SIDE CABINET, with dentil moulded cornice above a central central glazed door enclosing three shelves flanked by mirrored recesses above twin glazed doors, each enclosing three shelves, with further cupboard door to lower centre, with carved and turned detail throughout, on bracket supports, 175cm high, 127cm wide and 35cm deepCondition report: 135cm wide including cornice, there is a chap to front right corner of cornice
Lot 1075
VICTORIAN SATIN WALNUT POT CUPBOARD,of cylindrical form, the top inset with marble panel, the cupboard door enclosing two shelves, 73cm highCondition report: Some spots of delamination, around the base and on the top inside edge of the door, in keeping with age and use. Some spots of water marking to the inside and to the top. Some discolouration and surface wear to the top. Hinge and handle latch in working order. A few dings and nibbles present to the exterior, also some paint residue. Additional images available.
Lot 513
* Dolls' House. The Little Shop, circa 1960s, single storey wooden shop, covered in brick and slate tile paper (some damage to roof), front facade with doorway on the left (door detached), and printed sign above door, and a squared bay window on the right, the front hinged at both sides, opening in the centre to reveal a single room with floral wallpaper, a parquet floor, and a chandelier hanging from a ceiling rose, containing a composite doll, a decoupage folding room screen, a brocade armchair, and a variety of miniature objects on a wooden shelf unit and a table, including a bookshelf with books, a mantel clock, a sewing machine, a tray of laces and ribbons, a basket containing skeins of wool, a red velvet evening bag, a pair of stork needlework scissors, a diorama dome, etc., with a case of shells and pictures on the wall, overall size 31 x 44.2 x 31.3cm (12 1/4 x 17 3/8 x 12 1/4ins)Qty: (1)Footnote: A desirable business premises ripe for renovation and extension, subject to the relevant planning permissions.
Lot 645
* Brock (Charles Edmund, 1870-1938). "Missus, Missus, There's Company Coomin'!", 1903, pen and ink, showing a scruffy young boy running into a garden towards a lady standing on a chair cutting a vine, two well dressed ladies behind pulling a roller over the garden lawn,title to lower margin, signed and dated lower right, 30.6 x 19cm (12 x 7 4/8ins), mounted, framed and glazed (59.5 x 44.4cm), Chris Beetles label to verso, together with: "She looked and spied and searched all about", 1892, pen & ink, showing a girl kneeling on the grass under a spreading tree by a stream, signed and dated lower right, 8 x 12cm (3 x 4.75ins), mounted, framed and glazed (26.2 x 28.7cm), Brock (Richard Henry, 1871-1943). "He Seems to Hate me Worse Than Ever Today...", pen and ink, depicting a peddlar standing with a maid at an open door, a dog straining at his chain on the right, captioned to lower margin "He Seems to Hate me Worse Than Ever Today/Ah! he had some German sausage for his supper last night", signed lower left, 17.6 x 26cm (6 7/8 x 10 2/8ins), mounted (25.4 x 33cm)Qty: (3)Footnote: Missus, Missus is Illustrated on page 146 of William Makepiece Thackeray's The Book of Snobs, published in 1903. It also appeared as number 92 in Chris Beetles The Illustrators exhibition on the 28th November - 14th December 1990. She Looked She Spied is an original illustration for Scenes in Fairyland or Miss Mary's Visits to the Court of Fairy Realm by Canon Atkinson, published by Macmillan in 1892.
Lot 652
* Brock (Henry Matthew, 1875-1960). Original cover illustration for 'Strand Magazine', circa 1910, watercolour on artist's board, showing a snowy scene with a postman delivering mail to a young mother and 3 eager children at the front door of a house, with lettering above and below 'The Sunday Strand' and 'December "Christmas Greetings"', signed lower left, sheet size 37.2 x 26.4cm (14.5 x 10.5ins), together with: Drawing of Joan Brock as a Child, pen and ink on card, depicting a young girl with pigtails crouching down on a beach poking a crab with a stick, some pencil marks, two old pin holes and faint crease to upper edge, titled in pencil on verso, sheet size 11.2 x 10.6cm (4.5 x 4.25ins), plus a 3pp. manuscript letter signed from Joan Brock to Victor Chinnery, dated 4th July 1977, both items loosely contained in a copy of An Introduction to Old English Furniture by W.E. Mallett, illustrated by H.M. Brock, [1906], some foxing, free endpapers browned, front free endpaper inscribed to Victor Chinnery by the artist's daughter 'For Vic with gratitude & best wishes from Joan P. Brock August 1977', with Victor's oval ink stamp below, original cloth-backed printed boards, some minor marks and slight wear to edges in places, 4toQty: (4)Footnote: Academic Victor Chinnery was the author of the seminal work Oak Furniture: The British Tradition, published in 1979. Joan Brock was the second of artist Henry Brock's three children.
Lot 878
Sitwell (Edith). The Mother and Other Poems, 1st edition, Oxford: printed for the author by B.H. Blackwell, 1915, a few light spots, original wrappers, small hole to rear wrapper, one stitch loosening, small 4to, together with Sitwell (Osbert). Miss Mew, Stanford Dingley: The Mill House Press, 1929, original cloth-backed patterned boards, a trifle rubbed at spine ends, 8vo, limited signed edition 4/101, inscribed 'For Miss Noble from Osbert Sitwell, 1935', plus Four Songs of the Italian Earth, Banyan Press, 1948, printed in red and black, original wrappers (spine faded), small 4to, limited signed edition 60/260, inscribed to Miss Noble, together with 31 others by Edith, Osbert and Sacheverell Sitwell, nearly all inscribed for Miss Noble, including Edith Sitwell's A Notebook on William Shakespeare, 1948, and English Eccentrics, 1st US edition, 1957, Osbert Sitwell's Miracle on Sinai, 1933, Escape With Me!, 1939, and Open the Door!, 1941, and Sacheverell Sitwell's Conversation Pieces, 1936Qty: (34)Footnote: The dedicatee of the inscribed books was Miss Elizabeth Noble, Sir Osbert Sitwell's housekeeper in London, thence by descent.
Lot 120
An Aesthetic Movement wall mounted walnut cabinet, circa 1890, the gallery with turned spindles above three cupboard doors enclosing shelves, decorated in the Japonism style with lacquer style decoration of butterflies amongst flowers and a bird over fruiting pomegranate branches, and a beveled edge mirror glass door, with brass hinges and escutcheons, 73.5cm wide, 76cm high, 24.5cm deepCondition report: The mirror panel has started to degrade a little and the hinges of that door are a little looseThe right-hand side has a crack from the top and bottom caused by the backboards being pushed back or someone pulling the cupboard forward from the wall whilst fixed or pressure on the open mirror doorSee the imagesThe finish could do with a gentle clean and good warm wax
Lot 106
An 18th-century Dutch colonial 'Block Fronted' mahogany and stinkwood(?) bureau, the later bookcase with architectural pediment above a pair of astragal glazed doors, the base with a well-fitted interior, above four shaped long drawers on bracket feet. 114 cm overall width x 57 cm approximate depth. x 225 cm high.Condition report: Top and bottom piece married but same style, front right foot damaged/loose with scrach to outside of fall. Wear to body and interior consistant with age/use, Small hole in left astragal glazed door and missing handle to one inner draw.
Lot 259
An Ultra Electric Ltd 'Coronation Twin Deluxe' vintage radio, circa 1953/54, with sliding doors to reveal the dial and controls, in a faux snakeskin covering, 37cm wide, 27cm highA private Hertfordshire collection.Condition report: Dial and door handles refurbished, otherwise in good condition throughout.
Lot 108
A pair of George III style mahogany bowfront night cupboards, on slender square tapering legs, 38cm wide, 76cm high & 38cm deep; together with a George III open tray top nightstand, on square chamfered legs, 56cm wide, 74cm high & 46cm deepCondition report: The pair of pot cupboardsBoth with some cup marks on the tops, one with a fine crack to the doorThe open nightstand is bare of polish and is faded. The joints are all loose and will need re-glueing, no splits to the top or under tier, slight crack to the top of one of the uprights coming from one of the mortices
Lot 66
Make & Model: Ford Transit 85 T300S FWDDate of Reg: LG11 MXCColour: Whitecc: 2198MoT: 04-07-2022Fuel Type: DIESELMileage: 141kTransmission: MANUALSummary: NO VAT. Reversing sensors (not tested) Invoice for parts for recent service. Two registered keepers with the last keeper since February 2018. Rhino rear step. Twin side loading door.Vehicle Check Sheet: https://angliacarauctions.co.uk/umbraco/surface/auction/GetVehicleCheckSheet?id=150937
Lot 104
A very fine and rare second quarter of the 19th century mahogany floorstanding regulator with mercury pendulum regulatorJohn Walker, LondonThe arch-top case with full-length glazed door opening to reveal the baize-lined dust moulding, over a base with recessed panel and moulded apron, the 11 inch one-piece signed silvered dial with outer Arabic minute track enclosing large subsidiaries for running seconds (with Observatory Marks) and Roman hours, with original blued steel hands, all framed by an angled sight ring and set above a foliate carving of acanthus leaves and tendrils, the interior of the case veneered and set with a silvered beat scale reading 3-0-3, the base with an aperture to allow for the full descent of the small brass weight; the exceptional movement fixed to the seatboard with three impressive knurled securing bolts, the very substantial plates united by five heavy turned pillars screwed front and back, Harrison's maintaining power, five- and six-spoke wheelwork, high count pinions and deadbeat escapement with sapphire pallets, to a mercury jar pendulum suspended from a bracket on the backboard, the small brass weight let off on the left hand side on a six-spoke pulley. Running. Together with a case key and a crank winding key. 182cms (71 1/2ins) highFootnotes:This regulator is one of only two known examples by John Walker of London. Famed around the world for the supply of clocks to the Railways and beyond, the company still operate as clock and watchmakers today in South Molton Street, London.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: TPTP Lot will be moved to an offsite storage location (Cadogan Tate, Auction House Services, 241 Acton Lane, London NW10 7NP, UK) and will only be available for collection from this location at the date stated in the catalogue. Please note transfer and storage charges will apply to any lots not collected after 14 calendar days from the auction date.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 102
A fine and rare late 18th century mahogany wall timepiecePerigal, London. The movement also signed Fras. Perigal, Royal Exchange, London. The 14 inch one-piece painted wooden dial with Arabic five-minute track framing the Roman hours and brass spade hands, within a cast brass bezel with integral lock to a moulded mahogany frame, secured to the backbox via four wooden pegs, with hinged door to the right hand side and locking door to the underside (with key), the single gut (now wire) fusee movement with tapering plates united by four knopped pillars, with anchor escapement to a steel-rod pendulum with brass lenticular bob. 45cms (17.5ins) highFootnotes:Francis Perigal (III) was the son of Francis Perigal (II) and followed in the family firm, working as a high-class clockmaker in Royal Exchange from circa 1786. He died in 1843.The rear of the mahogany dial bears several handwritten notes including'April 22d. 1828''Cleaned by Mr Short (?) 2 M..1831''W.Moris''Repaired ...Cleaned 12/6/14 E. Co...''NEW GUT NOV. 1935''NEW GUT 1/4/40''NEW GUT JAN 1976'This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 54
A fine early 19th century rosewood table clockVulliamy, London, No. 1435The rectangular case surmounted with a stepped caddy top over a concave moulded pediment and rectangular glazed side panels on a plinth base with block feet, with solid rear door, the 6.75 inch silvered Roman dial with outer minute track and modern blued steel Breguet style hands, framed by a moulded brass bezel set into the panelled front door. When the front door is opened, the signature and number are revealed on the dial below VI, while a regulation arbor is visible above XII with engraved instructions 'turn to the left to go slower/to the right to go faster' and a strike/silent lever at IIII. The signed and numbered twin gut (now wire) fusee movement with substantial plates united by five tapering 'cannon barrel' pillars, with half deadbeat escapement, striking the hours on a bell, (the hammer arbor and adjustable vane both cocked on the backplante), the pendulum with an ebony facetted rod terminating in a heavy numbered bob, secured in transit by a substantial hinged locking block. Together with two case keys and two associated winding keys. Running and striking. 43cms (16 1/2ins) high (6)This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: YY Subject to CITES regulations when exporting items outside of the EU, see clause 13.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 80
A late 17th century marquetry longcase clock with ten inch dial and bolt-and-shutter maintaining powerWilliam Clement, Londini fecitThe flat top over a blind fret cut cornice over spirally twisted columns, convex throat moulding and 42 inch long door inlaid with three shaped panels of bird and flower inlay framing the circular lenticle, on a matching base (now partly built up). With spoon lock to the throat.The 10-inch square brass dial with winged cherubs head spandrels and foliate engraving framing the silvered Roman and Arabic chapter ring, finely matted centre with slender subsidiary seconds ring and decorated date aperture. Secured to the movement by four latched dial feet.The rectangular movement plates united by six knopped and ringed pillars latched to the frontplate, with capped barrels, the going train with bolt-and-shutter maintaining power to the anchor escapement, the strike with outside countwheel, striking on the large bell. The backplate further set with a brass bracket which secures to a conforming bracket on the case backboard via a butterfly nut. Ticking and striking. Together with the door key and a crank winding key. 2.01m (6ft 7ins) high.Footnotes:Provenance:The estate of John Graveson, (1946-2021), son of Professor Ronald H Graveson, CBE (1911-1991). Professor Graveson was one of the most highly respected collectors of Fine English clocks in the 1960s and 70s. Purchased Sotheby's Important Clocks, English Pottery, Rugs and Carpets, Tapestries and Fine English Furniture, Thursday 30th January 1964, lot 80. 'A late 17th century marquetry longcase clock by Wim. Clement, Londini fecit...'.A note in the margin gives the purchase price of £360 - in the same sale a walnut longcase by Christopher Gould sold for £140 and a walnut longcase by Joseph Windmills realised £180. A copy of the catalogue is included with this lot. Additional paperwork includes a receipt for a replacement pendulum suspension from Camerer Cuss & Co, 9-3-1964 for £17-6d. Another for various minor jobs from A. & H. Rowley Parkes & Co. 30-9-1965 for £47-10d, and a handwritten letter from Daniel Parkes, detailing work done to the retaining bracket dated 8th October 1965. The clock has remained in the Graveson family for the last 57 years.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: TPTP Lot will be moved to an offsite storage location (Cadogan Tate, Auction House Services, 241 Acton Lane, London NW10 7NP, UK) and will only be available for collection from this location at the date stated in the catalogue. Please note transfer and storage charges will apply to any lots not collected after 14 calendar days from the auction date.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 70
A very fine and rare 17th century longcase clock movement with verge escapement, now contained in a bespoke architectural ebony caseEdward East, London. The movement circa 1665-70, the case possibly made by Percy Dawson in the 1920s?The 8.25 inch square brass dial with single line border framing the engraved spandrels depicting split pomegranates, gourds, and grapes around a narrow silvered chapter ring, the minute band with Arabic five-minute markers within the band, short Roman hour markers and a narrow quarter-hour track, the finely matted centre with small date aperture above VI, blued steel hands. Signed along the lower edge 'Edwardus East, Londini' Four latched dial feet to the movement.The weight driven movement with tall rectangular plates with chamfered corners united by five knopped and ringed pillars (all latched), an L-shaped retaining bracket screwed to the upper right hand corner. The high barrels with slightly rounded front ends, the going train terminating in a verge escapement, with short pendulum and pear-shaped bob; the strike train with small countwheel and vertical hammer both mounted high on the backplate, striking on the horizontal bell above.Now contained in a 1920s (?) expertly made architectural case, the rising hood with shaped wooden catch to the backboard, triangular pediment supported on turned quarter and three-quarter columns with lacquered brass Corinthian capitals and bases, the 45 inch long trunk door with three raised panels and lock within a moulded edge, the sides with single moulded panel running the length of the sides to a plain base on bun feet. 1.92m (6ft 4ins) high. Footnotes:Provenance:The estate of John Graveson, (1946-2021), son of Professor Ronald H Graveson, CBE (1911-1991). Professor Graveson was one of the most highly respected collectors of Fine English clocks in the 1960s and 70s. Purchased from one of the great post-war clock dealers, Charles Thornton in 1961. Literature:Dawson, G.P., Drover, C.B., Parkes, D.W. (1982) Early English Clocks. Woodbridge: ACC, plate 156.Original paperwork from Thornton relating to the 20th century history of the clock are included with this lot. The first, dated 25th November 1960, reads:'Nice to hear from you again & do admit to a mistake when I wrote to you. I had the figure of £1250 on my mind, which I had refused to take for the East, as it would have left the country. The price I quoted to you was £1200 & of course I will stand up to this if you are interested. Please don't hold me to this price after the year end for quite frankly I shall be asking much more; for this is an even rarer clock that I think you realize....' Another dated 16th January 1961 states:'Thank you very much for your letter & enclosed cheque for the Edward East for which I have pleasure in sending receipt. You have bought yourself a very rare & fine clock. Now you have bought it & the deal is settled I can tell you that some weeks ago the trade in USA offered me £1250 cash for same - this I refused and since then they increased their offer which I also declined. I was determined that I was going to sell it to stay in this country that is why it gives me great pleasure to sell to you at less money. I am not saying that I would have done this thirty five or forty years ago when I was hard up and struggling along but thank goodness it came in to my possession when it did so that I was able to do this. This clock was on show at the South Kensington Science Museum for over six months as the only example of Edward East with bob pendulum & bolt & shutter that was known...'The receipt dated 16th January 1961 describes the clock as follows:'To Fine small long case clock by Edward East in ebonised case, eight day movement with strike, bolt & shutter, date aperture, bob pendulum, original hands, movement original and shown & (sic) the South Kensington Science Museum, slight restoration to ebonised case.........£1200. ' It is now thought that the case rather than being 'slightly restored' was made to order, probably in the 1920s from the great case maker Percy Dawson. It is a testament to Dawson's skill and sensitivity as a case maker that the clock has been described as completely original by others since then. Dawson later went on to co-author the standard work on early English clocks, and illustrated this movement in 'Early English Clocks', plate 156. ExhibitedThe Science Museum, London 'British Clockmaker's Heritage Exhibition May 23rd to September 14th, 1952, exhibit number 76'LONG-CASE MOVEMENT by EDWARD EAST, LONDON, C 1665-1670. Eight day. Weight driven with a verge escapement and short bob pendulum. It has Dutch striking mechanism with small locking-plate high up on the backplate, and bolt-and-shutter maintaining power. The dial which is 8 5/8in. square has a narrow chapter ring. The centre is matted and the corners engraved. The plates are shaped at the top. Lent by Chas. Thornton, Esq. ' A copy of the exhibition catalogue is included with this lot.A comparable longcase clock by East with verge escapement, vertical bell and 8.25 inch fruit-engraved dial was exhibited in these rooms at the exhibition 'Innovation and Collaboration' September 2018, exhibit number 33.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: TPTP Lot will be moved to an offsite storage location (Cadogan Tate, Auction House Services, 241 Acton Lane, London NW10 7NP, UK) and will only be available for collection from this location at the date stated in the catalogue. Please note transfer and storage charges will apply to any lots not collected after 14 calendar days from the auction date.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 38
A late 18th century French ormolu and bronze mantel clock inset with glass jewelsGille Laine, a ParisThe case surmounted by a swagged lidded urn over the circular drum decorated with laurels mounted on top of a prowling lion on a jewelled plinth base decorated with plaque depicting putti on toupie feet, the 3 1/2 inch signed white enamel Roman and Arabic dial with fancy jewelled hands (the glass to the front door lacking), the later 19th century circular movement now fitted with a lever platform escapement mounted onto the backplate, striking the hours and half hours on a bell. Ticking and striking. Together with an associated double ended winding key. 39.5cms (15 1/2ins) high (2)For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 78
An historically important early 19th century floor-standing mahogany regulator tested by Neville Maskelyne, the Astronomer Royal, at Greenwich Observatory May to August 1807.William Hardy, London, No.2. The Movement signed Raymond, London.The case6ft 2.5inches high and surmounted by a shallow arched cresting over a ripple-moulded cornice and large glazed side panels, the circular brass bezel flanked by canted front corners, over a similar trunk with long glazed door within a brass edge, on a panel base with applied moulding, all raised on a double apron.The dial 11 inch one-piece circular dial with outer minute track enclosing a large Arabic subsidiary seconds dial and curved Roman hour aperture, signed below the centre 'Willm. Hardy/ Invt. et Fecit/ London/ No.2'The movement The shouldered plates united by six heavy knopped pillars pinned through the frontplate, with Harrison's maintaining power to a four wheel train terminating in a deadbeat escapement (the 'scape wheel of five crossings, the others of four) and with eight leaf pinions throughout, the original mercury jar pendulum suspended from a heavy rectangular-section brass post running front to back across the top of the movement, with long steel crutch to a mercury jar pendulum reading against an adjustable engraved silvered beat scale ranging from 3.4-0-3.4 189.5cms (6ft 2.5ins) high.Footnotes:Provenance:A private European collection. Comparative literatue:Roberts, D. (2003) English Precision Pendulum Clocks. Atglen: Schiffer Publishing, Chapter 6 The Spring Pallet Escapements of Hardy and Reid.Roberts, D. (2003) Precision Pendulum Clocks, The Quest for Accurate Timekeeping. Atglen: Schiffer Publishing, Figs 6-12, 6-13.This historic regulator was the beginning of William Hardy's development of the spring pallet escapement. Using a movement supplied by Raymond, Hardy added his prototype spring pallet escapement to the backplate. Although the escapement has now been removed, all of the evidence exists to prove the original layout. The pendulum too is original - the slot and pin for the original escapement remain as testament to the remarkable escapement.The Precision Pendulum Clock in England from the later Years of the Eighteenth Century. Andrew King.During the eighteenth century there was a constant drive to improve the precision of pendulum clocks. Much effort was expended on the further development of temperature compensating pendulums by exploiting the different expansion rates of metals, notably brass or zinc in partnership with steel. However, it was the mercury pendulum which predominated. Mercury pendulums were never entirely ideal due to the slow reaction of a large mass of mercury in a container of either glass or steel. This was not improved upon until the next century, in 1891, when Sigmund Reifler (1847-1912) patented his invention of mercury contained within the pendulum rod itself where the reaction to the environment was far more sensitive.Developments in escapements were rather slow as well. Richard Townley (1629-1707) and Thomas Tompion (1639-1713) invented the dead beat escapement in 1675, further exploited by George Graham (1673-1751) and others. , the dead beat escapement becoming the predominant choice for regulators.Although there were always isolated attempts to design a variant it was from the middle years of the century that ideas moved towards gravity escapements. Thomas Mudge (1715-1794) invented his gravity escapement in the early 1760s, this seminal concept became the inspiration of other gravity and spring pallet escapements. Alexander Cumming (1732-1814) produced a more complex version of Mudge's design illustrated and described in his publication, The Elements of Clock and Watch Work (1766). Around the same time there was another advancement which had a profound influence.In 1760 the first successful marine timekeeper became a reality with John Harrison's (1693-1776) Watch,'H4' soon to be proven on two voyages to the West Indies. Harrison's life's work proving the practicality of a marine timekeeper within the confines of a large watch. His publication in 1767 of 'The Principles of Mr Harrison's Timekeeper' provided inspiration to others to take up the baton. Even if the publication was obtuse, there were certain enlightening fundamental factors within the concept for the initiated. The initiated included John Arnold (1736-1799) who developed his first marine timekeeper over the next four years. This was undoubtedly inspired by Harrison but redesigned into what became the basis of the modern marine chronometer. The heart of the instrument was the eponymous spring detent escapement controversially invented by Thomas Earnshaw (1749-1829) in 1781, but patented by Arnold in 1782. Although marine chronometers were not widely used for many years they were certainly very well known within the clock making community. Requiring skill in manufacture and equal skill in care and maintenance, the spring detent escapement became the success story in marine chronometry. The concept was not lost on clockmakers. The almost frictionless feature of the spring detent itself requiring no lubrication, an ideal worth pursuing. Clockmakers in both England and France became involved in experimenting with spring pallet and gravity escapements. William Hardy (d.1830) was certainly established in London by at least as early as 1800. His quest for improved precision timekeeping in pendulum clocks led to his experimenting with various designs before his invention of his spring pallet escapement which was first fitted to this regulator, supplied by Raymond, in July 1806. This clock was designed by Hardy who probably provided the cutters for the wheels and pinions for Raymond's use. Raymond's origins remain obscure, and he was only employed by Hardy for this one clock. Hardy subsequently employed the renowned Thomas Leyland to make all future regulators. It is quite clear in this instance that Hardy himself certainly made the cutters for the wheels and pinions for the current lot.With the new escapement fitted together with the newly made mercury pendulum, tests showed such promise over the following five months that Hardy wrote to George Gilpin (c1755-1810), secretary to the Board of Longitude, on the 8th January 1807, introducing himself and describing what he now believed to be a potentially superior timekeeper. He explained that over a three month trial period his regulator had a gaining rate of only four tenths of a second a day. He described to Gilpin how he had experimented with various designs but the latest, the spring pallet variant was showing the most promising results.Hardy, with a bold confidence, asked if his regulator could be submitted to the Commissioners of the Board of Longitude for their consideration, further commenting that he would be 'thankful' if they would advance his request to the Astronomer Royal Nevil Maskelyne (1732-1811) to provide a more stringent trial at the Royal Observatory, Greenwich. Four months later another letter from Hardy to George Gilpin made it clear that the Commissioners had indeed consulted Maskelyne and that a trial had been agreed to take place at the Observatory. Following a Board meeting, Maskelyne visited Hardy to see ... This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: * TP* VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.TP Lot will be moved to an offsite storage location (Cadogan Tate, Auction House Services, 241 Acton Lane, London NW10 7NP, UK) and will only be available for collection from this location at the date stated in the catalogue. Please note transfer and storage charges will apply to any lots not collected after 14 calendar days from the auction date.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 77
A late 17th century ebony basket top table clock with twin subsidiaries Signed behind the mock pendulum apertureWilliam Webster LondonRepousse basket top with knopped bud handle over four unusual finials and an intricately moulded cornice, rectangular glazed side panels to a moulded plinth and brass button feet, both doors with applied repousse mounts, the 6.75 inch square brass dial with twin subsidiaries for strike/silent and rise-and-fall regulation in the upper corners, the silvered Roman and Arabic chapter ring with meeting-arrowhead half-quarter marks, finely matted centre with ringed winding squares and decorated mock pendulum (revealing the signature) and date apertures, the twin gut fusee movement with verge escapement with rise and fall pendulum mounted on an engraved curved arm terminating in a rack and pinion, with lenticular bob, the strike train with internal rack sounding on the bell, with pull quarter repeat on three bells and hammers. Running, striking and repeating. Together with a door key (which operates both locks) and a later winding key. 40cms (16ins) high.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
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