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Lot 14
A first quarter of the 19th century French ormolu mantel clockThe central plinth set with the attributes of The Arts and the bust of Homer being crowned with laurel leaves by a standing youth, over a stepped plinth base depicting artistic and studious pursuits, on raised feet. The 3.75 inch Arabic dial with blued-steel 'Breguet style' hands, the circular plated movement with silk suspension and outside countwheel strike on a bell. Sold with a silk suspension pendulum and an associated winding key. 48cms (18 1/2ins) high (3)Footnotes:Similar stepped ormolu cases in the Charles X style, surmounted by Classical figures can be found in Tardy, La Pendule Francaise, 2me partie du Louis XVI a nos jours, pp.232-33.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 19
An impressive late 19th century French Petite Sonnerie striking and repeating carriage clock with original travelling case and rare signed and numbered winding keyLe Roy & Fils, 57 New Bond StreetThe large knopped and foliate handle over a rectangular bevelled glass inspection panel and a heavily moulded frieze and two rectangular bevelled glass side panels on a raised plinth base, the signed white circular Roman and Arabic dial with blue and gilt numerals on a duck egg blue chapter ring with blued-steel spade hands over a subsidiary alarm dial, both framed by a highly polished mask. The twin train movement with lever platform escapement with cut and compensated bi-metallic balance, striking on a pair of two blued-steel coiled gongs on two hammers. Ticking and striking. Sold with the original leather travelling case and a giant brass double ended winding key stamped Le Roy 4200. 21cms (8 inches) high (3)Footnotes:Provenance: Christie's, South Kensington, 17 December 2003, lot 305. Overhauled in August 2005.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 2
A late 19th century French repeating carriage clock with alarm, original travelling case and numbered winding keyPaul Garnier, no.1261The ripple moulded case with rectangular bevelled glass inspection panel with the monogram C.B. surmounted by an elaborately moulded handle and repeat button over rectangular bevelled glass side panels on a stepped plinth base, the signed white enamel circular Roman dial with blued-steel spade hands over a subsidiary Arabic alarm dial, both framed by a gilt mask. The twin train movement with signed backplate and silvered lever platform escapement with cut and compensated bimetallic balance, striking the hours and half hours on a blued-steel coiled gong. Ticking and striking. Sold with the original leather travelling case stamped C.B. on the top, with removable inspection panel with modern handle, along with the original brass double ended winding key stamped 1261. 16cms (6 inches) high (3)Footnotes:Purchased in May 2016.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 21
A Large and impressive Second Half of the 19th Century French Brass Mantel Clock with two Associated CandelabraDeniere, Ft. De Bronzes, A Paris.The Baroque inspired arched case surmounted by a trumpeting herald on a waisted top with acanthus leaf corners, supported by caryatids, the dial centred by a depiction of three women spinning, on a raised plinth base on four lions paw feet, the 6 inch brass dial with applied white enamel Roman numeral plaques and signed enamel centre. The signed circular movement with Brocot escapement, striking the hours and half hours on a bell. The two associated candelabra surmounted with a large urn finial, with five branches on a Baroque style waisted stem, centred by a mask with swagged garlands, on a canted square base on four lions paw feet. Ticking and striking. Sold with a pendulum and a brass winding key.Candelabra dimensions, height: 76cms Width: 36cms Depth: 21cms 76cms (29 1/2ins) high (5)For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 31
A rare mid 19th century French engraved brass repeating carriage clock with original silk-and velvet-lined travel case and keyRetailed by Payne & Co, 163 New Bond Street, London. The movement numbered 1855 and almost certainly supplied by Paul Garnier, The four-scroll handle hinged on bud pommels over a bevelled inspection panel with repeat button passing through the glass, canted corners and bevelled panels to a plinth base, engraved throughout with bold foliate scrolls, running border and lattice-work, the plinth centred by a stylised lion mask, the underside retaining its original wooden block secured by a single screw, the white enamel dial with black Roman numerals and typical 'Garnier style' trefoil hands over an Arabic alarm-setting dial, the rear of the case with a shuttered non-opening panel with five shuttered apertures for winding and setting of the clock and alarm, together with a regulation index, the spring driven movement striking and repeating on a bell, with gilt lever platform escapement with compensated bimetallic balance. Together with the original silk- and velvet-lined travel case, with original key (hand setting tip lacking) set in its own recessed niche in the base, the lid printed in gilt with the retailers details. Ticking, striking and repeating. 15cms (6ins) high. (3)Footnotes:The case of this clock is an interesting early variant, sitting between the earliest 'one piece' cases of the second quarter of the 19th century and the later fully formed 'multi-piece' cases of the post 1860 period. During the transition from one case style to the other, most early forms used an opening rear door, such as that found in lot 30. This example however, has a solid door thereby constantly protecting the movement from the ingress of dust and fingers. All of the functions of the clock can be activated and adjusted through the shuttered apertures, even fast and slow fine tuning.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 41
A late 18th century Satinwood 'balloon' clock with original wall bracketWm. Pybus, Royal Exchange, London The shaped caddy surmounted by a wooden urn finial over a waisted case with Sheraton style marquetry depicting an urn, on a moulded plinth base with acanthus leaf border on raised ball and claw feet, the signed 8 inch white enamel Roman and Arabic dial with egg and dart brass bezel and Rococo style hands, the two train fusee movement with anchor escapement, the signed and highly engraved backplate with a basket of flowers surrounded by flowers and sprays of foliage, striking the hours on a bell. Sold with a winding crank, case key and a hand setting key. 64cms (25ins) high. Height with bracket 92cms (36ins) high. (5)Footnotes:A similar satinwood shaped case with wooden inlay is illustrated in Barder, R. (1993) 'The Georgian Bracket clock 1714 – 1830' The Antique Collectors' Club, p.139.William Pybus was an active maker circa 1788-94.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 43
A late 19th century ebonised mantel clock presented by Lord ChurchillPayne & Co, 163 New Bond Street, LondonThe architectural case with pediment top decorated with the emblem of the Coldstream Guards, over bevelled glass side panels, quatrefoil fret panel rear door on a moulded plinth base bearing the presentation plaque which reads 'Presented by Lord Churchill on his leaving the regiment Septr (sic) 17th 1889.' The 5.75 inch signed and silvered Roman dial with blued steel spade hands set within engraved spandrels. The twin train movement stamped CH VCNE 37643 with anchor escapement, striking the hours and half hours on a coiled gong mounted on a block stamped G.B., with brass pendulum. Ticking and striking. Sold with a case key and associated winding key. 31.5cms (12ins) high (4)Footnotes:The proceeds from the sale this lot will go towards the Charitable Funds of the Coldstream Guards.Hon. Victor Albert Spencer later Lord Churchill (1st Viscount)(23 October 1864 - 3 January 1934) was the son of Francis Spencer, 2nd Baron Churchill. The family descended from Francis Spencer (1779-1845), younger son of the fourth Duke of Marlborough.He was a page of Honour to Queen Victoria from 1876 and 1881 and in 1886 he succeeded to his father's title. Educated at Eton College and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, he was commissioned into the Coldstream Guards in 1884 as a Lieutenant, and stayed in the regiment until 1889 - presenting them with this clock as a parting gift. He was made a viscount in the 1902 Honours List.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 44
A Rare late 19th century French giant gorge cased striking and repeating carriage clockDrocourt, no.35490The case with rippled handle over a rectangular bevelled glass inspection panel and matching side panels, on a plinth base with the inscription 'Presented to Sergeants Mess 1st Coldstream Guards by Major Marquis of Winchester September 1898.' The rectangular white enamel Roman dial with bold black numerals and blued-steel spade hands, the two train movement with large gilt lever platform escapement with compensated bimetallic balance, striking the hours and half hours on a coiled blued steel gong. The backplate signed and numbered. Striking and intermittently ticking. Sold with an associated winding key. 26cms (10ins) high (2)Footnotes:The proceeds from the sale of this lot will go towards the Charitable Funds of the Coldstream Guards.Augustus John Henry Beaumont Paulet 15th Marquis of Winchester (6 February 1858-11 December 1899) was educated at Eton College and King's College, London. He succeeded his father to the peerage in 1887. He was a Major in the Coldstream Guards and served in the Second Boer War. He presented this clock to the Sergeants Mess in September 1898 and was tragically killed about a year later at Magersfontein, South Africa, on 11 December 1899. He was mentioned in despatches, as a man who 'displayed almost reckless courage.'For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 46
An early 19th century mahogany single pad top table clock with concentric date and pull repeatLangford, Southampton, No. 2933The arch topped case surmounted by a brass handle on a brass-bound pad over rectangular fish-scale sound frets on a plinth base and brass ogee feet, the signed 7.75 inch silvered Roman and Arabic dial with matching blued-steel hands and tapering date hand, with option for strike/silent above, the movement with five knopped pillars and twin wire fusees to the knife edge verge escapement rack striking on a bell, the numbered engraved backplate centred by a basket of flowers amid symmetrical foliate scrolls. Ticking and striking. Together with an associated winding key. 47cms (18 1/2ins) high (2)Footnotes:The proceeds from the sale of this lot will go to towards the Charitable Funds of the Coldstream Guards.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 47
An early 19th century mahogany single pad top table clock with concentric dateLangford, Southampton, No.3209The arched case surmounted by a brass handle and brass-bound pad over rectangular fish-scale sound frets on a plinth base and ogee feet, the signed and numbered 6.75 inch silvered Roman and Arabic dial with matching blued-steel hands, with the option for strike/silent in the arch, the movement with five knopped pillars and twin wire fusees to the anchor escapement, with rack strike and trip repeat on a bell, the backplate with engraved running border and numbered 3409, the pendulum with engraved lenticular bob and spring retaining clip. Ticking and striking. 43cms (16 1/2ins) high (1)Footnotes:The proceeds from the sale of this lot will go towards the Charitable Funds of the Coldstream Guards.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 60
A very rare first half of the 19th century Scottish burr maple bow-fronted stick barometer with sliding bar for relative day recordingsAdie & Son, EdinburghThe Biedermeier-style case with rectangular cornice over a brass plaque with sliding bar to alternately reveal 'Yesterday' or 'Today', the trunk with two ivory recording knobs and terminating in a plinth cistern cover with inset ivory float for zero-ing purposes, the signed silvered dial with twin scales and verniers reading from 26 to 31 inches. 109cms (42 1/2ins) high (1)Footnotes:The Adie family supplied laboratories and the thriving scientific community in Scotland in the first half of the 19th century with the best instruments that money could buy. Such was Alexander Adie's standing in the scientific community, he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 1819. He took his son John into partnership in 1835 while based at 58 Princes Street. After 9 years they moved just four doors along the road. In 1857 Richard Adie took over the firm, although he continued to trade under the earlier name. In 1877 the firm moved to 37 Hanover Street. Their work is always of the highest quality. Alexander is probably best known for his invention of the sympiesometer in 1818.The pared-down elegance and use of light burr maple in the current lot is an echo of the Biedermeier style prevalent in Europe in the 1820-40 period, proving that the firm were well aware of the latest European fashions.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: TP Y ФTP Lot 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.Y Subject to CITES regulations when exporting items outside of the EU, see clause 13.Ф This lot contains or is made of ivory. The United States Government has banned the import of ivory into the USA.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 63
A mid 18th century mahogany longcase clockHugh Anderson, London The pagoda top with ball and spire finials over freestanding stop-fluted Doric columns, the trunk with well figured door framed by a pair of matching quarter columns on a panelled base with applied moulding and double stepped plinth, the 12 inch arched brass dial with rocking figure of Chronos in the arch over a Roman and Arabic chapter ring with matted centre, recessed subsidiary seconds dial and applied nameplate, the weight driven movement with anchor escapement rack striking on a bell. 2.37m (7ft 9ins) high.Footnotes:Hugh Anderson was an apprentice in 1737 and was active as a clockmaker circa 1745-55.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: TPTP Lot 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 7
A good late 18th century French ormolu and marble mantel clockBaudin, ParisThe drum-case set with six curved bevelled glass panels, on a pair of reeded columns to an ormolu-mounted plinth base on toupie feet, the 6.5 inch white enamel dial with black Roman and Arabic numerals enclosing separate concentric date and day dials, with pierced and engraved gilt hands for the time and blued steel for the calendar, framed by a ribbon-tied bezel set with entwined palm leaves, the signed spring driven movement with deadbeat escapement, silk suspension and outside countwheel strike on a bell, with sunburst mask pendulum and a key. Running and striking. 37 (14.5ins) highFootnotes:Jacques Francois Baudin, was a Parisian clockmaker with his workshop in the Rue de Petite Carreaux since 1787 until his death in 1815.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 71
A fine late 17th century arabesque walnut marquetry inlaid longcase clock with interesting provenanceLangley Bradley, London The hood with original caddy and pair of carved urn finials over two blind frets and inlaid Doric columns framing the inlaid door, the long door with three shaped panels of Berain-esque marquetry featuring birds amid symmetrical strapwork and scrolls, set to the inside with a typed biography of Bradley on Ireton Wood Hall headed paper, on the matching base with double plinth, the 11 inch square brass dial with winged cherubs head spandrels framing the silvered Roman and Arabic chapter ring with meeting-arrowhead half-quarter marks and fancy half-hour markers, the finely matted centre with ringed winding squares, decorated chamfered date aperture and a subsidiary seconds dial, with original blued steel hands, the movement with five knopped and finned pillars, anchor escapement and outside countwheel strike on a bell. With pendulum and the pair of brass weights. 2.39m (7ft 10ins) high.Footnotes:Langley Bradley was apprenticed to Joseph Wise in 1687 and was admitted to The Worshipful Company of Clockmakers in 1695, rising to become Master in 1726. Sir Christopher Wren was a key supporter of his and may have been involved in Bradley being awarded the contract for the new clocks at St Pauls, Hampton Court and another in the Admiralty Building. King William III presented a Bradley watch to Wren on completion of St Pauls Cathedral. This lot may well have been supplied to Ireton Wood Hall from new. It was purchased more recently when the house, parts of which date back to the 17th century, was sold along with its 540 acres, in 2019.Literature: Cescinsky and Webster 'English Domestic Clocks', 1913, plate 147.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: TPTP Lot 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 79
A fine and rare late 17th century ebony quarter repeating table clock with alarmJoseph Knibb, LondonThe shallow caddy top with tied bud handle over foliate mounts to the front and sides, framed by four squat urn finials, the front door with pierced sound fret and two applied escutcheon mounts (the left hand pinned to allow access to the keyhole), with a pair or rectangular glazed side panels, on a plinth base, the 6.25inch square dial signed along the lower edge Joseph Knibb, London, with two slots flanking the XII 'N-S' and 'R-N' (Not strike- Strike and Ring - Not ring), the winged cherubs head spandrels framing the silvered chapter ring with outer minute track (marked in Arabic 5s), Roman hours with fleur-de-lyse half-hour markers and an inner quarter hour track, the centre finely matted and carrying the silvered Arabic alarm-setting dial, with finely fettled blued steel hands (the hour restored, but retaining the original hexagonal centre), the twin gut fusee movement united by six baluster shaped pillars, all latched to the frontplate, the going train terminating in a knife edge verge escapement, the strike train with rack system acting on a single bell above (the alarm sounding on the same bell), probably with a quarter repeat originally taken from the strike train (part of train and bell lacking, but with original pivotted hammer intact), the backplate with single line border framing a symmetrical design of four pairs of flowers (tulips, anenomes and irises), the lowermost pair of irises on cut stalks below the curved copperplate signature Joseph Knibb Londini fecit. 34cms (13ins) highFootnotes:Literature: Illustrated and described in R.A.Lee; The Knibb Family Clockmakers, The Manor House Press, 1964, Plate 81 and page 181 'Joseph Knibb, London. Table clock with ebony veneered case with repousse gilt metal mounts on the caddy top. The lifting handle, finials and escutcheons are of a design which now becomes standard. The eight day striking movement is fitted with alarm mechanism with setting dial under the hands. Stopwork for striking and alarm above chapter ring. Circa 1680-82. In the possession of Mrs Oakes.'For a similar repeat system operated from the strike train, see Dawson, Drover & Parkes, Early English Clocks, Antiques Collectors Club, 1982, pp392. Illustrated is an example by Edward Burgis, but others are known by Richard Colston, William Herbert and Fromanteel, see plates 557 to 563.See Sunny Dzik, Engraving on English Table Clocks, 'Art on a Canvas of Brass, 1660-1800' 2019, figure 8.6 for a related cut-stalk backplate with curving signature on a Joseph Knibb table clock. Other Knibb cut stalk patterns can be seen in plates 8.7 and 8.8, and in the digital library.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 80
A fine early 19th century floorstanding regulator of one month duration, with ten inch dial and five-bar gridiron pendulumJames Hatton, LondonThe arched hood with canted stop-fluted front angles and inlaid quadrants over a long arched glass panel framed by an intricately moulded door and matching canted angles, on a base with moulded panel and (later) double plinth, the ten inch one-piece silvered circular dial with outer Arabic minute track enclosing the large subsidiary dials for running seconds (marked in Arabic fives) and hours (marked in Roman numerals), with original blued steel hands, latched to the massive weight driven movement by four heavy dial feet, the shouldered and footed plates united by six distinctive tapering vase-shaped pillars, further strengthened by a heavy brass bracket bridging the top of the plates, the movement with Harrisons maintaining power to the five wheel train, each arbor running in endstops, each wheel of six crossings driving high-count pinions, terminating in a delicate 'scape wheel, the five-bar gridiron pendulum suspended from the brass bridge and terminating in a very heavy lenticular brass bob with engraved rating nut and reading against a silvered beat scale mounted to the backboard. Ticking. Together with the original (?) brass weight, door key and custom made steel crank winder. 193cms (6ft 4ins)Footnotes:James Hatton is best known as a maker of fine chronometers, but also made and sold longcase clocks under his own name; he was Chronometer maker to the Honourable East India Company, based at 4, St. Michael's Alley, Cornhill, London, from circa 1799-1812. He was apprenticed to George Margetts and Tony Mercer lists a partnership with his former Master 'Margetts & Hatton' operating 1805-1811. The current clock displays the best of early 19th century London work, from the proportions of the case, to the quality of the engraving, the design and execution of the pendulum, and of course, the exceptional workmanship throughout the movement itself.Provenance: Single family ownership for 58 years. A label applied to the inside of the hood states 'Bought from T.D Tacey, North Quay, Douglas, 27th April 1962. Price £45.00.'This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: TPTP Lot 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 84
A rare late 19th century English giant carriage clock with duplex escapement, original case and original numbered keyCharles Frodsham & Co. Ltd, 84 Strand, No.1535The ribbed handle over a heavy bevelled glass inspection panel revealing the gilt platform and engraved cock, the sides and front glass similarly impressive, on a plinth base numbered to the underside, the lift-off solid rear door with named shuttered apertures for winding, hand-setting, and regulation, the signed and numbered white enamel dial with minute track and black Roman numerals, with blued steel hands, framed by an engraved mask of foliate scrolls against a hatched ground, the signed and numbered eight day movement with twin chain fusees, the going train with maintaining power and gilt platform supporting the engraved cock and overcoiled blued steel hairspring to a duplex escapement, the strike sounding every hour on a rectangular-section blued steel gong mounted on a block marked F.D., the backplate mounted with a subsidiary seconds dial running counterclockwise. Running and striking. Together with the original (distressed) travelling case and the original numbered double-ended winding and hand-setting key. 23cm (5 1/2in) highFootnotes:Provenance: This clock has possibly been in single family ownership from new. It is first mentioned in family records in 1941. An invoice dated 19th December 1950 for the overhaul, cleaning and adjusting of the clock by Charles Frodsham & Co. at a cost of £8 accompanies the lot.The use of the duplex escapement is extremely rare, if not unique in the oeuvre of Frodsham. This clock may have been a special commission from a client, or an experimental foray by the firm.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 85
A very rare mid 19th century English historical Presentation skeleton timepiece with deadbeat balance escapementUnsigned, but attributable to James CondliffThe open scroll frame with plates measuring 5mm (3/16ths) in thickness, united at the lower terminals with turned pillars secured by pairs of blued steel screws and brass collets to the front and back, the upper scrolls bound by turned steel posts secured by matching, smaller collets and screws; the single chain fusee movement with Harrison's maintaining power, high count pinions and wheels of five crossings throughout, the train terminating in a vertical deadbeat 'scape wheel and polished steel pallets with banking screws, impulsed via a vertical polished steel lever with trefoil-shaped endpiece concealing the twin impulse pins of the large (2inch) diameter brass four-arm balance above, (the balance set with timing screws on a flat blued steel spring), the 4.5 inch diameter silvered Roman chapter ring with outer minute band and the pair of original matching blued steel Breguet style hands, all mounted on an ebonised wooden base mounted with the presentation plaque, further set on a plinth with recessed edge to take the heavy bronze-finished cover with five heavy bevelled glass panels. Ticking. Sold with a 19th century winding key. The frame 21cms (8.25ins) high. Height to the top of the glass cover 34cms (13.5ins). Footnotes:The silvered presentation plaque reads:PRESENTED TOJOHN CONDIE ESQUIRE,BY THE WORKMEN EMPLOYED AT WILSONTOWN IRON WORKSOn hisleaving the Management of these Works As a small mark of their regard for himas a Kind and Just Master,And of their estimation of his Valuable ACQUIREMENTS IN SCIENCEand especially his IMPROVEMENTS IN IRON MAKING October 1839John Condie was born in the Gorbals, Glasgow on the south bank of the Clyde in 1799. Like many local men, his life revolved around the iron making trade, and he soon joined the Wilsontown Iron Works near Forth, south east of the city. It was here that James Beaumont Neilson (1792-1865) developed a new blast furnace, but it was Condie's invention of the Spiral Tuyere in 1836 that enabled raw coal from the adjacent mines to be used in the process, rather than the far more expensive coke. It was during this time of innovation and expansion that this clock was presented to Condie by his workmen. With the closure of the Wilsontown Works in 1842 (which at one time had employed two thousand men), Condie moved to the Govan Iron Works at Hutchesontown, not far from the Gorbals. It was here in 1846 that he patented a steam hammer with a fixed piston and a moving cylinder which carried the hammer at its base. The first example was erected in the Govan works in 1848. Condie went on to produce a number of these gargantuan steam hammers, each with up to as much as a seven ton force, for several forges around Scotland. Condie handed over the Govan works to Allan C. Wylie before his death in Wellcroft Place in his home city of Glasgow at the age of sixty-one in 1860.Reading the presentation inscription on this clock, one is left in no doubt that not only was Condie a man of huge talent and vision but was also a man of great humanity. The esteem in which he was held by his workforce exudes from every line. The clock was given relatively early on in his career and it is pleasing to consider that this timepiece was witness to such a fertile mind, one that certainly changed the fortunes of Glasgow, and improved the processes of iron manufacturing at a time when Britain was considered 'the workshop of the world.'For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
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Lot 232
League of Nations.- War debt.- [Fearon (Percy Hutton)] "Poy". Can You Beat It? Applicant:- "Well what about this? I've not noticed anyone else can do it!", pen and ink cartoon with blue pencil shading, pencil caption beneath, small tear to edge, signed, 390 x 318 mm., 1932; New Item at the French Art Exhibition, pen and ink cartoon with blue pencil shading, pencil caption below, pencil note above reading 'not used 8/2/32', depicting a heavily armed man wearing a belt labelled 'League of Nations' standing on a plinth labelled 'Super-Power', signed, 387 x 317 mm.,1932; and 9 others, all relating to war debts of the First World War, or the League of Nations (11)
Lot 575
A 19th Century mantel clock by Brockbanks of London, the twin fusee movement with plain brass back plate and white enamelled dial with Roman numerals enclosing inscription "Brockbanks London" housed in an ebonised and gilt decorated caddy top case with pineapple finial flanked by foliate decorated brass ring handles on a plinth base to brass ball feet 48 cm high x 29 cm wide x 18 cm deep CONDITION REPORTS Pineapple finial basically sound. The stepped top in need of a good clean. The face with craquelure throughout though basically sound. The front woodwork with nine horizontal cracks. Movement appears to be sound though difficult to view interior so not known whether all pieces/parts are original, restored, cleaned etc - see images for further detail. Base has what looks like an amateur cut hole for the pendulum - again see images for further detail. The piece comes with key for the movement and key for the rear door. N.B. Clock not sold as in working order though see no reason why not
Lot 173
A Good Aluminium D-LZ129 Hindenburg Zeppelin Exhibition Model, the tail fins set with swastika decals, revolving on a central cylindrical stem issuing from a blue enamelled globe, the whole raised on a stepped circular plinth enamelled DLZ 129 Hindenburg Zeppelin 1937, 48cm by 32cm, contained in an associated glazed oak display case.Footnote:- Purchased at the Wallis & Wallis sale of The David Kirch Collection of Zeppelin and Airship Memorabilia Part 1, 21st March 2012
Lot 88
A Collection of Royal Antediluvian Order of Buffaloes Jewels and Regalia, mainly to Three Cities Lodge No.8234 and Waterlooville Lodge No.7100, including three silver gilt breast jewels, twenty one gilt metal and enamel breast jewels, two collar chains, two aprons, a quantity of unused clay pipes, a mahogany Ballot box with white and black balls, three oak collection ladles, a gavel, a plated waiter in a glazed frame and a pair of buffalo horns mounted on a mahogany presentation plinth, mostly contained in an oak case, the hinged cover stencilled Three Cities 8234 Regalia.
Lot 42
A Victorian walnut and burr walnut triple wardrobe, of small proportions, the top with a moulded cornice above a door with an oval panel, and four drawers each with turned wood handles, flanked by two full length doors, each with arched panels enclosing a hat drawer and hanging space, on a plinth, 215cm high, 150cm wide, 65cm deep.
Lot 1521
A Victorian mahogany two door wardrobe with moulded cornice above arched panelled doors and single drawer on plinth base, width 118cm.Additional InformationThe cornice is replaced, it has been polished at some point and restored. There is some light surface wear. The interior has been changed from original to now have a material lining and a hanging space, but overall well presented with just minor surface wear.
Lot 352
Two white metal models of single masted vessels, each raised on a wooden plinth, lengths approx 23cm and 15cm.Additional InformationBoth are unmarked, both have losses, misshapen areas, heavily tarnished, surface scratches, a few small dents and knocks. The wooden plinths on both are in poor order.
Lot 1884A
An Art Deco walnut veneered and ebonised twin pedestal desk, the front with single drawer flanked by twin cupboard doors, the reverse with open recess above further cupboard doors, height 79cm, width 160.5cm, depth 78cm.Additional InformationSome discolouration to the top where it has been in the sun and something has been sitting, a few flecks to the veneer and repairs to the veneer around the edges, scuffed in parts to the ebonising. The open shelf is quite rough in finish. A few further flecks missing around the cupboard doors and drawer fronts and scuffs to the plinth base.
Lot 1456
A late Victorian ebonised and inlaid invert breakfront credenza of small proportions, with twin glazed doors and brass mounted plinth base, height 101cm, width 121.5cm, depth 42cm.Additional InformationNumerous scuffs to the top, noticeably around the edges, missing sections of the brass beading, and other sections are loose. Around the base we have veneer loss and heavy wear. The glass is alright in all four panels. General surface wear to the edges and knocks to the edges.
Lot 1263
A 19th century Chinese Canton twin handled Famille Rose vase, painted in panels with stylised warriors and figures, inset with floral sprays and auspicious symbols and relief style mythical creatures, height 45cm, and a similar 19th century Canton Famille Rose example, height 35cm.Additional InformationThe larger with gilt rubbing and a minor glaze chip to one of the relief handles, also minor scratches and wear to the handles. The smaller example with a large piece which has been broken out into a number of pieces and crudely glued back together, also a chip to the rim and chipping to the glaze, each raised on wooden plinth bases. The smaller vase also has a chip to the foot rim.
Lot 1273
A hardstone figure of a boy holding a frog, raised on carved wooden plinth base, height 19cm, in original box, together with a pair of Japanese Satsuma vases and an amethyst coloured stone model of a Dog of Fo, raised on wooden plinth base, height 8.5cm (4).Additional InformationThe wooden stand has a small area of damage on the figure of the boy, numerous knocks, the Japanese vases with heavy wear to the gilding, crazing.
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