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Lot 181
WATCHMAKER'S 6mm SMALL BENCH TOP LATHE, BELT DRIVEN and mounted together with electric motor (working) with foot pedal control and a MAHOGANY BOX CONTAINING LATHE ACCESSORIES including an adjustable cutting/turning bed together with a MOORE & WRIGHT, SHEFFIELD, BENCH TOP METRIC MICROMETER, on ebonized wood plinth base, 6" (15.2cm) wide
Lot 199
LATE VICTORIAN, PROBABLY WINSOR & NEWTON, MAHOGANY ARTISTS 'COLOURMEN' DISPLAY CABINET, the removable top section with framed and glazed, hinged, slope top enclosing seven removable wooden sections/trays, many bearing original colour labels and the removable white enamelled metal centre section to display paint tubes, all with storage wells below, on base with up and over panel door enclosing two sliding paper storage trays, over two tiers each of six graduated drawers, some internally divided for storage of pain or pigments, each drawer with recessed brass loop handle, all on plinth base and now raised on sturdy wheels, 3'6" (106.5cm) wide x 3'10" (117cm) high at the rear
Lot 200
A PERHAPS RARE CARVED OAK NAKED MALE FIGURE, standing holding aloft a shallow fish and with a laurel garland in his right handle supported on a plinth base, hair and waist band gilded, the laurel garland partly gilded and painted green, purportedly made for presentation on the occasion of the First Olympic Games of the modern era, Athens 1896, 41" (104cm) high
Lot 790
A French ormolu-mounted, brown tortoiseshell, ebony and Boulle barometre à pyramideIn the Louis XIV style, after a model by André-Charles Boulle, second half 19th centurySurmounted by the arms of France, with stepped pediment above tapering trunk centred with an oval medallion of a lady, above a foliate mask cast frame to the enamel dial inscribed 'CICERI Selon TORICELLI' to the centre and with three other plaques 'PLUVIEUX' / 'CHANGEANT' / 'BEAU TEMPS', with waisted stem on integral rectangular plinth, with bracket-shaped base and berried terminal, the reverse with a printed paper label detailing a similar barometer, inscribed in ink with reference to a sale at Christie's in 1893114cm. high. IllustratedThe original model from the workshop of André-Charles Boulle and his sons is after a design by Jean Bérain and Gilles-Marie Oppenordt.The reference to the 1893 sale on the paper label on the reverse is most likely that of a similar, though smaller, one bought shortly after the French Revolution by George Capel-Conigsby, 5th Earl of Essex (d. 1839) and sold at Christie's in 1893. A pair with its matching clock sold Sothebys, London 29th June 2005, lot 234,COMPARATIVE LITERATURE:Hans Ottomeyer & Peter Pröschel, Vergoldete Bronzen, Vol. II, Munich, 1896, p. 48, fig. 1.5.2, illustrates the original model for this barometer by Boulle with the dial signed Ciceri and Toricelli, in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London (Jones Collection 1122-1882). See also the same publication, p. 49, fig. 1.5.4, for a related barometer on which the offered barometer is based.
Lot 809
A mahogany cased regulatorBy Steward, 406, Strand, London, circa 1860The case with an arched pediment, above a glazed door, flanked to each side by fluted canted angles with brass wire inlay, the trunk with a rectangular hinged door, on stepped panelled plinth; the 10 ½ in. square brass dial engraved 'MEAN TIME', with Arabic chapters, enclosing a seconds subsidiary dial, sweep centre minutes and hour subsidiary below, signed 'STEWARD / 406. STRAND'. with blued steel hands, the five pillar movement with deadbeat escapement and maintaining power, pivoted crutch, with wood rod and large brass bob pendulum193cm. high. 1 pendulum. 1 weights. 2 door keys. Illustrated
Lot 810
A walnut cased regulator The movement by Benjamin Crook, Hackney, mid-19th century, the case 20th centuryThe 10in. square brass dial signed 'Benj. Crook, Hackney', with sweep centre minutes, seconds subsidary and hour arc aperture, the movement with deadbeat escapement and maintaining power lever, the associated later case with arched pediment above glazed door and side panels, the trunk inset with a panel door, on plinth base, with wooden rod and large brass bob pendulum.189cm. high. 1 pendulum. 1 key. Illustrated
Lot 811
A late Regency mahogany, crossbanded and outlined longcase regulator of long durationBy James Whitelaw, EdinburghThe carved and fretted arched pediment above a circular brass bezel glazed door, the trunk fitted with a rectangular door, flame veneered, flanked to each side by reeded decoration, with rounded terminal, on a plinth base and bracket feet; the 14 ¼ in. circular silvered dial, with Roman chapters, five-minute Arabic outer markers, signed 'James Whitelaw / Edinburgh' below a foliate scroll, with sweep centre seconds, and pierced hands, the single train movement with deadbeat escapement and four additional wheels to the train, with brass rod, brass bob pendulum, the cast iron intermediate dial plate impressed TINNEMORE216cm. high. 1 weight. 1 pendulum. 1 door key. 2 keys. Illustrated
Lot 813
A George III oak longcase clockBy William Mayhew, WoodbridgeThe case surmounted by three giltwood spherical finials, above the arched top and glazed door, flanked by fluted three-quarter columns, the 12in. arched engraved brass dial, signed in a roundel to the arch 'Wm. Mayhew /Woodbridge', with seconds subsidiary and calendar aperture, the twin train movement with five shouldered pillars with anchor escapement and striking on a bell, the trunk with an arched door, on plinth base225cm. high. 2 weights. 1 pendulum. 1 key. 1 door key. Illustrated
Lot 814
A George III oak cased 30 hour longcase clockBy Jeremiah Bullock, EllesmereThe case with a deep overhanging moulded pediment, above a glazed door flanked by turned uprights, the trunk with an arched door, centred by a stellar inlay, on plinth base, the 30 hour movement with 11 ¼ in. square brass dial, engraved to the centre 'Jerh. Bullock, Ellesmere', with foliate cast spandrels, chapter ring and calendar aperture arc, later engraved above the XII 'WILKINSON' and below the VI 'COCKSHUT', the twin train movement with anchor escapement and external countwheel strike on a bell.181cm. high
Lot 815
An oak longcase clockThe movement by Thomas Cragg, Horsham, circa 1790The case with an arched pediment with wavy fret, above a glazed door, flanked to each side by slender tapering fluted uprights, the trunk inset with an arched door, between reeded uprights, on plinth base and shaped apron; the 12 in. silvered dial signed in the arch 'Thos Cragg HORSHAM' with Roman chapters and Arabic five-minute markers, seconds subsidiary and pierced blued steel hands, the movement with four shouldered pillars, anchor escapement and strike on a bell, the case and movement associated.209cm. high. IllustratedThomas Cragg was admitted a member of the Clockmakers' Company circa 1785.
Lot 816
A pine 30 hour longcase clock19th centuryThe case with an arched pediment, surmounted by three finials, above the glazed door, the trunk inset with a panel door, on plinth base; the 11in. square painted dial with calendar aperture, shell spandrels and blued steel pierced hands, the 30 hour twin train movement with countwheel strike on a bell, with anchor escapement, dial and case possibly associated.220cm. high. 1 weight. 1 pendulum.
Lot 817
An Edwardian mahogany, satinwood and marquetry inlaid quarter chiming triple train longcase clockThe case with an arched pediment surmounted by a pair of brass finials, flanked to each side by fluted Corinthian columns, with glass door and side panels, above the trunk flanked by a Corinthian quarter column to each side, inlaid with partial sunburst rays, the arched door centred by an oval inlaid panel of a scantily clad maiden holding a floral wreath, with husk and foliate scrolls about, the plinth inlaid with a ribbon-tied urn, the 12in. arched brass dial, with pierced and cast spandrels, subsidiary in the arch for 'CHIME ON EIGHT BELLS / CAMBRIDGE CHIMES', with silvered chapter ring, matted centre and seconds subsidiary and calendar aperture, the triple train movement with four substantial turned pillars, anchor escapement and quarter striking on nine bells and hour striking on a gong.222cm high. 3 weights. 1 pendulum. 1 case key. Illustrated
Lot 818
A Queen Anne walnut longcase clockThe movement by Charles Gretton, LondonThe case with a moulded pediment above a pierced frieze, with glazed door and sides between tapering turned uprights, the trunk inset with a panel door, centred with a circular glass, on plinth base; the 12in. dial with crown and twin cherub spandrels, the matted centre signed in an oval 'Cha Gretton, London', with seconds subsidary and calendar aperture, with harboured winding holes, the silvered chapter ring with diamond half hour markers, and with pierced blued steel hands, the twin train movement with five ringed and knopped pillars, anchor escapement and internal countwheel strike on a bell, the case and movement possibly associated, the case with restorations and adaptations219cm. high. 2 weights. 1 pendulum. 1 door key. 1 key. IllustratedCharles Gretton, born in 1649, was a celebrated clockmaker.Apprenticed in 1662, at the age of 13, he was admitted as a member of the Clockmakers' Company in 1672 and Master in 1700. He had his workshop in Fleet Street at 'The Ship'. He died in 1731.COMPARATIVE LITERATURE:Dennis Radage, Laila Radage, and Warner Meinen, Charles Gretton: Clock and Watchmaking: Through the Golden Age, Vancouver 2016
Lot 819
A late George II oak and fruitwood crossbanded longcase clockBy Thomas Ogden, Halifax, circa 1750The case with an arched moulded pediment, above a parcel-gilt foliate panel, with glazed door below, flanked by a column to each side, the trunk with an arched panel door, centred by a turned roundel, on a plinth base; the 12 ¾ in. arched brass dial, outlined with an arched moulding to the edge, and with subsidiary dial in the arch for the age and phase of the moon, flanked to each side by a dolphin spandrel, the silvered chapter ring with Roman chapters and Arabic five-minute markers, and fleur-de-lys half hour markers, signed at the VI 'Tho. Ogden Halifax' enclosing a matted centre with seconds subsidiary, engraved to its centre with a sunburst, with a pair of harboured winding holes and centred below by another with calendar and engraved with a pair of birds on foliage, the twin train movement with arched plates, turned pillars, internal countwheel strike, fine steel work227cm. high. 2 weights. 1 pendulum. 1 door key. IllustratedThomas Ogden, 1693-1769. A noted clockmaker and a Quaker. In this movement he displays elements of his finer work, such as the half-bead border to the dial edge, arched plates and finely detailed steel work.COMPARATIVE LITERATURE:Brian Loomes, Clockmakers of Northern England, Ashbourne 1997
Lot 820
An ebonised longcase clockThe movement by Samuel Cox, Worcester, late 17th/early 18th century, the case associated and laterThe case with a rising hood, iron latch, the moulded pediment above a glazed door and sides flanked by spiral turned columns, the trunk with a panel door, centred with a glazed roundel, on plinth base; the 10in. square brass dial with silvered chapter ring, signed 'Samuel Cox, Worcester' at the VI, with cherub mask and foliate spandrels, seconds subsidiary below the XII, rose engraved and matted centre with harboured winding holes, and date aperture above the VI, blued steel hands, the twin train movement with five ringed pillars, with anchor escapement and external countwheel strike on a bell196cm. high. 1 weight. 1 pendulum. 1 key. Illustrated
Lot 821
A walnut longcase clockThe movement by William Kipling, London, first half 18th century, the case a recent copyThe rising hood, with iron latch to the backplate, with a plain pediment above a pierced fret work sound panel, with glazed front and sides, flanked by three-quarter spiral twist columns, the trunk with a panel door, on a plinth base and bun feet; the 12in. square brass dial with engraved outer border, with twin cherub and crown spandrels, with silvered chapter ring, signed above the VI 'Will Kipling London', Roman numerals and Arabic five-minute markers, enclosing a matted centre with seconds subsidiary, engraved with a sunburst, harboured winding holes, and with an aperture for the day and another for the calendar date, pierced blued steel hands, the twin train movement with five ringed turned pillars, with anchor escapement and internal countwheel strike on a bell219cm. high. 1 pendulum. 2 weeks. 1 door key. 1 key. IllustratedWilliam Kipling, a fine maker, apprenticed through the Blacksmith's Company to Thomas Johnson in 1695; he died in 1757.
Lot 822
A 30 hour ebonised longcase clockThe movement by Christopher Gould, London, circa 1690, the case 20th centuryThe rising hood with an iron latch, moulded cornice above pierced fret work, glazed front and sides flanked by spiral turned columns, the trunk inset with a panel door centred with a glazed aperture, on plinth base and bun feet; the 11in. square brass dial signed on the brass plate below the VI 'Chr Gould Londoni fecit', with cherub mask and foliate spandrels, silvered chapter ring, the matted centre with seconds subsidiary and calendar aperture, blued steel hands, the twin train 30 hour movement with ringed pillars, anchor escapement and external countwheel strike201cm. high. 1 pendulum. 1 weight. 1 pully. 1 lead counterweight. 1 case key. IllustratedChristopher Gould was admitted to the Clockmakers' Company in 1682. He was declared bankrupt in 1706, and took a pension from the Clockmakers' Company in 1713 until his death in 1718.
Lot 823
A 30 hour ebonised longcase clockThe movement by John Knibb, Oxford, circa 1715, the case incorporating 18th century elements and possibly associated.The case with a moulded pediment above a pierced fret panel, with plain hinged door below, flanked to each side by a glazed panel, the trunk inset with a door, with plinth base on bun feet; the 10 ½ in. square brass dial, with twin cherub supporting mask spandrels, silvered chapter ring signed 'John Knibb, Oxon', the matted centre with single blued steel pierced hand, the posted brass frame with twin train movement, anchor escapement and with external countwheel on a bell203cm. high. 1 pendulum. 1 weight. 1 door key. IllustratedJohn Knibb was born in 1650, the sixth son of Thomas and Elizabeth Knibb of Claydon, Oxfordshire. He was cousin to Samuel Knibb (1625-70) and younger brother of Joseph Knibb (1640-1711).Around 1664, John joined his elder brother, Joseph, in Oxford. After Samuel's death in 1670, Joseph moved to London to take over his workshop, while John remained in Oxford. John was not admitted as a Freeman of the City of Oxford until 1673, before which time he could only produce clocks in his brother's name. He died in 1722.
Lot 824
A George III mahogany longcase clockBy Fladgate & Wilder, LondonThe hood with an arched pediment centred by an ogee plinth, flanked to each side by fluted canted angles, glazed door, the trunk with a break-arch door, flame veneer panel, on stepped panelled plinth, the arched brass 12in. dial, signed on an arc FLADGATE & WILLDER (sic) LONDON, with STRIKE / SILENT subsidiary, matted centre, above a silvered chapter ring, seconds subsidiary and calendar aperture, with six unusual chinoiserie spandrels, stamped '556' to the lower right of the dial plate (underneath the spandrel), the twin train movement with anchor escapement, striking on a bell, with large brass bob pendulum, with brass bound wooden shaft, the case and movement possibly associated222cm. high. 2 weights, 1 pendulum. IllustratedFladgate was in partnership with Wilder up to 1775. The premises were in Conduit Street. He died in 1781.
Lot 825
A 30 hour ebonised longcase clockThe movement by Richard Rayment, Bury St Edmunds, second quarter 18th century, the case laterWith a moulded pediment, above a glazed door flanked by spiral turned columns and a glazed panel to each side, the trunk inset with a panel door, on plinth base; the 11in. brass dial, signed 'Rich. Rayment Bury St. Edmunds' on the silvered chapter ring, with shell crested mask spandrels, matted centre, single pierced steel hand and calendar aperture, the posted brass frame with two trains, anchor escapement and countwheel strike (countwheel lacking) on a bell206cm. high. 1 pendulum. 2 weights. 1 pulley. 1 lead counterweight. Illustrated
Lot 844
A French brass skeleton timepieceCirca 1850The delicately engraved 'A' frame decorated with foliage, with white enamel chapter ring, pierced moon hands and anchor escapement with silk suspension, striking a bell in the base in passing, with an oval brass base plate stamped 'Ms HONORABLES / EXP / PARIS LONDRES', on an ebonised plinth and with a glass dome25.5cm. high excluding dome. 1 pendulum, 1 key. Illustrated
Lot 845
A Louis-Philippe ormolu-mounted mahogany portico timepiece The rectangular pediment supported on four slender baluster columns, on stepped plinth base, the foliate cast dial surround, with silvered dial and pierced moon hands, the movement stamped 'Robert Paris', with single barrel and anchor escapement, grid iron pendulum with foliate cast bob48cm. high. 1 pendulum, 1 key. Illustrated
Lot 851
A late Louis XVI ormolu and white marble mantle clockThe case surmounted with a foliage-filled urn, above the drum case with laurel festooned musical trophy apron below, flanked to each side by a feather finial above black sectional column, the shaped base with a painted portrait roundel of a lady, on stepped foot and a bow-fronted plinth, with toupie feet; the white 4 ½ in. enamel dial with Arabic numerals and pierced moon hands, with twin train fusée movement and anchor escapement, striking on a bell52cm. high overall. 1 pendulum. IllustratedA very similar clock is in illustrated in Tardy, French Clocks The World Over, Part Two, 5th Edition, Paris 1981, p. 66 and is in the collection of the Musée d'Art et d'Histoire, Geneva.
Lot 858
A brass Congreve rolling ball timepieceSecond half 20th centuryOf typical form, with arched plates below a sphere and fusée movement, with three subsidiary dials for hours, minutes and 60 seconds, on four tapering columns with finials, with tilting platform between, on four large ball feet, with ebonised base and under a brass-framed glazed caseThe plinth 40cm. wide; 49cm. high overall. No ball, no key. IllustratedSir William Congreve, an officer in the Royal Artillery and in 1814 Comptroller of the Royal Laboratory at Woolwich, was an inventor. In 1808 he patented a timekeeper in which a small metal ball rolls down an inclined plane with zigzag grooves, at the end of which the ball impulses a lever, cranking the table in the reverse direction, for the ball to roll on its journey again in the other direction.
Lot 871
A giltmetal-mounted ebonised bracket clock, of small sizeIn the James II style, by John Marshall, London, circa 1960The case with a cast handle above the domed top with pierced foliate cast panel, above the hinged glazed panel door, with two shield-shaped escutcheons, with glazed side panels and hinged back door, on a moulded plinth and block feet; the 4in. square brass dial with winged cherub mask spandrels, silvered chapter ring with trident half-hour markers, blackened steel hands, matted centre and false pendulum aperture, the movement with foliate engraved backplate, signed 'Jno Marshall / LONDON', with rose engraved countwheel, verge escapement and plain pillars25cm. high. IllustratedJohn Marshall's love of clockmaking began in the early 1960s. Recalling the Golden age of clockmaking, he crafted a number of clocks and won a silver medal from the Worshipful Company of Clockmakers in 1994. Working in the traditional manner, he crafted every component, bar the main springs. He was a cabinet-maker and worked at Arthur Brett's in Norwich.
Lot 877
An interesting Italian ebonised bracket clockThe movement signed Antonio Califfi in firenze, late 17th century and laterThe case with a domed pediment surmounted by a scrolled handle, with glazed panels to the front, back and sides, on plinth base and turned feet; the 6 ½in. square brass dial with winged cherub spandrels, silvered chapter ring with Roman numerals, Arabic five-minute divisions and trefoil half-hour markers, inscribed around the VI '1695 Antonio Califfi In firenze', with matted centre and calendar aperture, blued steel hands and strike / no strike lever above the XII, the twin train fusée movement, signed on the backplate 'Antonio Califfi in firenze', within a scrolled border, replaced pierced back cock, with six finely turned baluster-shaped pillars, with verge escapement, square baluster-shaped lower potence, the steel arbours all with baluster and ring turning, striking on a bell, possibly once with quarter striking work, now lost, the case with replacements and restorations 38cm. high. Illustrated
Lot 14
Pandora Eutrope Bouret (1833-1906) French bronze figure'Retour des Champs' impressed signature to rim, raised on metal plinth base, height 53cm CONDITION REPORT: Good overall condition, wear marks/minor dents to base but figure, good, no foundry mark impressed signature, age is late 19th Century
Lot 517
A Flemish style carved oak side cupboard, circa 1900Featuring a carved angled frieze drawer, with heavy cast metal handle, above carved and panelled cupboard door flanked by pilaster uprights, raised on plinth base, width approx 90cm. CONDITION REPORT: cupboard - stains and marks to top, some splits, scratches etc - see images
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