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Lot 250
Tolkein (J.R.R.) The Lord of the Rings, 3 Vol, 1954-1955, comprising The Fellowship of the Ring, First Edition Second Impression Dec 1954; The Two Towers, First Edition First Impression 1955, The Return of the King, First Edition First Impression 1954, original red cloth, no dust-jackets, London, George Allen & Unwin Ltd, (3)
Lot 205
NO RESERVE COLLECTION OF BRANDED BOXESIncluding a vintage Longines box, a Gucci box with dust bag and an outer box, a Cartier box, a vintage Alfred Dunhill box, an S.J Phillips Ltd box, a Stephen Webster box, a Cartier watch pouch, a CIRO of Bond Street box, a Lalique ring box together with a small booklet for the Nerita Ring, a Theo Fennell dust bag, a Ilias Lalaounis dust bag and a Van Cleef & Arpels dust bag.
Lot 140
NO RESERVE DUNHILL KEYCHAIN AND ASPINAL OF LONDON KEYCHAINDunhill keychain features silver tone metal and blue enamel in the shape of a bullet, with 'Alfred Dunhill' logo in the centre. Length 7.5cm. Accompanied by box. Aspinal of London keychain features a metallic gold full grain leather heart key chain with heat embossed Aspinal of London England logo in the centre, with a gold tone key ring. Length 11cm. Accompanied by box.
Lot 24
An early 18th century ebony veneered double basket table clockJames Blackborow, LondonSurmounted by a fancy handle over a stepped repousse double basket centred by a pair of male busts on a pedestal framed by pierced quatrefoil lozenges within lobed sections, flanked by elaborate finials over long rectangular and short glazed apertures (the later cut glass panels decorated with baskets of flowers), to a moulded base. Seven inch arched brass dial signed within an applied silvered plaque over a large strike/silent (lever lacking), Roman and Arabic chapter ring with half-quarter marks, minute and quarter-hour bands, matted centre with mock pendulum and date aperture, with fancy blued steel hands. The twin gut (now wire) fusee movement united by five knopped and ringed pillars, knife-edge verge escapement rack striking on a bell, with partial quarter repeat train intact (including two bells on a stand, spring and brass-pinned barrel, no hammers, return springs/stops). Ticking; strike and repeat in need of attention. 54cms (21.25ins) high. Footnotes:James Blackborow took a ten year apprenticeship, finally gaining his Freedom from the Clockmakers Company in 1711. He died in 1746.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 104
A walnut month-going longcase clock with ten inch silver-mounted skeletonised dialJoseph Knibb, LondonThe rising hood with carved floral cresting over twisted columns and glazed sides, shallow throat moulding over a long trunk door with book-matched veneers centred by a circular lenticle, to a matching base on bun feet. The 10-inch dial with engraved wheat ear border interrupted by the signature Ioseph Knibb London, four winged cherub's head spandrels framing the exquisitely skeletonised silver Roman and Arabic chapter ring, with each minute individually engraved and fleur-de-lys half-hour markers between the hours, with very fine matting all over, including the shutters for the bolt-and-shutter maintaining power, the centre with subsidiary seconds dial and chamfered date aperture below typical Knibb-style blued steel hands. The weight driven movement secured to the backboard with two L-shaped retaining brackets, plates united by five latched, knopped and ringed pillars, anchor escapement to a brass-faced pendulum with butterfly suspension and bolt-and-shutter maintaining power, the strike train having a small solid outside countwheel set high on the backplate. Together with a pair of weights, pendulum and door key. 207cms (6ft 9ins) highFootnotes:Provenance:The collection of the late Cornelis Paulus van Pauwvliet.John Carlton Smith, 1988. Joseph Knibb was born in 1640. It is assumed that he served his apprenticeship under his cousin Samuel Knibb in Newport Pagnell from 1655 to 1662. He began his independent career working just outside the City of Oxford, but by the mid-1660s had moved within its jurisdiction. There was some initial resentment to his becoming Free of the City and it was only through the support of the University, where he matriculated as a gardener, that he was granted Freedom in 1678 on payment of a fine of 20 nobles and a leather bucket.In 1670 Joseph moved to London; this was the same year that his past Master, Samuel, who had moved to the capital in 1662, died, and it was natural that Joseph should carry on the family firm. London at this time was experiencing something of a re-birth after the Great Plague and the Great Fire, and the scientific and horological sectors were closely intertwined. Joseph was obviously a talented horologist; with just three years under his belt in the capital, he was accomplished enough to supply Professor James Gregory, Astronomer of St Andrews University, with a pair of longcase clocks and a 'split second' weight driven timer capable of showing thirds of a second via its tic-tac escapement. Gregory boasted of them in a letter to the Astronomer Royal, John Flamsteed in a letter date 19 July 1673\; 'I have 2 Pendulum Clocks makinge with long swinges, vibrating seconds, (no) strikinge; and also one little Pendulum Clock, vibrating 4 times a second, also without strikinge for discerninge small intervalls; where there may be a parte of a second in question.' These three clocks are still at St Andrews today.Four years later, in 1677 Knibb was commissioned to supply a turret clock for Windsor Castle. The Dukes of Sussex and York also had Knibb clocks in their collections and in 1682 Knibb was paid for work carried out for Charles II. He took on nine apprentices, including Edward Massey, John Drew and Brouncker Watts. He was Assistant to the Clockmakers Company in 1689 and is well recorded in the Company's accounts until 1697 when he retired to Hanslop. He died in December 1711.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: * TP* VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.TP For auctions held in Scotland: Lots will be moved to an offsite storage location (Constantine, Constantine House, North Caldeen Road, Coatbridge ML5 4EF, Scotland, UK) and will only be available for collection from this location at the date stated in the catalogue. Please refer to the catalogue for further information.For all other auctions: Lots will be moved to an offsite storage location (Cadogan Tate, Auction House Services, 241 Acton Lane, London NW10 7NP, UK) and will only be available for collection from this location at the date stated in the catalogue. Please note transfer and storage charges will apply to any lots not collected after 14 calendar days from the auction date.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 117
A good mid 19th century eight-day brass-bound mahogany marine chronometer Abraham Jackson, Liverpool. No. 164/9229Abraham Jackson, Liverpool. No. 164/9229The three part case with solid top-lid set with brass corners and side pieces, mid-section with vacant cartouche, over a base with side handles. The 4 inch silvered Roman and Arabic dial with minute track framing the gold hands and subsidiaries for power reserve marked 0-8, and running seconds with Observatory Marks and the fractional number, all enclosed by an angled sight ring and hung in a weighted gimballed bowl with locking arm. The chain fusee movement with maintaining power and freesprung cut and compensated bimetallic balance set on a smaller sub-plate with diamond endstone in double screwed chatons, to an Earnshaw type detent escapement. Ticking, together with a case key and safety winding key. The case 19cms wide. This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: Y ФY Subject to CITES regulations when exporting items outside of the UK, see clause 13.Ф This lot contains or is made of ivory and cannot be imported into the USA or any country within the EU.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 97
A good late 18th century mahogany six-tune musical table clock playing on ten bells and hammersBolton & Fothergill, BirminghamThe bell topped case with four cone finials and central handle over circular and shaped glazed side panels to a moulded base on brass block feet, the front door with pierced quadrant spandrels backed in yellow silk. The 7.75 inch arched brass dial with silvered tune selection arch offering the following: Mr. Chas. Sidley's Minuet; Lovely Nancy; Lass of Patty's Mill; Gavot by Handle (sic); Shady Bowers and Air, over twin subsidiaries for strike/not strike and chime/not chime, the Roman and Arabic chapter ring framing the finely matted centre with date aperture and blued steel hands. The triple chain fusee movement united by five knopped pillars with deadbeat escapement, and rack striking on a bell. The tunes played every three hours on a run of ten bells and hammers, with repeat cords to the side for the hours and the music. Ticking, striking and playing. 56cms (22ins) highFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 67
A mid 18th century ebonised quarter repeating table clockStephen Rimbault, LondonInverted caddy top with four urn finials and moulded edges over circular and shaped glazed side panels to a moulded base and brass ogee bracket feet. 7 inch arched brass dial with strike/silent subsidiary over the Roman and Arabic chapter ring, C-scroll spandrels, finely matted centre, applied signature plaque and date aperture. The movement with five knopped pillars, verge escapement rack striking the hours on a bell and repeating the quarters on a run of six bells and hammers, the backplate fully engraved with foliate scrolls within a single line border. Ticking, striking and repeating, together with two door keys. 52cms (1ft 8ins) highFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 47
A RARE THIRD QUARTER OF THE 19TH CENTURY FOUR GLASS STRIKING CENTRE SECONDS TABLE REGULATOR OF LONG DURATIONGustav Horstmann, BathThe case with bold cornice over four heavy bevelled glass panels framed by shaped columns on a flared base. The signed silvered 6.25inch dial with outer Arabic numerals, minute ring and large Roman numerals, with original blued steel Breguet style hands and counterbalanced seconds hand. The movement supplied by Jacot and bearing their stamp, with large skeletonised plates united by four turned pillars, with single barrel driving both going- and striking-trains; the former of five wheels, (the second wheel of particularly high count, it and the third wheel are both set on a bridge spanning the skeletonised section), the fourth wheel driving the centre arbor and the jewelled deadbeat 'scape wheel, to a half-second mercury jar pendulum (mercury now removed); the strike train also of five-wheels, the outside countwheel mounted on a bridge to the backplate, striking the hours and half hours on a bell. Ticking and striking. 39 cms (15.5ins) high. Footnotes:Frederick Gustav Adolph Horstmann (1828-1893) was born in Oesterweg, Westphalia in Prussia. He began an apprenticeship, at the age of fourteen, as a jeweler and watchmaker in Geneva. In the wake of the Revolutions of 1848 , he had emigrated to Britain taking up a position with the clockmakers Dwerrihouse & Co., London. He moved to Bath around 1856 where he established a successful business as a jeweler and watchmaker. He married Louisa, a girl from the Somerset Knotts family. There were four sons by this marriage and all eventually joined the family clockmaking business, which lasted as a retail business until 1925.An advertisement for the business in 1881 also referred to Horstmann as 'the inventor and patentee of...clocks wound by the year' of which the present lot is presumably an example. 'Gustav Horstmann invented many ingenious mechanisms, such as self-winding clocks, the first of which relied on the change between day and night temperature, but later ones on the expansion of liquids, metals and gases. He was a pioneer of thermostatic control, which he employed to operate flue dampers to obtain an even room temperature and even to open and close the windows of his house. Another of his inventions was a screw micrometer capable of measuring to one ten-thousands of an inch, which pre-dated Whitworth's more convenient micrometer of 1858 by two years.' After the death of Gustav, the sons eventually founded the Horstmann Gear Company which today is known as the Horstman Group 'comprising businesses units in the UK, US and Canada...providing... product development manufacture and defense project management in heavy armored and tracked vehicle suspension systems.'References:Stuart Burroughs. Gustav Horstmann: Economic Migrant and Clock and Watchmaker, 1828-l 893. https://historyofbath.org/images/BathHistory/Vol%2011%20-%2006 https://horstmangroup.com/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 114
A 17th century and later burr walnut architectural longcase clockRichard Clement, LondonThe bespoke case with rising hood with open 'roof' to allow the sound of the bell to be heard, covered by stretched hessian over the triangular pediment set with a central mount in the tympanum mounted with berried swags tied with ribbons, supported on tapering spirally twisted columns with multi-piece Corinthian capitals and bases, the sides with Knibb-style pierced sound frets, the trunk with 43.5inch long door centred by a circular lenticle, on a panel base and bun feet. The 9.75 inch square gilt dial with winged cherubs head spandrels framing the silvered chapter ring with narrow Arabic minute band and Roman hours, the inner edge marked for the quarters, with fleur-de-lyse half hour markers, very finely matted centre with a narrow subsidiary seconds dial (with bold rings) and chamfered date aperture, signed along the lower edge in a flowing script Richard Clement, Londini , and four latched dial feet. The weight driven movement with tall rectangular plates united by six slender knopped and ringed pillars, with anchor escapement and small solid outside countwheel strike on a bell, the bell secured by a butterfly nut. The movement sitting on a pair of steel pins on a wooden blocks set on the seatboard 1.96m (6ft 5ins) highThis lot is subject to the following lot symbols: TPTP For auctions held in Scotland: Lots will be moved to an offsite storage location (Constantine, Constantine House, North Caldeen Road, Coatbridge ML5 4EF, Scotland, UK) and will only be available for collection from this location at the date stated in the catalogue. Please refer to the catalogue for further information.For all other auctions: Lots will be moved to an offsite storage location (Cadogan Tate, Auction House Services, 241 Acton Lane, London NW10 7NP, UK) and will only be available for collection from this location at the date stated in the catalogue. Please note transfer and storage charges will apply to any lots not collected after 14 calendar days from the auction date.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 82
A fine and rare late 17th century gilt metal mounted ebony veneered, quarter repeating table clock.Thomas Tompion, London. Number 181.The caddy top surmounted by a tied-bud handle over fine mouldings to the caddy base framed by a well moulded cornice, the front door with a silk-backed foliate scroll sound fret over harebell escutcheons, the sides with rectangular glazed panels and pierced wood frets, the rear door with lock and plain moulded edge, all on a moulded base and block feet. The gilt brass rectangular dial measuring 8 inches by 7 inches and decorated to the upper centre with symmetrical foliate scroll engraving emanating from a central bud, framed by a pair of subsidiary dials for rise-and-fall regulation and strike/not strike (the latter hand with twin brass nibs), over double-screwed scroll spandrels to the top and winged cherubs heads to the bottom; the silvered Roman and Arabic chapter ring with outer line border, minute track and inner quarter-hour track divided by 'meeting arrow head' half-hour markers. Very finely matted centre with a crisply chamfered mock pendulum aperture and blued steel hands (the hour with hexagonal centre). Signed along the lower edge Tho: Tompion Londini Fecit. Secured to the movement via three latched dial feet. The eight-day twin gut fusee movement united by seven knopped and ringed latched pillars, the slightly smaller frontplate with typical cut-outto accommodate the quarter repeating work; the going train with pivoted verge escapement set in an engraved tear-drop shaped cock, the brass-rod pendulum mounted on a separate tear-drop shaped cock and terminating in a double-faced brass lenticular bob, the heavy brass rise and fall suspension bar mounted above; the rack strike train announcing the hours on a large bell (secured via a facetted brass nut), and repeating the quarters on a smaller bell, the quarter repeat system activated from either side of the case via one of two pull cords to engage with interlinked blued steel levers, one cocked, the other pivoted. Signed in a low rectangular cartouche Thomas Tompion Londini Fecit, framed by a cross-hatched pair of scrolls set within a symmetrical pattern of foliate scrolls and hanging bell flowers, attributed to Graver 155. Ticking, striking and repeating, sold together with a later winding key and two door keys. 39cms (15.5ins) high. Footnotes:This textbook example of the Tompion workshop was made circa 1691. When it originally left the Tompion workshop it was given the number 181. We will never know the full details of the collections it has graced over the last 230+ years, but in June 1957 it featured in an advertisement in Antiquarian Horology, offered for sale by the well-respected antique dealers Biggs of Maidenhead. In December 1973 the great R.A. Lee advertised it in The Connoisseur magazine. At some stage thereafter, it made its way into a private collection in Wiltshire, England. Unfortunately, exactly three centuries after the clock was made, the then owner was the subject of a burglary. The theft was reported in Trace magazine as well as Antiquarian Horology (Spring 1992). To help recovery, two black and white photographs were supplied by the family showing the clock at a three-quarter angle from the front and rear. The UK police investigated the event, and Interpol were alerted, although nothing was heard. Fast forward 31 years to the winter of 2022 when Bonhams were invited to assess the collection of the great Dutch connoisseur and collector, the late Cornelis Paulus van Pauwvliet. Mr Paulus van Pauwvliet had spent a lifetime collecting the finest furniture, silver, rugs and works of art from dealers all over Europe, all housed in his penthouse apartment a stone's throw from the Rijksmuseum. The majority of the collection was sold in our New Bond Street headquarters in November 2023. But one lot was held back - for the time being at least – from the main auction. As per Bonhams standard practice, everything in the collection was checked prior to it being entered for sale against the Art Loss Register. There was a potential match with a registration on its database - the Thomas Tompion bracket clock offered here today. The only notable difference between the 'lost number 181' and the Paulus van Pauwvliet example was the lack of number. In all other respects, the two were a perfect match. Through careful comparison of the current clock and the black and white images, particularly the medullary rays showing in the oak carcass of the open back door, the conclusion was reached that this clock is indeed Tompion number 181, its number having been expertly removed. A 31-year-old mystery had been solved. Both parties were keen to work together to find an equitable solution. Under the guidance of legal teams and the Art Loss Register, an agreement has been reached whereby the clock is offered today on behalf of the theft victims and the Estate of Cornelis Paulus van Pauwvliet.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 11
A fine, rare and exceptionally large early 20th century English carriage clock, in the original presentation caseBarnsdale, 18, Brunswick Place, LondonThe 12 inch high rectangular case surmounted by a serpentine handle over a large bevelled glass inspection panel framed by a moulded concave cornice, heavy bevelled glass panels and a tall base with presentation inscription on button feet. 4 inch silvered Roman dial with minute band and good blued steel hands, signed across the centre, set into a fully engraved gilt mask of symmetrical floral scrolls with angled gilt sight ring. Twin chain fusee movement with thick plates united by five turned pillars and anchored in the case by four heavy L-shaped brackets, the going train with maintaining power and large gilt platform with cut and compensated balance to an English style lever escapement, striking the half hours and the full hours on a blued steel gong mounted on a block stamped, G.B. Ticking and striking, sold together with the original silk and velvet lined leather-covered travelling case. The clock 30cms (12ins) high. The outer case 28.5cms (11ins) high. (2)Footnotes:*The presentation inscription reads as follows: Presented with other articles of value to Joseph Mayberg Esq. J.P., Managing Director and Secretary of the Old Castle Iron and Tinplate Co. Ltd. by the Directors and Shareholders as a token of their high esteem & regard and in testimony of their appreciation of his Honourable & Successful Managementof The Works for the exceptionally long Period of 36 years. 20th January 1903.The Old Castle Iron and Tinplate Company Limited (later known as the Old Castle Tinplate Company) was formed in 1866 by Joseph Maybury, Henry Thomas, W. Rosser and Captain Samuel. The works were erected on a site called Hen Castell from which the company took its name.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 17
An impressive and rare second half of the 19th century quarter chiming ebonised bracket clock with ten-bell movementJ.C.Jennens & Son, Great Sutton Street, LondonBell top with five finials and swag mounts over elaborate side handles, cast sound frets centred by cherubs heads on a plinth base, further set on the original wall plinth (lower supports for plinth now lacking). The 8 inch arched brass dial with three subsidiaries for rise-and-fall regulation, chime/silent and Westminster Chimes/Eight Bells/Ten Bells, over a silvered Roman and Arabic chapter ring, matted centre and shaped signature plaque. The very substantial signed triple chain fusee movement with anchor escapement striking the hours on a large coiled steel gong and chiming the quarters on a choice of ten bells, eight bells or four gongs. Appears complete but is in need of a service, together with the pendulum and a winding key. The clock 71cms (28ins) high. Including the plinth 76cms (30ins) high. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 103
An interesting late 17th century walnut oyster veneered parquetry longcase clockHenry Jones in the TempleThe case with rising hood surmounted by a later cresting over spiral three-quarter columns to the front over a 43 inch long door now mounted with a repousse pierced brass panel depicting cherubs within elaborate foliate scrolls framed by a D-moulded edge over a parquetry inlaid panel base raised on bun feet, the long sides also set with good parquetry inlay. Ten inch square gilt brass dial with winged cherubs head spandrels framing the narrow silvered Roman and Arabic chapter ring and narrow subsidiary Arabic seconds ring, with chamfered date aperture revealing early style date numerals, finely matted centre, and (18th century French?) carefully wrought steel hands, secured to the movement by four latched dial feet, now protected by a brass-framed glazed door. The weight driven movement united by six narrow knopped and ringed latched pillars, previously with bolt and shutter maintaining power, both barrels set high between the plates and driving four-wheel trains, the going with anchor escapement, the strike with outside solid countwheel and inside detent acting on the bell above. The backplate with unusual cut outs in the form of an urn to the upper centre, and a spade to the lower centre. The movement and dial now secured into the hood directly behind the mask, the seatboard heavily cut out and currently unused. 1.9m (6ft 4ins) high excluding cresting. Saleroom notices:Please note that this lot has VAT at a preferential rate of 5% on hammer price and the prevailing rate on buyer's premium.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: * TP* VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.TP For auctions held in Scotland: Lots will be moved to an offsite storage location (Constantine, Constantine House, North Caldeen Road, Coatbridge ML5 4EF, Scotland, UK) and will only be available for collection from this location at the date stated in the catalogue. Please refer to the catalogue for further information.For all other auctions: Lots will be moved to an offsite storage location (Cadogan Tate, Auction House Services, 241 Acton Lane, London NW10 7NP, UK) and will only be available for collection from this location at the date stated in the catalogue. Please note transfer and storage charges will apply to any lots not collected after 14 calendar days from the auction date.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 95
A late 17th century walnut and marquetry inlaid longcase clock with 11 inch dialThomas Bridge, LondonThe case with stepped cornice over a silk-backed sound fret set on spirally twisted columns, the long trunk door with three panels of inlay depicting birds among elaborate floral scrolls on an ebonised ground, with circular lenticle, on a matching base and bun feet (to the front). The 11 inch square brass dial with winged cherubs head spandrels framing the Roman and Arabic chapter ring signed between V and VII, with half-quarter marks, fancy meeting-arrow-head half hour markers and inner quarter hour track enclosing the finely matted centre with ringed winding squares and chamfered date aperture decorated with three crowns.The weight driven movement with four knopped and ringed pillars, anchor escapement and inside countwheel strike on a bell. Ticking and striking, together with a pendulum and two weights. 2.05m (6ft 8ins) high. This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: TPTP For auctions held in Scotland: Lots will be moved to an offsite storage location (Constantine, Constantine House, North Caldeen Road, Coatbridge ML5 4EF, Scotland, UK) and will only be available for collection from this location at the date stated in the catalogue. Please refer to the catalogue for further information.For all other auctions: Lots will be moved to an offsite storage location (Cadogan Tate, Auction House Services, 241 Acton Lane, London NW10 7NP, UK) and will only be available for collection from this location at the date stated in the catalogue. Please note transfer and storage charges will apply to any lots not collected after 14 calendar days from the auction date.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 84
A good late 17th century seaweed marquetry inlaid longcase clockJohn Westoby, London The rising hood with overhanging cornice above a repousse brass sound fret raised on spirally twisted columns with giltwood capitals and bases, over a long door with three shaped panels of symmetrical scroll inlay centred by an oval lenticle, the trunk sides inlaid with boxwood and ebony geometric panels, on a matching base. The case front inlaid all over with running foliate inlay, raised on bun feet. The 11 inch square brass dial with winged cherubs head spandrels framing the silvered Roman and Arabic chapter ring with cross half-quarter marks, minute and quarter tracks, signed John Westoby Londini fecit, finely matted centre with subsidiary seconds, ringed winding squares and decorated date aperture. The movement with five knopped and finned pillars, anchor escapement and inside countwheel striking on the bell, the two lower pillars locating into vertical pins on the (later) seatboard. Together with a pendulum, crank winder and two brass weights. 2m (6ft 7ins) high. Footnotes:Provenance: purchased by the vendor from Tony Woodburn in 1981This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: TPTP For auctions held in Scotland: Lots will be moved to an offsite storage location (Constantine, Constantine House, North Caldeen Road, Coatbridge ML5 4EF, Scotland, UK) and will only be available for collection from this location at the date stated in the catalogue. Please refer to the catalogue for further information.For all other auctions: Lots will be moved to an offsite storage location (Cadogan Tate, Auction House Services, 241 Acton Lane, London NW10 7NP, UK) and will only be available for collection from this location at the date stated in the catalogue. Please note transfer and storage charges will apply to any lots not collected after 14 calendar days from the auction date.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 93
A late 17th century walnut and inlaid longcase clock with 10.25inch dial.Charles Gretton, Fleet Street, LondonThe rising hood with spirally twisted columns and long glazed side panels, with spoon lock at the throat and sprung catch for the hood when in the raised position, over a long trunk door with five panels of bird and flower inlay centred by a glazed lenticle, over a matching base (case restored). The 10.25 inch square brass dial with winged cherub's head spandrels framing the silvered Roman and Arabic chapter ring, the minute track with half-quarter marks, finely matted centre with narrow seconds dial and chamfered date aperture below blued steel hands, signed along the lower edge Charles Gretton Fleet Street. The weight driven movement united by five knopped and ringed pillars, anchor escapement and inside countwheel striking on a bell. Together with a brass-faced pendulum and pair of brass-cased weights. 1.97m (6ft 6ins) high.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: TPTP For auctions held in Scotland: Lots will be moved to an offsite storage location (Constantine, Constantine House, North Caldeen Road, Coatbridge ML5 4EF, Scotland, UK) and will only be available for collection from this location at the date stated in the catalogue. Please refer to the catalogue for further information.For all other auctions: Lots will be moved to an offsite storage location (Cadogan Tate, Auction House Services, 241 Acton Lane, London NW10 7NP, UK) and will only be available for collection from this location at the date stated in the catalogue. Please note transfer and storage charges will apply to any lots not collected after 14 calendar days from the auction date.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 105
A most interesting late 17th century ebonised single-handed alarm timepiecePeter WalkerThe case with shallow caddy top surmounted by a tied-bud handle framed by four urn finials on the simple moulded cornice, the sides with glazed panels to a moulded base and later block feet. The 5.75inch square brass dial with single line border enclosing the winged cherubs head spandrels, the silvered chapter ring with Roman hours, meeting-arrowhead half-hour markers and an inner quarter hour track, the finely matted centre with curved mock pendulum aperture, ringed winding squares and a silvered alarm-setting disc centred on a blued steel hand. The single gut fusee movement with small plates measuring 13cms x 9.5cms (5.25ins x 3.75ins) united by four vase shaped pillars, the going train with gut fusee to a pivoted verge escapement and short pendulum with pear-shaped bob, the alarm train with spring barrel and typical double-headed hammer acting on the bell above. The backplate with single line border and full foliate engraving of seven flowerheads, mainly anenomes and cross-hatched flower buds emanating from a central primrose around the barrel arbor. Ticking and with operational alarm. Together with a door key. 31cms (12ins) high. Footnotes:A superb insight into the world of floral engraving on table clock backplates is given in Dzik, S. (2019) Engraving on English Table Clocks. Oxford. Wild Boar Publications, pp61-97.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 7
A rare late 19th century French engraved brass porcelain-panelled miniature carriage timepieceDrocourt, No. 2035Surmounted by an engraved handle over an oval inspection panel, moulded cornice and concave uprights to a florally engraved base, the right hand panel depicting a girl on stilts playing with a puppy, the left hand a woman and bird, the back door with a farmhouse. The rectangular Roman chapter ring framed by a ring of delicate pink flowers over a pair of playful cherubs. The movement with compensated bimetallic balance and English-style lever escapement, stamped and numbered on the backplate. Ticking. Together with a double ended winding key (numbered 2340) and the (distressed) travel case. 9.5cms (3.75ins) high. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 100
A good late 18th century Dutch fruitwood table clock with alarm and Dutch-striking systemC Engerings, DordrechtThe fruitwood case previously ebonised and surmounted by a handle over an inverted bell top to a moulded cornice, circular and shaped side apertures (set with silk-backed fish-scale frets) to a moulded base on ball feet. The 8 inch arched brass dial with strike/silent (Slaan/Niet Slaan) subsidiary above the arcaded Roman and Arabic chapter ring, finely matted centre with date aperture, recessed silvered signature plate and alarm setting disc. The twin gut (now wire) fusee movement with verge escapement to a silk suspended light pendulum, rack striking the hours on the hour and half hour on two separate bells, the alarm sounded on a T-shaped hammer. The backplate engraved all over with interlaced foliate scrolls within a single line border. Ticking, striking and with operational alarm. Together with a door key and winding key. 54cms (21.25ins) high. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 92
An interesting late 17th century, and later, twin-train quarter-striking ebony table clockJoseph Knibb, LondonThe later transitional-phase-one style case with low caddy top with applied concave stepped upper section over an elaborately moulded cornice set on spirally twisted gently tapering columns with finely turned capitals and bases to a moulded base on squat ball feet, the sides and rear door glazed, and the movement secured onto the seatboard via a pair of hinged brass latches. The 8.25 inch square gilt dial with winged cherubs head spandrels framing a narrow silvered Roman and Arabic chapter ring, finely matted centre and chamfered date aperture, with blued steel hands, and latched dial feet. The twin gut fusee movement with split plates united by ten knopped and ringed latched pillars, the large barrels driving narrow fusees with open clicks, the going train terminating in a knife-edge verge escapement to a short bob pendulum secured by a hinged latch; the striking train with large (4inch) pierced and numbered outside countwheel with blued backplate striking the hours on a large square-edged bell and repeating the quarters on a smaller bell. Signed Joseph Knibb Londini fecit in a curve, within an asymmetric pattern of engraved flowers including a large sunflower, anenomes, iris and tulip, all framed by a single line border. Ticking, striking, together with two case keys. 44cm (17ins) highFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 60
A very fine rhodium-plated 'Atmos Classique' mantel timepiece, purchased 1st July 2013 and never used. In original box, with instructionsJaeger le Coultre, No. 742045. Model reference 5102201The typical case with signed lift-out front panel (the catch marked JL), with levelling screws and locking lever below. The cream painted chapter ring with blue Roman numerals and counter-balance blued spade hands. The 15-jewel movement with part-polished pendulum. Running. Together with the original cardboard transport case, outer packing box and receipt dated 1/7/13. 22.5cms (9ins) high.Footnotes:This clock was received as a gift in 2013 but has remained in its packaging from new.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 109
A rare late 17th century English miniature brass lantern alarm timepiece with verge escapementJoseph Knibb, LondonSurmounted by a shallow bell held within a brass X-frame cast with pierced arrowheads to the centre, over three low engraved foliate frets between four small turned finials cast along with the tapering columns and button feet. The 3 5/16th wide silvered Roman chapter ring with outer line, inner quarter hour track and fleur de lyse half-hour markers, signed below XII Joseph Knibb Londini over a silvered Arabic alarm-setting disc and floral engraving, with simple blued steel hand. The movement with knife-edge verge escapement sounding the alarm via a twin-headed steel hammer on the bell above. Together with one brass driving weight and a lead counterweight, all contained in a later custom-made oak travel box with solid door opening to reveal twin weight compartments. 16.5cms highFootnotes:Joseph Knibb was born in 1640. It is assumed that he served his apprenticeship under his cousin Samuel Knibb in Newport Pagnell from 1655 to 1662. He began his independent career working just outside the City of Oxford, but by the mid 1660s had moved within its jurisdiction. There was some initial resentment to his becoming Free of the City and it was only through the support of the University, where he matriculated as a gardener, that he was granted Freedom in 1678 on payment of a fine of 20 nobles and a leather bucket.In 1670 Joseph moved to London, this was the same year that his past Master, Samuel who had moved to the capital in 1662, died, and it was natural that Joseph should carry on the family firm. At this time of the very early years of the pendulum clock, London provided a wonderful opportunity for an ambitious young man with an inventive horological brain. By 1677 he had earned such a reputation that he was commissioned to supply a turret clock for Windsor Castle. More royal work followed and in 1682 Knibb was paid for work carried out for Charles II. He took on nine apprentices, including John Drew in September 1676 (see lot 70 in this sale) and Brounker Watts in January 1684. He was Assistant to the Clockmakers Company in 1689 and is well recorded in the Company's accounts until 1697 when he retired to Hanslop. He died in December 1711.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 112
A late 17th century table clock movement in a later bespoke walnut, gilt metal mounted caseMansell Bennett, Charing CrossThe seven inch square brass dial framed by winged cherub's head spandrels, set with a strike/silent lever above the silvered Roman and Arabic chapter ring (engraved with half-quarter marks, minute and quarter-hour bands) enclosing the matted centre with decorated mock pendulum and date apertures, with later pierced blued steel hands. The movement united by five knopped and finned pillars, twin gut (now wire) fusees driving the going train with knife-edge verge escapement, the going train with rack striking on a bell. Repeating the quarters and the hours on the activation of a cord emanating from the side of the case on three stacked bells and hammers. The backplate with a single line border framing the full symmetrical pattern of interlaced foliate scrolls centred by a wheatear engraved oval reserve. Now in a later case hand-made in the style of the early 18th century with domed top mounted with scroll supports and a central handle over long glazed sides to a moulded base on brass button feet. 43cms (17ins) highFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 72
A second half of the 18th century mahogany triple pad top table clock of small sizeDaniel Vauguion, LondonSurmounted by a handle and three pads over a boldly moulded cornice, arched side apertures on a moulded base now on later block feet. 5.75 inch arched brass dial signed in a silvered shaped recess flanked by subsidiaries for strike/silent and rise-and-fall regulation, silvered Roman and Arabic chapter ring with scroll spandrels, finely matted centre, date aperture and good blued steel hands. Twin gut (now wire) fusee movement united by five knopped pillars, verge escapement rack striking on a bell, the backplate with symmetrical pattern of engraved foliage, flowers and C-scrolls, with decorated pendulum locking bar and retaining brackets. Ticking, striking. (Case restored, the frontplate scratch-marked with restorers initials O.F.L. 10/22/1928). 39cms (15.5ins) high. 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 14
A late 19th/early 20th century mahogany miniature weight driven longcase clockThe hood with broken swan neck pediment over freestanding reeded columns, the trunk with shaped door flanked by quarter columns set on brickwork pedestals, the base with similar brickwork to the canted corners on ogee bracket feet. The associated 18cms (7 inch) arched brass dial with silvered Roman and Arabic chapter ring and dummy date aperture. The eight day weight driven movement with anchor escapement and rack strike on a bell. The movement in need of a service. 1.51m (4ft 11.5ins) high. This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: TPTP For auctions held in Scotland: Lots will be moved to an offsite storage location (Constantine, Constantine House, North Caldeen Road, Coatbridge ML5 4EF, Scotland, UK) and will only be available for collection from this location at the date stated in the catalogue. Please refer to the catalogue for further information.For all other auctions: Lots will be moved to an offsite storage location (Cadogan Tate, Auction House Services, 241 Acton Lane, London NW10 7NP, UK) and will only be available for collection from this location at the date stated in the catalogue. Please note transfer and storage charges will apply to any lots not collected after 14 calendar days from the auction date.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 121
A good mid 19th century brass skeleton clock with deadbeat escapement, under a domeB. Savory & Sons, Cornhill, Londonthe scroll frame united by six tapering pillars on four turned posts to an ebonised base supporting a glass dome. The signed silvered Roman chapter ring with minute band and good blued steel trefoil hands. Twin chain fusee movement with wheels of five crossings rack striking on the bell. Ticking and striking. The frame 31cms (12ins) high. Total height, including base and dome 43cms (17ins).For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 13
A rare mid 19th century rosewood striking carriage/travelling clockGeorge Wadham, Bath Surmounted by a lacquered brass handle over a glass inspection panel framed by an overhanging cornice above a ripple moulded edge and canted corners to a moulded base on block feet, front and rear doors with sprung locks operated by a winding key. The 3 inch rectangular gilt dial with Roman chapters on a polished ring within a pattern of elaborate flowers and foliate scrollwork, engraved THE COMING OF THE LORD DRAWETH NIGH over subsidiaries for date of the month and alarm setting, with four blued steel hands, signed in a rectangular reserve at the base. Signed twin chain fusee movement wound from the rear and with maintaining power to the going train terminating in a cut and compensated bi-metallic balance to a jewelled English style lever escapement, rack striking the half hours and hours on a bell, the alarm wound via a cord to the side of the case. Ticking, striking and with operational alarm, together with a key for both doors. 25.5cms (10ins) high to the top of the handle.Footnotes:George Wadham worked in Bath from 1846 to 1878.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: * Y* VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.Y Subject to CITES regulations when exporting items outside of the UK, see clause 13.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 83
A late 17th century marquetry inlaid walnut and ebonised longcase clock with ten inch dialRichard Baker, LondonThe hood with stepped overhanging cornice on a blind-cut fret supported on graduated tightly twisted columns to a convex throat moulding, the long trunk door inlaid with a bird among bold flowers including tulips, peonies, lilies and carnations picked out in different woods emanating from a central vase, framed by a D-moulded edge and centred by a circular lenticle, the lower part of the door similarly inlaid, on a base with similar inlaid panel in a banded border, on squat bun feet. The ten inch square brass dial with single line border and elaborate winged cherubs head spandrels interspersed by foliate engraving, signed along the lower edge in a florid script Richard Baker, Londini fecit, Roman and Arabic chapter ring with fancy half-hour markers gently incised by the subsidiary seconds dial, over a flowerhead engraved centre and chamfered date aperture. The movement with five knopped and ringed pillars, anchor escapement and inside countwheel striking to a large vertical bell set on an upright post on the frontplate. (Case probably associated) 1.95m (6ft 4.75ins) highThis lot is subject to the following lot symbols: TPTP For auctions held in Scotland: Lots will be moved to an offsite storage location (Constantine, Constantine House, North Caldeen Road, Coatbridge ML5 4EF, Scotland, UK) and will only be available for collection from this location at the date stated in the catalogue. Please refer to the catalogue for further information.For all other auctions: Lots will be moved to an offsite storage location (Cadogan Tate, Auction House Services, 241 Acton Lane, London NW10 7NP, UK) and will only be available for collection from this location at the date stated in the catalogue. Please note transfer and storage charges will apply to any lots not collected after 14 calendar days from the auction date.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 18
A good and small, mid 19th century satinwood four glass table alarm timpieceFrodsham, Gracechurch Street, LondonThe case set with heavy bevelled glass panels on an ogee moulding to a plinth base on brass button feet. The 3.25 inch signed silvered Roman dial with outer minute track and inner quarter hour ring, blued steel spade hands for the time, and tapering hand for the alarm set, framed by a bevelled silvered sight ring. The signed chain fusee movement united by four baluster pillars, the anchor escapement to a pendulum supported on a T-bar suspension and sounding the alarm on a bell. Ticking and with operational alarm. Together with a case key and winding key. 22cms (8.75ins) high. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 113
A late 17th century table quarter repeating alarm timepiece movement and dial with passing strike in a later caseJohannes Parker, Londini fecitThe (later) bespoke case of good colour and surmounted by a foliate tied handle on a shallow caddy over a moulded cornice and rectangular glazed side panels to a moulded base (at some time further set with ball feet). 5.5inch square dial with winged cherubs head spandrels enclosing the Roman and Arabic chapter ring around a matted centre with alarm-setting disc. The single gut fusee movement with knife-edge verge escapement now with passing strike on the hour, repeating the hours and quarters on a pair of bells and hammers, the alarm sounding via a double headed internal hammer on a smaller bell (verge, alarm, and repeat all professionally replaced). The backplate with single line border framing the symmetrical pattern of four running flowerheads framing the flowing signature within a scroll cartouche. Ticking, repeating and with operational alarm. 32cms (12.5ins) high. 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 65
An impressive first half of the 19th century brass-inlaid mahogany quarter chiming table clockFrodsham, Gracechurch St, London The tall gothic arched case with twin finials over canted front angles inlaid with harebells, foliate scrolls, flowerheads and quatrefoils, the sides with cornucopia ring handles and architectural silk-backed sound frets over ebonised detailing to the shaped base. The 9 inch arched signed painted dial with strike/silent and chime/not chime subsidiaries over the Roman chapters framing the subsidiary date dial, with brass and blued steel hands. The large triple gut fusee movement with steeply shouldered plates united by knopped pillars, the anchor escapement with rack striking on a bell and chiming the quarters on a run of eight bells and hammers. Ticking, striking and chiming the quarters. Together with a door key to operate both doors. 68cm highFootnotes:Provenance:Purchased Bonhams 5th July 2006, lot 80. The Contents of the Old Rectory, Great Bealings, Suffolk.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: TPTP For auctions held in Scotland: Lots will be moved to an offsite storage location (Constantine, Constantine House, North Caldeen Road, Coatbridge ML5 4EF, Scotland, UK) and will only be available for collection from this location at the date stated in the catalogue. Please refer to the catalogue for further information.For all other auctions: Lots will be moved to an offsite storage location (Cadogan Tate, Auction House Services, 241 Acton Lane, London NW10 7NP, UK) and will only be available for collection from this location at the date stated in the catalogue. Please note transfer and storage charges will apply to any lots not collected after 14 calendar days from the auction date.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 118
An extremely rare and fine mid-19th century brass-bound rosewood two-day marine chronometer with Hartnup balance. Previously with the Time Museum, and more recently exhibited at The Prescot MuseumWilliam B Crisp, London, Number 381The three-part case with missing cartouche to the top lid, the centre section with brass flowerhead button above an ivory signature plaque, Hartnup Balance Willm. B. Crisp London No 381, the lower section with campaign hanldes, inlaid brass escutcheon and blank ivory number plaque. Internally, the case has a full-length hinge, gimbal lock and safety winding key secured in a quadrant. The centre section applied with a label for Thomas Petley, Chronometer, Watchmaker and Nautical Optician, Sydney, New South Wales and D,McGregor & Co., Greenock, Scotland. The 3.75-inch silvered dial signed across the centre Willm. Crisp Maker to the Admiralty 81 St.John Street Rd London No 381 with Arabic minute ring framing the Roman chapters, with gold spade hands, the subsidiary power reserve dial at XII running from 0-56hours in 8 one-hour increments with instruction to wind at 24, the large observatory-style seconds dial between V-VII with blued steel hands. The spotted full plate movement with four ringed pillars and maintaining power to the reverse chain fusee, free sprung blued steel helical balance spring with diamond endstone to an Earnshaw type escapement with Hartnup balance, sitting in a weighted, gimballed bowl. Ticking, together with a Tipsy key. 20cms (7.5ins) highFootnotes:Exhibited 'Your Time', an exhibition by the Northern Section of the Antiquarian Horological Society at Prescot Museum, February-April 2008; Williamson Museum & Art Gallery, Birkenhead February-April 2008. Exhibit P18.According to the exhibition, the movement came from Joseph Preston, who was working out of Prescot. Joseph Preston were well-known watch and chronometer movement manufacturers and their mark 'J.P.' was considered a hallmark of quality. Although based in Prescot, they formed a key link in the national supply chain that saw parts made largely in the North of England, and the West Midlands and assembled into a rough movement, before being sent to London for finishing and sale. A sizeable part of Preston's client base was in London, and to a lesser extent, Coventry.The firm was founded by Joseph Preston in 1829 at 19 Eccleston Street Prescot, and renamed 'Joseph Preston and Sons' in 1840, when his sons Thomas and Joseph began working there full time. In 1891, at the age of 16, the Prestons' nephew, Harry Pybus, began working in the shop. He worked at, and learnt, the twenty separate trades employed in the shop, that resulted in a complete, unfinished watch or chronometer movement. Pybus took over the shop on his uncles' death, though he kept the name 'Joseph Preston and Sons'. During the second world war, it was noted that, having no other employees, Pybus managed to make several two-day chronometer movements entirely on his own, in a shop which lacked electricity. He would run the shop for nearly sixty years, until his death in 1952; anecdotally he was said to be in the middle of cutting watch escape pinions when he died. In his obituary, he was hailed as 'the last of the old Prescot watchmakers'. The shop was demolished shortly after, making Joseph Preston one of the last independent horological manufacturers to shut in Prescot, an area long famed for supplying high-quality movements.The firm supplied a large range of movements to a varied customer base, which included Mercer, Kullberg, and even Patek Phillipe. William crisp was another regular customer. The Hartnup balance was developed by John Hartnup, the first director and founder of the Siderial Liverpool Observatory, established in 1843. The Hartnup balance corrects for middle-temperature error in chronometers. The middle temperature error refers to the error produced in standard compensation balances: The balance is designed to account for an extreme high temperature error and an extreme low temperature error, however, between this range the chronometer gains a bit, and loses a bit when exposed to temperatures outside this range. This means that when a chronometer is exposed to a wide range of temperatures the rate will change much more then when the temperature exposure range is small.Hartnup's solution, likely created around 1847 and actually made by William Shepherd of 13 Bath Street Liverpool, involved laminated cross-bars connecting a fairly standard compensation rim; the outer rim would compensate for extremes and the inner cross-bars would moderate the middle temperature. Hartnup did not patent this balance, partially as he was eager to see it taken up by many makers as an improvement in timekeeping generally, but also because he didn't think that, as a Director of the Observatory, he could profit from work done during his tenure. The balance was never widely adopted, not least because it took twice as long to manufacture as a standard compensation balance did, meaning that chronometers with a Hartnup balance are quite uncommon. Penney, D. (2007) 'Evidence from the Transient', Antiquarian Horology, Vol. 30 (2), pgs. 177-179Aked, C. (1989) 'Joseph Preston and Sons', Antiquarian Horology, Vol. 18 (3), pgs. 298-306Law, R. J. (1990) 'Joseph Preston & Sons', Antiquarian Horology, Vol. 18 (5), pgs. 551-552British Horological Institute (2001) 'Branches: Midlands', Horological Journal, Vol. 143 (8), p. 278Smith, R. W. (1983) 'The Hartnup Balance', Antiquarian Horology, Vol. 14 (1), pgs. 39-45This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: Y ФY Subject to CITES regulations when exporting items outside of the UK, see clause 13.Ф This lot contains or is made of ivory and cannot be imported into the USA or any country within the EU.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 108
An 18th century brass lantern clockJohn Wise, LondonSurmounted by a strapped bell held within acorn type finials between three addorsed dolphin frets (the front with engraved details), tapering Doric columns on ball feet, with solid side doors. Silvered Roman chapter ring with fleur-de-lyse half hour marks and inner quarter hour track, signed in the centre above floral engraving emanating from VI, with Arabic alarm setting dial and single hand. The weight driven movement with verge escapement and short pendulum (bob lacking) countwheel striking the hours on the bell, the alarm mounted on the backplate. Together with a later oak wall bracket, driving chain, weights and wooden pulley. 36cms (14ins) highFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 62
A good mid 19th century engraved gilt and silvered brass eight day strut clock with calendarAttributed to Thomas Cole, London. The case stamped 527. The movement further signed for the retailer Hunt & Roskell, LondonThe case surmounted by a folding oval handle set on a shaped and engraved shoulder piece flowing into an engraved band running down the side of the case on a crosshatched ground, the front of the case with a border of running flowers and foliage on a hatched ground, to shaped feet, further set with an engraved rotating stand below, the stepped rear panel with sprung cover to show the retailers signature and allow for regulation set over a sprung shaped strut. The 2.75 inch rectangular silvered dial with Roman chapter ring framed by a minute band within a mask of interlaced scrolls framing the manually adjusted calendar dial with rotating days of the week column, with original blued steel fleur de lyse hands. The rectangular going barrel eight day movement with jewelled monometallic balance and English style lever escapement. 16cms (6.25ins) high. 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 71
A good late 18th century mahogany six-tune musical table clock with eight-pillar movementWilliam Hopkins, TenterdenThe bell topped case with five urn finials over moulded cornice, the sides with handles and glazed apertures, to a moulded base with brass banding and ogee bracket feet, the front door with pierced cast sound frets in the quadrants. The 7.75 inch arched brass dial signed in a recessed shaped plaque flanked by subsidiaries for strike/silent, and tune selection, offering Butter Lease - Highland Laddie - Minuet, Lovely Nancy - Minuet and March; Roman and Arabic chapter ring framing the silvered centre with engraved symmetrical scrollwork and date aperture. The eight-pillar movement with triple (wire) fusees driving a verge escapement, with rack strike on a single bell for the hours, and playing one of six tunes every hour on a run of eight bells and fifteen hammers activated by a four inch-long pinned barrel. The backplate signed in a reserve amid open scrollwork. Ticking, striking and playing music, together with a door key and a winding key. 60cms (1ft 11.5ins) high. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 106
An interesting late 17th century weight driven 30 hour clock with short verge pendulum and 8 inch dialRichard Savage, Londini fecitThe square brass dial with winged cherubs head spandrels framing the Roman chapter ring with fleur de lyse half-hour markers and inner quarter hour track to a finely matted centre with Arabic alarm setting disc (the numerals accentuated by the addition of red wax) and single pierced steel hand, signed either side of VI Rich Savage Londini fecit. The weight driven movement with top and bottom plates united by gently tapering columns terminating in turned finials, the verge escapement with pendulum terminating in a brass bob with turned decoration set within the frame, countwheel striking the hours via a steel hammer on a large bell mounted above, with decorative terminal to the hammer stop, (alarm work previously positioned on the backplate but now lacking). The dial 20cms (8ins) wide.Footnotes:Brian Loomes in Watchmakers and Clockmakers of the World lists Savage as working in Wenlock Magna from 1692 to 1696. He worked in Shrewsbury from 1698 and he died in 1728. It is quite possible that from 1696 to 1698 Savage made a move to London. The current clock bears several similarities to his other recorded clocks, in particular, the contrate wheel has decorative line turning and the contrate collet is cup-shaped. For a resume of Savage's life and work, see Darken and Hooper, English 30 Hour Clocks, Penita Books, 1997, p95, 387 and Loomes, Lantern Clocks and Their Makers, Mayfield Books, 2008, p287, 376-381.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 101
A late 18th century Dutch ebonised Dutch-striking table clock with annual calendar and moonphaseF.Pasteur, LeidenThe shallow bell top case with central handle and pineapple finials over a boldly moulded cornice, term mounts to the canted corners and a moulded base on brass block feet. The 7.5 inch arched brass dial surmounted by a rolling moonphase with engraved border and age of the moon, the starry sky decorated with signs of the Zodiac, over a Roman and Arabic chapter ring with floating half-hour markers around a matted centre with subsidiaries for date, month and day, signed on a silvered plaque F. Pasteur fecit, Leiden. The movement with twin gut (now wire) fusees, verge escapement with a bob pendulum suspended on silk, striking the hours on the large bell on the hour, and the forthcoming hour on a small bell at half-past, the intervening quarters announced by a passing strike on the smaller bell. Signed in a flowing script F. Pasteur fecit Leiden in an oval cartouche within flowing foliate scrolls. Ticking and striking, previously with an alarm train. (Holes in the frontplate indicate the dial might be an old replacement). Together with a crank winding key and door key. 53cms (21ins) highThis 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 41
A late 19th century French slate and metal mystery 'swinger' clockGuilmet, No. 1968Surmounted by the cast figure of a young woman in a heavily draped classically-inspired dress, with star-cast head cap, her left arm raised and holding the brass pendulum terminating in a brass-edged bevelled-glass bob, standing within a metal circular plate on the moulded case top, winged lion head handles to either side and with delicate floral engraving to the front. The four inch dial with decorative brass sight ring and gilt Roman numerals with brass spade hands. The spring-driven movement with circular plates stamped for Marti and further stamped with the Guilmet trademark, and number 1968 with outside count wheel striking on a bell. Ticking intermittently and striking. 61cms (2ft.) high.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 87
A very fine late 20th century mahogany eight-day wall-mounted regulator with gravity escapementT. Brameld, Edinburgh. The case by Peter Cuthbertson, EdinburghThe concave caddy top over arched glazed side panels rounded front corners and a long arched glazed door with twin locks to a canted base, the mahogany backboard mounted with two substantial brass open L-shaped brackets, (the left hand one with a rolling pulley to guide the fall of the weight) and a heavy brass pendulum suspension block. Signed 12 inch one-piece silvered circular dial with outer Arabic minute ring enclosing subsidiary dials for Roman hours above running seconds with Observatory Marks, with original blued steel counterbalanced hands. The eight-day, weight driven movement with tapering, footed plates united by six substantial pillars screwed front and back with large blued steel screws, maintaining power and wheels of six crossings throughout, the jewelled gravity escapement set below the plates on a pair of sub-plates secured by a further four pillars and blued steel screws, driving a heavy pendulum with T-bar suspension mounted on the backplate and terminating in a cylindrical bob reading against an engraved silvered brass beatscale, the weight suspended by a six-spoke pulley of substantial construction. Ticking, together with pendulum, weight, case key, crank winder, movement securing bolts and beatscale. 1.65m (5ft 5ins) high. This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: TPTP For auctions held in Scotland: Lots will be moved to an offsite storage location (Constantine, Constantine House, North Caldeen Road, Coatbridge ML5 4EF, Scotland, UK) and will only be available for collection from this location at the date stated in the catalogue. Please refer to the catalogue for further information.For all other auctions: Lots will be moved to an offsite storage location (Cadogan Tate, Auction House Services, 241 Acton Lane, London NW10 7NP, UK) and will only be available for collection from this location at the date stated in the catalogue. Please note transfer and storage charges will apply to any lots not collected after 14 calendar days from the auction date.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 58
A very fine and rare early 20th century French pink- and yellow-gold, lapis-lazuli, agate and coral timepiece in the original silk-and velvet-lined signed presentation caseCartier, number 2621The shaped square agate case with gold edges top and bottom relieved by applied coral bosses, set to the rear with a shaped folding strut numbered 2621, 2038 and 4649, signed in a flowing engraved script, Cartier, 2621, Made in France. The dial comprising a 5.5cms wide applied skeletonised gold chapter ring mounted on a lapis lazuli band, framing a recessed gold centre with alternate lozenges of pink- and yellow-gold with blue inserts, and solid gold hands. The watch-type 15-jewel movement wound and set from the rear and signed European Watch and Clock co. Inc., numbered to the rear cover 4649 2621 and further engraved with the initials J.A.D.. Ticking and together with the original signed silk- and velvet-lined presentation case with gilt tooled decoration. 2This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: YY Subject to CITES regulations when exporting items outside of the UK, see clause 13.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 110
A rare first half of the 17th century first period 'potato head' lantern clock with rare half-hour strikeUnsigned Surmounted by four squat urn finials above turned Doric columns on inverted acorn feet. The narrow chapter ring with single line border, slender Roman hours, fleur de lys half-hour markers and an inner quarter hour track set on a dial plate with floral engraved corners and an inner ring of six flowerheads, the one directly below XII further engraved with a so-called 'potato head'. The movement now with a pendulum-driven verge escapement, the striking train unusually with passing strike on the half hour via a small hammer, and full strike on the hour via a larger hammer; the hour hammer with tapering steel upright spring with fettled foot.(Evidence of the original balance wheel escapement still visible on the top plate. Bell strap, bell, frets, doors, pendulum, weights, alarm-disc and alarm work now lacking). 32cms (12.5ins) highFootnotes:The passing half-hour strike system employed in the current lot may well be unique, to the best of our knowledge no other such system has been recorded. The two different strikes are both activated by the twelve-point star wheel on the back of the hour wheel - the hour strike is set off in the usual manner, but thirty minutes later, the same tooth runs against the tapered tail of the half-hour hammer and activates it on passing. The large return spring for the half hour hammer is secured by it's foot which is friction fitted and hammered over into the front bar. The front bar is furthermore of note in having an increased width around the great wheel pivot point, a practise sometimes used by Ahasuerus Fromanteel. The 'ring of roses' dial design was popular in the First Period of London production. The additional human face depicted in the uppermost flowerhead was used by a smaller group of makers including William Bowyer, Henry Stevens and John Cattle, but other unsigned examples are also known. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 37
A rare and interesting 19th century miniature skeleton timepiece with tic tac escapementHiggins, Gloucesterthe geometric frame in the form of a tapering obelisk on a plinth, united by four pillars and with visible ratchet wheel to the front, signed HIGGINS, Gloucester, the silvered Roman chapter ring with minute band and blued steel hands. chain fusee movement to a tic-tac escapement with short pendulum. Now mounted on a later felt-covered turned wooden base with dome. Ticking. The frame 11cms (4.25ins) high. Total height to top of dome 16cms (6.25ins) high. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 76
A good and rare, dated, mid 19th century mahogany drop dial wall timepiece with Royal cypher dialDutton, Fleet Street, further engraved V.R. below a crown and dated 1854.The 12 inch silvered dial with outer minute band framing the Roman numerals and original blued steel hands, signed to the centre with a crown over VR and the date 1854, framed by an angled sight ring within a quarter-moulded brass bezel locking through the side of the mahogany frame (key missing). The case with flame veneered lower section, side doors and bottom door. The single chain fusee movement with thick plates united by four pillars with distinctive squared knops, further stamped to the backplate GRV within a circle, the frontplate numbered 12350. Pendulum suspension broken, but pendulum present (with a steel rod and brass lenticular bob), together with a wooden handled crank winder. 46cms (18ins) high, 37cms (14.5ins) wide.Footnotes:The firm of Dutton supplied various clocks to government departments for about 30 years, the earliest being that supplied to the Lord Chancellor's Department in 1847. Other notable recipients include The Royal Courts of Justice, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, the Charity Commission and the Natural History Museum. (See Tobias Birch, 'Thomas Mudge and William Dutton, A Perfect Partnership' exhibition catalogue 2019, p18).For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 25
A rare late 17th century ebony basket top table clock with pull quarter repeatRobert Thompson, LondonSurmounted by a cast handle of dolphins and birds set on foliate pommels above a deep repousse pierced basket backed in faded red silk, turned finials to each corner, over rectangular side glazed panels on a moulded base and ball feet. The 6.75 inch square brass dial with strike/not strike lever and winged cherubs head spandrels, the silvered Roman and Arabic chapter ring with fancy half-hour markers framing a finely matted centre with date aperture below XII. The five pillar twin gut (now wire) fusee movement now with anchor escapement and rack striking on a bell, repeating the quarters on command on three stacked bells and hammers. The backplate with an engraved wheatear border framing open foliate scrolls over a drapery cartouche enclosing the signature Robert Thompson, London, above a winged cherubs head and a sleeping squirrel. Together with a winding key, a door key, and a handwritten label. Ticking, not currently striking, but will repeat the quarters. Apparently untouched for many years, very dusty and in need of a full overhaul. 41cms (16ins) high.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 79
An impressive mid 19th century brass-banded rosewood quarter chiming table clock with deadbeat escapement and running secondsVulliamy, London 1630, dated 1844.The architectural case with triangular pediment set over a heavy brass band, the front door with matching brass quadrants to the upper corners, silvered sight ring to reveal the dial and a panel below, the glazed sides set with intricately pierced wooden frets, resting on a moulded base on block feet. The rectangular silvered dial plate with 7.75 inch Roman dial with outer minute band and recessed subsidiary seconds dial sitting below XII, with three blued steel hands, the top corners set with a pair of subsidiaries, to the left for regulation engraved TURN THE HAND TO THE LEFT, TO GO SLOWER, TO THE RIGHT, TO GO FASTER, and to the right hand side STRIKE/SILENT. The massive triple chain fusee movement with thick plates united by turned pillars, and secured to the seatboard by a pair of heavy cast brass L-shaped brackets, the deadbeat escapement with the original numbered pendulum weighing 2kgs (4lbs 4ozs), rack striking for the hours on a bell and chiming the quarters on eight bells and hammers. Ticking, striking and chiming, together with a door key. 52cms (1ft 8ins) highThis lot is subject to the following lot symbols: * Y* VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.Y Subject to CITES regulations when exporting items outside of the UK, see clause 13.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 44
A late 18th century French ormolu mounted white- and grey-marble lyre clockLaguesse à Liege.The frame surmounted by the crisply cast head of Apollo within a sunburst over fruit and floral swags, beaded sides and an oval two-colour socle with further mounts and toupie feet. The swinging dial set at the base of the (replaced) knife-edge gridiron pendulum, the beaded bezel framing the white enamel chapter ring with black Arabic and Roman numerals, its open centre revealing the skeletonised frontplate and hour wheel with unusual five-pointed-star-shaped crossing. Spring barrel movement with delicate wheelwork to a pinwheel escapement, with outside countwheel striking the hours and half hours on a bell. (Two hinged locking arms at the rear of the chapter ring enable the clock to be carried safely during transit.) 57cms (22.5 ins) high. 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 88
A late 18th century mahogany longcase clock with deadbeat escapementAlexander Cumming, LondonThe shallow arched hood with concave moulded cornice on stop-fluted canted angles over a concave throat moulding and flame-veneered door flanked by stop fluted quarter columns to a base with applied apron, on a double plinth. The 14 inch one-piece silvered brass dial signed Alexander Cumming, London over a strike/silent lever and an engraved Roman and Arabic chapter ring with large Arabic seconds dial, date aperture and blued steel hands. Secured to the movement by four dial feet screwed to the frontplate. The weight driven movement with shouldered plates united by five heavy knopped pillars, the deadbeat escape wheel of six crossings, the striking train with rack striking sounding on a bell. 2.2m (7ft 2.5ins) high.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: * TP* VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.TP For auctions held in Scotland: Lots will be moved to an offsite storage location (Constantine, Constantine House, North Caldeen Road, Coatbridge ML5 4EF, Scotland, UK) and will only be available for collection from this location at the date stated in the catalogue. Please refer to the catalogue for further information.For all other auctions: Lots will be moved to an offsite storage location (Cadogan Tate, Auction House Services, 241 Acton Lane, London NW10 7NP, UK) and will only be available for collection from this location at the date stated in the catalogue. Please note transfer and storage charges will apply to any lots not collected after 14 calendar days from the auction date.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 63
A fine and rare mid 19th century engraved gilt brass eight-day going humpbacked travel clock with original travelling case, in the manner of Thomas ColeBoxell, Brighton, No. 8913The arched case with rare folding handle system whereby a pair of shaped hinged arms ordinarily lay flat around the curve of the case top, but when lifted up interlock to create a handle, the sides engraved with running border centred by a floral medallion, further scrollwork to the front, the rear panel secured by five screws and with integral winding key and apertures for regulation and hand-setting, signed Thos. Boxell, 43, King's Road, Brighton. The signed gilt Roman dial with outer minute band and original blued steel hands, decorated to the centre with six engraved roundels, each alternatively showing a flowerhead or quatrefoil motif, in a silvered mask with conforming decoration. The three inch diameter circular chain fusee movement united by five ring turned pillars, the overcoiled blued steel balance spring to a cut and compensated bimetallic balance with gold timing weights to a jewelled lever escapement, two arbors in double-screwed chatons, fully signed around the edge of the top plate Thos. Boxell, The Brighton Observatory, Kings Road, No.8913. Ticking, together with the original presentation/travel case, originally covered in deep purple velvet and with a material strap, the front with heavy bevelled glass panel, opening at the rear via a gilt brass shaped and engraved catch, the interior showing the original deep purple velvet covering, and signed in gilt lettering BOXELL, BRIGHTON The clock with the handle raised 19cms (7.5ins) high; the outer case 18cms (7ins) high. Footnotes:Thomas Boxell established his business as a Watch and Clockmaker at 55 Albion Street, Brighton, in 1845 and had another five addresses over the following 40 years or so.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 68
A second half of the 18th century ebony veneered table clockWilliam Bramble, Oxford StreetThe lacquered handle on an inverted bell top over side apertures to a moulded plinth base on squat ogee brass feet. The six inch arched brass dial with Strike/Silent selection lever over the Roman and Arabic chapter ring, finely matted centre with mock pendulum and date apertures, with applied nameplate. The twin gut fusee movement now with anchor escapement, and rack striking on a bell (pull quarter repeat removed, strike-train gut line broken). Ticking, together with two winding keys and two case keys. 46cms (18ins) high.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 20
A good late 18th century mahogany table clockJoseph Rose & Son, LondonThe bell top case surmounted by a central handle and acorn finials over a moulded cornice, the sides with circular and shaped frets to a moulded base and block feet. 6.75 inch arched brass dial with strike/silent subsidiary over a Roman and Arabic chapter ring framed by scroll spandrels, the matted centre with blued steel hands and fancy shaped signature recess over a date aperture. The twin gut fusee movement with thick plates united by five knopped pillars, knife-edge verge escapement striking on a bell, and with trip repeat for the hour, the backplate decorated with symmetrical foliate scrolls. Ticking, striking and repeating. Together with two case keys and a brass winding key, all with decorative silk tassels. 51cms (20ins) high. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 111
A mid 18th century table clock in a re-vennered olivewood caseAsselin, LondonThe inverted caddy top case veneered in olivewood over arched glazed side panels and repousse quadrants to the front door, on a moulded base and block feet. The 6.75inch arched brass dial with silvered strike/silent subsidiary over the Roman and Arabic chapter ring with lozenge half-quarter marks and fleur de lyse floating half-hour marks framing the finely matted centre with decorated mock pendulum aperture (the 'pendulum bob' picked out in red wax), and date aperture, signed beside VI Assellin, London. The twin gut fusee movement united by five knopped pillars, knife-edge verge escapement striking on a bell, the backplate decorated with a bird alighting on a basket of fruit within foliate scrolls framed by a wide wheatear border. Ticking and striking. 49cms (19.25ins) high. 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 52
A very rare late 20th century eight day 'Crystal' desk chronometer with skeletonised movementThomas Mercer, St. Albans, England, No.1. The movement and dial set horizontally within a rotatable heavy glass cylinder set between lacquered brass trunnions on a signed plinth. The 3.5 inch chapter ring with outer engraved minute band and delicate Roman numerals, intersected at X and II with subsidiary dials for power reserve (marked 0-8 with instruction to wind at 7) and running seconds (marked in Arabic 10s with Observatory marks), with four good blued steel hands. The substantial skeletonised lozenge-shaped frontplate with five turned pillars, the chain fusee and spring barrel mounted on a kite-shaped backplate, the freesprung helical balance spring to a cut and compensated bimetallic balance with diamond endstone set in double-screwed chatons, to an Earnshaw type spring detent escapement set on a sub-plate, with sprung lever to start/stop the balance. Wound and set through the back of the glass cylinder, each square with a turned brass removable cap. Ticking, together with a safety winding/setting key. The base 30cms (12ins) wide.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 59
Archer's ring (板指) of white jade carved with light reddish flecks. With slightly rounded top edge, adorned with the image of a beautiful elongated dragon, with a furious look and open jaws, flying among ruyi clouds, surrounding the surface of the ring. This type of ring is placed on the pulling finger which is the thumb of the right hand to hook the string when practising archery. Over time they have become more decorative than functional. During the Qing Dynasty their production became very popular. Height: 3 cm; Diameter: 3.4 cmWeight: 43 g
Lot 446
Solitaire in platinum and a brilliant of 0.41 cts, round brilliant cut, colour G, purity VVS1, size: 4.88-4.91 x 2.98 mm, with original certificate of TIFFANY & CO. The set is complete with: box, case and original outer box.The ring is marked inside with TIFFANY & CO. AND PT950. Inner ring diameter: 16.25 mm
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