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A good collection of woodenwares, to include large candlesticks, cigarette dispenser, table lamps, double sided clock/barometer and squirrel pin dish.

A GROUP OF TREEN AND WICKER ITEMS, comprising a Singer sewing machine, a large wooden serving tray monogrammed E.J.M 1903 in the centre, two wooden table lamps, a wooden pull-a-long horse and cart, two walking sticks with antler handles, a wicker picnic hamper, Stormo Guide wall barometer in the form of a horseshoe, a Smiths mantel clock, Metamec mantel clock and a walnut veneer mantel clock, etc. (s.d/a.f) (Qty)

A GROUP OF LIGHTING AND CLOCKS, comprising two large ginger jar style lamps decorated with pink Oriental style blossom, three other table lamps, a Kundo brass effect mantel clock, a bronzed spelter figure of a knight on horseback (badly damaged), a small 'Jerger' alarm clock and a crystal chandelier (9 + shade) (Condition Report: lamps untested, the Kundo clock does not appear to work)

Tischuhr, Weihwasserbecken und Putto, Frankreich, Paris, um 1780 (Uhr)/Ende 19. Jhdt. Portaluhr aus Alabaster mit vergoldeter Bronzemontierung, auf vier Füßen, Girlanden und Perlbandzier, Pendel in Form eines Cherubs mit Strahlenkranz, Emailleziffernblatt mit römischen Zahlen bezeichnet "Mathieu Le Jeune". Messingzeiger, Halbmond als Bekrönung, Pendel und Schlüssel vorhanden, Funktionsfähigkeit nicht überprüft, Ziffernblatt beschädigt, Maße 47 x 33 x 15 cm. Dazu ein Weihwasserbecken, Messing mit bunt emaillierten Blüten auf blauem Fond, Becken aus Fayence mit Messingmontierung, auf einem Jadeit-Kreuz befestigt (Stein gebrochen), rückseitig Messingplatte mit Hängeöse, Maße 25 x 16,5 cm. Außerdem ein geschnitzter Engelskopf, farbig gefasst, Fassung mit Verlusten, Maße 9,5 x 10,5 cm. A gilt-bronze and alabaster table clock, an enamel and brass stoup and a putto, French, Paris, circa 1780 (clock)/late 19th century A gilt-bronze and alabaster table clock, an enamel and brass stoup and a putto, French, Paris, circa 1780 (clock)/late 19th century Portaluhr aus Alabaster mit vergoldeter Bronzemontierung, auf vier Füßen, Girlanden und Perlbandzier, Pendel in Form eines Cherubs mit Strahlenkranz, Emailleziffernblatt mit römischen Zahlen bezeichnet "Mathieu Le Jeune". Messingzeiger, Halbmond als Bekrönung, Pendel und Schlüssel vorhanden, Funktionsfähigkeit nicht überprüft, Ziffernblatt beschädigt, Maße 47 x 33 x 15 cm. Dazu ein Weihwasserbecken, Messing mit bunt emaillierten Blüten auf blauem Fond, Becken aus Fayence mit Messingmontierung, auf einem Jadeit-Kreuz befestigt (Stein gebrochen), rückseitig Messingplatte mit Hängeöse, Maße 25 x 16,5 cm. Außerdem ein geschnitzter Engelskopf, farbig gefasst, Fassung mit Verlusten, Maße 9,5 x 10,5 cm. Condition: II - III

Biedermeier Tischuhr und französische Spieluhr: Tischuhr auf vier Säulen, Fadenaufhängung, Werk nicht geprüft, Kratzspuren im Ziffernblatt, H. 26 cm; Spieluhr in Holzschatulle mit Intarsien, Walzenspielwerk mit Kamm, Handaufzug, Schlüssel fehlt, 12,8 x 8,5 x 5,5 cm, beide mit Altersspuren. / Biedermeier table clock and French musical clock: table clock on four pillars, thread suspension, movement not tested, scratch marks to dial, h. 26 cm; musical clock in wooden box with inlays, roller movement with comb, hand-wound, key missing, 12.8 x 8.5 x 5.5 cm, both with signs of age.

Drei Kaminuhren, Altersspuren (Werke nicht geprüft): Säulenuhr, um 1860, Holz mit Messingappliken, Zifferblatt mit römischen Zahlen, H 38 cm; Jugendstil / Art Deco Tischuhr, Holz mit Messingintarsien, Zifferblatt mit arabischen Zahlen, H 25 cm; kleine Messing Tischuhr (Uhr läuft an), H 20 cm. / Three mantel clocks, signs of age (movements not tested): Column clock, c. 1860, wood with brass appliqués, dial with Roman numerals, h 38 cm; Art Nouveau / Art Deco table clock, wood with brass inlays, dial with Arabic numerals, h 25 cm; small brass table clock (clock starts), h 20 cm.

A miniature L'Epee french oval four glass brass table clock with brass handle to top and white enamel dial and foman numerals on stepped base with key H x 8cm L x 6.5cm W x 6cm 

Early 20th century gilt metal metal turtle desk clock, the spherical clock with cellular Arabic dial, mounted on glass base, together with a cast iron tortoise table bell, 10cm high and smaller (2)

Heavy, Russian Art Deco table clock made of chrome. Electric. First half 20th century. Dimensions: 16 x 35.5 x 7 cm. In good condition.

19th century English lantern clock (table clock) made of brass. Eight-day snow clock. Francis Stamper London. Dimensions: 38 x 21 x 16 cm. In good condition.

Antique French table clock made of brass, with Amor. Circa 1890. Eight-day movement, half-hourly striking, spring pendulum. Dimensions: 29 cm. In good condition.

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

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

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

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

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

A FINE AND RARE EARLY 19TH CENTURY GILT AND PATINATED BRASS TABLE REGULATOR OF ONE MONTH DURATION WITH VISIBLE COUP PERDU ESCAPEMENT AND HEAVY GRIDIRON PENDULUMFerdinand Berthoud a Paris The 6.25 inch silvered Roman dial within an engine turned bezel and with recessed centre containing the visible coup perdu escapement of brass 'scape wheel and highly polished steelwork, with blued steel Breguet-style hands and counterbalanced centre seconds hand; set on a pair of twin patinated tapering columns with gilt capitals and bases on a stepped rectangular plinth.The movement with slightly shouldered arched plates united by four turned and two shaped brass pillars, the large going barrel at the top of the plates, with heavy nine-rod steel and brass gridiron pendulum suspended from a heavy block mounted on the backplate with rise and fall adjustment and terminating in a 5-inch lenticular brass bob with further fine screw adjustment within the body of the bob. The backplate signed along the lower edge Ferdinand Berthoud a Paris 46cms (18.5ins) high.Footnotes:Ferdinand Berthoud (1727-1807) was one of the most important horologists of the 18th century. Born in Neuchâtel and trained as a watchmaker. He emigrated to France in 1745 working as a journeyman for the Paris trade. His talents led to being received as a master watchmaker by the Paris guild in 1753. He was a prolific author, writing notably on timepieces to measure Time at sea to determine longitude. He developed his own marine chronometers that met with great success. In 1773, Berthoud published his Traité des horloges marines contenant la théorie, la construction, la main-d'œuvre de ces machines et la manière de les éprouver, pour parvenir par leur moyen, à la rectification des cartes marines et à la détermination des longitudes en mer. This treatise was a first, detailing all the parts required for building a sea clock. It helped seal the reputation of Berthoud's work, in particular with respect to his competitors in longitude at sea research, such as John Harrison and Pierre Le Roy. His 1763 Essai sur l'horlogerie is still highly regarded. Near the end of his life, he wrote a monumental Histoire de la mesure du temps par les horloges.A coup perdu escapement converts a half-second beating pendulum to directly control an escape wheel at the rate of a one second pendulum, so only every other beat is registered by the escape wheel. In other words, there is a 'lost beat'. For a discussion of the clock and a diagram of the escapement, see:Derek Roberts. Continental and American Skeleton Clocks, pp 25-26, fig. 12a, bAnother example of this timepiece was sold in Bonhams New York 6 December 2018, lot 91 for $37,500.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

A good mid/late 19th century quarter chiming mahogany table clock of small sizeJohn Durden, 21 Fenchurch Street, London. the bell topped case with four ball finials and carrying handle over pierced and engraved brass silk-backed sound frets over a brass-banded base and ogee feet. The five inch shouldered brass dial with subsidiaries for Chime/Silent and Chime on eight bells/Cambridge Chimes over a narrow signed silvered Roman and Arabic dial with matted centre. The signed triple chain fusee movement with anchor escapement, rack striking on a gong and chiming the quarters on a run of eight bells and hammers. Ticking, striking and chiming, but in need of an overhaul, together with a large winding key numbered 1377. 40cms (15.75ins) high.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

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

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

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

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

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

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

A good mid 19th century brass-mounted rosewood architectural, quarter chiming table clock with alarmJ. Walker, Princes St., Leicester Square, Londonthe triangular pediment set with a lacquered brass dentil moulding to the front and sides supported on a pair of Doric pilasters with brass capitals and bases, on an inverted break-front base, the sides with silk backed sound frets. 5.5inch signed silvered Roman dial with outer minute track, good open heart-shaped hands and tapering alarm-setting hand. Substantial triple chain fusee movement with thick plates and knopped pillars, anchor escapement and rack striking the hours on a coiled gong and the quarters on a run of eight bells and hammers, with a larger single bell for the alarm. Will tick, strike and chime, the alarm operational. 53cms (21ins) highThis 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

A good late 18th century brass inlaid mahogany six-tune musical table clockDe la Salle, Cannon Street, LondonSurmounted by a tapering finial on a stepped brass-bound base framed by ball finials over canted front angles with oak-leaf decoration, silk-backed fish-scale sound frets and a moulded base on large ball feet. The arched silvered dial with twin subsidiary dials in the arch for date of the month and tune selection (comprising Money Musk; Jem of Aberdeen; Auld Robin Gray; The Lass of Patty's Mill; Mrs Stewart's Reel and New Highland Laddie), over Roman and Arabic chapters with matching hands framed by engraved sprigs of flowers. The substantial chain fusee movement with anchor escapement mounted on the backplate rack striking the hours on a bell and playing the desired tune on 12 hammers and bells every three hours at 12, 3, 6 and 9. Ticking, striking and playing music. 62cms (2ft) 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

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

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

A late 18th century mahogany table clock with enamel dialsBrockbanks, LondonThe raised bell top case with urn finials on reeded pedestals over a canted front angles set with male terms, side handles, good cast sound frets featuring cherubs heads against a red silk backing, on a moulded base and feathered scroll feet. The 6.75 inch arched brass dial engraved with foliate swags between neoclassical bosses framing the enamel Roman and Arabic dial, with strike/silent above. Twin gut fusee movement with pivoted verge escapement rack striking on a bell. Pendulum present, but suspension lacking, hence not currently running, although will tick over when wound, strike is operational. 60.5cms (2ft) 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

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

A good mid 19th century mahogany and ebonised table clockHenry Archard, 70 South Audley Street, LondonThe flat topped case with concave cresting and brass fish-scale sound frets over an ogee moulded base on block feet. The 7.75inch signed circular silvered Roman dial with outer minute track and matching blued steel fleur-de-lyse hands. The signed twin gut fusee movement with anchor escapement and rack strike on a coiled steel gong. Ticking and striking.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

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

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

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

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

A fine early 19th century brass-bound rosewood triple pad top table clock with enamel dialsVulliamy, London, No 1286. Circa 1836The case with brass-bound pads centred by a handle over silk-backed sound frets on a moulded base and ogee bracket feet, the four canted corners with brass facings and the front door with brass liner. The arched brass dial plate surmounted by twin subsidiary enamel dials for strike/silent and rise-and-fall regulation, each with a tapering blued steel hand and framed by foliate engraving, set over four pierced flower and foliage spandrels enclosing the 6.75inch signed Roman and Arabic enamel dial, with blued steel hands. The substantial triple chain fusee movement with plates 6mm in thickness united by five tapering pillars, striking the hours on a single bell and chiming the quarters on a run of six bells and hammers, the going train with deadbeat escapement to a steel-rod pendulum suspended between cheeks for the rise-and-fall regulation, terminating in a heavy brass bob. The plain backplate signed and numbered, secured in the case via four heavy L-shaped brass brackets. Ticking, striking and chiming. Together with two case keys and a later winding key. Height to the top of the raised handle 43cms (17ins) high.Footnotes:Provenance:Private collection, UK for many generations. Possibly bought new by the vendors forebears for the then family home, Flitwick Manor, Bedfordshire.Flitwick Manor was built by Edward Blofield in 1632; in 1789 the manor passed to the Brooks family through marriage, and would remain so for 145 years. John Thomas Brooks (1794–1858) was given the manor when he married in 1816, and made considerable improvements to the house and the gardens during his stewardship, potentially including the purchase of this clock from the Vulliamy workshop in London. By 1934 the manor had passed out of the family, and today it is a hotel.This 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

An early 20th century laquered brass electromagnetic table clock with running secondsEureka Clock Company Ltd, Patent No. 14614, No. 7206The signed 4.5 inch cream enamel Roman dial with outer minutes framing the subsidiary seconds dial above VI, with blued steel hands. The battery-driven movement with large visible balance wheel pivoted in twin ball racers set on a signed and numbered inverted-T bar support with regulation star set between fancy finials. All mounted on a circular socle. 30cms (12ins) highFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

19th century French gilt bronze table clock, in the Rococo manner with blue enamelled chapters, chiming on a bell, H:32cm, not working at lotting. UK P&P Group 2 (£20+VAT for the first lot and £4+VAT for subsequent lots)

Garrards mechanical table clock, mahogany cased, with box, working at lotting. UK P&P Group 2 (£20+VAT for the first lot and £4+VAT for subsequent lots)

An unusual table clock with gilded frame and painted dial 48cmH

A collectors' lot comprising a Royal Crown Derby Imari 1128 pattern porcelain quartz movement table clock, height 10.5cm, a Smiths battery brass cased carriage clock, Chinese silk paper-cuts, mainly floral, a double-sided paperknife in the form of a sword, length 21cm, a pair of mother-of-pearl and brass opera glasses, two cased sets of pocket racing binoculars, twelve silk postcards, etc.

A collectors' lot to include various metal wares including a plated table centre, opera glasses, a miniature brass cornet, a mantel clock, a cased set of fish eaters, wine coasters, clocks, etc.

CHOPARD; a model no. T8023A 0310 quartz table clock, the dial with Roman and baton numerals, inner minute track and date aperture (af), 7 x 7.5cm a Dunhill no. 8 alarm clock with baton numerals, 15 x 12cm, two cased Parker pens, comprising a gold-plated example and a gold-plated Parker 51 with turquoise body (4).Condition Report: Dunhill clock has been wound and appears to be in going order at time of cataloguing, wear commensurate with age .Chopard clock, original, not in going order, has new battery, crown pulls out, hands loose, some wear commensurate with ageParker pens in used condition

Early 20th century clock golf set, boxed, and a boxed table croquet game (2)

A MIXED LOT TO INCLUDE A LARGE STUDIO POTTERY JUG, A TABLE LAMP WITH FLORAL DECORATION AND AN ACCTIM MANTLE CLOCK

A COMPANION SET IN THE SHAPE OF A GALLEON, TABLE LAMP, VINTAGE LINEN, MANTLE CLOCK AND AN INLAID BOX

A silver dressing table set along with other items including, a silver desk clock and a silver picture frame. Various makers. Longest 25.5cm. Gross weight 626g. (Clock and picture frame not weighed)

A WATERFORD GLASS TABLE LAMP, with glass shade, together with a Waterford mantel clock. (2)

A box of specimen stones, a clock, two table lamps, three soft toys, a planter stand, a carafe, etc.

Atsonea Wall Barometer, mantle clock, gilt metal table lamp as a vase with swan handles, 46cm high excluding fittings, ewer:- One Tray. Iron candle stand

Royal Albert 'Old Country Roses' Table China, of twenty-five pieces, together with wall clock:- One Box

Early XX Century Silver Enamel Eight Day Swiss Movement Dressing Table Clock, two early XX Century travel clocks, together with one other, clock stamped DR.P & GM on the back:- One Tray

Prinxflex 500 Camera, with Helios -44-2 lens, Optomax f=200mm lens. 'Marine' binoculars, carry bag, clock folding table, Merrythought teddy

Royal Albert 'Moonlight Rose' Table China, of twenty-six pieces including teapot, clock, together wtih a damaged vase and sugar bowl.LARGE SERVICE - SO NOT EVERY PIECE CHECKEDALL APPEAR TO BE FIRST. HAIRLINE CRACK ON TEAPOT FROM BASE TO HALFWAY UP APPROXIMATELY 13CM, SOME OTHER ITEMS WITH CRAZING

A Goodyear Eagle F1 motorsport tyre, marked 26. 0 x 13. 0-13 with clock to the centre and glass cover for use as a coffee table, approximately 64 cm (d). [W]

CD clock radio, hanging basket, clock, storage jar, table mats, Salter scales

J. W. Benson, London Victorian mahogany table clock, signed convex Roman dial, twin train chain fusee movement the backplate signed J. W. Benson, Ludgate Hill, London, no. 11841, coiled gong strike, brass inlaid case with gadroon moulded top, side frets, signed plaque to the plinth base and with brass bun feet. 45cm high Dial. Probably silvered originally now lacquered.Case. Generally clean, damage to front corner at top, damage to side frets.Movement. Untested. No key to the front door.

[ASCENT OF MONT BLANC]: A fascinating, lengthy A.L.S. by Dr. Edmund Clark, closely written over four pages, 4to, Chamonix, 27th August 1835, to Reverend Robert Warrener. Clark writes in the midst of his Grand Tour and provides a detailed account of his successful ascent of Mont Blanc, penned in the immediate aftermath of his remarkable feat, beginning by explaining ´I have postponed my letter in hope of meeting with something of greater interest to write about, nor perhaps should I have now commenced had I not lately succeeded in an excursion of some difficulty, an account of which may help to fill my sheet. Yesterday at 3pm I reached the summit of Mont Blanc, the greatest elevation in Europe with Captain Sherwill a young English officer. This forms the 12th successful ascent of Mont Blanc, of which 6 have been accomplished by English insects´ and continuing to offer an insight into the many places in Italy and Switzerland he had visited before the ascent, ´Having seen the lions at Paris, whisked off to salute the bears at Berne. Spent a halfpenny in feeding the big brown bear with ginger bread-nuts making him stand up & catch the projected fragments in their descent towards his monstrous gaping mouth´, mentioning a famous belle in Brienz regarded as the prettiest woman in Switzerland (´the say [she] has got a lout of a fellow for a husband that thrashes her, the scoundrel´), and the Chillon Castle (´saw Byron´s name cut by himself in the dreadful dungeon´), as well as stops at Milan (where Clark viewed a picture by Leonardo da Vinci), Verona, Padua, Venice (´fine gondola lounges, the most luxurious sort of locomotion under the sun´) as well as Florence where they´Doffed our hats to the Venus de´Medici´ and also saw statues by Michelangelo, and Rome, writing ´Florence is a positively enchanting residence.....such I was in the good Pope´s dominions, a German baron & Swedish countess joined us [for] breakfast at the port before Rome.....In 3 hours we were at the gates of Rome. I entered it on foot & bare headed as is duty bound. Modern Rome is a dismal affair, but the old Ruins!´, before travelling to Naples (´through the horrid dens of cut-throats´) and to Pompeii, ´the most interesting of all objects in Italy. Scrambled up to the lofty top of Vesuvius. Such a view over the Isles of Capri´. Clark then offers an extensive report of his mountaineering exploits, ´...up the Brevent about 17,000 feet. Then a formidable day´s work up the Buel (?) a height of more than 10,000 feet. Here poor Mr. Eschen sunk into a chasm.....next morning he was found frozen to death......We looked down upon this fatal spot. I accompanied Dr. Benjamin Babington from India. It was one of the noblest views I ever saw. We were surrounded with a forest of snowy alpine peaks. Next to Mt. Blanc it is the highest accessible mountain in this part of the chain. Thursday Aug 25 with seven guides started for the top of the mountain king. It is two years since the last ascent & 5 since 3 guides were killed in an unsuccessful attempt. Ascended to the base of the Aiguille du Midi to breakfast then left Terra Firma & embarked on the dreary ocean of ice & snow. The ice is cut & creviced in such a manner that we had often half an hour´s work to advance 40 yards climbing up walls of ice by holes cut with a hatchet, or taking hold of the end of an ice pole to scramble up. We were fastened together with cords. In many places we walked over a thin slippery ledge with a deep blue chasm of 200 to 300 feet on each side.......We marched on the ice that day 7 hours & then arrived at an islet of bare rocks that rise up in the midst of the snows & are called Les Grands Mulets. Here we were dragged up a high precipice with the help of ropes & so reached the comfortable hotel. This hotel is a platform as big as an ironing table covered with snow. The snow we scraped away in some degree & then turned up the dry side of the stones (such is the unhappy tendency of man to luxurious indulgence). Lighted a fire. Manufactured some punch......Then stretched ourselves to sleep covered with a blanket & a sheet at a height much greater than the top of Skiddaw or Ben Nevis, and the thermometer at freezing. It was a lovely moon light night. No sound of insect or of bird, nothing but the awful roar of avalanches around & beneath us. 26th of August Friday, all dressed at 4 o´clock......then again embarked on the snows.......Stopped by a long crevice. Crossed it upon a bridge formed of 5 ice poles placed from edge to edge. Felt rather as if snuffing the candle with one´s finger. Then climbed up the opposite side by cutting holes with the axe. After this comfortable trudging in the snow but rather deep till the Petit Plateau, a place of snow covered with an avalanche. Crossed it & arrived at the Grand Plain. Height about 13,000 feet. Heat of the sun burning and blistering to the eyes & face......began to feel the effect of rarity of the air - headache, no appetite.......arrived at the spot where the 3 brave guides perished in an avalanche while trying to ascend with a Russian physician & statesman in 1820. Their bodies have never been found. The crevice into which they were buried by the avalanche is still somewhat visible. Two of the 7 guides with us were nearly killed in that dreadful catastrophe. Now began to ascend the steep icy wall of the summit. We were nearly 4 hours in ascending one vast slope being obliged to cut a passage with the axe very often. Here one slip wd. have been serious. You wd. probably have glided down the frozen inclined plain with immense velocity.......We now became very cold, our shoes.....as hard as iron, our faces pale & shrunk. Respiration uneasy, Intense headache. My friend had great nausea also. At last we reached the Petit Mulets. The loftiest rocks in the line of ascent. From this a steep hard plain of snow leads directly to the summit. We lay down on the snow, panted & puffed away, again for 10 yards, then lay down again; eat a little snow; up again (the guides too were already exhausted) How many more starts to the top? Three said the brave guides......and in two desperate efforts we were on the pinnacle of Europe. My friend arrived a moment or two after & such was his exhaustion that the moment his guide called out Nous voici sur le sommet de Mt. Blanc he burst into a flood of tears. We were both utterly worn out with fatigue, rarity of air. Cold & inability to eat. The thermometer was below freezing even in the sun......The sky deep indigo approaching to violet. The view immense......all in a vast panorama laid at our feet. In the highest rock I placed olive twigs brought from Italy for the purpose.....all these are enclosed in a strong cylinder of glass.......& placed in......the rocks so securely that when the storms of a thousand years are gone by & our dust is mixed with kindred earth, still I think it possible that the little record may remain unhurt. We descended hastily slept on the Grands Mulets on our delicious bed of rocks & today rejoined the valley. No one seriously hurt. I had one foot a little frozen......We are all full of gaiety for it is not too often that an ascent is at once so successful & so pleasant. It is my intention to write a small pamphlet on the ascent & to send you a copy´. With address panel to the final page of the bifolium. An excellent letter containing a rare first hand account of an early 19th century ascent of Mont Blanc. Some minor staining and age wear and toning and with a few small, neat splits and tears, G 

Large collection of St Michaels 'Ashberry'  table and dinner ware includes tureens, mixing bowl, wall clock, plates, bowls, jugs, cafetiere, cups, saucers, boards, trays etc 

Collection of items includes Hamburg Germany travel clock, first impressions side table quartz clock, caramel thermometer, solitaire with mixed marbles, micrometre, leather purse with dental tools, cocktail stick with stone turtle finials, miniature sewing machine, chess pieces, granite fossil piece, Isle of Wight glass pear paperweight, hip flask, Oriental stands, etc