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Lot 701
A small mahogany cased two-day marine chronometerBy Parkinson & Frodsham, London, No. 768, circa 1825The case with plain hinged cover, above glazed lid, the front inset with a rectangular ivory panel, above shaped lock escutcheon and a brass carrying handle to each side, lacquered brass bowl, gimbals and locking lever, with 'tipsy' key stamped '768', the bezel with a convex glass above the 3in. silvered brass dial, signed below the XII 'PARKINSON & FRODSHAM / Change Alley /London No. 768', with Roman chapters and Arabic five-minute markers, blued steel hands and seconds subsidiary, the signed chain fusée movement with cylindrical ring-turned pillars, bi-metallic compensated balance with diamond endpiece, blued steel hairspring, Earnshaw spring detent escapement, internal brass sprung dust cover, (1 key and 1 case key)15.2cm. x 16cm. IllustratedParkinson & Frodsham was established in 1801 by William James Frodsham (1778-1850) and William Parkinson (d.1842). Their business continued throughout the 19th century at Change Alley, supplying chronometers to the Admiralty and to shipping lines. Very little of their records survive, although there are some late 19th century records from the firm at the Guildhall Library, London.In Phillip Arnott's article Chronometers on East India Company Ships 1800-33, the Company is recorded as having Parkinson & Frodsham No. 771, which was in use by Captain Graham on Caledonia in 1822, see Antiquarian Horological Journal, Vol. 30, No. 4, December 2007, p. 481-500.
Lot 702
A small brass-bound mahogany cased two-day marine chronometerBy Parkinson & Frodsham, London, London, No. 456, circa 1825The hinged lid centred with a shaped brass escutcheon, the front inset with a rectangular ivory panel, with shaped lock escutcheon and a brass carrying handle to each side, lacquered brass bowl, gimbals and locking lever, with 'tipsy' key, the bevelled convex glass above the 2¾ in. silvered brass dial, signed below the XII 'PARKINSON & FRODSHAM / Change Alley /London No. 456 TWO DAYS', with Roman chapters and Arabic five-minute markers, blued steel hands and seconds subsidiary, the fully signed and numbered chain fusée movement with cylindical ring-turned pillars, bi-metallic compensated balance with diamond endpiece, blued steel hairspring with double overcoil, Earnshaw spring detent escapement, (1 key, 1 case key).12.8cm x 13.4cm. Illustrated
Lot 708
An ivory desk thermometerBy Dollond, London, circa 1900On an ebonised scalloped base and with cylindrical glass cover23cm high; and a high/low thermometer by Carpenter & Westley, 24 Regent Street, London, circa 1890, with ivory scale, on ebonised support and base, 26.5cm high(2). Illustrated
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.
Lot 712
A collection of twelve various thermometersIncluding a brass Polymetre Lambrecht; a marine ivory thermometer scale with later tube; a brass scale thermometer signed 'Buss Hatton Garden'; a boxwood thermometer impressed 'A. M. Viener, Southport'; two porcelain scale thermometers each in rectangular glazed cases; two others by Negretti & Zambra each with mahogany backs; and four various ceramic scale thermometers (12). Illustrated
Lot 714
A late Victorian oak and brass-mounted stick barometerBy Negretti & Zambra, London, circa 1890The plain case with an arched pediment, above a glazed brass surround with ivory plates, signed 'NEGRETTI & ZAMBRA LONDON', and fitted with a thermometer, the trunk with canted angles97cm high. Illustrated
Lot 785
A Tyrolean walnut fusée cuckoo clock Circa 1890The case in the form of a chalet with arched pediment and deep overhang, dentil ornament and blind Gothic tracery, centred with a hatch door above the circular dial with Gothic ivory applied chapters, on a stepped base carved with trefoil and foliate scroll, the sides each with a small hinged door and removable back; the twin train fusée movement with bushed wooden plates, twin bellows and a painted cuckoo automaton, with outside countwheel strike on the hour and half, and with anchor escapement, (1 pendulum).39cm high. Illustrated
Lot 869
A set of three late 18th century English School portrait miniatures mounted in common frame comprising; watercolour on ivory of William Birch of Writtle Essex, 3.3cms high; a watercolour on ivory of his wife Sally Birch née Holwell, 4.9cms high; a watercolour on paper of her brother Lt Colonel James Holwell, 8.5cms high; set in a gilt 'frame' within a glazed mahogany case- inscriptions to the reverse (including erroneous detail of James Holwell as one of the “last survivors of the Black Hole of Calcutta (actually his father), case 29 by 21.5cms
Lot 875
A six string French guitar by Rene Lacote, Paris, circa 1830, labelled 'Rue de Louvois, No.10, Lacote, Luthier, a Paris annee 182-', with satinwood back and sides, spruce soundboard, ebony neck with flush fingerboard, seventeen frets, ebony head with brass mounted ivory tuning pegs, length of back 44cm, with an ebonised wooden case. Illustrated
Lot 877
A six string guitar by 'Paterson Sons & Co, 152 Buchanan St, Glasgow', with stained satinwood back and sides, spruce soundboard with mother-of-pearl dogtooth inlay, ebony neck with seventeen frets and an ebony and brass mounted headstock with ivory pegs, length of back 44.8cm, in an ebonised fitted case. Illustrated
Lot 884
A quantity of small collectables including; a Victorian brass paper clip modelled as a lady's hand on an ebonised plinth, a Regency ivory and pique inlaid toothpick box with mirror to the interior (8.5cm), a Victorian ivory visiting card case, three basalt oval plaques relief moulded with classical figures, a French Art Nouveau patinated bronze figural seal (7.5cm), a George III Wedgwood jasperware oval portrait plaque and sundry. (qty)
Lot 965
A Chinese export stained ivory chess set, circa 1900, the kings and queens of foliate two tier design (king 9cm high), a set of thirty stained, carved and pierced ivory backgammon pieces and a matching dice shaker contained in a folding chinoiserie lacquered games board, 56.5cm wide, (qty). Illustrated
Lot 447
A COLLECTION OF MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS, comprising three Oriental pipes; a bamboo pen rest; a pair of faux ivory and ebonised salad spoons; a painted wooden mask; a rectangular Indian painted decorated lacquer pen box; a turned wooden nutmeg grater with steel pins; a small African figure, probably cow horn; a marble bath, after the antique with lion masks; and a twentieth century carved African tribal group, modelled with woman and child on rugged base, 9" (74cm). (a lot)
Lot 338
A VERY FINE LATE NINETEENTH CENTURY CONTINENTAL ROSEWOOD AND IVORY INLAID LADIES VANITY TABLE, the top with parquetry panel, and inlaid in ivory, with bird and insect cornucopia, and central cartouche, within further floral ivory inlay, the hinged top opening to reveal a mirror and jewellry compartment on a slide, raised on four turned and fluted legs, united by a shaped stretcher, 29" (74cm) x 22" (56cm). (1)
Lot 177
Samuel Lipszyc, an Art Deco silvered and patinated bronze and carved ivory sculpture, circa 1925, the female dancer modelled wearing high-collared stylised dress and skirt, posed holding a squirrel sat on her left arm, the ivory heightened with staining, raised on a shaped marble plinth, signed 'S. Lipszyc', 43cm high.
Lot 137
A SUITE OF FIVE SMALL EARLY 20TH CENTURY JAPANESE CARVED IVORY FIGURES OF GEISHAS seated playing instrument and one standing dancing with fans; the standing figure 2 1/2" (6.3) high on carved wood base, 9" (22.9) wide and an early 20th Century Japanese carved ivory circular box the lid carved with head of roaring lion and two others lions 2 1/2" (6.3) dia
Lot 122
A JAPANESE MEIJI PERIOD SATSUMA EARTHENWARE OVOID VASE the finely crazed ivory coloured glaze enamelled and richly gilded with chrysanthemum and other flowering plants, beneath a cell diaper border at the shoulders and stylized lappets at the waisted neck, character mark and satsuma mon to the base, 14 1/2" (37cm) high
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