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Lot 1070
A RARE ENGLISH IRON-FRAMED PINION CUTTING ENGINEUNSIGNED, PROBABLY LANCASHIRE, EARLY TO MID 19th CENTURY The substantial steel frame with runner opposing headstock fitted with an indexed locking plate and detent to rear applied to a steel slider beneath upper U-shaped hinged armature incorporating cutter pivot fitted with a driving pulley and depthing screw, the underside fitted with a drilled vice tongue to rear; with a selection of index plates and other accessories, (qty). Length of frame 23cm (9ins); 15cm (6ins) high overall, 25.5cm (10ins) wide overall, 28cm (11ins) long overall. Provenance:Purchased in these rooms 15th September 2015 (lot 72) for £800 hammer. A similar engine is illustrated and discussed in Crom, Theodore R. Early Lancashire Horological Tools and Their Makers pages 249-50. Another related engine from the workshop of John Hooper was sold in these rooms on Tuesday 10th February 2009 (lot 36).
Lot 1167
AN INLAID MAHOGANY SMALL LONGCASE REGULATOR TIMEPIECEWILLIAM CROFT, LONDON, 19th CENTURYThe substantial eight-day four columnar pillar movement with thick plates measuring 10 by 8 inches constructed with thumbscrews for the securing the movement pillars, backcock and dial feet, the train with high pinion counts, six-spoke wheel crossings, Harrison's maintaining power and deadbeat escapement regulated by lenticular bob wood-rod seconds pendulum, the 11.25 inch circular silvered dial with subsidiary seconds over signature W'm Croft, London and Arabic hour dial to centre, within outer minute ring incorporating Arabic five minute annotations beyond the track, with blued steel hands, in a case with architectural chevron dentil edged cavetto cornice and plain frieze, over opening front with glazed dial aperture within banded surround, fan inlaid quadrants to spandrel areas and crossbanded outer border, the trunk with concave throat moulding over rectangular caddy moulded door triple-strung with a concave-cornered panel, the base with concave top moulding over conforming panel inlaid fascia and bracket feet.190cm (74.5ins) high, 44cm (17.25ins) wide, 23.5cm (9.25ins) deep. Provenance:The Leonard Fuller Collection, purchased from G.H. Bell, Winchester, 26th October 1965 for £150. A William Croft is recorded in Baillie, G.H. Watchmakers & Clockmakers of the World as working in London 1805-08. An almost identical movement to that of the present lot, but signed for Neilson, Temple Bar, London, is illustrated in Roberts, Derek ENGLISH PRECISION PENDULUM CLOCKS on page 248 (Figure 22-24). Roberts notes that it was the only movement that he'd seen which could be dismantled without any tools by simply unscrewing the finely finished extended brass bolts which hold it together. He also notes that Two makers with the surname Neilson are recorded, Alexander and Thomas, who were both working in around 1860-80.
Lot 1065
Ɵ REFERENCE WORKS MOSTLY RELATING TO PRACTICAL CLOCK AND WATCH MAKINGTHIRTY-EIGHT VOLUMES:Wyke, John A CATALOGUE OF TOOLS FOR WATCH AND CLOCK MAKERS facsimile reprint of the late 18th century trade catalogue with technical commentary by Alan Smith, University Press of Virginia, Charlottesville 1978, dj; Heimann, Peter Regulator Clock CONSTRUCTION Special Interest Model Books Limited, Poole 2007, softbound; Harvey, Laurence and Allix, Charles HABSON'S CHOICE, ENGLISH BRACKET CLOCK REPEATING WORK, THE WORKING SKETCHES MADE OVER MORE THAN SEVENTY YEARS BY CHARLES HOBSON limited edition numbered 175 out of a 1,000 copies and signed by Charles Hobson, Malcolm Gardner, Sevenoaks 1982, softbound with stapled spine; Rees, Abraham Rees's Clocks, Watches and Chronometers facsimile reprint of excerpts from Rees's 'Cyclopedia' of 1819-20, David and Charles, Newton Abbot 1970, dj; Jendritzki, H. and Matthey, J.P. Repairing ANTIQUE Pendulum Clocks Edition Scriptar S.A., Lausanne undated, softbound; Britten, F.W. BRITTEN'S Watch & Clock Maker's Handbook, Dictionary and Guide Sixteenth Edition revised and enlarged by Richard Good, Eyre Methuen, London 1978, dj; Harris, H.G. WATCH AND CLOCK REPAIRS Arco Publications, London 1961, softbound; Britten, F.W. WATCH AND CLOCKMAKERS' HANDBOOK, DICTIONARY AND GUIDE facsimile reprint of the 1915 eleventh edition, Baron Publishing Limited, Woodbridge 1976, dj (two copies); Rawlings, A.L. The Science of Clocks and Watches E.P. Publishing Limited, Wakefield 1974, dj; with another copy 1978, dj; Crom, Theodore R. HOROLOGICAL WHEEL CUTTING ENGINE 1700 to 1900 published by the author, Guinesville FL 1970, softbound; Gordon, G.F.C. CLOCKMAKING, Past & Present Crosby Lockwood and Son, London 1928; De Carle, Donald De Carle's Watch & Clock Encyclopedia N.A.G. Press Limited, London 1975, dj; De Carle, Donald PRACTICAL CLOCK REPAIRING N.A.G. Press Limited, London 1964, dj; De Carle, Donald PRACTICAL WATCH REPAIRING N.A.G. Press Limited, London 1971, dj; Grimthorpe, Lord Edmund Beckett A Treatise on Clocks facsimile reprint of the 1903 eight edition, E.P. Publishing Limited, Wakefield 1974, dj; Britten, F.W. HOROLOGICAL HINTS and HELPS reprint of the fourth edition, Baron Publishing Limited, London undated; Aked, Charles Complete List of English Horological Patents up to 1853 Brant Wright Associates Limited, Ashford 1975, dj; DeCarle, Donald COMPLICATED WATCHES and their repair N.A.G. Press Limited, London 1977, dj; Jones, Bernard E. CLOCK CLEANING AND REPAIRING Cassell and Company Limited, London 1970; Glasgow, David Watch and Clock Making facsimile reprint of the 1885 edition, E.P. Publishing Limited, Wakefield 1977, dj; Hatton, Thomas Introduction to Clock and Watch work facsimile reprint of the 1773 edition, Turner and Devereux, London 1978; Smith, Eric P. REPAIRING ANTIQUE CLOCKS, A Guide for Amateurs David and Charles, Newton Abbot 1973, dj; Whiten, Anthony J. REPAIRING OLD CLOCKS & WATCHES N.A.G. Press, London 1979, dj; Haswell, Eric J. HOROLOGY facsimile reprint of the 1851 edition, E.P. Publishing Limited, Wakefield 1976, dj; Tyler, John E. HOW TO MAKE and English Style BRACKET CLOCK Brant Wright Associates, Ashford 1978, dj; Tyler E.J. THE CRAFT OF THE CLOCKMAKER Ward Lock Limited, London 1973, dj; Gazeley, W.J. WATCH AND CLOCK MAKING AND REPAIRING Heywood Books, London 1965, dj; Gazeley, W.J. CLOCK AND WATCH ESCAPEMENTS facsimile reprint of the 1956 edition, Newnes-Butterworths, London 1973, dj; Rose, Claude B. The Musical Clock Argus Books Limited, London 1975, dj; Saunier, Claudius TREATISE ON MODERN HOROLOGY IN THEORY AND PRACTICE translated from the French by Julien Trippin and Edward Higg, facsimile reprint of the 1861 edition, W. and G. Foyle Limited, London 1975; together with nine publications by John Wilding from his 'how to' series on clock making and repairing, most copies signed by the author and many first limited editions, Brant Wight Associates, London 1974-80, (40). Provenance:The Leonard Fuller Collection.
Lot 1071
A SWISS WATCHMAKER'S TOPPING TOOLPOSSIBLY BY HENRI PICARD ET FRERES, LA CHAUX FONDS, LATE 19th CENTURYOf standard form with work held vertically beneath a poppet over an X and Y axis adjustable stage next to a horizontal cutter driven via a sequence of pulleys by a four-spoke hand wheel with serpentine crossings, on tapered nickel-finish foot secured to a mahogany platform base.24.5cm (9.75ins) high, 27.5cm (10.75ins) wide, 20cm (8ins) deep. Related tools are illustrated in Crom, Theodore R. Horological Shop Tools 1700-1900 on page 296 (fig. 561) which reproduces a plate from the circa 1885 Henri Picard et Freres trade catalogue. Condition Report: Tool is in sound original condition but is somewhat dirty/neglected hence will need a clean/service if intending to put to use. All pivots/threads operate and appear free of wear/noticeable play and there is only very slight rusting/oxidation to the steelwork. The base panel has some slight bruising from use of a bench clamp to secure the too to a worktop at some point. Condition Report Disclaimer
Lot 266
Binding for Queen Mary I of England and Ireland. Polydori Vergilii Urbinatis Anglicae historiae libri vigintiseptem, Basel: Michael Isingrin, 1555, title with printer's woodcut device with contemporary hand colouring, two leaves within woodcut borders, including dedication leaf to Henry VIII, red-ruled borders throughout, four fine, contemporary manuscript pen and ink and watercolour double-page maps of England & Wales, Ireland, Scotland (bearing a date of 1558 in the text) and France bound in at front, early 17th-century marginalia on p. 59 ('contra et melius censet Camdenus in sua Britannia pag[ina] 108 in agro Somersetensi ponit montem Badonicum', translating as 'Camden thinks against [this] and better [;] in his Britannia [first published 1586], page 108, he places Mount Badon in Somerset') and p. 119 ('concubinas' referencing the underlined printed word 'uxores' [wives, spouses, consorts]), armorial bookplate of F[rancis] Fortescue Turvile [1752-1839], all edges gilt, old ink titling at head of fore-edge, ‘Re[g]ni Anglicarum | Polidoris’, later calf (c. 1800) with original gilt-decorated calf panels relaid to both boards, the central royal escutcheon on both panels built up from small tools showing France ancient in the first and fourth quarters and England in the second and third, with monogram ‘M R’ within a decorative central lozenge compartment, outer ornamental border frame of interlaced circles with arabesque decoration to inner and outer corners (one damaged and one missing), spine scuffed and heavily rubbed with loss at head, upper joints weak, some edge wear and damage to spine and joints, folio (337 x 220 mm)(Quantity: 1) Provenance: For extensive notes about the provenance, royal binding and cartography, please visit Dominic Winter's website
Lot 258
Gerson (Johannes). Opera: Inventarium eorum que in operibus Gersonis continentur, & Prima pars operum Johannis Gerson, 2 parts bound in one, [Nüremberg: Georg Stuchs], 1489, gothic letter, capitals supplied in red and blue (some with flourishes), full-page woodcut to verso of each title (attributed to Albrecht Dürer) of the author represented as a pilgrim in a landscape, large painted initial I on A2 in blue with white penwork on liquid gold ground, with green and red borders and blue and red flourishes with yellow penwork, leather tab on second title, lightly dust-soiled, small worm trail in blank inner margin of two quires, small water stain at blank inner and upper margin of first few leaves, contemporary South German brown deerskin over thick wooden boards, covers triple blind ruled to a panel design, upper cover with outer panel of repeated floral blind tools with author's name and title stamped at head, central panel filled with curved branches and floral tools, lower cover with floral tools to outer panel, central panel with four diagonal compartments each with a blind-stamped ‘pierced heart’ tool, floral tools blind-stamped in compartments, brass catches stamped with initials IGU and a hound, lacking clasps and central bosses, head and tail of spine worn and showing, with loss at head and foot, extremities worn, thick 4toQTY: (1)NOTE:Not in BMC; GW10716; Goff G188; Polain (B) 1592; ISTC ig00188000;Jean Gerson (1363-1429), chancellor of the University of Paris, was one of the most influential theologians of the fifteenth century. He worked to resolve the Great Schism (between the popes of Rome and Avignon) and played an important role at the Council of Constance, where he influenced the decisions concerning the fate of the Hussites. His extensive writings on ecclesiology, reform, pastoral care and mysticism were popular during the later Middle Ages and were frequently printed during the second half of the fifteenth century, both as individual treatises and in collected editions.Two volumes bound in one, being the first book of the fourth edition of Jean Gerson’s works, edited by Peter Schott and Johann Geiler von Kaysersberg, bound with the (often missing) index to the complete works. This first volume contains some of Gerson's most important work including De unitate Ecclesiae, and Tractatus de potestate ecclesiastica et origine juris et legum, a treatise on ecclesiastical power and on the origin of right and laws. The volume also includes most of his works concerning magic, astrology and visions such as the important and hugely influential treatises Trilogium Astrologie theologistate, De libris astrologicis non tolerandis, De Probatione Spirituum, De distinctione verarum visionum a falsis, and De erroribus circa artem magicam as well as his essay against the sect of the Flagellants. In 1398 the theological faculty of the University of Paris had issued a decree condemning, in 28 articles, magical arts and sorcery, following which Gerson produced these several brief works criticizing various forms of superstition and magic. To the first of these, De erroribus circa artem magicam of 1402 (half of which is devoted to questions of demonic existence and power), he appended the list of the 1398 condemnations which he himself had helped to orchestrate, and also included the complete text of the confession of Jean de Bar, who was accused of necromancy, and condemned to death. Gerson's treatise De Distinctione Verarum Visionum a Falsis, dealt with ‘discretione spirituum’ (the discernment of spirits) and sought to lay out methods for determining whether a mystical vision was true or false, or in other words inspired by God or the Devil. At the Council of Constance, in 1415, he was called on to help decide whether or not Bridget of Sweden’s visions were authentic. He felt they were not and wrote another treatise, De Probatione Spirituum, which set out principles and procedures for distinguishing good spirits from evil ones. He was also consulted by Charles VII on Jeanne d’Arc's visions.The South German binding is very similar in its design to one in Henry Davis Gift, volume II, page 325.
Lot 768
Southern Mines Inspection District Ambulance League Medal (2), the first 30mm x 26mm, gold (9ct., 13.98g), hallmarks for Birmingham 1915, the obverse depicting crossed safety lamp and tools, engraved ‘F. Cockrane, Capt.’, the reverse engraved ‘Powell’s Tillery, Junior Team’; the second 39mm x 32mm, silver, hallmarks for Birmingham 1914, the obverse engraved ‘R. Swift’, the reverse engraved, ‘Radstock Division, Writhlington Colleries, Senior Team 1914’; Durham Mines Inspection District Ambulance League Medal, 39mm x 32mm, silver, the obverse depicting crossed safety lamp and tools, engraved ‘R. Hetherington’, the reverse engraved ‘Shilden Lodge Colliery 1918’; The Lothians Mine Workers’ Ambulance League Medal, 34mm x 23mm, silver and enamel, hallmarks for Birmingham 1914, the obverse depicting stretcher bearers at the pit-head, the reverse inscribed ‘Loanhead No. 2 1914 Robert Connor’, good very fine (4) £180-£220 --- Provenance: James Spencer Collection, Dix Noonan Webb, December 2010. Powell’s Tillery Steam Coal Company operated in the Tillery Valley, Abertillery, Gwent. Writhlington Colliery, Somerset. Shilden Lodge Colliery, in operation, 1830-1937. Loanhead Colliery, Edinburgh.
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