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![Truncheon - London & Birmingham Railway. Decorated with a crown over a script VR cipher and `LBR` [bent]. Rare](http://lot-images.atgmedia.com/SR/35997/2858734/679-201282918724_468x382.jpg)
![Truncheon - Midland Counties Railway Police. Decorated with a crown [worn] over a coat of arms bearing the arms of the four c](http://lot-images.atgmedia.com/SR/35997/2858734/683-201282918734_468x382.jpg)
Lot 683
Truncheon - Midland Counties Railway Police. Decorated with a crown [worn] over a coat of arms bearing the arms of the four counties the railway passed through [Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire and Warwickshire]. Inscribed `No.71` and `MIDLAND COUNTIES RAILWAY POLICE` in a spiral scroll. See `The History of Truncheons` by E.R.H.Dicken, published 1952, p.43, for a similar example Rare
Lot 729
Woodbridge Fire Brigade local interest VERY RARE WW1 special service medal, named on reverse, "Woodbridge U.D.C Fire Brigade Presented to Fireman W.H.Upson for Special Service during the Great War 1914-1918" with copy postcard photo as supplied by family, Woodbridge was bombed by Zeppelins in WW1 and a Fireman was KIA, EF
Lot 1872
World Coins (107) a large accumulation early to modern including silver and scarce dates, noted: Spain 5 Pesetas 1893 GF, Crete nickel minors from circ., Indian 19thC coins, Palestine, Netherlands East Indies 1/4 Gulden 1857 GF, Iceland 10 Aurar 1933 VF, Straits Settlements 1/2 Cent 1883 porous Fair (rare date), etc etc.
Lot 1494
A rare set of twelve Royal Doulton Gibson Girl head plates, post 1901, each printed in black with a girl`s portrait and facsimile Charles Dana Gibson signature, within a border of blue and white lovers` knots and hearts, black printed factory marks to bases, diameter approx 23.5cm (one restored).
Lot 29
A matched George I, II and III silver Hanoverian pattern table service, comprising: Twelve table spoons by William Soame, London 1740, the reverse side of the handles engraved `D` over `R*C`, One rat-tail table spoon by Hugh Arnett & Edward Pocock, London 1725, the reverse side engraved `I G`, Ten three prong table forks, maker`s mark `GM`?, London 1744, engraved with a crest above foliage , Seven dessert spoons by William Hudson, London 1738, engraved with a crest , Three dessert spoons by William Turner, London 1760, engraved with a crest, Five dessert spoons, indistinct maker`s marks, London 1730, Four dessert spoons, indistinct maker`s marks, London 1738, Two other dessert spoons, compressed marks. Six three prong dessert forks by David Willaume, London 1718, Britannia standard, engraved with a crest. Four three prong dessert forks, maker`s mark `GM`?, date indistinct, engraved with a crest above foliage, 2868g (92.2 oz) gross. Provenance: purchased from Koopman Rare Art in 1991.
Lot 93
A late George II silver double lipped sauce boat, maker`s mark `DE`, `DH`, `DF` or `DP`, London 1752, circular with twin tongue-capped S-scroll handles, on a collet foot, engraved with a crest, 15.5cm (6 1/4in) long, 240g (7.7 oz). Provenance: purchased from Koopman Rare Art in 1991.. The crest of BRAMSTON of Skreens, Essex.
Lot 95
A George II silver canted rectangular tea caddy, maker`s mark `EP` only, London circa 1750, the moulded cylindrical upper cover engraved with an untraced crest, the cover with moulded borders, the body engraved with a rocaille cartouche incorporating the aforementioned crest, a monogram to the centre, 11.5cm (4 1/2in) high, 330g (10.6 oz). Provenance: purchased from Koopman Rare Art in 2000. See Grimwade no. 3548 for the maker`s mark
Lot 110
A Queen Anne silver large sideboard dish or charger, unmarked, circa 1710, with a cast and applied openwork, gadrooned, shell and foliate border, a broad rim, the shallow well engraved with an armorial within a scroll, shell and mask cartouche, 57cm (22 1/2in) diameter, 5071g (163 oz). The arms intended for a cadet branch of the Scottish family of HAY. The three animals on the wife`s side appear to be leopards which suggests the name LYNCH . The inescutcheons on the husband`s side of the shield, however, are anachronistic in style.. Provenance: possibly purchased from Koopman Rare Art in 1991 as a Queen Anne charger, circa 1710 (photocopy of invoice included)
Lot 117
An Indian silver coloured parcel gilt six part spice container, unmarked, circa 1800, the locking mechanism in the form of a lobed compressed sphere unscrewing to access the six heart shaped boxes with peacock finials to the hinged covers, on six short flared feet, 12cm (4 3/4in) diameter, 578g (18.6 oz). Provenance: purchased from Koopman Rare Art on 1-2-1991 as `Eastern`
Lot 269
A Rare Royal Doulton Lambeth Stoneware model of a Terrier Dog - Snooker - after an original sculpture by the American Artist Frederick Roth. Roth is known to have commissioned Royal Doulton to reproduce a few animal figures from his sculptures during the 1920`s but they very rarely appear for sale. This figure may have been modelled from his own dog and is grey glazed on a green rectangular base, impressed Royal Doulton mark, printed studio mark for F.G.R. Roth, monogrammed F.J. to reverse, top of base with "Snooker" in raised lettering and F.G.R. Roth incised, 9ins, (chip to base), (illustrated).
Lot 168
A RARE PAIR OF DOULTON STONEWARE OPEN SALTS, glazed and pierced in the Persian manner, the circular shallow dish with beaded decoration supported on four pairs of parakeets with openwork panels, square beaded base, impressed mark and dated 1887, initials GAO, number 308, incised assistant's mark Eleanor Burrell, 9.5cm. See illustration
Lot 97
Law (John) Catalogue, Descriptive and Historical, of the Rare and Interesting Plants now in the Conservatories and Pleasure Grounds of the Sheffield Botanical Gardens, 1849, frontis, presentation copy, a.e.g., morocco gilt; Anon., Deed of Constitution of the Sheffield Botanical & Horticultural Society, 1844, wraps (worn); Salt (Jonathan), List of Plants, collected chiefly in the Neighbourhood of Sheffield by Jonathan Salt and now in the Sheffield Public Museum, 1889, interleaved, a.e.g., morocco gilt; James Carter, Seedsman and Florist, Catalogue for 1838 of a Choice Collection of Floricultural Seeds ..., Jan. 1838, London, folding sheet, printed front and rear; John Slater, Nurseryman, Seedsman, Florist, 1852, Malton, manuscript invoice with engraved headings (5)
Lot 101
A rare German 1.25 inch miniature terrestrial globe. Carl Bauer, Nuremburg, early 19th century. The sphere applied with twelve printed gores with continents and principal landmasses outlined, coloured and annotated in German, the South Pacific near Cape Horn with printed monogram MCB, in original carved wood case modelled as a walnut, 6.5cm (2.5ins) high. Carl Johann Sigmund Bauer was born in 1780 to globe maker and engraver Johann Bernard; he had a brother, Peter, who was three years younger. Both Peter and Carl followed in their father’s footsteps and perhaps became best known for producing the educational aid ‘The World and its Inhabitants’. This usually comprised a 1.75 inch globe and a hand coloured series of portraits depicting people of different ethnic backgrounds bound as a concertina foldout. Carl died in 1857, outliving his younger brother by ten years. The current lot is notable in that still retains its original case which is carved to resemble a walnut. The current lot appears a photographic reproduction of the famous portrait engraved by John Smith after the original by Sir Godfrey Kneller circa 1710.
Lot 106
A rare ‘micro-barograph’. Short and Mason Ltd., London, 20th century. The mechanism with eleven segment aneroid chamber within lacquered brass armature operating via a system of pivoted levers, an inked pointer for recording the change in barometric pressure on the tall clockwork-driven rotating paper-scale lined drum, the brass baseplate inscribed MICRO-BAROGRAPH By SHORT & MASON, LONDON and numbered 1535/44, the five panel plate glass cover fitted with chromium plated ties to corners and on ogee moulded ebonised base with disc feet, 36cm (14ins) wide; with a box containing additional charts.
Lot 113
A rare silver cased pocket compass with enamel dial. Jesse Ramsden, London, late 18th century. The 1.75 inch circular enamel dial with 36 point rose within band annotated with subdivided cardinal points within outer scale divided for every degree indicated in tenths, with polished steel pointer and in circular case with convex glass, pointer locking lever and suspension loop, the rear engraved Ramsden, London, 5cm (2ins) diameter; with a brass pocket compass, unsigned, late 19th century, with circular silvered dial in moulded brass case with suspension loop, 5cm (2ins) diameter, (2). Jesse Ramsden is recorded in Clifton, Gloria Directory of British Scientific Instrument Makers 1550-1851 as working from several addresses in London 1762 until his death in 1800, however by 1782 both his workshop and principal retail outlet were on Piccadilly. He was one of the finest instrument makers of the period being particularly well known for his invention of a dividing engine and subsequent equatorial telescope stands.
Lot 115
A rare James I brass sundial. Inscribed John Robins, dated 1619. The 8.75 inch octagonal plate fitted with scroll decorated angled gnomen set at 51 degrees and centred with a thirty-two point compass rose with stylised sunburst and billowing cloud engraved decoration to segments and annotated NE, SE, SW and NE within the inner track, the middle track engraved N, E, S and W and inscribed Iohn Robins between N and E, the narrow outer track with Roman numeral chapters IIII-XII-VIII divided into quarter-hours as well as eighths, with floating asterisk half hour markers and engraved Anno Cristi *1619* between IIII and VIII, the angles with line engraved border panels and holes drilled for fixing. The engraved detail, octagonal shape and the profile of the original gnomen of the current lot closely conforms to features seen on three related sundials by William Bowyer, Richard Hinton and Isaac Symmes illustrated and discussed in White, George NOT A BAD TIMEKEEPER: THE ENGLISH LANTERN CLOCK IN THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY (Antiquarian Horology Vol. 31 Sept. 2009 pages 624-8). Indeed the engraved N, E, S and W lettering is so close to those on the Hinton and Symmes dials that it would perhaps be reasonable to suggest that these three dials were engraved by the same hand. The narrow chapter ring, with its asterisk half-hour markers, also closely conforms with those of Bowyer and Hinton Dials and can be compared with the chapter rings applied to the earliest English domestic clocks such as Francis Nowe’s chamber clock of 1588 and the earliest ‘First Period’ lantern clocks made in the Harvey workshops (prior to 1620). The striking similarities between the current lot and the Hinton, Bowyer and Symmes dials is such that it is possible that they were all made for the same purpose in neighbouring workshops. As White suggests that these examples were made by clockmakers to be supplied alongside lantern clocks then it would perhaps be reasonable to suggest that the current lot was also possibly made by a clockmaker for the same purpose. If this is the case then a date of 1619 would place this dial amongst the products of a maker producing some of the earliest lantern clocks. The engraved name ‘Iohn Robins’ has clearly been added by a different hand than the maker of the dial -as indicated by style of the text with its hatched stems and very positioning on the dial. The style of the font (in particular the ‘s’ of ‘Robins’) suggests that this name was added soon after the dial was made and is probably more likely to be the name of the original owner rather than the maker. It is perhaps interesting to note that records indicate that a John Robins bought a farmhouse known as ‘Boddenhams’ from the Manor of Upton St. Leonards, near Gloucester in 1619. This location would certainly be close enough to the latitude 51 degrees North to allow the current lot to give reasonably accurate readings. Please note: The estimate in the printed catalogue is incorrect
Lot 143
A rare French gilt brass five minute repeating carriage clock. Unsigned, late 19th century. The eight-day two train movement with original silvered platform lever escapement, striking the hours on a gong and repeating either a choice of the last hour or once for every five minutes after the hour on the same gong, now with a foliate engraved rectangular frosted gilt brass dial with Roman numeral chapters and rosette engraved centre, the bevel glazed case with hinged carrying handle above moulded cornice with hour/five minute repeat selection button to rear, plain uprights, and on moulded skirt base with block feet, 16cm (6.25ins high) excluding handle; with a leather covered outer travelling case. The movement of the current lot can be directly compared to an example illustrated and described in Allix, Charles and Bonnert, Peter CARRIAGE CLOCKS, Their history and development page 198. The movement utilises two rack snails, one for the hours (mounted on the frontplate) and another for the five minutes (mounted on the backplate). The repeat selection button (to the rear of the top of the case) switches counting of the repeat function between either the hour or five minute snails.
Lot 146
A rare French gilt brass circular fusee carriage timepiece with two-plane lever escapement. R.E.D. Paris, late 19th century. The circular movement with silvered platform for the sprung bimetallic balance and lever with pallets engaging with a vertical escape wheel mounted between the movement plates, the backplate stamped with monogram R.E.D. within circular medallion incorporating BREVETTE, PARIS to circumference and numbered 99F to lower margin, the circular white Roman numeral enamel dial with blued steel spade hands within canted bezel and behind thick bevel glass, the circular case with ring handle above ogee moulded front and rear sections united by six double baluster pillars with cylindrical glass sleeve between, the rear cover with shuttered winding and hand adjustment squares, the base with two turned feet to front, 12.5cm (5.75ins) high excluding ring of handle. An identical example to the current lot is illustrated and described in Allix, Charles and Bonnert, Peter CARRIAGE CLOCKS, Their history and development pages 213-4.
Lot 150
A rare French gilt brass fusee carriage timepiece. R.E.D. Paris, late 19th century. The eight-day chain fusee movement with replaced platform lever escapement and stamped with monogram R.E.D. within circular medallion incorporating BREVETTE, PARIS to circumference to backplate, the circular white enamel Roman numeral dial with indistinct signature to centre and blued steel hands within rectangular engine turned mask, the gilt bevel glazed case with hinged carrying handle above cavetto moulded cornice and turned pilasters to angles, on conforming skirt base, 14cm (5.5ins) high excluding handle.
Lot 173
A rare Viennese mahogany ‘Lanternl-uhr’ spring-driven wall timepiece. Unsigned, circa 1830-40. The four pillar movement with canted upper angles to plates enclosing five-wheel train with large spring barrel with wind up ratchet mounted on the backplate, five-spoke wheel crossings and recoil escapement with wood rod pendulum, the 8.25 inch circular silvered brass Roman numeral dial with blued steel hands and outer minute track within engine-turned bezel, the boxwood strung nine-panel case with triangular pediment above glazed pin-hinged front door with slender surround and conforming side windows to hood, the inset trunk with concave throat mouldings above arch glazed lift-out front panel and further apertures to sides, the square base section also glazed to front and sides and with tapered concave-sided foot beneath, 120cm (47ins) high.
Lot 190
A rare George I oak eight-day musical longcase clock. Benjamin Rodgers, Chesterfield, circa 1730. The substantial five-pillar triple train inside countwheel bell striking movement playing a choice of two tunes via eight bells with fifteen hammers every four hours, with original anchor escapement and outside fly with adjustable vanes for the music train, the 12 inch square brass dial with subsidiary second dial and foliate engraved calendar aperture to the matted centre within applied silvered Roman numeral chapter ring with foliate half hour markers, Arabic five minutes to outer track and signed Benjamin Rodgers to lower edge, the angles with applied female mask and scroll spandrels, with tune selection lever at 9 o’clock and pierced steel hands, the case with elaborate stepped and moulded caddy surmount above ogee cornice, plain frieze and three quarter columns to the glazed hood door, the trunk with complex mouldings to throat above rectangular door with canted upper angles, decorative brass hinges and centred with a gilt lenticle, on plain plinth base with moulded skirt, 242cm (95.5ins) high. Benjamin Rodgers is recorded in Hughes, Roy G. and Craven, Maxwell Clockmakers & Watchmakers of DERBYSHIRE as working in Chesterfield circa 1729-40. The current lot formerly belonged to the collection of the late John Hooper and was purchased by the current owner in these rooms from the sale of the Library & Workshop of John Hooper 10th February 2009 lot 99 for £3,800 hammer.
Lot 196
A rare George III gilt brass miniature bracket clock case and dial. Moore, London, second half of the 18th century, the movement later. The current French eight-day backwound movement with silvered platform lever escapement and numbered 13602 to backplate, the original 2.5 inch brass break-arch dial painted with blossoming foliage and applied with white enamel Roman numeral disc signed MOORE, LONDON to centre and with Arabic five minutes to outer track, with gilt beetle-and-poker hands and conforming enamel STRIKE/SILENT roundel to arch, the gilt brass break-arch case with hinged carrying handle and vase turned finials above decorative applied moulding to edges and conforming glazed door to front, on moulded base with splayed bracket supports with pointed pad feet, 15cm (6ins) high excluding handle. The current lot can probably be best described as a particularly rare early carriage clock due to the use of brass in the case and its small portable nature. The painted floral decoration which forms the background infill to the dial is often seen on clocks destined for the export market, the brass case also is more usual for a clock made for an overseas client (particularly Chinese); however the English annotations to the dial confirm that this particular clock was supplied for domestic consumption. Unfortunately the lack of forename makes attribution to a specific maker problematic as there were many with the surname ‘Moore’ working in London during the latter half of the 18th century.
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