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Lot 49
A George III mahogany bracket clock the break arch silvered Roman dial with Arabic five minutes and signed Philip Brokedon (Brockedon), Totnes, over a date aperture and strike/silent ring to the arch, acanthus scroll and oval designs to the angles, the twin fusee movement with bell strike, anchor escapement, foliate scroll and signed back plate, the break arch case with brass swing top handle over arched fish scale side frets, brass fillet inset door and moulded skirt base raised on brass ogee bracket feet, 42cm high excluding handle
Lot 11
A Regency mahogany bracket or table clock the white convex Roman dial signed Freeman, London, the twin fusee movement with pull repeat and bell strike, the arched case with gilded top handle, twin ring side handles and fish scale arched frets, the front with boxwood line inlay upon brass ball feet, 46cm high including handle
Lot 532
Lincoln Seligman (British born 1950), best know for his large scale Works of Art for modern buildings around the world, his clientelle is international but the majority of his works are in high profile locations in Europe, USA and Asia, in addition he has undertaken many substantial mural commissions and has regular exhibitions of paintings and sculptures including a one man show of paintings at the Royal Academy, London, a large unframed Oil on Canvas Study abstract form, vertical rock like shapes, 153cm x 122cm
Lot 533
Lincoln Seligman (British born 1950), best know for his large scale Works of Art for modern buildings around the world, his clientelle is international but the majority of his works are in high profile locations in Europe, USA and Asia, in addition he has undertaken many substantial mural commissions and has regular exhibitions of paintings and sculptures including a one man show of paintings at the Royal Academy, London, an unframed Oil on Plywood Panel Abstract, three headless torso's, signed lower right, 91.5cm x 127cm
Lot 2211
A George III inlaid mahogany stick barometer, signed Stenson Derby With an 18cm silvered register with thermometer and vernier scale, the case with an architectural broken pediment centred with a classical urn, slender sides with a visible mercurial tube with a mahogany globular cistern cover, 96cm.
Lot 2220
A Regency brass inlaid rosewood bracket clock, James Bidlake, London, early 19th Century With a 15.5cm convex dial with Roman numerals with a single train fusee movement with anchor escapement, the shouldered brass back plate signed within a oval James Bidlake, London, leaf engraved border the ebony edged arched case with a hinged brass convex glazed bezel above inlaid brass stringing raised upon an inlaid plinth base, fish scale side frets the rear with an arched glazed door raised upon compressed brass bun feet. 29.5x21x15cms. (illustrated) Brian Looms watch makers and clock markers of the world records a James Hodgson Bidlake, London.
Lot 188
Two Bristol porcelain saucers circa 1780, painted with neoclassical floral decorations, also three Worcester saucers, one painted with exotic birds on a blue scale ground, the two further saucers printed with Fence pattern, (5) Condition report: Small Bristol saucer: firing crack to underside. Larger Bristol saucer: broken and restuck with losses and old restoration. Worcester blue scale: filled rim chip. Worcester Fence saucers: No damage or restoration.
Lot 803
SALMON (EDWARD) PLAN OF THE TOWN OF NOTTINGHAM AND ITS ENVIRONS (FROM A SPECIAL SURVEY) ....BY... EDWARD W SALMON scale 0.5inch:100 feet, hand coloured engraving by James Wyld on six sheets backed on linen, scarlet cloth covers with labels, occasional ink stains, generally lightly browned, handling marks and creases, 378 x 161cm, slip case very worn with adhesive tape repairs, in recent book box, 1862
Lot 804
SANDERSON (GEORGE) MAP OF THE COUNTY OF NOTTINGHAM FROM A CAREFUL SURVEY MADE IN THE YEARS 1834 & 1835....BY THE PROPRIETOR GEO SANDERSON, SURVEYOR scale 0.5inch:1 mile, hand coloured engraving by J & C Walker, with vignette of Welbeck Abbey, backed on linen on two sheets with maroon cloth boards and NORTH and SOUTH labels, 141 x 216cm in gilt and blind tooled maroon morocco slip case, spine gilt, 1836
Lot 807
GREENWOOD (C & J) MAP OF THE COUNTY OF NOTTINGHAM FROM AN ACTUAL SURVEY MADE IN THE YEARS 1824 & 1825 scale 1inch: 1mile, engraving with vignette of the South Prospect of Nottingham backed on linen, 140 x 104cm, dark green cloth gilt, Greenwood, Pringle & Co, 1826 § Frederick Jackson - Plan of the Town and County of the Town of Nottingham, scale approx 6.75inch:1mile, lithograph backed on linen, maroon cloth, Nottingham 1866 § John Tuke A Map of Ninety Miles by Seventy Five in which Chesterfield is the Centre..., hand coloured engraving backed on linen, slip case, 1798 (3)
Lot 808
WYLD (JAMES) MAP OF IRELAND COMPILED FROM THE SURVEYS OF THE BOARD OF ORDNANCE AND OTHER APPROVED DOCUMENTS OF THE RAILWAY COMMISSIONERS....BY... JAMES WYLD scale 1.25inch:5 Irish miles, engraving in vivid contemporary colour on four sheets backed on linen, 156 x 122cm, slip case with printed label, worn and torn, c1840
Lot 914
A MAHOGANY CLOCK BY JAMES MCCABE, C1830 with painted dial, the twin fusee movement engraved on the shouldered backplate James McCabe London, milled pendulum stay, the case with brass scale pattern side frets, 42cm h ++Dial repainted, small chip to moulding on front edge of pediment, turned finial a wooden replacement. The movement overhauled cleaned and some years ago, apparently complete and in running order
Lot 917
A GEORGE IV MAHOGANY EIGHT DAY LONGCASE CLOCK, C1820 the painted dial inscribed J GAMMAGE SUCCESSOR TO WM ROBSON LONDON, with brass scale pattern spandrels and frets, 207cm h ++In very good original condition long in the present local private ownership, not recently restored or repolished, lacking small piece of moulding from the trunk door's surround
Lot 200
By Rolex - a 1930's gentleman's gold cased 'Oyster' wristwatch, black dial with luminous Arabic and dot hour numerals, the outer minute scale silver coloured, luminous hands, centre sweep seconds, the rounded square case with wire lugs, the movement signed 'Rolex' 15 rubies patented super balance, case back import marked for Glasgow 1936, marked on the back 3474 above the Rolex Crown with 41815 over 2081 below No bracelet, in working order, luminous paint has degraded. Replacement centresweep seconds. Glass diameter 24mm
Lot 122
A fine late Victorian mahogany longcase regulator H. and R. Millar, Edinburgh, late 19th century The substantial eight-day movement with bottle-shaped plates united by four massive double-screwed pillars, the train with Harrison's maintaining power, high pinion count, six-spoke wheel crossings throughout and Graham type deadbeat escapement with jewelled pallets regulated by mercury jar seconds pendulum suspended from an iron bracket fitted to the case backboard with fine beat adjustment to the crutch and amplitude scale applied to the backboard beneath the jar, the 12.5 inch circular silvered brass dial with subsidiary seconds and twenty-four hour Arabic numeral hour dials and signed H. & R. Millar, Edinburgh to centre within circumference with Arabic five minute annotations to outer track and canted silver bezel, the case with shallow triangular tympanum over circular dial aperture and canted angles to the full-width hood door, the trunk with convex throat moulding and rectangular bevel-glazed caddy moulded door flanked by further canted angles, on flame-figured plinth base with simple skirt, 197cm (77.5ins) high. The firm of H. and R. Millar are probably successors to the partnership of Robert Millar and Son who are recorded in Loomes, Brian Watchmakers & Clockmakers of the World, Volume 2 as working in Edinburgh circa 1850. H. and R. Millar appear to have primarily supplied turret clocks including one now in the Royal Collection supplied for 'the Bothy' in 1902. The current lot is built to a high specification and features electrical contacts fitted to the frontplate which would have been opened and closed by a flag (or cam) formerly fitted to the seconds arbor. These electrical contacts would have allowed slave dials to be run from the current timepiece suggesting that it was originally intended as the 'master' timekeeper for a fairly large establishment. From this it may be appropriate to speculate that the current lot may have been the 'shop' regulator made by H. and R. Millar to test the timekeeping of turret and other clocks constructed in their own workshops.
Lot 17
Two mahogany cased Sikes' Hydrometers Dring and Fage, London, and T. O. Blake, London, late 19th century Each with calibrated brass float, bone Fahrenheit scale mercury thermometer and nine circular brass weights, the first signed Dring & Fage, LONDON to the side of the float scale, with additional block-shaped weight and in blue velvet lined mahogany box with caddy moulded lid inset with an bone plaque inscribed SIKE'S HYDROMETER, DRING & FAGE, 145 STRAND, LONDON, MAKERS TO THE REVENUE OF THE UNITED KINGDOM & COLONIES , 22.8cm (9ins wide); the second complete with cylindrical glass vessel and magnifying glass in red velvet-lined mahogany box inset with plaque engraved SIKE'S HYDROMETER, T. O. BLAKE, 57 HATTON-GARDEN, LONDON. E.C. to lid, 13.5cm (5.25ins) wide; together with respective copies of SIKE'S TABLES, the first leather bound, published by Dring and Fage, London 1866; the second published by H.M. Stationary Office, London 1816, (4). The firm of Dring and Fage are recorded in Banfield, Edwin BAROMETER MAKERS AND RETAILERS 1660-1900 as working from several addresses in London from 1798 until well in to the 20th century. T. O. Blake appears not to be recorded in the usual sources.
Lot 170
A fine, impressive and very rare Victorian engraved gilt brass and malachite inset clock with thermometer and aneroid barometer in the form of a full-sized occasional table Thomas Cole, London, number 1 545, circa 1860 The eight-day movement resembling that of a standard Cole strut clock with rectangular frontplate stamped with serial number 1 545 and applied with two separate shaped backplates for the going and strike trains each with going barrels, six-spoke wheel crossings and three pillars secured by screws from the rear, the going train incorporating vertical shaped platform English lever escapement regulated by sprung three-arm steel monometallic balance, the strike train sounding the hours on a coiled gong mounted behind the movement, the left hand backplate stamped THOMAS COLE, LONDON to lower edge, the 10 inch circular silvered Roman numeral dial incorporating recessed circular subsidiary barometer scale calibrated in barometric inches and with the usual observations and a curved Fahrenheit scale mercury thermometer to the finely engraved centre decorated in the Greek revival manner with hatched radial rosette incorporating anthemion motifs within a Vitruvian scroll border, with plain minute and cruciform hour blued steel hands within generous gilt cavetto moulded bezel incorporating concentric bead-cast borders and fitted with a heavy bevelled glass, the case with table-top incorporating quatrefoil lobed rim applied with eight malachite roundels set in pairs between anthemion and stylised scroll decorated projections of the stepped rim, the shallow dome-shaped rear panel centred with a square box enclosing the movement and incorporating winding/hand setting holes and shuttered escapement viewing aperture to underside, the whole mounted via hinged screw pivots and a curved graduated stay onto a conforming square plate attached by a rotating joint onto the elaborate two-tier triform base, the upper section with three slender square section uprights incorporating outswept bracket-shaped terminals to top over stylised panel and foliate scroll engraved feet resting onto a concave-sided platform stage with conforming fine foliate motif and gadroon border engraved detail, the lower tier with three further panel decorated square section baluster uprights mounted onto a substantial stepped triform block applied to a wide platform base adorned with three finely cast recumbent sphinxes within further finely worked stylised scroll and gadroon engraved borders, the underside with three adjustable disc-shaped levelling feet (surface with overall brown patination, barometer mechanism lacking), 49.5cm (19.5ins) wide across the top; 75.5cm (29.75ins) high with table top in horizontal position. Provenance: The current lot was a given to the vendor's father, a doctor, from a very grateful patient during the early 1960's, thence by descent to the present owner. The life and work of Thomas Cole is extensively documented in Hawkins, J.B. THOMAS COLE & VICTORIAN CLOCKMAKING. Thomas Cole was born in Nether Stowey, Somerset in 1800. His father, Thomas senior, was a local clockmaker who is now known to have moved his family to Taunton in around 1815; he was a talented maker who probably taught both Thomas and his older brother, James Ferguson, the clockmaking trade. By 1821 James Ferguson had moved to London and filed a Patent for a pivoted detent escapement, by 1823 he was working from New Bond Street where he was joined by his younger brother, Thomas. Over the next twelve years the two brothers worked alongside each other and produced a series of highly complicated silver 'humpback' carriage clocks very much in the manner of Abraham Louis Breguet (leading some to speculate a connection between Breguet and the Cole brothers). The brothers then went their separate ways with James Ferguson going on to explore his technical abilities later developing a series of escapement designs including a 'resilient' lever escapement (1830), a 'double rotary' escapement (1840), a detached escapement calliper (1849) and an escapement with negative diameter (1859). Thomas Cole sought to specialise in small decorative timepieces of the highest quality. By 1845 he was advertising himself as a Þsigner and maker of ornamental clocks' and in 1851 submitted examples for display at the Great Exhibition, both under his name, and on the stands of other leading retailers such as Hunt & Roskel and Hancocks. He then went on to exhibit at the Paris Exhibition of 1855 where his entry warranted an 'Honourable Mention', and again at the British International Exhibition in 1862 where he was awarded a medal for 'Excellence of taste and design'. Thomas Cole was elected to the Royal Society of Arts in June 1861; he died three years later of typhoid fever, at his home at 1 Westbourne Park Road, Paddington, leaving his second wife Charlotte and their three children (two boys and one girl). The originality and inventiveness of design coupled with the exceptional quality of finish ensured an enduring popularity for Thomas Cole's work, mainly from the rising Nouveau Riche class of Victorians made wealthy from the Industrial Revolution. Until the discovery of the current lot only two other full-sized 'table' clocks by Thomas Cole were known. Both of these were first documented as consecutive lots offered at Christie's, King Street, Important Clocks and Marine Chronometers 13th December 2000 (lots 63 and 64). The first was numbered 1884 and was signed for the retailer's Hunt and Roskell, London; whilst the second bore the numbers 1578 and 1505 and was dated March 1862 to the going spring barrel. Both of these clocks were very similar only differing in detail - mainly in the design of the engraving; they sold for the premium inclusive amounts of £69,750 and £71,950 respectively. It seems that these two examples were purchased by the same buyer as they were offered again by Christie's, in their sale of Magnificent Clocks, on the 15th September 2004. Presented together as a 'harlequin pair' (lot 29) they realised £81,260 including buyer's premium. Finally number 1884 appeared for a third time at Christies where it was sold for £73,250 on 15th March 2012 (lot 25). Although the current lot is outwardly similar than the other two known examples overall refinements and improvements in both its specification and detailing are evident. The dial incorporates the additions of a barometer scale and thermometer whilst the rim of the table is generally of increased complexity featuring a stepped layered edge. The base is also more substantial with the central platform being significantly wider than on the other examples. This allows the lower tier of baluster supports to be spread further apart and the base plate to have an increased footprint resulting in improved stability and more satisfactory proportions. In addition to this the horizontal elements of the both the central platform and the base are extensively engraved compared to the relatively simple single geometric band seen on the lowermost step of the other two examples. Overall the detail design of the engraved enrichments possessed by the current lot are particularly harmonious being in the Greco-Egyptian style throughout. This style of decoration was made popular by Thomas Hope during the first quarter of the 19th century and seems to have been used relatively sparingly by Cole and then only for his finest examples.
Lot 19
A George IV brass pantograph William and Samuel Jones, London, circa 1825 The pivoted frame with circular purple velvet covered anchor-weight fitted to an adjustable slider against engraved ratio scale to one arm opposing fixed pencil holder to the other, the centre with subsidiary pivoted armature with further adjustable slider against a similar scale for the tracing stylus and signed W & S Jones, 30 Holborn, London to the opposing member, fitted with removable bone wheel castors to each junction/terminal, in original mahogany box with tracing pointer and weighted pencil carrier, 71cm (28ins) long. The partnership between the brothers William and Samuel Jones is recorded in Clifton, Gloria Directory of British Scientific Instrument Makers 1550-1851 as operating from several addresses in Holborn, London 1792-1859 (including 30 Holborn 1800-1860).
Lot 2
A fine George II cased set of mathematical drawing instruments Thomas Heath, London, circa 1740 The lower tier comprising: A large mathematical sector rule signed and engraved No. 43 annotated with the usual logarithmic, trigonometric and other scales; an oblong protractor rule signed and engraved with trigonometric scales to verso; an expanding parallel ruler with hinged perpendicular distance scales at each end; a set of gunner's callipers, one side with table annotated with tables of the specific weights of named metals and other substances opposing scale giving ordnance bore sizes, the axis with protractor scale and the outer straight edge calibrated in metric inches, the reverse with table for IRON GUNS, Proof, Service tabulated for 1-42 pounder cannon to upper limb and conforming table for BRASS GUNS to lower limb, the axis with scale for shot size, the pointers with iron blade inserts, signed; a large brass proportional dividing compass with sharp steel tipped arms each pierced with long slots for the sliding pivot assembly with knurled screw for securing against scales divided for Circles and Lines, signed; a compass beam calibrated for barometric inches and with fine screw adjustment to one end; together with a large hinged compass with series of interchangeable attachments for the legs and small quantity of other items. The upper tier comprising: An ivory sector rule engraved with trigonometric tables and calibrated for various European inch measurements; a group of five small ivory rules each divided for differing Poles and Parts ; a circular protractor with single crossing; an adjustable folding rhombus incorporating vernier protractor scale for setting the smaller internal angles, signed; a double ended compass, together with a set of dividers, an assortment of various tips and other accessories. All contained in a green-velvet lined fishskin covered box with decorative external brass clasp to exterior, the box 41cm (16ins) wide. Thomas Heath is recorded in Clifton, Gloria Directory of British Scientific Instrument Makers 1550-1851 as apprenticed to Benjamin Scott in 1712. Heath presumably gained his freedom of the Grocer's Company before 1720 when he is recorded as working from 'Hercules & Globe next the Fountain Tavern' in the Strand, London. Latterly (from 1734-46) he also worked from an address with the same name near Beaufort Buildings as well as a third premises near Exeter Buildings (1750). He was known to have sold compasses, an astronomical clock, gunner's callipers, theodolites, sundials, sectors, barometers and drawing instruments and took many apprentices including George Adams (I) in 1726/7. In 1751 Thomas Heath went into partnership with former apprentice, Tycho Wing, with the latter acquiring the business outright in 1753 (which he continued until his death in 1773).
Lot 20
A George III small brass pantograph William and Samuel Jones, London, circa 1800 The pivoted frame with circular lead anchor-weight fitted to an adjustable slider against engraved ratio scale to one arm opposing fixed pencil holder to the other, the centre with subsidiary pivoted armature with further adjustable slider against a similar scale for the tracing stylus and signed W & S, JONES, 135 Holborn, London to the opposing member, fitted with bone wheel castors to each junction/terminal, in original mahogany box with tracing pointer and weighted pencil carrier, the box 29cm (11.5ins) long. The partnership between the brothers William and Samuel Jones is recorded in Clifton, Gloria Directory of British Scientific Instrument Makers 1550-1851 as operating from several addresses in Holborn, London 1792-1859 (including 135 Holborn 1792-1800).
Lot 24
An ebony and patinated brass navigational octant Henry Hughes and Son, London, circa 1870 The 11 inch frame incorporating central T-shaped hand-piece inset with ivory signature plate stamped HENRY HUGHES & SON, 59 FENCHURCH STR. LONDON, 614, the pivoted arm mounted with mirror opposing aperture for reading the inset ivory vernier scale with clamp and endless screw adjustment to underside, with pin-hole sight opposing horizon glass and set of hinged filters, the tapered mahogany box pasted with trade label HENRY HUGHES & SON, Optical, Nautical & Mathematical, Instrument Makers, 59 Fenchurch Street, London to interior of lid and with carrying handle to front, 33.5cm (13.25ins) long. Henry Hughes is recorded in Clifton, Gloria Directory of Scientific Instrument Makers 1550-1851 as working from several addresses in London from 1835-75 including 59 Fenchurch Street from 1859. He took his son, Alexander, into partnership towards the end of his career who continued the business after Henry's death in 1879.
Lot 27
A Victorian Scottish mahogany mercury stick barometer James Mackay Bryson, Edinburgh, circa 1860 The arched bone vernier scale calibrated in barometric inches and with the usual observations beneath stamped signature J. M. BRYSON. 60 PRINCES ST, EDINBURGH opposing Fahrenheit and Centigrade scale mercury thermometer, the slender trunk with visible tube over domed oak cistern cover to the shield-shaped base fitted with level adjustment screw to underside, 91.5cm (36ins) high. James Mackay Bryson is recorded in Banfield, Edwin BAROMETER MAKERS AND RETAILERS 1660-1900 as apprenticed to George Buchanen before going to Germany in 1843 to study instrument making in Hamburg and Munich. He returned in 1850 and is recorded working from several buildings on Princes Street, Edinburgh, 1850-93, including number 60 1855-66.
Lot 28
A mahogany barograph with barometer dial Retailed by Harrods Limited, London, early 20th century The mechanism with seven segment aneroid chamber within lacquered brass armature operating via a system of pivoted levers an inked pointer for recording the change in barometric pressure on the clockwork-driven paper-scale lined rotating drum, the front with open-centred circular silvered register with inner margin calibrated in barometric inches and with the usual observations over rectangular baseplate stamped HARRODS LTD., LONDON, the case with bevel-glazed five glass cover over ogee moulded base incorporating chart drawer, 37cm, (14.5ins) wide.
Lot 29
A mahogany barograph with barometer dial Unsigned, early 20th century The mechanism with eight segment aneroid chamber within frosted gilt brass armature operating via a system of pivoted levers an inked pointer for recording the change in barometric pressure on the clockwork-driven paper-scale lined rotating drum, the front with open-centred circular silvered register with inner margin calibrated in barometric inches and with the usual observations over rectangular patinated brass baseplate , the case with bevel-glazed five glass cover over ogee moulded base incorporating chart drawer and squab feet, 37cm, (14.5ins) wide.
Lot 30
A Victorian lacquered brass aneroid barometer Murray and Heath, London, circa 1860 The 4.25 inch circular silvered registered signed Murray & Heath, 43 Piccadilly, London, 124 and inscribed Compensated to centre within a concentric scale calibrated in barometric inches divided into fiftieths, the cylindrical brass case with suspension ring above bevelled glass and mounded surround, 12.5cm (4.875ins) diameter. The partnership between Robert Murray and Heath is recorded in Clifton, Gloria Directory of British Scientific Instrument Makers 1550-1851 as operating 1856-66.
Lot 31
A rare French nickel plated keyless lever pocket watch with aneroid barometer Unsigned, circa 1900 With Swiss made five bar movement with lever escapement regulated by sprung bimetallic balance, the rear applied with separate small aneroid barometer mechanism raised clear of the watch movement via four curved supports and with register pointer arbor passing through the centre, the gilt rear with indistinct maker's monogram and numbered 4047, the dial with circular white enamel Roman numeral centre and blued steel hands set within an outer silvered concentric barometer register ring calibrated with altimeter 0-8000 within scale for barometric inches divided into twentieths and annotated with the usual observations, the lower margin stamped MADE IN FRANCE, the watch-type case with winding crown and within pivoted suspension ring over rotating bezel fitted with steel recording pointer to interior, overall diameter 7cm (2.75ins).
Lot 33
A fine French silver small pocket sundial Jacques Thoury, Paris, late 17th century The oval silver plate with outer hour scale engraved IIII-XII-VIII divided into quarter-hour subdivisions around a central rosette with radial hour-lines between, the glazed four-point compass with adjacent inscription Pour 49, degrez opposing fine foliate pierced and engraved hinged gnomen, the underside with leaf decorated spring bar bisecting engraved signature Jacques Thoury, A Paris and fitted with two small baluster turned feet opposing moulded silver-gilt compass box engraved with a fine radial leaf design to the base cap, length 5cm (2ins). Provenance: The estate of a connoisseur collector of regional furniture, works of art and clocks. An almost identical dial by Jacques Thoury is in the collection of The National Maritime Museum, Greenwich where the curators note that Thoury was as a Member of the Founders' Corporation from about 1684. Another similar dial signed Roch Blondeau, Paris was sold at Christies, King Street THE ALBERT ODMARK COLLECTION OF IMPORTANT CLOCKS AND WATCHES 11th March 2005 (lot 249) for £2,640.
Lot 35
A fine English patinated brass garden sundial with equation of time Unsigned, early 19th century The 11.75 inch circular plate fitted with angled gnomen set at 51 degrees and centred with an eight-point compass rose with stylised leafy scroll decoration to segments annotated N, NNE, NE, ENE, E, SE, ESE S, SSW, SW, WSW, W, WNW and NW within the inner track, the middle band with equation of time table incorporating annual calendar within chapter ring with engraved inner border and Roman numerals IIII-XII-VIII with tied lozenge half hour markers and inscribed with the motto SIC FLUIT VITA between the IIII and VIII numerals, the outer track divided into thirtieths denoting two minute intervals, 28.8cm (11.75ins) diameter. The general design and features such as the annotations to the equation of time scale and tied asterisk half hour markers seen on the current lot can be directly compared to an example by Whitehurst and Son of Derby (dated 1812) currently in the Derby Museums collection. The provision of an equation of time table allows mean time to be calculated from solar time provided by the sundial - this allows the time on a clock or watch to be set from the dial with a reasonable degree of accuracy.
Lot 63
An early Victorian small gilt and patinated brass four-glass mantel clock Jose Rodriguez Losada, London, circa 1840 The circular twin chain fusee movement with five column-turned pillars and horizontal platform English lever escapement incorporating sprung split bimetallic balance and silvered SLOW/FAST curved regulation scale to rear, the backplate with engraved signature J. R. Losada, 105 Regent St., London over vertically positioned hour bell, the silvered brass single sheet Roman numeral dial with heart-pierced blued steel hands over shaped double-line border engraved reserve enclosing repeat signature J. R. Losada, 105 Regent St., London, 6514, to lower margin, the bevel-glazed case with rectangular aperture to the cavetto moulded top over full width front door incorporating 3.75 inch wide complex ogee pointed arch glazed dial aperture with raised triangular profile surround to exterior and canted silvered brass fillet to interior, the sides with generous bevel-glazed panels, the rear with conforming panel set into ah hinged door with spring clasp, the two tier plinth base applied with band of cast patinated brass stylised acanthus foliage over cavetto moulded skirt fitted with compressed bun feet, 25.5cm (10ins) high. Jose Rodriguez Losada is recorded in Loomes, Brian Watchmakers & Clockmakers of the World as working in London 1839-75. Losada was a Spanish émigré who moved to London in 1835; he initially worked for James Moore French before setting up on his own specialising in complex precision clocks and marine chronometers for export to Spanish speaking countries. In 1864 he supplied 36 marine chronometers to the Spanish Government through the Royal Observatory at Cadiz. Losada died in 1875 leaving the business in the hands of his nephews José and Miguel Rodriguez who continued up until around 1890.
Lot 91
A George III gilt pair-cased verge pocket watch John Craig, Newcastle, 1809 The gilt full plate single fusee verge movement with four column turned pillars, plain stop-iron block and sprung three-arm steel balance, the backplate with fine Ho-Ho bird inhabited foliate scroll pierced and engraved balance cock with decorated rim and lyre at the junction of the engraved wedge-shaped foot flanked by regulation scale opposing signature Jn'o Craig, Newcastle engraved to the removable mainspring barrel bridge, fitted with original gilt dust cover engraved Clement Wilson, 1811 and circular white enamel Roman numeral dial with subsidiary seconds dial and gilt spade hands, the plain silver inner case fitted with convex glass and suspension post, the outer case now lacking push-button clasp, both with marks for London 1809 maker WM, the pillar plate 44mm (1.75ins approx.) diameter, the outer case 57mm (2.25ins) diameter overall. John Craig is recorded in Baillie, G.H. Watchmakers & Clockmakers of the World as working in Newcastle-on-Tyne 1780-1820. Clement Wilson is probably the name of the original owner.
Lot 129
A Spode violeteer or pot pourri vase and cover c.1815, of U-shaped form with heart-shaped handles, richly decorated in pattern 1166 with bright flower sprays reserved on a blue and gilt scale ground, iron red factory mark and pattern number, a faint crack to the cover, a little gilt wear, 6.5cm high. (2)
Lot 142
A good and large New Hall punchbowl c.1790, decorated in the Mandarin palette with pattern 425 also known as the Boy at the Window pattern, the exterior with the protagonist gazing out at three other Chinese figures in a garden, repeated three times with alternating pink scale panels, the interior with a boy with a butterfly and two Chinese ladies within an elaborate border of flowers, cell diaper, birds, butterflies and scroll motifs, painted pattern number to the base, 25cm dia.
Lot 281
A fine Worcester gu-beaker vase c.1770, the flared and lightly knopped form painted with two panels of brightly-coloured fancy birds beneath leafy trees, within gilt cartouches reserved on a blue scale ground, the exterior rim with two further small panels of moths, blue square seal mark, 15.5cm.
Lot 383
A good Worcester blue and white mug c.1760, the compact cylindrical form well painted with the Dragon pattern, the sinuous scaly beast chasing a flaming pearl of wisdom among cloud scrolls, his tail curling over the rim of the mug to the interior, open crescent mark, 8.8cm high. The treatment of this popular pattern varies widely with some pieces finely executed with each scale individually painted, and others outlined over a paler wash.
Lot 699
Phyllis Beamish (Manchester, b. 1952) - 'Beneath the Surface' No. 3 of 10, large scale acrylic on board, signed and dated (20)05, inscribed by artist verso, approx. 90x120cm, framed. NB: Phyllis Beamish is an interesting and talented Manchester artist, currently working on this and other new series of works and has a vibrant and eclectic stock of work for sale. Phyllis also had solo exhibitions at The Bury Metropolitan and Emily Pankhurst Centre.
Lot 700
Phyllis Beamish (Manchester, b. 1952) - 'Beneath the Surface' No. 4 of 10, large scale acrylic on board, signed and dated (20)05, inscribed by artist verso, approx. 90x120cm, framed. (illustrated) NB: Phyllis Beamish is an interesting and talented Manchester artist, currently working on this and other new series of works and has a vibrant and eclectic stock of work for sale. Phyllis also had solo exhibitions at The Bury Metropolitan and Emily Pankhurst Centre.
Lot 200
A pair of George II style silver four light candelabra, Asprey & Co., London 1974, after a design by Paul de Lamerie, the four scrolled arms with leafy cappings, flared stem with overlapping scale and shells, square bases with incurved corners, 184oz in total, 35cm. Footnote: Derived from a design by Paul de Lamerie circa 1731.
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