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Lot 525
A group of six 19th century objects of vertu comprising an ivory paperknife surmounted with a metal figure of Napoleon,a rare novelty propelling pencil in the form of a pipe,an ivory and gold cigarette holder, a turned treen dual thimble and needle holder, an ivory cylindrical pin holder and a small turned ivory reel View on staceyauction.com
Lot 526
A rare Suffragette original crepe paper souvenir being "The Original Programme For The Great Votes For Women Demonstration In Hyde Park" 21st June 1908,the souvenir with portrait images and names of the speakers including Emmeline Pankhurst,Mary Gawthorpe,Adela Pankhurst and many others,the centre with a map detailing the positions and platforms of the various speakers,printed by Mrs Burgess,Buckingham Street,The Strand,the border of the souvenir with flora in what was to become the adopted colours of the Suffragette Movement,purple and green beautifully presented in a wooden frame with painted flecks of purple and with green and purple mount,also sold with a page from the "Penny Illustrated" with photographic image of the event,a scarce item in good condition View on staceyauction.com
Lot 271
Rare C18th Collection Kent Tokens inc. Beneden 1794, Thomas Reeves, Brooklands 1794, Thomas Kings, Canterbury 1794, John Matthews Deal 1794, Richard Longs Deptford 1795, Deptford Chatham Dover, Dymchurch 1794, W Parris, Dover Lancaster 1794, Lancaster London Dover, Hawkhurst Charles Hiders 1794, Hythe 1794, Richard Shebdens Goudhurst 1794, W Peckham, Lamberhurst 1794 Gibbs, Maidstone 1795 Henry Olivers, Romney 1794 John Sawyers, Tenterden 1796 T Cloakes, Frant 1794 G Ring, Northium 1794 Gilbert & Winchelsey 1794 Richard Mapledens (17 in display case)
Lot 387
PETER DE WINT OWS A rare sketch of Harpsden Court near Henley-on-Thames circa 1830 from The Howard Album no. 274 ex collection of Mr. Matthew Prior MBE and sold through The Gerald Norman Gallery in 1974 (full details verso), a Pencil and Wash, 17cm" x 26cm in decorative plain mount and moulded gilt frame
Lot 58
Iden (Walter J.) Fine & Rare Old English Clocks in the collection..., 3 vol., albums with photographs by Iden mounted on card leaves and with detailed descriptions in ink, tissue guards, with manuscript index at beginning of vol.1 and introductory leaves to each section, presentation inscription ÒTo Malcom R.Webster, 3 vols/ With the Collector`s Compliments/Walter J.Iden/April 1937Ó on front pastedown of vol.1, original boards fastened with metal screws, printed label on upper cover of each vol., rubbed, corners bumped, oblong 4to, 1937 § Dawson (Percy G.) The Iden Clock Collection, one of 1000 copies, pencil annotations by Charles Allix, illustrations, original cloth, dust-jacket, very slightly rubbed, Woodbridge, 1987, 4to (4) *** One of only a few sets of albums produced by the owner, all different. ÒAs his collection grew and his albums became full, it was his habit to give them away to some interested or helpful friend and he would then start new ones. The earliest of the albums known is dated 1936...He spared no expense of either time or money in the preparation of these sets of albums...In each of the earlier sets there are a number of clocks illustrated which do not appear in others, suggesting that he, like most collectors, disposed of a number for various reasons duing the time he was collecting. He took infinite pains in pasting in the photographs and in annotating them.Ó Dawson, p.14
![[Moore (B.R. & J.) Designs for Clocks 1848-49], trade catalogue, no title, lithographed throughout with 108 designs on 85](http://lot-images.atgmedia.com/SR/10011/2857101/78-2012127161028_468x382.jpg)
Lot 78
[Moore (B.R. & J.) Designs for Clocks 1848-49], trade catalogue, no title, lithographed throughout with 108 designs on 85 sheets, a few with pencil annotations, occasional spotting or staining, mostly marginal but one sheet (designs nos.104-105) severely stained affecting image, pencil notes by Charles Allix on front free endpaper and letters and copies of relevant information concerning the origin of the book loosely inserted, modern morocco-backed cloth, spine titled in gilt, [Not in the British Library or listed by COPAC], folio, [c.1848]. *** Exceedingly rare. Presumably a trade catalogue; cabinet makers would remove the title and present the work to clients as a collection of their own designs. The notes and inserted information indicates that there are 5 known copies: 2 copies in the British Horological Institute (one which belonged to C.A.Ilbert, the other presented by a J.Antill in 1949); and 3 others (Clockmakers` Company; Dr.Alan Shenton and this Allix copy).
![S[ully] (H[enry]) Regle Artificielle du Tems, pour Apprendre la Division Naturelle & Artificielle du Tems, & connoitr](http://lot-images.atgmedia.com/SR/10011/2857101/106-2012127155937_468x382.jpg)
Lot 106
S[ully] (H[enry]) Regle Artificielle du Tems, pour Apprendre la Division Naturelle & Artificielle du Tems, & connoitre toutes fortes d`Horloges et de Montres, et la maniere de s`en servir adroitement, first edition, half-title, engraved frontispiece by Weickhmanseul featuring the author seated before his sea clock conversing with Father Time, engraved table, folding engraved plate at end, woodcut initials and tail-piece, with 6pp. `Remarques sur le Discours de Mr.H.S. touchant la maniere de gouvener les Horloges a Pendule & les Montres a Spirale` by Leibnitz at end, lacking K4 (blank), some leaves a little browned, old French pencil annotations concerning the plate on front free endpaper, near contemporary sheep, spine ruled in gilt, rubbed, slight worming to foot of upper joint and spine ends and corners a little worn, [Baillie p.141; cf.Tardy p.239], 8vo, Vienna, Andreas Heyinger, 1714. *** ÒThis is the first, and very rare, edition of one of the most famous of horological booksÓ. Baillie. Much of the work is concerned with the regulating of watches and clocks. The author was an English horologist who established a watch factory at Versailles after moving to Paris in 1714.
Lot 171
A fine and rare George III mahogany free-standing mercury pillar barometer. Nairne and Blunt, London, late 18th century, The arched silvered scale fitted to a rotating brass table to allow rotation around the large bore mercury tube, with rack and pinion adjusted vernier and pivoted mirror behind to allow accurate observation of the level beneath signature NAIRNE & BLUNT, LONDON to arch, the fluted column upright with flared capital and moulded base with lift-off front section secured by a clasp formed as a dummy keyhole to reveal interior with mercury tube of smaller diameter packed by cotton wadding, the two stage plinth incorporating up-sliding cover for the sealed boxwood cistern above moulding to waist and double skirt to base, 167cm (67.75ins) high overall. The collaboration between Edward Nairne and his former apprentice Thomas Blunt is recorded in Banfield, Edwin BAROMETER MAKERS AND RETAILERS 1660-1900 as established in 1774 and lasting until 1793. Edward Nairne was born in 1726 and apprenticed to the celebrated instrument maker, Matthew Loft, in 1741. Latterly he worked from 20 Cornhill and published numerous booklets on navigational, pneumatic and astronomical instruments. In 1776 Nairne devised a marine barometer with a restriction to the bore of the mercury tube which served to dampen the oscillation of the mercury, he was elected Fellow of the Royal Society in 1776 and died 1806. Thomas Blunt was apprenticed to Edward Nairne in 1760 with whom he formed a loose partnership in 1774, perhaps for mutual convenience as his premises were next door to Nairne`s at 22 Cornhill. Blunt designed some of the components for the `New Barometer` devised by the Portuguese Scientist J.H. Magellan for measuring altitude, and latterly became instrument maker to George III. In 1793 he took his son, also named Thomas, into partnership and subsequently relocated to 136 Minories in 1814, he died in 1822. The current lot is highly unusual as it takes the form of a free-standing pedestal designed to be fixed to the floor with a scale that can be rotated for viewing from any angle, the mirror attached to the rear of the scale enables the level to be sighted precisely. The non-portable and accurate nature of the instrument coupled with a finely executed case suggests that it was probably commissioned for a wealthy patron perhaps for use in a private laboratory.
Lot 182
A fine and rare early Germanic pierced gilt brass clock watch. Unsigned, early 17th century, The gilt full plate verge fusee movement with baluster turned pillars, later sprung three-arm brass balance and plain backcock, standing barrels for both the strike train and alarm each sounding on a pork pie shaped bell within the rear cover, the backplate with recessed countwheel driven by a spur pinion engaging with teeth to the inside rim, worm set-up for the fusee mainspring, stopwork for the alarm and now engraved with various Hebrew characters, symbols and a bird standing beside a conifer, the dial with blued steel hand now fixed to a rose centre engraved gilt brass alarm disc annotated anticlockwise with Arabic numerals to outer edge within applied silvered Roman numeral chapter ring with quarter hour divisions to inner track and triform half hour markers, the surround decorated with twelve hatched panels, the two-part twelve sided case with bell fitted to the inside of the rear cover decorated with symmetrical pierced scrolling strapwork and now engraved with the twelve Hebrew tribes above arcade pierced girdle, the front cover pierced to resemble a rose window and now with further engraved script to angles, the base with turn clasp and threaded panel for a pendant finial (lacking) the top with a post fitted with a suspension ring, 6.1cm wide. The current lot can be dated to the early years of the 17th century due to the provision of a fusee for the going train and the use of brass for the wheelwork. During the latter years of the 16th century German makers adopted the fusee in preference to the stackfreed to equalise the power of the mainspring and moved away from the use of steel for the wheelwork. The recessed countwheel (driven by a spur pinion engaging with teeth to the inside of the rim) is typical of German practice of the period and is a remarkable feat of workmanship and can be compared to a slightly earlier stackfreed example housed in The Basingstoke Museum and illustrated in Camerer Cuss, T.P. The Camerer Cuss Book of ANTIQUE WATCHES Plate 6 (page 52). The design of the case is perhaps a little old fashioned for a watch dating to the early 17th century but is conceived to facilitate the easy passage of sound out of the watch and for the time to be read without opening the front cover. Such cases passed out of favour during the early decades of the 17th century with the fashion moving towards fully enclosed models, often with finely decorated external surfaces.
Lot 206
A rare rack striking thirty-hour longcase clock movement and dial. James Webb, Bristol, circa 1710. The substantial five finned pillar two-handed movement rack striking on a bell mounted above the plates measuring 7 x 6 inches, with anchor escapement and 11 inch square brass dial with rose engraved matted centre within applied Roman numeral chapter ring with Arabic five minutes, stylised sword hilt half hour markers and signed James Webb, Bristoll Fecit to lower edge, the angles applied with cast twin cherub and crown pattern spandrels, (lacking pendulum and weight). Provenance: The estate of a respected Bristol based Horologist. James Webb is recorded in Moore, A.J. THE CLOCKMAKERS OF BRISTOL 1650-1900 as born in 1685 and married Martha Farmer at St. Stephen`s Church on 10th January 1717.
Lot 207
A George III mahogany eight-day longcase clock with moonphase. Joseph Smith, Bristol, circa 1760. The five pillar rack and bell striking movement with 12 inch brass break-arch dial with subsidiary seconds dial and calendar aperture to the matted centre within applied Roman numeral chapter ring with Arabic five minutes to outer track, the angles with fine cast female mask and scroll spandrels beneath rolling moonphase with foliate scroll engraved lunettes and signed JOSEPH SMITH, BRISTOL in a downward curve to upper margin, in a case with break-arch frieze to the box upstand and fluted pilasters to hood, shaped top caddy moulded door flanked by fluted canted angles to trunk, on conforming plinth base with raised panel to front and on bracket feet, (pediment lacking, other faults), 210cm (82.5ins) high. Joseph Smith is recorded in Moore, A.J. THE CLOCKMAKERS OF BRISTOL 1650-1900 as working from several addresses in Bristol 1725-75. He is generally considered to be a fine and diverse maker with examples ranging from eight-day longcase clocks with tidal dial to watches with champlevŽ dials. He was perhaps the most prolific maker of high quality bracket clocks in Bristol during the middle of the 18th century as several examples are known including a very rare miniature walnut model with 4 inch dial and a quarter chiming clock with moonphase (illustrated in Barder, R.C. Georgian Bracket Clocks on page 112). A mahogany table clock by Joseph Smith was sold in these rooms on 17th February 2010 (lot 41).
Lot 217
A gilt brass `Atmos` timepiece with original wall bracket. Jaeger-LeCoultre, late 20th century, The movement with rotating pendulum balance, torsion escapement and stamped 129722 to top plate, winding via the expansion and contraction of the aneroid chamber mounted on the back of the mechanism, the square white chapter ring applied with gilt batons and Arabic numerals for the quarters, in a five-glass case with canted angles to the lift-off cover, the base with levelling screws, 24cm (9.5ins) high; with a rare original gilt brass wall bracket with engine turned platform supported by two shaped bracket supports with curved section between, 35.5cm (14ins) high overall.
Lot 258
An extremely rare Charles II travelling timepiece with silent-pull repeat, alarm and calendar. Robert Seignior, London circa 1685, the pierced silver case of later date. The 4 inch diameter circular movement with five finned and knopped pillars secured with blued steel latches to the tulip and foliate trail engraved gilded backplate applied with a scroll pierced and engraved balance cock, double-headed alarm hammer and central bell, the going train with chain fusee and verge escapement regulated by a sprung three-arm flat rimmed steel balance, the silent-pull repeat powered via a standing barrel mounted on the inside of the backplate and now sounding the hours only on the bell mounted to the rear of the movement, the alarm with further standing barrel mounted on the frontplate and crown wheel for the dumb bell type hammer sounding on the same bell, the 4.5 inch circular gilt brass dial with recessed silvered alarm disc, ringed winding hole and calendar aperture to the matted centre within silvered Roman numeral chapter ring with quarter hour inner track, stylised fleur-de-lys half hour markers, Arabic five minutes within the narrow outer track and signed Rob.t Seignior, Londini Fecit to lower edge, with pieced blued steel hands and herringbone engraved outer border, now in a silver case of later date finely pierced and chased with panels in the Renaissance style with scrolling acanthus incorporating figural terms and grotesque masks, putti and squirrels divided by repeating borders including a pair of profile portrait medallions, the hinged front cover with convex glass within foliate cast bezel, opposing hinged rear cover relief decorated with a bathing scene with an old man attended by semi-clad female figures within elaborated pierced double border, the top fitted with a ball pivoted cast suspension ring, (repeat work formerly sounding the quarters on a second bell), diameter 13cm (5ins) overall depth 10cm (4ins). Robert Seignio(u)r is recorded in Loomes, Brian The Early CLOCKMAKERS of Great Britain as apprenticed to John Nicasius gaining his Freedom of the Clockmakers` Company in 1667. He worked in Exchange Alley and was often at loggerheads with the Clockmakers` Company. In August 1674 he was appointed the King`s Clock and Watchmaker `without fee` until the death or surrender of office by Edward East, presumably to ensure succession of the role in the event of East`s demise. This appointment was never formally fulfilled as East outlived Seignior who died in 1687. The current lot is a particularly rare model as it is neither a table clock suitably adapted and scaled for travelling purposes, or a large clock-watch as the scale of the movement and details in construction and design are more akin to clockmaking practice rather than watchmaking. The design and layout of the repeat work closely resembles the earliest silent pull mechanisms first used by leading makers such as Joseph Knibb (See Allix, Charles and Harvey, Lawrence Hobson`s Choice pages 36-41 for closely related table clock repeat work). The engraved decoration to the backplate is again closely related to designs found on contemporary table clocks by the leading makers and can be directly compared to an example by Seignior dated to around 1680 illustrated in Dawson, Percy G., Drover, C.B. and Parkes, D.W. Early English Clocks Plate 512 (page 359). The design of repeat work, style of movement pillar, backcock, engraving and other features such as the distinctive `S` scroll shaped cocks for both the alarm going train crown wheel lower pivots identify the movement and dial of the current lot as unmistakenly English. However two similar travelling timepieces by the Hague maker Johannes Van Ceulen are known. The first example is illustrated in Bruton, Eric THE HISTORY OF CLOCKS AND WATCHES page 173, this appears to be an alarm timepiece only and is housed in a plain drum shaped case with a foliate pierced band towards the rear to allow the alarm to be heard. The case may give an impression of how the original for the current lot may have appeared (the present fine purpose-made elaborately chased and pierced silver case is probably Continental and of later date). The second example is illustrated in Bertele, Hans von MARINE & POCKET CHRONOMETERS and is described as a `ship`s cabin clock`. This second example is generally a more complex model as it appears to strike, have a calendar dial as well as an alarm, and is housed in a more elaborate silver case with pierced decoration to rear cover. The original client for the current lot must have been an extremely wealthy individual to be able to afford the luxury of such a fine timepiece exclusively for travelling purposes. Furthermore a subsequent owner must have also valued it highly enough to commission such a fine purpose-made silver case to be supplied to house the movement and dial.
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