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Lot 171
A fine and rare George III mahogany free-standing mercury pillar barometer. Nairne and Blunt, London, late 18th century, The arched silvered scale fitted to a rotating brass table to allow rotation around the large bore mercury tube, with rack and pinion adjusted vernier and pivoted mirror behind to allow accurate observation of the level beneath signature NAIRNE & BLUNT, LONDON to arch, the fluted column upright with flared capital and moulded base with lift-off front section secured by a clasp formed as a dummy keyhole to reveal interior with mercury tube of smaller diameter packed by cotton wadding, the two stage plinth incorporating up-sliding cover for the sealed boxwood cistern above moulding to waist and double skirt to base, 167cm (67.75ins) high overall. The collaboration between Edward Nairne and his former apprentice Thomas Blunt is recorded in Banfield, Edwin BAROMETER MAKERS AND RETAILERS 1660-1900 as established in 1774 and lasting until 1793. Edward Nairne was born in 1726 and apprenticed to the celebrated instrument maker, Matthew Loft, in 1741. Latterly he worked from 20 Cornhill and published numerous booklets on navigational, pneumatic and astronomical instruments. In 1776 Nairne devised a marine barometer with a restriction to the bore of the mercury tube which served to dampen the oscillation of the mercury, he was elected Fellow of the Royal Society in 1776 and died 1806. Thomas Blunt was apprenticed to Edward Nairne in 1760 with whom he formed a loose partnership in 1774, perhaps for mutual convenience as his premises were next door to Nairne`s at 22 Cornhill. Blunt designed some of the components for the `New Barometer` devised by the Portuguese Scientist J.H. Magellan for measuring altitude, and latterly became instrument maker to George III. In 1793 he took his son, also named Thomas, into partnership and subsequently relocated to 136 Minories in 1814, he died in 1822. The current lot is highly unusual as it takes the form of a free-standing pedestal designed to be fixed to the floor with a scale that can be rotated for viewing from any angle, the mirror attached to the rear of the scale enables the level to be sighted precisely. The non-portable and accurate nature of the instrument coupled with a finely executed case suggests that it was probably commissioned for a wealthy patron perhaps for use in a private laboratory.
Lot 204
An engraved brass mounted ebonised small mantel clock now incorporating a musical box mechanism. Unsigned, probably Austrian, mid 19th century and later. The two train bell striking movement with push-button hour repeat, standing barrels, anchor escapement and shaped plates, the white enamel Roman numeral waisted dial with elaborate scroll hands and overlaid with a pierced and engraved brass decoration to the lower section, in a waisted ebonised case with button finial and ogee moulded surmount above rectangular side windows, the front and side surfaces overlaid with conforming shaped pierced and engraved lacquered brass decoration, on two later gilt brass rail supports, 24cm (9.5ins) high; with original conforming ebonised plinth applied with further decorative brass mounts and now fitted to upper surface with a later musical box mechanism formerly playing a choice of two airs via a 2.25 inch cylinder and tuned steel comb within brass frame and glazed cover, on scroll cast brass feet, (musical mechanism incomplete, dial with faults) 18.5cm (11.25ins) high overall.
Lot 207
A George III mahogany eight-day longcase clock with moonphase. Joseph Smith, Bristol, circa 1760. The five pillar rack and bell striking movement with 12 inch brass break-arch dial with subsidiary seconds dial and calendar aperture to the matted centre within applied Roman numeral chapter ring with Arabic five minutes to outer track, the angles with fine cast female mask and scroll spandrels beneath rolling moonphase with foliate scroll engraved lunettes and signed JOSEPH SMITH, BRISTOL in a downward curve to upper margin, in a case with break-arch frieze to the box upstand and fluted pilasters to hood, shaped top caddy moulded door flanked by fluted canted angles to trunk, on conforming plinth base with raised panel to front and on bracket feet, (pediment lacking, other faults), 210cm (82.5ins) high. Joseph Smith is recorded in Moore, A.J. THE CLOCKMAKERS OF BRISTOL 1650-1900 as working from several addresses in Bristol 1725-75. He is generally considered to be a fine and diverse maker with examples ranging from eight-day longcase clocks with tidal dial to watches with champlevŽ dials. He was perhaps the most prolific maker of high quality bracket clocks in Bristol during the middle of the 18th century as several examples are known including a very rare miniature walnut model with 4 inch dial and a quarter chiming clock with moonphase (illustrated in Barder, R.C. Georgian Bracket Clocks on page 112). A mahogany table clock by Joseph Smith was sold in these rooms on 17th February 2010 (lot 41).
Lot 223
A French Louis XVI style ormolu mounted marble mantel clock. Unsigned, Paris, 19th century, The eight-day outside countwheel bell striking movement with circular white enamel convex Arabic numeral dial inscribed a Paris to centre and with pierced and engraved gilt brass hands within an engine turned glazed bezel, the case with chased gilt surmount modelled as a cherub with a flaming torch supported on a billowing cloud above moulded white marble cornice and side scrolls flanking a black marble rectangular central section applied with cast stylised foliate scroll mounts around dial, on black marble banded plinth base applied with conforming foliate mounts to lower edge and on engine turned gilt feet, 34cm (13.5ins) high.
Lot 224
A French Empire ormolu figural mantel clock. Choiselat-Gallien, Paris, early 19th century, The outside countwheel striking movement with silk suspension and circular white enamel Roman numeral dial signed CHOISELAT-GALLIEN, Fab`t de Bronzes du Garde-Meuble, LESIEUR Hs, A PARIS to centre within gilt lotus leaf cast bezel and set into a rectangular plinth with scroll cast decoration above and below and surmounted with an oil lamp and two books applied beside classical male scholar seated on an X-frame stool onto a rectangular base applied with central urn and wreath flanked by flaming torches to front and on engine turned bun feet (lacking pendulum, bell and minute hand), 38cm (15ins) high.
Lot 225
A French Sevres style porcelain inset ormolu mantel clock. Unsigned, circa 1870. The eight-day bell striking movement with circular white enamel Roman numeral dial with Breguet hands within repeating leaf cast bezel, the case with ovoid surmount painted with gilt bordered vignettes of exotic birds above egg-and-dart cornice and front with leaf cast fan shaped mounts to upper quadrants and shaped cherub decorated panel beneath dial, the sides with curved panels further decorated with exotic birds, on acanthus cast and chased moulded plinth base with foliate trails to skirt and turned feet, 35.5cm (14ins) high.
Lot 228
A French Louis Philippe engraved gilt brass mounted tortoiseshell small portico mantel clock. Leroy, Paris, mid 19th century, The eight-day outside countwheel bell striking movement stamped LEROY A PARIS to backplate, the circular white enamel Roman numeral dial similarly signed to centre and with pierced blued steel hands within moulded gilt bezel, the mottled red shell veneered case with ogee shaped pediment fronted with scroll pierced and engraved gilt brass mounts around the dial, on four Corinthian column uprights with rosette cast `gridiron` pendulum swinging between, the inverted breakfronted plinth base with conforming shaped gilt mounts to upper surface and front panels and with ogee moulded skirt, 30cm (11.75ins) high; with an ogee moulded plinth base with canted angles, 35.5cm (14ins) high overall.
Lot 235
A George III inlaid mahogany eight-day longcase clock with moonphase. D. Collier, Eccles, early 19th century, The four pillar rack and bell striking movement with 14 inch square white painted Roman numeral dial with arched calendar and `axehead` moon apertures and signed D. Collier, Eccles to the seated lamb painted centre, the spandrels painted with female figures emblematic of the four seasons, the case with pierced swan neck crest above cavetto cornice, baton inlaid frieze and turned columns to hood, oval paterae inlaid frieze to throat over gothic ogee arch shaped trunk door flanked by reeded pilasters to angles, on crossbanded plinth base with canted angles and ogee bracket feet, 224cm (88ins) high.
Lot 237
A George III oak eight-day longcase clock. Benjamin Lockwood, Swaffham, late 18th century, The five pillar rack and bell striking movement with 12 inch brass break-arch dial with recessed subsidiary seconds dial, calendar aperture and signed Benj. Lockwood, Swaffham to the foliate scroll engraved silvered centre within applied silvered Roman numeral chapter ring with Arabic five minutes to outer track and rococo scroll cast spandrels to angles, the arch with conforming subsidiary STRIKE/SILENT selection dial flanked by scroll cast mounts, in a case of good colour with `whales tail` pieced fretwork crest above three-quarter columns to hood, caddy moulded break-arch door to trunk, on a reduced plinth base with moulded skirt, 215cm (84.5ins) high. Benjamin Lockwood is recorded in Loomes, Brian Watchmakers & Clockmakers of the World, Volume 2 as born in Swaffham 1737 and worked up to 1795. The `whales tail` crest to the hood is a regional characteristic often seen in clock cases made in East Anglia during the latter half of the 18th century.
Lot 241
A William IV rosewood small bracket clock. Frodsham and Son, London, circa 1830. The current five pillar twin fusee movement with half deadbeat escapement, formerly striking on a bell mounted on the backplate and stamped FRODSHAM, GRACECHURCH STREET, LONDON to centre, fitted to the original 4 inch square single sheet silvered brass Roman numeral dial signed FRODSHAM & SON Gracechurch Street, LONDON to centre and with brass Breguet hands, in a case with brass carrying handle to the gadroon carved upstand above cavetto and ripple carved cornice and brass fillet inset canted angles to front door, on plinth base with moulded skirt and disc turned feet, (movement a well matched replacement, lacking bell), 28cm (11ins) high excluding handle.
Lot 244
A late Victorian mahogany domestic hour-striking regulator. Unsigned, late 19th century, The substantial four pillar rack and gong striking movement with deadbeat escapement, Harrison`s maintaining power and fine beat adjustment to the wood-rod pendulum crutch mortice, the 12 inch single sheet silvered brass Roman numeral circular dial with subsidiary seconds dial to centre Arabic five minutes to outer track and blued steel hands, the case with shallow cavetto cornice and brass lined glazed circular aperture flanked by canted angles to the full-width hood door above rectangular glazed door enclosing pendulum beat scale flanked by further canted angles to trunk, on panel outlined plinth base with canted skirt, 188cm (74ins) high.
Lot 250
A fine George III mahogany longcase clock with dual Julian and Gregorian calendar indication and deadbeat escapement. George Lindsay with movement attributed to the workshop of George Graham, London, circa 1752. The substantial fully latched five pillar rack and bell striking movement with plates measuring 8.5 x 7.25 inches, deadbeat escapement and currently of month duration with five-wheel trains, the 12 inch brass break-arch dial with dual Julian and Gregorian date of the month apertures and subsidiary seconds dial to the matted centre within applied silvered Roman numeral chapter ring with fleur-de-lys half hour markers and Arabic five minutes to outer track, the angles applied with fine female mask and scroll cast gilt spandrels beneath arch centred with a silvered boss signed George Lindsay, LONDON flanked by dolphin cast mounts, the case with convex sided upstand incorporating brass foliate engraved sound fret infill to frieze and mahogany ball finials above break-arch cavetto cornice and free-standing large diameter columns flanking the hood door, the trunk with break-arch one-piece mahogany door over plain plinth base with moulded double skirt and squab feet, the interior of the case inscribed in pencil 1752 KV, 241 (95ins) excluding top finial, 251cm (99ins) high overall; with a period copy of Thomas Baskett and the Assigns of Robert Basket An Act to amend an Act made in the last Seffion of Parliament (intituled, An Act for regulating the Commencement of the Year, and for correcting the calendar now in Ufe.) 1752. (2). George Lindsay is recorded in Baillie, G.H. Watchmakers & Clockmakers of the World as working in London from circa 1743 until his death in 1776, as well as being a watch and clockmaker Lindsay also produced scientific instruments. In 1743 he published an advertisement for a `Generally Portable` microscope, in another hand written trade pamphlet Lindsay refers to himself as `Watch & Clockmaker to his Royal highness ye Prince of Wales at ye Dial near Catherine Street in ye Strand`. He was later appointed watchmaker to George III, a position he held until his death in 1776. The movement of the current lot with its distinctive substantial bulbous knopped pillars, teardrop shaped pivot cocks for the under dial work and other more subtle details such as the elongated collet for the escape wheel and the suspension cheeks being screwed to the lower edge of the backcock nib, indicates that it originated from the workshop of George Graham. The overall arrangement of the strikework and the impressive nature of the snail/hour wheel assembly is typical of Graham`s work and can be directly compared with numerous examples of his work such as number 777 sold Christie`s King Street, June 1994 (lot 483). The presence of a deadbeat escapement and larger than normal plates is noteworthy suggesting that the current lot may have been devised with further refinements in mind. Originally the movement was made to run for eight-days only and was fitted with bolt and shutter maintaining power (dial has vacant slot at 3 o`clock for the shutter lever and movement has related vacant holes in the plates) however the duration has been increased with by inserting another wheel into each train and reversing the winding pulleys. The bolt-and-shutter maintaining power was removed at this time as it is would be no longer required in a long duration movement. These improvements were probably done early in the clock`s life perhaps even by Lindsay himself however there is no immediate evidence to confirm this. The provision of two date apertures (to give the date of the month according to both the Julian and Gregorian calendars) to the centre of the dial indicates that the current lot was made at the time when the `new` calendar was adopted by Act of Parliament in 1752. By this time the Julian calendar had become inaccurate (due to the error in the estimation of the length of the day) causing difficulties in respect to the synchronisation of the vernal equinox and subsequent calculation of Easter. In order to correct the error twelve days were added to the British calendar at midnight on September 2nd 1752 and the rules for calculating leap years were altered. The Roman Catholic Church had adopted the new calendar in 1582 with most of Continental Europe (under Catholic rule) following shortly afterwards, Great Britain was the last major Western European state to implement the new calendar.
Lot 252
A fine George I green japanned eight-day longcase clock with lunar calendar. Edward Cockey, Warminster, circa 1720. The five finned pillar movement rack striking the hours on a bell mounted vertically above the plates, the frontplate with extension to carry the motion work for the lunar calendar, the 12 inch brass break-arch dial with calendar aperture and subsidiary seconds dial to the basket of flowers and foliate scroll engraved and chased matted centre within applied Roman numeral chapter ring with stylised fleur-de-lys half hour markers, Arabic five minutes to outer track and signed ED. COCKEY, WARMINSTER to lower edge, the angles applied with fine urn-centred scroll cast gilt spandrels beneath arch with a central rotating foliate engraved disc with circular aperture to reveal a lunar disc representation of the age of the moon and blued steel pointer for the fixed silvered outer scale calibrated for the lunar month and flanked by dolphin and foliate cast gilt mounts, the case with wide break-arch pediment fronted by a deep foliate scroll pierced blind fret frieze above three-quarter columns attached to the gilt foliate spray decorated hood door, the trunk with rectangular door decorated in raised polychrome and gilt with pagodas and figures within an oriental landscape bordered by further gilt foliate scroll borders, the conforming plinth base adorned with Ho-Ho birds and foliage to front and with moulded double skirt, 229cm (90ins) high. Provenance: The property of a private collector. Born in 1669, Edward Cockey senior was the son of Lewis Cockey (a bellfounder and clockmaker working in Warminster) from whom it is believed that he subsequently learned the trade. Edward was clearly a talented and well-connected clockmaker who in 1707 made an extremely complicated astronomical clock for lord Weymouth for the Great Hall at Longleat. Weymouth is thought to have subsequently commissioned Cockey to make another example as a gift to Queen Anne for her drawing room at St. James`s Palace (now in the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich). Edward Cockey junior was born in 1701 and, although initially thought to have followed in his father`s footsteps, apparently chose to become a wine merchant instead. There is a record of the death of an Edward Cockey clockmaker in 1768 (which probably relates to Edward junior). The dial of the current lot, with decorated centre and lunar calendar to arch, coupled with the finely proportioned case (which has survived with the original finish intact) exhibits Edward Cockey`s individual and innovative approach to both function and aesthetic quality.
Lot 254
A George I green japanned eight-day longcase clock. James Stevens, London, circa 1720. The four pillar inside countwheel bell striking movement with 12 inch brass break-arch dial with border-engraved calendar aperture and star decorated subsidiary seconds to the matted centre within applied silvered Roman numeral chapter ring with fleur-de-lys half hour markers and signed James Stevens, London to lower edge, the angles with twin cherub and crown cast spandrels beneath arch applied with a rococo scroll cast cartouche centred with a silvered boss decorated with a mask and flanked by winged cherubs and putti holding flaming torches beneath upper border engraved with a curved herringbone decorated band, in a green ground gilt decorated case with domed caddy surmount above cavetto cornice and three-quarter columns to hood door, the trunk with rectangular door decorated in raised polychrome and gilt with oriental figures and pagodas within gilt foliate trail decorated borders, on conforming plinth base with moulded double skirt (case with restoration), 236cm (93ins) high. James Stevens is recorded in Baillie, G.H. Watchmakers & Clockmakers of the World as working in London circa 1710.
Lot 264
A George III mahogany eight-day longcase clock. Bonsall, Beaston, mid 18th century, The four pillar inside countwheel bell striking movement with 12 inch brass break-arch dial with subsidiary seconds and calendar dials and signed Bonsall, Beaston to the foliate engraved centre within applied silvered Roman numeral chapter ring with Arabic five minutes to outer track and female mask and scroll cast spandrels to angles beneath arch with silvered boss flanked by dolphin cast mounts, in a broken-arch pedimented case with dentil moulded frieze above Corinthian pilasters flanking dial aperture to hood, the trunk with shaped-top caddy moulded door above plinth base fronted with a conforming raised panel, on ogee bracket feet, 244cm (96ins) high.
Lot 2080
A late 19th Century painted cylinder bureau bookcase, the reeded pediment above a pair of astragal glazed doors flanked by leaf moulded pilasters, the fall flap enclosing pigeon holes, drawers and a pull-out writing surface above a pair of panelled doors flanked by turned columns, on a plinth base, height approx 223cm, width approx 123cm.
Lot 332
Silver plated items, comprising four piece tea service, three piece tea service, large rose bowl with plinth, large circular tray, ornately patterned dish with cut glass inset, oyster shell shaped dish with removable dish & enamelled spoon, boxed set of six teaspoons with pair of tongs, boxed set of six fish forks & knives, other small items (4) (lot) Care! No International Shipping
Lot 238
A VICTORIAN MAHOGANY CHIFFONIER the rectangular top surmounted by a shaped backboard centred by an acanthus-leaf and scrolling foliage above a pair of ogee drawers, a pair of arched glazed doors below enclosing a pair of shelves, flanked by acanthus-leaf corbels, on a plinth base, on bun feet, distress, restorations 141cm high, 136cm wide, 47,5cm deep 1
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