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Lot 459
FRENCH PORCELAIN AND GILT BRONZE MANTEL CLOCK 19TH CENTURY in the Louis XVI style, the porcelain Roman numeral dial painted with flower garlands, in a cylinder case with a porcelain urn finial and a bowfront base mounted with pairs of nesting lovebirds, raised on toupie feet, signed on the dial and movement 'BRYSON & SONS/ Edinburgh', the eight day movement striking a bell and numbered 32667 15-3 34cm long, 33cm high, 11cm deep
Lot 461
FRENCH GILT BRONZE ELEPHANT-FORM MANTEL CLOCK 19TH CENTURY the engine-turned Roman numeral dial in a cylinder case surmounted by a howdah and mythical creature, on an elephant's back, raised on a white marble base, the movement striking a bell, indistinctly stamped DU*ON A PARIS/ 4074 34cm high, 22cm wide
Lot 612
A large French ormolu and patinated bronze striking eight-day figural mantel clock (Pendule a la Geoffrin)After the model by Laurent Guiard, probably first quarter 19th CenturyModelled with a bronze reclining female figure reading a folio, her left elbow resting on top of the arched clock case, surmounted by a globe, on turned support with ribbons at the base, flanked by a female caryatid to each corner, each with a cone finial, the plinth with a moulded edge above fluted swept sides and rectangular base, the 6 1/2 in. circular white enamel dial inscribed Lefaucheur Her. du Roy A Paris, with finely pierced latten hands, Roman chapters and Arabic five-minute markers, the twin train movement with rectangular plates, rounded to each corner, with countwheel strike on a bell, silk suspension66cm wide; 48cm high; 25.5cm deep Not until Christian Baulez's 1989 article were the origins of this popular model fully researched. In his article Baulez identified that the first known version was commissioned by Madame de Geoffrin (1699-1777), a leading figure in the French Enlightenment. Her notebooks referred to it as 'ma pendula de Guyard', which has now been identified as Laurent Guiard (1723-1788), much celebrated following his January 1754 exhibition at Versailles of the equestrian statue of Louis XV. Her clock was most likely commissioned later in the same year. Another version which she commissioned in 1768 was presented to Denis Diderot, now at the Musée du Breuil de Saint-Germain at Langres. In his article Baulez suggests that the female figure representing 'The Employment of Time' is possibly inspired by the 1738 portrait of Madame Geoffrin by Jean-Marc Nattier (d. 1766), entitled 'Study'.Madame Geoffrin played host to many of the most influential Philosophes and Encyclopédistes of her time such as Diderot, who popularised, by association, this model of clock. The English purchasers, including Walpole, were Whigs, and opposed to George III's policies.A similar example with a movement by Le Roy, raised on an ebony base, is at Waddesdon Manor, illustrated, G. de Bellaigue, The James A. de Rothschild Collection at Waddesdon Manor, Fribourg, 1974, Vol.I, no. 17, pp. 104-107. Another, with movement by Berthoud, also on an ebony base and with a patinated bronze figure, is in the Wallace Collection, illustrated, P. Hughes, The Wallace Collection, Catalogue of Furniture, London, 1996, Vol. I, no. 99 (F267), pp. 440-443. The clock, once in the collection of Horace Walpole, was sold at Christie's, London, 23 June 1999, lot 120.There are a number of free-hand marks and notes on the movement: 1. On the movement's front plate 'Cariel Le 26 Mai 1828'. 2. The brass dial-mounting plate has a scratch mark 'Gille l'Aine A Paris ... Le grande figure couche'.3. The reverse of the enamel dial is inscribed in a light red ink 'Le Faucheur Hor. Du Roy A Paris', perhaps the dial maker's note; there is also another indistinct name?LITERATURE:C. Baulez, 'La Pendule à la Geoffrin: Un modele succès', L'Estampille L'Objet d'Art, April 1989, pp. 34-41
Lot 753
A Victorian carved oak chiming mantel clock, with Roman numeral chapter ring above two subsidiary dials, with a Winterhalder and Hofmeier eight day movement striking on five gongs, with a dome top case with carved acorn finials, plinth base and turned feet, 59cm high CONDITION REPORT: Currently running and chiming but we can not guarantee that it is in full working order. There are two keys with the clock but they are probably not original and do not fit fully, a better key would need to be found. The varnish on the case has degraded in places. General age wear patina and a little grubby but generally ok.
Lot 754
An Edwardian mahogany eight day mantel clock, with Arabic numeral dial and a Winterhalder and Hofmeier eight day movement striking on three gongs, with a dome top and brass mounted case, 34cm high CONDITION REPORT: 27cm wide and 17cm deep. The clock was running in the house but we can not guarantee that it is in full working condition. General age wear patina to the surface throughout, perhaps a little dry in appearance.
Lot 621
A German miners smokers companion made from coal minerals with the miners greeting Glück Auf on plaque to the front, along with a slate mantel clock made in West Germany and a polished Aluminium sculpture featuring raw and manufactured material and a dedication to Miss Edith Marjorie Wilson MBE [Harold Wilson's elder sister] by her friends in appreciation of her work and friendship over the years [3]
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