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Click here to subscribeA 19th century French slate and grey marble mantel clock, with Japy Freres type 14-day movement striking on a bell in a drum supported on consoles, with recessed cream enamel 12cm dial with visible Brocot escapement, Arabic chapter, supported on a high base with central bevelled glass reserve flanked by grey marble half columns, revealing a mercury compensated pendulum, all flanked by volutes on a high plinth, 46.5cm, 1870s.
THIRTEEN TURNED WOODEN MILITARY BAND FIGURES, twelve musicians and drum major, hand painted with brass metal or wooden instruments, red tunics with white trousers, made in Czechoslovakia, height of figures approximately 16cm, some minor damage, wear and paint loss, some instruments loose, in original heavy card boxes
A George II provincial silver mustard pot, by John Langlands, Newcastle, date letter worn, possibly 1757, circular drum form, scroll handle, pierced thumb-piece, the hinged cover engraved with an armorial, with a blue glass liner, height 7.8cm, approx. weight 6.4oz. Provenance; purchased for J.H. Bourdon-Smith Ltd., Mason's Yard, London 18 September 1994 Sotheby's 18 June 1987, lot 299. The arms of Bourchier, a barony abeyant since 1646, engraved on a lozenge for a spinster.
Musicians' Insignia A board with musical instruments (lyres, bugles, Trumpets, drums and bagpipes) in gilt metal, AA and embroidery, including an extremely fine Pipe Major's badge in silver embroidery on blue cloth; together with a card bearing a sealed pattern for a Drum badge; and a bag containing three well-made white metal star cap-badges (one with QVC, one with KC), mounted with a musical instrument, and a gilt star KC badge mounted with Prince of Wales's plumes. (approximately 50 items)
A late 19th century French gilt metal and porcelain mantle clock and garniture, drum movement, the painted porcelain dial with Roman numerals and with two lovers playing musical instruments, with porcelain panels painted with flowers, having urn finial, together with urn garnitures raised on stepped square base and bun feet, striking bell, H. 41cm
A VERY GOOD 19TH CENTURY MEISSEN PORCELAIN CLOCK, with drum movement by HENRY MARC, PARIS, with white enamel dial, blue and white Roman numerals, the case with four figures carrying baskets of fruit, garlands and musical instruments, also scrolls and encrusted with flowers. Cross swords mark in blue. 14ins high.
A Small Late Chola Bronze Figure of Siva Nataraja, Tamil Nadu, South India, 13th/14th century, depicting the four-armed Hindu god dancing on the dwarf Apasmara, who represents ignorance, within a ring of fire on a separately cast double lotus throne, damaged, 17cm (6 3/4in high).Provenance: Collection of the Late Andrew Solomon, London, inv. no. A100. Purchased from Sotheby's New York, 2 November 1988, lot 214. Heeramaneck Collection, USA. The original auction invoice is sold with this lot.Siva as 'Lord of the Dance' is probably the most celebrated image in Hinduism. The ring of fire represents the overwhelming energy which emanates from the god, while the drum he holds in his upper right hand coaxes the creation of the universe with its rhythmic beat. In his left hand he carries a flame, which expresses an opposite destructive force.Nasli Heeramaneck (1902-1971), was one of the first art dealers in the United States to focus on Asian Art. Born in Bombay, he moved to the United States in the 1920s, and items from his collection are today represented in several museums, including the Los Angeles County Museum and the National Museum, New Delhi.
A mahogany drum table,modern, the inset tooled leather top above four real and four faux drawers, to a turned pedestal and four swept legs, brass paw caps and castors,76cm diameter,together with an octagonal table,modern, with an inset leather top above four real and four faux drawers, to a turned pedestal, four swept and fluted legs on brass caps and castors,61cm (2)
A 19TH CENTURY FRENCH MANTEL CLOCK with enamel Roman chapter ring, twin train Mougin movement with outside count wheel bell strike, the drum case mounted with a figure of a seated Chinese man with parasol, the whole supported on an elephant with upturned trunk upon a naturalistic foliate base, 40cm high
Ω A Swiss rosewood and simulated rosewood musical box , late 19th century, the mechanism playing a choice of six airs via a 6inch pinned brass cylinder and tuned steel comb, the movement driven by a single crank-wound spring drum mounted on a gilt iron bed beneath a hinged glass internal cover and with CHANGE/REPEAT and STOP/PLAY selection levers to the right hand side, the winding lever numbered 35545, the lid with applied hand-written tune sheet with top margin conformingly numbered 35545 and G200, the exterior of the lid with central mother-of-pearl motif within a strung border and ebonised moulded edges, 14.5cm high, 36cm wide, 21cm deep, a George III satinwood and tulipwood banded tea caddy , circa 1790, fitted with two internal lidded canisters and glass bowl, 16cm high, 31cm wide, 15.5cm deep, and a metal jug Cites Regulations Please note that this lot (lots marked with the symbol Ω in the printed catalogue) may be subject to CITES regulations when exported from the EU. The CITES regulations may be found at www.defra.gov.uk/ahvla-en/imports-exports/cites
A brass bulkhead timepiece, early 20th century, of typical form, the white enamel Roman numeral dial marked for & JAMES WHITE Ltd & HUTTON, 11 BILLITER ST. LONDON, 12cm diameter excluding brackets, together with a brass desk timepiece , early 20th century, with French drum movement with later platform level escapement and stamped R & CO, MADE IN PARIS, the white Roman numeral dial S. SMITH & SON LTD, 9, STRAND, LONDON, W., the case of sedan type, 10cm diameter, excluding handle and feet (2) Kelvin,White and Hutton were chronometer and nautical instrument makers working both from 11 Billiter Street, London and 16, 18 and 20 Cambridge Street Glasgow from the late 19th century up to around 1925.
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