A William III brass lantern clock with ten inch square brass dial, Daniel Quare, London, circa 1695. The posted countwheel bell-striking movement with column turned corner uprights and now with anchor escapement, the 10 inch square brass dial with matted centre within an applied silvered Roman numeral chapter ring with stylised sword hilt half hour markers and signed Dan Quare, London to lower edge, with original steel hand and angles applied with winged cherub head and scroll cast spandrels, the frame with foliate pierced side frets and vase turned finials beneath domed bell bearer above, with rear hanging hoop and spurs to the turned ball feet, (lacking one side door and alarm) 40cm (16.75ins) high. Daniel Quare was admitted as Brother of the Clockmakers` Company in April 1671 and by 1683 he was working from Exchange Alley, London. He was selected as a member of the Court of Asssistants in 1698, later becoming Master in 1708. The following year he took a former apprentice, Stephen Horseman, into partnership which presumably lasted until Quare`s death in 1724. He was a fine inventive and commercially-minded maker who supplied clocks to significant European Royal and Aristocratic clients as well the Court of William III. As a Quaker, Quare refused an invitation from George I to be appointed `Royal Clockmaker` as his beliefs would not allow him to undertake the Oath of Allegiance, however an informal arrangement was agreed where Quare had open access to the palace via the back stairs. In addition to clocks, Quare is also famous for his `portable weather glass` or pillar barometer for which he sought a patent via the Clockmakers` Company in 1695. After his death in 1724 he was buried at the Quaker`s burial ground at Bunhill Fields.
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An important Charles II walnut table clock, John Wise, London 1675-80. The substantial seven double-baluster turned latched pillar twin fusee movement with bolt-and-shutter maintaining power and striking on a bell mounted above the 9 x 6 inch movement plates via an outside countwheel and vertically pivoted hammer with fine scroll engraved `S` shaped top pivot potance, the large spring barrels with substantial blued steel turned set-up wheels and clicks mounted on the backplate with engraved John Wise, Londini fecit signature between, the 9 inch square gilt brass latched dial with calendar aperture and shutters engraved with male and female profile portraits to the finely matted centre within applied silvered Roman numeral chapter ring with stylised fleur-de-lys half hour markers and Arabic five minutes within the outer minute track, with scroll pierced blued steel hands and the angles applied with gilt winged cherub head cast spandrels with bolt-and-shutter lever slot between the lower two, the case of Knibb `phase I` design with foliate cast gilt hinged handle to the shallow dome above foliate scroll pierced fret to the upper rail of the front door, the sides with rectangular glazed apertures, on moulded base with later brass squab feet, (now with anchor escapement and later movement securing brackets), 37cm (14.5ins) high. Provenance: the property of a Gentleman, Oxfordshire. The current lot is a `family` piece which to the vendor`s knowledge has been in been in the family collection for as long as anyone can recall (at least three generations). John Wise senior is recorded in Loomes, Brian The Early CLOCKMAKERS of Great Britain as born circa 1625 and apprenticed to Peter Closon through T. Dawson in 1638, gaining his Freedom in October 1646. He apparently lived in Warwick 1653-68 where he repaired the clocks at St. Nicholas and St. Mary`s churches, the latter providing the venue for the baptism of three of his children. He moved back to London in 1669 where he was re-admitted to the Clockmakers` Company by redemption. He took many apprentices including no less than six of his sons; Richard (Free 1679), John (Free 1683), Thomas (Free 1686), Joseph (Free 1687), Peter (Free 1693) and Luke (Free 1694). He is thought to have been working from `neere the popeshead in Moorfields` in the year of his death in 1693. Although several early longcase and lantern clocks by John Wise senior are known, table clocks however appear to be extremely rare. Perhaps the best known example is an unusual single-handed timepiece is illustrated in Darken, Jeff HOROLOGICAL MASTERWORKS pages 82-3. Despite obvious differences, this timepiece does share some similarities with the current lot, for example the wheel-work has the same finned-collet design and the stopwork has the same pronounced disc cam to the fusee. The case also utilises the same highly individual casting for the carrying handle albeit in a more complete form. The movement of the current lot is of notably substantial construction, which although in itself is not particularly unusual for the period is noteworthy. The detail design and layout of the movement is perhaps more interesting in the way that it does not immediately conform with the prevalent Fromanteel/Tompion/Knibb and East/Jones schools of clockmaking. The backplate layout with its external clicks, positioning of the countwheel, and the way in which the movement is signed is perhaps more similar to a movement by Matthew Crockford (with altered dial and associated architectural case) which was sold at Sotheby`s London Important Clocks.. 13/10/1988, lot 211. The Crockford movement also shares the same number of movement pillars, has maintaining power, calendar aperture and is of similar dimensions. The double baluster movement pillars used on the current lot are similar in weight and detail to the single baluster design used by Edward East (see Dawson, Percy G., Drover, C.B. & Parkes, D.W. Early English Clocks page 86, plate 106) but differ by being doubled to compensate for the greater relative distance between the plates. The vertically pivoted hammer used on the current lot is an unusual, perhaps archaic detail. The case very closely resembles those used by Joseph Knibb for his `phase I` clocks and can be directly compared to an example illustrated in Dawson, Percy G., Drover, C.B. & Parkes, D.W. Early English Clocks page 418, plate 596.
Amy Beswick (20th century) - pair, depicting an Eastern lady preparing food within a bamboo hut, oil on canvas, signed and dated 1959, 44x33cm, North African boy holding a lantern and basket within ornate carved doorway, oil on canvas laid on board, signed, dated 31st/1st/(19)59, 49x38cm (illustrated)
Railwayana - LMS black lacquered three collar lantern by Riddingilles of Birmingham, indistinctly dated possibly 1944, also four mounted cast iron railway oval plaques comprising 9E Trafford Park Glazebrook Shed, 18 A Toton Shed, B13301C 16 Tonne Birmingham.C & W. Co 1953 Lot 2390 shaped plaque etc, mounted on wooden plinth base (illustrated)
A VICTORIAN GOTHIC BRASS AND STAINED GLASS HALL LANTERN of square shape with tapered base, the door and sides with a central rosette in square frame with stars to the corners, 44cm h; 33 x 33cm ++ In unrestored original condition with one or two cracks and small losses to the glass. The light to the door partially detached
A Japanese Satsuma earthenware cup and saucer, Meiji period, painted with panels of bijin and children out of doors, reserved against a dark blue ground with gilt overlaid decoration, gilt signature to bases, together with three similarly decorated circular dishes and a lantern shaped censer and cover (repaired).
A late 19th/early 20th Century German carved softwood and ivory musical automaton in the form of a whistling vagabond with moving head, leaning on a lamppost, the red glass and gilt metal lantern fitted with a bulb, the musical movement playing For He`s a Jolly Good Fellow, raised on a canted rectangular base, height approx 47cm.
An 18th Century and later Continental 30 Hour Lantern Clock, the “Hoop and Spike” case with strapwork frame suspending the bell, over pierced panels and cast finials, to a Roman and Arabic dial with steel hour hand (minute lacking), and signed G Bezard – A – Oriien, to a movement with four cast pillars and verge escape with back mounted count wheel and strike on a bell, height 14 ½”
An early 20th Century Lacquered Brass Mantel Clock, modelled in the form of a lantern clock, with strapwork supported bell over pierced and engraved panels, to an oversize Roman chapter ring with inside quarters, track and matted centre, on cast feet, to black painted hands, to a French movement with platform escapement and strike on the bell, height 12”
Attributed to Frank Meadow Sutcliffe A group of 14 glass lantern slides showing views of Whitby Harbour with ships, fisherfolk and children at play; together with a further 6 slides attributed to Dr. Henry Clarke (20). Provenance: From the collection of Victorian photographer Dr. Henry Clarke M.D., of Wakefield
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