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Lot 603
A WOODEN O GAUGE TWO ROAD ENGINE SHED, no makers marking, may be kit or scratchbuilt, in need of some attention, missing one set of doors, others present but in need of maintenance/re-fitting, some evidence of wood worm, damage to roof, length approximately 40cm, width approximately 30cm, height approximately 23cm
Lot 528
An exhibition quality 1.5 inch scale live steam traction engine Allchin 'Royal Chester' with copper boiler (looks to be unfired), reversing gear, two speeds, differential, winch, governor, mechanical lubricator, water pump, water lifter and injector together with lamp and accessories including jack, shovels, hammers, bucket etc., overall length 64cm
Lot 148
Engine turned silver mounted desk calendar with wooden back and base. Birmingham hallmark 1931, together with another simple silver desk calendar, Sheffield 1923. (2)(B.P. 24% incl. VAT) CONDITION REPORT: Condition overall is good. Some minor dings and surface wear. Some chips to wooden base. Hallmarks clear. Small additional calendar in ok condition.
Lot 182
Jewellery box containing a collection of assorted pocket watches, various including 19th Century engine turned keyless open face leaver pocket watch, Empire plated pocket watch, Ingersoll football automaton boys pocket watch with plated case, Elgin nickel plated pocket watch, Jager LeCoultre military pocket watch (face AF), and another nickel plated watch together with a brass vesa case and chain.(B.P. 24% incl. VAT)
Lot 262
Engine turned silver rectangular cigarette box with hinged cover, together with a silver engine turned cigar cutter. (2)(B.P. 24% incl. VAT) CONDITION REPORT: This does not come with an internal divider. Box in OK condition. Does have some dings and dents. Some minor splits to corners. Cartouche engraved. Cigar cutter in good condition, although blade a little tarnished / rusty.
Lot 1974
A Birks Sterling silver dish formed as a waterlily leaf, diameter 15cm and silver, comprising; a mustard pot with a blue glass liner and a matching pepperette, Birmingham 1946 and 1947, a pair of napkin rings in a slanting oval design, Sheffield 1912, a pair of octagonal napkin rings with engine turned decoration, Birmingham 1936 and three further silver napkin rings, combined weight 411 gms, also a plated mustard spoon, (11).
Lot 1992
Silver, comprising; a slide action vesta box of curved rectangular form, detailed 'The Times 1926', by Goldsmiths and Silversmiths Company Ltd, London 1926, a George IV rectangular hinge lidded snuff box, gilt within, the exterior faintly engine turned within a floral and scroll moulded border and engraved 'S. Scott', by Joseph Willmore, Birmingham 1822, length 6.5cm and a sovereign case (the suspension ring lacking), otherwise plain, Birmingham 1901, combined gross weight 138 gms, (3).
Lot 2018
Silver and silver mounted wares, comprising; a rectangular pill box, with engine turned decoration, Birmingham 1966, a Victorian vesta case, with banded decoration, Sheffield 1897, a toothbrush, Chester 1922, a thimble, Chester 1899 and a set of six buttons, decorated with putto within scrolling borders, Birmingham 1900, diameter 2.5cm, also a base metal mounted agate rectangular vesta box, (11).
Lot 2117
An Indian rectangular hinge lidded cigarette box, crest and motto engraved, detailed Madras Silver, a rectangular table cigarette box, crest and motto engraved, wooden lined within, Birmingham 1963 and a silver curved rectangular cigarette case, having engine turned decoration, Birmingham 1924, (3).
Lot 2183
A pair of 9ct gold cut cornered rectangular cufflinks, with engine turned decoration, Birmingham 1945, a pair of gold, blue and black enamelled cut cornered rectangular cufflinks, with engine turned decoration, detailed 9 CT, a gold plain bar brooch, detailed 9 CT, combined gross weight 10 5 gms, three paste set brooches, three colourless paste set buttons, a filigree butterfly brooch and a pendant, (11).
Lot 2195
A cased rock crystal and amethyst parasol/sunshade or "entoutcas" handle, with gold and enamel mounts, retailed by Vickery London, probably Viennese, circa 1900, in the manner of Anton Wildhack, the knop carved with irises with amethyst centres, the collar enamelled in purple over engine turning between gold floral bands, the shaft with simulated wood decoration and silver gilt terminal band hallmarked "A A" and indistinct maker's mark, in a fitted case marked "J. C. Vickery 179, 181 & 183 Regent St. W", the handle 34cm long (lacking 10 original rib end tips). IllustratedFootnote: A rock crystal handle by the same retailer and possibly by the same maker was sold by Sotheby's Olympia, lot 153, 19th April 2007. The firm of J. C. Vickery was founded around 1890 by John Collard Vickery in a short-lived partnership with Arthur Thomas Hobbs at 183 Regent Street. Continuing alone after 1891, Vickery extended his premises in 1900 to 179, 181 and 183 Regent Street, with showrooms to the rear at 1 New Burlington Place, where in 1913 he is listed as a goldsmith, silversmith, jeweller, dressing case and fitted travelling bag manufacturer, watch and clock importer, etc, with Royal Warrants from the King and Queen, the King of Spain, the King and Queen of Denmark, the Queen of Norway and the King of Sweden. A very similar handle is in the Victorian and Albert museum collection: the gift of Mrs Acton, it is currently on show in the Bollinger jewellery gallery.
Lot 706
THE PAKENHAM ARNOLDA rare eight-day mantel chronometer By John Roger Arnold, London, No. 619, circa 1830In a Derbyshire 'Ashford' marble case attributed to John MaweWith gilt engine-turned bezel, beneath an associated glazed push-on bezel, with lacquered brass drum-shaped case; the 3¾in. white enamel dial signed 'Arnold London' and with eight-day power reserve indicatot, seconds subsidiary, and numbered 619, with gold Breguet hour and minute hands, the eight-day chain fusée movement signed 'Jno. Arnold / London / Invt. Et Fecit No 619 ', with Harrison's maintaining power, within semi-elliptical plates, the escapement carriage with blued steel helical spring, J. R. Arnold's U + I bi-metallic balance with diamond endpiece and Earnshaw spring detent escapement, a circular countersunk recess to the plate with blank locating holes and two screw-holes, blued steel screws; within a black marble case with a turned drum-shaped surround, on block foot, raised on a stepped plinth, the front diamond engraved with a Bacchic figure pouring wine, the sides each engraved with a griffin, (1 key)37cm high overall. IllustratedPROVENANCE, BY REPUTE:Possibly, Admiral Sir Thomas Pakenham, GCB (1757-1836)More likely, his son, Vice Admiral John Pakenham (1790-1876)Thence by descent through the Pakenham family to the current vendor.John Roger Arnold (1769-1843), the son of John Arnold, learnt his craft in his father's business and also working for Abraham-Louis Breguet in Paris. The Arnolds were in business as 'Arnold & Son' from 1787 until the father's death in 1799. John Roger continued with the business and entered into partnership in 1830 with Edward John Dent, an agreement which lasted 10 years. In Vaudrey Mercer's John Arnold & Son, London 1972, he mentions that No. 620 'would appear to be the end of this series up to the year 1830' (the start of the Arnold & Dent partnership). Plate 174 shows the third version of the J. R. Arnold balance, which this chronometer has. Designed with a non-ferrous bi-metallic bar, formed from silver and platinum, and probably used experimentally by the partnership.In the Worshipful Company of Clockmakers' Library (held in the Guildhall Library) is a household financial daybook from the Arnolds covering the period 1796 - October 1830. October 1830 is significant as the month in which the Arnold & Dent partnership was formally started. Intriguingly, Arnold's penned entry for 7 January 1830 in the account book is 'Mawe for marble cases'. It was probably not the first transaction between these two businesses, especially taking into account their proximity to each other in the Strand. Perhaps it was Mawe who would have supplied Arnold with his jewels for pallets, endpieces and balances? It is worth noting here, Arnold's use of the fine engine-turned bezel, which recalls his Paris training, as he would have seen such decoration incorporated there. John Mawe was the proprietor of the renowned mineral shop at 149 Strand, just a short walk from the Arnolds at 84 Strand. Established in 1811, Mawe had travelled the world and his shop would have been well-known to Arnold. Mawe (b. 1764 Derby) was apprenticed to the Derby mason Richard Brown (d. 1816) and married his daughter Sarah in 1794. They established a retail business near Covent Garden at the end of the 18th century called Brown & Mawe, selling objects created from Derbyshire marble and minerals, including 'Blue John', from the factory in Derby. The pedestal base is finely engraved, most probably with a diamond and would suggest Anne Rayner (b.1802-1890) as the artist. In her 1876 work English Female Artists, Ellen Crayton recorded that "Mrs Rayner was distinguished in early life for her beautiful engravings on black marble". Her work is rare, examples can be seen at the Buxton Art Gallery, as well as Chatsworth.Mawe died in 1829, and the Strand business was continued by his wife, who held the official title of 'Mineralogist to the Queen'. Their apprentice, James Tennant (d. 1881), continued with the business after her retirement during which time he oversaw the cutting of the Koh-i-Noor for the Great Exhibition.No doubt the Pakenham Admirals would have been well aware of Arnold's reputation and would have seen his chronometers used under their commands. It would have been second-nature to ask Mr. Arnold for a version that could be used as a mantel timepiece, as this eight-day chronometer does not appear to have been mounted in gimbals and boxed.In Staeger's book he lists 619 and gives a reference to a sale at Christie's as '11/1978'. There was no Arnold chronometer in this sale (Christie's King Street 22 November 1978).COMPARATIVE LITERATURE:Rupert T. Gould, The Marine Chronometer, London, 1973Vaudrey Mercer, John Arnold & Son, Chronometer Makers, 1762-1843, London 1972 Hans Staeger, 100 Jahre Präzisionsuhren von John Arnold bis Arnold & Frodsham 1763-1862, Stuttgart, 1997Peak District Mines Historical Society, Vol. 11, Number 6, Winter 1992
Lot 709
A late Victorian ivory tower thermometer and inset compassBy T. Straight, London, circa 1890The compass scale below a convex glass, with pierced surround, on an engine-turned columnar support with thermometer scale on turned base, mounted on an ebonised plinth, lacking dome15cm high. IllustratedProbably Thomas Straight, 26 Bartlett Buildings, Strand, London.
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