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Lot 100
Two extremely rare silver Naval belt plates good hallmarks for 1802 and 1803 engraved with a fouled anchor within laurel leaf borders, hallmarks include George III head and RF makers mark for Richard Foster London, fitted with two buttons and hook to the rear with leather backing (2) oval 82cm high
Lot 297
Rare set of six Charles II silver trefid spoons , Lawrence Cole, London 1679 , the lace back bowls each with a ribbed rat-tail and strap handle with four assay marks and a lace scroll hilt initialled on the reverse P over LE, one inscribed 1704, length 19.6 - 19.9cm, 10oz 15dwt in total.*The composition of the silver of these spoons is uniform and consistent with late 17th century London silver; they have however been silver plated at some point in the past. A full report from the Birmingham Assay Office is available.
Lot 248
Rare gilt metal two time zone lever pocket watch, signed James Courvoisier, Locle, no. 44792, gilt frosted two train movement jewelled to the centre, the cream dial with two subsidiary time zone dials over constant seconds, outer Arabic chapter with sweep centre seconds, engine turned case with ribbed band, 54mm
Lot 270
Rare Jeunet white metal hunter pocket watch with Pirouette escapement, signed Jeunet, Meadville, PA, circa 1860, frosted gilt three-quarter plate movement jewelled to the centre, three arm balance, brass pirouette wheel with blued steel hairspring actuating the steel lever with jewelled pallets, steel escape wheel, inscribed `Jeunet`s Escapement Patented 1858, Meadville, PA, and Ruby Pinion Horse Back Precision`, the dial with Roman numerals and jumping centre seconds, plain case with engraved cartouche, 57mm
Lot 275
Rare gold pocket watch with Virgule escapement, early 19th century, signed Rich`d Clarke & Sons, London, no. 1276, pierced engraved balance cock with diamond endstone, Virgule escapement, enamel dial with Arabic numerals, gold hands and winding hole at four o`clock, hallmarks indistinctly rubbed, 109gm, 54mm (a.f)
Lot 279
French white metal calendar pocket watch with rare Sully escapement, the gilt movement signed Michau a Paris, no. 3842, the signed enamel dial with Arabic numerals, outer date chapter, French day markings and winding hole at the two o`clock position, consular engraved case with a glazed back depicting a dog and birds in a lakeland landscape with foliate coloured borders, 58mm (a.f)
Lot 340
Rare early 18th century English repeating pocket watch by Thomas Tompion (1639-1713), circa 1710, the movement signed T. Tompion, London, no. 359, fusee verge movement with baluster pillars, pierced balance cock and silver regulating disc, plunge repeat with two hammers striking on a bell to the inner case, later white enamel dial with Roman numerals signed `Thos Tompion, London`, later steel beetle and poker hands, later pierced and engraved gilt metal case with winding hole shutter to the back, 54.5mm . See Watchmakers & Clockmakers by G.H Baillie, Volume I reprint 1976, page 315 `Thomas Tompion, London` - where it mentions watch, no. 359, as the first in a new series of repeaters up to no. 392 starting in 1709
Lot 694
Interesting and rare Empire glass plate skeleton clock with hour strike and Remontoire, the arched glass plate back-painted with a black and gilt line border, also with gilt painted laurel wreath around the white enamel Arabic annular chapter ring, with beaded ormolu bezel secured with screws from behind the glass plate, delicate blued steel hands, the movement train with going barrel secured with steel screws through the plate decorated with blue and gilt reverse painting, the 7.75" diameter great wheel with shaped crossings driving an intermediary Remontoire spring with blued steel three arm flywheel, the Remontoire spring providing power for the going train with pinwheel escapement and knife-edged suspended steel rod pendulum, the Remontoire also providing power to the strike train with countwheel fixed to the Remontoire spring barrel, the brass plate now with brass brackets to each lower corner and resting on an oval black marble plinth on further later yellow velvet-lined rectangular base and brass framed rectangular glass dome, 22.5" high overall (pendulum). Purchased from Sotheby`s Auction of `The Ionides Collection` on 1st November 1963 (lot 10)
Lot 748
Interesting and rare two day marine chronometer of Australian interest, with Earnshaw type balance, the 3" silvered dial signed James Murray, Royal Exchange, London, no. 640 with subsidiary seconds dial, within the original mahogany brass bound hinged case inset with an ivory tablet inscribed Murray, 640, with brass side carrying handles (winding key). This chronometer is sold with copies of official papers detailing its H.M.S. service history. Notably, it was used on board H.M.S Fly (1842-1846) when this ship was deployed surveying the coast of Australia. The lot is also accompanied by a table exhibiting the rates of the chronometers on board H.M.S. Fly during this period. This instrument saw a long active service having been used on board twenty different ships over a period of one hundred and two years. It was finally returned to its owner, after loan to the Admiralty, in 1944. The maker James Murray received several awards for the accuracy of his chronometers and is mentioned in Tony Mercer - Chronometer Makers of the World, `This distinguished Artist who has had the honour of producing the best instrument ever known is a native of Moffat in Dumfries`
Lot 758
Fine and rare miniature music box possibly by capt, with 2.5" cylinder, the 100 tooth comb separated in groups of five, inscribed no. 329 on the bed plate, within a rectangular green tin box with hinged lid decorated with a castle and figures by Lake Como and inscribed Chillen, 3.5" wide, with original key
Lot 771
Rare early ebonised Italian night timepiece, the fusee verge movement with circular plates and baluster pillars, the 10" x 8" painted copper dial depicting a nativity scene and fitted with an arched aperture revealing the hours passing by the quarter hour marks, within an architectural breakfront stepped case, 29.5" high, winding key
Lot 772
Rare early ebonised and ivory inlaid Italian night timepiece, the fusee verge movement signed Geo. Pietro Callin, Genoa, with circular plate and turned pillars, the 14" x 11" painted copper dial depicting Chronos and Death despatching the hours, also pierced with an arched aperture displaying the hours moving past the quarters, over a single drawer, within an architectural breakfront case with carved corbels, surmounted by a broken arched cornice with central foliate inlaid ivory panel, 30.75" high, with winder
Lot 26
Rare Omega Speedmaster Day-Date chronograph stainless steel automatic gentleman`s bracelet watch, circa 1975/76, the dial with tachymeter internal bezel, luminous baton markers and hands with centre seconds, twenty-four hour dial, twelve hour dial and constant seconds, day/date apertures, cal. 1045 17 jewel movement, no. 39208475, Omega bracelet with folding clasp, ref. 376.0804, 40mm; with Omega box and spare bracelet links
Lot 38
Rare Rolex `Double Red` Sea-Dweller Submariner 2000 Oyster Perpetual stainless steel gentleman`s bracelet watch, ref. 1665, ser. 1756xxx, circa 1967, MKIII matted black dial with tritium hour markers, sweep centre seconds, date aperture and Mercedes hands branded `Rolex Oyster Perpetual Sea-Dweller Submariner 2000 2000ft=610m Superlative Chronometer Officially Certified`, three part case with plastic crystal, rotating bezel, screw down crown, gas escape valve and inscribed back, calibre 1570 26 jewel movement, no. D033583, case date IV/67, Oyster bracelet (ref. 93150), 42mm; Rolex box
Lot 120
Medal, Boer War, Extremely Rare, Darlington Volunteer Tribute Award, Queen`s South Africa, bars, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, Laing`s Nek, 1901, 8063 PTE R. BENSON DURHAM LI, confirmed on roll, boxed; with a presentation hallmarked silver cigarette case engraved with the Darlington coat of arms and DLI badge and the inscription, SOUVENIR, SOUTH AFRICAN WAR 1900-1, PRESENTED TO, LANCE CORPORAL R.W. BENSON, OF THE DARLINGTON CONTINGENT , SPECIAL SERVICE COMPANY, 1ST VB DURHAM LIGHT INFANTRY, J.G. HARBOTTLE MAYOR, CHAIRMAN RECEPTION COMMITTEE, Sheffield, 1900 (Private R.W. Benson of 1st Volunteer Service Company 1st Durham Light Infantry was a L/Cpl when his first four bars were awarded, but had lost his stripe by the time his final bar was issued; J G Harbottle was Mayor of Darlington 6 times and was knighted in 1918)
Lot 245
Samuel White Baker; The Albert N`Yanza Great Basin of The Nile and Explorations of The Nile Sources, in two volumes, publ. London Macmillan & Co. 1866, green leather half binding, ex Librias. Sir William G Gordon Cumming Bart, two rare 19th century volumes, bindings good but some interior foxing, maps torn, many illustrations.
Lot 186
A rare Chamberlain`s Worcester Regent body biscuit porcelain model of a poodle, modelled on a cushion with a basket in its mouth, 10.5cm in length, circa 1820; and a pair of Minton biscuit porcelain models of a gardener and companion, 18.5cm & 19.5cm high, Meissen style blue crossed swords marks, circa 1835. See D.G. Rice, English Porcelain Animals, (1989), p.69, fig. 40 for a marked example of this model.
Lot 269
Two similar Minton majolica bacchic two-handled campana urns and covers, the mythical beast mask handles suspending swags, one painted with a simple friezes of putti, the other decorated in the Castelli style with putti in a landscape, the covers surmounted with a goat and putto, 44cm high, one with rare printed Department of Practical Arts mark, third quarter 19th century
Lot 713
A rare sabredating: first quarter of the 19th Centuryprovenance: ItalyCurved, single -and false-edged blade, a groove and a small tang; one-quillon, iron hilt with semicircular langets; angled guard and long cap, wooden grip with copper wire binding; iron scabbard with two bands and one ring.dimensions: length 93 cm.
Lot 842
A rare sworddating: mid-15th Centuryprovenance: FranceDouble-edged blade of triangular shape, ribbed at the centre; thin quillons slightly curved toward the blade, octagonal pommel relieved at the centre. Together with the scabbard iron chape. Fine shape.Provenance: private collection from Marseille. The sword was found near Castillion. (The Battle of Castillon of 1453 was the last battle fought between the French and the English during the Hundred Years` War).dimensions: length 99 cm.
Lot 986
A flintlock lighter shaped as a "Queen Anne" pistoldating: third quarter of the 18th Centuryprovenance: EnglandEntirely made of iron, engraved with floral motifs; shooting the gun, the upper part of the barrel opens and releases a ring-nut which holds the match. Tired spring. Rare and interesting.dimensions: length 20.5 cm.
Lot 1039
A rare stick-gun combined with percussion pistoldating: mid-19th Centuryprovenance: FranceStick with cylindrical, smoothbore, iron barrel with screwed, wooden grip in the shape of a dog`s head with mother-of-pearl eyes, silver ring-nut, iron ramrod. Together with a percussion pistol having a three-stage barrel, turn-off and cylindrical at the last part; forward spring lock, at the plate the gilded mark "C"; full stock with checkered grip and iron mounts engraved with floral motifs, trigger guard and finger support. Assembled with the stick, it turns into a rifle, the stick handle fits in the back of the pistol becoming an elongated butt.dimensions: length 93 cm.
Lot 1126
A Ripoll type flintlock pistol by Sarlidating: late 18th Centuryprovenance: ItalySmooth, two-stage, 19 mm cal. barrel with rings at the girdle; engraved tang; fine, miquelet lock signed "LUIGI SARLI ABRIOLA" and engraved with floral motifs; typical, wooden stock with spherical pommel, brass mounts richly decorated with floral piercing and engraving; iron, belt hook, brass-tipped iron ramrod. Rare, of fine quality.dimensions: length 33 cm.
Lot 150
A rare and interesting ceremonial daggerdating: 19th Centuryprovenance: North AfricaWith three blades, straight the central one, counter-curved the lateral ones, "S"-shaped quillon, cross-shaped quillon-block, grip made of bone and wood. All blades with scabbard.dimensions: dimensions 40 x 32.5 cm.
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