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A George IV brass pantograph Cary, London, circa 1825 The pivoted frame with circular dark green silk covered anchor-weight fitted to an adjustable slider against engraved ratio scale to one arm opposing fixed pencil holder to the other, the centre with subsidiary pivoted armature with further adjustable slider against a similar scale for the tracing stylus and signed Cary, London to the opposing member, fitted with removable bone wheel castors to each junction/terminal, in original mahogany box with tracing pointer and weighted pencil carrier, the box 73.5cm (29ins) long. William Cary is recorded in Clifton, Gloria Directory of British Scientific Instrument Makers 1550-1851 as born circa 1759 and apprenticed to Jesse Ramsden. William worked from 272 Strand, London 1789-90 then 182 Strand 1794-1822, he died in 1825. John Cary (I) is recorded by Clifton as a map, globe and chart engraver who was born in 1755 and worked from Johnson's Court, Fleet Street 1782 then Corner of Arundel Street, Strand 1783 before moving to 188 Strand 1783-1790 followed by 181 Strand 1792-1805. He is last recorded working at 86 St. James Street 1820-21. The business was continued by John (II) and George Cary (both sons of John senior) until circa 1851 when it was acquired by Henry Gould.

A fine gilt brass grande-sonnerie striking gorge cased carriage clock with push-button repeat and alarm Lepine, Paris, circa 1880 The eight-day two train movement ting-tang striking the quarters on a graduated pair of gongs and sounding the hour every quarter hour on the larger of the two, with silvered platform lever escapement and alarm sounding on the smaller gong, the backplate signed Lepine over engraved number 27367 and the inside of the frontplate stamped with numbers 3, 273 and with the letter H, the dial with rectangular rococo scroll and matted diamond lattice engraved frosted gilt mask enclosing recessed circular white enamel disc signed Lepine AParis, Place des Victoires 2 to centre within chapter ring with vertical Arabic numerals and five minute markers to outer track, with fine pierced sculpted gilt hands over subsidiary alarm setting dial to lower margin, the bevel-glazed gilt gorge case with large top glass and G’de Sonnerie/Silence/P’te Sonnerie selection lever to underside, 15cm (6ins) high excluding handle. The eminent Lepine dynasty of Parisian clockmakers was established Jean Antoine Lepine who started horological career in Geneva. In around 1744 he moved to Paris as was apprenticed to the King’s clockmaker André Caron (1697-1775), whose daughter he married in 1756, before becoming a partner in his business. Lepine was received as a maître in 1762 and at the same time he was appointed to the coveted position of Horloger du Roi (Louix XV) et du Garde-Meuble de la Coronne. Until 1772 he operated from premises in the rue Saint-Denis and then transferred his business several times until 1789 when it moved to 12 Place des Victoires. By this time the running of the business was in the hands of his son-in-law, Claude-Pierre Raguet-Lepine (1753-1810), who had joined Lepine in 1783.After his death in 1810, Raguet-Lepine’s only son, Alexandre, sold the business to Jean-Paul Chapuy, who is believed to be responsible for assigning a numbering system (starting at 4000) to Lepine clock movements. Whilst trading under the Lepine name Chapuy supplied clocks to no less than Napoleon I; Jerome, King of Westphalia; Charles IV, King of Spain; and the princes de Talleyrand. The business was subsequently sold to Calvet, who was succeeded in 1840 by Fabre. Boulay purchased the firm in 1853 and resold it to Roux in 1885. It was then passed on to Ferdinand Verger, who resold it in 1914 and it continued trading under the name Lepine until 1919, when it was taken over by L. Leroy.

A fine Victorian oxidised brass Newman type mercury station barometer Negretti and Zambra, London, circa 1870 Constructed with two square section uprights joined at the top with a D-shaped section inset with silvered plate engraved Negretti & Zambra, 1 Hatton Garden, 122 Regent Street, 59 Cornhill, 153 Fleet Street, LONDON over central tube flanked by silvered scales calibrated in millimetres and barometric inches with rack and pinion adjusted Vernier slide between, the base with substantial cylindrical cistern incorporating glazed collar between screw-clamped collars to upper section, the instrument suspended via pivoted joint from a scroll-cast bracket with conforming steady bracket to base inside a glazed mirror-backed wall case with hinged front door secured by brass thumb catches, (mercury removed), 128.5cm (50.625ins) high. Provenance: The interior of the case is applied with a paper label typed BAROMETER, Presented by, HERMAN BICKNELL, January 1873. Herman Bicknell was a surgeon, orientalist, linguist and an intrepid traveller and he was one of the first Englishman to penetrate Mecca as detailed in his account published in The Times of August 25th 1862. The general form of the current instrument was derived by John Frederick Newman who is recorded in Banfield, Edwin BAROMETER MAKERS AND RETAILERS 1660-1900 as working from 122 Regent Street, London 1827-62. Banfield states that Newman made standard and portable barometers for the Ross Antarctic Expedition and his meteorological station barometers were installed throughout the British Empire. Newman barometers of this design usually incorporated movable scales to allow calibration against the mercury level in the cistern which may vary very slightly with changes in temperature. Newman’s business was taken over by Negretti & Zambra in 1862 who Banfield records as being established in 1850 when a partnership between Enrico Negretti and Joseph Warren Zambra was formed. The firm became one of the most prolific makers of scientific instruments and continued trading well into the 20th century.

A Victorian mahogany bracket timepiece Barraud and Lund, London, circa 1860 The five pillar single chain fusee movement finished to a high standard with anchor escapement regulated by half-seconds pendulum suspended from pivoted transverse regulation beam, the backplate signed Barraud & Lund, Cornhill, London and numbered 1796 over pendulum holdfast bracket, the 8 inch shallow arch single sheet silvered brass Roman numeral dial engraved BARRAUD & LUND, CORNHILL, LONDON, 1796 to centre, with blued steel spade hands and foliate scroll engraved infill to lower spandrel areas and the arch centred with SLOW/FAST pendulum regulation dial, the architectural pedimented case with recessed panel fronted tympanum above stepped ogee cornice and silvered brass canted fillet inset glazed dial aperture to the front door flanked by canted angles, the sides plain and the rear with rectangular glazed door, on stepped base with recessed front apron panel over moulded skirt with squab feet, 51cm (20ins) high. Paul Phillip Barraud (born 1752) worked with his father at first until his death in 1795 after which Barraud turned his attention more towards chronometers. Using the valuable experience gained whilst working on Mudge's timekeepers with W. Howells and G. Jamieson to good effect, he became very successful. After his death in 1820 the business was continued by his sons taking John Richard Lund, a former apprentice of John Pennington (who developed the auxiliary compensation balance weight to correct for middle temperature changes), into partnership in 1838.

An impressive George III mahogany eight-day quarter chiming Longcase clock with automata and moonphase Edward Mann, London, circa 1775 The substantial seven pillar triple train rack and bell striking movement with T-shaped plates measuring 9.25 by 11.875 inches, the going train with anchor escapement regulated by seconds pendulum and the quarter train sounding a melodious peel on a graduated nest of eight bells with eight hammers before unlocking the hour strike on a larger separate bell at the hour, the 12 inch silvered brass Roman numeral break-arch dial with subsidiary seconds dial, curved pierced sector aperture for the calendar and signed Edward Mann London to centre, with pierced blued steel hands and spandrels polychrome painted with individual automata scenes of 18th century musicians incorporating actions motioned whilst the quarter chiming train is running, the arch with rolling moonphase incorporating engraved terrestrial globe lunettes to lower margin and age of the moon to the outer track of the disc beneath margin now applied with arched plate engraved with HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE, in a brass mounted mahogany case with pagoda shaped superstructure fronted by shaped grille fret over cavetto break-arch cornice incorporating foliate scroll pierced frieze fret and glazed arched dial aperture flanked by brass stop-fluted columns, the sides with rectangular grilles and quarter columns applied against bargeboards at the rear, the trunk with concave throat moulding over break-arch door flanked by brass stop-fluted quarter columns to angles, on shaped raised panel fronted plinth base with moulded skirt, the whole now with polychrome painted decoration in the Sheraton taste with musical trophy to trunk door, grisaille oval panel of a Classical female to plinth and floral trail borders throughout, (movement originally with tune selection), 245cm (86.5ins) high excluding top finial. An Edward Mann is recorded in Baillie, G.H. Watchmakers & Clockmakers of the World as working before 1722. However, as the current lot can be dated to around 1775 on stylistic grounds it must have been made by maker of the same name but of the next generation. The most likely candidate is a maker who Baillie records as working in Coventry circa 1787 who could have previously worked in London.

A very rare French Louis XIII small brass lantern or chamber clock G. Estienne, Caen, first half of the 17th century The posted two train bell striking movement with fine Roman Doric turned corner posts and separately wound trains with the going now with verge escapement for regulation by short small bob pendulum, the dial with fine foliate scroll decorated hour disc applied with sculpted steel trefoil hand tip and engraved with Arabic hour numerals for the alarm to outer track, within applied silvered narrow Roman numeral chapter ring with cruciform half hour markers, set onto a dial plate finely engraved with tulip, poppy, narcissi and other floral blooms and trails to the upper and lower margins, beneath conforming engraved shaped front fret centred with a vacant cartouche, small acorn finials and iron-strap bell bearer surmounted with a bulbous brass finial, the base with frame securing nuts and engraved G. Estienne ACaen to underside, (unrestored, formerly verge with balance regulation, lacking countwheel, pendulum rod, alarm and alarm hand; the bell and bearer replaced), 18cm (7ins) high excluding bell and bearer. G. Estienne of Caen does not appear to be recorded in the usual sources. The engraving to the dial plate of the current is very finely executed and composed of scrolling floral trails with different blooms arranged in a symmetrical manner. This engraving can be compared to that on the dial of a chamber clock dated 1588 by Francis Nawe illustrated in Dawson, Percy G.; Drover, C.B. and Parkes, D.W. Early English Clocks on page 18 (Plate 5), which although incorporates grotesques and a small amount of strapwork is very similar in feel and quality. Francis Nawe was a Huguenot immigrant who is believed to have come to London from Antwerp in around 1575 and died of the plague in 1593. Other timepieces with related engraving are two very similar small table clocks by Bartholomew Newsam illustrated in Early English Clocks on pages 26 (Plate 19) and 29 (Plate 26) and another drum clock by the same maker illustrated on page 28 (Plate 22). George White in English Lantern Clocks also illustrates the side panel of Francis Nawe’s 1588 clock (on page 58, Figures II/23 & 24) and notes that the designs were after Etienne de Laune and Abraham de Bruyn. When the engraving on these late 16th century clocks are compared to those a little later in date it becomes clear that the size of the flowerheads increased and the designs became more abstracted although the symmetrical balance remained. This is well illustrated on the dial of wall alarm timepiece dating to before 1615 by Robert Harvey, London, illustrated in White, George English Lantern Clocks on page 61 (Figure II/30). Interestingly on the same page White also illustrates a possibly English unsigned steel and brass chamber clock with related dial engraving and similar arrangement of hour hand tip applied to revolving disc (this time indicating the lunar calendar) within the chapter ring. One final clock with floral engraved dial worth considering is a silver example by David Bouquet dating to around 1650 illustrated in Early English Clocks on page 61 (Plate 69). The engraved blooms on this example are much larger than the present clock although some semblance of symmetry is retained whilst the quality of execution is good but not as fine as that on the current lot. From the above observations it would seem appropriate to suggest a date of around 1625 for the current lot. The movement was originally made with verge escapement with balance wheel regulation and has separately wound trains which also suggests an early date of manufacture.

A William III walnut and floral marquetry eight-day longcase clock of one month duration Paul Dupen, London, circa 1700 The six finned pillar rack striking movement with anchor escapement regulated by seconds pendulum, the 10.75 inch square brass dial with subsidiary seconds ring, scroll border engraved calendar aperture and ringed winding holes to the matted centre within applied silvered Roman numeral chapter ring with stylised sword hilt half hour markers, Arabic five minutes to outer track and signed Paul Dupen, London to lower margin, with scroll pierced blued steel hands and winged cherub head and scroll cast spandrels to angles with foliate scroll engraved decoration between, in a case with raised platform surmounted floral marquetry decorated dome superstructure above crossgrain ogee moulded repeating motif inlaid cornice and scroll pierced frieze to lintel, over leafy trail inlaid glazed hood door applied with walnut three-quarter columns with fine cast gilt caps and bases to front angles, the sides with rectangular windows and quarter columns set against bargeboards rising up to the underside of the cornice projection at the rear, the trunk with concave floral marquetry veneered throat moulding over 42 inch rectangular door centred with a circular brass lenticle and with three shaped marquetry panels decorated with bird inhabited floral sprays on an ebonised ground within a figured walnut field and Arabesque scroll surround, the sides veneered with twin slender panels within triple-line strung crossbanded borders, the base with stepped ogee top moulding and conforming rectangular marquetry panel within Arabesque border, 228cm (89.75ins) high to top edge of domed caddy. Provenance : Queens Berry, Anna House, Kintmount, near Dumfries. A Paul Dupin is recorded in Baillie, G.H. Watchmakers & Clockmakers of the World as working in London and Geneva circa 1710-67. The current lot may be by this maker or by a relation (perhaps father) of the same name who may not be recorded. Indeed many French speaking immigrant makers tended to work directly for the larger Huguenot workshops, such as that of Claude DuChesne, at this time hence often did not gain the freedom of the Clockmaker’s Company.

A William and Mary eight-day longcase clock movement with 10 inch dial Edward Stanton, London, circa 1695 The five finned pillar countwheel bell striking movement with anchor escapement for regulation by a seconds pendulum, the 10 inch square brass dial with subsidiary seconds dial, ringed winding holes and scroll border engraved calendar aperture to the matted centre within applied silvered Roman numeral chapter ring with fleur-de-lys half hour markers, Arabic five minutes within the outer minute track and signed Edw’d Stanton, Londini Fecit to lower margin, with fine sculpted steel hands and cast winged cherub head spandrels to angles within a scribed line border (no pendulum or weights). Edward Stanton is recorded in Loomes, Brian Clockmakers of Britain 1286-1700 as born in about 1641 and apprenticed to Francis Bowen (a journeyman for William Bowyer) in 1655 before being transferred to Nathaniel Allen by 1662. Stanton gained his freedom of the Clockmakers’ Company in January 1662/63 and is believed to have moved to Fetter Lane in the Parish of St. Dunstan in the West by 1666. He took in many apprentices most notably William Cattell (freed 1672) and Samuel Stevens (freed 1671). Many of Edward Stanton’s (particularly his lantern clocks) are signed with his address at ‘Leaden Hall Street’ probably executed in his own hand as records indicate that he was also an engraved who was accused of engraving Robert Seigniour’s name on a clock made by Henry Jones. In 1688 he witnessed the will of his former apprentice, William Cattell and was overseer to the execution of John Ebsworth’s will in 1699. Edward Stanton served made an Assistant of the Clockmakers’ Company in 1682, served as a Warden from 1693 and became Master of the Company in 1697. He was also one of the original subscribers of the Bank of England when it was founded in 1694 depositing £100, and signed the Clockmakers Company oath of Allegiance whilst serving as Master in 1697. Stanton had an illness in 1701/2 and is believed to have died in 1715.

A fine French painted porcelain panel inset engraved gilt brass miniature carriage timepiece Drocourt, Paris, late 19th century The eight-day single train movement with silvered platform lever escapement and backplate stamped with oval D.C. trademark over serial number 12981 to the lower left hand corner, the rectangular porcelain dial polychrome painted with a scene of a female in 18th century dress and Cupid within a river landscape to lower margin, beneath Roman numeral chapter ring and blued steel spade hands and bordered by a turquoise bead decorated gilt banded pink surround, the gilt cannelee case of Mignonette No. 1 size with hinged carrying handle over central oval bevel-glazed panel to the fine floral scroll engraved top, the sides with panels further painted with full length figures within conforming turquoise bead gilt and pink surrounds and matching rear door panel decorated with a watermill, rococo scroll engraved skirt base, 3.25ins high excluding handle. Pierre Drocourt is recorded in Allix, Charles and Bonnert, Peter CARRIAGE CLOCKS, Their history and development as born in 1819 and setting up in business as a clockmaker in Paris in 1853. He initially worked from Rue Limoges later moving to 28 Rue Debelleyme, Paris and was succeeded by his son, Alfred (born 1847), in 1872. The blancs roulants, rough movements, were made in Saint-Nicolas-d'Aliermont, a town outside Dieppe, where Drocourt had workshops until their sale in 1904, being premises purchased from Holingue frères in 1875 who had previously supplied Drocourt. The firm was awarded numerous international exhibition medals and mentions including Silver in Paris 1878 and Gold in 1889.Miniature carriage clocks are called Mignonettes or ‘little darlings’ and come in three graded sizes with No. 1 being the smallest. Please note: As an addendum to the above footnote the dates relating to Pierre and Alfred Drocourt together with the information relating to their operations in Saint-Nicolas-d’Aliermont and their relationship with Hollingue Frères is additional to the information provided by Allix and Bonnert. Full acknowledgement for the research leading to the provision of this valuable information needs to be given to Leigh Extence whose work can be found online at www.extence.co.uk. In addition to this Leigh Extence has confirmed that the Rue Limoges and Rue Debelleyme addresses were actually the same premises renamed during the process of rationalisation and merger of Parisian streets in 1865.

A fine and very rare lantern clock minute hand Possibly from the workshops of Thomas Knifton or Peter Closon, London, mid 17th century Made from forged sculpted steel with circular boss and faceted filed tapered shaft decorated with a banded collar at the, the tail of conforming shorter profile terminating with a spade-shaped finial, from centre to tip 8.9cm (3.5ins), 13.3cm (5.25ins) long overall. Lantern clocks made to read the minutes as well as the hours are very rare with most being larger quarter chiming examples. Of the few makers who made such clocks Peter Closon and Thomas Knifton appear to be the most prolific. An example by each maker are illustrated in White, George English Lantern Clocks on page 136 (Figure III/20) and 136 (Figure III/22).

A rare French gilt brass ‘humpback’ cased petit sonnerie striking carriage clock with push-button repeat and alarm L. Leroy et Cie, Paris, circa 1900 The eight-day two train movement ting-tang striking the quarters on a graduated pair of gongs and sounding the hour on the larger of the two, with silvered platform lever escapement and alarm set via a small silvered Arabic numeral dial positioned the winding squares and sounding on the smaller gong, the backplate signed L. Leroy & Cie, 7. B’d de la Madeleine, Paris to upper margin and numbered 18080 to centre, the 3.25 inch wide engine-turned silvered brass arched dial with Roman numeral chapter ring and gilt spade hands over repeat signature L. LEROY & CIE, 7. BOUL’D DE LA MADALEINE, PARIS inscribed in three lines onto small chamfered panel reserves, the arched gilt brass case with hinged gilt oval pendant handle over bevel-glazed moulded dial aperture and slender architectural stepped ogee shoulder mouldings to each side, the rear with hinged door and standing on four generous bun feet, the underside with strike selection lever inscribed Silence/Sonnerie, 15cm (6ins) high excluding handle; with original blue velvet black leather covered travelling case stamped gold lettering L. LEROY & CIE to front edge. Provenance: Sold at Christies, South Kensington, London The Dr. Eugene and Rose Antelis Collection of Important French Carriage Clocks 26th November 1998 (lot 76) for a premium inclusive £2,990. The firm of 'L. Leroy & Cie' can be traced back to 1785 when the business was founded by Basille Charles Le Roy at 60 Galerie de Pierre, Palais Royal, Paris. During the Revolutionary years the firm relocated to 88 Rue de L'Egalite before finally settling at Galerie Montpensier, 13 and 15 Palais Royal. In 1828 Basille Charles died leaving the business to his son, Charles-Louis, who continued producing clocks signed 'Le Roy & Fils' until 1845 when the firm was sold to his former employee Casimir Halley Desfontaines; who in turn was succeeded by his son M. George Halley Desfontaines in 1883. In 1888 M. George Halley died leaving the business to his brother Jules Halley who then took-in as a partner Louis Leroy (apparently no relation to the founders of the firm). In 1899 the firm left Palais Royal and moved to Boulevard de La Madeleine where it continued trading in the hands of various successors until well into the 20th century.The arched ‘humpback’ form of the case of current lot was most likely first used by Abraham-Louis Breguet in around 1822 (see Allix, Charles and Bonnert, Peter CARRIAGE CLOCKS, Their history and development page 43). During the latter years of the 19th century this style of case was revived with English makers such as Jump and Nicole Nielsen producing highly complicated carriage clocks in the Breguet tradition. The current lot would almost certainly have been made to follow this fashion with the engine turned dial echoing that of Breguet. The classic simplicity of the ‘humpback’ carriage clock remains popular today as demonstrated by the premium inclusive £5,312 achieved for a closely related (but hour striking only) example, also by Leroy (No. 17894), sold at Bonhams, London Fine Clocks, 19th June 2019 (lot 4).

A fine French Louis XV ormolu mantel clock Louis Jouard, Paris, mid 18th century The five knopped pillar two train bell striking movement now with Brocot deadbeat escapement for regulation by pendulum with Brocot rating adjustment to suspension, the backplate with canted angles, crossed out countwheel annotated for the hours and signed Jouard AParis across the plate beneath, the 6.75 inch circular white enamel Roman numeral dial signed JOUARD, A PARIS to centre within dark cobalt blue numeral hour ring and Arabic five minutes to outer track, with fine scroll pierced and engraved gilt brass hands set behind hinged convex glazed cast gilt bezel, the heavy case cast in the full-blown Louis XV rococo manner with a figural surmount modelled as the juvenile Diana with quiver of arrows perched within a generous asymmetric scroll issuing a floral trail over pair of finely chased eagle wings flanking the dial at the rear, the front with bold sweeping foliate rocaille scroll enveloping the left hand side of the dial and continuing down and across to merge with the substantial right hand front support issuing generous stylised leafy sprays and a floral trail, the left hand side with bold sculpted S-scroll support beneath the dial continuing down to form the foot, the rear with further asymmetric pair of scroll supports and glazed hinged cover for the movement, 60cm (23.5ins) high. Louis Jouard is recorded in Tardy DICTIONNAIRES DES HORLOGERS FRANCAIS as becoming a Paris maître in 1724 and is noted as a ‘Horloger de la ville de Paris’ in 1739. He was appointed Jure in 1741 and Garde 1742-69. His workshop was located at Rue de la Monnaie 1746-49 then Rue St-Germain I’Auxerrois until 1772. He is believed to have trained or worked in the workshop of Jacques Cogniet (1661-1731) and his son Jean-Baptiste Cogniet (d. 1726) who were at rue de la Monnaye (where Jouard was also listed in September 1724). When J-B Cogniet died Jouard married his widow Marie-Ursule Prévost and in so doing took over Cogniet’s business. The current lot is essentially a perfectly formed example of Louis XV ormolu mantel clock. The finely cast, chased and burnished bronze doré case demonstrates a feeling of movement and tautness only achieved by the most confident of modellers through the combination of abstracted foliate scrollwork, floral sprays and in the case of the current lot, eagle wings.

Leybourn William DIALLING… Printed by J. Matthews for Awnsham and John Churchill, at the Black Swan in Pater-Noster-Row, London 1700, second enlarged edition, engraved portrait and thirty-two plates, many folding, engraved illustrations in text, tables, old ink signatures and annotations of William Stringer (1740), Thomas Warthie (1793) and John Dougharty (undated), folio, modern half calf gilt title to spine. Provenance: Inscriptions relate to John Dougherty (1677-1755), of Bewdley, Worcestershire, who was a teacher of mathematics and author of Mathematical Digest published in 1748 including a chapter on dialling; sold in these rooms 11th March 2014 (lot 33).

A fine French engraved gilt brass and painted porcelain panel inset carriage clock with push-button repeat Retailed by Payne and Co., London, circa 1860 The eight-day bell striking movement with platform lever escapement and stamped with serial number 6421 next to engraved retailer’s signature PAYNE & Co., 163 NEW BOND STREET, LONDON to the lower margin of the backplate, the rectangular blue ground porcelain dial polychrome painted with a figure in 17th century style dress to centre within Roman numeral chapter ring with gilt inverted trident half hour markers and gilt outer border, with pierced blued steel moon hands and gilt foliate motifs to upper and lower margins, the corniche case with hinged carrying handle and porcelain panel painted with a cherubic artist within blue ground gilt surround to top over repeating geometric engraved bands to frieze, the sides and rear door with panels painted with 17th century figures courting within conforming blue and gilt surrounds, the base mouldings engraved with panels of repeating rosettes, 14.5cm (5.75ins) high. The firm of Payne and Company was founded by William Payne who is recorded in Baillie, G.H. Watchmakers & Clockmakers of the World as working in London circa 1820-40, other sources suggest that he worked from 1811 until 1856 with the firm continuing to trade as Payne and Company until around 1875.

ϒ A Victorian small two-day marine chronometer Charles Frodsham, London, circa 1845 The four pillar full-plate single chain fusee movement with Harrison's maintaining power, split bimetallic balance with keystone-shaped compensation weights, helical balance spring and faceted diamond endstone, the spotted backplate signed Charles Frodsham, London and with brass bayonet fitting dust cover, the 3.25 inch circular silvered Roman numeral dial with blued steel fleur-de-lys hands, subsidiary seconds and power reserve dials, and inscribed CHARLES FRODSHAM, 7 Pavement, Finsbury Park, London, No. 2012 to centre, set in a lacquered brass bowl with screw-down bezel mounted within pivoted gimbals with locking screw, the mahogany three-tier case with vacant nameplate to top surface and push button clasp for the top tier above inset ivory panel inscribed ARNOLD, CHARLES FRODSHAM, 84 STRAND, LONDON. to the middle tier, with brass key escutcheon over circular plate engraved with repeat serial number 2012 beneath, the sides with brass carrying handles, the box 15cm (6ins) wide. Charles Frodsham was born in 1810 into a family of clockmakers with his grandfather, William originating from Cheshire before moving to London prior to 1781 where he was admitted to the Clockmaker’s Company. His son, William James, had six sons, four of whom joined the firm of Parkinson and Frodsham in London; whilst Charles, the third born son set-up on his own at Barnes Place, Islington in 1834. He moved to 12 Finsbury Pavement in 1836 then to number 7 in 1838. On the death of the renowned chronometer maker John Roger Arnold in 1843 Charles Frodsham acquired the business and began trading as ‘Arnold, Charles Frodsham’ from 84 Strand, London. Unusually Frodsham was not admitted to the Clockmaker’s Company until 1845 but went on to serve as master twice in 1855 and 1862; he was also a founder member of the British horological Institute in 1858.Charles Frodsham became one of the most eminent chronometer makers of his generation who served as a juror in the 1852 International Exhibition held at South Kensington where he also showed a month duration marine chronometer with experimental ‘Duo-in-uno’ balance springs and three different forms of compound balance. In 1854 he purchased the ‘goodwill’ of the late Benjamin Lewis Vulliamy’s business which led to his appointment as Superintendent and Keeper of Her Majesty’s clocks at Buckingham Palace. Charles Frodsham died of liver disease in January 1871 and was succeeded by his son, Harrison Mill Frodsham. The business became Charles Frodsham and Company and in 1884 and then was incorporated as a limited Company in 1893 before relocating to 115 New Bond Street, London two years later where they remained well into the Twentieth Century. The firm is still trading today (from 32 Bury Street, London) as specialist in chronometer, watch and clock makers. The current lot appears to be one of the first chronometers sold by Frodsham after he acquired the late John Roger Arnold’s business in 1843 as the dial carries his former address (7 Pavement, Finsbury Square) whilst the box has a plaque for ‘Arnold, Charles Frodsham’ at 84 Strand, London. This fact is further supported by the existence (in the collection of the National Maritime Museum -accession number ZAA0058) of a small marine chronometer numbered 2025 and signed by Frodsham at 84 Strand which utilises a pocket chronometer movement made by Arnold in around 1802. From this it is reasonable to surmise that Frodsham initially used-up old stock, both from his Finsbury address and Arnolds former business, when he first started trading from 84 Strand in 1843. ϒ Indicates that this lot may be subject to CITES regulations when exported. Please see our Terms & Conditions for more information.

ϒA fine William III walnut and Arabesque panel marquetry eight-day longcase clock Langley Bradley, London, circa 1700 The five finned pillar outside countwheel bell-striking movement with anchor escapement for regulation by a seconds pendulum, the 11 inch square brass dial with ringed winding holes, elaborate scroll-border decorated calendar aperture and subsidiary seconds dial to the matted centre within applied silvered Roman numeral chapter ring with stylised sword hilt half hour markers, Arabic five minutes to outer track and signed L. Bradley, London to lower margin, with sculpted steel hands and winged cherub head and scroll cast spandrels to angles, the case with stepped domed caddy fronted with symmetrical Arabesque marquetry over fretwork fronted upstand, moulded cornice and conforming frieze, the foliate strapwork scroll inlaid glazed hinged dial surround applied with turned three-quarter marquetry veneered columns to front angles, the sides with rectangular windows and quarter columns set against bargeboards at the rear, the trunk with concave marquetry veneered throat moulding over 41.5 inch rectangular door centred with a circular lenticle and with three shaped marquetry panels decorated with bird inhabited strapwork scrolling foliage on a light ground within a walnut field, the surround with ebony and box triple-line border and the sides veneered with twin line-strung crossbanded panels, the base with stepped ogee top moulding and conforming rectangular marquetry panel within further crossbanded surround over moulded double skirt, 239cm (94ins) high. Langley Bradley is recorded in Loomes, Brian The Early CLOCKMAKERS of Great Britain as born circa 1663, apprenticed in February 1687/88 to Joseph Wise and freed 1694. He worked at the Minute Dial in Fenchurch Street and was appointed Assistant of the Clockmakers' Company in 1720 and served as Master in 1726. By 1748 he had moved to Mile End. Langley Bradley is perhaps best known as a turret clock maker who was commissioned by Sir Christopher Wren to supply the clock for St. Paul's Cathedral in 1707. The clock he supplied, complete with quarter jacks, was openly criticised for being costly and unreliable, although there was probably some truth behind these comments it seems that the resultant dispute may have been politically motivated. Indeed a Government commission was set up under the Chairmanship of Sir Isaac Newton which eventually resulted in the clock being replaced by one made by William Wright and Richard Street; the latter being a fine maker with connections to Tompion who was known to have supplied clocks for Sir Isaac Newton.Despite this embarrassment Sir Christopher Wren attempted to influence the Crown's potential appointment of Langley Bradley as official clockmaker to Queen Anne, describing him as 'a very able artist, very reasonable in his prices' in his correspondence to the Lord High Chamberlain in 1711. Unfortunately for Bradley the Lord Chamberlain's response indicated that under such circumstances a Royal Warrant could not be granted via the Office of Works. Wren clearly thought well of Langley Bradley as he persevered to facilitate the commission for a new clock at Hampton Court to be undertaken by Bradley. ϒ Indicates that this lot may be subject to CITES regulations when exported. Please see our Terms & Conditions for more information. 

A Victorian ebonised five-glass mantel timepiece with English lever escapement S. Warwick, London, mid 19th century The five columnar pillar single chain fusee movement with Harrison’s maintaining power and substantial English lever platform escapement regulated by sprung two-arm split bimetallic balance with large cylindrical weights and timing screws, the 4 inch silvered brass Roman numeral dial signed. S. WARWICK, 8. BRITTANIA ROW, ISLINGTON to centre and with blued steel spade hands, the case with bevel-glazed rectangular top panel above cavetto moulded cornice and silvered brass canted fillet inset glazed dial aperture to the front door, the sides with conforming rectangular bevel glazed panels, the rear with rectangular glazed door, the base with ogee outline apron over cavetto moulded skirt and squab feet, 23cm (9ins) high. S. Warwick does not appear to be recorded in the usual sources however it would be reasonable to speculate that he/she may be related to a Thomas Warwick who is recorded in Baillie, G.H. Watchmakers & Clockmakers of the World as being admitted to the Clockmaker’s Company in 1796.

ϒA fine and potentially historically important architectural table timepiece of three-month duration with silent-pull quarter repeat Robert Seignior, London, circa 1680 and later The substantial seven finned and latched pillar single fusee movement with plates measuring 10 by 7 inches enclosing a spring barrel of approximately 4 inches in diameter driving a five-wheel train with verge escapement regulated by short bob pendulum, the silent-pull quarter repeat train of the type first used by Joseph Knibb fitted to the top left hand corner of the movement and powered by a large curved leaf spring mounted on the backplate, sounding the quarters on a graduated pair of small bells followed by the hours on a single larger bell on demand only, now with a 10 inch square gilt brass dial with unusual sculpted silvered brass hinged lambrequin inscribed Robert Seignior, London revealing the single winding hole behind to the rose engraved and finely matted centre, within narrow silvered Roman numeral chapter ring with stylised trident half hour markers and Arabic five minutes within the outer minute track, with finely pierced and sculpted steel hands and crisply cast gilt winged cherub head spandrels, in a gilt brass ebony veneered case reconstructed using period elements with fine large gilt flambeau urn cast brass finial to the plinth-centred open arch pediment over crisply moulded entablature and Corinthian three-quarter columns with gilt multi-piece capitals and bases applied to the glazed front door, the sides veneered with rectangular panels and the rear with conforming entablature and three quarter columns flanking panel veneered door set within the frame of the case, the base with projecting plinths for the columns at the corners over crisply moulded shallow skirt, 59cm (23.25ins) high excluding finial; 68cm (26.75ins) high overall. Robert Seignio(u)r is recorded in Loomes, Brian The Early CLOCKMAKERS of Great Britain as apprenticed to John Nicasius gaining his Freedom of the Clockmaker’s Company in 1667. He worked in Exchange Alley and was often at loggerheads with the Clockmaker’s Company who called him to account for ‘contemptible words’ he had used to and about Thomas Claxton, the Master. He was also fined 20 shillings in October 1671 for calling the Clockmakers ‘a company of cheating knaves’. In August 1674 Robert Seignior was appointed the King’s Clock and Watchmaker ‘without fee’ until the death or surrender of office by Edward East, presumably to ensure succession of the role in the event of East`s demise. This appointment however was never formally fulfilled as East outlived Seignior who died in 1686; his premises at Exchange alley was subsequently taken-on by Daniel Quare. Due to Seignior not being able to formally fulfil his appointment as Royal clockmaker there is no mention of any specific Royal commissions except for one which is discussed in Jagger, Cedric ROYAL CLOCKS on page 31. In his text Jagger highlights an entry dated 9th December 1682 in a manuscript of a ‘Schedule of Receipts and Payments by Henry Guy Esq.., for the Secret services of His late Majesty King Charles the Second’: To Robert Seignior, For a clock bought of him and sett up in the Trea’ry Chambers, for the use of the Commissioners of His said Maj’ties Trea’ry…..£20. This being Seigniors only recorded Royal commission would have no doubt resulted in him producing something special. Indeed with the Treasury historically dividing yearly activity into quarters then what would be more appropriate than having a clock which you only had to wind at the end of each quarter With this question in mind then it may be appropriate to speculate that the movement of the current lot could possibly be from this long Commission. When the current lot was discovered abroad around fifteen years ago it sported an altered dial signed ‘Robert Seignior, London’. Examination of the trains and plates indicated that the timepiece was commensurate with early examples from his workshop and was originally of rare three-month duration with the repeat work being almost certainly an early addition to the movement. With early long duration spring clocks being extremely rare (indeed the current lot could even be the earliest surviving three month spring movement) the vendor chose to go to great lengths and expense to preserve the timepiece by reinstating an appropriate dial to enable it to be housed in a case rebuilt for the purpose from the remnants of a surviving period example. As such the current lot presents as an impressive architecturally perfect object which befits the movement’s rare and highly desirable specification. ϒ Indicates that this lot may be subject to CITES regulations when exported. Please see our Terms & Conditions for more information.

A fine French engraved gilt brass and porcelain panel inset carriage clock with Le-Roy and Fils patent keyless winding, push-button repeat and alarm Le Roy and Fils, Paris, circa 1880 The eight-day two train gong striking movement with silvered platform lever escapement and alarm sounding on the same gong, both trains wound via a contrate wheel connected to a large fixed key engraved LE ROY & FILS, PATENT 9501 fitted within the underside of the case configured to wind the going winding in one direction and the strike in the other, the backplate stamped with partially obscured serial number 59.. the dial with rectangular gilt brass mask engraved with leafy scrolling foliage enclosing a circular white enamel Roman numeral hour disc with Arabic five minutes to outer track and blued steel moon hands over conforming alarm setting dial to lower margin, the finely engraved gilt brass cannelee case with hinged carrying handle to the glazed oval panel centred floral spray decorated top over border-engraved top mouldings and inset porcelain side panels each finely painted with a romantic ruinous Classical landscape within an applied ‘split pearl’ and gilt painted cobalt blue ground border, the rear with hinged door engraved with intense floral scrolls on a matted ground, the base decorated with further conforming shaped panel infill, 15cm (6ins) high excluding handle. The firm of 'Le Roy & Fils' can be traced back to 1785 when the business was founded by Basille Charles Le Roy at 60 Galerie de Pierre, Palais Royal, Paris. During the Revolutionary years the firm relocated to 88 Rue de L'Egalite before finally settling at Galerie Montpensier, 13 and 15 Palais Royal. In 1828 Basille Charles died leaving the business to his son, Charles-Louis, who continued producing clocks signed 'Le Roy & Fils' until 1845 when the firm was sold to his former employee Casimir Halley Desfontaines; who in turn was succeeded by his son M. George Halley Desfontaines in 1883. In 1888 M. George Halley died leaving the business to his brother Jules Halley who then took-in as a partner Louis Leroy (apparently no relation to the founders of the firm). In 1899 the firm left Palais Royal and moved to Boulevard de La Madeleine where it continued trading in the hands of various successors until well into the 20th century.The ingenious patent keyless bottom-wind system fitted to the current lot is described in Allix, Charles and Bonnert, Peter CARRIAGE CLOCKS, Their history and development pages 219-21.

A Victorian mahogany cased set of portable diamond scales De Grave, Short and Company, mid 19th century With sculpted metal pivoted beam incorporating pointer within the suspension armature over hemispherical brass pans contained within a fitted box incorporating lidded compartment enclosing weights calibrated in carats, the lid applied with a paper label entitled A table by which may be Calculated the Value of any Weight of Diamonds incorporating BY DE GRAVE, SHORT & COMPY., (Late M. De Grave & Sons), continuing with 59. ST. MARTIN LE GRAND, LONDON, the exterior with brass tweezers contained within a slot to the lower rear right hand corner, with caddy-moulded lid and canted angles flanking brass plate push button clasp to front 17.5cm (6.75ins) wide; with another Victorian cased set of portable diamond scales, De Grave, Short & Fanner, London, mid 19th century, the form the same as the larger of the first two but incorporating BY DE GRAVE, SHORT & FANNER within the paper label applied to the inside of the lid, 12.5cm (5ins approx.) wide, (2). The De Grave family were well known as scientific instrument makers specialising in weights and measures throughout the 19th century. The first member to set up business was Charles De Grave who is recorded in Clifton, Gloria Directory of British Scientific Instrument Makers 1550-1851 as working in St. Martins le Grand, London from 1780. The business traded as De Grave, Short and Fanner from 59 St. Martins Le Grand 1845-71 and was eventually absorbed by W. and T. Avery and Co. Ltd in the early 20th century.

A silver aneroid pocket barometer J.J. Hicks for presentation to The Duke of Norfolk, London, 1904 The circular silvered register with rotating outer scale calibrated 0 to 5,000 for altitude in feet divided into fiftieths and the inner scale calibrated for barometric inches divided into twentieths annotated RAIN, CHANGE, FAIR and inscribed Compensated over signature J. HICKS., 8.9&10 Hatton Garden, LONDON to centre, the silver pocket watch-type case with knurled altimeter adjustment knob to suspension ring, milled bands to front bezel and conforming border to rear engraved Made By, J.J. HICKS; LONDON, AND, PRESENTED TO, HIS GRACE THE DUKE OF NORFOLK, FEBRUARY, 1904 to centre, hallmarks for London 1903, 5cm (2ins) diameter; and a gilt brass aneroid pocket barometer with thermometer, unsigned, late 19th century, the circular silvered register with arched scale calibrated for barometric inches divided into twentieths annotated Stormy, RAIN, Change, FAIR, Very Dry to outer track and inscribed Compensated to centre, the lower margin with curved mercury tube Fahrenheit scale thermometer, in cylindrical frosted gilt brass case with suspension ring to top, 5cm (2ins) diameter; each with original leather travelling case, (2). James Joseph Hicks is recorded in Banfield, Edwin BAROMETER MAKERS AND RETAILERS 1660-1900 as working from Hatton Garden, London from 1861 until after 1900. He was a committed Catholic who presented various meteorological instruments to the Vatican receiving the title of Knight Commander of St. Gregory for his services. Henry Fitzalan-Howard, 15th Duke of Norfolk was born on 27th December 1847. He was styled Baron Maltravers until 1856, then Earl of Arundel and Surrey before succeeding the dukedom of his father at the age of twelve in 1860. In 1895 he became Mayor of Sheffield and served as Postmaster General from this time until 1900 when he became Mayor of Westminster. He also served in both Boer Wars but at the age of 53 he was injured near Pretoria and invalided home. Henry Fitzalan-Howard was a committed Catholic who, during the 1890’s, worked closely with the Vatican to relax their rules for the entry of Catholic students into the leading English Universities which culminated in him co-founding St. Edmunds College, Cambridge. He was also pivotal in the founding of Sheffield University for which he served as its initial Chancellor from 1905 until his death in 1917.

A Victorian mahogany five-glass mantel timepiece, John Poole, London, mid 19th century The four columnar pillar single chain fusee movement with anchor escapement regulated by disc bob pendulum with holdfast to the backplate, the 4.25 inch silvered brass Roman numeral dial signed J. POOLE, 57 FENCHURCH ST., LONDON to centre, with blued steel spade hands and rococo scroll engraved decoration to spandrels areas, the case with bevel-glazed rectangular top panel above cavetto moulded cornice and silvered brass canted fillet inset glazed dial aperture to the front door, the sides with conforming rectangular bevel glazed panels, the rear with rectangular glazed door, the base with ogee outline apron over cavetto moulded skirt and squab feet, 24cm (9.5ins) high. John Poole was a fine chronometer maker who was born in 1818 and set up business in 1833 at 9 York terrace. In circa 1850 Poole devised his own auxiliary compensation for the balance, which was used as standard by many other makers. He worked from several other addresses in the Clerkenwell area including 57 Fenchurch Street, London during the 1850’s. In 1865 his home address was 14 River Street, Myddleton Square where he died by suicide in 1867, the year he won a Gold Medal in Paris. His business was continued by his brother James Poole (born 1816) who had been part of the firm specializing in watches. After the latter's death in 1900, the business was carried on by his son, also James.

A William III burr walnut and floral panel marquetry eight-day longcase clock Joseph Windmills, London, circa 1695 The five finned and latched pillar inside countwheel bell striking movement with anchor escapement regulated by seconds pendulum, external countwheel locking detent and sculpted steel hammer spring mounted on the tall backplate, the 11 inch square brass dial with ringed winding holes to the matted centre within applied Roman numeral chapter ring with stylised sword hilt half hour markers, small Arabic five minutes beyond the narrow outer minute track and signed Joseph Windmills, London to lower edge, with fine sculpted steel hands and with twin cherub and crown cast spandrels to angles, the case with crossgrain ogee moulded cornice and scroll pierced frieze to lintel, over leafy trail inlaid fixed glazed dial surround applied with generous solomonic three-quarter columns to front angles, the sides with rectangular windows and conforming quarter columns set against bargeboards at the rear, the trunk with convex figured walnut veneered throat moulding over 41 inch rectangular door centred with an oval lenticle and with three shaped marquetry panels decorated with bird inhabited floral sprays and scrolling foliage on an ebonised ground within a figured walnut field, the sides veneered with single slender panel within crossbanded borders, the base with stepped ogee top moulding and conforming rectangular marquetry panel over moulded skirt, 206cm (81ins) high. Provenance: Brocket Hall, Hertfordshire. The life and work of Joseph Windmills and his successors is comprehensively documented in Neale, J.A. Joseph and Thomas Windmills Clock and Watch Makers 1671-1737. Joseph joined the Clockmakers' Company as a free Brother in on 29th September 1671 - the same year that Joseph Knibb, Daniel Quare and Thomas Tompion also gained their freedom of the Company. He initially worked from Blow Bladder Street in St. Martins le Grand, London before moving to premises at ‘Swan Court, Mark Lane End, next Tower Street’ by April 1674 where the business remained. Joseph took his son, Thomas, as an apprentice who, after gaining his freedom in 1696, is thought to have immediately gone into business with his father; by 1700 the firm had become a partnership which lasted until Joseph's death in 1724. As a contemporary of Knibb, Quare and Tompion, Joseph Windmills would have had to compete with some of the finest clockmakers that have ever lived during a period of heightened scientific enlightenment. In this environment Windmills excelled, producing clocks of a quality that equalled many of his more famous peers.

A fine silvered and gilt brass grande-sonnerie striking cariatides carriage clock with push-button repeat and alarm Probably by Henry Jacot, Paris, late 19th century The eight-day two train movement ting-tang striking the quarters on a graduated pair of gongs and sounding the hour every quarter hour on the larger of the two, with silvered platform lever escapement and alarm sounding on the smaller gong, the dial with rectangular silvered mask enclosing recessed circular white enamel disc with green line rosette centre within cartouche Roman numeral chapters and entwined scroll half hour markers, with blued steel spade hands over conforming subsidiary alarm setting dial to lower margin, the bevel-glazed frosted gilt break-arch cariatides case with hinged reeded carrying handle over thick curved top glass to pediment inset with a cast silvered laurel wreath to tympanum, The cornice with reeded band over, Classical female term applied canted angles, on conforming reeded band decorated ogee moulded base with stepped skirt, the underside with G’de Sonnerie/Silence/P’te Sonnerie selection lever, 18cm (7.25ins) high excluding handle. The current lot can be directly compared to an example attributed to Henry Jacot illustrated in Roberts, Derek CARRIAGE and other Travelling CLOCKS on page 107 (Fig. 6-44) where the design of the dial is noted as ‘typical of his work’. Another clock by Jacot in a case of identical form is illustrated in Allix, Charles and Bonnert, Peter CARRIAGE CLOCKS, Their history and development page 172 (Plate VII/24) as well as on the rear of the dust jacket. Henry Jacot is recorded in Allix, Charles and Bonnert, Peter CARRIAGE CLOCKS, Their history and development as working from 31 Rue de Montmorency, Paris as well as possibly having a factory in Saint-Nicolas-d’Aliermont. The business was awarded Bronze Medals at the Paris ‘Exposition’ in 1855 and in London 1862; Silver in Paris 1867, 78 and 89 and Gold, again in Paris, 1890. Henri Jacot senior died in 1868 and was succeeded by his nephew of the same name. The business is thought to have continued until around 1920. Please note: As an addendum to the above footnote the information provided by Allix and Bonnert relating to the business being succeeded by Henri’s nephew of the same name is incorrect. Research undertaken by Leigh Extence has revealed that after his death in 1868, Henri's business was continued by his brother Julien who was actually only 'keeping the bench warm' until his son, and Henri's nephew Albert, was able to take over and move the concern forward in 1874.

A fine French painted porcelain panel inset engraved gilt brass carriage clock with push-button repeat Drocourt, Paris, circa 1870 The eight-day two train gong striking movement with silvered platform lever escapement and backplate stamped with oval D.C. trademark over serial number 8526 to the lower left hand corner, the rectangular porcelain dial polychrome painted with an 18th century interior featuring a young girl playing with a puppy to centre within Roman numeral chapter ring with elaborate gilt half hour markers and blued steel spade hands, over conforming scene of a man conversing with his wife whilst she operates a wool spinner within gilt scroll and blue ground borders, the upper margin with continuation scene, the frosted gilt cannelee case with hinged carrying handle over painted oval porcelain panel decorated with a female working a spinning wheel inset into the fine floral scroll engraved top, the sides with panels similarly decorated with 18th century style French genre scenes within gilt and blue ground borders, with bevel-glazed rear door and entwined leaf engraved caddy moulded corner uprights over conforming rococo scroll engraved skirt base, 14.5cm (5.75ins) high; with a tooled leather covered travelling case. Pierre Drocourt is recorded in Allix, Charles and Bonnert, Peter CARRIAGE CLOCKS, Their history and development as born in 1819 and setting up in business as a clockmaker in Paris in 1853. He initially worked from Rue Limoges later moving to 28 Rue Debelleyme, Paris and was succeeded by his son, Alfred (born 1847), in 1872. The blancs roulants, rough movements, were made in Saint-Nicolas-d'Aliermont, a town outside Dieppe, where Drocourt had workshops until their sale in 1904, being premises purchased from Holingue frères in 1875 who had previously supplied Drocourt. The firm was awarded numerous international exhibition medals and mentions including Silver in Paris 1878 and Gold in 1889. Please note: As an addendum to the above footnote the dates relating to Pierre and Alfred Drocourt together with the information relating to their operations in Saint-Nicolas-d’Aliermont and their relationship with Hollingue Frères is additional to the information provided by Allix and Bonnert. Full acknowledgement for the research leading to the provision of this valuable information needs to be given to Leigh Extence whose work can be found online at www.extence.co.uk. In addition to this Leigh Extence has confirmed that the Rue Limoges and Rue Debelleyme addresses were actually the same premises renamed during the process of rationalisation and merger of Parisian streets in 1865.

A fine and rare French engraved gilt brass carriage clock with two-plane 'chaffcutter' escapement Attributed to Paul Garnier, Paris, retailed by A. Demeur, Brussels, circa 1845 The eight-day two train movement with two-plane 'chaffcutter' escapement regulated by three-arm monometallic balance set between the plates and countwheel striking the hours on a bell mounted on the backplate concealing stamped number 1719 to centre, the fine rococo scroll engraved rectangular gilt brass dial flush fitted with a Roman numeral blue-on-white enamel hour disc inscribed A. DEMEUR. H’er de laCour, BRUXELLES to centre and with blued steel trefoil hands, the gilt brass one-piece caddy moulded bevel-glazed case with hinged slender baton handle above fine foliate scroll and herringbone band engraved frame incorporating upward sliding rear panel decorated with rococo motifs and with shuttered winding holes, on cavetto moulded panel-engraved skirt base with inset rounded angles, 12.5cm (5ins) high excluding handle. Paul Garnier is recorded in Allix, Charles and Bonnert, Peter CARRIAGE CLOCKS Their history and development as born 1801 and studying under Antide Janvier before setting up his own workshops in 1825. Garnier was awarded Silver Medals in the Paris Exhibitions of 1827, 34, and 39; and gold medals in 1844 and 49. He worked from various addresses at Rue Taitbout, Paris and died in 1869 leaving the business to his son of the same name who was still exhibiting carriage clocks in the Paris Exhibition of 1889. In 1916 Paul Garnier’s watch and clock collection was bequeathed to the Louvre. Garnier is generally credited for being the first maker to essentially standardise the 'petit pendule portative' which was in effect to become the prototype for the archetypal French carriage clock. The current lot utilises Garniers 'chaffcutter' escapement -the design of which is based on Sully and Debaufre’s frictional rest watch/chronometer escapements. The engraved one-piece caddy moulded case is typical of Garnier’s second series and can be closely compared with an example illustrated in Allix, Charles and Bonnert, Peter CARRIAGE CLOCKS, Their history and development on pages 62 and 63 (Plates II/30 and 31); both clocks also share the same blued steel trefoil hands.

Various Beswick Beatrix Potter figures, comprising The Tailor of Gloucester, 10cm H, The Old Woman Who Lived In A Shoe Knitting, Cecily Parsley and Mrs Rabbit, printed marks beneath. (4)

Various Beswick Beatrix Potter figures, comprising of Ginger, 10cm H, Mr Jackson, The Woman Who Lives In A Shoe and Mrs Tiggy-Winkle, marked beneath. (4)

After John Michael Rysbrack (Flemish 1694-1770). A patinated plaster portrait bust of Michelangelo, titled 'MICHELANGELO BUONARRUOTI', on an integral socle, 70.3cm high, 51cm wide. Rysbrack was one of the leading sculptors of the 18th century and produced many portrait busts of artist and architects including Rubens, Inigo Jones and Palladio. These were very much in demand from British collectors, patrons and connoisseurs who decorated their libraries with them. There is a similar plaster cast on display in the Central Hall of the Royal Academy in London.

A pair of Italian Venetian giltwood lanterns, with ebonised decoration, each with a shell carved domed top, above a hexagonal body, inset with later glass panels, flanked by semi naked female caryatids, on a leaf carved fluted stem inset with glass panels and hung with laurel swags, on tapering feet, late 18th / early 19th century but later adapted, 91.7cm high, 29.5cm wide. (2) Provenance: Sir John Everett Millais, 1st Baronet PRA (1829-1896) and by descent. Sir John Everett Millais was an English painter and illustrator who was one of the founders of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. In 1855 Millais married Effie Gray, the former wife of the art critic John Ruskin. It is intriguing to think these lanterns were possibly acquired by Effie in Venice whilst on honeymoon with her former husband.

A 19th century sailor's whale bone and marine ivory walking cane, with a gilt brass ferrule, inscribed 'J. B-S PYT HOUSE', with a further band with a coat of arms with three rampant lions and initials 'G A', above a hatched and ribbed stem, 86cm long. The initials on this cane relate to John Montague Benett-Stanford (1870-1947) who was a cinematographer and landowner. He was born and died at Pythouse, West Tisbury, Wiltshire. He served as a young officer in the Royal Dragoons until 1892 and later became a war correspondent and cinematographer in the Sudan campaign and the South African war. Nicknamed 'Mad Jack', his many appearances in court as the plaintiff or defendant, rather than the magistrate, highlighted his eccentricity and passion for practical jokes.

A Victorian felt picture of a spaniel, seated on a tasselled cushion, the verso with a hand-written paper label, inscribed 'Picture of their dog made by one of the miss Hadfields who lived at Lees Hall, Glossop, Derbyshire. She did the one of the shepherd boy too, about the middle of 19th century.', 33.4 x 42cm, in a glazed gilt and ebonised wood frame.

An early 18th century embroidered silkwork picture, worked with the Holy family, Joseph and Mary accompanying young Jesus who is holding a staff, with a dove of peace and a pair of angels in clouds playing horns flanking the sun, within a border of scrolling flowers and leaves, 50.3 x 47.7cm, in a later glazed ebonised frame. Provenance: 'A Lifetime of Collecting'-The property of a gentleman.

Bennigsen (Levin August Gottlieb, Freyherrn von). Gedanken uber Einige dem Officier der Leichten Reuterey nottwendige Kenntnisse, Riga, Julius Conrad Daniel Muller, 14 copper engraved plates on 13 folding leaves, 2 old oval library inkstamps to title of the 3 Dragonregiments Officersbibliothek, contemporary sprinkled calf, with gilt morocco spine label, lettered in gilt to upper cover, Der Holsteenste Ritter Regiments Exerceer-Stole, rubbed and slight wear to extremities, small 4to (Qty: 1)NOTESNot in Podeschi, Books on the Horse and Horsemanship (Paul Mellon Collection) or Houth, Bibliography of Hippology (1887). First edition of this account of horsemanship, which contains detailed information on the selection, purchase and maintenance of horses, and the duty of an officer in exercises. Copac lists only one copy in the UK (BL). Count von Bennigsen, Russian name Leonty Leontyevich (1745-1826) was a Russian General of German origin who played an important role in the Russian army during the Napoleonic wars. Having gained a series of promotions during the 1770-1780s, including the storming of Ochakov in 1787, and the Suppression of the Polish-led Kosciuszko Uprising of 1794, as well as the Persian expedition of Catherine the Great, for which he was awarded the Order of St. George, he was made Governor General of Lithuania in 1801 by Alexander I, and in 1802 a General of Cavalry. He commanded one of the Russian Armies during the Napoleonic Wars, and was the first to inflict a significant defeat on Napoleon at the Battle of Eylau (8 February 1807), for which he was awarded the Order of St. Andrew, the highest order of the Russian Empire. He also played a significant role in the Battle of Leipzig (16-19 October 1813) and in the year long Siege of Hamburg (1813-14).

* Windham (William, 1750-1810). Two autograph letters signed to Sir Joseph Banks (1743-1820), 9-10 June 1793, both single bifolia, written on 2 sides and 1 side respectively, both docketed with date of receipt or reading and creased from folding, first letter with later pencilled annotation to blank conjugate leaf verso, second letter addressed verso to 'Sir Joseph Banks Bart, Soho Square' with remains of seal, 23.6 x 18.8 cm (Qty: 2)NOTESWilliam Windham, Whig politician, writes to President of the Royal Society Sir Joseph Banks on the printing of the parliamentary report on the dispute between horologist Thomas Mudge (1715/16-1794) and the board of longitude, who on the advice of Nevil Maskelyne, astronomer royal, supported by Banks, had declined to pay Mudge the advertised reward for a chronometer considered to have improved on John Harrison's version of 1773. The parliamentary committee eventually voted Mudge the sum of £2,500.

* Baden-Powell (Sir Robert, 1st Baron, 1857-1941). Autograph Letter Signed, 'R.S.S. BadenPowell', 32, Princes Gate, London, SW, 'Sunday, 14', to Miss Molly, thanking her for her note which he found on his return from Ireland, offering to take her to dinner and a play if she is free, 'I've got cheery little old gentlemen coming to do so - as I had thought of getting my sister and some other lady to fill the places of two who could not after all come' saying that her husband can come too and asking for her answer to be sent by a wire, a little spotting, 3 pp., pencil accounts notes to final blank, presumably in Miss Molly's hand, 8vo (Qty: 1)NOTESFrom the Pamela Dugdale Collection.

Clark (John Heaviside). The Military Costume of Turkey, 1st edition, published by T. McLean ... B. R. Howlett, printer, 1818, half-title, advertisement leaf, title-page, dedication leaf, preface (vi pp.), contents leaf, 31 fine hand-coloured aquatint plates including frontispiece and vignette title-page, all by Clark except frontispiece (by Thomas Charles Wageman), letterpress description leaf to each plate except the frontispiece (as issued), binder's ticket ('J. Wier, Binder & Fancy Boarder') to half-title, a little light very finger-soiling to margins and to versos of plates, front free endpaper creased and spotted, a few other trivial marks, edges untrimmed, original pink paper boards, printed paper label to front board, wear to spine and extremities, large folio (49 x 34 cm) (Qty: 1)NOTESColas 2059; Lipperheide 2388; cf. Abbey Travel 373 & Blackmer 1125. First edition, with text watermarked 'W Balston 1813' and plates watermarked 'J Whatman 1816', a very good copy in its original binding; Abbey and Blackmer's copies were both later issues (c.1820). 'The artist who produced the costume drawings for this work appears to be unknown although the preface states "the subjects which compose this selection have been furnished at the liberality of a gentleman, who had stored his porfolio during his residence at Constantinople"' (Blackmer). It is possible that this gentleman was William Wittman, member of the British military mission which joined the Ottoman forces at Constantinople in 1799 with the aim of repelling Napoleon's invasion of Egypt and Syria.

* Illuminated Testimonial. Peninsula & Oriental Steam Navigation Company Stewards' Department testimonial to Robert Grills, January, 1869, fine hand illuminated testimonial in gold & colours by W.C. Clarke of Southampton (signed lower left), incorporating rosette roundels bearing the name of the ocean liner and names of serving fellow stewards who worked with Robert Grills, occasional slight wear, 52.5 x 49.5 cm, oak 'Oxford' frame, glazed (Qty: 1)NOTESThe ocean liners in which Robert Grills served include Ceylon (1858-1881), Poohah (1863-1889), Delta (1859-1874 - paddle steamer), Ripon (1846-1870 - paddle steamer converted to sail), Bangalor (1876-1886 - sold for pilgrim trade to Jeddah), Travancore (1868-1880 - wrecked on rocks off coast of Italy), Nyanza (1864-1873 - the last paddle steamer sold to Union Castle Line converted to screw), Massilia (1860-1877), Tangore (1865-1890), Syria (1863-1870 - paddle steamer), and Pera (1855-1880)

* Nobel Prize 1962. Crick (Francis, 1916-2004 & Wilkins, Maurice, 1916-2004). A pair of visitors' books belonging to British ambassador to Sweden, Sir John Coulson, the first book with a few leaves for 1950/51 and then continuing November 1955 to November 1962, the second book beginning with the Nobel Prize lunch, 8 December 1962, including 42 signatures across three pages, and continuing with signatures to numerous other lunches and dinners up until May 1972, a total of over 200 leaves with signatures to rectos and versos with occasional blanks, contemporary morocco/leather, rubbed, oblong 4to/4to, plus an album of 45 photographs and news cuttings relating to John and Mavis Coulson, including one photograph with signed presentation inscription to the couple from Sir John Barbirolli, circa 1950s/60s, contemporary plastic binding, lacks spine, 4to (Qty: 3)NOTESThe first page of the second visitors’ book includes the autographs of DNA co-discoverers and Nobel Prize winners Francis Crick and Maurice Wilkins (plus their wives Leslie and Patricia), other Nobel Prize winner autographs for the same occasion include Max Perutz, John Cowdery Kendrew, Arne Tiselius and Hugo Theorell, other signatures appearing in the albums include the actor Max von Sydow (several autographs) Helen Rubenstein, Renee Rothschild, Bartley and Edward Wildenstein, Politicians Gladwyn Webb, Dennis S. Laskey, and Barbara Castle, the children’s writer Viola Bayley, etc. Sir John Eltringham Coulson KCMG (1909-1997) was a British Diplomat who was Ambassador to Sweden and Secretary-General of EFTA. He joined the Diplomatic Service in 1932, serving at Bucharest, Paris, New York, and Washington D.C., before being appointed Ambassador to Sweden 1960-63.

* Ballooning. Walker (William, 1725-1793), The Providential Escape of Major Money who Ascended from Quatrello Garden Norwich on Saturday July 23, 1785, uncoloured aquatint after R. Barlow, some creasing and old folds, trimmed to plate mark and paid on later paper, 425 x 525 mm, framed and glazed (Qty: 1)NOTESA scarce ballooning print.

Hasselquist (Fredrik). Iter Palaestinum eller Resa til Heliga Landet, forrattad ifran ar 1749 til 1752 ... utgiven af Carl Linnaeus, 1st edition, Stockholm: Lars Salvius, 1757, mild browning, occasional spotting, staining to lower outer corners of quire 2O, edges dyed red, contemporary half vellum, comb-marbled sides, rubbed, 8vo (20 x 12 cm) (Qty: 1)NOTESProvenance: 1) 'A. L. Schlözer' (ownership inscription to title-page), possibly August Ludwig von Schlözer (1735-1809), German historian; 2) 'Frédéric Lauth, docteur en médecine' (bookplate). Cf. Atabey 564, Blackmer 792, Cobham-Jeffery p. 26 (all for translations). 'The first systematic natural history of the Holy Land' (Blackmer); the first part takes the form of a diary and also describes Turkey, Egypt and Cyprus. Hasselquist was a student of Linneaus, who oversaw publication of the work following Hasselquist's death in 1752. The first edition is uncommon, with translations more usually encountered.

Maitland (William). The History of London, from its Foundation by the Romans, to the Present Time. Containing a faithful relation of the Publick Transations of the Citizens... Parallels between London and other great cities; its Governments, Civil, Ecclesiastical and Military; Commerce, State of Learning... with the several accounts of Westminster, Middlesex, Southwark, and other parts within the Bill of Mortality, 1st edition, Printed by Samuel Richardson, 1739, folding engraved bird's-eye-view frontispiece, list of subscribers, full-page engraved views by W.H. Toms, including folding plates of St. Paul's Cathedral, St. Peter Westminster, and St. Martin in the Fields, some light offsetting from plates to adjacent leaf of text, c ontemporary calf, some wear with upper cover detached and rear joint cracked, large folio, together with Dart (John). West Monasterium. Or, The History and Antiquities of the Abbey Church of St. Peter's Westminster, 2 volumes, 1st edition, [1723/24], numerous engraved plates by J. Cole, including some double-page, list of subscribers to each volume, including two leaves of copper engraved coats of arms of the subscribers at front of second volume, the second plate with closed tear within the image, without loss, ex libris Nathaniel Oldham, circa 1700-1740, the son of a dissenting minister who inherited a large fortune and was a collector of curiosities, and friend of Sir Hans Sloane, founder of the British Museum, edges stained red, contemporary gilt-decorated blind-panelled full calf, with oval engraved armorial to covers, heavily rubbed and some moderate wear, folio, plus Snelling (Thomas). Thirty Three Plates, of English Medals, by the late Mr. Thomas Snelling, sold by Thomas Snelling, Print Seller in Fleet Street, 1776, 33 copper engraved plates of medals, light waterstain to lower margins throughout, contemporary marbled wrappers, large slim 4to, and other antiquarian interest, various, including The Cricket Field: or, The History and the Science of Cricket, 1st edition, 1851, Arthur Young, The Farmer's Calendar, New Edition, 1804, Thomas Girtin, Liber Naturae or A Collection of Prints from the Drawings of Thomas Girtin, Engraved by Saml. W. Reynolds, about 1823-34, published by Neill & Son, Haddington, N.B./The Fine Art Society, 1883, with 13 (of 17), mezzotint plates only, india paper proofs, loose in portfolio, several 19th century small-format sketch books, a large folio Victorian scrap album, etc (Qty: 2 cartons)

* Garrard (George, 1760-1826). Woburn Sheepshearing, published G. Garrard, 1811, uncoloured mixed method engraving, by M. N. Bate, J. C. Stadler and T. Morris, with a description of the event below the image, 545 x 785 mm, mounted, framed and glazed (Qty: 1)NOTESRothamsted Collection, 180. A large detailed and striking image of the annual sheep shearing festival held by the Duke of Bedford at Woburn Abbey, with Sir Joseph Banks a resplendent figure in the foreground. This great agricultural show was started by Frances Russell (1763-1802) who established a model farm at Woburn with 'every convenience that could be desired for the breeding of cattle and experiments in farming'. This included valuable experiments upon the respective merits of the various breeds of sheep. The sheep shearing exhibitions lasted for days and the whole English agricultural world was invited to this splendid event; the week concluded with banquets for the Duke's numerous guests staying at Woburn Abbey. The scene shows an enormous crowd of noblemen, gentlemen, farmers, and agricultural labourers inspecting the numerous sheep and cattle whilst a shearing contest is taking place in a pen on the right.

* Macartney (George, 1st Earl Macartney, 1737-1806). Signed sentiment, ‘Macartney’ from the end of a letter, Charles Street, Berkeley Square, [London], 22 December 1780, ‘I have the honor to be with great truth and regard’, horizontal thick brown line (?) old adhesion marks (to verso) with some see-through to sentiment, 8.5 x 18.5 cm, together with a trimmed contemporary engraved portrait of Macartney (small hole upper left), plus ‘Verses to the Shannon – written at Tarbet, by Ld. Macartney’, a 70-line poem by Earl Macartney written in brown ink a very neat contemporary hand, begins ‘Raptur’d on Tarbets Shore, I try the strain, Great King of Floods, to hail thy new born rain, Which, breaks from darkness, like the car of day, And gives the promise of imperial sway’, with a dedication to Hugh Boyce Esq, ‘Friend of the wretched and solace of distress’ at end, 4 pages on laid paper, a little dust soiling to fore-margin of first page, 4to (Qty: 3)NOTESGeorge Macartney, 1st Earl Macartney was a British Diplomat and duelist who achieved the lasting fame, among many other diplomatic appointments, as the first British diplomatic representative to Peking (1792-1794). Most like a contemporary copy in a strikingly similar hand, the poem ascribed to Lord Macartney was most probably written before his departure to Madras in 1780. The poem is quoted in several sources, including Horace Walpole, A Catalogue of the Royal and Noble Authors of England, Scotland… volume 5, pp. 331-3.

Tennyson (Alfred, Lord). In Memoriam, Macmillan and Co., 1884, inscribed by the author on the half-title, with a later gift inscription from the recipient Cecil Ursula Palgrave below (see note), original green cloth, small 8vo (Qty: 1)NOTESProvenance: inscribed by the author on the half-title, 'Cecil Ursula Palgrave, from Tennyson, March 20th, -85', and by the recipient below at a later date, 'Susan Lister, from Cecil U. Duncan (née Palgrave), July 1915. I known you will value this as it had Tennyson's autograph. My father - your great 'Uncle Frank' was a friend of the poet'. Cecil Ursula Palgrave (1863-1939) was the daughter of Francis Turner Palgrave (1824-1897), of Golden Treasury fame. Palgrave compiled his great anthology of English verse (published in 1861) in close collaboration with Tennyson, who has been described as the 'presiding muse for the project' (Carol Ann Duffy, foreword to the Macmillan Collector's Library Edition, 2018).

Shipley (Conway). Sketches in the Pacific. The South Sea Islands. Drawn from Nature and on Stone by Conway Shipley Esqr. Lieut. R.N., London, T. McLean, 1851, tinted lithographed title with vignette, lithographed dedication leaf with Description of Sketches to verso, lithographed leaf of facsimiles of signatures, and 25 tinted lithographed plates, each with tissue-guard, some light scattered spotting (mainly to margins), contents loose (gutta percha perished), presentation inscription to front endpaper in ink 'Arthur Foster September 1894 from his affecte. Grandmother ELPM. This book was given to me by Allen Bathurst Lieut. RN', original publisher's blue and red cloth, with large gilt title cartouche to upper cover, some marks, spine missing (covers detached), folio (42.5 x 33.25 cm, 16.75 x 13 ins) (Qty: 1)NOTESProvenance: Allen Bathurst, 6th Earl Bathurst (1832-1892); Arthur Foster, son of William Orme Foster, heir and nephew of James Foster (a wealthy ironmaster who employed seven thousand men to make nails in Stourbridge), who acquired Apley Park in 1867; Lord Hamilton of Dalzell (removed from Stockton House, Apley, Shropshire). Apley Park is believed to be the inspiration for P.G. Wodehouse’s Blandings Castle. Abbey, Travel 601; Ferguson 15656a; Hill (2004) 1564; Kroepelien, Bibliotheca Polynesiana 1189. Rare. Only three copies traced at auction in the last 35 years. One of the most important illustrated books of the South Pacific containing fine lithographed views after watercolours by Lieutenant Shipley depicting scenes of Pitcairn Island, Tahiti, Samoa and Fiji. Conway Mordant Shipley (born in 1824) served onboard HMS Calypso on a cruise to the missionary stations in the South Sea Islands in 1848, having departed Valparaiso in February of that year. The work is dedicated to Vice Admiral Sir George F. Seymour, late Commander-in-Chief in the Pacific. The text contains a detailed description of the voyage, including the arrival at Pitcairn Island on the 9th of March, when a whale-boat was launched from the shore 'John Quintal was steersman and there were also Edward Quintal, Matthew Quintal, Fletcher Christian, John Adams, and many others with familiar names, in all twelve persons. Their forms were very robust, much sunburnt; dress, a shirt and trousers, though some few had coats; gentle-mannered and speaking English with great correctness, but with a Yankee accent.'. The author adds further chapters on the Society Islands, Samoa, or the Navigator Islands, and the Feejee or Viti Islands. A review of the work in The Spectator for 1st March 1851 states ' Lieutenant Shipley's sketches... present us with many picturesque combinations... the letterpress, narrative and descriptive... may be consulted with profit and amusement; especially the account of the small colony on Pitcairn's Island, descended from the mutineers of the Bounty '.

* NASA Apollo Missions. An Apollo Moonwalkers autograph presentation piece, featuring signed pieces from all twelve Apollo moonwalker astronauts, including: Neil Armstrong (1930-2012), Buzz Aldrin (1930-), Pete Conrad (1930-), Alan Bean (1932-), Alan Shepard (1923-), Edgar Mitchell (1930-), David Scott (1932-), James Irwin (1930-), John Young (1930-), Charles Duke (1935-), Eugene Cernan (1934-) and Harrison Schmitt (1935-), plus autographs of the six command module pilots for the relevant Apollo missions, Apollo 11, 12, 14, 15, 16 & 17 (1969-72), including Michael Collins, Richard Gordon, Stuart Roosa, Alfred Worden, Ken Mattingly & Ron Evans, variously signed on paper, first day covers or card, neatly presented in a matted display by Apollo mission with related photographs, patches and display caption with a large central photograph of Neil Armstrong on the moon, framed and glazed, overall 108 x 161cm (Qty: 1)NOTESAn impressive and large display centrepiece celebrating the Apollo lunar missions with the autographs of all twelve Apollo astronauts who walked on the moon and the six respective command module pilots for those missions. Fifty years ago, on 21 July 1969, at 02:56 UTC Neil Armstrong became the first person to step onto the lunar surface. Buzz Aldrin joined him 19 minutes later. They spent over two hours together outside the spacecraft collecting lunar material to bring back to Earth. Command module pilot Michael Collins flew the command module Columbia alone in lunar orbit while they were on the Moon's surface. In total Armstrong and Aldrin spent 21 hours 31 minutes on the lunar surface at a site they named Tranquility Base before lifting off to rejoin Columbia in lunar orbit. A certificate of authenticity supplied by Charles Phillips & Sons is included with the lot.

Hartshorne (Anna). Japan and her People, 2 volumes, 1st edition, Philadelphia: John C. Winston Co., 1902, 50 photogravure plates, folding map, free endpapers browned and with old book-labels, volume 1 front joint partially split but firm, original red pictorial cloth gilt, original plain red cloth dust jackets, 8vo, together with: Stock (Eugene). The Story of the Fuh-Kien Mission of the Church Missionary Society, 1st edition, Seeley, Jackson, & Halliday, 1877, folding map frontispiece, contemporary blue calf gilt, 8vo (18.2 x 12.5 cm), Malan (Solomon Caesar), Who is God in China, Shin or Shang-Te, 1st edition, Samuel Bagster and Sons, [1855], a little spotting and toning, old ownership inscription to title-page, modern half calf, 8vo (22 x 13.5 cm), Giles (Herbert A.), A Chinese Biographical Dictionary, 1st edition, Taipei: Literature House, 1898, original pale orange silk, large 8vo, Staunton (George), An Authentic Account of an Embassy from the King of Great Britain to the Emperor of China, 2 volumes in 1, 1st US edition, Philadelphia: for Robert Campbell, by John Bioren, 1799, 7 engraved plates (of 8: lacking plate 8), folding table, offsetting, toning, a little spotting, contemporary tree sheep, loss to spine ends, 8vo (21.4 x 12.4 cm), and 5 others, China and Japan related (Qty: 13)NOTESSabin 90843 (Staunton). An exceptionally bright copy of Hartshorne's work, in the original dust jackets.

* Howe (James, 1780-1836). Boy washing horses in a stable, man leading a horse with panniers, man feeding hay to two horses, man training a horse, and man on horseback with dog, five pen and brown ink drawings on wove paper, each signed 'How' or 'Howe', sheet size 27 x 40.5 cm (10.6 x 16 ins) (Qty: 5)NOTESJames Howe (or How), also known as Howe of Skirling, was born in Skirling on the Scottish borders and apprenticed to a house painter, although his main interest was horses and cattle. A volume of engravings after his drawings was published in Edinburgh by W.H. Lizars in 1824, entitled Fourteen Engravings from Drawings of the Horse , itself a relative rarity (not present in Podeschi, Books on the Horse, Paul Mellon Collection, 1981), and a further series of prints entitled National Work depicting the breeds of horses in cattle in Scotland, was issued in three parts between 1829 and 1831 by Ballantyne & Company of Edinburgh. Howe became a firm friend of Sir Walter Scott, painting his portrait, as well as a farmyard scene incorporating Scott's legendary dog Camp at Ashestiel. A monograph on his life and work written by A.D. Cameron, published in 1986, is entitled The Man Who Loved to Draw Horses . The present drawings conform closely in scale to the prints published in Howe's Fourteen Engravings from Drawings of the Horse.

UNATTRIBUTED; an early 20th century oil on canvas depicting the rescue of the crew of the Annie Kimball by the SS Ambrose, January 16th 1875, by repute by a crew member, signed 'CH' and dated 1920 lower right, with excerpt written to the back of the canvas in pen, 'Barque 'Annie Kimball' of Liverpool abandoned in the Atlantic, picked up by the SS Ambrose, January 16 1875, a prize crew was put on board who sailed the ship into St Vincent Cape de Verde, the painter of this picture was one of the crew CH', 40.5 x 40cm, in gilt frame.

World War Two hardback book The Story of the Air Training Corps.1946 Edition originally owned by Fred Ablard who served 44F Air training corps. Good Condition. All autographs are genuine hand signed and come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99.

Victorian ivory and silver mounted presentation conductors baton 52cm longPLEASE NOTE: THIS ITEM CONTAINS OR IS MADE OF IVORY. Buyers must be aware that regulations of several countries, including USA, prohibit the import of ivory, or any goods containing ivory. Ewbank's advise prospective purchasers who intend to ship this lot to another country that they must familiarise themselves with the relevant import/export regulations prior to bidding. They are responsible for their shipping arrangements, and the onus is therefore on them to arrange their own shipping.

Vinyl Records - LP's including The Rolling Stones - Sticky Fingers - 450195 1; Goats Head Soup - COC 59101; The Beach Boys - Boys Pet Sounds - FA 3018; The Beatles - Beatles Ballads - PCS 7214; Wings - Red Road Speedway - PCTC 251; Venus and Mars - PCTC 254; The Who - Who's Next - 2408 102; Eric Clapton - The Cream of Eric Clapton - ECTV 1 (8)

Toys and Collectibles - The Beatles 340 piece jigsaw; others, Dr Who, Victory landscapes, ballet dancers; books; games, including Criss Cross dice game, Mousie Mousie, etc

Vinyl Records - LP's including Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin III - 2401-002 (red and plum label) - matrix runout - side A - etched - Do what thou wilt 2401002 A-5 GAC, side B - So mote it be 2401002 B7 GAC - (misspell label side one on track A3 reading: 'Celebration', instead of 'Celebration Day'); Amon Düül II - Yeti - LSP 101/3 - matrix runout - side A - stamped - LSP 101 A-1G, side B - LSP 101 B-1G, side C - LSP 102 A-1G, side D - LSP 102 B-1G; Slade - Play It Loud - 2383 026 - matrix runout - side A - etched - 2383026 A-2, side B - 2383026 B-2; Focus - Moving Waves - Blue Horizon - 2931-002; Colosseum - Daughter Of Time - 6360 017 (Small Vertigo Swirl); Colosseum Live - ICD1/2; Arthur Brown's Kingdom Come - The Lost Ears - GUD 2003/4; Groundhogs - Who Will Save The World? The Mighty Groundhogs - UAG 29237; The Moody Blues - On The Threshold Of A Dream - SML 1035 (9)

Vinyl Records - LP's including The Rolling Stones - Goats Head Soup - 450207 1; Bob Dylan - Slow Train Coming - 32524; David Bowie - Rare - PL 45406; Scary Monsters - PL 13647; Another Face - TAB 17; The Who - Who Are You - WHOD 5004; Tommy Part 2 - 2406 008; Meaty7 Beaty Big and Bouncy - 2406 006; Who's Next - 2408102 (10)

Vinyl Records - 7” singles including “Rock/ Prog Rock/ Punk” - The Incredible String Band - Way Back in the 1960's - EKSN 450 13 (PROMOTIONAL COPY); Cliff Bennett & The Rebel Rousers - Use me - R 5598 (demonstration record); The Association - Never my Love - WB 7119 (Advanced promotion Copy); Ramones - I remember - 6078 603 (Gold Label); The Jimmy Hendrix Experience; Queen; Rainbow; Ram Jam; Procol Harum; Deep Purple; Alice Cooper; Blondie; Fleetwood Mac; The Eagles; Julie Driscoll; The Doors; T.Rex; The Who; etc

Vinyl Records - 7” singles including “Rock/ Prog rock” - Pink Floyd - See Emily Play/ Scarecrow - DB8214; Arnold Lane/ Candy and a Currant Bun - DB8156; Another Brick in the Wall Part II/ One of my Turns - HAR5194; See Emily Play/ Scarecrow - HARG 1522; The Who - The Last Time - 604006; My Generation - 15944; Squeeze Box - 2121 275; Yardbirds - For your Love - DB 7499; Evil Hearted You - DB 7706; Heart full of Soul - DB 7594 (10)

A very interesting archive collection of the Gould family, likely a Jewish family, containing WW2 ephemera about the Gould family. Included are naval telegrams from the No. 109 Torpedo boat, passports for William Frederick Gould, a printed copy of a changed birth certificate to William Frederick Miller, among information regarding other Gould brothers. Among are badges and tags related to their military exploits, including the Torpedo boat No. 109 ribbon band, a HMS Cumberland band, an intriguing printed Pegasus patch from late in the war, a HMS Courage band that has been trimmed down, a dog tag for a Pte E. Kaine among other badges, patches and documentation. An intriguing lot for those who enjoy researching the past lives of others, with plenty of information to keep you busy.

A collection of WW2 naval ephemera and archive , largely consisting of the records of an Edward or Eli Read, a seaman based in Tottenham, who served on Norwegian ships. Included is a mercantile-marine papers document, a passbook with some pages torn and other interesting documents including telegrams, documents and photographs. Also included are discharge certificates from a US marine hospital.Radio operator interest, containing log books and station frequencies.