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Click here to subscribeSUBSTANTIAL 19th CENTURY WHITE MARBLE AND GILT BRONZE MANTLE CLOCK, the case with break- front plinth base mounted with painted porcelain reserve, the clock supported on bronze c-scrolls, the dial with Arabic chapter and visible Brocot escapement, signed Reid & Sons, Paris, complete with spring driven two train movement also signed, countwheel striking on a bell, the grid iron pendulum with mechanical rise and fall adjustment. 39cm
EARLY 19th CENTURY MAHOGANY PARTNERS DESK, with leather-inset top, fitted to one side with a dummy frieze drawer flanked by two drawers, opposed by three frieze drawers, all above a guilloche carved band, each pedestal fitted with three graduated drawers to both sides, and on a plinth base. 0.80m by 1.69m by 0.96m
Pollard oak longcased clock, broken arch brass face, 37cm, painted rolling moon and silvered motto Nihil Aestimabile Sic Ut Tempus , gilt rococo scroll spandrels, silvered arabic and roman chapter ring, the reserved field engraved with scrolls and seconds dial, date aperture, signed Thos Richardson, Weaverham , four pillar 8-day movement with anchor escapement and rack hour strike, in a swan neck hood with fluted columns, ovolo shoulders, fluted quarter column trunk, canted corner plinth. Height 220cm; key, pendulum, two weights. (Restored)
Walnut longcased clock, early 18th century and later, square brass face, 28cm, with cherub spandrels and engraved cardinals, brass chapter ring with arabic and roman numerals, inscribed Daniel Quare Londoni Fecit, matt field with seconds dial, ringed and shuttered winding holes, date aperture engraved with coronets, twin-barrel five-pillar movement, anchor escapement, barel mounted countwheel striking the hour, lenticular pendulum bob (suspension spring longer than crutch) in a dome topped hood with blind fret leaf scrolls, integral columns, on cavetto shoulders, slender trunk with quartered herring banded door, on set-out plinth. Height 224cm. (Two weights, pendulum)
A twin cylinder oscillating horizontal engine forming part of a live steam plant, the horizontal engine with balanced crank, twin oscillating cylinders, disc flywheel, steam supply valve, metal lagging to cylinders, oiler cups and control valve fitted to pipe leading from polished brass boiler with fittings including sight glass, pressure gauge, safety valve, whistle, ladder and gantry, hand feed pump, water storage tank, The model finished in green and red paintwork with polished gun metal and steel brightwork. Mounted on plinth.
An early 19th century rosewood and brass marquetry breakfront chiffonier, in two parts, the top with a 3/4 brass gallery above gilt brass trellis doors, enclosing shelves and a plinth base, 53.75in (136.5cm) h, 59.5in (151.2cm) w, 15.5in (39.2cm) d. Veneer loss, locks replaces, hinges replaced to one door.
A William IV mahogany chiffonier, the raised back with carved scroll supports above a frieze drawer, and a pair of crossbanded panelled doors flanked by carved and fluted pilasters, the interior fitted with six short graduated drawers with turned knob handles, on a plinth base, the locks stamped 'J. BRAMAH'S PATENT, CROWNED, S MORDAN & CO, MAKER'S', 51.75in (131.2cm) h, 29.5in (75cm) w, 16in (40.4cm) d. Section of gallery replaced, left hand side with old water damage.
A Japanese bronze figure of a fearsome Oni, standing dressed in animal skins and wearing a mokugyo carved as a sea-dragon at his waist, his hair blows in the wind as he supports a swirling cloud formation above his head (possibly the support for a bronze gong, now lacking) the whole stands on a rocky mound supported on a rectangular plinth with oni-mask scroll feet, unsigned, 74cm, 2nd half of the 19th century
1930 Brooklands 500-Miles celebratory teaspoon and various items of Brooklands silverware, the silvered teaspoon handle terminating in a plinth holding a replica Austin sports car with two occupants behind aero- screens and distinctive Brooklands silencer, the rectangular edge stamped 1930-BROOKLANDS 500-AV.83 MPH-AUSTIN 7 ULSTER, 10cm., 4in. long, the other items comprising a silvered presentation ashtray with rim engraved BARC BROOKLANDS 1932, the tray with an impression of the F. Gordon Crosby-designed members car badge, by GGL (B'Ham), 12cm., 4 1/2in. square, a silvered bar tray with impression of the members car badge engraved between B.A.R.C. and BROOKLANDS, 29cm., 11in., in diameter, a similarly engraved, gilded silvered tankard 13cm., 5in. high, a two-handled silvered sugar bowl by Viners of Sheffield, engraved B.A.R.C. and BROOKLANDS, 10cm., 4in., in diameter (5) Sammy Davis and the Earl of March were able to win the B.R.D.C. 500-mile race in a 750cc Austin against more powerful opposition, because it was run as a handicap event-a hangover from the horse racing scene that was peculiar to British motor racing.
A Stamford Bridge athletics trophy dated 1898, in the form of a silver goblet hallmarked Sheffield, 1896, inscribed LONDON ATHLETIC CLUB and engraved with their crest, further inscribed C.G. WARD, LONG JUMP, 20 FEET 2 INCHES, MAY 21ST 1898, turned ebonised plinth, height 14cm., 5 1/2in., weight 122gr. 4oz.
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