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Lot 1079
A good late 19th century black slate and bronze mantel clock by Elkington & Co, the domed case with central circular dial set with Roman numerals and decorated with twin bronze plaques and bronze figures with French movement and raised on stepped brass feet, length 57cm. CONDITION REPORT: Small chips to front left and back right corners. Chip to rim of top arch at front, 2 inches to right of centre.
Lot 1084
A 19th century French boullework eight day mantel clock with white enamel dial set with Roman numerals and inscribed "Jean À Rennes", height 35cm (badly af). CONDITION REPORT: The case of the clock is in a state of excessive disrepair, several pieces missing, overcleaned, metalwork is lifted in several places, there is a chip to the rim one of the holes of the dial.
Lot 130
A 19th century American wall clock, striking on a gong, with square painted dial, Roman numerals, in mahogany case, the door with glass panel painted with parrots at a fountain, 39 x 65cm, together with an early 20th century oak cased striking mantel clock, a mahogany striking inlaid `Napoleons Hat` clock case, and a Smiths Enfield mantel clock
Lot 741
A French bronze and ormolu mantel clock the eight-day duration movement striking the hours and half hours on a bell with the backplate stamped with the trademark for the movement maker Japy Freres & Co, the white enamel dial with black Roman numerals and blued steel moon hands, the movement set within a bronze rectangular block surmounted by a Greek warriors helmet, with a depiction of the Goddess Diana the Huntress to one side with an ormolu pillar the other side adorned with a mount depicting a quiver of arrows and surmounted by a lamp, the base with raised relief to the front depicting Diana the Huntress stood before three classical figures, height 50cm.* Japy Freres was founded by Frederic Japy of Beaucount, born 1749 who first made movements for the clock industry at his factory in 1777, becoming the largest and most commercially important clockmaking concern in France. The business continued after his death.
Lot 742
L’Echopié Jne à Paris, a bronze, ormolu and marble mantel clock the eight-day duration movement striking the hours on a bell with an outside countwheel, the white enamel dial signed L’Echopié Jne à Paris, with black Roman numerals and decorative brass hands, the three tier bronze case with raised relief to the front depicting children playing instruments within a field, with goats to the case sides and floral swags set below, standing on ormolu cloven supports, surmounted by a suckling baby with mother, possibly Apollo with the Goddess Leto, seated on a classical day bed with ormolu griffin supports to the four corners, standing on a further green marble base with ormolu mounts to the edges and turned feet, height 45cm.* Adam L’Echopié was a good maker of clocks working in Paris in the late 18th century and was particularly known for his bronze and marble pieces, which his younger son, the maker of this clock, obviously continued. Adam actually had two sons, both of whom worked at Rue Neuve des Petits Champs from circa 1812, the same address from where the father is recorded working from 1772, they presumably continued his business and would’ve used the same casemaker. There is known a white marble and bronze clock entitled Femme Couronnée par un Amour, signed L’Echopié à Paris, that sold in 1913 for 8,800 francs, presumably by the father, Adam. * A near-identical clock, although signed Bassot à Paris, is illustrated and described in the Encyclopedie de La Pendule Francaise, by Pierre Kjellberg.
Lot 743
A French gilt-metal and porcelain mantel clock the eight-day duration movement striking the hours and half-hours on a bell, the backplate stamped ‘JJS, 6697’, the pink porcelain dial with a riverside scene to the centre, black Roman numerals and decorative brass hands, with two porcelain panels below, one depicting a similar scene, the other with floral decoration, the shaped gilt-metal case with fluted half columns to the sides and surmounted by a pink porcelain urn, on a shaped giltwood base and further ebonised oval base, height 32.5 cm (clock), 37cm (inc. base)
Lot 744
A French brass mantel clock the eight-day duration movement striking the hours and half hours on a bell with the round cast silvered dial having white enamel plaques for the black Roman numerals and blued steel hands, surmounted by a cast garland of flowers above and standing on a shaped base with shield & sword mounts to the front and standing on gadrooned brass feet, height 40.5 cm.
Lot 745
Leroy à Paris, a black marble perpetual calendar mantel clock the eight-day duration movement striking the hours and half-hours on a bell, stamped on the backplate with the signature & serial number of the retailer, Leroy à Paris, 13492, and the trademark of the maker of the roulant blanc, S. Marti et Cie, Medaille de Bronze and oval stamp with the initials C.A.F quite probably the finisher of the movement for Leroy, with a visible Brocot escapement to the centre of the two-piece enamel dial, black Roman numerals and blued steel moon hands, signed to the centre for the retailer Leroy & Fils, 211 Regent Street, 13 & 15 Palais Royale, Paris, with a thermometer set below the dial showing both Reaumur and Fahrenheit, with a round barometer dial set to the lower right-hand side having two badges stamped on, with a second subsidiary dial having further subsidiary dials showing the moonphase, day & date and with the outer dial marked for the perpetual calendar changes and month, the black marble case of serpentine design with scroll sides, height 51 cms.* Le Roy et Fils were established by Basile Charles Le Roy in 1785 and were well known and fine makers of clocks. Basile Charles Le Roy was the Master Clockmaker to Napolean & along with his son Charles-Louis were clockmaker’s to the Princess Pauline and the Duke de Bourbon. Examples of their work are in all the major collections as well in the Ministere de la Guerre, Paris. The Maison de Le Roy was founded in 1785 at Palais Royal & continued until the death of Charles at Versailles in 1865. They took on premises at 13-15 Galerie Montpensier, Palais Royal, Paris when the Duc d’Orleans opened the Palais Royal gardens for both the trade and public’s use with many prestigious shops opening under the arcaded walkways. From 1885 their London retail outlet was at 57 Bond Street having moved from Regent Street. * Samuel Marti was one of the prolific French makers of the 1800’s and was known to be working circa 1860 at Le Pays de Montbeliard, Paris making roulant blancs. Along with Japy Freres and Roux they set up a business in 1863 to market their movements to such firms as L’Epee. Their Paris address was Rue Vieille-du-Temple from 1870.
Lot 746
Dabert à Paris, a French Empire mantel clock with an eight-day duration timepiece movement, the gilded dial with engine-turned decoration to the centre, black Roman numerals, blued steel moon hands and signed Dabert à Paris, with a nine-rod dual-metallic compensating pendulum, the mahogany lyre-shaped case with applied ormolu foliate mounts to the front, acanthus leaf mouldings to the base top moulding, decorative feet and surmounted with a further decorative ormolu moulding, complete with base and dome, height 50cms (clock); 60cms (inc. base and dome).* Dabert is recorded as working in Paris from circa 1811 until after 1823
Lot 12
A 19th century French Louis XV style bronze, ormolu, and alabaster figural mantel clock by Marquis a Paris, with circular Arabic and Roman numeral enamelled dial, eight day bell chiming movement, the ornate figure cast case depicting three musical cherubs on an ornate cast foliate base, height 43.5cm, width 54cm (illustrated)
Lot 304
An Art Deco mantel clock, modelled with a Royal Doulton figurine M6 'Sweet Anne', flanking a chrome square cased clock movement, raised on rectangular alabaster base, length 20cm, together with a pair of Continental ceramic and alabaster bookends, modelled classical windswept ladies with parasols and dogs, height 15.5cm
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