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A 12 inch terrestrial table globe. George Philip & Son Ltd, London, circa 1900. The sphere applied with 24 coloured gores with highlighted state borders, land masses, oceans, major cities and shipping routes, with equation of time diagram and trade label SMITH’S 12 in TERRESTRIAL GLOBE showing all the MOST RECENT DISCOVERIES, GEORGE PHILIP & SON LTD, The London Geographical Institute, 32 fleet Street, London E.C. mounted via the poles within a calibrated iron arc above a pedestal base issuing three downswept supports with cast lion’s paw feet, 51cm high.
A George III mahogany table clock. Samuel Norton, London, circa 1770. The five-pillar twin fusee bell-striking movement with verge escapement and delicate pagoda and foliate-scroll engraved backplate, the 7 inch square single-sheet silvered Roman numeral dial (viewed through a brass-bezel lined 6.5 inch circular aperture to the front door) with calendar aperture, blued steel hands and signed Sam. Norton, LONDON to a shaped recessed plate to centre, with Arabic five minutes and Strike/Silent switch at 12 o’clock, the mahogany bell top case with brass carrying handle above circular brass-bezel applied quarter veneered front door and rectangular fish-scale fret side apertures, on mounded base with moulded squab feet, (case distressed) 38cm high excluding handle.Samuel Norton is recorded in Baillie G.H. WATCHMAKERS & CLOCKMAKERS OF THE WORLD as working in London 1773-92. The design of the current lot with the circular aperture in the front door only revealing the central section of the square dial was first introduced by John Ellicott in around 1760.
An Important burr walnut longcase clock of three month duration with pull quarter-repeat on six bells. Simon DeCharmes, London, with movement and dial supplied for the clock by Claude DuChesne, dated 1717. The substantial eight finned-pillar rack and bell striking movement with five-wheel trains, rise/fall pendulum regulation and pull-quarter repeat on six bells, the 24 hour wheel inscribed Claudius Du Chesne Londini, 24th May 1717, the 12 inch gilt brass break-arch dial with calendar aperture, turned collets for the winding holes, pierced steel hands and silvered subsidiary seconds ring to the finely matted centre within an applied silvered Roman numeral chapter ring with fleur-de-lys half hour markers and Arabic five minutes to the outer track, the angles with gilt cast mask-and-scroll spandrels, beneath arch with central domed silvered boss boldly signed Simon DeCharmes, London, flanked by subsidiary strike/silent and regulation dials with matted centres and within conforming foliate scroll relief infill, the case of impressive proportions and fine colour, with tall ogee domed caddy applied with three cast brass ball-and-spire finials above blind fret break-fronted box upstand incorporating ogee moulded break-arch frieze with conforming fret infill, the hood door with applied half-round gilt brass dial surround flanked by integral columns with gilt caps and bases, the sides with brass-edged large rectangular windows and dressed with quarter columns backed onto bargeboards to the rear edges, the trunk with book-matched veneers to the concave throat and unusual applied break-arch mouldings above herringbone banded finely figured trunk door, on conforming banded panel plinth base with double skirt, 253cm excluding finials, 271cm high overall. Provenance: The property of a Lady. Claude DuChesne and Simon DeCharmes were both of French Huguenot immigrant extraction. DuChesne originated from Paris and was made Free of the Clockmakers Company in 1693, De Charmes was made a Free brother in 1691. Both specialised in producing very distinctive high quality clocks usually of complex specification, often playing music or with astronomical features, many for export to Northern Europe. When the work of both makers is compared it becomes apparent that they must have had a close working relationship. A good example illustrating the similarities of both makers work, can be seen when comparing two japanned musical table clocks sold at Sotheby’s in 2006/7. The first example, by DuChesne, sold in London on 14/12/06 (lot 66) the second, by DeCharmes, also sold in London, on 25/04/07 (lot 81). Both these clocks are of similar specification and are in near identical cases, only differing slightly in detail. The dial layout of the current lot with two subsidiary dials beneath a central feature (either signature plaque or third dial) appears to have been the favoured format of DuChesne at this period. This coupled with the use of fitted disc collets around the winding holes (also favoured by DuChesne) and the fact that the 24 hour wheel is signed by him confirms that the movement was supplied by DuChesne to DeCharmes for use in this clock, complete with the finished dial to which he had only to add a signed boss. The case on the other hand exhibits details which appear to be unique to DeCharmes, most noticeably the unusual break-arch moulding above the trunk door. This feature (coupled with directly comparable caddy configurations and break-arch detail immediately above the arch of the case) can be seen on two other examples by DeCharmes. The first (now with later marquetry) was sold by Sotheby’s, London on 19/12/00 (lot 335) the second also sold by Sotheby’s in London on 23/03/99 lot 252. The case can also be compared with a marquetry example housing a grande sonnerie movement by Quare (number 145) illustrated in Robinson, Tom The LONGCASE CLOCK pages144-5 which Robinson dates to 1716-18. The brass half-round moulding applied to the front door and side windows of the hood is also a feature often found on examples by Quare. Clocks of three month duration are extremely rare, especially example which also strike the hours due to the enormous power reserve required to operate for a full three months. To tackle this problem Joseph Knibb developed Roman striking, (a coded form of hour notation on two bells one representing the ‘I’ on a dial the other ‘V’) in order to reduce the amount of power required. The current lot however, in addition to striking the full hours for the entire three-month period also has reserve built into the hour train to allow reasonable operation of the pull-quarter repeat over that period. Both . The movement and case are of suitably substantial construction to accommodate the strains and stresses created by the heavy driving weights. The extraordinary specification of the movement coupled with the complex dial layout and impressive proportions of the case suggests that this magnificent clock was made for an extremely wealthy client who wished to express his high status in the most appropriate manner.
A VERY GOOD 19TH CENTURY STYLE OAK DINING ROOM SUITE comprising of six single and two carver dining chairs, drawerleaf dining table extending to 9ft 10ins long & 2ft 11ins wide, with carved cup and cover supports, dresser base with three small drawers over three drawers to the centre and panel doors to the side. 4ft 10ins wide.
Two George VI silver napkin rings, Birmingham 1944, together with a silver cylindrical box and cover, a silver hip flask, a silver plated candlestick, a silver beaker, Sheffield 1930, a white metal foliate embossed baluster vase, two bowls, a hip flask, a silver capped dressing table bottle, a Continental silver measure, a silver napkin ring, a silver pepper, missing lid, a Continental silver beaker, and a silver host holder, (16).
A Collection of watch makers and toymakers tools, to include; A wheel press & quartering jig for 4mm finescale wheels; A FAVORITE of switzerland small precision lathe, boxed with assorted accessories; a small compass gear press; a bench clamp; a small tower pivot / rotator, boxed; A large table mounted lathe, boxed; A Cased set of BERGEON main spring winders, case no: 2293; and a cased set of staking tools by GES co.
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