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A French made walnut cased mantel clock with oriental design, the dial marked Wm. Bruford & Son Ltd., Eastbourne & Exeter, a Mauchline ware container, Lowestoft, and a pepper mill with silver mounts, pepper mill a/f

A 20th century mantel clock, Chinoiserie decorated against a gold ground, the white dial with black Art Deco style Roman numerals, Swiss Buren 8 day movement, 8.5 by 15 by 23cm high.

A Victorian slate mantel clock, with inset green marble decorative panels, 8 day movement chiming on a bell, signed 'Bordier Hger a Paris, 81', 26 by 17.5 by 22cm high.

A Bentima mantel clock and a Westminster chime mantel clock (lacking glass)

A 19th Century French Belge noir mantel clock

A 19th Century American Ansonia cast iron mantel clock

A 19th Century French Belge noir mantel clock, the movement stamped Medaille D' Argent

A 19th Century French Belge noir mantel clock

Liberty & Co - An English Pewter mantel clock, the planished pewter case of arched form over a stepped plinth base, set with a 6cm diameter dial with Roman numeralled copper chapter ring and blue and green enamelled centre, stamped 'English Pewter, Made by Liberty & Co', numbered 01150, height 16.5cm.

A mid-19th century rosewood and brass inlaid mantel clock, known 'The Courier of St Petersburg' mantelpiece clock, having convex white enamel dial with Roman numerals, single winding hole for a French brass eight day cylinder movement, twin ring handles, the base with cut-out brass panel depicting Andrew Ducrow's Courier of St Petersburg Act of Horsemanship riding five in hand, standing on the rear two horses, the other three in front, the whole raised on chased brass ball feet, h.53cm. A similar example in mahogany can be found in the Victoria & Albert Museum collection , museum No.S.877-1981. This was exhibited in the V&A Circus Display celebrating the 250th anniversary of the foundation of circus April 2018 - February 2019.

A 19th Century French ebonised and inlaid portico mantel clock, Roman enamelled dial (a/f), faded inlaid case with twisted supports, ormolu bezel and mounts, with 8 day Japy Freres countwheel movement striking a bell, 46cm high, with key, pendulum and modern glass cover case

VICTORIAN BLACK SLATE MANTEL CLOCK, 27cm high, along with two other mantel clocks (3)

A black slate mantel clock plus one other

A mahogany mantel clock with silvered dial and Edwardian inlaid mahogany waisted clock

A French eight day mantel clock and three other mantel clocks (one electric)

A 19th century walnut architectural style mantel clock with striking movement and compensated pendulum

An early 20th Century lacquered and brass-mounted mantel clock of "Napoleon's hat" shouldered form, 30 cm x 15 cm high

An early 20th century oak cased mantel clock by Fattorini & Sons of Bradford

A mahogany dome cased mantel clock, silvered dial with Roman numerals, behind bevelled glass, 18cmH

Victorian Slate Mantel Clock

Oak Mantel Clock

Mantel Clock

An early 20th Century mahogany cased balloon mantel clock having a mahogany case inlaid with satin wood decoration of florals and leaves, having a round white enamelled face with roman numerals to the chapter ring and pierced decoration hands, the movement stamped Hatton A Paris. 

An early 20th century gilt metal mantel clock with rococo design together with a 1920's Napoleons hat mantel clock and a brass anniversary clock.

Westclox - General Time Ltd - A 1960's Scottish retro vintage bedside / mantel clock having an elliptical shaped and bevelled wooden body with perspex domed window and plastic face with Arabic chapter ring with a wind up movement, all raised on three brass angled legs. Complete in the original box. Measures; 22cm wide.

Horse Racing Interest. A Victorian 19th century mantel clock inset 24 hour movement. Unusual plaque to the front with notation for; Bristol Stud Co Ltd 2nd Prize ' Everton Mainstay Suckers ' Won by Mr MJ Williams - Grey Colt. Measures 28 cm high x 21 cm wide x 13 cm deep.

 A late 19th / early 20th Century walnut cased brass faced eight day mantel clock, the case of architectural form, brass face with Arabic chapter ring set with a Phillip Haas & Sohne brass movement.

A collection of brass and yellow metal miniature novelty quartz clocks (mostly by William Widdop) to include one in the form of a plane, grandfather clock, globe, bathtub, wardrobe, backpack, carriage clocks (one by Anframa and another having applied mother of pearl),  mantel clocks, razor, moped, toaster, chest clock, penny farthing etc. Most still in their original boxes. Tallest measures 14cm tall.    

A 20th Century Elliot mantel clock retailed by Garrard & Co Ltd Regent Street London, having a silvered face with roman numerals to the chapter ring and pierced decoration hands, with gilt raised decoration behind a glazed panel within a wooden case, raised on bun feet. Measures 23cm tall. 

An early 20th century Hamburg America Clock Company walnut cased mantel clock, the arched shell carved and fluted pilaster case enclosing a brass dial, the 14 day spring movement striking on a gong

An early 20th century oak-cased eight-day quarter chime mantel clock by Kienzle, with engraved silvered Roman dial and subsidiary chime silent indicator dial. Measures 44 cm high x 31 cm wide x 21 cm deep.

A collection of three clocks to include a late 19th Century Victorian Hamburg and America eight day mantel clock of architectural form, a carriage clock and alarm clock. 

A FRENCH GILTMETAL MANTEL CLOCK WITH PRIMROSE ENAMEL DIAL, 31CM H, LATE 19TH C

AN INLAID MAHOGANY BAROMETER, THE SILVERED DIAL INSCRIBED COMITTI HOLBORN, 92CM H AND A SMITHS OAK MANTEL CLOCK

A STAINED WOOD MANTEL OR SHELF CLOCK, 46CM H, LATE 19TH C AND A MAHOGANY SEIKOSHA DROP CASED WALL CLOCK, 53CM H

A MAHOGANY MANTEL CLOCK WITH ENAMEL DIAL, EARLY 20TH C, OAK MANTEL CLOCKS AND MISCELLANEOUS OTHER CLOCKS AND CLOCK PARTS, ETC

A FRENCH GILTMETAL MANTEL CLOCK, THE DRUM CASED MOVEMENT RESTING ON THE LAP OF A YOUNG WOMAN IN RENAISSANCE DRESS, ON CAVETTO BASE AND GILTWOOD PLINTH, 42CM , C1880, CONTEMPORARY EBONISED BASE, BENEATH GLASS DOME

AN EPNS MOUNTED CLARET JUG, THREE VICTORIAN BLUE GLASS OIL LAMPS, MANTEL CLOCK, ETC

A Regency ormolu and patinated bronze figural mantel timepiece Unsigned but probably by Baetens, London, circa 1825 The circular four columnar pillar eight-day single chain fusee movement with anchor escapement regulated by a lenticular bob pendulum, the 3.5 inch circular white enamel Roman numeral dial with Arabic fifteen minutes to the outer minute track and steel moon hands within a gilt serpent scale milled bezel, the case with surmount cast as an eagle perched on a ball and ribbon-tied oak leaf crest draped over the apex of the drum housing the movement, cradled on honeysuckle decorated scroll supports applied to a relief floral garland decorated upstand flanked by a pair of figures each cast as recumbent Classical females reading a folio, the base applied with Satyr masks flanked by conforming floral swags, raised on engine-turned toupe feet, 32cm (30.5ins) high. Several models of this timepiece sharing the same castings, form and specification are known signed either by Joseph van Baetens, F.Baetens or just Beatens who were a family firm of bronziers who also produced timepieces. Working in a similar vain to the Vulliamy family they were based at 23 Gerard Street, Soho, and according to Baillie, G.H. (in Watchmakers & Clockmakers of the World) were active around 1832. The frontplate of the current lot is finely scratch-engraved with the inscription Edward Tupman, May 6th 1840. The Tupman family were another firm of clockmakers and retailers based in nearby Great Russell Street, Bloomsbury. This is probably a repairer’s mark recording the ‘first service’ of the clock perhaps by the same business who supplied/retailed the timepiece a decade or so earlier.

A fine early Victorian mahogany small library mantel timepiece Benjamin Lewis Vulliamy, London, circa 1845 The substantial rectangular four pillar single fusee movement with half deadbeat escapement regulated by heavy disc bob pendulum suspended from typical wide-jaw backcock, the backplate signed VULLIAMY, LONDON over serial number 1744, the 4.5 inch circular silvered Roman numeral dial signed VULLIAMY, LONDON to centre and with blued steel hands, the rectangular fiddle-back mahogany veneered case with shallow triangular pediment incorporating crisp ogee mouldings to tympanum over full-width front door incorporating circular glazed dial aperture inset with a moulded silvered brass bezel, the rear with plain rectangular door, on skirt base with squab feet, 31.5cm (12.5ins) high. Benjamin Lewis Vulliamy is recorded in Baillie, G.H. Watchmakers & Clockmakers of the World as born 1780 to Benjamin Vulliamy and gaining his freedom of the Clockmakers' Company in 1809. He worked from 52 Pall Mall, served as Warden 1821-5 and was appointed Master five times. He was the last of the celebrated dynasty of Royal clockmakers which started with his grandfather, Justin, forming a partnership with George II's clockmaker, Benjamin Gray. Benjamin Lewis Vulliamy was perhaps one of the most influential horologists of his time publishing many works and undertaking numerous high profile public commissions as well as holding the Royal Warrant. He supplied many clocks to the Royal family including the turret clock for Windsor Castle in 1829 (replacing an earlier movement by Joseph Knibb); however his horological legacy is perhaps somewhat slightly blighted by his tendency to undertake controversial alterations to earlier important clocks by makers such as Tompion. The Vulliamys started numbering most of their clocks from 1788 until 1854. Two of the original Vulliamy work books still survive in the library of the British Horological Institute at Upton Hall, these often can provide valuable information regarding the manufacture and provenance of many clocks made by the workshop. Unfortunately the records are incomplete hence only note clocks with serial numbers 296-469 and 746-1067, which means that the current lot, number 1744, remains unidentified. However Roger Smith in his article entitled Vulliamy Clock Numbering, A Postscript, published in Antiquarian Horology Vol. 21 No. 5 (September 1994), used surviving data in the records of the British Horological Institute at Upton Hall and known documented examples to compile a graph from which unrecorded clocks can be fairly accurately dated. According to this chart number 1744 would appear to date to 1745. The restrained proportions of the current lot perhaps reflects the possibility that it may have been supplied for use in an office or meeting room. Indeed a third surviving Vulliamy workbook, relating only to repairs and servicing dating to the period 1846-53, records at least sixty five clocks being in the possession of the government ‘Office of Works’ and another forty being in the possession of Queen Victoria at Buckingham Palace. The presence of evidence of removed paper labels to the interior of the case and the fact that it has been consigned from the same source as the pair of Vulliamy timepieces made for the General Records Office also included in the sale would strongly suggest that the present timepiece was supplied for government use.

A fine and impressive Louis XVI style ormolu figural mantel clock with centre seconds and concentric calendar The movement by Pierre-Honoré-César Pons and bearing signatures for Ferdinand Berthoud, Paris, circa 1830 The circular four pillar two train outside countwheel bell striking movement with the pillars pinned at the rear, the five-wheel going train with fine pinwheel deadbeat escapement positioned to the centre of the backplate with depth adjustment to the pallets, fine beat screw to crutch and regulated by half seconds disc-bob pendulum incorporating Brocot type regulation to suspension, the backplate stamped with Pons, MEDAILLE D’OR, 1827 roundel over engraved initials B Y and stamped number 1 9, the lower edge also boldly engraved in a downward curve Ferdinand, Berthoud AParis and the left hand edge further stamped 200, the 7.5 inch circular convex enamel dial polychrome painted in the manner of Coteau inscribed Ferdinand Berthoud, AParis to centre within concentric red Arabic numerals for date of the month within chapter ring with vertical Arabic numerals and gilt fleur-de-lys half hour markers, the outer track annotated with the months of the year and their length in French within concentric band polychrome painted with oval panels representing the signs of the Zodiac with fine gilt foliate decoration between, with steel centre seconds hand, scroll-pierced gilt minute and hour hands and snakehead/tail hands for the calendar, set behind a hinged convex glazed gilt brass bezel cast with guilloche scroll decoration to surround, the fine substantial sculpted ormolu case cast with cherubs and lovebirds within billowing clouds enveloping the dial draped with floral sprays and with bows, quivers and trumpets applied around the swept panelled foot, the D-ended plinth base inset with crisply cast basket of flowers centred foliate scroll infill to the oxidised ground apron panel flanked by floral festoon swags to the conforming curved end sections, on six cast toupe feet, 66cm (26ins) high. Provenance: Brocket Hall, Hertfordshire Pierre-Honoré-César Pons was born in Paris in 1773 and after studying with the Jesuits in the rue Mouffetard he went to train under the eminent clockmaker Antide Janvier. Unfortunately the unrest of the French Revolutionary period disrupted his training but he was recommended by Janvier to the prestigious Lepaute family who took him on in 1798. Pons completed his training under the Lepautes and developed an interest in precision horology; in 1803 he opened his own workshop rue de la Huchette, near the Place Saint-Michel. In order to satisfy the financial demands of running a workshop, whilst taking time to work on the development of precision horology, Pons acted as supplier of movements to many the eminent horologists of the period such as Berthoud, Breguet and Lepine. During this time he developed several escapements and created improved wheel-cutting and pinion polishing machines. With the encouragement of Ferdinand Berthoud in 1804 Pons presented his ‘Observations sur l’échappement libre’ to the Academy of Sciences where it was praised by the jury and the Academy congratulated him.Around this time the French clockmaking town of Saint-Nicholas d’Aliermont was in crisis due to the collapse of the industry. Napoleon’s minister responsible for Fine Arts, Industry and Commerce, the Count de Champagny, ordered the Académie des Sciences to find someone suitable to turn the industry around. Honoré Pons was approached as he had the necessary skills and had developed the tools and practices most appropriate for the task. After a period of reluctance he accepted on the basis that the state will pay him a generous amount for his machines as long as they were installed and used in the Saint Nicholas workshops. By 1808 Pons was producing fine quality ‘blanc-roulants’ for an affordable price which received high praise from makers such as Breguet and recognition by the Academie in their report to Napoleon Bonaparte.Over the following decades Honoré Pons expanded the Saint Nicholas operations and became a principal supplied of movements to the Parisian clockmaking trade from his premises in Paris’s rue de la Barillerie on the île de la Cité. In 1827 he was awarded a gold medal and in 1839 was awarded the Croix de la Légion d’Honneur by King Louis Philippe. In 1846, at the end of an illustrious career, pons sold his firm to Borromée Délépine and retired, living in an elegant Parisian mansion at 20, rue Cassette. The movement of current lot is a faithful and beautifully made clock made in homage to one of Honoré Pons mentors, Ferdinand Berthoud. It is interesting to note that a second clock of exactly the same appearance is in in the collection of the Chateau de Compeigne; it is not known whether this other example also has a movement by Pons or an original mechanism by Berthould. The case of the current lot is beautifully cast and hand finished in bronze doré with visible evidence of hand tooling and burnishing commensurate with the finest products of the Louis XVI period. From this it is perhaps appropriate to speculate that the present clock falls into one of two camps. The first is that the case is a contemporary ‘twin’ of the example in the Chateau de Compeigne but now houses a re-made movement by Pons signed in a similar manner as the original. The second is that entire clock was made in around 1830 as either a very expensive commission or as a ‘tour de force’ to demonstrate that Parisian clockmaking trade were still able to produce examples equal (or better) than those made before the revolution.

A fine French Empire ormolu and breccia marble figural mantel clock ‘Homage to Josephine’ The movement by Marchand, the case possibly by Pierre-Philippe Thomire, Paris, circa 1805 The circular two train bell striking movement with anchor escapement regulated by disc bob pendulum with silk suspension, the 5.25 inch circular white enamel Roman numeral convex dial signed Marchand, Paris to centre with concentric date-of-the-month between the hour numerals and minute ring and with Arabic five minutes to outer track, with scroll pierced and engraved gilt hour and minute hands and steel calendar hand set behind hinged convex glazed cast gilt brass bezel, the case surmounted with a seated Classical female harpist with a flaming gueridon at her feet opposing winged Amour with quiver of arrows slung over his shoulder and gesturing towards a manuscript inscribed Bouton de rose next to an X-frame table with book resting on top, the dial with elaborate draped lambrequin cast with tassels beneath flanked by stepped D-ended plinth, the upper stage panel-cast with stylised Grecian masks flanked by alternating palmette and foliate scroll decoration to ends over breakfronted marble lower stage applied with mounts cast as putto terms holding aloft floral wreaths over gilt fillet moulding, on platform base with cast bun feet, 46.5cm (18.25ins) high. The movement of the current lot is probably by Charles-Frédéric Marchand who is recorded in Tardy DICTIONNAIRES DES HORLOGERS FRANCAIS as becoming a Paris maître in 1777 and working at Rue St. Martin the following year. Pierre-Philippe Thomire (born 1751) was one of the most important bronze casters of 18th century France, and was later granted the title Ciseleur de l’Empereur (chaser to the Emperor) by Napoleon Bonaparte. Early on in his career he worked for Pierre Gouthière, ciseleur-fondeur du roi, and toward the mid-1770’s began working with Louis Prieur. After the Revolution, he purchased the stock of Martin-Eloi Lignereux, thus becoming the most important suppliers of furniture bronzes for châteaux and Imperial Palaces. His prolific firm not only produced bronze ornaments, but also created mounts for furniture and porcelain, collaborating for example with the renowned manufactory of Sèvres. Thomire retired in 1827 and died in 1843. The design of the current clock was inspired by a poem entitled ‘Bouton de rose’ (rosebud), by Constance-Marie de Théis, Princess de Salm-Dyck (1767-1845). Published in 1785 in the Almanach des Grâces the poem became famous during the latter part of the 18th century, when it was set to music by the composer Louis-Barthélémy Pradher (1782-1843). The popular singer Pierre-Jean Garat (1762-1823) sang it in fashionable Salons, dedicating it to the beauty of Josephine, the wife of the future Emperor Napoleon.

A French Louis XV style ormolu mantel clock Raingo Freres, Paris, circa 1870 The eight-day circular two train countwheel bell striking movement with anchor escapement regulated by disc bob pendulum with silk suspension, the backplate stamped with serial number 2916 over RAINGOFRERES, Paris roundel, the circular engine turned silvered brass Roman numeral dial incorporating curved vacant arched name panel between the winding holes and with blued steel hands within concentric gilt bead cast bezel, the waisted cast rococo case with leafy surmount over scalloped dial surround and blind lattice panel decorated sides over conforming apron panel to front and on generous foliate scroll cast and chased supports, the rear with hinged circular fretwork cover, 51cm (20ins) high.

A fine French Empire ormolu figural mantel clock ‘Hercules’ Gentilhomme, Paris, early 19th century The eight-day circular two train countwheel bell striking movement with anchor escapement regulated by a disc bob pendulum with silk suspension, the circular white enamel Roman numeral dial signed Gentilhomme, Palais Royal a Paris to centre and with steel moon hands within a fine milled gilt bezel, the case cast as the bearded Hercules standing draped in the Nemean lion skin resting his right hand on a substantial wooden club and supporting his left elbow on a tree stump housing the movement and dial whilst holding forward the golden apple of the Hesperides, The plinth base applied with mount cast as a trophy incorporating mask centred lion skin, bow and quiver flanked by canted angles decorated with snake entwined arrows and with laurel wreaths to sides, the lower edge with simple gilt skirt over substantial cast lions paw feet, 48cm (19ins) high. Gentilhomme is recorded in Baillie, G.H. Watchmakers & Clockmakers of the World as working in Paris circa 1810/25 whilst Tardy in DICTIONBAIRE DES HORLOGERS FRANCAIS lists them as working from Galerie de Pierre circa 1810-20. An almost identical clock can be seen in Niehuser, Elke French Bronze clocks on page 64 and a similar model in Ottomeyer, Hans and Peter Proschel, Peter Vergoldete Bronzen on page399.

A fine French Louis XV ormolu mantel clock Louis Jouard, Paris, mid 18th century The five knopped pillar two train bell striking movement now with Brocot deadbeat escapement for regulation by pendulum with Brocot rating adjustment to suspension, the backplate with canted angles, crossed out countwheel annotated for the hours and signed Jouard AParis across the plate beneath, the 6.75 inch circular white enamel Roman numeral dial signed JOUARD, A PARIS to centre within dark cobalt blue numeral hour ring and Arabic five minutes to outer track, with fine scroll pierced and engraved gilt brass hands set behind hinged convex glazed cast gilt bezel, the heavy case cast in the full-blown Louis XV rococo manner with a figural surmount modelled as the juvenile Diana with quiver of arrows perched within a generous asymmetric scroll issuing a floral trail over pair of finely chased eagle wings flanking the dial at the rear, the front with bold sweeping foliate rocaille scroll enveloping the left hand side of the dial and continuing down and across to merge with the substantial right hand front support issuing generous stylised leafy sprays and a floral trail, the left hand side with bold sculpted S-scroll support beneath the dial continuing down to form the foot, the rear with further asymmetric pair of scroll supports and glazed hinged cover for the movement, 60cm (23.5ins) high. Louis Jouard is recorded in Tardy DICTIONNAIRES DES HORLOGERS FRANCAIS as becoming a Paris maître in 1724 and is noted as a ‘Horloger de la ville de Paris’ in 1739. He was appointed Jure in 1741 and Garde 1742-69. His workshop was located at Rue de la Monnaie 1746-49 then Rue St-Germain I’Auxerrois until 1772. He is believed to have trained or worked in the workshop of Jacques Cogniet (1661-1731) and his son Jean-Baptiste Cogniet (d. 1726) who were at rue de la Monnaye (where Jouard was also listed in September 1724). When J-B Cogniet died Jouard married his widow Marie-Ursule Prévost and in so doing took over Cogniet’s business. The current lot is essentially a perfectly formed example of Louis XV ormolu mantel clock. The finely cast, chased and burnished bronze doré case demonstrates a feeling of movement and tautness only achieved by the most confident of modellers through the combination of abstracted foliate scrollwork, floral sprays and in the case of the current lot, eagle wings.

A fine French Empire patinated bronze, ormolu and Siena marble figural mantel clock Louis Mallet, Paris, circa 1820 The two train eight-day bell striking movement with anchor escapement regulated by disc bob pendulum with Brocot type regulation to suspension, the circular white enamel Roman numeral dial signed L’s. Mallet, h’s de S. A. R. M. J’r le duc d’orleans to centre with blued steel moon hands and outer minute track within crisp egg-and-dart cast surround fitted with convex glazed hinged bezel, the case with movement inset into a gilt plinth surmounted by a globe standing on a stack of books and oil lamp over fine cast anthemion inset mounts to quadrant areas around dial flanked by a pair of figures modelled as seated putto conversing, the base hewn from a solid block of Siena marble applied with a central bronze panel relief cast with putti performing academic pursuits flanked by crisply cast trophy mounts emblematic of the Arts and Sciences, on integral skirt base applied with lappet leaf cast ogee moulding to top edge and on block feet, 49cm (19.25ins) high. Louis Mallet is recorded in Tardy DICTIONNAIRE DES HORLOGERS FRANCAIS was working from 1810-30 in the Rue J.-J. Rousseau and later at the Rue Neuve des Petits-Champs.

A fine and extremely rare pair of early Victorian mahogany small library mantel timepieces supplied to H.M. Government General Register Office Benjamin Lewis Vulliamy, London, circa 1837/8 Each with substantial rectangular four pillar single fusee movement with half deadbeat escapement for regulation by heavy disc bob pendulum suspended from typical wide-jaw backcock, the backplates signed VULLIAMY, LONDON over serial numbers 1363 and 1364 with the latter also incorporating a circular GVR stamp, each 4 inch circular silvered Roman numeral dial with finely engraved Royal VR monogram over signatures VULLIAMY, London and designation GENERAL REGISTER OFFICE to centre, with blued steel spade hands, the rectangular cases each with tablet upstand over crisp cavetto cornice and full-width front door incorporating circular glazed dial aperture inset with a moulded silvered brass bezel, the rear with plain rectangular door, on skirt base with squab feet, (both lacking pendulums), 25.5cm (10ins) high. Benjamin Lewis Vulliamy is recorded in Baillie, G.H. Watchmakers & Clockmakers of the World as born 1780 to Benjamin Vulliamy and gaining his freedom of the Clockmakers' Company in 1809. He worked from 52 Pall Mall, served as Warden 1821-5 and was appointed Master five times. He was the last of the celebrated dynasty of Royal clockmakers which started with his grandfather, Justin, forming a partnership with George II's clockmaker, Benjamin Gray. Benjamin Lewis Vulliamy was perhaps one of the most influential horologists of his time publishing many works and undertaking numerous high profile public commissions as well as holding the Royal Warrant. He supplied many clocks to the Royal family including the turret clock for Windsor Castle in 1829 (replacing an earlier movement by Joseph Knibb); however his horological legacy is perhaps somewhat slightly blighted by his tendency to undertake controversial alterations to earlier important clocks by makers such as Tompion. The Vulliamys started numbering most of their clocks from 1788 until 1854. Two of the original Vulliamy work books still survive in the library of the British Horological Institute at Upton Hall, these often can provide valuable information regarding the manufacture and provenance of many clocks made by the workshop. Unfortunately the records are incomplete hence only note clocks with serial numbers 296-469 and 746-1067. There is also a third surviving Vulliamy workbook, relating only to repairs and servicing dating to the period 1846-53. Interestingly this volume records at least sixty five clocks being in the possession of the government ‘Office of Works’ and another forty being in the possession of Queen Victoria at Buckingham Palace. The General Records Office (GRO) was established by the Births and Deaths Registration Act 1836 with Registration commencing in July 1837. The first registrar general was Thomas Henry Lister whose responsibilities grew to also include that of conducting the first census for England and Wales in 1841. In 1972 the GRO became a sub department of the newly established Office of population Censuses and Surveys and 2007 witnessed the passing of Statistics and Registration Service Act leading to the establishment of the non-ministerial UK Statistics Authority. In order for the GRO to remain ministerially-accountable the office became part of the Home Office Identity and Passport Service at this time. The current lot is extremely rare being a pair of timepieces with consecutive serial numbers supplied by Vulliamy for H.M. Government offices. Roger Smith in his article entitled Vulliamy Clock Numbering, A Postscript, published in Antiquarian Horology Vol. 21 No. 5 (September 1994), used surviving data in the records of the British Horological Institute at Upton Hall and known documented examples to compile a graph from which unrecorded clocks can be fairly accurately dated. According to this chart numbers 1363 and 1364 would appear to have been supplied in 1837/38 -indicating that the present timepieces were most likely supplied to Whitehall for use in The General Records Office at the time of the department’s establishment. Although timepieces supplied by Vulliamy for use in H.M. Government offices do turn-up at auction from time to time most seem to be drop dial wall timepieces. One such example, engraved with the Royal V.R. Cypher and banner POOR LAW COMMISSION was sold in these rooms on 15th March 2018 (lot 121) for £6,500 hammer; whilst another, this time inscribed PAYMASTER OF EXCHEQUER BILLS over date AD 1842, was sold at Bearnes, Hampton and Littlewood, Exeter, on 7th October 2015 (lot 744) for £8,800 hammer. A third example still resides in the Lord Chancellor’s office inscribed BAIL COURT over AD1845. Small mantel timepieces marked with the Royal cypher and Government office designation appear to be much rarer with, to the best of the cataloguer’s knowledge, apparently none appearing at auction within the last ten years. This may be be in part due the much smaller and more portable nature of these timepieces resulting in them perhaps being less likely to have been engraved with the full cypher and designation when made for practical reasons. Indeed one such timepiece (from the same source as the present lot) is also included in the sale This example only bears the signature to the dial but evidence of labels and other markings to the case strongly suggests that this third timepiece was supplied for Government office use. Another closely related small mantel timepiece, perhaps also supplied for Government use, was sold in these rooms on 20th September 2016 (lot 76) for £14,000; an auction record for a timepiece of this type.Close examination of the current lot throws-up some interesting observations most noticeably the choice of veneers for the sides of each of the cases which are an exact match for each side of both timepieces. Also it would seem that at one point they were overhauled at the same time in the same workshop and the texturing to the silvering of the dials are slightly different indicating that re-silvering was executed by different workmen.

A French Louis Philippe ormolu and green marble mantel clock J. Charles, Paris, circa 1840 The eight-day circular two train countwheel bell striking movement with anchor escapement regulated by disc bob pendulum with silk suspension, the backplate stamped with serial number 811 over J. CHARLES, A PARIS oval trademark, MEDAILLE D’OR, Paris, 1827 roundel, and further number 71 32, the circular engine turned silvered brass Roman numeral cartouche dial with oval panel inscribed J. Charles, A PARIS to centre and with wavy outer minute track, with blued steel moon hands within a concentric bead cast moulded bezel, the case with stylised scroll cast crest to the back panel upstand cast to resemble a bookcase with desk stand flanked by conforming side scrolls to the foreground, the dial flanked by winged leafy term mounts to front angles over veined grey marble block base, on gilt shallow skirt with milled bun feet, 42cm (16.5ins) high.

A French Louis XV style ormolu mantel clock Etienne, Lenoir, Paris, early 19th century The circular two train outside countwheel bell striking movement with anchor escapement regulated by disc bob pendulum with silk suspension and stamped 274 to the lower edge of the backplate, the circular convex white enamel Roman numeral dial signed in red E’NE LENOIR, A PARIS to centre within blue hour numerals and Arabic five minutes to outer track, with scroll pierced and engraved gilt brass hands set behind hinged cast bevel-glazed bezel, the waisted rococo case with foliate spray surmount to the concave sided upstand and leafy scroll chased side scrolls flanking brass grille inset shaped apertures to sides, the apron with conforming panel bordered by further leafy scrollwork and conforming feet secured to a separate conforming rococo scroll cast platform base cast with generous rococo scrolls and foliate motifs, 36cm (14.24ins) high. Etienne Lenoir is recorded in Tardy DICTIONNAIRE DES HORLOGERS FRANCAIS as born in Mer-sur-Blois in 1744 and died in Paris 1832. Tardy also notes that in 1814 he served as a member of the Bureau des Longitudes.

A late 19th century mantel clock with movement by Japy Freres having white enamel dial, two train movement striking on a gong and in mahogany case with brass pillars and supports, 23cm high

A 19th century French mantel clock having two train movement striking on a bell, circular white enamel dial indistinctly named, the black slate and green marble case with bevelled glass panel revealing pendulum, 33cm high

A 19th century mantel clock with two train movement, circular painted dial inscribed Dobel" in walnut veneered case with hinged panel at the front 38cm high"

A Victorian black slate chiming mantel clock, J & G Haywood, Paris, circular dial, Roman numerals, twin winding holes, 29cm high

A Japy Frères French gilt metal mantel clock, 36cm high

A 20th century Rapport mantel clock, carrying handle

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