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Lot 81
An antique 18ct gold Cats eye chrysoberyl & diamond ring. Central circular cats eye cabochon surrounded by a halo of 12 diamonds each approx. .03ct, in a cathedral style setting. Band unmarked but tests as 18ct gold. Mount approx. 1.2cm diameter, cats eye approx. 7mm diameter. Total weight approx. 3.9g, ring size N½.
Lot 108
A FINE FRENCH GILT BAMBOO REPEATING ALARM CARRIAGE CLOCK WITH RELIEF CLOISSONNE ENAMEL PANELSDROCOURT, PARIS, LATE 19th CENTURYThe eight-day two train gong striking movement with silvered platform lever escapement regulated by sprung split bimetallic balance and alarm mechanism positioned to the top left sounding on the hour gong, the backplate stamped with oval DC trademark to centre left over serial number 21095, the rectangular cream ground cloisonne enamel dial with golden yellow ground Arabic numeral chapter ring set within asymmetric polychrome flowering foliage inhabited by nesting birds and incorporating a subsidiary alarm setting dial to lower margin, the gilt brass bevel glazed bamboo case with frame modelled to resemble sections of grained bamboo overlapping at the corners, the top with conforming hinged carrying handle and panel-glazed escapement aperture and the sides inset with impressive relief modelled cream ground polychrome cloisonné enamel panels depicting a peacock perched amongst chrysanthemums to the right hand side opposing a rooster standing beneath flowering shrubbery to the left, the rear with bevel-glazed door and standing on integral bamboo stump feet.16.5cm (6.5ins) high with handle down, 11cm (4.375ins) wide, 9cm (3.5ins) deep. Pierre Drocourt is recorded in Allix, Charles and Bonnert, Peter CARRIAGE CLOCKS, Their history and development with further additions and corrections from research undertaken by Leigh Extence (available online) as born in 1819 and setting up in business as a clockmaker in Paris in 1853. He initially worked from Rue Limoges (later called 28 Rue Debelleyme after the rationalisation and merger of Streets in 1865), Paris and was succeeded by his son, Alfred (born 1847), in 1872. The blancs roulants, rough movements, were made in Saint-Nicolas-d'Aliermont, a town outside Dieppe, where Drocourt had workshops until their sale in 1904, being premises purchased from Holingue frères in 1875 who had previously supplied Drocourt. The firm was awarded numerous international exhibition medals and mentions including Silver in Paris 1878 and Gold in 1889. The highly unusual enamel panels fitted to the current clock carefully and cleverly employ a mixture of opaque and translucent enamels to create depth, texture and lustre which varies under different lighting conditions. Some areas in particular, such as those representing the tail plumage of the peacock, utilise engraved and chiselled detail within metal ground plate to great effect by allowing reflected to pass through vibrant pigmented transparent enamel surface layers. In addition to this the dial panel utilises the cloisonne technique for the chapter ring numerals and the dot minute markers, the alarm setting dial is also finished in the same manner which has required particularly fine work in the execution of the numerals. Clocks with this particular type of relief cloisonne enamel decoration appear to be extremely rare, however an example almost certainly from the same workshop is illustrated in Roberts, Derek CARRIAGE CLOCKS and Other Travelling CLOCKS on page 203 (Fig. 12-12).Condition Report: Movement appears complete, all-original and is fully working including the strike, repeat and alarm. Although the mechanism is in relatively clean condition a precautionary gentle service is advised if intending to put the clock into service. The dial has an extremely faint hairline to the cream ground across the upper right-hand corner (only visible on very close examination) otherwise is in fine condition. The enamel side panels present as in fine condition however in close examination some restoration to the cream ground to the upper right-hand corner of the 'peacock' panel (right-hand side) and to cream at the upper left-hand margin of the cockerel panel (left hand side) is evident. There is also some extremely slight hairline crazing to the cream near the feet of the cockerel. The gilding to the case is in fine condition; the top panel has a very small depression near the front edge (pin-head size). The glasses appear free from visible damage.Clock has a non-original winding key. Condition Report Disclaimer
Lot 162
A WILLIAM IV ORMOLU MOUNTED EBONISED MANTEL CLOCK IN THE LOUIS XV TASTEBARWISE, LONDON, CIRCA 1830The five-pillar twin chain fusee bell-striking movement with keyhole-shaped plates and anchor escapement regulated by lenticular bob pendulum, the backplate with pendulum holdfast and signed Barwise, LONDON to centre, the 5 inch circular gilt brass Roman numeral dial with fine foliate scroll engraved centre and signed BARWISE, LONDON over number 670 to the chapter ring beneath SILENT/STRIKE selection switch to upper margin, with blued steel cruciform hands set behind hinged leaf-cast reeded gilt brass bevel-glazed bezel, the waisted case with surmount of a putto seated on scallop shell applied to the ogee-shaped upstand, over front applied with rococo scroll cast crest and shoulder mounts over floral spray decorated leafy cartouche to apron, the rear with keyhole-shaped door inset with foliate scroll-pierced sound fret flanked by conforming mounts to shoulders, on rococo scroll cast feet decorated with floral buds to knees.47cm (18.5ins) high, 24cm (9.5ins) wide, 16.5cm (6.5ins) deep. The life of John Barwise and his family are outlined by A.D. Stewart in his article Barwise & Sons: Watchmakers to the King. A brief history of family and firm published in the March 2014 issue of ANTIQUARIAN HOROLOGY (Vol IIIV No. 1 pages 621-34). Stewart notes that John Barwise was born into a clockmaking family in Cockermouth, Cumberland in around 1756. By 1780 he had moved to London where he opened a watch retailing business. Ten years later he married Elizabeth Weston with his address being recorded as 29 St. Martin's Lane where he remained until his death in 1820. Of their eleven children two (possibly three) died in infancy and two, John II (born 1795) and Weston (born 1793), subsequently joined their father in the family business. In 1800, such was his success, John Barwise I purchased a second house in Dulwich.In 1805 John Barwise I was one of the fifteen watchmakers appointed by The Board of Longitude to adjudicate in the dispute between John Arnold and Thomas Earnshaw regarding 'the respective merits of their chronometers'. On the 14th February 1811 Barwise was the victim of five highwayman who relieved him of a 'gold watch, greatcoat, and a guinea-and-a-half in cash' whilst en-route from Camberwell to Dulwich. This unfortunate occurrence may well have tempered Barwise's enthusiasm for his house in Dulwich as records indicate it was rented out to tenants by 1813. In around 1816 his sons, John II (who had just turned 21) and Weston, joined him in partnership with the business then becoming 'Barwise & Sons'. Shortly afterwards (probably in 1820) the firm obtained the Royal Warrant as watchmakers to King George IV.John Barwise senior died in 1820; by this time he was a wealthy man leaving two properties and substantial investments to his widow and children. The business was continued by Weston and John II in partnership, however this only lasted six years as Weston died in 1826 leaving the business in the hands of John II alone. It was at this time that John II married and moved from the family home at St. Martin's Lane to nearby 42 Craven Street; and then in 1840 to a spacious residence called East Lodge, near Acton which at that time was in open countryside. At around the same time John Barwise II entered into an alliance with the highly inventive Scottish Clockmaker Alexander Bain who was in the process of developing the first electric timepiece. Barwise and Bain subsequently filed a patent (No. 8743) for an 'Electro-Magnetic Clock' which was granted in January 1841; an example of which was then subsequently exhibited at the Royal Polytechnic Institution shortly afterwards.In 1842 John Barwise II was approached by Pierre Frederic Ingold (1787-1878) to assist in the creation of a watch factory which, by employing newly invented machinery, would be able to mass produce high quality watches at a much smaller cost than the prevalent hand-built movements available at the time. Barwise, along with Thomas Earnshaw junior, subsequently became managing directors of the newly established 'British Watch and Clockmaking Company'. The factory was established at 75 Dean Street but only lasted two years before closing due to financial difficulties mostly brought-about by poor reputation fuelled by pressure from rival watch component makers to whose livelihoods the factory posed a great risk. It would appear that John Barwise II had invested most of his personal wealth in the venture as he was declared bankrupt in 1846. With this he lost his house, East Lodge near Acton, but still managed to keep the business afloat - perhaps mainly due to the generosity of his father-in-law, Charles Baumer, who provided the family with a house at 7 Queen's Row, Camberwell rent free presumably until Barwise was back on his feet.In 1853 another former business Barwise partner the Calcutta retail Jeweller Robert John Lattey returned to London and became founder and auditor of the 'London & Eastern Banking Corporation'. With the resources of the Bank behind him Lattey (trading as Lattey and Company) took-on Barwise's debt and became owner of the business. It was at this point that John Barwise II stepped back from the firm with the overall management passing to the to the Swiss watchmaker, Jules Rochat who had joined the business in 1847. Unfortunately the situation did not improve under Rochat's tenureship as it subsequently transpired that the funds used to purchase the business were illicitly acquired, and in 1857 the London & Eastern Banking Corporation collapsed.After the 1857 liquidation of Lattey and Company the firm was acquired by the jeweller and Goldsmith Douglas Guillaume Cave and continued, again under Jules Rochat's management, until 1869 when bankruptcy again forced the company to change hands. The firm was subsequently continued under the Barwise name in the hands of several different owners up until 1988 with their last known address being 153 Fenchurch Street. Of John Barwise II, he is recorded in the 1861 census as being a 'chronometer maker out of business' and presumably still resided at 7 Queen's Row, Camberwell until his death in 1869.
Lot 414
A .750 Continental gold and enamel Inter Milan commemorative medal, 1966, the obverse inscribed F.C. Internazionale and depicting the European Cup, Intercontinental Cup and total of Seria "A" titles won by Inter Milan, the reverse inscribed 1966 Angelo Moratti with ring suspension, 24grms, 3.1/4cm diameter
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