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Lot 11
A late 19th century French brass Limoges-panelled striking and repeating carriage clock,Retailed by Mackay and Chisholm, Paris, movement number 2360The ribbed handle over a bevelled glass inspection panel, stepped cornice, repeat button and dentil moulding supported on four reeded Corinthian columns to a plinth base, the right hand panel depicting a seated man playing chess, his doublet with white and blue striped body and green sleeves with gilt highlights, his hose red and gilt with white pleats, a feathered hat beside him on the chequer-strung floor, the Renaissance style table and chairs depicted 'en grisaille' and the board with recognisable playing pieces, the right hand panel originally showing another seated figure, but now with old damage and restoration, the signed gilt Roman dial with blued steel hands in a plain gilt mask, the eight day spring driven movement with silvered lever platform escapement with compensated bimetallic balance striking and repeating on coiled steel gong set into a block marked 'F.D.', the movement protected by an English-style solid shuttered rear panel. Serviced in 2020, running, striking and repeating.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 21
A good and rare early 19th century gilt and patinated bronze mantel clock in the form of a beehiveCaspar Hollermann, WurzburgRealistically modelled on a thatched hive complete with ten bees attempting to gain access, on an octagonal base raised on turned feet, the 3.5 inch signed white enamel dial with minute track and Arabic quarters enclosing Roman numerals and a pair of pierced gilt hands, the twin spring driven movement with circular plates with flattened base united by pillars pinned through the backplate, with silk suspended pendulum and outside countwheel strike on a bell. Running and striking. Together with a later, custom-made velvet-covered circular base on a turned plinth under a (repaired) glass dome. The clock 33cms (13ins) high. Total height including base and glass dome 43cms (17ins) high.Footnotes:The bee has been revered for many reasons from ancient times - certainly not only for the sweet honey that it produces - it is industrious and works tirelessly for the good of the hive. Napoleon chose the bee as his imperial emblem and it was embroidered in gold on his coronation robe of 1805. The current clock was made at around this time. Provenance: Single family ownership for 130 years. Edmund John Pace (1840-1911) was the grandson of John Pace of Bury St Edmunds, the famous clockmaker (see lots 68-73 in this auction), but he did not follow a horological career. Instead, he led a life in business as a Director of Bryant and May match manufacturers, a booming business in the 19th century. This clock was a gift from his fellow Directors in 1890 for his services to the Company. A contemporary printed image of Pace, and a typed synopsis of personal entries in his prayer book ranging from 1861-1871 is included with this lot.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 23
A rare signed and dated late 18th century French ormolu mantel clockCalixte Marquis De St. Herem, 1771The waisted case surmounted by a handle on a foliate boss over gadrooned sides to scroll feet, set to the front with a musical mount, the signed and dated white enamel Roman and Arabic dial with good pierced and engraved hands, the large circular movement with flattened base signed in full, the tic-tac escapement with silk suspension and outside countwheel strike on a bell. Running and striking, with pendulum and key. Further accompanied by a variegated green marble rectangular plinth 31cms (12ins) high. Total height including base and raised handle 39,5cms (15.5ins). Footnotes:Jean-Baptiste Calixte, Marquis de Montmorin de Saint-Herem (1727-1781), was a French General and served in the Seven Years War. He was related to Armand Marc, Comte de Montmorin (1745-1792) minister of Foreign Affairs and Navy to King Louis XVI.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 24
An early 19th century French ormolu mantel clockUnsignedThe case depicting a youth holding a stag by the antlers in one hand and a staff in the other hand, with panpipes at his feet, on a stepped plinth base with a Classical plaque in relief on toupie feet, the 5.25 inch white enamel Roman dial with minute track and gilt trefoil hands. The circular movement with silk suspension and outside countwheel striking the hours and half-hours on a bell. Running and striking, sold with a winding key and pendulum. 40cms (15 1/2ins) high (3)For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 25
A fine late 19th century brass and cloisonné enamel mantel clock with a pair of associated vasesJapy Freres, no.12309The highly elaborate architectural case with elaborate pediment and finial over four urn finials and four bevelled glass side panels, flanked by slender columns on toupie feet, the 3.75 inch brushed brass Roman dial set with paste stones around the bezel and centre, centred by a cloisonné mask with blued-steel hands, the signed movement with Brocot escapement striking the hours and half hours on a blued-steel coiled gong. Together with a pair of contemporary, similar cloisonné vases on raised plinth bases set with a paste stone border and painted with two Classical scenes set within a cartouche. Running and striking, sold with the original decorated pendulum, a winding key and hand setting key. 43cms (16.5ins) high. The vases 38cms (14.5ins) high. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 27
A RARE SECOND QUARTER OF THE 19TH CENTURY FILIGREE-COVERED, MONTH GOING, GREAT WHEEL SKELETON TIMEPIECEThe outer case of break arch form surmounted by an urn over multiple panels of gilt filigree decoration of lattice work, scrolling foliage, stylised lyres and repeat patterns, on an oval base with applied frieze on a marble plinth and turned feet, the 6 inch dial with radiating pattern set with 24 shaped white enamel Arabic numeral plaques, with pierced brass hands, the spring driven movement of one month duration centred by a 7.5 inch diameter great wheel of six crossings driving a train of five wheels mounted on a vertical glass panel, terminating in an anchor escapement with silk suspension. 43cms (17ins) high. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 28
An early 19th century French ormolu and marble mantel clock representing 'Knowledge'Piolaine a ParisThe case in the form of a classically dressed woman seated in a klismos chair at a table reading a book by lamplight, the clock dial set within the drapes below, on a plinth base adorned with three cast books, raised on a variegated marble base and ormolu toupie feet, the signed 3.5 inch white enamel dial with minute band framing the Roman numerals, with matching gilt hands, the circular movement with outside countwheel strike on a bell. Ticking and striking, with pendulum and a winding key. 33cms (12 1/2ins) high (3)Footnotes:Two similar examples are illustrated by Niehüser, E. (1999) French Bronze Clocks. Pennsylvania: Schiffer Publishing, p. 86.The design was drawn by Jean-Andre Reiche in 1805 and titled 'The Reader'. The figure of the young woman represents knowledge, with the oil lap being an emblem for alertness and prudence, two important qualities that are needed for studying.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 29
A good 19th century French ormolu mantel clock with annular dialSigned Lepaute et fils, number 540 C. The case signed VIONSurmounted by a seated cupid using his arrow to indicate the time read against the twin horizontal rotating bands, each with 12 enamel cartouche numerals set within a twin-handled urn held aloft by the Three Graces, each nude figure in a different pose and garlanded with flowers, on a circular base with scroll side pieces signed to the rear VION, the movement accessed through the removable door on the front of the plinth, the plates numbered 540/C/4.6/163, further signed and numbered to the underside on the movement securing brace in the base.Footnotes:See Tardy, 'La Pendule Francaise, 2me Partie: Du Louis XVI a nos jours', Paris, 1962 p.135 for a similar model.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 33
A very fine and rare early 19th century French ormolu mounted white marble, quarter chiming, centre seconds table regulator with full annual calendarGrand Homme a VersaillesSurmounted by a reclining woman protecting a playful child from a flaming torch over an arched cornice with applied motifs of winged putti to the front and a leopard within a garland of grapes to each side, supported on four fluted Corinthian columns with white marble bases, on a black plinth and ormolu feet; the ormolu anthemion-cast bezel with beaded border framing the signed 6.5 inch white enamel Roman and Arabic chapter ring, the time shown by a pair of gilt hands with sunburst tips; the months and their astrological signs painted 'en grisaille' shown via a wavy blued steel double-ended hand; the day and its sign shown via a double ended gilt arrow-tipped hand and the date shown by a single blued steel hand, the open centre revealing the calendar work with five-star crossings; the substantial circular movement plates with flattened lower edges, united by 6 large turned pillars, the deadbeat escapement mounted on the backplate, the pendulum crutch with fine screw adjustment to the heavy gridiron pendulum suspended on a substantial bracket and knife-edge above, terminating in a heavy cast sunburst bob with central female mask, the hours stuck on a large bell via an outside countwheel with star crossings, the quarters activated by a smaller outside countwheel and struck on two nested bells of slightly higher tone 61cms (24ins) high (2)Footnotes:The leopard mounts to the side of the cornice are sacred to Bacchus, hence the grape-festooned garland.The striking sequence is as follows:The first quarter is struck on the small bellThe second quarter is struck first on the small bell, then on the medium bellThe third quarter is struck on the small bell, followed by the medium bell, followed by the small bellThe final quarter is struck on the small bell, the medium bell, the small bell again and the medium bell again. This is followed by the hour being struck on the largest bell.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 34
A rare second half of the 18th century French ormolu musical mantel clockNoel Baltazar a ParisThe elaborate case surmounted by a classical urn festooned in laurel swags over an oak wreath framing the dial, set on an architectural base with festooned Ionic pilasters, foliate finials and a rocky base, the open lattice-framed side panels allowing the sound out through silk backing, on a shaped base and conforming ebonised wood plinth on lions paw feet, centred by the seated figure of a cherub playing the harp, the signed 3.5 inch white enamel dial with outer Arabic five minutes enclosing a minute band and Roman hours, with fancy pierced and engraved hands, the circular clock movement with extended plates to accommodate the twin barrels united by five turned tapering knopped pillars, signed in full, with anchor escapement and silk suspension, the outside countwheel with hand engraved numerals and striking on a bell, the separate chain fusee musical movement set below and activated via a push rod. The musical movement with shaped rectangular plates united by turned pillars and playing a run of twelve bells and nineteen hammers set horizontally in the base. Ticking, striking and playing a tune. Sold with a silk suspension brass pendulum. 50cms (19 1/2ins) high. (2)Footnotes:Noel Baltazar was working in Paris until about 1775. He was part of an extensive family of horologists and an exceptional fifteen-note organ clock is described by Arthur Ord-Hume in 'The Musical Clock', Mayfield Books, p277, with thin plates and a 'distinctive form of pillar'.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 35
An impressive late 19th Century gilt metal mounted ebonised quarter chiming table clock with interesting historyHaseldine, 36 Bond Street, LondonThe large case with pierced brass caddy top with elaborate satyr handle over four flaming urn finials over an arched pediment and pair of caryatid pilasters on a canted plinth base on elaborate scrollwork feet, the signed 8.25 inch silvered and brass Roman and Arabic dial with finely matted centre, with blued-steel Rococo style hands, with three subsidiary dials above, for slow/fast regulation, chime/silent and choice of 8 or 4 bell configuration, the substantial triple fusee movement with anchor escapement, striking the hours and the quarters on a large blued-steel coiled gong and up to 8 bells and hammers. Sold with a crank winder and case key. 77cms (30ins) high (3)Footnotes:A commemorative plaque on the back door reads:'This clock was purchased with money received by George Dalziel for literary contributions to Fun and other periodical publications 1880.''Fun' was a weekly magazine founded by H.J.Byron, an actor and playwright, first published on 21 September 1861. It ran for 50 years, before being absorbed into 'Sketchy Bits in 1901. It was aimed at a well-educated readership and covered literature, politics, sports, and the theatre in direct competition to the perhaps better known, but at times more staid, 'Punch'. Byron handed over the reins to a Mr Tom Hood in 1865, who in turn sold it to George (1815-1902) and Edward Dalziel (1817–1905) in 1870. The Dalziel brothers were publishers and highly regarded engravers in their own right who had established a family business in 1839. They cut the illustrations for Edward Lear's 'Book of Nonsense' in 1862 and those for 'Alice in Wonderland' and 'Through the Looking Glass' by Lewis Carroll. They worked with many internationally renowned names in the art world including Myles Birket Foster, William Holman Hunt, John Everett Millais, Dante Gabriel Rossetti and James McNeill Whistler. Examples can be seen in the Victoria and Albert Museum. An autobiographical study of their work 'The Brothers Dalziel, A Record of Work, 1840-1890' was published by Methuen. Various other family members were involved in 'Fun' until 1893.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 36
A fine quality late 19th century carved mahogany quarter chiming bracket clock with original bracketUnsignedThe architectural case surmounted by an elaborate knopped cupola and two smaller cupola finials over a pediment supported by Corinthian pilasters on a carved plinth base, the 5.5 inch brass Roman dial with a finely engraved mask depicting flowing foliage and scrollwork with three subsidiary dials above for chime/silent, slow/fast regulation and Whittington/Westminster chime, the triple fusee movement with anchor escapement striking the hours and quarters on two coiled steel gongs and eight bells and hammers. Together with the original carved mahogany wall bracket. . 52cms (20ins) high. The bracket a further 29cms (12ins) high. (2)For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 37
A second half of the 18th century ebonised table clockThomas Haley, LondonThe bell topped case with handle and moulded cornice over circular and shaped side panels (the upper ones glazed, the lower ones with silk-backed frets), on a moulded plinth base, the 7 inch arched brass dial with strike/silent subsidiary over the Roman and Arabic chapter ring, matted centre with chamfered date aperture and shaped recessed signature plaque, the twin gut (now wire) fusee movement converted to anchor escapement, with rack striking on a bell. Running and striking, with case key and a winding key. 51cms (20ins) high.Footnotes:Provenance: This clock has been in single family ownership for at least 40 years.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 38
An interesting first half of the 18th century ebonised quarter repeating table timepieceJames Green, AlthropThe inverted bell topped case with handle over a deep cornice and shaped glazed side panels, on a moulded plinth and block feet, the upper quadrants all with mirrored inserts, the 8 inch arched brass dial with wheatear border framing the silvered signature boss in the arch flanked by sphinx mounts over mask spandrels and the Roman and Arabic chapter ring with half quarter marks, matted centre and mock pendulum aperture, the single gut fusee movement united by four knopped and finned pillars, with knife-edge verge escapement (the front pivot on a separate cock screwed to the frontplate) repeating the quarters on demand via one large and two small bells mounted vertically above the plates. 55cms (21.5ins) high For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 41
A 19th century mahogany and brass table clock with trip repeatG.P.Tode, 248 Regent Street, London. No. 321The elaborate mahogany waisted and winged case with a floral shaped palmette top with elaborate brass finial over scrollwork decoration and acanthus leaves on a raised plinth base on brass ball feet, the 5.75 inch signed white painted Roman dial with outer minute marker with fancy blued-steel hands and a lever for strike/silent, the twin chain fusee movement with anchor escapement, signed and numbered backplate striking the hours on a bell. Sold with a brass bob pendulum, case key and associated winding key. 42cms (16 1/2ins) high (4)For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 42
A late eighteenth century figured mahogany 'balloon' bracket clock with trip repeat and original bracketRichard Grove, 93 Wood Street, LondonThe shaped caddy surmounted by a gilt brass ball finial over foliate and fish-scale sound frets, the waisted case raised on a moulded plinth base and brass ogee feet, the signed 7.75 inch white painted Roman and Arabic dial with elongated fancy brass hands, signed two train fusee movement with anchor escapement striking the hours on a large bell. Sold with original mahogany wall bracket, case key and winding key. 61cms (24ins) high. The wall bracket a further 25cms (10ins) high. (4)For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 44
A good early 19th century mahogany balloon-shaped table clockVulliamy, London, No. 527. The waisted case with moulded plinth raised on brass ball feet, the white enamel Roman and Arabic dial with a minute track and inner line framing the matching pierced heart-shaped hands, the signed and numbered circular movement with half deadbeat escapement to a lozenge-section wooden rod pendulum terminating in a numbered brass bob. 31cms (12ins) highFootnotes:Sold to George Hammersley in 1812. George Hammersley was a partner of Hammersley, Greenwood, Drewe & Co. at 76 Pall Mall, a bank founded by his father, Thomas. The bank's Pall Mall office was next door to Vulliamy, and they went on to buy at least one other clock after this. We are grateful to Roger Smith for this information.The Hammersley family were involved in banking from the 17th century; George's father Thomas was banker for the Duke of Cumberland and the Prince Regent, later George IV.In a letter dated 10 May 1791, the Prince Regent detailed the items he left the bank in exchange for a loan: 'a casket covered with red morocco leather containing a diamond epaulette, a diamond star, a diamond George, a diamond garter and sundry diamond trinkets and ornaments belonging to his Royal Highness'.George's brother, Hugh, was also a partner and was a member of parliament for Helston, in Cornwall from 1812 to 1818. He famously voted against buying the Elgin Marbles.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 46
A GOOD SECOND HALF OF THE 18TH CENTURY BRASS-MOUNTED EBONY BRACKET CLOCK WITH ORIGINAL WALL BRACKETWilliam Webster, LondonThe inverted bell topped case with bold handle and brass band to the caddy, over brass-bound rectangular glazed side panels over a plinth base on brass block feet, the 7.5 inch one-piece silvered dial with original blued steel hands reading against Roman and Arabic numerals, framed by a cast brass bezel within a square door, opening to reveal the wider dial plate signed along the lower edge and set with a strike/silent lever, the movement with five knopped pillars, pivoted verge escapement and rack strike on a bell, the backplate with a repeat pattern border framing asymmetric rococo foliate scroll engraving and the signature 'Wm. Webster, Exchange Alley, London', mounted with an engraved 'sprung block'-type pendulum holdfast, the backcock with matching scroll engraving and border. Ticking and striking. Together with the original veneered and brass-bound wall bracket of shaped outline and with pull-forward key drawer. Height 48cms (19ins) high. Standing on the wall bracket, 73cms (29ins) high. Footnotes:Provenance: Single family ownership for nearly 50 years; purchased by the vendors father from an auction in 1972.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 47
A rare late 18th century ebonised triple pad top, quarter chiming table clock of small sizeRobert Henderson, St. Martins Court, LondonSurmounted by a handle and three brass-mounted pads over a moulded cornice, side frets and a brass-bound plinth on ogee brass feet, the 5.75 arched brass dial with white enamel strike/silent subsidiary over a signed Roman and Arabic dial with blued steel hands, the triple gut (now wire) fusee movement now with deadbeat escapement, with rack strike on a bell and chiming the quarters on a run of eight bells and hammers, the backplate signed in full within a series of interlaced foliate scrolls 39cms (15.5ins) high.Footnotes:Robert Henderson is recorded as working in St.Martin's Court from 1768 - 1805.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 61
A very fine late 19th century Exhibition-quality, quarter chiming skeleton clock with special escapement, remote winding and remote hand setting, with the original glass dome and walnut baseCamerer Kuss & Co, 56 New Oxford St, LondonThe elaborate Gothic-inspired frame united by twelve turned pillars and cast with spires, quatrefoils, and other architectural motifs, signed in a signature plaque mounted top centre within a Gothic-style architectural niche, on a substantial plinth base with engraved border, set to the front with a pair of cast gilt bronze figures of Prince Albert and Queen Victoria on circular bases with foliate and crown decoration, the frame further set with applied plaques 'WESTMINSTER & TEN BELLS CHIMES' the 6.75 inch gilt dial with painted Gothic Roman numerals interspersed by engraved foliage and roundels, framed to the outer edge by a pierced running border of foliate scrolls, the internal edge with arcaded trefoils, echoing the tips of the blued steel pierced hands, the unique movement with three chain fusees, (the quarter train with engine turned spring barrel cap), all three winding squares set in the base behind shutters revealed on pushing a horizontal slide, each train with heavy chains running over pulleys to the fusee arbors, the quarters announced via a choice of Westminster chimes on gongs hidden in the base, or on a run on ten bells set in two sets of five mounted front to back behind the standing Royal couple, each bell struck by a stylised brass halberd, the going train with a deadbeat 'scape wheel mounted on a three-armed bridge set on three pillars screwed into the back of the frame, the sliding detent-type escapement with two-part pendulum terminating in a cylindrical bob and suspended from an adjustable block mounted on a shaped bracket spanning the plates above, the hours struck on a heavy gong mounted in the base. The walnut base with carved arcaded decoration and sliding covers for the winding squares. The right hand side is set with two gilt engraved buttons, 'SET HANDS' and 'WESTMINSTER CHIMES/10 BELLS CHIMES'. The hands are set by pushing down on the relevant button to engage a series of rods and bevelled gears to advance the hands. Together with the original glass dome. Running, striking and chiming. To the top of the frame 80cms (31.5ins) high. With glass dome in place, 82cms (32.5ins)Footnotes:This clock was made to celebrate Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee in 1897 and is illustrated in Camerer Cuss & Co: The Bicentenary 1788-1988, Antique Collector's Club, 1988, p.26. The firm used an image of it on an 1897 calendar, and undoubtedly it would have taken pride of place in the shop window. The remote winding and hand-setting is a revelation - one of the main issues for all skeleton clock owners is that 52 times a year, the glass dome has to be removed safely and then put back safely, this is why so many 19th century skeleton clocks are now lacking their domes. The current clock retains its original, perfectly fitting dome. Prince Albert had died 36 years before this clock was made, but still featured strongly during Victoria's Diamond Jubilee in 1897. The figures on the clock depict the young married couple, Albert is decorated with the Order of the Garter and the Golden Fleece. Victoria is dressed out of period, in a simple Medieval-style gown, the pair perhaps portraying the Age of Chivalry, in tune with the gothic decoration of the clock. Provenance: Single family ownership for the last 70+ years.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 63
A FINE AND RARE MID 18TH CENTURY SILVER-MOUNTED CARVED MAHOGANY QUARTER REPEATING TABLE CLOCKDelander, LondonSurmounted by a cast handle on an inverted bell top with fine mouldings over a concave cornice, circular and rectangular glazed side panels and a plinth base on block feet, the front and rear doors, all four angles, and the four side windows all framed in carved mahogany borders of egg-and-dart or flowerheads interlaced with flowing ribbon, the 6.25 inch arched brass dial with rise-and-fall regulation dial in the arch (divided into 40 divisions marked in 5s) flanked by silver spandrels depicting a cornucopia and a cherub holding a flowerstalk aloft, over the silvered Roman and Arabic dial framed by silver scroll-and-flower spandrels, the finely matted centre with curved chamfered mock pendulum aperture revealing the engraved silvered 'bob', chamfered square date aperture and applied nameplate a strike/silent lever at IX, the twin gut fusee movement with rectangular plates united by six knopped pillars, the pivotted verge escapement with adjustable pallets to a brass rod pendulum with lenticular brass bob secured for transit by a steel hook, rack striking the hours on a bell and repeating the quarters on a run of six bells and hammers, signed in a copperplate script to the lower half of the backplate, Delander, London, the high-strokes of the letters flowing into one another. Running, striking and repeating. Sold together with a 20th century, bespoke mahogany wall bracket, made in solid mahogany and multi-layered in the 18th century style, with three suspension loops. The bracket 22cms (8.75ins.) high, 29.5 (11.5ins) wide and 21cms (8.25ins) deep. 45cms (17.75ins) high (2)Footnotes:Provenance: Single family ownership for 46 years. Purchased from Ronald A Lee, 1-9 Bruton Place, W.1. April 1974. A copy of the original invoice accompanies this lot.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 64
A fine and rare mid 18th century silver-mounted carved mahogany quarter repeating table clock with exhibition provenanceDelander, LondonSurmounted by a cast handle on an inverted bell top with fine mouldings to a plinth base and block feet, the front and rear doors, all four angles, and the four side windows all framed in carved mahogany borders of egg-and-dart or flowerheads interlaced with flowing ribbon, the 6.25 inch arched brass dial with rise-and-fall regulation dial in the arch (divided into 42 divisions marked in 7s) flanked by silver spandrels depicting a cornucopia and a cherub holding a flowerstalk aloft, over the silvered Roman and Arabic dial framed by silver scroll-and-flower spandrels, the finely matted centre with chamfered mock pendulum aperture revealing the engraved 'bob', chamfered date aperture with pin-hole adjustment and applied nameplate a strike/silent lever at IX, the twin gut fusee movement with rectangular plates united by six knopped pillars, the pivotted verge escapement with adjustable pallets, to a brass rod pendulum with lenticular brass bob secured for transit by a steel hook, rack striking the hours on a bell and repeating the quarters on a run of six bells and hammers, signed in a flowing script to the lower half of the backplate, Delander, London, the high-strokes of the letters flowing into one another. The glazed rear door applied with the original printed label Catalogue Number 150 from the 1952 Science Museum Exhibition 'British Clockmaker's Heritage Exhibition. Running, striking and repeating. 46cms (18ins) highFootnotes:Exhibited: British Clockmakers Heritage Exhibition, Science Museum, May 23rd to September 14th, 1952, exhibit number 150. Described as 'Bracket Clock by Delander (probably Nathaniel), London c1740.Lent by Ronald Lee, Esq.'Provenance:Single family ownership for 36 years. Purchased by the vendor's father from Ronald A. Lee (Fine Arts) Ltd, 1-9 Bruton Place W.1. , June 1984. A copy of the original invoice is included with this lot, on which Mr Lee notes 'This is the pair to the Delander you purchased in April 1974.' Bearing in mind that Mr Lee had loaned the clock to the Science Museum Exhibition in 1952, and only sold it in 1984, it is quite possible that he kept this at own his home as part of his private collection.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 65
Of Royal Provenance. One of only two known regulators by Thomas Reid with his spring pallet escapement and pendulum. A fine and very rare early 19th century mahogany floorstanding regulator of one month duration, DATED 1816.Reid and Auld, Edinburgh. The movement repeat signed and dated.The case:the shallow arched hood with moulded cornice over canted front angles to a concave throat moulding, the dial surround lined in brass, over a long trunk door with shaped glazed panel to reveal the arc of the pendulum against an engraved silvered beat scale, and the descent of the brass cylindrical weight, flanked by conforming canted front angles, on a panel base with applied shaped moulding on a plinth raised on block feet. The interior of the trunk door applied with various labels including a 19th century printed 'Table of the Equation of Time'; a description of the clock hand written in sepia ink; an oval label of the 20th century Antique clock retailer Percy Webster; and an illustration from Britten's Encyclopedia of 1894. Further set with the engraved brass presentation plaque 'Presented to / THE LADY ALICE MONTAGU DOUGLAS SCOTT / on the occasion of her Marriage with / H.R.H. THE DUKE OF GLOUCESTER, K.G., P.C., K.T. / From the Directors & Senior Officials of the Royal Bank of Scotland / of which Bank her Father / The Seventh Duke of Buccleuch & Queensberry K.T., GVCO was Governor / 6th November 1935.' The backboard of solid mahogany one inch (25mm) in thickness sporting a shaped heavy cast iron plate occupying nearly half the length of the backboard to support both the movement and the pendulum. The dial:the 9.5 inch shallow arched dial signed in the upper part 'Reid & Auld, Edinburgh' in a flowing script over an Arabic minute track marked in tens, the upper half of the dial containing the Arabic seconds ring, the lower with a twice 1-12 Arabic hour ring, with original blued steel hands.The movement: of one month duration and heavy brass plates cast to allow the positioning of the barrel to the left hand side, united by four substantial turned pillars and secured to the cast iron seat-plate by three very heavy brass brackets, the seat-plate located on two pairs of brass angled brackets mounted to the tops of the case cheeks, the entire lower assembly using 18 screws to lock the movement in position. The movement is further secured within the case by a bridge-arrangement spanning from the heavy cast iron plate on the case back board to an extension piece set above the movement backplate. The iron horizontal seat plate and the vertical backboard plate both carry pairs of runners that would have originally located the brass-framed and glazed dust cover (cover now lacking). The brass weight suspended on a pulley of six crossings, pulling the gut line through a moving slide set on runners on the seatplate. The wheel train:the five wheel train with high count wheels of six crossings with pinions ranging from 24 on the second wheel to 16 on the 'scape wheel, terminating in Reid's deadbeat spring pallet escapement, all arbors with hardened steel end-plates where possible. The long crutch to Reid's own pendulum consisting of a larger diameter hollow zinc tube flanked by a pair of steel rods terminating in a typical massive bob with engraved rating nut. 174cms (5ft 8.5ins) high. Footnotes:Provenance: Their Royal Highnesses, The Dukes of Gloucester.A wedding present from the Directors and Senior Officials of the Royal Bank of Scotland to Lady Alice Montagu Douglas Scott, later Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester (1901-2004). Lady Alice married Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester (1900-1974), the third son of George V, on 6th November 1935.The oval plaque applied to the interior of the case is that of Percy Webster, the highest profile antique clock dealer working between the wars. Webster would have been the natural choice for anyone wishing to buy the finest clocks on the market at that time. The current clock is one of only four known regulators in the world by Thomas Reid, and one of only two that retain his original spring pallet escapement and pendulum. All four were made between 1811 and 1818 and comprise:1811 made for Lord Gray for his private observatory at Kinfauns Castle, Perthshire, Scotland. The month duration movement has a mercury pendulum and is remarkable for the use of anti-friction rollers. Remained with the family until 1934, altered to Richie's deadbeat escapement at about this time. Advertised by Derek Roberts Antiques, Tonbridge, Kent, in 'Antiquarian Horology' Vol.19, no.2, p131. 'This historically and technically very important regulator of 45 days duration was made by Reid virtually regardless of expense.'1813 made for Calton Hill Observatory, Edinburgh. Eight day duration, mercury pendulum. Altered in the 1850s to deadbeat escapement. Used, among other things, to time the daily firing of the gun at Edinburgh Castle at 1pm, and to ensure the correct drop of the time ball of the Nelson monument on Calton Hill. See 'Antiquarian Horology', Vol. 8, no.1, pp.51-61. 'The Astronomical clocks at the Observatory, Calton Hill, Edinburgh' by Christopher Wood, F.R.A.S.1816 the current lot. Month duration, original escapement and pendulum. Royal ownership since 1935. 1818 Month duration, original escapement and pendulum. Donated in the late 19th century by E. Thompson to the British Horological Institute. Restored in the late 1980s - see 'The BHI Reid and Auld Spring Pallet Regulator' by R. John Griffiths, 'Horological Journal', August 1992. Thomas Reid was born in Dysart, near Fife in 1746. Aged 16 he was apprenticed to his gifted clockmaking cousin James Cowan. When the latter died, Thomas returned from London to take over the business, proclaiming in the 28th November 1781 Edinburgh Evening Courant that '.... having received the instructions of the first masters in that profession, did carry on business and was employed in the execution of first-rate work there..' He ends the announcement with the promise that '..he makes no doubt of giving entire satisfaction to his employers'. Reid's skill and confidence were soon rewarded with public commissions all over Scotland including the first clock for the spire of St. Andrews Parish Church on George Street and improvements to the clock of St Giles' Kirk. His two movements for Annan Town Hall are particularly remarkable in that he designed them so as to allow access to each of the wheels independently from one another. He is best known today for his treatise 'On Clock and Watch making' written in retirement and which eventually ran to six editions. He died on 24th September 1831. Thomas Reid took William Auld into partnership in 1806. Comparative literature:'The BHI Reid and Auld Spring Pallet Regulator dated 1818', R. John Griffiths, 'Horological Journal', Vol.135, no.2.'William Hardy and his spring-pallet regulators', Charles Allix, 'Antiquarian Horology', vol.18, no.6 pp.607-629.Roberts, D. (2003) 'English Precision Pendulum Clocks'. Schiffer Publishing. pp.94-100.Smith, J. (1975) Old Scottish Clockmakers from 1453 to 1850. Redwood Burn Limited. A review of the innovation following the pioneering work with gravity escapements from the earlier years of the 18th century is given below:THOMAS REID'S SPRING PALLET REGULATORSby Andrew KingWith the considerable advance towards the development of the marine timekeeper in the middle years of the eighteenth century, thought was evolving with new ideas to increase the precision of pendulum regulators. The dead beat escapement refined by George Graham earlier in the century was a very simple and generally robust system, but with the more recent successful achievement of the detached spring detent escapement in what was now, by the late eighteenth centur... For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 68
A rare late 18th century English mahogany quarter- and Dutch-striking' table clockThomas Pace Senior, LondonThe bell topped case with five flambe finials over substantial side handles and boldly cast gilt-brass sound frets centred by a cherubs head within a sunburst, on a plinth base and (later) brass ogee feet, the 7.75 inch brass dial with a pair of painted subsidiary dials for date and strike/silent flanking the recessed signature plate over a Roman and Arabic dial with matching hands, the substantial three chain fusee movement now with Brocot style deadbeat escapement striking the hours on the hour and the half-hour, in the Dutch tradition, further chiming the quarters on a rack of eight bells and hammers, the backplate with double-line border framing an allover design of foliate scrolls centred by a basket of fruit. Ticking, chiming and striking, with pendulum, case key and winding key. 58cms (22.5ins) highFootnotes:Clock lovers the world over know the iconic skeleton clocks of John Pace of Bury St Edmunds. Working 170 years ago, his use of clean lines and strong geometric forms give the appearance of an object from the mid-20th century, or even the modern day. His vertical wheel trains can be seen as a precursor of those used to such effect by Jaeger le Coultre in the 1950s and 60s. But John was only one of ten clockmakers from the Pace family, a dynasty that spanned 150 years from the 1740s into the 1890s. A full account is given in Antiquarian Horology, vol.34, no.1, pp60-71 'The Pace family of Quaker clockmakers' by David Edmund Pace. The following six lots are all from the Pace family collection. Literature: Illustrated and discussed in 'Antiquarian Horology', vol.34, no.1 p63, fig 3. Thomas Pace (Senior) was active from 1776-1819 from 128 Whitechapel High Street. Two of his eight children followed in his clockmaking footsteps, Thomas (Junior) – see lot 69, and John who moved to Bury St Edmunds – see lots 72 and 73.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 69
An early 19th century brass-inlaid mahogany table clockThomas Pace JrThe pointed arched case with ball finials and side ring handles on foliate bosses over architectural side sound frets, on a plinth base and ball feet, the 7.75 inch signed painted Roman dial framed by inlaid brass scroll work, the footed and shouldered plates united by four rare vase-shaped pillars, anchor escapement and rack strike on a bell, with trip repeat facility. Running and striking, with two case keys and a winding key. 50cms (19.5ins) high. Footnotes:Literature: Illustrated and discussed in 'Antiquarian Horology', Volume 34, Number 1, page 64, Figure 4.Thomas Pace Junior (1777-1829) continued the family business in London. He had two sons, Henry and Charles (see lots 70 and 71 respectively).For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 474
An early 19th century unmarked rose gold enamel and rose-cut diamond navette shaped memorial mourning pendant, gilded panel depicting urn on plinth, reverse inscribed "Harriet Box Obit 1823", panel height 29.6mm, 6gFair overall condition, pendant has been converted from a brooch and is missing pin fitting, inside of crystal is quite abraded and dirty and would certainly benefit from a clean, all stones are present and no damage to main panel, reverse of pendant is lightly abraded all over with old solder mark visible under pendant mount, unmarked
Lot 201
Mark Coreth b.1958 white metal stirrup cup, modelled as a bloodhound, signed M.Coreth approx 15 cms h, raised on a fitted oak square plinth, with a silver plaque inscribed "to Bryan Watts from all masters of the Weser Vale Hunt (past and present) on his retirement as Hunt Secretary (1969-1980)", London hallmark, dated 1970, mm Adie Bros. Note: Major Brian Ferguson Watts (1925-2019) served with Durham Light Infantry, York and Lancaster Regiment and the 2/10 Gurkha Rifles. He was operational in Malaya, India, Nepal, Greece, Swaziland and Germany, where he met his wife. He was much admired and respected by his colleagues, becoming one of the youngest majors in the British Army at the time. After retirement from active service he worked as Station Staff Officer in Detmold Germany and later was the secretary of the Weser Vale Hunt between 1969 and 1980, he was a great horseman and enjoyed riding to hounds.
Lot 953
A Victorian mahogany chiffonier with raised shelved back over a single drawer and two cupboard doors on a plinth base, 102 cm wide by 140 cm high, together with a circa 1900 satin walnut dressing chest of three long drawers, 91 cm wide, a wicker picnic hamper and contents of three various smaller baskets and two boxed sets of tea knives
Lot 708
A late Victorian carved and ebonised oak hall stand, the raised back with a shaped pediment centred with a lion mask above turned spindles and a rectangular bevelled mirror plate, flanked by griffins and brassed hooks, the base with a frieze drawer and two recesses each with a metal liner on shaped legs with shallow plinth (AF), 220cm high, 128cm wide.
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