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Lot 813
William Creak, Royal Exchange London, an automaton bracket clock: the eight-day duration, five-pillar, double-fusee movement having a verge escapement and striking the hours on a bell, with pull-repeat of the last hour at will, with a fully engraved backplate of floral and c-scroll decoration and engraved with the maker's name Wm. Creak, Royal Exchange, London, the brass break-arch dial having a raised silvered chapter ring engraved with black Roman numerals and Arabic outer five-minute markings, with the matted dial centre having a date aperture and inset silvered plaque engraved with a repeat of the maker's signature, with blued steel hands, the arch having a well-painted depiction of a couple in period dress playing badminton within a garden setting with the two racquets moving in sequence as the shuttlecock moves between the two as the clock ticks, the inverted bell-top ebonised case having curved canted corners, coloured glass to the two apertures above the arch of the dial, further decorative glass apertures to the sides, a brass carrying handle to the top and standing on ebonised pad feet, height 47.5cms, handle down, 51.5cms, handle up.* Biography William Creak was a well-regarded maker working in London from circa 1740 until at least 1775, being at the Royal Exchange from 1754. He made a number of fine musical and automata clocks for the Eastern Export market. There are examples of his clocks and watches in various museums including the Victoria and Albert Museum, the Science Museum, South Kensington and the Amsterdam Museum.
![* Harold Knight [1874-1961]- The Turquoise Dress; a half-length seated portrait,:- signed Harold Harvey bottom right oil on c](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/ef3cdba4-7155-4835-ba9b-a95700d7e80b/e1b32aef-fbca-4824-b54e-6c39b56a5189/468x382.jpg)
Lot 622
Portrait of a lady with pink hair, oil on canvas, housed in a gilt frame, the oil 31.5cm x 41cm, portrait of a lady wearing a blue and white dress, oil on board, housed in a gilt frame, the oil 34.5cm x 44.5cm, portrait of a young lady wearing a white blouse with gold brooch and gold cross necklace, oil on canvas, housed in a gilt frame, the oil 39.5cm x 49.5cm (3)
Lot 590
A pair of 9ct gold oval engine-turned cufflinks, a set of three 9ct gold dress studs and sundry items, including a 9ct gold miniature portrait frame with brooch and easel mount, various pairs of gilt metal, chrome and other cufflinks, various naval buttons and badges, WWII miniature medals, Masonic jewels, a gentlemen's vintage Avia stainless steel wristwatch with Arabic numerals and subsidiary seconds, a Toye, Kenning & Spencer limited edition enamelled 'Santa Maria' box (cased), a 1938 100 Yards running award, a collection of tailor's awls, etc.
Lot 1008
An Edwardian Brass Accessory Mascot, engraved Flying Cloud, modelled as a galleon ship, the verso bearing registration number, mounted on a later plastic base, 9cm high; and A Chrome Plated Accessory Mascot, in the form of an army officer in full dress riding his parade horse, mounted on a later plastic base, 11cm high (2)
Lot 314
A BISQUE PORCELAIN GARDNER GROUP OF A PEASANT WOMAN PICKING UP HER DRUNKARD HUSBAND, 1870Srealistically modeled, a man missing his left boot lying on the ground, his hat fallen off, holding a bottle in his left hand, being picked up by a woman in a blue headscarf and black winter coat over a pink dress, a young child in a white shirt standing at her side, all set on an oval base, impressed on the bottom with Gardner factory mark and inventory number 18, 1870s; overall height: 16.5 cm (6 1/2 in.), diameter of base: 17.8 cm (7 in.)LITERATUREOlga Sosnina, Gardner XVIII-XIX. Porcelain Plastic Arts. From Private and Museum Moscow Collections (Moscow: Govorov and Sons, 2002), pp. 152-153 (illustrated).
Lot 719
Two late 18th / early 19th century portrait miniatures, the first of Marie Antoinette after portrait by Elisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun, in gilt oval frame painted on ivory, depicted in blue day dress with pink ribbon trim and holding a bunch of flower, signed Felia to one side, the back with inscription, 9.7 by 13.5cm, the second also of a lady in a blue day dress, oval portrait within rectangular gilt frame, indistinctly signed Cerres, 11.5 by 15cm. (2)
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