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Lot 23
An early 19thC pearlware silver lustre Jug, commemorating Sir Francis Burnett MP, with printed portrait panel reading 'S. F. Burdett' 'The Champion of Liberty' with printed verse to the reverse 'Ye Britons true...', H 15.5cm. Provenance; The property of a Collector, amassed over the last 50 years.
Lot 250
A large quantity of damaged Chinese and Japanese porcelain, comprising Vases, miniature Kutani Tea set, Plates, etc., together with a tortoiseshell card case with mother of pearl panel inlaid with abalone shell, a mother of pearl and abalone shell card case, both as found, a quantity of miniature brass animals, etc., (a lot)
Lot 113
A 1:15 scale model of a 1938 2.9 Alfa Romeo Le Mans Coupe and Master Pattern, by Gerald Wingrove,finely detailed scratch-built 'curbside' model with hinged opening doors, constructed from mainly brass, copper and aluminium parts, post-2000 model inscribed to underside '1938 2.9 Alfa Romeo Le Mans Coupe by Gerald Wingrove MBE Model Engineer Spain', finished in red livery, with wire-spoked wheels shod with rubber tyres, 30.5cm long; offered together with wooden Master Pattern for the model, in polished wood with brass body-panel contours and fitted with radiator grille, 30cm long, mounted on polished wooden plinth, both contained together within green baize padded two-tiered plywood storage case with sliding lid, and with a framed and glazed printed display of detailed plans drafted on Bentley Systems Microstation, and dated 2005, 32 x 75cm, and a folder containing loose A4 sheets of annotated plans, photocopies of technical sketches and reference images, and various colour photographs with slides of the full-size car, used by Wingrove to assist in construction of the model. (Qty)For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 96
A leather-cased picnic set for four persons, 1920s,tan honey leather case with handle, nickelled locks with catches, the lid opening to compartmentalised tan suede lined interior, fitted with large ribbed Thermos flask, one large and two smaller metal food boxes, a lift-out tray containing four Mintons gilt-handled bone china tea-cups and four glass tumblers, two ceramic condiments jars by G.W.Scott & Sons, and a pig-skin leather folding panel containing knives and forks, with four circular enamel plates, three bone china saucers (one missing) and other cutlery housed behind leather straps in the lid, the case with old marks, stains and scuffs and bearing 'P.B.' gilt initials to lid, 66cm wide. This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ◊◊◊◊ £60 + VAT uplift and storage at £12 + VAT per lot per dayFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 115
A 1:15 scale model of a 1930 Duesenberg 'J' Murphy Boat-Tail Speedster, by Gerald Wingrove,finely detailed scratch-built model with hinged bonnet revealing engine, hinged opening doors, and rear panel opening to reveal rear single seat, constructed from mainly brass, copper and aluminium parts, post-2000 model inscribed to underside '1930 J Duesenberg by Murphy Boat-Tail Speedster Gerald Wingrove MBE Model Engineer', finished in two-tone black and bare metal livery, with wire-spoked wheels shod with rubber tyres, seat back loose but present, 38cm long, contained in green baize padded plywood storage case with sliding lid; offered together with small engraved title plaque and a 'Duesenberg Straight 8' badge, both on polished wooden plinths, and a framed colour printed image of a cutaway illustration of the car, 32 x 56cm. (5)For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 871
Flamecut cabside panel 37519 ex British Railways Diesel locomotive built by English Electric in 1961 and originally numbered D6727 and 37027 in 1974 and lastly 37519 in 1987, named Loch Eil in 1981. Cut up at Booths Rotherham in March 2008. In good condition complete with all angle removed. Measures 33in x 16.75in.
Lot 842
Flamecut cabside 47477. Ex British Railways diesel class 47 built at Crewe Works in 1964 as D1607. First allocation 87E Landore Jul 1964. R/N to 47477 Mar 1974. Withdrawn from Crewe Diesel Oct 1992 and cut up at Booth Roe Metals, Rotherham Jul 1993. In Very good condition with Data Panel and Bristol shed logo and all angle removed measures 22in x 32.5in.
Lot 136
GWR carriage print advertising panel GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY REMOVAL CONTAINERS HOUSE TO HOUSE REMOVALS. Print measures 26in x 8in and has James Milne General Manager Paddington Station W2. Printed in England by W.E.Berry Ltd Bradford at the bottom. In very good condition professionally conserved onto card with a fold mark to centre and small tear repair bottom centre. A rare print only seen twice before at auction.
Lot 804
Flamecut number panel 31415 ex British Railways diesel locomotive built by Brush as works number 325 in 1961 numbered D5824 becoming 31415 March 1974. Allocated new to 41A Tinsley in November 1961 and withdrawn from Bescot July 1995. Scrapped at CF Booth, Rotherham June 2009. In good condition with data panel, measures 31in x 26in.
Lot 821
Flamecut number panel 73111 ex British Railways Electro Diesel locomotive built by English Electric Company as works number 3579/E349 in 1965 numbered E6017 becoming 73111 in February 1974. Allocated new to 75D Stewarts Lane in January 1966 and withdrawn from there in May 1991. Scrapped on site at Stewarts Lane by staff of MRJ Phillips, Llanelly January 1997. Measures 24in x 9.75in with all angle removed.
Lot 661
Flamecut number panel 50032 ex British Railways diesel locomotive built by English Electric Company as works number 3802/D1173 in 1968 numbered D432 becoming 50032 in February 1974. New to D05 Stoke Division in July 1968, it was named COURAGEOUS in July 1978 and withdrawn from Laira in October 1990. Scrapped on site at Old Oak Common by staff of Coopers Metals Ltd, Cardiff Feb 1991. In as removed condition measures 51in x 21in.
Lot 1453
the panelled top with iron latch enclosing a vacant interior with open candlebox, the front with frieze and twin panels carved with stylised flowers and leaves, height 56cm, width 106cm, depth 48cm. *Condition: Large split to top central panel, worm damage and losses, alterations and later elements.
Lot 114
Code Civil des Français, Paris, 1804, 8vo, contemporary French calf-backed marbled boards. FIRST EDITION of the "Napoleonic Code".Code Civil des Français. Édition Originale et Seule Officielle. Paris: De l' Imprimerie de la Rpublique. An XII, 1804. 8vo (200 x 125mm). Half title, large woodcut allegorical device on the title captioned in a panel beneath "Grand-Juge et Ministre de la Justice", woodcut device of "Le Grand-Juge, Ministre de la Justice, Regnier" on the verso of the final text leaf (some fraying to half title, variable but mainly light spotting, staining and browning). Contemporary French calf-backed marbled boards, the spine lettered and decorated in gilt (boards lightly rubbed). Provenance: From the Collection of Peter and Margarethe Braune; Mairie de Bourmont, Haute-Marne (old stamp on title); some early pen and pencil annotation to front free endpaper. FIRST EDITION of the "Napoleonic Code" which, under the direction of Napoleon Bonaparte and a special commission led by J. J. Cambaceres, gave post-revolutionary France its first coherent set of laws concerning individual rights, the family, property and the colonies. While all male citizens were granted equal rights, including that of religious dissent, and the secular character of the state was recognised, there was much about the new code that was strikingly illiberal and reactionary: women were deprived of individual rights, as were illegitimate children, and colonial slavery was re-introduced. The statutes were finally approved in March 1804 and published shortly after for the first time in the present volume. Brunet II, 118.
Lot 65
A rare early 19th century brass mounted Partridgewood table clock with pull repeatJohn Thwaites, London No. 4589The lancet case with brass-bound arch supported on three-quarter columns, the sides with lion mask handles and lancet shaped apertures with architectural frets backed in red silk, inlaid to the front with a running border and shaped panel on a partridge wood ground front, the plinth with inlaid Greek Key design on ball feet.The 6.75inch refreshed painted Roman dial signed John Thwaites London below typical delicately pierced blued steel hands. The twin gut fusee movement with five knopped pillars and an anchor escapement, the backplate with engraved swag border, the front plate stamped Thwaites at the top and 4589 in the lower right corner. Ticking and repeating with case key. 43cms (16.5ins) highFootnotes:Based on the numbering of the front plate, the movement was manufactured in 1810.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 96
A fine late 17th century olivewood marquetry eight day longcase clock with ten inch dialChristopher Gould, LondonThe hood cut with a hessian-covered sound aperture to the top, over a pierced fret backed in red silk, raised on an ebonised cornice and spirally twisted columns, the long door with oval glazed lenticle and three panels of bird and flower inlay within boxwood and ebony borders against a ground of oyster-cut olivewood, the base with matching inlaid panel on bun feet. The ten inch square brass dial with winged cherub spandrels framing the signature along the lower edge Chr. Gould, Londini fecit, silvered Roman and Arabic chapter ring with dots at the half-quarter markers and elaborate half-hour markers, the finely matted centre with narrow subsidiary seconds dial over ringed winding squares and a decorated chamfered date aperture. The eight-day weight-driven movement united by five knopped and finned pillars, with anchor escapement and outside count wheel strike on a bell, an L-shaped securing bracket set to the rear of the backplate and locating into a reciprocal bracket in the oak backboard. Ticking and striking, together with a case key, crank winding key, brass-faced pendulum and pair of brass-clad weights. 1.97m (6ft 5.5ns) high.Footnotes:For biography, see Lot 73This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: TPTP For auctions held in Scotland: Lots will be moved to an offsite storage location (Constantine, Constantine House, North Caldeen Road, Coatbridge ML5 4EF, Scotland, UK) and will only be available for collection from this location at the date stated in the catalogue. Please refer to the catalogue for further information.For all other auctions: Lots will be moved to an offsite storage location (Cadogan Tate, Auction House Services, 241 Acton Lane, London NW10 7NP, UK) and will only be available for collection from this location at the date stated in the catalogue. Please note transfer and storage charges will apply to any lots not collected after 14 calendar days from the auction date.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 52A
A very fine and rare limited edition 'Atmos du Millenaire' with 1000-year calendar indication, made to commemorate the Golden Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II in 2002Jaeger LeCoultre, numbered 39 of 50.The tapering glazed case signed on the front panel and etched 'ALL THE QUEEN'S HORSES. A Golden Jubilee Tribute to Her Majesty The Queen', the top panel with the Royal coat of arms of Elizabeth II over side panels engraved with the names and dates of the Kings and Queens of England, from Alfred The Great in 871 to the present day, raised on three gilt brass conical feet, the 5.5 inch dial with outer calendar spiral to the year 3000 A.D., encircling the painted white time dial with monthly calendar above XII and aperture for phases of the moon at VI, over a locking lever, bubble level and narrow torsion disc, the air-driven, silent movement numbered 709998 28cms (11ins) high.Footnotes:Provenance:Purchased from Mappin and Webb, Edinburgh, 2002.An identical model, number 50 of 50, was sold in these rooms 11th December 2019, lot 8.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 126
A good second quarter of the 19th century brass inlaid mahogany table clockR. Dawes, SouthamptonSurmounted by a brass acorn finial over applied gadrooning, floral brass inlay and recessed panel on a stepped base and ball feet. The refreshed painted Roman dial, signed R. Dawes Southampton, under blued steel spade hands. The twin gut (now wire) fusee movement with four narrow knopped pillars and anchor escapement, the backplate with an engraved floral border. Ticking, with a case key and a winding key. 41cms (16ins) highFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 95
An early 19th century brass-inlaid mahogany table clockAdams, 36 Lombard St, LondonThe case with side ring handles and architectural frets with red silk backing on acorn feet, the front panel inlaid with symmetrical patterns. The restored 8 inch signed Roman dial with matching blued steel hands. The twin wire fusee movement with shouldered and footed plates, anchor escapement and rack striking on a bell. Ticking, striking. 49cms (19.25ins) high. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 64
A mid 19th century French ebonised and gilt wood wall clock with jasper insets in the Italian 17th century styleLagarde, Paris No. 3993The case surmounted by an architectural top with brass beading and jasper panel, surrounded by gilt brass finials cast with portrait busts on a moulded cornice with brass beading, over volute scroll sides set with further gilt brass mounts to the front and sides, terminating in a moulded and brass-beaded base with gilt toupie feet. The gilt brass Roman dial with enamel numeral plaques under fleur des lys steel hands. The twin spring barrel movement with Brocot escapement and outside count wheel, the backplate stamped Lagarde a Paris with an upside down 3993. Ticking and striking the half and full hours. 44cms (17 ins) highFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 67
A mid 19th century bronzed Carriage clock with underslung English lever platform escapementWilliamson, Royal Exchange, LondonSurmounted by a gilt facetted handle on scroll uprights set on a glazed raised section over a moulded cornice, glazed sides and doors, the front corners canted and terminating in upright scrolls to a stepped plinth on gilt button feet. The 3-inch arched gilt dial signed in a polished reserve Williamson, Royal Exchange, London over the Roman chapter ring and blued steel hands all set against a richly decorated panel featuring flowers, a bird, and a butterfly within foliate scrolls and tendrils. The twin chain fusee movement with underslung jewelled English lever platform escapement benefitting from Harrison's maintaining power. Rack striking on a circular section blued steel coiled gong. Ticking, striking and repeating with two case keys and a winding key. 25cm (9.5 in) highFootnotes:Christopher Williamson was working at the Royal Exchange between 1821-1844. A giant carriage clock, with a similar aesthetic to the current carriage clock, is known to be inscribed on the back plate 'Craighead & Webb late C. Williamson, Royal Exchange, LONDON'. Craighead & Webb are listed as working in London in either 1836 or 1851 through to 1863, and it seems that in the mid-1840's they were employed in finishing one of Williamson's clocks, which for reasons unknown he was unable to finish. That he had been working on a clock upon his death could suggest that he was relatively young when he died.A rosewood travelling clock by Williamson was sold in these rooms in 15 December 2004, Lot 96.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 88
A very rare mid 19th century mahogany floor standing regulator with gridiron pendulum and Mudge gravity escapementMcGraw, LeedsThe arched case with moulded frame to the full-length door, with glazed sides over a recessed panel base on moulded block feet. The 13-inch signed silvered dial Roman dial with minute track and steel hands, the recessed subsidiary seconds dial set at VI, with bold five-second markers. The weight driven movement substantially constructed throughout, with shouldered plates 6mm in thickness united by four heavy turned pillars. The inverted single train winding below XII, the gut line running over an off-set free barrel, with Harrison's maintaining power, high count pinions and substantial wheels of six crossings out, tear-drop shaped cock on the rear of the backplate supporting the deadbeat escape wheel, the gravity escapement with separately mounted vertical entry-and exit-pallets, their sprung roots screwed to the back cock and running down to the escape wheel, each playing against the outer edge of the heavy gridiron pendulum as it swings. The pendulum with T-bar suspension over five bars of brass and steel to a heavy lenticular bob, driven by a brass weight. 2m (6ft 7ins) high.Footnotes:Joseph Copeland McGraw was born in Leeds in 1873. It is unknown where he served his apprenticeship, but he was described as a clockmaker. He married Eliza Phoebe Pearson in 1893 in Nottingham. After the birth of their first child, James, in 1895, the family moved to Leeds, where the other six children were born. McGraw died in 1909, at the age of 36, and the family moved back to Nottingham. Two years later, they are listed as living at 6 Institute Street, Hartley Road; Eliza is described as a charwoman, and the children that are old enough to work are either listed as scholars or errand girls/boys. The eldest child, James, would enlist shortly after the beginning of the First World War, eventually being killed in action in France 1918. Nottinghamshire County Council (2022), Roll of Honour: James McGraw. Available at: https://secure.nottinghamshire.gov.uk/RollOfHonour/People/Details/7405This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: TPTP For auctions held in Scotland: Lots will be moved to an offsite storage location (Constantine, Constantine House, North Caldeen Road, Coatbridge ML5 4EF, Scotland, UK) and will only be available for collection from this location at the date stated in the catalogue. Please refer to the catalogue for further information.For all other auctions: Lots will be moved to an offsite storage location (Cadogan Tate, Auction House Services, 241 Acton Lane, London NW10 7NP, UK) and will only be available for collection from this location at the date stated in the catalogue. Please note transfer and storage charges will apply to any lots not collected after 14 calendar days from the auction date.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 27
A rate late 19th century French nickel silver 'Angelus' carriage clockDesigned by Lucien Falize. The movement numbered 7901Surmounted by a handle of entwined dragons, over twelve titled circular panels cast into the sides, each representing a month of the year with an associated activity (sowing, harvesting, threshing etc); the rear set with a scene of the Admonition and the inscription 'Vigilate quia netcitis diem neque horam' Watch thee, for you know not the day nor the hour and a solid door with strapwork hinges and sliding bolt, the octagonal dial with gothic Roman numerals and fancy pierced hands with mythical beasts to the centre, over a scene of the Annunciation and the inscription 'Angelus Domini numtiavit Maria', The Angel of the Lord Announced to Mary, the underside cast in the same style with strapwork and hexagonal panel, signed AXF and depose. The rectangular carriage clock movement with folding integral handle tandem winding both trains, with lever platform escapement striking and repeating on a gong. 18cms (7ins) high. Footnotes:The plates are engraved AB and punch numbered 5036COMPARATIVE LITERATURE:A. Kenneth Snowman, The Master Jewellers, London, 1990, pp.61-72Lucien Falize, 'L'Orfevreue et la Bijouterie au Champs de Mars', Gazette des Beaux Arts, Paris, 1878Katherine Purcell, 'Catering for Every Taste', Apollo, February 1991Joseph Fanelli and Charles Terwilliger, A Century of Fine Carriage Clocks, Clock Trade Enterprises, 1987, pp.90-91Lucien Falize (1839-1897) and his father Alexis (1811-1898) were renowned designers and manufacturers of the finest decorative and enamelled jewellery. Alexis established the firm in 1832 and retired in 1876, whereupon his son took over and expanded the business. Lucien was particularly influenced by the enamel art of Japan and the revival of interest in Gothic and Renaissance art so popular in the last quarter of the 19th century.This particular model of clock - given the name Angelus - was first exhibited in ivory with gold and silver mounts at the 1878 at the Exposition Universelle in Paris. The 'AXF' lozenge mark stamped on the underside of this lot was not used by Falize after he took Bapst, former French crown jeweller, as a partner in 1880, giving a timeline of possible production of this piece of 1878-1880. Related examples of this model were sold in these rooms 17th June 2003, lot 92; 15th December 2015, lot 120; Sotheby's Paris, 28 March 2007, lot 155; Christie's London, 6 December 2006, lot 16 and Sotheby's London, 24 February, 2004, lot 3. Another example is in the collection of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Accession Number: M.2001.137.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 77
An important third quarter of the 18th century mahogany table clock with phases of the moon, time of high water, automatic representation of the state of tide, and date. Together with an 18th centuryoak box.Designed by James Ferguson, circa 1764, made by Samuel Northcote, Plymouth shortly afterThe bell top case with handle and four cone finials over shaped and circular glazed side apertures to a moulded base on later brass ogee bracket feet, the front door with brass edging and cast seashell quadrants. The 7.5 inch tall rectangular dial set to the arch with a rotating spherical moon, half-silvered/half-blued to represent the state of the moon in the night's sky, set over a hand-painted panel depicting a standing couple with goats by their side looking across the sea to a castle flying the Union flag on the opposite bank; the scene is centred by a painted sea inhabited by a manned rowboat, the sea panel is set on a vertical arm which is geared to the clock movement and automatically raises and lowers itself to indicate the relative height of the tides each day. The silvered Roman and Arabic chapter ring with inner concentric date set over a pair of subsidiary dials; the left hand side with twice I-XII scale around the moon's age 1-29.5 one hand gives the age of the moon, the other the time of high tide; the right hand side dial is divided into eight sections, the single hand geared to rotate and show the ebbs and flows of the ocean, each three-hour sector engraved variously for High Water - Half Ebb - Low Water - Half Flood - High Water - Half Ebb - Low Water - Half Flood, framing the engraved signature Samuel Northcote, Plymouth.The twin gut (now wire) fusee movement now with anchor escapement, and rack striking on a bell, the gearing for the falling and rising sea level is set between the front plate and the dial. The backplate repeat signed Saml. Northcote, Plymouth with interlaced straps and foliage. Ticking, tide automaton, spherical moon and subsidiary dials all apparently working. Together with a pendulum and two case keys. Together with a contemporary oak travelling box, the slightly tapering case with a deep top lid set over a pair of front doors opening to reveal a felt-lined interior, set with iron handles to the sides and a large shaped escutcheon plate and sliding bolt to the front. With the brass ogee feet removed, clock sits within this case. Presumably for travel, padded felt 'cushions' would have been used to give additional protection and provide a tighter fit. The travel case 58cms x 40cms x 24cms. (2)Footnotes:Literature:Ponsford, Devon Clocks and Clockmakers, 1985, pp109-111; Plates 36 and 37. Samuel Northcote senior (c1709-1791) was the son of a painter; two of Samuel's sons survived childhood, Samuel junior (c.1742-1813), who followed in his father's footsteps and James (1746-1831) who became a successful painter, though he had completed, on his father's insistence, a full horological apprenticeship in his own workshop. In his autobiography James says of his father that he was 'valued by all who knew him for his great integrity, abilities, and general knowledge...he was a pious, studious, humble and ingenious man.' Plymouth was a busy port in the 18th century, and Devon was home to many gifted minds. In 1740 Northcote and his good friend Lyne Brett were founder members of the Otter Club - a group of twelve men who would take morning baths in the sea, and once a fortnight meet for supper. Dr John Mudge, (1721-1793) brother of the celebrated horologist Thomas Mudge (1715-1794) was also one of the twelve members. John was a Fellow of the Royal Society and was awarded its Copley gold medal in 1777. Doubtless Mudge would have discussed the latest London experiments and events with his fellow Otters. It is worth noting too, that Thomas returned to Plymouth in 1771 in order to work on the problem of finding longitude at sea. Ponsford illustrates this clock by Samuel Senior in his definitive book and states 'Another bracket clock has a plate in the dial arch which rises and falls to indicate the state of the tide. Signed 'Samuel Northcote, Plymouth, it was made to a design by the astronomer James Ferguson, who visited Plymouth and stayed for several months as a guest of Northcote's friend, Dr John Mudge. The original clock of this kind was contrived by Ferguson in 1764 for Captain Hutchinson, dockmaster at Liverpool, but it was from Plymouth in May 1766 that Ferguson sent a detailed description of it to the Royal Society, together with a large drawing of the dial and its mechanism.' Ferguson himself described it as follows; 'a table clock, showing the hours and minutes, the day of the month, the moon's phases, age, and time of coming to the meridian, with the time of high water every day, and the state of the tide at any time of the day or night, by inspection.'For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 19
A rare mid-19th century French one-piece cased carriage clockBaullier (Père et fils) and Paul GarnierThe typical bevelled glazed case surmounted by a turned handle on baluster uprights with moulded frame on a stepped base with wooden block underneath, the front panel lifting up via an applied knob to allow for winding and hand setting. The silvered one-piece dial with engine turned centre, the Roman chapter ring framed by a watered-silk effect mask, and set with blued steel moon hands. The large twin spring barrel movement with a jewelled English lever platform escapement, the uncompensated monometallic balance with engraved cock, striking on a large flat bell, the backplate stamped Baullier Père et fils and in the centre P. G. Brevete. Ticking and striking. 18cms (7ins) highFootnotes:The Baullier dynasty of clock manufactures were established in 1789. By 1823, the elder Baullier was operating out of 102 Rue du Temple in Paris and advertising as a clock and watch maker. Three years later the firm had become Baullier, père et fils, still operating out of the same location. It seems likely that the younger Baullier was apprenticed to his father, finishing his apprenticeship in 1826. On 15 April 1827, the shop was relocated to 9 Rue Vendôme, and the firm appears to have expanded their offerings to included horological wholesale. Two years later, the firm had expanded again, to include gilt bronze clock cases. Confusingly, they are listed as still operating out of 102 Rue du Temple, as well as 7 Rue Vendôme. Additionally, a clock and watch maker named Baullier was listed as part of the committee for the Parisian 6th district town hall, beginning from this date. Two years after this, a horologist named Baullier served as juror. Sometime before 1836, the younger Baullier appears to have married a woman of very good standing, though as with the rest of the dynasty her first name remains unknown. In 1836, though, she is listed as a wealthy donor to a charity ball, specifically held to raise money for the poor of the 6th district in Paris. Her address is listed as 9 Rue Vendôme. Less then a year later, the name of the firm was changed to 'Baullier, Elder & Co.' and their address was listed as 9 Rue Vendôme. The firm's trades were described as 'clock makers, wholesale orders, gilt bronzes cases and watches of all types'. This title would be in place throughout 1839, though by this point the firm was known by several other names; 'Baullier, elder clockmaker 9 Rue Vendôme', 'Baullier's son & Co. Rue Vendôme', and the first mention of 'Baschet-Baullier 9 Rue Vendôme'. Similar to the Baullier family, Baschet's surname is unknown and very little is known about them. A year later, these titles were all still in use, though Baullier, père et fils 9 Rue Vendôme, had supplanted 'Baullier, Elder & Co.'It appears that Baullier Sr. had transferred the shop to Baullier Jr. and Baschet in 1841, a notice appearing in several trade journals that the latter were now the successors to the former. It is also the first time that Baullier's wife is listed in the trade journals, as a metal engraver working out of 48 Coquillière. Baullier is also listed as working out of this address as a horologist. No mention is given of Baschet trading at this location.Less then a year later, the Baulliers had relocated to 67 Vieux-Augustins, though the shop Baullier and Baschet took over remained at 9 Rue Vendôme. In 1843, mention is again made of a horologist named Baullier serving as part of the committee for the 6th district town hall; it is possibly that the elder Baullier's position on the committee was transferred to his son on the former's retirement, though it is also possible that the younger Baullier had been part of the committee since 1829. This same year, the famed conjuror and horologist began working out of 9 Rue Vendôme (having been at 11 Rue Vendôme the previous year) an address he would work out off until 1846.The following year, the firm exhibited during the 'Industry Exposition of 1844' though their name had again changed, now becoming 'Baschet, Baullier and brother'. They exhibited a selection of pillar clocks and gilt bronze cases. The firm's name was changed in trade journals as well, to 'Baschet, Baullier and brother', with mention being made that all three were the successors of the elder Baullier. In 1846, Baullier and his wife moved to 43 Vieux-Augustins, and the former expanded his offerings to include both horological repair and polishing. The firm expanded in 1847, to offer Carcel lamps (clockwork driven oil lamps) in addition to 'clocks and general horology'. In 1848, Baullier's wife advertised as a jeweller as well as a metal engraver, the couple had also moved again, to 55 Montmartre. Interestingly, Baullier's wife is also referred to as Mme. Hte, likely Madame Haute which was a designation for an aristocrat at the time. Based on her past involvement as a donor to a Parisian ball, it seems that she may have been quite wealthy.In 1849, Mme. Baullier began to specify that she was a metal engraver for horological items, likely meaning an engraver for back/balance cocks, backplates, etc. There is also no longer any reference to the Baullier brother, the firm's name reverting back Baschet Baullier. Two years later the shop would move premises for the last time, to 7 Rue Vendôme. Less then a year later, in Baullier's solo advertisement, working out of 55 Montmartre, he described himself as a shop horologist (a horologist who repairs horological items out of a non-horological shop), possibly indicating his wife owned a jeweller's shop at which he was the horologist. In 1854, the Baulliers were operating out of 49 and 55 Montmartre, moving to 47-49 Montmartre shortly after. In 1856, Baschet, Baullier and Callaud of 7 Rue Vendôme Paris took out a 15-year patent for an 'electric remontoire'. Callaud appears to have been a Parisian horologist who had been working in Paris since at least 1833. As he is only named in the patent, it is possible that he entered into partnership with Baschet and Baullier strictly for the manufacture of clocks with an 'electric remontoir'. The firm continued to advertise in trade journals until 1861, after which point no mention can be found of Baschet Baullier, or Baullier on his own. The advertisements for the Baullier's wife stopped a year previously, and never pick up again. This date, 1860-61, coincides with the very end of the third global cholera pandemic, and the very beginning of the fourth, making it possible that all three manufacturers were victims. In 1884, an obituary was published for Julie Bourlet, née Baullier, a 24 year old horologist. Further, in 1898, a marriage notice is published for Rose-Emilile-Pauline Baullier (no profession) to Jules-Louis-Joseph Abry (watch case manufacturer). What relation these two women have to each other, and the Baullier horologists described, remains unknown.As the clock is marked Baullier, père et fils, the clock would likely have been manufactured between 1826-1840 For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 61
A rare mid 19th century engraved gilt brass oval desk timepiece in the form of a toilet mirror.Attributable to Thomas Cole. Numbered to the underside of the base and rear of the dialplate 848The oval dial supported between a pair of shaped uprights on an elaborate base with rotating support, engraved all over with scrolls, flowers and foliage on a hatched ground. (the front panel with later engraved presentation to D. P.-g 15 Feb. 1957, the rear inscribed J. W. H. from G. & E. Kean. The richly engraved Roman dial with delicate blued steel fleur des lys hands framed by a floral engraved bezel and pierced sight ring. The single chain fusee movement with maintaining power and jewelled English lever escapement with monometallic balance, the backplate pinned. Ticking with winding key, the number 848 stamped on the dial plate under the dust cover. 14cms (5.5ins) highFootnotes:A very similar model, numbered 1107 to the stand and dial plate (as in the current example) is illustrated in Hawkins, J.B. (1975) Thomas Cole & Victorian Clockmaking. Sydney: Macarthur Pres Pty., Item 41.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 50
A late 19th century Belgian silver, silver-gilt and pink enamelled desk timepieceSilex No. 112The case surmounted by a stalking brass tiger and bud finials, over plain sides to a fluted stepped base, the rear panel engine-turned with apertures for winding and hand-setting, the front set with silver mounts of scrolls, musical trophies, a jester mask and a winged vacant cartouche, framing the shaped dial. The engine-turned Roman dial with floral engraving and silvered chapter ring, the half hours marked with floating stars, under delicate skeletonised hands. The single spring barrel, seventeen jewel movement with four ringed pillars and Swiss lever escapement, the inside of the backplate stamped Fabrique A Enghien, the outside stamped Silex on the left and Made in Paris along the bottom. Ticking. 10cms (3.5ins) highThis lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 13
A late 19th century French porcelain panelled repeating carriage clockNumbered 1375The case with beaded spiral handle over a bevelled glass inspection panel and four porcelain panels decorated in many colours in the Aesthetic taste, including panels of trees and bucolic buildings framed by sprigs of blossom and pairs of birds all against a sky blue ground, each panel set between beaded spiral columns on a stepped base. The Roman chapter ring with Breguet style moon hands. The twin barrel movement with replaced lever platform escapement striking on a coiled blued steel gong. 16cms (6.25ins) high. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 107
A rare late 18th century figured mahogany longcase clock with high tide and calendar indicationKenyon, LiverpoolThe swan neck pediment with carved floral terminals over freestanding reeded columns to the front and rear, the shaped door with book-matched veneers framed by a walnut border, flanked by quarter columns over a base with applied panel and canted corners to the stepped base with carved ogee bracket feet. The 13 inch arched brass dial with painted rolling moonphase over engraved planets, the Roman and Arabic chapter ring with floating lozenge half hour markers framing the finely matted centre with burnished foliate scrolls emanating from the root of a triangular aperture revealing one of the Deities of the days (Luna, Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, Venus, Saturn and Apollo) painted in colours, under elaborate steel hands; the uppermost corners set with a silvered subsidiary dial giving date of the month (marked in Roman numerals) and high tide indicator. The twin weight driven movement united by four knopped pillars and smooth barrels, anchor escapement and internal count wheel striking on a large bell marked G. Ainsworth WarrN. 224cms (88ins) highThis lot is subject to the following lot symbols: TPTP For auctions held in Scotland: Lots will be moved to an offsite storage location (Constantine, Constantine House, North Caldeen Road, Coatbridge ML5 4EF, Scotland, UK) and will only be available for collection from this location at the date stated in the catalogue. Please refer to the catalogue for further information.For all other auctions: Lots will be moved to an offsite storage location (Cadogan Tate, Auction House Services, 241 Acton Lane, London NW10 7NP, UK) and will only be available for collection from this location at the date stated in the catalogue. Please note transfer and storage charges will apply to any lots not collected after 14 calendar days from the auction date.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 63
A rare 19th Century patinated and gilt brass wall hanging calendar timepiece in the manner of Thomas ColeJames McCabe, London, no. 1744The frame cast with flowerheads, C-scrolls and foliage around a frosted gilt surround to an inner mask of engraved foliate scrolls centred by the head of an imp, the rear body of the case with rounded edge and screw-on back panel (sliding cover now lacking), set with a suspension hook.The 2.5 inch silvered Roman dial with gilt floral edging enclosing a minute band and Roman numerals to a decorated centre with blued steel hands. Below the main dial sits a manually adjusted weekly calendar, the main table marked 1-31, with a rotating day-of-the-week drum; a mercury thermometer sits to the right hand side with silvered Fahrenheit and Reamur scales. The rectangular movement measuring 7cms x 5.5cms with chain fusee to a five-wheel train terminating in a lever escapement (cut and compensated bimetallic balance currently distorted), signed on a subplate Jas McCabe Royal Exchange, London, No. 1744. 21cms (8.25ins) high.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
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