A collection of train models to include R2271 Hornby LMS 4-6-2 Princess Coronation Class 6223 "Princess Alice" boxed, R.474 LMS composite Hornby coach, boxed, a Graham Farish 372-212A N Gauge, boxed, a Bachmann Branch-line 32-400 OO Gauge (1:76 Scale) Class 25/3 Derby D7645 in BR Green, boxed, a boxed Bachmann Branch-line 32-211 OO Gauge (1:76 Scale) Class 57xx 0-6-0 Pannier tank 7739 in BR black with early emblem, a boxed Bachmann Branch-line 31-225 OO Gauge (1:76 Scale) Class 6P Rebuilt Royal Scot 4-6-0 46102 'Black Watch' in BR Green Livery, various others and a box of track, etc.
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A GEORGE III MAHOGANY LONGCASE CLOCK WITH MOONPHASE, CONCENTRIC CALENDAR AND CENTRE SECONDSJohn Wyke, Liverpool, circa 1770The four pillar rack and bell striking movement with centre-planted Graham-type deadbeat escapement regulated by seconds pendulum, the 13.25 inch brass break-arch dial incorporating additional brass sweep centre seconds and pierced concentric calendar hands to the foliate scroll engraved matted centre within applied silvered Roman numeral chapter ring engraved with days-of-the-month to inner track and with Arabic five minutes to outer, with scroll-pierced steel hour and minute hands and female mask and scroll cast spandrels to angles, beneath arch with rolling moonphase calibrated with age of the moon to the circumference and with silvered star overlays to the delineated sphere engraved lunettes beneath arched silvered nameplate engraved JOHN WYKE LIVERPOOL to upper margin, the case in the manner of Gillows with cavetto moulded swan neck pediment, gilt scroll decorated blue glass panel inserts and break-arch frieze over the hinged glazed dial aperture flanked by square-section reeded Corinthian columns, the sides with conforming pilasters planted towards the rear, the trunk with dentil-edged concave throat and blind fretwork frieze over shaped-top caddy-moulded door flanked by fluted quarter-columns, the plinth base with stepped ogee top mouldings over shaped panel to front flanked by canted angles decorated with simulated quoins, on ogee bracket feet.246cm (97ins) high, 61cm (24ins) wide, 30.5cm (12ins) deep. Provenance: The Selwyn Demmy Collection. John Wyke of Prescott and Liverpool is recorded in Baillie, G.H. Watchmakers & Clockmakers of the World as born in Prescott in 1720 and working up until 1787. His life and work is much more comprehensively described by Alan Smith in the preface of Wyke, John A CATALOGUE OF TOOLS FOR WATCH AND CLOCK MAKERS facsimile reprint of the late 18th century catalogue published for The Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum by the University Press of Virginia, Charlottesville in 1978. Smith notes that Wyke was established in Prescott by 1753 and by 1759 was preparing to move to Liverpool where he was sworn in as a burgess in 1761. Shortly after moving to Liverpool Wyke became associated with other enlightened individuals such as fellow clockmaker and polymath Joseph Finney and the Liverpool merchant, Thomas Bentley of 'Wedgwood and Bentley' fame. Bentley in-turn introduced Wyke to Josiah Wedgewood who was looking for a suitably skilled toolmaker to supply punches and other tools for the potting trade. During this period Wyke's workshop established itself as a leading supplier of tools to the horological and other trades, indeed Smith notes that he supplied tools to the eminent engineer James Watt in 1767.In around 1770 John Wyke took in fellow clock and watchmaker Thomas Green into partnership; Green had been working for Wyke as foreman up to this point hence was seen as a natural successor. Wyke's health went into decline from around 1783 and he died at home in Liverpool in 1787 leaving Thomas Green to continue the business which he did until after 1800. The current lot is very much a typical example of Wyke's work (albeit with additional refinements of centre seconds and concentric calendar) and can be compared to two examples illustrated by Smith in the aforementioned publication on pages 8 and 9 (Figures 8-11).Condition Report: The movement is in relatively clean working condition with no evidence of alteration or significant replacements. The dial is in good clean condition with only very slight tarnishing/discolouration to the silvered finishes in places; the lunar disc retains original painted finish with slight wear/rubbing only. The movement and dial sit on what appears to be the original seatboard onto uprights (cheeks) within the case which are free from visible alteration/adjustment hence in our opinion the movement and dial are most likely original to the case. The case is generally in good original condition. The superstructure of the hood appears to survive in its original form (there is no evidence of a box or any other type of structure being previously fitted) and looks undisturbed. The infill to the front of the pediment is blue glass painted with gilt scrollwork - this is most likely a replacement as the original was most likely verre-eglomise. The inside of the hood has had some strengthening/re-gluing around the dial mask - this is most likely die to the mask becoming a little loose hence not indicative that the movement and dial have been married to the case.The trunk and base are in good original condition, the trunk door lock and hinges have been replaced otherwise faults are very muck limited to minor bumps, scuffs, shrinkage (most noticeably within the figuring of the trunk door veneers) and other slight age related blemishes commensurate with age and use.Clock has pendulum, two weights, pendulum, case key and winder. Condition Report Disclaimer
A FINE GEORGE III GOLD PAIR-CASED POCKET WATCH WITH CYLINDER ESCAPEMENTThomas Mudge and William Dutton, hallmarked London 1781The gilt full plate single fusee movement with four square section baluster pillars pinned through the backplate, scroll-pierced stop-iron block and cylinder escapement regulated by sprung three-arm steel balance with Tompion type regulation, the backplate with fine asymmetric foliate scroll pierced and engraved balance cock with herringbone bordered rim and grotesque mask at the junction with wedge-shaped relief engraved foot flanked by silvered regulation disc set within adjacent applied scroll engraved panel infill opposing signature Tho's Mudge, W. Dutton, London and numbered 1207, with gilt brass dust cover similarly signed Tho's Mudge, W. Dutton, London and slightly convex white enamel Roman numeral dial incorporating Arabic five minutes to outer track and with gold beetle and poker hands, the gold inner case applied with suspension post and ring at twelve o'clock and fitted with convex glass to bezel, the conforming outer case engraved with an oval cartouche enclosing armorial of a fist grasping a crescent over initials R H, both cases marked for London 1781 maker I T P for John Terrill Pain of Fetter Lane, London.The pillar plate 3.8cm (1.5ins approx.) diameter; the outer case 5cm (2ins) diameter. Provenance: Supplied new in 1781 to R. Hibbert (believed to be Robert) thence by direct family descent to the present owner. The crest engraved to the rear of the watch is recorded in Fairbairn's Book of Crests (1905) as belonging to the Hibbert family, Chorley, Lancashire and is described 'A Dexter Cubit Arm Erect, Vested Az., Cuffed Erm., Holding In The Hand Ppr. A Crescent Arg.'. Thomas Mudge was born in Exeter, Devon in 1717 and was apprenticed to George Graham before setting himself up in business at 151 Fleet Street, London in 1748. At around the time of the death of his former Master in 1751, Mudge was joined in partnership by a fellow former apprentice of Graham, William Dutton, who is recorded in Baillie, G.H. Watchmakers & Clockmakers of the World as apprenticed in 1738 and gaining his freedom of the Clockmakers' Company in 1746.The business subsequently traded from 148 Fleet Street and Mudge, whilst in partnership with Dutton, rapidly acquired a reputation as one of England's outstanding watchmakers. In around 1755, if not earlier, Mudge invented the detached lever escapement, which he first applied to a clock, but when incorporated into a watch became the greatest single improvement ever applied to them.In 1765 Mudge published the book, Thoughts on the Means of Improving Watches, Particularly those for Use at Sea, and the following year, alongside Dutton, was elevated to Liveryman. In around 1771 Thomas Mudge retired to Plymouth in order to spend more time to pursue his development of a marine timekeeper. The first of these went on trial in 1774 where it performed superbly leading to an award of 500 guineas. Mudge went on to complete two others in 1779 in the continuing attempt to satisfy the increasingly difficult requirements set by the Board of Longitude. They were tested by the Astronomer Royal, Nevil Maskelyne, and declared as being unsatisfactory. There followed a controversy in which it was claimed that Maskelyne had not given them a fair trial. A similar controversy had arisen when John Harrison had been denied the full amount of the 1714 prize by the Board of Longitude. Eventually, in 1792, two years before his death, Mudge was awarded £2,500 by a Committee of the House of Commons who decided for Mudge and against the Board of Longitude, then headed by Sir Joseph Banks.In around 1775 Dutton took both his sons (Thomas and Matthew) into the business forming a second partnership of William Dutton and Sons however the name Mudge and Dutton was often still used (mainly for watches) up to around 1790. William Dutton died in 1794 leaving the business to be continued very much in his tradition by his sons Thomas and Matthew. The cylinder escapement was developed in around 1695 by Thomas Tompion and further refined by George Graham in 1726. This new escapement was perhaps the first developed exclusively for watch work and, as well as being a better rate keeper, the cylinder escapement also allowed movements to be made more compact (due to the escapement operating in one plane only). However, being a form of frictional rest escapement, the cylinder escapement was prone to relatively heavy rates of wear hence was less reliable than the verge (until hardened steel escape wheels and ruby cylinders were developed later in the 18th century).The present watch is remarkable in that it has survived in fine original condition having remained in the same family ownership since it was made.Condition Report: The escape wheel is a replacement (almost certainly a 'service' replacement due to wear to the teeth) otherwise movement appears to be all-original and in very fine condition with strong clean gilding with no scuffing etc around the dial and movement feet pins. The movement is in fine working condition. The dust cover is in fine original condition with negligible wear to the gilding or blued slide-latch. The dial appears to be in perfect condition except for a very slight tiny dimple to the enamel next to the XI numeral (can only be seen on very close examination under reflected light). There is no visible evidence of restoration. The inner case is free from noticeable denting or repair and the hinge and bezel are in fine condition and align perfectly. The outer case is also in very fine condition having only slight rubbing to the engraved crest. There are no visible dents or evidence of repair and the case closes perfectly with fully operational clasp.Watch is complete with a late Georgian gold winding key. Condition Report Disclaimer
Graham, a gents Chronofighter oversize Superlight Carbon wristwatch, with watch passport purchased in 2014, booklet, tag, box and outer box.Condition reports are offered as a guide only and we highly recommend that you inspect any lot to satisfy yourself as to its condition.Plymouth Auction Rooms do not guarantee the working order or accuracy of any watches sold. Please refer to clause 15 on our terms of business.
The superb Egyptian War C.B. group of four awarded to Colonel D. Hammill, Gordon Highlanders, who led the 1st Gordons in the charge of the Highland Brigade at Tel-el-Kebir, and again commanded the regiment at the battles of El-Teb and Tamaai, and in the Nile Expedition The Most Honourable Order of The Bath, C.B. (Military) Companion’s breast badge, 22 carat gold and enamels, hallmarked London 1857, maker’s mark ‘WN’ for William Neale, complete with swivel-ring gold bar suspension and gold ribbon buckle; Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, 4 clasps, Tel-El-Kebir, Suakin 1884, El-Teb-Tamaai, The Nile 1884-85 (Lieut-Col. D. Hammill. 1/Gord: Highrs.); Ottoman Empire, Order of the Medjidie, Third Class neck badge, silver, gold and enamels; Khedive’s Star 1882, unnamed as issued, the first with chipping to obverse wreath, otherwise very fine or better (4) £5,000-£7,000 --- Provenance: A. J. Henderon Collection, Dix Noonan Webb, September 2007. Denzil Hammill was born at New Brighton, Cheshire, on 11 July 1840, and was commissioned as an Ensign into the 75th Regiment on 16 January 1858. He rose steadily through the ranks to that of Lieutenant-Colonel in December 1880, when he succeeded to the command of the 1st Gordons. He served throughout the Egyptian War of 1882 in command of the 1st Battalion Gordon Highlanders, and was present at the battle of Tel-el-Kebir, when the Highland Brigade stormed the trenches in the dark, the 1st Gordons between the Camerons and the Black Watch, led by Colonel Hammill and Major Boyes, who jumped their horses over the parapet amidst a hail of fire from the enemies trenches. For his services during the campaign he was mentioned in despatches, made a Companion of the Bath and received the 3rd Class of the Medjidie. Hammill next served in the Soudan Expedition under Sir Gerald Graham in 1884, again in command of the 1st Battalion Gordon Highlanders, and was present at the battles of El-Teb and Tamaai; ‘surely soldiers never saw a finer sight than the Gordons presented when, led by Colonel Hammill and Major Boyes, both mounted, they advanced over the rifle pits to storm the battery at Teb.’ Hammill was again mentioned in despatches and received the brevet of Colonel. He subsequently commanded the 1st Gordons in the Nile Expedition in 1884-85 and with the River Column under Major-General Earle. In addition to his other honours, Hammill received the Egyptian medal with four clasps and the Khedive’s Bronze Star. He retired and was made Honorary Major-General in October 1885. Sold with full research and muster details.
George Graham. A silver key wind open face pocket watchDate: Circa 1715Movement: Engraved gilt full plate fusee verge, pierced and engraved winged balance cock, 3 arm balance, diamond end stone, silver regulation, Egyptian pillars, No.4718Dial: Silvered guilloché engraved, black Roman numerals, outer minute track with Arabic numeral five minute markers, blued steel beetle and poker handsCase: Hinged polished inner and outer, No.4718 Signed: Dial & movement, both cases stamped WSSize: 51mmFootnotes:Born in 1673 George Graham was one of the most eminent English makers. He was apprenticed to Thomas Tompion in 1688 and was free of the Clockmakers Company in 1695, becoming Master in 1722. After completing his apprenticeship, he became Tompion's assistant in 1796 and partner circa 1711-1713, succeeding him after his death. Graham died in 1751 and is buried alongside Tompion in Westminster Abbey.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A silver pair cased verge watch, late 18th c, with Continental style dial and bridge balance, both bearing spurious signature GRAHAM, 55mm Movement apparently complete but not working, wanting glass, dial dirty but enamel not cracked or chipped, seconds hand lacking arrow, outer case slightly dented below the pushpiece and not quite closing shut, but otherwise undamaged
An 18ct gold Swiss side wind half hunter pocket watch,5.50mm diameter, Kew certificated class 'A'. Black enamel Arabic numerals and chapter ring to the front cover, with a white enamel dial, black Arabic numerals, blued double spade hands and subsidiary seconds dial, signed 'Aird Thomson and Mackellar, Glasgow'. A plain back case, gold cuvette with a hand engraved presentation engraving 'To T. Graham Menzies esq. from Nobel's - Glasgow, in appreciation of his valuable advice in connection with Misk Cordite Factory erected for the Great War of 1914.' Import hallmark, London 1910. Case no. 514531, movement no. 305187 Peerless. Original case. 114.09gCondition report: Winds and ticking but no guarantee as to time keeping or continued running.Light surface marks commensurate with its age.No loss of enamel.Small shallow dent to the front cover below the pendant on the curve of the case.Name to the dial very worn.No hairlines.Hinges and shuts good.
A Victorian silver open face fusee pocket watch, the fusee movement signed 'James Graham Glasgow 8836', case maker James Thickbroom, London 1864, with floral chased silver dial with subsidiary seconds, 50mm. engine turned case with chased cartouche to back, with key, with silver fob chain and silver and gold prize medal. * Winds and runs. Dial good, wear to paint on seconds dial. Some wear to engine turned decoration to case. Fob chain good.
A 1937 Morris 8 series 1 Motor Car Registration No. COY 216 first registered on the 19th March 1937. Chassis No. S1/E 136088, a reconditioned engine Serial No. B74738 was apparently fitted in 1955, when she was eighteen. She is very attractively finished in blue and black and these vehicles had a surprisingly economical 4 cylinder side-valve petrol engine of about 918 cc capacity, although the documents curiously refer to a cubic capacity of 885 cc. Write-ups refer to economy in the region of 44 M.P.G. This series 1 car with the attractive honeycomb grill is in lovely condition physically and mechanically having been the subject of comprehensive restoration work with many new parts and she runs like a watch having excellent oil pressure and starting on the button whether hot or cold. She has a new S.U. carburettor and fuel pump as well as new tyres all round including the spare. She is classified as an Historic Vehicle, as such requiring to be road taxed but this is free of charge and she is not subject to the requirement of M.O.T. testing. Insurance for historic vehicles is available from specialist insurance companies at very reasonable premiums. As well as the V5C(W) registration document, there are three old brown and one green log-books present detailing ownerships and regular road taxing (starting at 5 Guineas!). The first owner was a Percy Newman Hyde of Purley, Surrey, then on the 18 June, 1945 she was registered to Nellie Winifred Wotton of South Croydon, going back into the name of the original owner a week later on the 23 June,1945. He continued to own and use the car it being taxed variously at Purley, Wallington, Surrey and Croydon. From the 6 September, 1962 the owner was a Richard Graham Byers of Wallington. On 20 May, 1963 the owner registered is a David Nigel House of Beddington, Croydon, then from 7 September,1964?, a Patrick Robin Jay of Paddock Wood, Kent. On 6 July, 1970 ownership passed to a Terence Alan Collins of High Halden, Ashford, Kent, then on 9 August, 1971 to a Walter Wayne Harrison of Maidstone Kent who moved to Aspley Guise, Bletchley, Bucks. From 24 April, 1972 she was in the ownership of a David Roy Ellis of Woburn Wild Animal Kingdom, Bedfordshire. On 22 January, 1973 she became registered to an Alan John Stafford of Renaold, Bedfordshire who moved to Brickhill, Bedfordshire. A gap in the ownership details then exists, the next recorded owner being a Mrs. Clare Edwards of Ludlow who acquired the car on the 17 September, 2010 the current Abergavenny based owner acquiring the car on the 12 December, 2010. He has thoroughly enjoyed his time with the car but now wishes to pursue other interests. We were very much looking forward to driving the car to our sale-rooms but due to being sorn'd, we resorted to trailering her but she behaved faultlessly during our photo session and whilst moving her in and out of covered storage at the sale-rooms. All in all an economical motor car with four-wheel braking eager to attend rallies and road runs now that such may commence once more. Included with her are: An "Operation Manual for the Morris Eight Series 1" (1936), a 1960 hard-bound volume "Car Maintenance Series Morris Cars (models from 1934)", a Pitman's Motorist's Library - "The Book of the Morris Eight and The Morris Minor", an invaluable book to the owner "The Morris Eight (Series E) Workshop Manual", and a card-back volume entitled "Fifty Years of Motoring", 1960, a fascinating book with numerous illustrations of motor cars through the years. Please also look out for the following lots including many Morris Eight Spares, as well as the owner's workshop tools. ****N.B. The Buyer's Premium on this Lot will be 10% + VAT (Total 12%). If purchased via the saleroom.com an additional 5% + VAT will be added 18% TOTAL.****
Thomas Tompion, London. A fine and rare gold key wind repoussé quarter repeating pair case pocket watchDate: Inner Case London Hallmark for 1693Movement: Gilt full plate fusee verge, pierced and engraved winged balance cock, polished steel 3-arm balance with underslung balance spring, baluster and Egyptian pillars, polished hammers striking on a bellDial: Later white enamel, black Roman numerals, black outer minute track with Arabic numeral five minute markers, later gilt decorative handsCase: Finely engraved and pierced inner case depicting flora, fauna and birds with very unusual regulator segment to reverse, inner ring, bell secured by 1 screw, pierced outer repoussé case depicting the Judgement of HerculesSigned: Inner case stamped WI for William Jaques, movement signed on top plate, numbered on dial plateSize: 44mmFootnotes:Thomas Tompion is commonly referred to as the father of English clockmaking. His workshops were renowned and he had patrons in the highest levels of English society and with good reason. He has created some of the greatest clocks in the world and was one of the first to use balance springs in watches. He famously employed George Graham who married his niece and succeeded him in the company.The current example is hallmarked for London 1693 with a makers mark for William Jaques who also made for Daniel Quare and is mentioned in Philip Priestley's Early Watch Casemakers. The watch is numbered on the dial plate, under the contrate wheel, under the bell and by the pendant.Tompion made a feature of the regulator bringing it through the back of the case with a finely engraved surround to the sector aperture and a female square that fits to the regulator when the movement is closed into the case. This is a rare and early feature and is mentioned in the book Thomas Tompion, 300 years, Evans Carter Wright for the watch number 144.The dial and outer repoussé case were likely to have been put to the watch in the late 1730's and may have been provided by George Graham as he was producing similar watches at that time and would have had contact with Tompions clients. This would have been an update to bring the very fine watch back to the vogue of Rococo.Previously sold at auction in 1966 and 1986.With thanks to Jeremy Evans and David Penney.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
18th century silver and tortoiseshell quadruple cased verge fusee pocket watch by Graham, London, square baluster pillars, pierced and engraved balance cock, signed white enamel dial with Roman numerals and Fleur de Lys decoration, tortoiseshell third outer case with pique work to the borders, in a fitted later white metal fourth caseCondition Report:Movement currently functioning, clean dial, a few light scratches to glass, inner and second case good (a couple of minor dents but structurally sound), third case cracks to back, some small losses and rubbing push button rubbed but still closes tight, outer case some minor dents and rubbing, outer case diameter = 68mmClick here to view further images, condition reports, sale times & delivery costs for this lot.
A ladies stainless steel Graham Chronofighter 1695 Lady Moon wristwatch, no. 1021, the signed grey dial with baton and diamond hour markers, moon phase to 12, subsidiary seconds dials and date aperture to 6, quartz movement, within a stainless steel case numbered AN-2CXBS, with maker's lizard skin strap, case diameter 36mm, with maker's box and certificate of origin.Condition report: Overall condition very goodWatch working at time of cataloguingLight and minor scratches in keeping with occasional wearSome minor wear to strapBox in good condition
Sarah Jeffries Morph One, 2020 Acrylic on Paper Signed verso 15 x 10cm (5¾ x 3¾ in.)Painter, Collagist and Image Activist Painter, Collagist and Image Activist Education 2002-04 Royal College of Art, MA Painting 1999-02 Bucks University, BA Fine Art 1996-99 Canterbury College, GNVQ Art & Design Solo Shows 2013 Female, Pili Pili Gallery, Knokke, Belgium 2011 Once Upon a Time..., Pili Pili Art Gallery, Knokke, Belgium 2008 Within These Walls, Waterhouse & Dodd, Mayfair, London 2004 Persona, Putignano Arte, Putignano, Italy Two Person Shows 2019 Picture Interrupted, Mike Bartlett & Sarah Jeffries, Transition Gallery London 2005 We've Been Here Before, Laura Green & Sarah Jeffries, Blyth Gallery, Imperial College London Selected Group Shows 2019 People Pictures, Jack House Gallery, Portsmouth, Hampshire 2019 Indoor Voices, Curated by Graham Crowley, Greystone Industries, Suffolk 2018 LANDSCAPE, The Lone Wolf Projects, Sluice Exchange, Berlin 2018 Transcendence, The Cello Factory, Waterloo, London 2017 Connect/Disconnect, Watch This Space Gallery, Eastleigh, Hampshire 2016 The Cat Show, PAPER Gallery, Manchester 2016 Let's Make a Better World, The Cello Factory, Waterloo, London 2015 Existence, Zoe Hawkins Gallery, Winchester, Hampshire 2012 The Zeitgeist Open 2012, ZAP, London 2011 Help a Capital Child Fundraising Art Event, Chelsea Football Club, London 2009 Lineart Fair, Pili Pili Art Gallery, Knokke, Belgium 2009 Impossible Exchange, Frieze, London 2009 Summer Exhibition, Pili Pili Art Gallery, Knokke, Belgium 2008 The Chef, The Artist, The Architect & His Curator, Full Moon At The Fortezza, Italy 2008 Art Hamptons, Waterhouse & Dodd Stand, New York 2008 The Painting Room, Transition Gallery, London Awards 2010 Commendations, Aesthetica Creative Works Annual 2004 Fine Art Pyramid Award, Deutsche Bank, London 1999 Painting Skills of The Year, Canterbury College, Kent, Waterhouse & Dodd It's great to hear about Art on a Postcard and very happy to be involved.
Sarah Jeffries Morph Two, 2020 Acrylic on Paper Signed verso 15 x 10cm (5¾ x 3¾ in.) Painter, Collagist and Image Activist Education 2002-04 Royal College of Art, MA Painting 1999-02 Bucks University, BA Fine Art 1996-99 Canterbury College, GNVQ Art & Design Solo Shows 2013 Female, Pili Pili Gallery, Knokke, Belgium 2011 Once Upon a Time..., Pili Pili Art Gallery, Knokke, Belgium 2008 Within These Walls, Waterhouse & Dodd, Mayfair, London 2004 Persona, Putignano Arte, Putignano, Italy Two Person Shows 2019 Picture Interrupted, Mike Bartlett & Sarah Jeffries, Transition Gallery London 2005 We've Been Here Before, Laura Green & Sarah Jeffries, Blyth Gallery, Imperial College London Selected Group Shows 2019 People Pictures, Jack House Gallery, Portsmouth, Hampshire 2019 Indoor Voices, Curated by Graham Crowley, Greystone Industries, Suffolk 2018 LANDSCAPE, The Lone Wolf Projects, Sluice Exchange, Berlin 2018 Transcendence, The Cello Factory, Waterloo, London 2017 Connect/Disconnect, Watch This Space Gallery, Eastleigh, Hampshire 2016 The Cat Show, PAPER Gallery, Manchester 2016 Let's Make a Better World, The Cello Factory, Waterloo, London 2015 Existence, Zoe Hawkins Gallery, Winchester, Hampshire 2012 The Zeitgeist Open 2012, ZAP, London 2011 Help a Capital Child Fundraising Art Event, Chelsea Football Club, London 2009 Lineart Fair, Pili Pili Art Gallery, Knokke, Belgium 2009 Impossible Exchange, Frieze, London 2009 Summer Exhibition, Pili Pili Art Gallery, Knokke, Belgium 2008 The Chef, The Artist, The Architect & His Curator, Full Moon At The Fortezza, Italy 2008 Art Hamptons, Waterhouse & Dodd Stand, New York 2008 The Painting Room, Transition Gallery, London Awards 2010 Commendations, Aesthetica Creative Works Annual 2004 Fine Art Pyramid Award, Deutsche Bank, London 1999 Painting Skills of The Year, Canterbury College, Kent, Waterhouse & Dodd It's great to hear about Art on a Postcard and very happy to be involved. Condition Report: Condition Report Disclaimer
A Collection of various Novels which includes titles and authors: 1st edition Behind the lines by AA Milne, Loser Takes all by Graham Greene, The Dead King by Rudyard Kipling, The Piper of Hamlin a fantastic opera by Robert Buchanan, The Puck Novels- The Coming Race by Bulwer Lytton- 1873, The Immortal Memory of Robert Burns A Medical Aspect by J. Purves- Stewart, Jonas Fisher- A Poem in Brown & White, 1st edition The Adventures of a Three Guinea Watch by Talboy Baines Reed, House at the corner and The man who stopped to help by Enid Blyton and The Bird- cage by A.J. Young [Signed by the author]
Thomas Tompion and George Graham - a Queen Anne verge pocket watch, movement No. 4650, London circa 1713, the full plate gilt verge movement with four Egyptian pillars, pinned through the front plate and three-arm sprung steel balance, signed and numbered to the back plate, having fine border symmetrical foliate scroll pierced and engraved balance cock with female mask decoration, blue steel hands, signed 'Tho. Tompian, Geo. Graham London' and numbered 4560, now fitted to a late 18th century circular white enamel dial with Roman numerals, the whole housed in an ebony case, full dia.14.5cmCondition report: Dial good, no cracks or repairs.Some light surface scratches only.Glass good.Brass bezel tarnished but otherwise good.Ebonised case with one chip and grubby, but otherwise sound.Watch fully running.All visible components in good to very good condition.Hands are loose when watch held upright, probably not fully engaged.
Thomas Tompion, London. A fine gold key wind pair case pocket watchDate: London Hallmark for 1700Movement: Gilt full plate fusee verge, winged pierced and engraved balance cock, silver regulation, tulip pillars, No.3139Dial: Gold champlevé with signed central panel, black Roman numerals, black outer minute divisions and Arabic numeral 5 minute markers, blued steel beetle and poker handsCase: Polished inner and outer pair, both stamped WS and numbered 3139Signed: Dial & movementSize: 51mm Accompaniments: Associated shagreen outer caseFootnotes:Thomas Tompion (1639-1713) is commonly referred to as the father of English clockmaking and is undoubtedly the greatest Watch and Clockmaker of the 17th Century.Born on the 25th July 1639 the son of a blacksmith, little is known of Tompions life before he was admitted to the Clockmakers Company on the 4th September 1671. From there he gained his freedom of the Company in 1674 and became Master in 1704.His workshops were renowned and he had patrons in the highest levels of English society and with good reason. He has created some of the greatest clocks in the world and was one of the first to use balance springs in watches. He famously employed George Graham who married his niece and succeeded him in the company.This watch is recorded in Thomas Tompion 300 Years by Jeremy Evans, Jonathan Carter and Ben Wright.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: YY Subject to CITES regulations when exporting items outside of the EU, see clause 13.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Graham Chronofighter 1695 chronograph automatic stainless steel gentleman's wristwatch, ref. AN-2CXAS, serial no. 15xx, circular black dial with quarter Arabic numerals, baton markers, minute markers with Arabic quarter divisions, subsidiary thirty minute recording dial, date aperture and chronograph centre seconds, crown at the nine position with quick set date and chronograph start/stop button, chronograph reset button at the ten position, signed 25 jewel adjusted five positions movement, case back with exhibition window, Graham black leather strap with Graham buckle, 42mm - ** Graham box with outer cover, pouch, Graham watch passport dated 15/8/2015, instruction booklet - Condition Report: - Movement - currently functioning, chronograph tested to one minute rotation and functioning correctly. Dial - good. Glass - good. Hands - good. Case - good. Crown - good, push buttons start/stop and reset. Strap - good. - Condition reports are provided for general guidance only. Please view images and further information can be obtained upon request. Gardiner Houlgate do not guarantee the working order or time accuracy of any lots. Due to the opening of the wristwatch case backs, it is recommended watches are re-sealed by professional technicians to ensure any stated water resistance is retained
George Graham, London - silver verge pair cased pocket watch, circa 1720, the fusee movement signed Geo. Graham, London, no. 4984, with pierced engraved balance cock with mask and diamond endstone, flat steel three arm balance, silvered regulating disc and Eygptian style pillars, enamel dial with Roman numerals, outer Arabic five minute divisions and minute track, blued steel beetle and poker hands, plain inner case with winding hole and shutter, plain outer case with rubbed engraving, both cases numbered '4984' and stamped 'WS', 49mm - ** with 'Clock and Watch Registration Form' from The Antiquarian Horological Society dated 13/7/1992 - Condition Report: - Movement - currently functioning. Dial - generally good, some light marks. Glass - light marks. Hands - some light marks. Case - inner case with surface marks and bruise marks, outer case with a bruise mark, surface marks, rubbed engraving and an indentation to the button. - Condition reports are provided for general guidance only. Please view images and further information can be obtained upon request. Gardiner Houlgate do not guarantee the working order or time accuracy of any lots. Due to the opening of the wristwatch case backs, it is recommended watches are re-sealed by professional technicians to ensure any stated water resistance is retained
Of Royal Provenance. One of only two known regulators by Thomas Reid with his spring pallet escapement and pendulum. A fine and very rare early 19th century mahogany floorstanding regulator of one month duration, DATED 1816.Reid and Auld, Edinburgh. The movement repeat signed and dated.The case:the shallow arched hood with moulded cornice over canted front angles to a concave throat moulding, the dial surround lined in brass, over a long trunk door with shaped glazed panel to reveal the arc of the pendulum against an engraved silvered beat scale, and the descent of the brass cylindrical weight, flanked by conforming canted front angles, on a panel base with applied shaped moulding on a plinth raised on block feet. The interior of the trunk door applied with various labels including a 19th century printed 'Table of the Equation of Time'; a description of the clock hand written in sepia ink; an oval label of the 20th century Antique clock retailer Percy Webster; and an illustration from Britten's Encyclopedia of 1894. Further set with the engraved brass presentation plaque 'Presented to / THE LADY ALICE MONTAGU DOUGLAS SCOTT / on the occasion of her Marriage with / H.R.H. THE DUKE OF GLOUCESTER, K.G., P.C., K.T. / From the Directors & Senior Officials of the Royal Bank of Scotland / of which Bank her Father / The Seventh Duke of Buccleuch & Queensberry K.T., GVCO was Governor / 6th November 1935.' The backboard of solid mahogany one inch (25mm) in thickness sporting a shaped heavy cast iron plate occupying nearly half the length of the backboard to support both the movement and the pendulum. The dial:the 9.5 inch shallow arched dial signed in the upper part 'Reid & Auld, Edinburgh' in a flowing script over an Arabic minute track marked in tens, the upper half of the dial containing the Arabic seconds ring, the lower with a twice 1-12 Arabic hour ring, with original blued steel hands.The movement: of one month duration and heavy brass plates cast to allow the positioning of the barrel to the left hand side, united by four substantial turned pillars and secured to the cast iron seat-plate by three very heavy brass brackets, the seat-plate located on two pairs of brass angled brackets mounted to the tops of the case cheeks, the entire lower assembly using 18 screws to lock the movement in position. The movement is further secured within the case by a bridge-arrangement spanning from the heavy cast iron plate on the case back board to an extension piece set above the movement backplate. The iron horizontal seat plate and the vertical backboard plate both carry pairs of runners that would have originally located the brass-framed and glazed dust cover (cover now lacking). The brass weight suspended on a pulley of six crossings, pulling the gut line through a moving slide set on runners on the seatplate. The wheel train:the five wheel train with high count wheels of six crossings with pinions ranging from 24 on the second wheel to 16 on the 'scape wheel, terminating in Reid's deadbeat spring pallet escapement, all arbors with hardened steel end-plates where possible. The long crutch to Reid's own pendulum consisting of a larger diameter hollow zinc tube flanked by a pair of steel rods terminating in a typical massive bob with engraved rating nut. 174cms (5ft 8.5ins) high. Footnotes:Provenance: Their Royal Highnesses, The Dukes of Gloucester.A wedding present from the Directors and Senior Officials of the Royal Bank of Scotland to Lady Alice Montagu Douglas Scott, later Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester (1901-2004). Lady Alice married Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester (1900-1974), the third son of George V, on 6th November 1935.The oval plaque applied to the interior of the case is that of Percy Webster, the highest profile antique clock dealer working between the wars. Webster would have been the natural choice for anyone wishing to buy the finest clocks on the market at that time. The current clock is one of only four known regulators in the world by Thomas Reid, and one of only two that retain his original spring pallet escapement and pendulum. All four were made between 1811 and 1818 and comprise:1811 made for Lord Gray for his private observatory at Kinfauns Castle, Perthshire, Scotland. The month duration movement has a mercury pendulum and is remarkable for the use of anti-friction rollers. Remained with the family until 1934, altered to Richie's deadbeat escapement at about this time. Advertised by Derek Roberts Antiques, Tonbridge, Kent, in 'Antiquarian Horology' Vol.19, no.2, p131. 'This historically and technically very important regulator of 45 days duration was made by Reid virtually regardless of expense.'1813 made for Calton Hill Observatory, Edinburgh. Eight day duration, mercury pendulum. Altered in the 1850s to deadbeat escapement. Used, among other things, to time the daily firing of the gun at Edinburgh Castle at 1pm, and to ensure the correct drop of the time ball of the Nelson monument on Calton Hill. See 'Antiquarian Horology', Vol. 8, no.1, pp.51-61. 'The Astronomical clocks at the Observatory, Calton Hill, Edinburgh' by Christopher Wood, F.R.A.S.1816 the current lot. Month duration, original escapement and pendulum. Royal ownership since 1935. 1818 Month duration, original escapement and pendulum. Donated in the late 19th century by E. Thompson to the British Horological Institute. Restored in the late 1980s - see 'The BHI Reid and Auld Spring Pallet Regulator' by R. John Griffiths, 'Horological Journal', August 1992. Thomas Reid was born in Dysart, near Fife in 1746. Aged 16 he was apprenticed to his gifted clockmaking cousin James Cowan. When the latter died, Thomas returned from London to take over the business, proclaiming in the 28th November 1781 Edinburgh Evening Courant that '.... having received the instructions of the first masters in that profession, did carry on business and was employed in the execution of first-rate work there..' He ends the announcement with the promise that '..he makes no doubt of giving entire satisfaction to his employers'. Reid's skill and confidence were soon rewarded with public commissions all over Scotland including the first clock for the spire of St. Andrews Parish Church on George Street and improvements to the clock of St Giles' Kirk. His two movements for Annan Town Hall are particularly remarkable in that he designed them so as to allow access to each of the wheels independently from one another. He is best known today for his treatise 'On Clock and Watch making' written in retirement and which eventually ran to six editions. He died on 24th September 1831. Thomas Reid took William Auld into partnership in 1806. Comparative literature:'The BHI Reid and Auld Spring Pallet Regulator dated 1818', R. John Griffiths, 'Horological Journal', Vol.135, no.2.'William Hardy and his spring-pallet regulators', Charles Allix, 'Antiquarian Horology', vol.18, no.6 pp.607-629.Roberts, D. (2003) 'English Precision Pendulum Clocks'. Schiffer Publishing. pp.94-100.Smith, J. (1975) Old Scottish Clockmakers from 1453 to 1850. Redwood Burn Limited. A review of the innovation following the pioneering work with gravity escapements from the earlier years of the 18th century is given below:THOMAS REID'S SPRING PALLET REGULATORSby Andrew KingWith the considerable advance towards the development of the marine timekeeper in the middle years of the eighteenth century, thought was evolving with new ideas to increase the precision of pendulum regulators. The dead beat escapement refined by George Graham earlier in the century was a very simple and generally robust system, but with the more recent successful achievement of the detached spring detent escapement in what was now, by the late eighteenth centur... For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A SILVER OPEN FACED POCKET WATCH, the enamel dial named Geo. Graham London No.5170, movement with square baluster pillars, the fusee cylinder escapement named Geo. Graham London 5870, silvered regulation, diamond endstone, dust cover also named and with scratched number to the inside, in a Victorian silver case, case maker William Francis, London 1841, dial 4cm, overall diameter 4.5cm (condition: case has worn engine turning, enamel dial has chips and cracks at 12, 4, 5 and 6 o'clock)
Michael Padbury, Chertsey a silver pair cased pocket watch: the timepiece fusee movement having a verge escapement with the plain steel balance regulation having a pierced and engraved backcock and Tompion regulation, the backplate with further engraved decoration and signed Mich. Padbury, Chertsey No. 109, the white enamel dial with black Roman hour numerals and blued steel beetle and poker hands, the case hallmarked for silver London, 1790 and stamped with the casemaker's initials TG for Thomas Graham, the outer pair case with matching hallmark and initials, diameter, 50mm, together with key.
A gilt-metal consular cased cylinder watch with sweep centre secondsThe movement by George Graham, London, No. 6195, circa 1744, the case laterThe consular case with pendant, hinged glazed front cover, 42.5mm diameter enamel dial (re-enamelled) with blued steel beetle-and-poker hands, polished sweep steel seconds, stop lever at 8.30, signed gilt dust cover, the movement signed Geo. Graham, 6195 London, with finely pierced cock engraved with a mask, diamond endstone, chain fusée and three square-shaped baluster columns54.5mm diam.George Graham (b. 1675) was apprenticed in 1688 to Henry Aske and was free of the Clockmakers' Company in 1695. His uncle was Thomas Tompion, to whom he was assistant from 1696, and in partnership with from 1711; he succeded Tompion and is buried next to him in Westminster Abbey. He died in 1751.
George V silver twin handled tray engraved with The Royal Highlanders Black Watch crest "Presented to Henry Norman Wilson On His Marriage By Some Of His Brother Officers 25th April 1929" and bearing seventy signatures including Keith Purvis-Russell-Montgomery, Ruthven, W R Buckwall, Ritchie, Hamilton, W P Barclay, Hudson, Sandeman, Thomson, Drummondwolff, Ranald Graham Murray, W N Roper Caldbeck, etc., maker TB&S Thomas Bradbury & Sons Ltd, London 1926, retailers mark Mackay & Chisholm of Edinburgh, approximately 5000g, 74cm x 46cm
Hornby 00 Gauge Train Packs with replaced Locomotives and Coaches, R3059 Tornado Express comprising BR green 60163 'Tornado' and three Graham Farish SR green coaches, R2660M The Norfolkman comprising Mainline renamed LMS crimson Royal Scot Class 6102 'Black Watch' and three correct Hornby BR maroon coaches and another R2660M comprising Airfix kitbuilt Battle of Britain Locomotive and tender in SR green number 2520 'Mustang' with a Tri-ang Hornby non-Bulleid chassis and the three correct Hornby BR maroon coaches, all in original boxes F-G, boxes F-G, some writing on inside of boxes (3)
GRAHAM - Chronofighter Vintage GMT Men's Watch. Comes with original box and paperwork. 28 jewels. Power reserve: 48 hours. Movement certification Chronofiable® (improved shock absorption).Case: 44 mm steel caseSteel fast-action start/stop trigger and reset pusherCeramic bezel (Zr02) with GMT scaleUnidirectional rotating bezel with 24 positionsand lateral helical toothing decorationDomed sapphire crystal with anti-reflective coatingSee-through sapphire crystal case backDial: Blue sunbrushed dial with radial gradient, black snailed minutes and seconds countersWhite Super-LumiNova hands, numerals and indexes (Grade A, highly luminescent) GMT hand with red tip and white Super-LumiNovaCalibre: Calibre G1733, automatic chronograph , 28'800 A/h (4Hz), Incabloc shock absorber
AN EARLY 19TH CENTURY IRISH MAHOGANY FRAMED DOUBLE BED, probably Cork, the headboard with carved quarter patterae, surmounted with a spiral turned arched cross beam supported by spiral turned tapering pillars, the footboard with conforming spiral decoration and with reeded finials. 168cm wide x 212cm long; the inner measurements for a mattress are 159cm wide x 190cm longCork Furniture - Furniture became more readily available in provincial centres in the early nineteenth century and the street directories list the names of many cabinetmakers even in small market towns. The urban and trading middle class had been on the ascendant from the middle of the eighteenth century, with the development of large scale producers in the milling and linen industries. Merchants invested in industrial development, as did many landowners. In the early nineteenth century, the directories indicate that numerous towns sustained a range of shops offering a wide selection of goods supporting luxury trades including cabinetmakers, although information on these individuals and the furniture they produced is scant. Cork in particular, supported a thriving cabinetmaking trade producing distinctive furniture in the early nineteenth century. Cork had blossomed culturally with many new institutions founded after 1800. By then it was the second city in Ireland, with a population of 106,000. In 1835, when Robert Graham visited the city, he praised its wide, airy streets and ‘magnificent harbour.’ He described Patrick Street as handsome and ‘one not easily matched in many places.’By 1846 there were thirty-one cabinetmakers listed in the directory for Cork, with sixteen of these listed as both cabinetmakers and upholsterers. This is a considerable number (Belfast had fifteen and Limerick just nine) and there were also listed two chair-makers, eight carvers and gilders, including Richard Clarke at 20 Cook Street, as well as five furniture brokers and three upholsterers. The city sustained twelve architects and ten painters. Other luxury trades included chimneypiece manufacturers, engravers and copper plate manufacturers, jewellers, gun makers, umbrella and glove makers, watch and clock makers. Cork cabinetmakers produced furniture, which reflected knowledge of published patterns, but retained distinctive elements that deserve further investigation.
A very rare clockmaker’s journeyman regulator or transit instrument movement Edward John Dent, London, mid 19th century The six knopped pillar movement with arched plates measuring 8.625 by 5.25 inches containing a weight-driven three-wheel train incorporating Graham-type deadbeat escapement for regulation by a seconds pendulum and fitted with a pin to one of the crossings for operating the passing minute strike sounding on a bell mounted to the inside top left of the backplate, the frontplate silvered and engraved with integral dial with seconds ring incorporating Arabic five minutes and radial baton markers and with red-painted hand fitted directly onto the escapewheel arbor over signature Edward J. Dent, Strand LONDON across the centre and further minute dial with conforming numerals and batons with blued steel hand fitted directly on the greatwheel arbor. Edward John Dent was a talented horologist who at the age of 17 transferred his apprenticeship from the trade of tallow chandler to watchmaking under the charge of Edward Gaudin in 1807. By 1817 he had become well known as a watch and clockmaker receiving commissions from the Admiralty for a 'Standard Astronomical Clock' and pocket chronometers for the Colonial Office Africa Expedition. In 1830 Dent went into partnership with the renowned watch and chronometer maker John Roger Arnold which continued until 1840 when he left and set up business alone as E.J. Dent at 82 Strand, London, primarily making marine chronometers, watches and precision clocks. In 1843 the firm expanded taking on a second premises at 33 Cocksur Street, with the Strand premises moving down the road to number 61 by 1851. In 1852 Edward Dent successfully tendered to make the 'great clock' to be housed in Stephen's tower at the New Palace of Westminster. The clock was completed by 1859, apparently at a financial loss to the firm, however it ensured that Dent became a household name synonymous with fine clockmaking.Unfortunately Edward John Dent did not live to see the installation of the 'great clock' as he died in 1853. He was succeeded by his stepson Frederick Rippon Dent, who, in partnership with his brother Richard, continued to expand the business. By 1862 the firm had added 34 Cockspur Street and 34 & 35 Royal Exchange to their list of addresses and, although having seen natural passage of ownership over the intervening years, the business still continues to trade today as Dent & Co. The current lot is made to the design believed to have first been devised by the eminent horologist John Shelton in around 1770. Indeed four such timepieces were supplied to the Royal Observatory in Greenwich during the 1760’s and an example resides in the collection of the Museum of the History of Science, Oxford (Inventory number 46869). A very similar timepiece, this time by Ellicott and housed in a floor-standing case, is illustrated in Roberts, Derek English Precision Pendulum Clocks. Figs. 12-10 A,B and further example by John Holmes was sold at Bonhams, London sale of Fine Clocks 27th June 2017 (lot 72) for £6,875.Traditionally such timepieces were thought to have been used in a workshop to assist in the regulation of watches where the rate can be checked by both reading the dial and listening for the passing strike sounding every minute. However it would appear that their primary purpose was to assist astronomers for timing the transit of celestial bodies. Indeed those supplied to The Royal Observatory were used by Neville Maskelyne for this purpose with one being described by him in a note written on 27th April 1766. The relatively simple construction also made this type of regulator more suited to being transported hence they were often taken on expeditionary trips to be set-up in the field. Bearing these facts in mind it is most probable that the current lot was most likely made to be used for astronomical observations. It is also possible that it may have been taken on an expeditionary trip as Dent was known to supply instruments for this purpose (as noted in the biography passage above).
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A LATE GEORGE III MAHOGANY AND OUTLINED REGULATORSigned J. Gouldar, Gloucester The case with a shallow arched pediment with glazed door between canted angles, the trunk with a crossbanded and outlined well-figured arched panel door, with outlined base and plinth foot; the 11in. arched silvered dial, possibly later signed J. Gouldar, Gloucester in an oval in the arch, above an engraved chapter ring with Arabic five-minute markers, sweep central minute hand, seconds subsidiary below the XII and hour aperture sector below the centre, engraved Regulator LONDON TIME above the VI, the movement with arched plates, five pillars, deadbeat escapement and maintaining power, with wood rod pendulum and large brass heavy bob192cm highThe signature panel appears to be a later inset, as there is a support for it behind the dial arch. Edward & John Gouldar are recorded at 95 Southgate Street, Gloucester from 1841. The business continued under John's name until 1880. See Graham Dowler, Gloucestershire Clock and Watch Makers, Chichester, 1984, pp.119-120.
Graham Farish BR Blue Diesel Engines (5) and Blue-Grey Coaches (10); N Gauge: BR Rail Blue: Class 55 -013 The Black Watch, Class 47 -455, Class 40 -015 Aquitania, Class 40 -145, Class 08 -113 Diesel 0-6-0 shunter. BR Blue-Grey Coaches: 1 Mk.I Second Class coach, 2 Mk.I First Class coaches, 2 Mk.I Buffet coaches, 2 Mk.I Brake composite coaches, 3 Mk.I BG full brakes, most coaches with interiors fitted and some repainting. Plus DMU 101 dummy car minus roof (SOR). All unboxed. (16)
A fine and potentially historically important George III mahogany striking table regulator, Thomas Mudge and William Dutton, London circa 1770 The nine-pillar twin fusee rack and bell striking movement with plates measuring 9.75 by 6 inches, massive spring barrels, Harrison’s maintaining power to the going train and now with half-deadbeat escapement regulated by half seconds pendulum with cylindrical brass bob, the foliate rococo scroll engraved backplate with arched recess to lower margin and applied with unusual twin scroll-shaped uprights attached via four knopped pillars and connected at the top via a complex bracket with slots cut to take a wide T bar pendulum suspension, the front plate of conforming dimensions inscribed William Dutton & Sons,London over the arched recess to lower margin, the 7.5 inch single sheet silvered brass Roman numeral dial with vacant calendar aperture and signed Tho’s Mudge, Will’m Dutton to centre, with Arabic five minutes to outer track and scroll-pierced blued steel hands, the break-arch case with hinged brass carrying handle and three generous moulded rectangular pads to top over glazed circular dial aperture over concave-topped recessed panel to front door, the sides with arched brass trellis sound frets, the rear with further glazed break-arch door set within the frame of the case, on cavetto moulded skirt base with brass squab feet, 38cm (15ins) high excluding handle. Provenance: The property of a private collector; purchased Sotheby’s, London sale of Good Clocks, Watches, Wristwatches, Barometers and Scientific Instruments, Thursday 5th March 1992 (lot 69). Thomas Mudge was born in Exeter, Devon in 1717 and was apprenticed to George Graham before setting himself up in business at 151 Fleet Street, London in 1748. At around the time of the death of his former Master in 1751, Mudge was joined in partnership by a fellow former apprentice of Graham, William Dutton, who is recorded in Baillie, G.H. Watchmakers & Clockmakers of the World as apprenticed in 1738 and gaining his freedom of the Clockmakers' Company in 1746.The business subsequently traded from 148 Fleet Street and Mudge, whilst in partnership with Dutton, rapidly acquired a reputation as one of England’s outstanding watchmakers. In around 1755, if not earlier, Mudge invented the detached lever escapement, which he first applied to a clock, but when incorporated into a watch became the greatest single improvement ever applied to them.In 1765 Mudge published the book, Thoughts on the Means of Improving Watches, Particularly those for Use at Sea, and the following year, alongside Dutton, was elevated to Liveryman. In around 1771 Thomas Mudge retired to Plymouth in order to spend more time to pursue his development of a marine timekeeper. The first of these went on trial in 1774 where it performed superbly leading to an award of 500 guineas. Mudge went on to complete two others in 1779 in the continuing attempt to satisfy the increasingly difficult requirements set by the Board of Longitude. They were tested by the Astronomer Royal, Nevil Maskelyne, and declared as being unsatisfactory. There followed a controversy in which it was claimed that Maskelyne had not given them a fair trial. A similar controversy had arisen when John Harrison had been denied the full amount of the 1714 prize by the Board of Longitude. Eventually, in 1792, two years before his death, Mudge was awarded £2,500 by a Committee of the House of Commons who decided for Mudge and against the Board of Longitude, then headed by Sir Joseph Banks.In around 1775 Dutton took both his sons (Thomas and Matthew) into the business forming a second partnership of William Dutton and Sons however the name Mudge and Dutton was often still used (mainly for watches) up to around 1790. William Dutton died in 1794 leaving the business to be continued very much in his tradition by his sons Thomas and Matthew. The work of William Dutton can be characterised by its distinctive originality, high quality and attention to detail which one would come to expect from a clockmaker who, alongside Thomas Mudge, succeeded George Graham who in turn had succeeded Thomas Tompion. The movement of the current lot appears to be a unique product of the Mudge and Dutton partnership. The provision of noticeably large diameter spring barrels coupled with a relatively shallow range of gearing to each of the fusees indicates that constant power delivery throughout the duration of the timepiece was off significant importance. This, together with the incorporation of maintaining power to the going train and delicate wheelwork, suggests that the movement was built with accuracy in mind. The highly unusual frame applied to the rear of the backplate indicates that a heavy pendulum (most likely compensated) was probably employed. In addition to this it has been suggested (by the late Charles Allix and Christopher Greenwood from evidence in the form of spare holes, slots etc. within the armature assembly) that, when first made, the current movement may well have employed a form of detached escapement. This possibility is further supported by the relatively low position of the original pallet arbor (in relation to the current escapewheel) which implies that the escapement itself was of highly unusual design and may well been positioned partly above the plates and connected to the pendulum suspended within the top frame of the armature to the rear of the backplate.The possibility of the current lot being originally made with a form of experimental detached escapement warrants further investigation and, if found to be the case, would identify the present timepiece as an example of significant historical importance. Indeed in the in the context of Mudge’s development of his detached escapement the current lot would sit between his famous balance lever table clock of circa 1760-65 (formerly in the possession of Isambard Kingdom Brunel now in the British Museum no. 1958,1006.2118) and his marine chronometers (the first of which was made in 1774). Furthermore, to the best of the cataloguer’s knowledge, this example would have also been the only clock from the Mudge and Dutton workshops to have been made with a detached escapement for regulation by pendulum. It is perhaps appropriate to mention that the late Charles Allix considered this timepiece to be of substantial historic importance and provided his views in a letter written to the vendor many years ago; regrettably this correspondence has been mislaid. When considering other details it is most probable that the current clock remained in the workshops of William Dutton and his successors for a significant time before essentially being ‘re-purposed’ and sold-on. Later work undertaken in the workshop included creating an arched profile to the lower margin of the plates - to allow the swing of the pendulum bob to be visible through apertures cut to the front of the case (including a fretwork overlaid glazed panel beneath the dial). The front upper margin of this arched cut-out was subsequently signed by William Dutton and Sons so this modification post-dates Mudges partnership in the business. In addition to this the original dial was overlaid with a white enamel dial which required the original dial feet to be shortened (and holes drilled to allow clearance the under dial pivot posts) and finally a relatively standard escapement was fitted. Subsequent to the clocks purchase in 1992 the later enamel dial has been removed and is no longer with the clock and the panel beneath the dial has expertly reinstated with fine figured veneer matching the rest of the case. Without a great deal of further work (mainly to the dial) the current lot could become a very attractive useable clock which, through further investigation, also has the potential to be identified (and subsequently restored) as an important example in the development of precision timekeeping.
A fine and rare Queen Anne verge pocket watch movement, Thomas Tompion and George Graham, London, number 4650, circa 1713 The full plate gilt verge movement with four Egyptian pillars pinned through the frontplate and three-arm sprung steel balance, the backplate with fine leaf-bordered symmetrical foliate scroll pierced and engraved balance cock with female mask decoration at the base and conforming pierced broad foot flanked by silvered regulation disc with adjacent applied foliate scroll infill opposing signature Tho: Tompion, Geo: Graham, LONDON and engraved serial number 4560, the frontplate stamped with repeat serial number,the pillar plate 41mm (1.625ins) diameter, now fitted to a late 18th century circular white enamel Roman numeral sedan timepiece dial with blued steel spade hands, the case contemporary to the dial with hinged cast brass bezel fitted with convex glass within moulded cavetto surround, the rear with circular hinged brass cover and brass suspension ring fitted to upper margin, 14.5cm (5.75ins) diameter. Thomas Tompion has often been referred to as the 'Father of English clock and wachmaking'. When considering the legacy of his work and influence on subsequent generations, such a compliment is justly deserved. Born in Ickwell, Suffolk in 1639 Thomas Tompion appears to have developed an affinity for metalworking from his father, also named Thomas, who worked as a blacksmith. By 1670 Tompion had moved to London and was working in the clock and watchmaking trade. Although there is no record of his apprenticeship or whether he received any formal training prior to moving to London, he quickly became established and obtained his freedom of the Clockmaker's Company in late 1671. His early clocks demonstrate a close working relationship with the Fromanteel, East and Knibb workshops. Around this time Tompion became friendly with eminent mathemeticians and scientists such as Robert Hooke and Jonas Moore - perhaps the most progressive and inventive minds of the day. Such associations lead to Royal commissions, firstly from Charles II for whom Tompion is known to have made one of the earliest balance-spring watches in 1676 and later William III who ordered numerous clocks to furnish his various palaces throughout his reign. As well as being an extremely talented artisan Tompion was also commercially minded, cleverly introducing serial numbering for his watches and clocks from around 1681/2. This, as well as maintaining a high degree of refinement in both the design and construction of his clocks and watches, ensured the highest level of exclusivity for clients purchasing from him. In around 1700 Thomas Tompion took a former apprentice, Edward Banger, into partnership however this arrangement came to an abrupt end in 1707-8 for reasons unknown. On Banger's departure Tompion reverted to working alone until he found confidence in George Graham who had been engaged as a journeyman for Tompion since 1696. Graham's character had already been given the seal of approval by Tompion who allowed him to marry his niece, Elizabeth, in 1704; however it still would be a few years before Tompion would take Graham into partnership which he eventually did in 1711.Thomas Tompion died in November 1713 leaving the business to George Graham who maintained the same exacting standards and became famous in his own right with notable achievements including the development of the deadbeat escapement for pendulum clocks and the cylinder escapement for watches. He continued Tompion's sequential numbering for his clocks and watches and assisted John Harrison with his development of the marine timekeeper. George Graham died in 1751 and was buried next to Thomas Tompion at Westminster Abbey.The current lot belongs to a group of less than twenty examples signed by both Tompion and Graham from around four hundred known surviving watches from Tompion's first numbered series as recorded by Jeremy Evans in Evans, Carter & Wright THOMAS TOMPION, 300 YEARS. The movement can be closely compared with number 4540 which is illustrated together with a view of the dial (providing a good indication of the how the original dial for the current lot would have appeared) on page 292. It is also perhaps interesting to note that the current lot is the last example recorded on the list to be signed with Tompion's name (albeit in partnership with Graham) suggesting that it is probably the last surviving watch made in Tompion's workshop before his death in November 1713.
1940's lady's gold wristwatch, white enamel dial with Roman numerals, mechanical movement, in 15 ct yellow gold case, with London import marks, back of the case is engraved, black corded strap and 1980's lady's Rotary wristwatch, 17 jewel mechanical movement in 9ct gold case with original box and papers. 1940's watch gross weight 15.4 grams, enamel dial is cracked above 11 to 1 o'clock, watch currently working but has not been tested for time keeping, back of case engraved Eileen Graham Barton worthy EDVM. 351/2Rotary gross weight 3.6 grams, watch currently working but has not been tested for time keeping, Guarantee dated 29.9.87
1940's lady's gold wristwatch, white enamel dial with Roman numerals, mechanical movement, in 15 ct yellow gold case, with London import marks, back of the case is engraved, black corded strap and 1980's lady's Rotary wristwatch, 17 jewel mechanical movement in 9ct gold case with original box and papers. 1940's watch gross weight 15.4 grams, enamel dial is cracked above 11 to 1 o'clock, watch currently working but has not been tested for time keeping, back of case engraved Eileen Graham Barton worthy EDVM. 351/2Rotary gross weight 3.6 grams, watch currently working but has not been tested for time keeping, Guarantee dated 29.9.87
THOMAS RUSSELL & SON; an 18ct yellow gold cased open face crown wind fob watch, the circular dial set with Roman numerals, case diameter approx 3.4cm, with signed movement, also a base metal pocket watch, dial signed for Graham & Parkes, Liverpool (2). CONDITION REPORT: Fob watch lacking glass and with some rubbing and scratches and discolouration to the dial, is running but there is no guarantee of working, general wear to both pocket watches throughout, extensive rubbing to plating of the second example, again discolouration to the dial, the second watch is running but also no guarantee of working order.
Three Military Dioramas including parts from Britains and other makers, nine plastic figures including French Foreign Legion 1908, American Pte 1775 and British 5th Foot 1776, 95th Rifleman, Black Watch, 2nd Foot Coldsteam, Foot Fusilier and French Fusilier, all 1815, all built and painted to an excellent standard, mounted on plinths, in display case, WW11 German including Horch 40 KFZ15, Motorcycle and sidecar and gunner and Mounted officer and cart with two horses, presented in a Graham Port box and Britains Royal Field Artillery Set mounted on base of a display cabinet ( leading four riders have lost their heads, two in box) F-G, RFA with damage, cases G (3)
An early 19th century silver pair cased pocket watch, the key wind fusée movement signed M K Bullingford, London, no. 4488, hallmarked Birmingham, the enamelled dial with Roman numerals, together with a 19th century plated pocket watch, fusée movement, the enamel dial with Roman numerals and signed Graham, London, (missing outer case), (2)
George IV 18ct gold full hunter pocket watch by Vulliamy, the fusee movement, signed 'Vulliamy ruim London', having ruby cylinder escapement with steel escape wheels, white enamel dial with subsidiary seconds dial, engine turned case maker's mark CAP London 1829, the inner back cover with contemporary inscription 'Presented to John Graham by Sophia Countess of Mulgrave (Mulgrave Castle Nr. Whitby - seat of the Marquis of Normanby) as a token of her sense of his zealous servicesand remitting attention to his late Master 1831', with gold ratchet key (to prevent over-winding)Notes: Benjamin Lewis Vulliamy (1780-1854) was Clockmaker to King George III, George IV, William IV and Queen Victoria, and four times appointed Master of the Clockmakers' Company. Condition Report Click here for further images, condition, auction times & delivery costs
An 18ct gold cased, key wind, hunting cased gentleman's pocket watch, the gilt three quarter plate jewelled movement detailed John Graham, Liverpool No 24071, 18ct gold inner case, the signed enamelled dial with black Roman numerals, centre seconds and with blued steel hands, the case front with a shield and garter cartouche, Chester 1868. Illustrated

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