A fine and unusual silvered and engraved gilt brass calendar carriage clock with visible escapement to dialJapy Freres, Paris, circa 1860The eight-day two train bell striking movement with vertical lever escapement planted with the recessed centre of the dial regulated by sprung bimetallic balance pivoted beneath a yoke-shaped bridge, the bachplate with regulation square and a pair of push-buttons for calendar adjustment over stamped oval trademark JAPY FRERES ET CIE, EXPOSITION, 1855 GRANDE,MED., D'HONNEUR to centre and serial number 100 to lower margin, the dial with escapement to the recessed silvered panel-backed centre within slender white Roman numeral enamel chapter ring and with blued steel moon hands set within a rectangular gilt brass mask finely engraved with extensive foliate scrolls onto a matted ground, the silvered brass corniche type bevel-glazed case with hinged carrying handle over oval top glass enclosing twin enamel subsidiary calendar dials for day-of-the-week and date-of-the-month within conforming gilt foliate scroll engraved infill, with cavetto cornice and caddy moulded angles over conforming skirt base, 14.5cm (5.75ins) high. Provenance: The beneficiary of the Estate of a private collector, East Midlands. The firm of Japy Freres et Cie was founded by Frederick Japy in 1774 who set-up a modest workshop in Montbeliard as a watch and machine tool maker. Japy expanded his business rapidly and by 1804, the year he was awarded the Legion d Honneur by Napoleon (in recognition for his Brevets in horological machinery), he employed 300 people at his manufactory in Beaucourt. From 1806, he took five of his sons into partnership and the firm expanded adding buildings at Badevel and La Feschotte amongst others to become one of the largest makers of clocks in Europe. The business continued into the Twentieth century but during the inter-war period went into decline and is thought to have finally wound-up in around 1840. A detailed history of Japy Freres et Cie is provided in Allix, Charles and Bonnert, Peter CARRIAGE CLOCKS, Their history and development chapter VI pages 133-48. The visible vertically-planted escapement positioned to the centre of the dial of the current lot is an unusual configuration no doubt devised to allow the space above the movement to be utilised for calendar work. The design and positioning of the escapement appears to be very scarce and unique to Japy Freres, and can be directly compared to another clock (this time mounted with equinoctial sundial to the top) by them illustrated in Roberts, Derek CARRIAGE and other Travelling CLOCKS pages 235 (Fig 14.4). From the description this other example bears the same oval trademark as the current lot and is numbered 203 which suggests that this type of escapement was only used on a few examples for a relatively short period of time around 1860. Condition Report: The movement appears complete and original with no obvious evidence of alterations, significant repairs or replacements. The escapement will currently not beat and on close examination the balance wheel appears a little misaligned hence there is probably a fault with the balance staff or pivot. The strike train is operational however the hour hand catches against the escapement assembly hence is likely to become out of sync, the bellstand has been repaired and the bell itself is loose. The day-of-t he week function advances correctly however the date-of-the-month presently does not. Movement therefore requires attention although generally it appears to have survived in original condition. The enamel chapter ring as hairline cracks near the I and II numerals and both hands have been repaired otherwise dial is in good condition with fine quality engraving to the mask. Case is generally in fine condition with no visible chips to the corner glasses except for a very slight chip to the upper right corner of the rear glass and only slight edge wear to the plated finish. There is some light historic scuffing/scratching around the rear door knob probably from attempts to lever open with a key or something similar.Clock does not have a winding key. Condition Report Disclaimer
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* Model gardens. A large quantity of Britains Miniature Gardening, Britains Ltd, 1930s, approximately 200 painted lead pieces, comprising stone walls, crazy paving squares, fence panels, rustic trelliswork, pair of bushes and gate, crazy paving squares, soil pieces of various shapes (some grass-edged), numerous assorted flowers, and a sundial, some rubbing to paintwork, various sizes (Qty: a carton)NOTESProvenance: From the antiques & militaria collection of Jack Webb (1923-2019).Britains Ltd launched their painted lead 'Miniature Gardening' series in 1930, as a follow-up to the 1923 Britains Model Home Farm. It disappeared from the Britains catalogue by 1940, and was subsequently reproduced as a plastic version in the 1960s. The marketing strategy employed by Britains was two-fold, targeting both the adult horticulturist and the child: "In introducing their latest series to the public, Britains Limited feel that they are fulfilling a long-felt want, that of enabling the gardener, amateur or professional, to plan out his garden in thoroughly practical manner ... On the other hand, regarded purely as a toy, Britains Miniature Gardening has no equal ... Designs which may be made up from the various pieces are almost without limit and it is no exaggeration to say that whatever can be carried out in a full-size garden, can also be previously prepared in Britains Miniature gardening, and simplicity being the keynote of the whole, there are no difficult parts to fit together, no messy glue, nothing that even the smallest child cannot carry out and thoroughly enjoy."
An 18th century brass Butterfield pocket sundial compass. With folding gnomon ornamented with a pair of birds and inscribed to the front and rear. Signed Butterfield, a Paris, 7.75cm. Very good condition. The gnomon springs into place. Glass intact and the needle is operational. Feet still present. No scratches or wear not expected.
Britains Miniature Gardening Low Stone Walls eleven pieces, sixteen stone pillars, twenty-six flower beds, four square tubs, eight vases, ten various balustrade pieces, twenty-one water fowl, three dogs, , five cats, two benches, dovecote, beehive, two rambler roses, rustic arch, nest, bridge, sundial, three 58F New Model Trees with one original box (one tree damaged, small tree, Man with Mower, Man with Roller, one hundred and eighty paving pieces, twenty-six conifers, two hundred and thirty border plants, sixty small flowers, and set of six plans (Condition Very Good-Good, a few damaged or by other makers) (621 approx.)
Freemasonry - a rare creamware cylinder mug, probably Liverpool, transfer-printed in black with vignettes of Masons and Masonic devices flanked by columns and architectural devices, centred by armorial bearings, with scrolling Chippendale frames enclosing a banner inscribed with the motto of the Grand Lodge of England: Amor Honor et Justitia, and centred by a crest, the whole tableau surmounted by a gentleman in a garden seated by a sundial, the sky with lunar and solar bodies, black line rim, handle terminating in incised feather scrolls, 15cm high, c.1770
dating: 18th Century provenance: Europe, Wooden, parallelepiped body. Hollow compass quadrant, decorated in printed paper, with needle and glass, functioning. Internal surfaces both in printed and colored paper, with Arabic and Roman numbers. The sundial in woven thread. Back of the cover in printed and colored paper as well, with legend showing various European cities and their latitude. dimensions closed 5,5 x 8,7 x 1,8 cm.
dating: 18th Century provenance: Europe, Wooden, parallelepiped body. Hollow compass quadrant, decorated in printed paper, with needle and glass (some rotation problem). Internal surfaces both in printed and colored paper, with Arabic numbers on the body and Roman inside the cover. The sundial in woven thread. Back of the cover in printed and colored paper as well, with legend showing various European cities and their latitude. dimensions closed 4,5 x 7,3 x 1,8 cm.
A group of ten Royal Doulton ceramic Bunnykins figures to include Tourist DB190, Judge DB188, Sands of Time DB229 (Bunnykins Of The Year 2001), Sailor DB166 (Bunnykins Of The Year 1987), Sightseer DB215, Seaside DB177, Sundial DB217, Morris Dancer DB204, Santa DB17 and Halloween DB132. All boxed.
A group of twelve Royal Doulton Bunnykins ceramic figurines to include Rainy Day DB 147, Lawyer Bunnykins DB 214 (signed), Happy Birthday DB 21, Tailor DB 166, Sweetheart DB 130, Fortune Teller DB 218 (Signed), Billie & Buntie "Sleigh Ride" DB 4, Sundial DB 213 (Signed), Aussie Surfer DB 133, Halloween DB 132, Sightseer DB 215 (Signed) and Santa "Happy Christmas" DB 17. All boxed.
A collection of twelve Royal Doulton Bunnykins rabbit figurines to include Fortune Teller Bunnykins DB 218 (signed), Sundial Bunnykins DB 213 (signed), Judge Bunnykins DB 188 (signed), Magician Bunnykins DB 126, Be Prepared Bunnkins DB 56, Norse Bunnykins (signed), Sightseer Bunnykins DB 215 (signed), Buisnessman Bunnkins DB 203 (no. 4487), rigmaster Bunnykins DB 165, Boy Skater Bunnykins DB 152, Juggler Bunnykins DB 164 and Mother Bunnykins DB 189.
§ IAN HAMILTON FINLAY (SCOTTISH 1925-2006) PROPOSAL FOR A SUNDIAL TO BE PLACED ON MARAT'S HOUSE INLithograph, with Eric Marland (Dimensions: 60cm x 42cm (23.5in x 16.5in), sheet size)Provenance: Ingleby Gallery , Edinburgh Biography: Ian Hamilton Finlay was a Scottish artist and writer. Trained at Glasgow School of Art, following the war, he spent a period working as a shepherd and started to write poems. With time, he began to compose poetry and inscribe them into stone; the resulting sculptures are often incorporated into the natural environment. Many of them are situated within Little Sparta, his master-work, a five-acre garden he developed with his wife, near the Pentland Hills outside of Edinburgh. Gardening and art happily cohabit here, and the expanse of land is full of his sculptural work. In 2004, Little Sparta was voted most important Scottish work of art, by a panel of artists and arts professionals, ahead of Charles Rennie Mackintosh’s Glasgow School of Art and Henry Raeburn’s The Skating Minister. Finlay was prolific, endlessly creative and collaborative. Printmaking was a large part of his artistic practice, often made in collaboration with other artists, writers and technicians and involving both text and visual elements. Finlay was nominated for the Turner Prize in 1985.
Boer War Patriotic Flags, screenprinted,"For Queen & Empire" size 70cm x 53cm, "Col Baden Powell" size 63cm x 52cm, Manual of Seamanship Vol II 1932, Notes on the German Army Tactical Handling of the Armoured Division 1942, Photo of NFS Fire Brigade, The Buffs Greetings card, Pocket Sundial, tin opener, flashlight, etc.
19th century magnetic pocket sundial having printed card dial with Roman numerals and a central brass gnomon, the interior of the screw down lid pasted with paper gores showing the equation of time and instruction 'Fast means that the clock should be faster than the dial, slow slower', unsigned, overall 4.5 cm diameter. .
A Library of Sundial Books & Journals, including Sundials, Hester Higson; Sundials of the British Isles and A dial in your Poke, Mike Cowham; Sundials Construction and Use, Mayall & Mayall; Sundials Their Theory and Construction A E.Waugh; Sundials C St J H Daniel; The Book of Sundials, Gatty; 39 British Sundial Society Bulletins 1996-2015
AN EARLY VICTORIAN BRONZE HORIZONTAL SUNDIAL AND SANDSTONE PEDESTAL, DATED 1837 the square capital with latin inscription and date, on chamfered pedestal, the initials EC and DT in high relief, on stepped base and separate plinth, 120cm h overall Good condition with a few minor chips. Dial engraving obscured by natural verdigris patina over many years of exposure
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