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Lot 131
Jan Hendrik Eversen (Dutch, 1906-1995)Still life with wine, cheese and bread signed and dated 'J.H.Eversen.58' (lower right)oil on canvas41 x 51.8cm (16 1/8 x 20 3/8in).This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ARAR Goods subject to Artists Resale Right Additional Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 132
Jan Hendrik Eversen (Dutch, 1906-1995)Still life with books, tankard and a candlesigned and dated 'J.H.Eversen/1965' (lower right) oil on canvas 50.8 x 71.1cm (20 x 28in).Footnotes:ProvenanceWith Burlington Paintings, London.Private collection, UK.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ARAR Goods subject to Artists Resale Right Additional Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 133
Jan Hendrik Eversen (Dutch, 1906-1995)Still life with oysters, lemon and a champagne flute signed and dated 'J.H.Eversen./1963' (lower right)oil on canvas61.2 x 51.4cm (24 1/8 x 20 1/4in).This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ARAR Goods subject to Artists Resale Right Additional Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 140
Harold Clayton (British, 1896-1979)Still life with summer flowerssigned 'Harold Clayton' (lower left) oil on canvas 66 x 56.5cm (26 x 22 1/4in).This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ARAR Goods subject to Artists Resale Right Additional Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 142
Gerald A. Cooper (British, 1899-1975)Still life of white lilies and peoniessigned 'Gerald Cooper' (lower right) oil on canvas 76.5 x 63.2cm (30 1/8 x 24 7/8in).Footnotes:ProvenanceWith E. Stacy-Marks Ltd., Eastbourne, stock no. C1214.Private collection, UK.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ARAR Goods subject to Artists Resale Right Additional Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 264
M * InnocentStill life - a blue earthenware vase of Japanese anemones, signed and dated 1920, watercolour, 63 x 44cm; and two further still lifes to include: * Field - Foliate branches, signed, oil on canvas, 60 x 50cm; and Miss J.P. Weedon - 'Pot Plants', signed, watercolour, 54 x 32cm (3)All appear in good condition overall.
Lot 124
Edwin John Alexander (1870-1926)Still life of white crocuses in a pewter bowlSigned with initials EA (lower left)Watercolour, heightened with white bodycolour and red chalk31.6 x 16.7cm; 12½ x 6½inProvenance:Christie's, London, British and Continental Watercolours and Drawings, 3 February 2000, lot 160;Sotheby's, Gleneagles, Fine Scottish and Sporting Pictures and Sculpture, 30 August 2000, lot 1153;Private Collection, London
Lot 127
William B. Hough (1819-1897)Still life with an apple, grapes and rose hips on a mossy bank; Still life with apples and grapes on a mossy bank; Still life with cherry blossoms and a bird's nest on a mossy bankThree, each signed W. Hough (lower left)Each watercolour heightened with bodycolourLargest 15 x 18.5cm; 6 x 7¼in (framed as an oval); Smallest 14 x 18.1cm; 5½ x 7¼inTogether with after William Henry Hunt; Still life with apples, grapes and strawberries on a mossy bank; Chromolithograph highlighted with gum arabic; 18.2 x 28.8cm; 7¼ x 11¼in (4)
Lot 324
Ricardo Martí Aguiló (Spanish 1868-1936)Still life with flowers, a pitcher and bowl on a tabletopSigned Ricardo Marti (lower right)Oil on canvas64.3 x 49.5cm; 25¼ x 19½inProvenance:Sotheby's, London, Nineteenth Century European Paintings, Drawings and Watercolours, 17 March 1993, lot 42;Christie's, London, 19th Century European Art, 5 April 2001, lot 42;Private Collection, London
Lot 253
AR * Stokes (Adrian, 1902-1972). Still Life with Bottles and Glass, 1959, oil on canvas, signed with painted initials to edge of canvas verso, and dated '59, horizontal tear to the canvas towards upper left, generally without loss, approximately 6.5 cm in length, 63.5 x 76 cm (25 x 30 ins), wood frameQTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: Collection of Sir Lawrence Gowing (1918-1991).
Lot 258
AR * Stokes (Adrian, 1902-1972). Still Life with Bottles, 1965, oil on canvas (with manufacturers stamp to verso: Herga prepared by Windsor & Newton Ltd.), signed with initials to verso to edge of canvas verso, and dated '65, painted initials ADS to edge of canvas, Marlborough Fine Art label to verso bearing the stock number XLOL 3977, and title Still-life (16), 59.5 x 72.5 cm (23 1/4 x 28 1/2 ins), wood frameQTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: Collection of Sir Lawrence Gowing (1918-1991).
Lot 74
* Dutch School. Vanitas still life, with globe, books, musical instrument, hourglass, skull, playing cards, and candle stick on a partly draped table, early to mid 19th-century, oil on wood panel, some surface marks and light discolouration due to age, 27 x 34 cm (10 1/2 x 13 3/8 ins), unframedQTY: (1)
Lot 174
* Welch (Denton, 1915-1948). Self Portrait, 1934-36, coloured chalk on paper with embossed blindstamp to upper right corner Dixon's David Cox Drawing, sheet size 34.2 x 27.5 cm (13 1/2 x 10 6/8 ins), together with a small archive of related ephemera including I Left My Grandfather's House, an account of his first walking tour by Denton Welch, published by Lion and Unicorn Press, 1958, a seven page typed manuscript story by Denton Welch entitled Discoveries, plus a cartoon sketch by Welch of a man with a bandage around his head lying in bed eating gruel saying 'I don't think I am sick which proves that I am not "phase of belief"', What Would Eddy Do? in red to the left margin, and seven related photographs: four of Denton Welch and three of Evelyn SinclairQTY: (1 folder)NOTE:Methuen-Campbell 107.Provenance: Evelyn Sinclair, thence by descent.Denton Welch was born in 1917 in Shanghai and educated at Repton School, from which he ran away aged 16. He became a student at Goldsmiths’ School of Art, and whilst still at art school in 1935 he was hit by a car when out cycling. The accident left him in permanent pain which was to dog him throughout his short life and ultimately lead to his early demise in 1948 at the age of 33. Unable to return to his studies after the accident, Welch lived an invalid’s life in the Kent countryside with his devoted housekeeper, Evelyn (Evie) Sinclair, who remained with Welch at his different residences until May 1946, two months after Welch and his partner Eric Oliver moved to Middle Orchard, at Crouch near Borough Green, Kent. However, Sinclair returned to Middle Orchard in July 1948 to assist Welch until his death. During all this time he continued to paint and write, building up a large body of work. His paintings were exhibited during his lifetime in London as well as posthumously in 1954 by Leicester Galleries, and in November 1984 by Abbott and Holder.
Lot 18
* English School. Flowers in a stone vase, 18th century, reverse still life painting on glass, depicting a profusion of flowers in an urn, including tulips, lilies, Japanese quince, honeysuckle, roses, columbines, narcissi, and anemones, with a red admiral butterfly in the foreground, and a stone urn with carved relief, 40.5 x 29 cm (16 x 11 3/8 ins), period carved walnut frame (56.7 x 42 cm)QTY: (1)
Lot 162
A WILLIAM IV ORMOLU MOUNTED EBONISED MANTEL CLOCK IN THE LOUIS XV TASTEBARWISE, LONDON, CIRCA 1830The five-pillar twin chain fusee bell-striking movement with keyhole-shaped plates and anchor escapement regulated by lenticular bob pendulum, the backplate with pendulum holdfast and signed Barwise, LONDON to centre, the 5 inch circular gilt brass Roman numeral dial with fine foliate scroll engraved centre and signed BARWISE, LONDON over number 670 to the chapter ring beneath SILENT/STRIKE selection switch to upper margin, with blued steel cruciform hands set behind hinged leaf-cast reeded gilt brass bevel-glazed bezel, the waisted case with surmount of a putto seated on scallop shell applied to the ogee-shaped upstand, over front applied with rococo scroll cast crest and shoulder mounts over floral spray decorated leafy cartouche to apron, the rear with keyhole-shaped door inset with foliate scroll-pierced sound fret flanked by conforming mounts to shoulders, on rococo scroll cast feet decorated with floral buds to knees.47cm (18.5ins) high, 24cm (9.5ins) wide, 16.5cm (6.5ins) deep. The life of John Barwise and his family are outlined by A.D. Stewart in his article Barwise & Sons: Watchmakers to the King. A brief history of family and firm published in the March 2014 issue of ANTIQUARIAN HOROLOGY (Vol IIIV No. 1 pages 621-34). Stewart notes that John Barwise was born into a clockmaking family in Cockermouth, Cumberland in around 1756. By 1780 he had moved to London where he opened a watch retailing business. Ten years later he married Elizabeth Weston with his address being recorded as 29 St. Martin's Lane where he remained until his death in 1820. Of their eleven children two (possibly three) died in infancy and two, John II (born 1795) and Weston (born 1793), subsequently joined their father in the family business. In 1800, such was his success, John Barwise I purchased a second house in Dulwich.In 1805 John Barwise I was one of the fifteen watchmakers appointed by The Board of Longitude to adjudicate in the dispute between John Arnold and Thomas Earnshaw regarding 'the respective merits of their chronometers'. On the 14th February 1811 Barwise was the victim of five highwayman who relieved him of a 'gold watch, greatcoat, and a guinea-and-a-half in cash' whilst en-route from Camberwell to Dulwich. This unfortunate occurrence may well have tempered Barwise's enthusiasm for his house in Dulwich as records indicate it was rented out to tenants by 1813. In around 1816 his sons, John II (who had just turned 21) and Weston, joined him in partnership with the business then becoming 'Barwise & Sons'. Shortly afterwards (probably in 1820) the firm obtained the Royal Warrant as watchmakers to King George IV.John Barwise senior died in 1820; by this time he was a wealthy man leaving two properties and substantial investments to his widow and children. The business was continued by Weston and John II in partnership, however this only lasted six years as Weston died in 1826 leaving the business in the hands of John II alone. It was at this time that John II married and moved from the family home at St. Martin's Lane to nearby 42 Craven Street; and then in 1840 to a spacious residence called East Lodge, near Acton which at that time was in open countryside. At around the same time John Barwise II entered into an alliance with the highly inventive Scottish Clockmaker Alexander Bain who was in the process of developing the first electric timepiece. Barwise and Bain subsequently filed a patent (No. 8743) for an 'Electro-Magnetic Clock' which was granted in January 1841; an example of which was then subsequently exhibited at the Royal Polytechnic Institution shortly afterwards.In 1842 John Barwise II was approached by Pierre Frederic Ingold (1787-1878) to assist in the creation of a watch factory which, by employing newly invented machinery, would be able to mass produce high quality watches at a much smaller cost than the prevalent hand-built movements available at the time. Barwise, along with Thomas Earnshaw junior, subsequently became managing directors of the newly established 'British Watch and Clockmaking Company'. The factory was established at 75 Dean Street but only lasted two years before closing due to financial difficulties mostly brought-about by poor reputation fuelled by pressure from rival watch component makers to whose livelihoods the factory posed a great risk. It would appear that John Barwise II had invested most of his personal wealth in the venture as he was declared bankrupt in 1846. With this he lost his house, East Lodge near Acton, but still managed to keep the business afloat - perhaps mainly due to the generosity of his father-in-law, Charles Baumer, who provided the family with a house at 7 Queen's Row, Camberwell rent free presumably until Barwise was back on his feet.In 1853 another former business Barwise partner the Calcutta retail Jeweller Robert John Lattey returned to London and became founder and auditor of the 'London & Eastern Banking Corporation'. With the resources of the Bank behind him Lattey (trading as Lattey and Company) took-on Barwise's debt and became owner of the business. It was at this point that John Barwise II stepped back from the firm with the overall management passing to the to the Swiss watchmaker, Jules Rochat who had joined the business in 1847. Unfortunately the situation did not improve under Rochat's tenureship as it subsequently transpired that the funds used to purchase the business were illicitly acquired, and in 1857 the London & Eastern Banking Corporation collapsed.After the 1857 liquidation of Lattey and Company the firm was acquired by the jeweller and Goldsmith Douglas Guillaume Cave and continued, again under Jules Rochat's management, until 1869 when bankruptcy again forced the company to change hands. The firm was subsequently continued under the Barwise name in the hands of several different owners up until 1988 with their last known address being 153 Fenchurch Street. Of John Barwise II, he is recorded in the 1861 census as being a 'chronometer maker out of business' and presumably still resided at 7 Queen's Row, Camberwell until his death in 1869.
Lot 167
A FINE GEORGE III INLAID SATINWOOD QUARTER-CHIMING EIGHT-DAY LONGCASE CLOCK IN THE SHERATON MANNERJAMES WILSON, LONDON, CIRCA 1800The five pillar rack and bell striking movement with anchor escapement regulated by seconds pendulum and chiming the quarters on a graduated nest of eight bells, the 12 inch circular single-sheet silvered brass Roman numeral dial with subsidiary seconds dial, calendar aperture and signed James Wilson, London to centre, with pierced steel hands, Arabic five minutes to outer track and N/S strike selection lever at three o'clock, the case modelled on a design by Thomas Sheraton with gadrooned-carved ebonised cushion-shaped pad to the concave-sided pediment incorporating a basket-of-flowers decorated oval marquetry cartouche to fascia, over satinwood panel frieze and square hood door with brass bezel-edged circular glazed dial aperture bordered by oak-leaf inlaid quadrant panels within chevron edged crossbanded surround, flanked by slender reeded inverted baluster carved ebonised free-standing columns with leafy caps and bases continuing up past the frieze to support giltwood stylised pineapple finials, the sides with scroll-pierced rectangular sound frets and conforming ebonised half columns applied against bargeboards to the rear, the trunk with concave moulding over satinwood panel to throat and slender break-arch door veneered in satinwood centred with inlaid concentric circles within complex ebonised edge mouldings and flanked by inset ebonised slender baluster columns matching those of the hood to front angles, the plinth base with cavetto top mouldings over banded frieze and fascia centred with a shaped satinwood panel incorporating oval cartouche inlaid with floral still life, flanked by projecting reeded pilasters terminating with squat tapered feet with conforming banded frieze to lower edge of the panel between.227cm (89.5ins) high, 48cm (19ins) wide, 25.5cm (10ins) deep. James Wilson is recorded in Baillie, G.H. Watchmakers & Clockmakers of the World as gaining his freedom of the Clockmaker's Company in 1781 and working in Westminster, London until 1824.The case of the present clock is particularly interesting in that it clearly follows a design by Thomas Sheraton published in his 1802 publication the Cabinet-Maker and Upholsterer's Drawing Book'.Condition Report: Movement is complete with no visible evidence of alteration or noticeable replacements. Although it will run, strike and chime (once set-up) the mechanism is somewhat dusty/discoloured hence a gentle clean/overhaul is advised prior to putting into service. The dial has some slight spotting/discolouration to the silvering and light scratching around the winding holes otherwise is in good condition with minimal wear and rubbing to the engraving. The hands appear undamaged.The movement retains its original seatboard which rests on undisturbed cheek uprights hence movement and dial are original to the case. The case generally is in sound condition with faults mainly limited to minor bumps, scuffs, light shrinkage and other age-related blemishes. The superstructure has a centre hole indicating that a third finial was fitted at some point (no longer present). The front upper corner of the plinth is missing small length of ebonised moulding to the top of the projection strip pilaster. The plinth front panel has a horizontal shrinkage crack across the centre and the right hand hood fret has a small loss.Clock has pendulum (suspension spring lacking) three weights, a case key and a crank winder. Condition Report Disclaimer
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 161
A REGENCY INLAID MAHOGANY BRACKET CLOCKBARWISE, LONDON, CIRCA 1825The five pillar twin fusee bell-striking movement with anchor escapement regulated by half-seconds lenticular bob pendulum and shouldered backplate signed Barwise, LONDON to centre, the 7 inch circular silvered brass Roman numeral dial with repeat signature Barwise, LONDON to centre and spade hands set behind hinged convex glazed cast brass reeded bezel, the arched case with hinged brass carrying handle over foliate motif centred shaped line decorated panel beneath dial, the sides with rectangular brass fish scale sound frets, the rear with arch glazed door, on ogee moulded skirt base fitted with brass ball feet.39.5cm (15.5ins) high with handle down, 24cm (9.5ins) wide, 16.5cm (6.5ins) deep.The life of John Barwise and his family are outlined by A.D. Stewart in his article Barwise & Sons: Watchmakers to the King. A brief history of family and firm published in the March 2014 issue of ANTIQUARIAN HOROLOGY (Vol IIIV No. 1 pages 621-34). Stewart notes that John Barwise was born into a clockmaking family in Cockermouth, Cumberland in around 1756. By 1780 he had moved to London where he opened a watch retailing business. Ten years later he married Elizabeth Weston with his address being recorded as 29 St. Martin's Lane where he remained until his death in 1820. Of their eleven children two (possibly three) died in infancy and two, John II (born 1795) and Weston (born 1793), subsequently joined their father in the family business. In 1800, such was his success, John Barwise I purchased a second house in Dulwich.In 1805 John Barwise I was one of the fifteen watchmakers appointed by The Board of Longitude to adjudicate in the dispute between John Arnold and Thomas Earnshaw regarding 'the respective merits of their chronometers'. On the 14th February 1811 Barwise was the victim of five highwayman who relieved him of a 'gold watch, greatcoat, and a guinea-and-a-half in cash' whilst en-route from Camberwell to Dulwich. This unfortunate occurrence may well have tempered Barwise's enthusiasm for his house in Dulwich as records indicate it was rented out to tenants by 1813. In around 1816 his sons, John II (who had just turned 21) and Weston, joined him in partnership with the business then becoming 'Barwise & Sons'. Shortly afterwards (probably in 1820) the firm obtained the Royal Warrant as watchmakers to King George IV.John Barwise senior died in 1820; by this time he was a wealthy man leaving two properties and substantial investments to his widow and children. The business was continued by Weston and John II in partnership, however this only lasted six years as Weston died in 1826 leaving the business in the hands of John II alone. It was at this time that John II married and moved from the family home at St. Martin's Lane to nearby 42 Craven Street; and then in 1840 to a spacious residence called East Lodge, near Acton which at that time was in open countryside. At around the same time John Barwise II entered into an alliance with the highly inventive Scottish Clockmaker Alexander Bain who was in the process of developing the first electric timepiece. Barwise and Bain subsequently filed a patent (No. 8743) for an 'Electro-Magnetic Clock' which was granted in January 1841; an example of which was then subsequently exhibited at the Royal Polytechnic Institution shortly afterwards.In 1842 John Barwise II was approached by Pierre Frederic Ingold (1787-1878) to assist in the creation of a watch factory which, by employing newly invented machinery, would be able to mass produce high quality watches at a much smaller cost than the prevalent hand-built movements available at the time. Barwise, along with Thomas Earnshaw junior, subsequently became managing directors of the newly established 'British Watch and Clockmaking Company'. The factory was established at 75 Dean Street but only lasted two years before closing due to financial difficulties mostly brought-about by poor reputation fuelled by pressure from rival watch component makers to whose livelihoods the factory posed a great risk. It would appear that John Barwise II had invested most of his personal wealth in the venture as he was declared bankrupt in 1846. With this he lost his house, East Lodge near Acton, but still managed to keep the business afloat - perhaps mainly due to the generosity of his father-in-law, Charles Baumer, who provided the family with a house at 7 Queen's Row, Camberwell rent free presumably until Barwise was back on his feet.In 1853 another former business Barwise partner the Calcutta retail Jeweller Robert John Lattey returned to London and became founder and auditor of the 'London & Eastern Banking Corporation'. With the resources of the Bank behind him Lattey (trading as Lattey and Company) took-on Barwise's debt and became owner of the business. It was at this point that John Barwise II stepped back from the firm with the overall management passing to the to the Swiss watchmaker, Jules Rochat who had joined the business in 1847. Unfortunately the situation did not improve under Rochat's tenureship as it subsequently transpired that the funds used to purchase the business were illicitly acquired, and in 1857 the London & Eastern Banking Corporation collapsed. After the 1857 liquidation of Lattey and Company the firm was acquired by the jeweller and Goldsmith Douglas Guillaume Cave and continued, again under Jules Rochat's management, until 1869 when bankruptcy again forced the company to change hands. The firm was subsequently continued under the Barwise name in the hands of several different owners up until 1988 with their last known address being 153 Fenchurch Street. Of John Barwise II, he is recorded in the 1861 census as being a 'chronometer maker out of business' and presumably still resided at 7 Queen's Row, Camberwell until his death in 1869.Condition Report: The movement appears to be in good original condition with no visible alterations or noticeable replacements. The pendulum holdfast bracket is no longer present. The dial has slight overall mellowing and a few small patches of discolouration to the silvering otherwise is in good overall condition. The case is in sound original condition with notable faults limited to a veneer patch repair around the bezel keyhole to the left-hand side, there is also a spare hole just above the fret to the left hand side -this is left-over from the bezel clasp being re-positioned. The arched top veneer has only two small light shrinkage cracks and there is some slight movement in the panel beneath the dial (but no cracks or losses to the inlay). The brass fittings are somewhat tarnished/discoloured. Faults to the case are otherwise limited to minor bumps, bruises and other age related blemishes.Clock does not have a winder or a case key. Condition Report Disclaimer
Lot 140
Jonas Wood, American b.1977- Large Shelf Still Life, 2017; offset lithographic poster in colours on smooth wove, from the edition of an unknown size, published for the Shio Kusaka Jonas Wood exhibition at Voorlinden Museum & Gardens, Wassenaar, sheet: 58.5 x 58.5 cm, (unframed) Note: this work is accompanied by the a signed copy of the book 'Jonas Wood: Mark Grotjahn, Helen Molesworth, Ian Alteveer', published by Phaidon Press Limited, 2019.
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