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Lot 166
A GEORGE III EBONISED TABLE CLOCK WITH TRIP-HOUR REPEATTHOMAS EARNSHAW WITH MOVEMENT SUPPLIED BY A. AND I. THWAITES, LONDON, LATE 18th CENTURYThe five pillar twin fusee bell striking movement now with anchor escapement regulated by lenticular bob pendulum, the geometric border engraved backplate with pendulum holdfast and signed Tho's Earnshaw, London to centre, the frontplate stamped A & I, THWAITES, 650 to lower edge, the 7 inch brass break-arch dial with calendar aperture and signed Tho's Earnshaw, LONDON to the silvered centre within applied silvered Roman numeral chapter ring with Arabic five minutes to outer track, with delicate pierced steel hands and foliate scroll cast spandrels to angles beneath arch centred with a STRIKE/SILENT selection dial flanked by conforming mounts, the break-arch case with hinged brass carrying handle to the ogee above cavetto moulded top over hinged front with brass fillet inset glazed dial aperture, the sides with rectangular brass fish scale sound frets and the rear with break-arch door set within the frame of the case, on stepped ogee moulded skirt base with brass bracket feet.38cm (15ins) high with handle down, 28cm (11ins) wide, 19cm (7.5ins) deep. Thomas Earnshaw was an important maker with regards to the development of the marine chronometer. He is recorded in Betts, Jonathan MARINE CHRONOMETERS AT GREENWICH, A Catalogue of Marine Chronometers at the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich as born in Ashton-Under-Lyne, Lancashire in 1749 and is thought to have been apprenticed to William Hughes of High Holborn in around 1763-70. He married Lydia Theakston at St. James's Church Piccadilly in 1769 and by 1774 the had three sons - Manasseh William (b. 1770), James (b. 1771) and Thomas (b.1774). The financial pressure of having such large family early in his career proved unsustainable causing Earnshaw to abscond to Dublin in 1774 before returning to surrender himself to the debtors prison. Earnshaw however managed to come to terms with his debtors and was soon back in business.Thomas Earnshaw proved to be a very talented maker in particular with regards to watch finishing. Indeed he taught himself the highly specialised trades of watch jewelling and ruby-cylinder making and by 1780 he had turned his attention to chronometer making. He is generally credited with the improvement of the detent escapement through the introduction of a blade-spring (replacing a less effective pivoted arrangement). Earnshaw was introduced to the Astronomer Royal, Neville Maskelyne for whom he made a fine regulator for the Armagh observatory in 1789 and, in 1792, he acquired his former master's premises in High Holborn from where he set-about producing chronometers. By 1795 he had refined his designs for pocket and marine chronometers allowing him to start to see the prosperity of his perseverance.In 1806 the Board of Longitude awarded Earnshaw with £3,000 in recognition for his work, however his nose was put out of joint by John Roger Arnold (son of Earnshaw's contemporary rival John Arnold) receiving the same sum. By this time his son, Thomas Junior, was partly running the business allowing him to semi-retire to a comfortable villa in Greenford. In 1815 Thomas Earnshaw still had an involvement with the business however by 1820 he had pretty much retired leaving the workshops in the hands of his son who continued there until 1854. Thomas Earnshaw died in 1829. Ainsworth Thwaites was apprenticed in 1735 and worked from Rosoman Row, Clerkenwell, London 1751-80. He was an accomplished maker who supplied the clock for the tower at the Horse Guards Parade. His son, John, was born in 1757 and took over the business presumably on the death of Ainsworth in 1780 before moving to Bowling Green Lane. He entered into partnership with Jeremiah Reed in 1808 and he firm subsequently became well known for supplying all forms of clocks and movements either wholesale for others to retail or signed by themselves. The partnership continued under John Thwaite's leadership from several addresses in London until his death in 1842. The business has subsequently passed through a series of successors and is still trading today from Rottingdean near Brighton.Ronald E. Rose in his book English DIAL CLOCKS provides data allowing clocks by Thwaites to be dated from their serial number (Appendix III page 239); from this list the serial number of the movement of the current lot suggests that it was made around 1773-74. However, the style of engraving and overall design/form of the clock would suggest a date of around 1795-1805. From this it is perhaps appropriate to suggest the movement was probably held 'in stock' by either Thwaites or Earnshaw before being used for the present clock.Condition Report: Evidence (in the form of a series of filled holes) indicates that the present movement was originally made with verge escapement regulated by short bob pendulum. The conversion to anchor escapement has been executed very well and probably early in the clocks life with minimal alteration to the plates. The present pendulum holdfast unfortunately obscures the signature; there is also a spare threaded hole to the right hand edge of the backplate indicating the position of the original verge pendulum holdfast hook. The movement otherwise is in good relatively clean original working condition although is probably due for a gentle service. The dial has overall light wear and discolouration to the silvering otherwise is in good original condition. The minute hand has an old repair. The case is in sound original condition with notable faults limited to front-to-back shrinkage cracking to the arch-top of the case and a slight warp to the front door causing the top to project forwards slightly. The front and rear doors retain their original locks and hinges; the base of the case has been scooped-out slightly to allow for the present lenticular bob pendulum. The metal mounts (handle, mouldings, frets and feet are fairly heavily tarnished/discoloured, otherwise faults to the case are very much limited to relatively minor bumps, scuffs, scratches, minor shrinkage and other age-related blemishes.Clock has pendulum, winding key and a case key. Condition Report Disclaimer
Lot 82
Egypt interest. A collection of early 20th century photographs and postcards. A collection of over one hundred b+w and sepia tone photographs taken on the Nile and Cairo, showing portraits, street scenes, Luxor temple complex, the pyramids, river scenes, the sphinx of Cairo etc, shot by W. A. B. Leach using either a '3A Graflex' or a 'Thornton Pickard Special Ruby', between the years 1902-1925, various sizes: With four poscard packs and thirty photographs of Palestine, likely taken on the same trip. (100+)Provenance: From the estate of William Arthur Blackburn Leach.DOB: 2nd Jan 1872.Leach was born in Norwich where he attended a local grammar school, later becoming an apprentice carpenter and engineer. In 1902 after he had qualified, he went to China where he obtained a position in the Public Works Department of the Shanghai Municipal Council. He spent his working life in Shanghai until he left in 1926.During his time in China he held interests in a Christian Mission school and helped to support street children.He seized every opportunity to visit other parts of China and took thousands of photographs. He purchased widely on his travels, particularly woodcarvings, bronzes, traditional kimonos, paintings and porcelain. He treasured silver items and bought much to take home. He travelled home at least four times during his stay in China and these return visits were round-the-world trips in which he travelled through and visited Europe, Russia, the Middle East, Egypt and The Holy Land, the Far East, Canada and USA.On his return to the UK he lived in Northampton where he was a lay preacher and a local councillor. He gave a great many talks on his experiences in China and the many other Countries he had visited.He died in 1962.These are mostly 14.1cm x 8.4cm in size.
Lot 78
India interest. A collection of early 20th century photographs. A collection of over two hundred sepia and b+w photographs taken in India, showing Calcutta, portraits, street scenes, temples, palaces, the Taj Mahal, children, beggars etc, shot by W. A. B. Leach using either a '3A Graflex' or a 'Thornton Pickard Special Ruby', between the years 1902-1926, various sizes. (200+)Provenance: From the estate of William Arthur Blackburn Leach.DOB: 2nd Jan 1872.Leach was born in Norwich where he attended a local grammar school, later becoming an apprentice carpenter and engineer. In 1902 after he had qualified, he went to China where he obtained a position in the Public Works Department of the Shanghai Municipal Council. He spent his working life in Shanghai until he left in 1926.During his time in China he held interests in a Christian Mission school and helped to support street children.He seized every opportunity to visit other parts of China and took thousands of photographs. He purchased widely on his travels, particularly woodcarvings, bronzes, traditional kimonos, paintings and porcelain. He treasured silver items and bought much to take home. He travelled home at least four times during his stay in China and these return visits were round-the-world trips in which he travelled through and visited Europe, Russia, the Middle East, Egypt and The Holy Land, the Far East, Canada and USA.On his return to the UK he lived in Northampton where he was a lay preacher and a local councillor. He gave a great many talks on his experiences in China and the many other Countries he had visited.He died in 1962.These mostly measure 8.4cm x 14.1cm. Many have handwritten inscriptions to the verso.
Lot 193
X PAUL RICHARDS (born 1949); a hand painted plate, signed and inscribed to 'Ruby' and dated 1999 verso, diameter 37cm, another smaller also decorated with a monkey, diameter 31cm, another signed Richards and dated 87, diameter 26cm, and two further plates decorated by Ruby Richards, one dated 1999 (5).
Lot 136
A collection of glass, comprising two pieces of Geoffrey Baxter for Whitefriars, a coffin texture vase, 13cm high and a textured Bark vase, 15cm high, both in ruby, together with a Georgian Bristol Blue glass bullseye vase with ribbed exterior and heightened gilt, 20.5cm high and a Loetz style glass vase with flared rim and ribbed design, 11cm high (4)
Lot 66
A 1950s 9ct gold cigarette case Garrard & Co Ltd, London 1956, of rectangular outline, with stylised border and ribbed centre, engraved to the interior, 'Michael with my love Mummie 11/8/60,' with a diamond and ruby set thumb piece, with suede presentation pouch for GarrardDimensions:Width: 11.2cm, weight: 144g
Lot 56
A Victorian Etruscan-style gold memorial brooch with seed pearl and ruby decoration; a gate-link bracelet with lock clasp, 17 cm; a fine link neck chain, 48 cm, clasp faulty; a gold dog pendant/brooch, unmarked; a tear-shape pendant and five gem-set rings, various sizes/dates, some stones missing, all hallmarked or testing as 9ct gold, 28g (10)
Lot 20
AN EARLY 20TH CENTURY BROOCH, A PENDANT AND A STICK PIN, the brooch set to the centre with a cushion cut ruby, flanked with split pearl accents, to a polished bar with applied beads to the rim, hallmarked 9ct Chester 1907, fitted with a base metal pin and C clasp, the pendant in the form of a mouse, set with a blue cabochon stone, and garnet set eyes, hallmarked 9ct London, approximate gross weight 5.5 grams, together with a gold fronted horse shoe stick pin (condition report: general light wear, overall condition good)
Lot 162
AN EDWARDIAN SILVER PIN TRAY, A LATE 19TH CENTURY DOUBLE ENDED RUBY GLASS SCENT FLASK AND A LATE 18TH / EARLY 19TH CENTURY WHITE METAL AND SHELL SNUFF BOX, the pin tray repoussé decorated with foliate scrolls and a lady in a hat, makers Elkington & Co, Birmingham 1902, 3.2ozt, 99.5 grams, length of scent flask 10.5cm and snuff box has oval agate set into the white metal hinged cover which is engraved with a dog in a landscape, a.f. width 6.5cm x height 3.5cm (3) (Condition Report: tray needs a clean but seems ok, no holes, the scent flask has a broken hinge, the shell has two cracks and a chip is visible inside to the back edge, the agate is cracked and chipped)
Lot 11
A 9CT GOLD OPAL AND RUBY BROOCH, openwork crescent to the centre set with an opal cabochon and two garnets, to the scrolling bar, hallmarked 9ct Chester, fitted with a base metal pin and C clasp, approximate gross weight 2.3 grams (condition report: general light wear, all stones are present at time of cataloguing, slight discolouration, overall condition good)
Lot 470
THREE BOXES AND LOOSE CERAMICS AND GLASS ETC, to include a Whitefriars ruby controlled bubble vase, approximate height 20cm, an unused Waterford John Rocha Lume wine decanter with distressed box, boxed Spode cake plate, Royal Crown Derby table lighter with damaged rim and restorations, four Stuart wine glasses, assorted drinking glasses, Royal Worcester 'Evesham' flan dishes, small quantity of kitchen wares etc
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