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Lot 807
Chinese Fine Pair of Painted Enamel ' Famille Verte ' Coloured Enamel Vases, Raised on Circular Wooden Stands, Decorated with Painted Images of Exotic Birds and Chrysanthemums / Prunes on Imperial Yellow Ground, Signed to Bases. Each Vase 9.5 Inches Tall, Top Quality and In Excellent Condition.
Lot 177
VERY LARGE SELECTION OF MAINLY POCKET WATCH SPARE PARTS to include many salvaged bodies with enamel dials attached, includes three jumbo size complete pocket watches with self-wind movements, CONTENTS OF TWELVE DRAWER GREY METAL AND PLASTIC STORAGE UNIT 27" (68.6cm) x 17" (43.2cm) x 9" (22.8cm)
Lot 179
THREE SILVER CASED FOB WATCHES with key wind movements and gilt embellished Roman dials, TWO SMALLER DITTO with self wind movements, two DEMI HUNTER STYLE FOB WATCH SILVER CASES one having pink and blue enamel Roman besel and three silver small watch cases, various (assumed all movements faulty (10)
Lot 242
EDWARDIAN SILVER AND ENAMEL "ENTENTE CORDIALE" souvenir spoon the stem in the form of a female figure holding aloft tri-colour and Union Jack shields, Chester 1907, A PAIR OF A SIMILAR SMALLER ANTIQUE SILVER TEA SPOONS with wavy borders and THIRTEEN MARKED AND UNMARKED MAINLY SILVER AND ENAMEL SOUVENIR SPOONS seventeen spoons in total approximately 6.5 oz gross (17)
Lot 335
ART NOUVEAU HAT PIN with open scrollwork silver top maker C. H. Chester 1907 SILVER CIRCULAR NAPKIN RING with foliate scroll engraved decoration a MELISSA GILT METAL POWDER COMPACT the coloured plastic and guilloche enamel front depicting gold fish ANOTHER BY GWENDA GILT METAL COTTON BOBBIN HOLDER and FIVE OTHER ITEMS (10)
Lot 338
SMALL CIRCA 1920's SILVER BROOCH SET with large Amethyst, hallmarked to edge Chester 1923 maker C.H pair 925 MARK SILVER AND OVAL BLUE HARDSTONE DROP EARRINGS ST ALBANS CITY HOSPITAL - SCHOOL OF NURSING, SILVER AND ENAMEL small BADGE 1965 a 1953 CORONATION CROWN and SIX GEO V AND LATER PRE-DECIMAL SILVER COLOURED COINS VARIOUS, eleven items in total (11)
Lot 69
WORLD WAR I 1914 - 15 (Mons) STAR AND RIBBON awarded to 2426 Ptc A. E. C. Murphy E. Kent. R. together with a Geo V HALF PENNY shot through with a bullet? a CIVIL DEFENCE CORPS BRASS AND ENAMEL BUTTONHOLE BADGE , FRENCH SILVER COLOURED OCTAGONAL MEDALLION "COMPAGNIE DU SOLEIL" with date 16th Decembre 1820 1 1/2" (3.8 cm) dia a "Ville de Caen" BRONZE COMMEMORATIVE MEDALLION 1183 EXPOSITION and a GERMAN BRONZE COMMEMORATIVE MEDALLION "Zerstort am 7 Mai 1842" each approximately 1 3/4" (4.5 cm) dia but polished selection of MAINLY GERMAN BANKNOTES well used and tatty circa 1920's and SMALL BRASS SQUARE WEIGHT FOR 2 SCRUPLES
Lot 790
A French ormolu-mounted, brown tortoiseshell, ebony and Boulle barometre à pyramideIn the Louis XIV style, after a model by André-Charles Boulle, second half 19th centurySurmounted by the arms of France, with stepped pediment above tapering trunk centred with an oval medallion of a lady, above a foliate mask cast frame to the enamel dial inscribed 'CICERI Selon TORICELLI' to the centre and with three other plaques 'PLUVIEUX' / 'CHANGEANT' / 'BEAU TEMPS', with waisted stem on integral rectangular plinth, with bracket-shaped base and berried terminal, the reverse with a printed paper label detailing a similar barometer, inscribed in ink with reference to a sale at Christie's in 1893114cm. high. IllustratedThe original model from the workshop of André-Charles Boulle and his sons is after a design by Jean Bérain and Gilles-Marie Oppenordt.The reference to the 1893 sale on the paper label on the reverse is most likely that of a similar, though smaller, one bought shortly after the French Revolution by George Capel-Conigsby, 5th Earl of Essex (d. 1839) and sold at Christie's in 1893. A pair with its matching clock sold Sothebys, London 29th June 2005, lot 234,COMPARATIVE LITERATURE:Hans Ottomeyer & Peter Pröschel, Vergoldete Bronzen, Vol. II, Munich, 1896, p. 48, fig. 1.5.2, illustrates the original model for this barometer by Boulle with the dial signed Ciceri and Toricelli, in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London (Jones Collection 1122-1882). See also the same publication, p. 49, fig. 1.5.4, for a related barometer on which the offered barometer is based.
Lot 792
A French brass carriage clockBy Richard & Cie, circa 1900In a Corniche case, the white enamel dial with Roman chapters, the twin train movement, with cachet mark stamped on the backplate 'RC' with entwined serpents in an oval, and numbered 618, with platform lever escapement and bi-metallic balance, with push/repeat on a gong18cm. high. 1 case. Illustrated
Lot 800
A silver-mounted tortoiseshell carriage timepieceThe dial and movement by Japy Frères, hallmarked London 1920The rectangular shaped case with arched handle enclosing a circular white enamel dial with Roman chapters, with Japy's trade mark, the movement with platform lever escapement14cm. high. Illustrated
Lot 801
An unusual French gilt metal miniature minute repeating carriage timepieceCirca 1910, No. 257125The multipiece case of architectural form, with push/repeat above a circular white enamel dial with Arabic numerals, with a pull-out slide to the base with fast/slow adjustment and integral hand adjustment and winder, the Swiss watch movement with lever escapement10cm. high. Illustrated
Lot 803
A rare and unusual French brass and champlevé enamel grande and petite sonnerie carriage clock with Chinese duplex escapementBy Drocourt, No. 30089, circa 1900In an Anglaise Riche case decorated all over with polychrome enamel foliage, the dial with white enamel chapter ring with Roman numerals and a subsidiary below for the alarm, the twin train movement with finely engraved Chinese duplex platform escapement, stamped to the backplate with Drocourt's oval cachet, No. 30089, and to the centre with two Chinese characters in a roundel, with push/repeat on two gongs, the base with lever and engraved 'FULL STRIKING / SILENT / STRIKING' and also numbered, together with its leather travelling case20.5cm. high. 1 case. 1 key. IllustratedPierre and Alfred Drocourt had a Paris-based business with a manufactory at Saint Nicolas d'Aliermont. Successive medal winners at the International Exhibitions during the second half of the nineteenth century, their carriage clocks are always of the best quality.
Lot 804
A French gilt brass engraved Gorge cased cloisonné three-panel enamel grande and petite sonnerie carriage clock with calendarBy Drocourt, No 16290, circa 1890The case engraved all over with foliate scrolls, with an oval bevelled glass panel below the handle engraved with a monogram, the dial and side panels polychrome decorated with cloisonné enamel, the dial with a gilt chapter ring and Roman numerals, with three subsidaries below for day of the week, alarm and date of the month, the movement with Drocourt's cachet mark, No. 16290, with platform lever escapement and push / repeat on two gongs, the base with lever STRIKING / SILENT / FULL STRIKING, also numbered, in a leather travelling box17.5cm. high. 1 case. Illustrated
Lot 805
A French miniature engraved Gorge cased three-panel cloisonné enamel carriage timepieceBy Drocourt, No. 12271, circa 1890The case with an oval bevelled glass panel below the handle, the dial and sides with polychrome cloisonné enamel panels of stylised foliage, the movement with platform lever escapement, stamped to the backplate with Drocourt's cachet mark in an oval, No. 12271, the reverse of the panels also numbered 2719.5cm. high. Illustrated
Lot 842
A French ormolu cartel clockIn the Louis XVI style, circa 1870The shaped case surmounted by an urn with laurel festoons and three pineapple finials, above the 6in. white enamel dial with Arabic chapters and with iron red fifteen-minute markers, indistinctly signed, with pierced and engraved brass hands, the twin train rectangular shaped movement with countwheel strike on a bell62 cm. high. 1 pendulum. Illustrated
Lot 843
A Napoleon III ormolu cartel clockIn the Louis XV styleOf shaped asymmetric form, cast with foliage and C scrolls, the 5in. white enamel dial with Roman numerals and pierced blued steel hands, the twin train movement by Raingo Freres, Paris, No. 2403, with silk suspension and countwheel strike on a bell, the case also numbered on the brass backplate39cm. diameter. 1 pendulum. Illustrated
Lot 844
A French brass skeleton timepieceCirca 1850The delicately engraved 'A' frame decorated with foliage, with white enamel chapter ring, pierced moon hands and anchor escapement with silk suspension, striking a bell in the base in passing, with an oval brass base plate stamped 'Ms HONORABLES / EXP / PARIS LONDRES', on an ebonised plinth and with a glass dome25.5cm. high excluding dome. 1 pendulum, 1 key. Illustrated
Lot 849
A late Louis XVI/Directoire ormolu and white marble mantel clockBy Grebertz, ParisThe case flanked on one side by a seated satyr, and on the other an urn, centred by an arched case surmounted by a pair of ribbon-tied oval profiles, with trailing vine, the white enamel dial signed 'Grebertz a Paris', with pierced gilt hands and Arabic numerals, the twin train movement with countwheel strike on a bell31cm. high. No pendulum. IllustratedPierre-Marie Grébert, mâitre in 1787 and recorded at rue Neuve St-Marc in 1789 and lastly at rue des Vieux-Augustins in 1815.
Lot 850
A French four-glass regulatorCirca 1900The case with a bow front and four bevelled glass panels, the cream enamel dial with floral festoons and Arabic numerals with gilt hands, the twin train movement stamped 'S H Paris, No. 1704', with mercury compensated pendulum and striking on a gong26cm. high. 1 pendulum (in clock). Illustrated
Lot 851
A late Louis XVI ormolu and white marble mantle clockThe case surmounted with a foliage-filled urn, above the drum case with laurel festooned musical trophy apron below, flanked to each side by a feather finial above black sectional column, the shaped base with a painted portrait roundel of a lady, on stepped foot and a bow-fronted plinth, with toupie feet; the white 4 ½ in. enamel dial with Arabic numerals and pierced moon hands, with twin train fusée movement and anchor escapement, striking on a bell52cm. high overall. 1 pendulum. IllustratedA very similar clock is in illustrated in Tardy, French Clocks The World Over, Part Two, 5th Edition, Paris 1981, p. 66 and is in the collection of the Musée d'Art et d'Histoire, Geneva.
Lot 862
A Viennese silver and enamel timepieceIn the Renaissance revival style, circa 1880Modelled as a woman holding a basket of summer flowers, supporting a watch case, decorated with enamel panels of figures, the oval champlevé dial with Roman chapters, each in a roundel within polychrome foliage, with a late 18th century verge movement, on a domed base15 cm. high. Illustrated
Lot 870
A white painted mantel timepieceIn the Regency styleThe 3in. white enamel dial with Roman chapters and Arabic five-minute markers, blued steel hands, the brass drum case fitted with a watch movement, inscribed 'C. Forbes, 112', with pierced cock and square baluster pillars, verge escapement and chain fusée with brass push fit cover, fitted on a waisted pedestal, on four claw bracket feet28.5cm. high
Lot 927
A quantity of gilt and enamel badges, early 20th century, comprising; Richmond Royal Horse Show 1917, 1920-1926, 1930-1932 and 1934-1937; two Brighton Greyhound gilt and green badges 1938 and 1939; four Britain garden club exhibition 1908-1910 and 1914; two 'BARC' badges 1920 and 1921; and a Richmond Horse Show medal, (24).
Lot 1058
George Engleheart (1750-1829), a George III portrait miniature on ivory of Mrs Sophia Beal Bonnell (1748-1841), set in a green enamel and gold frame with glazed reverse with plaited hair and enamel oval inscribed "Je Vous Aime Aimez Moi", the image 5.5cm high. IllustratedFootnote; formerly one of a pair in a double frame- the other depicting Mrs Bonnell's friend Miss Fanny A'hmuty. The pair were split some years later with the portrait of Miss A'hmuty selling for £1,000 lot 103, November 1990, Geering & Colyer auctioneers Tenterden Kent.
Lot 1078
An early/mid-17th century English or Swedish school portrait miniature of a man in high wig, set in a glazed (damaged) frame with turquoise blue enamel back, the image 3.1cm; and a 17th century Continental portrait miniature on copper of a man with blue coat and gold buttons, incised 'EGS' to the reverse, the image 5.8cm (2). Illustrated
Lot 2059
A lady's silver and red enamelled hinge lidded circular powder compact, gilt within, fitted with a mirror, the exterior with red enamel decoration, import mark London 1925, a lady's silver and blue enamelled hinge lidded powder compact, (the mirror lacking), the cover with enamelled decoration, Birmingham 1929 and a silver and enamelled capstan shaped box, the detachable cover green enamelled to the centre within a white enamelled border, Birmingham 1922, (3).
Lot 186
An Edwardian silver timepiece, the silver-plated Swiss Goliath watch in silver case with rounded corners , maker's mark rubbed, ? & Co., Birmingham, 1904, watch with white enamel dial, Roman numerals, steel hands and auxiliary seconds dial 11 cm. x 10 cm.Wooden back has lost its strut, small ding to bottom right corner, losses to leather covering wood back, watch in working order.
Lot 74
A collection of mid/late Victorian jewellery, including an Indian hand-painted miniature souvenir brooch depicting the Taj Mahal, 18 x 14mm; a small black enamel and seed pearl mourning brooch and a seed pearl and enamel brooch, the three gold mounted (testing 9 carat gold), 10.3gms; a pair of French 18 carat gold earrings, 2.2gms; a 15 carat gold and seed pearl ring (three pearls missing), 1.9gms; a 9 carat gold curb link bar brooch,1.9ms, and a silver gilt brooch (7)
Lot 273
A fantastic quality Venetian forty six piece suite of glasswarePossibly Murano, comprising six wine glasses, height 15cm, thirteen champagne glasses, height 11.5cm, eleven circular bowls, diameter 12cm, six beakers, height 9.5cm, eleven port glasses, height 8.5cm, each having gilt and jeweled decoration with green and red hand-painted decoration CONDITION REPORT: No signature, wear to gilt and enamel work, certain examples better than others, see photos of worse, one bowl with small crack to rim otherwise good.
Lot 274
A fantastic quality Venetian fifty six piece glassware setComprising claret jug with gilt serpent handle, height 42cm, eight circular bowls, diameter 12cm, thirteen champagne glasses, height 11.5cm, ten wine glasses, height 15cm, twelve beakers, height 9.5cm, nine port glasses, height 8cm, each having gilt and jeweled decoration with hand-painted geometric motifs PLEASE NOTE ONE WINE GLASS HAS BEEN DAMAGE ON VIEWING! CONDITION REPORT: wear to gilt and paintwork throughout, some examples have no gilt left, see photos for worst, minor chipping to enamel balls, one wine glass broken off at stem, otherwise good. PLEASE NOTE ONE WINE GLASS HAS BEEN DAMAGE ON VIEWING
Lot 296
A Pair of Sevres hand-painted porcelain twin handled jardiniere'sEach decorated with lover seated in landscape scene to the front and floral panel to reverse, each inset within white ceramic jeweled decoration, blue painted marks to base, height 19cm, diameter 28cm CONDITION REPORT: Lot 296Both signed, see imagesProvenance: we are unsure of age they come from a house clearance with lots of 19th Century items Jardiniere One - Minor internal wear and scratches,Chip to top rim which is gilded over,Four enamel jewels missing from front and sixty red coloured examples missing from back,Light scratches to body.Jardiniere Two - Light scratches to inner and outer body,Flat chip to inner rim (glazed over),Nine white enamel jewels missing from front and sixty seven missing from reverse,Scratch to lower body,See images.
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