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A silver and enamel cased travelling timepiece with applied RAF wings, circa 1931General knocks and wear expected with age and useWear to the corners of the enamel, minor knocks and scratching to the edges of the silverIndscribed GIEVES LTD 21 OLD BOND ST by the catch, dial with minor scratching and drit build upClock piece untested, expect it will need a serviceSee photos
A mixed lot to include two patinated metal jardinieres, a boxed snow globe, wicker child's chair, wall mirror, Dunlop travelling case, mahogany standard lamp, oriental ceramic elephant garden seat, painted metal jardiniere stand, wall clock in the form of a bicycle and other items, Location : G
An Antique Blue Guilloche enamel and silver miniature carriage clock on agate base, in manner of Cartier. The blue enamel, on five sides is edged with white enamel, rear door panel set with monogram LA, complete with the original leather travelling case, Height 7.5cm x Width 4.5cm x 4cm. (Area of restoration to top panel). French import marks.
A BOX AND LOOSE CLOCKS AND CLOCK PARTS, to include a Smiths shallow mantel clock, a Smiths travelling alarm clock in a red plastic case, a Kaiser Brilliant Duett clock (glass damaged), a square Jungmans clock, assorted early twentieth century clocks and part clocks, a metal perpetual desk calendar, and a box of clock movements and various parts (sd) (1 BOX + LOOSE)
A Brass Striking and Repeating Carriage Clock, retailed by Joseph Penlington, Paris, circa 1900, carrying handle and repeat button, enamel dial with Roman numerals, twin barrel movement with a platform lever escapement and striking on a gong, movement backplate stamped E.M&Co and numbered 2566, 17.5cm high over handle, with fitted outer travelling caseBrass surfaces are slightly discoloured in parts, back door glass panel with several chips, dial with two small cracks and chips to the top corners, movement is fully wound and not working, balance is swinging when shaking the clock from side to side and then stops after a couple of seconds, movement needs a service, outer fitted case with wear and the strap handle is missing.
A FRENCH SMALL LACQUERED BRASS CARRIAGE TIMEPIECE, DROCOURT, PARISLATE 19TH CENTURYThe eight-day single train movement regulated by silvered platform lever escapement incorporating split bimetallic balance, the backplate stamped with oval D C trademark for Drocourt over serial number 32959 to lower left hand corner, the rectangular white enamel Roman numeral dial with blued steel spade hands, in an corniche type case of Mignonette No. 3 size with hinged carrying handle over caddy moulded corner uprights and cavetto moulded skirt; with travelling case now covered in simulated leather and original numbered winding keyThe clock 10.5cm (4.25ins) high with handle down, 7cm (2.75ins) wide, 6cm (2.375ins) deep. Pierre Drocourt is recorded in Allix, Charles and Bonnert, Peter CARRIAGE CLOCKS, Their history and development with further additions and corrections from research undertaken by Leigh Extence (available online) as born in 1819 and setting up in business as a clockmaker in Paris in 1853. He initially worked from Rue Limoges (later called 28 Rue Debelleyme after the rationalisation and merger of Streets in 1865), 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.
A gilt brass small carriage clock, white enamel dial with Roman numerals, the case with shaped handle over rectangular inspection panel, both sides with glass plates, plain case, French movement, the clock body 6cm high x 3.8cm wide, with original travelling case (case distressed and case cover detached from body)
A REPEATING CARRIAGE CLOCK BY ROSSEL ET FILS GENEVE, the white enamelled dial with subsidiary seconds dial, the chapter ring with Roman numerals above three further subsidiary dials showing day, month and date, the centre signed ;Rossel et fils, Sucrs de j. F. Bautte Geneve, the back with four winding/setting points and a silence, Pte or Gde Sonnerie selector. The case with folding handle, push button repeat and moulded frame, the movement numbered 4769. In red leather travelling case with key, height 15.5cm
circa 1968, the signed circular champagne dial, 30mm diameter, with black luminous hands, centre sweep, baton minute track, date window at 3 o'clock and inner rotating alarm setting disc, signed fully jewelled mechanical crown wind movement number 1940960, calibre K911, with crowns for winding the timepiece and alarm at 11 and 1 o'clock, square case, 45mm wide, brushed finish, outer chapter ring around the crystal with black Roman numerals, verso with hinged C shaped stand, inner snap on, numbered 1137107, interior signed and numbered 11011, presented with the liveried leather pouchFootnote: The 'Memovox' (from the Latin memoria 'memory' and vox 'voice') was first introduced in 1951, as a wristwatch, a pendant watch which converted to a miniature bedside clock and this example - a travelling timepiece. The mechanisms operating the time and alarm function were separated by constructing two separate barrels, which ensured that the power reserve of the timepiece was not reduced by triggering the alarm function. As a result, Memovox has two crowns for winding.In 1956, a mechanical automatic version was introduced, credited as the first automatic wristwatch movement to house a mechanical alarm function.
A HILLWOOD LAMINATED MAHOGANY CIGAR HUMIDOR AND FURTHER ITEMS (9)ModernThe humidor fitted with a hygrometer and removable humidifier, 30cm wide, together with a sterling silver cigar tube, London 2003, 14cm long, another similar brushed and gilt metal cigar tube by Dunhill, 19cm long, a Tommy Bahama cigar cutter and three further cigar cutters, a silver mounted travelling clock by Carrs and three further items.
First quarter of the 20th century large French brass and glass panelled carriage clock of plain design, open escapement to the top, blued steel hands to a white enamel dial with black Roman numerals, inscribed 'Paris made, Goldsmiths Co, 112 Regent St, London', presentation inscription to front at base dated 1902 (hour hand not fixed) by E Gay, Lamialle of Paris. Height 14cm, width 5.5cm, complete with original green morocco leather travelling case with winding key. Note: timepiece only
A brass cased carriage clock, circa 1890, the white enamel dial with black Roman numerals within a border of facetted clear stones, 14cm high (including handle), complete in a travelling caseCondition report: The clock has surface scratches and knocks and would benefit from a clock. The mechanism is currently working and the balance wheel is moving freely. The case is showing sign of use and abuse.
A jadeite bracelet composed of collet-set cabochon jadeite links and rectangular links with Chinese character detail, Chinese marks(Length: 17.5cm)Footnote: Note: Lots 297-310 for part of the collection of Ellen Mary Victoria Fludder (nee Lowe). Ellen was the daughter of John Lowe, whose antiques shop, J. Lowe was a well-known feature of what was then 138 Wardour Street, London, during the early 20th Century, the street numbers have since changed. Originally a watch and clock repairer, John expanded the business to include antiques, primarily jewellery and oriental art. John became a well-known and respected antiquarian and clockmaker, and indeed his youngest son John Harold Lowe remembered visiting Buckingham Palace with his father, where he was employed to wind the clocks for Edward VII or George V. Adverts from the period show a novel approach to marketing, using lines from Shakespeare to expound upon the virtues of dealing with such an exemplary antiquarian as J.Lowe; ‘China dishes, Very Good Dishes! / The Stamp of Merit. / I will buy with you! Sell with You!/ Old and Antique’ reads part of the poem, borrowing lines from The Merchant of Venice, Measure for Measure and Twelfth Night among others. This literary flight of fancy rather foreshadows another foray into the literary world the family would later take. Born in May 1897, Ellen was a favourite of her father’s and though she was sent to boarding school in Devon at a young age, she and her brothers were later educated in London, and living above the shop, surrounded by such curiosities and attending various auctions and dealers’ shops, it is little wonder that she began to take a lively interest in her fathers’ business. Though very much a woman in man’s world, she became a well-known fixture in her fathers’ shop and at the London salerooms. Indeed, one of her regular customers, who she met when she was around 18, was the author Edgar Jepson (1863-1938), who was a keen collector of antiques. As well as writing detective fiction, Jepson was also a translator, most notably of the Arsène Lupin stories by Maurice Leblanc, which are currently enjoying a revival on Netflix. He was quite taken with the character Ellen cut in the shop, and certainly, the curiosities of the Far East which filled the shop offered much scope for his creative mind. His 1927 novel, ‘Miss Timmins and Lord Scredington’ is based around J.Lowe and Ellen is the inspiration for the title character, Miss Timmins. ‘Miss Timmins runs an Oriental curio shop, and her adventures with strange and beautiful pieces of jade and lapis lazuli and chalcedony, carved by the artists of the East, and the strange and sometimes dangerous customers they bring her, are always amusing and thrilling.’ Edgar opens the novel with a direct reference to the frustrations of a ‘lady antique dealer’ in a world of men, and throughout her adventures the feisty Miss Timmins enjoys nothing better than getting the better of her male competitors, who often underestimate her. The novel has everything you could want from a 1920s cosmopolitan adventure novel; a rakish Lord smitten with the heroine, tea dances at the best places in town, brushes with the occult and unscrupulous antiquarians; certainly, if only a fraction of it is true, Ellen had a rather interesting life! J.Lowe closed in 1924, after the death of John Lowe, and Ellen later went on to work for Reville Terry, a Couturier on Grosvenor Square as their jewellery buyer, regularly travelling between London and Paris to see the latest collection. Lots 297-310 are not only a collection of beautiful jewels, very much of their time; but also, a lovely throwback to the exploits of Miss Timmins, and her love of Chinese jades; indeed one could almost imagine one of the jadeite brooches on her lapel, next to her infamous jade cloak hook which sent Lord Scredington so wild with envy as she raced about town in search of her next ‘find’.

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