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Lot 295

A table top oak bookcase with beaded edge

Lot 291

An Indian carved wooden table with elephant design legs

Lot 198

Retro set of Avery kitchen scales with weights and a table top mincer

Lot 172

Cased HM silver backed dressing table set together with a decanter and stopper

Lot 377

A late 19th early 20th century mahogany side table of large proportions two inline drawers

Lot 8

A marble topped heavily carved white painted coffee table

Lot 312

A mahogany occasional table

Lot 276

A telescopic brass & marble standard lamp / table

Lot 218

Metal table top light in the form of a Vespa motor scooter front end, tested and in working order. Height approx 33cm

Lot 8

A silver three piece dressing table set, Birmingham 1947

Lot 40

A George IV Scottish silver fiddle pattern pair of table spoons, Edinburgh 1824, 135gm

Lot 17

A George III Provincial silver pair of Old English pattern table spoons, by Langlands and Robinson, Newcastle late 18th century, no date letter, 23cm, 141gm

Lot 110

A small inlaid Anglo-Indian tea table, shipping unavailable

Lot 216

A table top display case with glazed panel and contents of assorted collectables, shipping unavailable

Lot 335

Two table top domed magnifying lenses

Lot 112

A Victorian sewing table with inner compartments and contents, shipping unavailable

Lot 390

A L & Co ceramic dressing table set

Lot 102

A unusual wooden and metal formed coffee table with glass top, 120x75x52cm shipping unavailable

Lot 739

Pullman brass table Lamp type E with festoons, acanthus leaves and tendrils. In good original condition with plated finish, unfortunately it hasn't got a car number stamped in the base as most of this type were not marked. Stands 21.5in tall.

Lot 849

Pullman Car mahogany glass topped carriage table complete with folding leg. In as removed very good condition measures 47in x 23in.

Lot 131

white aluminium circular garden table 80cm diameter x 69cm high

Lot 57

Antique marble topped circular table on a cast iron pedestal base 100cm diameter x 68cm high- table top is loose

Lot 14

Aluminium white painted circular table and 4 chairs with fleur de lis design, table 80cm diameter

Lot 10

White aluminium circular garden table and 6 chairs with leaf detail, table 80cm diameter

Lot 64a

Pair of teak armchairs in good used condition, teak table base and parts of a Lutyens style bench

Lot 69

Marble topped small table on 4 pillars 35cm x 61cm x 48cm high

Lot 142

Large circular aluminium garden table with a white top and green paint to the base 98cm diameter x 68cm high

Lot 16

Large wrought iron based table with wooden plank top with extending leaves T/W 2 wooden and Gas canister benches, table 212cm long x103cm wide x 87cm high with 2 extending leaves each 48cm long, benches 163cm long 52cm high

Lot 126

Circular wrought iron coffee table base

Lot 15

Aluminium black painted garden table and 4 chairs, table 69cm diameter

Lot 128

Large oval grey aluminium garden table seats 6 - 147cm x 82cm x 72cm high

Lot 41

3 part rectangular topped table with squirrel figures to the base 60cm x 46cm x40cm high

Lot 127

Rectangular marble table top 100cm x 60cm

Lot 64

Cast iron and wooden slatted table and 4 chairs by Syarun- table 130cm x 61cm wide x 72cm high- some losses to the wooden slats

Lot 116

Antique cast iron pedestal table base with mythical creatures detail to the base 70cm high, base 35cm diameter- no obvious damage

Lot 34

Oval wrought iron garden table with shelf 77cm x 48cm x 62cm high

Lot 96

Table top copper water feature with leaves as the tiers 59cm high

Lot 13

Aluminium white painted circular table, 2 armchairs and 2 seater bench with heart detail, table 80cm diameter, bench 93cm wide x 76cm high

Lot 147

Antique cast iron table base with triangular top

Lot 101

Antique cast iron 3 part pedestal table with dolphin detail to the base 75cm high x 53cm diameter- loses to the paint finish

Lot 469

Silver hallmarked presentation Braun table lighter

Lot 130

A large quantity of antique furniture and lighting spares, etc., to include handles, glass drops, chimneys for oil lamps, part light fittings, etc. (under office table)

Lot 85

A large quantity of mahogany dining table leaves, walnut table top, shelves, etc.

Lot 65

A Victorian burr walnut and tulip red banded triple wardrobe, the moulded cornice above single door enclosing sliding shelves, flanked by further full length door, on plinth base with three doors, 209cm high, 173cm wide, (AF, lacking door) and a matching pedestal dressing table, 142cm wide.

Lot 331

A 19thC and later mahogany extending dining table, comprising two sections, each with a single drop leaf, on turned tapering legs, the top with turned legs, a dining table base, etc., 232cm high, 140cm wide.

Lot 16

COWLEY, Abraham (1618-67). The Works, London, 1708-10, 3 vols., 8vo, 33 engraved plates, contemporary calf. Mixed editions. With 14 other works in 32 volumes. (35)COWLEY, Abraham (1618-67).  The Works ... Consisting of those Which were formerly Printed; And those which He design'd for the Press; Publish'd out of the Author's Original Copies. With the Cutter of Coleman-Street ... [Vols. I-II] The Eleventh Edition [Vol. III] The Eighth Edition. London: Printed for T. Tonson; and Sold by D. Browne (and others), [Vols. I-II] 1710 [Vol. III] 1708. 3 volumes, 8vo (194 x 120mm). Engraved portrait of the author and 32 plates, including one folding (some light staining and browning, a few darker spots). Contemporary panelled calf (rebacked preserving old lettering pieces). Provenance: The Rt. Hon. Robert d' Arcy, Earl of Holdernesse (armorial bookplate). With 14 other works in 32 volumes, namely Agabito Pei's Vita e Miracoli dei Glorioso S. Antonio da Padoa (Florence, 1633, 8vo, engraved title and portrait, one full-page woodcut, contemporary decorated vellum, spine gilt, stained and worn), Histoire Veritable de la Duchesse de Chatillon (Cologne, chez Pierre Marteau, 1699, 12mo, contemporary red morocco, inscribed "Jack, from Goonie [i.e. Lady Gwendeline Churchill], 31st May 1910 on the occasion of John George's 1st birthday"), John Norris's The Theory and Regulation of Love. A Moral Essay. With Some Motives to the Study and Practice of regular Love, by way of Consideration. To which are added, Letters Philosophical and Moral between the Author and Dr. Henry More ... The Seventh Edition (London, 1723, 8vo, contemporary calf), Henry Fielding's The History of the Adventures of Joseph Andrews ... The Fifth Edition (London, 1751, 2 vols., 8vo, engraved plates, contemporary calf), John Vanbrugh's Plays ... In Two Volumes (London, 1759, 2 vols., 8vo, contemporary calf, old armorial bookplate of Anthony Eden), [Claude Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon's] Le Sopha, Conte Moral. Nouvelle Édition ("A Pekin", chez l'Imprimeur de l'Empereur," [?but Paris], 1762, 2 parts in one vol., small 8vo, 19th-century red calf), Henry Fielding's Amelia (London, 1775, 3 vols., 8vo, later calf preserving old spines), Thomas Warton's Poems. A New Edition, with Additions (London, 1777, large 8vo, contemporary calf, old armorial bookplate of Anthony Eden), [Mercier de Saint-Léger Barthélemy's] Quinque illustrium poetarum ... Lusus in venerem partim ex codicibus manuscriptis nunc primùm editi (Paris, "Prostat ad pistrinum in vico suavi", 1791, contemporary calf), William Shakespeare's The Plays ... Accurately printed from the Text of the corrected Copy left by the late George Steevens (London, 1805, 10 volumes, large 8vo, engraved plates by Henry Fuseli, contemporary calf elaborately decorated in gilt, rebacked, heavily rubbed and scuffed, old armorial bookplates of Anthony Eden), [James Beresford's] The Miseries of Human Life ([London, c.1806, 2 vols., [including, bound in at the end of the second vol., Peregrine Bingham's The Poems of Memory, A Poem, in Two Books (London, 1811)], 2 folding engraved frontispieces, one hand-coloured, contemporary calf, old armorial bookplate of Anthony Eden, with later pencil inscriptions in an unidentified hand regarding provenance at the beginning of the first vol. ("These 2 vols. shd. not have AE's bookplate in them - they belonged to Harold Baker who left them to me ...."_)), Oliver Goldsmith's The Citizen of the World: or, Letters from a Chinese Philosopher Residing in London, to his Friends in the East (London, 1809, 2 vols., 8vo, engraved plates, contemporary calf gilt, neatly rebacked, armorial bookplate of William Fawcett), John Selden's The Table Talk ... A New edition, corrected (Chiswick, 1818, 12mo, engraved frontispiece, contemporary turquoise calf gilt, highlighted in pencil throughout with some sparse annotation by Anthony Eden) and Miguel de Cervantes' Don Quixote de la Mancha (London, 1818, 4 volumes, large 8vo, engraved plates by Robert Smirke, contemporary calf, upper board of vol. one detached, old armorial bookplate of Anthony Eden). The lot sold not subject to return. (35)

Lot 27

[EVELYN, John (1620-1706)]. Acetaria. A Discourse on Sallets, London, 1699, small 8vo, large folding table (heavily spotted and browned throughout, loss of a few letters), 19th-century red half calf gilt. FIRST EDITION.[EVELYN, John (1620-1706)].  Acetaria. A Discourse of Sallets. London: Printed for B. Tooke, 1699. Small 8vo (158 x 95mm). Title within double rule border without rubrication, large folding letterpress table (lacking all before title [?blanks], heavily browned and spotted throughout, repair to a8 affecting several letters, although the text still legible, blank corners of b1 and b2 torn away without loss of letters, lacking errata leaf). 19th-century red half calf, spine gilt (new endpapers). Provenance: old signature or initials scribbled-out on title; author's name written in faint pencil. FIRST EDITION of this work on ... salads! Bitting p.149; Cagle 669; Henrey 117; Hunt 401: "It is a cookery-garden book with excellent recipes for unusual dishes of all sorts flavored with the ever useful pot herbs grown so universally in the 17th century. 'The book reveals Evelyn's zest for living and the culture of his mind. It also shows the thought and life of a country gentleman of the reign of Charles the Second'"; Keynes 105; Oxford p.46; Wing E3480. RARE.

Lot 131

GRAVES, Robert (1895-1985). I, Claudius, London, 1934, 8vo, half title, folding genealogical table at the end, original black cloth, spine lettered in gilt, dust-jacket (a few short tears at head of backstrip, some chipping to corners). FIRST EDITION.GRAVES, Robert (1895-1985).  I, Claudius. From the Autobiography of Tiberius Claudius. London: Arthur Barker, 1934. 8vo (218 x 135mm). Half title, folding genealogical table at the end. Original black cloth, spine lettered and ruled in gilt, dust-jacket designed by John Aldridge with price of 8'- unclipped, uncut at lower edges (a few short tears without loss at head of backstrip, some chipping to corners, some extremely faint browning in a strip to head of upper wrapper, to backstrip and at folds of turn-ins). Provenance: The Book Society (ex-libris sticker [as usual]). FIRST EDITION of the author's most celebrated novel which won both the Hawthornden and James Tait Black prizes. There was a critically acclaimed BBC television dramatisation in 1976, with Derek Jacobi playing Claudius. Higginson A42.

Lot 124

EVELYN, John (1620-1706). Silva, London, 1776, 4to, 40 plates (lacks portrait), calf (rebacked). EDITOR'S PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed by A. Hunter to his son. With another edition in 2 vols. (3)EVELYN, John (1620-1706) & Alexander HUNTER (1729-1809, editor).  Silva: Or, A Discourse of Forest-Trees, and the Propagation of Timber in his Majesty's Dominions ... Together with An Historical Account of the Sacredness and Use of Standing Groves ... With Notes by A. Hunter. York: Printed by A. Ward for J. Dodsley (and others), 1776. 4to (297 x 235mm). 40 engraved plates, including one folding, folding letterpress table at the end (lacking portrait, some light browning and offsetting of plates onto text, occasional light spotting and staining, final leaf of index torn without loss). Contemporary calf (rebacked, rubbed and scuffed). Provenance: some early informed ink annotation to folding letterpress table. EDITOR'S PRESENTATION COPY, the front free endpaper inscribed, "To Master George Hunter from his affectionate Father, A: Hunter." cf. Brunet II, 233; Henrey 137; Keynes 98; Nissen BBI 615. With another edition of the same work in 2 vols. (1812), with portrait and plates, bound in contemporary diced calf. (3)

Lot 159

NIGHTINGALE, Florence (1820-1910). Notes on Nursing: What It Is, and What It Is Not, London, [1860], 8vo, table, original dark grey pebbled cloth gilt. FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE. RARE.NIGHTINGALE, Florence (1820-1910).  Notes on Nursing: What It Is, and What It Is Not. London: Harrison, [1860]. 8vo (218 x 140mm). Table (some very light spotting and staining, a few darker spots). Original dark grey pebbled cloth lettered in gilt with borders blocked in blind, advertisements printed on yellow paper on front and rear pastedowns and endpapers, the first advertisement dated 1860 (inconspicuous splitting at joints). Provenance: From the Collection of Professor Jonathan Brostoff, D.M., D.Sc., FRCP, FRCPath (1934-2020); "Belper" (old signature on front free endpaper [i.e. advertisement]). "Belper" is possibly Edward Strutt (1801-80), known from 1856 as Baron Belper, who, from 1830-48, was liberal MP for Derby, near where Florence spent part of her childhood at their family home Lea Hurst. Belper served as a minister at the time of the Crimean War and was known to have mixed socially with Florence Nightingale and her family. FIRST EDITION of "one of the seminal books of the modern world" (Lilly), FIRST ISSUE, without "[The right of translation is reserved.]" at the foot of the title. Bishop & Goldie 4(i); Garrison & Morton 1612: "After receiving training in Germany and France, Florence Nightingale had some nursing experience in England. The Crimean war gave her an opportunity to demonstrate the value of trained nurses. Within a few months of her arrival at Scutari, the mortality rate among soldiers there fell from 42% to 2%. Florence Nightingale lived to become the greatest figure in the history of nursing"; Grolier Medicine 71; Heirs of Hippocrates 1884; Lilly p.215; Norman 1600; Osler 7737; Waller 6872. RARE.

Lot 115

DIGBY, Kenelm (1603-65). A Late Discourse made in Solemne Assembly ... Touching the Cure of Wounds by the Powder of Sympathy; with Instructions how to make the said Powder, London, 1658, 12mo, later calf. Second [English] edition. RARE.DIGBY, Kenelm (1603-65).  A Late Discourse Made in a Solemne Assembly of Nobles and Learned Men at Montpellier in France ... Touching the Cure of Wounds by the Powder of Sympathy; with Instructions how to make the said Powder; whereby many other Secrets of Nature are unfolded ... Rendered faithfully out of French into English By R. White, Gent. The Second Edition [see note] corrected and augmented, with the addition of an Index. London: "Printed for R. Lowndes at the White Lion, and T. Davies at the Bible in S. Paul's Church-yard over against the little North Door," 1658. 12mo (138 x 75mm). Title within woodcut typographical border, typographical ornaments and initials, translator's printed dedication to "John Digbye Esq. [b.1627, Kenelm Digby's only surviving son] at Gothhurst", 4-pages of "A Table " [i.e. an index, as called for on the title page] followed by one-page of publisher's advertisements at the end (typographical border to title shaved at fore-edge, pieces torn away from fore-edge of A3 affecting part of one letter of the catchword, some spotting and staining, a few darker spots, lightly browned). Later calf ruled in blind and preserving earlier lettering-piece. Provenance: From the Collection of Professor Jonathan Brostoff, D.M., D.Sc., FRCP, FRCPath (1934-2020); [?]James [?]Frampton (old signature on title); another old, illegible, signature on title. "'The second edition' is the earliest one known, and is probably the original. A French version appeared in 1658. De Morgan believed 'R. White' to be identical with Digby's friend and disciple, Thomas White ... Although a shrewd observer of natural phenomena, Digby was a scientific amateur rather than a man of science. Astrology and alchemy formed serious parts of his study, and his credulity led him to many ludicrous conclusions ... Digby first described his well-known weapon-salve, or powder of sympathy, in the discourse alleged to have been delivered at Montpellier in 1658. Its method of employment stamps it as the merest quackery ... " (see DNB, et passim). The DNB would appear to be wrong about the second edition. WorldCat lists several copies of an English edition of the same year as the present one without the addition of the wording "The Second edition" to the title page and without the addition of an index. Second [English] edition. Rubin Sir Kenelm Digby. An Annotated Bibliography 61; Wing D1436. RARE.

Lot 65

A rare early 19th century brass mounted Partridgewood table clock with pull repeatJohn Thwaites, London No. 4589The lancet case with brass-bound arch supported on three-quarter columns, the sides with lion mask handles and lancet shaped apertures with architectural frets backed in red silk, inlaid to the front with a running border and shaped panel on a partridge wood ground front, the plinth with inlaid Greek Key design on ball feet.The 6.75inch refreshed painted Roman dial signed John Thwaites London below typical delicately pierced blued steel hands. The twin gut fusee movement with five knopped pillars and an anchor escapement, the backplate with engraved swag border, the front plate stamped Thwaites at the top and 4589 in the lower right corner. Ticking and repeating with case key. 43cms (16.5ins) highFootnotes:Based on the numbering of the front plate, the movement was manufactured in 1810.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Lot 126

A good second quarter of the 19th century brass inlaid mahogany table clockR. Dawes, SouthamptonSurmounted by a brass acorn finial over applied gadrooning, floral brass inlay and recessed panel on a stepped base and ball feet. The refreshed painted Roman dial, signed R. Dawes Southampton, under blued steel spade hands. The twin gut (now wire) fusee movement with four narrow knopped pillars and anchor escapement, the backplate with an engraved floral border. Ticking, with a case key and a winding key. 41cms (16ins) highFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Lot 78

An impressive 18th century brass-bound ebony quarter-repeating table clock with moonphaseClaude Duchesne, LondonThe case surmounted by an inverted caddy top with central finial over a silk-backed pierced soundfret framed by four further finials over an elaborately moulded cornice raised on brass-mounted Tuscan three-quarter columns to each corner framing the long shaped pierced brass-framed sound frets backed in silk to each side, the front and rear doors with similar brass frames, all on a multi-layered moulded base bound in brass to the top and bottom, on substantial brass bun feet. The 8-inch arched brass dial with rare 'Chronos' spandrels depicting a bearded Father Time below a sandglass and pair of wings, framing the silvered Roman and Arabic chapter ring with lozenge half-quarter marks and fleur des lys half-hour markers signed Claudius DuChesne Londini between V and VII, the finely matted centre with ringed winding holes, chamfered and engraved calendar and mock pendulum apertures under intricately pierced blued steel hands, the arch decorated with foliate scrolls and a pair of birds within strapwork enclosing a strike/not strike lever, moonphase (the outer scale marked 1-59) and aperture for setting the phase of the moon. The twin gut fusee movement with five knopped pillars and knife-edge verge escapement, the backplate with extensive floral and strapwork engraving, a partridge in the centre and a beast mask below, framed by a stylised wheatear border. Ticking, striking and repeating with a door key and a winding key. 73cms (28.5ins) highFootnotes:Claude Duchesne was seemingly born around 1670. It is commonly accepted that he lived in Paris, until just after the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes in 1685, at which point he joined many other Huguenot refugees and fled to the U.K. It is uncertain exactly when he arrived, with some putting it as early as 1689. The first concrete evidence of his life in the U.K. is from 1693; not only was he made free of the Clockmaker's Company in this year, he also married Elizabeth Bossu in Stepney. The couple would have at least three children; Claudius, born in 1699, Elizabeth born in 1706, and Anthony, born in 1708, though there are some contemporary reports of the couple having five children at one point. Claudius would eventually become a weaver, and Anthony would become a goldsmith. It is not known what became of Elizabeth. Duchesne became a British citizen in 1711. Duchesne was known to sign his clocks as either 'Claude' or 'Claudius' and 'Duchesne' or 'Du Chesne'. The exact location of his shop is questionable; most clocks give a location of either 'Dean Street, Soho' or 'Long Acre', so it seems likely that he was working in Soho. Wherever he worked, Duchesne appears to have been a highly regarded maker, especially in the construction of musical clocks. An account given by Jane Squire in 1731, notes that she 'understood he had made the musical Part of most of the musical Clocks of Note in Town'. Duchesne set himself apart from other makers of the time by featuring interchangeable music barrels, a style that had last been extensively practiced by William Jourdain in the later 17th century. Both makers also featured twelve bells with multiple, variable hammers and parallel motion music work. This suggests a detailed knowledge of music theory, in addition to the horological skill required to make such clocks. It seems that Duchesne may also have had some acquaintance with George Graham and John Harrison, the latter being introduced to Duchesne by the former. It is thought that Harrison contacted Duchesne in order to obtain the large quantities of brass he, Harrison, needed for his horological experimentations. Claude Duchesne is believed to have died in April 1733, and been buried in St. James, Paddington. His son, Anthony, married Anne Gagnon, and the couple had six children, one of whom, Claude (born in 1735) would go on to be a clockmaker. Duchesne's other known son, Claudius, married Anne, and the couple had four children. One of their children, Elizabeth 'Betty' Duchesne was born in 1724 and was known to be close friends with John, Charles and Sarah Wesley, with John Wesley conducting her funeral in 1776. It is thought that Elizabeth was responsible for gifting a walnut, moon phase eight-day longcase clock, made by her grandfather, to the Wesley's. The clock is reported to have never left Wesley's house, where it remains to this day. A late 19th century account suggests that the clock is the very timepiece that inspired Henry Wadsworth Longfellow to write The Old Clock on the Stairs, though this is not definitive: 'Half-way up the stairs it stands/And points and beckons with its hands.By day its voice is low and light/But in the silent dead of night,Distinct as a passing footstep's fall/It echoes along the vacant hall,Along the ceiling, along the floor/And seems to say, at each chamber-door, --'Forever -- never!/Never -- forever!''Blake, G. (2011) 'A Record of the Death of Claude Duchesne', Antiquarian Horology, Vol. 32 (5), pgs. 730-731.Turner, A. (2014) 'Charles Clay: fashioning timely music', Antiquarian Horology, Vol. 35 (3), pg.933.Betts, J. (2017) Marine Chronometers at Greenwich. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Pg. 143.Blake, G., Wintle, C., Gill, J. (2010) 'Claude Duchesne- Huguenot Clockmaker', Antiquarian Horology, Vol. 32 (1), pgs. 43-51.British Horological Institute (1891) 'Correspondence', The Horological Journal, Vol. 34 (1), pg. 16.Wesley's Chapel & Leysian Mission (2023) Virtual Tour: Wesley's House, Study. Available at: https://www.wesleyschapel.org.uk/your-visit/virtual-tour/ Dawber, E. G. (1898-1899) 'Some Thoughts on Clocks and Their Decoration: Part Two', The Architectural Review Vol. 5, pg. 261.Longfellow, H. (1890) The Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, with Bibliographical and Critical Notes, Riverside Edition, Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin.Ord-Hume, A. W. J. G. (1995) The Musical Clock, Ashbourne: Mayfield Books.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Lot 49

An Early 20th Century electromagnetic table clock with running seconds, the 'Madeleine' modelEureka Clock Company Ltd, Patent No. 14614, No. 7763The triangular pediment with cast brass dragons drinking at a fountain in the tympanum, above the glazed doors and sides, supported by four reeded columns on a progressive stepped base, with modern battery pack secured underneath. The signed Arabic 4.5 inch dial with subsidiary seconds above 6 and Eureka Clock Co Ltd London below 12, under the blued steel spade hands. The movement with large visible balance wheel, pivoted between three roller ball bearings on each side, set on a shaped steel plate secured by knurled toupie finials, the front plate stamped No 7763 Patent No 14614 1906. 38cms (14.5ins) highFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Lot 130

A walnut veneered table clock, 18th century and laterJacob Massey, LondonThe (re-veneered) caddy topped case surmounted by a floral handle over a moulded cornice and glazed side panels to a moulded base on block feet. The earlier 7.5inch square brass dial framed by an engraved wheatear border enclosing the winged cherub head spandrels and Roman and Arabic chapter ring with matted centre and chamfered and engraved mock pendulum and date apertures, signed in a polished reserve Jacob Mafsy London, below the pierced blued steel hands. The twin gut (now wire) fusee movement with five knopped and finned pillars, knife-edge verge escapement and rack striking on a bell, the floral engraved backplate signed Jacob Mafsy London within a shaped frame and symmetrical pattern of strapwork and scrolls. Ticking with case key. (Case probably later associated). 45cms (17.5ins) highFootnotes:A similar style of striking and chiming (with the striking train being governed by an external rack and the quarter chiming train governed by an internal rack) was used in clocks by both Claude Duchesne and John Bushman. See Dzik, S. and Still, R. (2023) Beneath the Dial: English Clock Pull Repeat Striking 1675-1725. Oxford: Holywell Press, Ltd.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Lot 95

An early 19th century brass-inlaid mahogany table clockAdams, 36 Lombard St, LondonThe case with side ring handles and architectural frets with red silk backing on acorn feet, the front panel inlaid with symmetrical patterns. The restored 8 inch signed Roman dial with matching blued steel hands. The twin wire fusee movement with shouldered and footed plates, anchor escapement and rack striking on a bell. Ticking, striking. 49cms (19.25ins) high. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Lot 4

A late 19th century gilt and engraved brass repeating carriage clock with original numbered leather travel caseCharles Grottendiek, Bruxelles, Number 9422The engraved rippled handle above a thickly bevelled, rectangular escapement observation window and repeat button, the sharply moulded cornice over glazed sides between engraved concave columns, on an elaborately engraved, moulded base.The Roman dial signed Ch. Grottendiek (indeterminate address and title) Bruxelles below the blued steel spade hands, a subsidiary Roman alarm dial set below VII set within an intricate floral engraved brass mask.The triple spring barrel movement with a jewelled Swiss lever platform escapement and half-cut, bimetallic balance with timing screws, the backplate stamped Ch. Grottendiek Bruxelles 9422. Ticking, striking, repeating, and alarming, with a later double ended winding key and numbered (9422) leather travel case with purple velvet interior. 19 cms (7 ins) highFootnotes:François Charles Grottendieck was born in 1834 in Saint Anna, Hannover. His father was Ferdinand Henri, a wholesaler, and his mother was Marie Marguerite Wilhelmine Kruse. In 1863 he was married in Brussels to Eugènie Adélaïde Josephe Henriette, who was four years his senior and also a wholesaler. He is listed on his marriage certificate as a horologist, though it is not known where he served his apprenticeship. The couple appear to have gone into business together; given their backgrounds it seems likely that Eugènie would have managed the running of the shop, while Charles would have focused on repair and possibly finishing/manufacture. Throughout the 1860's-70s there was a horologist by the name of Dessaint-Plet whose shop was based at 10 Montagne de la Cour, Brussels. Plet had taken over the shop from another well-regarded horologist, A. Demeur, who is known to have sold carriage clocks by Paul Garnier. Demeur was also horologist to the King of Brussels, a title Plet seemed to receive with the shop. It is unclear when Plet retired, though it appears that Grottendieck became his successor, both to the shop and the title of horologist to the King and Queen of Brussels. It is unknown how long Grottendieck remained at this address, however, by 1901 the Grottendiecks were operating out of a shop on 80 Rue de la Madeleine, and also living above the shop. This may suggest that they had formally relocated from 10 Montagne de la Cour, rather than working out of both shops.In early August 1901, the shop was burgled, the thieves making off with 100,000 francs of items. This included 100 watches (valued between 100-1,500 francs), 30 gold chains (valued at around 10,000 francs), and 15 diamond and ruby trimmed bracelets (valued between 12 to 15,000 francs). Reportedly, Eugènie came downstairs to open the shop around 6.00, and noticed that one of the windowpanes, normally located 1.6m above the ground, had been removed and left on the shop counter. It was later suggested that the thieves climbed onto the arm of a streetlamp in front of the store, which allowed them to access the first storey window. As the lock was still bolted on the door, it appears the thieves left in the same fashion. Finding the shop had been ransacked, she apparently called up to Charles, who helped her draw up a list of missing inventory, before the police were informed. During questioning, it came out that a customer had come into the shop the previous day and spent ½ hour looking at a pocket watch chain. He left without buying anything, and 15 minutes later two different men came into the shop, looked at the same chain for ½ hour, then also left without making a purchase. These men, the first being identified as French, and the other two identified as Dutch, were listed as the likely thieves. It seems there had been a false alarm in the middle of the burglary, as 40,000 francs worth of jewellery had been left on the shop counter. More chillingly, in the room next to the shop, police discovered a dagger and several lengths of rope hastily left on a table. It does not seem that the perpetrator(s) was ever discovered.Charles and Eugènie had at least three children; Frédéric Jacques Joseph (born in 1865), Paul Désiré Joseph Charles (born in 1869) and Emma Ferdinande Joséphine (born in 1871). The eldest, Frédéric, became a horologist, likely being apprenticed to his father. He married Marie Colette Eugénie Briers in Elsene in 1904. Emma married into a family of wholesalers in 1893, both her brothers serving as witnesses. Interestingly, her husband, Paul Justin Louis Joseph Henriette, would serve as a witness to Frédéric's wedding nine years later.Paul Grottendieck became an engineer in Hainaut, at some point marrying Emma Celeste Louise Dubois. The couple had at least one child, Germaine Charlotte Clotilde Grottendieck, born in 1895, who apparently became an internationally lauded cellist. de Caluwé, J. (2019). 'Forme et contenu du discours publicitaire des horlogers bruxellois aux XVIIIe et XIXe siècles', Cahiers Bruxellois – Brusselse Cahiers, I, pg. 7-34.(1901) 'Belgique:Un Vol de 100,000 Francs', Journal des Débats: Politiques et Littéraires, 10 August, pg. 2.Firmin-Didot, A. (1860) Annuaire-almanach du commerce, de l'industrie, de la magistrature et de l'administration. Paris: Firmin-Didot frères, pg. 2273.Openarchives: Dutch and Belgian Archives on-line (2022) The Grottendieck Family. Available at: https://www.openarch.nl/(1901) 'Étranger: Belgique-Le Vol de 100,000 Francs', La Croix, 10 August.Belgian State Archives (2022) Grottendieck. Available at: https://search.arch.be/en/zoeken-naar-personen/zoekresultaat?text=grottendieck(1901) 'Faits Divers: Vol de 100,00 Francs de Bijoux', Le Temps, 10 August.Firmin-Didot, A. (1863) Annuaire-almanach du commerce, de l'industrie, de la magistrature et de l'administration. Paris: Firmin-Didot frères, pg. 2600.(1901) 'Vol de 100,000 Fr. de Bijoux', Le Rappel, 11 August, No. 11475.Muñoz, F. (2020) Souvenirs de vieux festivals du midi de la France: Prades et Aix-en-Provence. Available at: https://www.resmusica.com/2020/08/03/souvenirs-de-vieux-festivals-du-midi-de-la-france-prades-et-aix-en-provence/Rozier, J. (1901) 'Étranger: Un Vol de 100,000 Francs', Gil Blas, 10 August, N. 7936.(1901) 'Nouvelles Diverses: Vol de Bijoux', L'Univers et Le Monde, 11 August.Antiquarian Horological Society (2019) 'Drewetts', Antiquarian Horology, Vol. 40 (4).Meier, B. (2022) Charles Grottendieck. Available at: https://klokkendokter.com/charles-grottendieck/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

Lot 71

A good late 18th century ebonised table clockJustin Vulliamy, LondonThe shallow caddy top case surmounted by a cast brass leaf handle over arched glazed side panels, with glazed front and back doors, both with top quarter frets, the whole on a moulded plinth base and brass bracket feet. The 7.75inch broken-arched dial with silvered Roman and Arabic chapter ring, the matted centre with chamfered date and mock pendulum apertures, all within cast scroll spandrels, the arch with silvered subsidiary Strike/Silent and regulation dials flanking a silvered signature cartouche engraved Just. Vulliamy London, with pierced blued steel hands. The twin gut (now wire) fusee movement with anchor escapement and large lozenge-section ebony rod pendulum, the backplate delicately engraved with a floral and fruit basket motif. Ticking and striking on a bell. 49cms (19ins) highFootnotes:Another clock by Justin Vulliamy with a similar backplate is featured in Dzik, S. (2019) Engraving on English Table Clocks: Art on a Canvas of Brass 1660-1800, Wild Boar Publications, pg. 355 (G4-7).For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Lot 127

A mid to late 18th century ebonised table clockClement Brotherton, LondonThe inverted bell top case with single handle over circular and shaped glazed side apertures on a moulded base. The arched brass 6.75 inch arched brass dial with strike/silent subsidiary over a Roman and Arabic chapter ring, matted centre and recessed signature plaque, with good blued steel hands. The twin gut (now wire) fusee movement united by five knopped pillars, now with anchor escapement, rack striking on a bell. Ticking, striking, together with a door key. 49cms (19.25ins) high. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

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