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A rare mid 19th century engraved gilt brass grande and petite sonnerie striking carriage clockPossibly by Lamy & Lacroixthe delicate handle with tear-drop shaped terminals and internal pommels over a bevelled glass inspection panel with repeat button through the glass, framed by a foliate border, the tall side panels and doors on a high base with lozenge-shaped engraved details. White enamel Roman dial with minute track and Breguet style moon hands over subsidiaries for the alarm and date of the month. The silvered platform with bimetallic balance to a jewelled club-foot lever escapement striking the hours and quarters on a pair of horizontal bells mounted in the base, (the alarm also sounding on the larger bell), offering the options G, S, P for grande sonnerie, silence or petite sonnerie.Footnotes:This clock is similar to those made by Lamy & Lacroix, the French manufacturers based in the Franche-Comte area on the border with Switzerland. Others with comparable dials and strike work are illustrated in D. Roberts, (1993) Carriage and Other Travelling Clocks. Pennsylvania: Schiffer Publishing, Figs. 4-3 and 15-5a, b and c.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A fine, rare and exceptionally large early 20th century English carriage clock, in the original presentation caseBarnsdale, 18, Brunswick Place, LondonThe 12 inch high rectangular case surmounted by a serpentine handle over a large bevelled glass inspection panel framed by a moulded concave cornice, heavy bevelled glass panels and a tall base with presentation inscription on button feet. 4 inch silvered Roman dial with minute band and good blued steel hands, signed across the centre, set into a fully engraved gilt mask of symmetrical floral scrolls with angled gilt sight ring. Twin chain fusee movement with thick plates united by five turned pillars and anchored in the case by four heavy L-shaped brackets, the going train with maintaining power and large gilt platform with cut and compensated balance to an English style lever escapement, striking the half hours and the full hours on a blued steel gong mounted on a block stamped, G.B. Ticking and striking, sold together with the original silk and velvet lined leather-covered travelling case. The clock 30cms (12ins) high. The outer case 28.5cms (11ins) high. (2)Footnotes:*The presentation inscription reads as follows: Presented with other articles of value to Joseph Mayberg Esq. J.P., Managing Director and Secretary of the Old Castle Iron and Tinplate Co. Ltd. by the Directors and Shareholders as a token of their high esteem & regard and in testimony of their appreciation of his Honourable & Successful Managementof The Works for the exceptionally long Period of 36 years. 20th January 1903.The Old Castle Iron and Tinplate Company Limited (later known as the Old Castle Tinplate Company) was formed in 1866 by Joseph Maybury, Henry Thomas, W. Rosser and Captain Samuel. The works were erected on a site called Hen Castell from which the company took its name.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A rare mid 19th century rosewood striking carriage/travelling clockGeorge Wadham, Bath Surmounted by a lacquered brass handle over a glass inspection panel framed by an overhanging cornice above a ripple moulded edge and canted corners to a moulded base on block feet, front and rear doors with sprung locks operated by a winding key. The 3 inch rectangular gilt dial with Roman chapters on a polished ring within a pattern of elaborate flowers and foliate scrollwork, engraved THE COMING OF THE LORD DRAWETH NIGH over subsidiaries for date of the month and alarm setting, with four blued steel hands, signed in a rectangular reserve at the base. Signed twin chain fusee movement wound from the rear and with maintaining power to the going train terminating in a cut and compensated bi-metallic balance to a jewelled English style lever escapement, rack striking the half hours and hours on a bell, the alarm wound via a cord to the side of the case. Ticking, striking and with operational alarm, together with a key for both doors. 25.5cms (10ins) high to the top of the handle.Footnotes:George Wadham worked in Bath from 1846 to 1878.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: * Y* VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.Y Subject to CITES regulations when exporting items outside of the UK, see clause 13.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A rare late 19th century French grande-sonnerie striking engraved brass gorge-cased calendar carriage clock by Drocourt with the original numbered travelling case and numbered key.Drocourt, number 18244. Retailed by Musy Pere et Fils, Hgrs. du Roi, Turinthe case hand-decorated all over with floral and scroll engraving on a matted ground, the top with inset oval bevelled glass inspection panel over bevelled glazed sides on a concave base, with three-position selection lever set to the underside offering a choice of STRIKING-SILENT-FULL STRIKING. The Roman and Arabic white enamel dial set over three subsidiaries for day, alarm and date, all with blued steel hands within a scroll engraved mask. The spring barrel movement with large silvered lever platform escapement and compensated bimetallic balance chiming the hours and quarters on a pair of hammers and blued steel coiled gongs, the alarm sounded via a smaller hammer. Together with the original numbered velvet lined travelling case and original numbered key. Movement will run for a short time, but in need of an overhaul. Strike and alarm are operational. 18cms (7ins) high. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A fine and rare mid 19th century engraved gilt brass eight-day going humpbacked travel clock with original travelling case, in the manner of Thomas ColeBoxell, Brighton, No. 8913The arched case with rare folding handle system whereby a pair of shaped hinged arms ordinarily lay flat around the curve of the case top, but when lifted up interlock to create a handle, the sides engraved with running border centred by a floral medallion, further scrollwork to the front, the rear panel secured by five screws and with integral winding key and apertures for regulation and hand-setting, signed Thos. Boxell, 43, King's Road, Brighton. The signed gilt Roman dial with outer minute band and original blued steel hands, decorated to the centre with six engraved roundels, each alternatively showing a flowerhead or quatrefoil motif, in a silvered mask with conforming decoration. The three inch diameter circular chain fusee movement united by five ring turned pillars, the overcoiled blued steel balance spring to a cut and compensated bimetallic balance with gold timing weights to a jewelled lever escapement, two arbors in double-screwed chatons, fully signed around the edge of the top plate Thos. Boxell, The Brighton Observatory, Kings Road, No.8913. Ticking, together with the original presentation/travel case, originally covered in deep purple velvet and with a material strap, the front with heavy bevelled glass panel, opening at the rear via a gilt brass shaped and engraved catch, the interior showing the original deep purple velvet covering, and signed in gilt lettering BOXELL, BRIGHTON The clock with the handle raised 19cms (7.5ins) high; the outer case 18cms (7ins) high. Footnotes:Thomas Boxell established his business as a Watch and Clockmaker at 55 Albion Street, Brighton, in 1845 and had another five addresses over the following 40 years or so.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
An early 20th century French brass cased carriage clock with champlevé type enamel panels, the enamel dial set with Roman numerals, height 11cm, with travelling case, and an early 20th century oak mantel clock with Junghans movement (2).Condition Report: PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS LOT IS NOT SUITABLE FOR IN-HOUSE POSTAGE
A RARE FRENCH GILT BRASS KEYLESS PETITE SONNERIE CARRIAGE CLOCKBY LE ROY & FILS, LATE 19TH CENTURYthe brass eight day movement with repeat and alarm mechanisms, the silvered platform lever escapement wound via a handle to the underside, stamped 'Le Roy & Fils, Patent No.9501, chiming the quarters on two gongs and the hours on one gong, the backplate and underside stamped with the serial number '11223', the enamelled dial with black Roman hours above an ivorine subsidiary alarm dial, the serpentine gorge case with Corinthian column corners, with bevelled glass enclosing fretwork panels and a hinged handle, a 'Silence Sonnerie' lever to the underside, with its original burgundy leather bound travelling case inscribed under the cover 'Le Roy & Fils, 57 New Bond Street, London, Made in France', the underside gilt stamped '11223' (2)11cm highCatalogue Note Keyless or bottom winding clock movements were an innovation patented by Le Roy et Fils. The going and striking trains are wound alternately by winding the fixed key first in one direction and then the other. This avoids the need for a separate key and also enables both winding functions to take place at once. For a full discussion, see Alix and Bonnert, Carriage Clocks, their History and Development, pp.219-221, they state that 'examples with bottom-winding seem without exception to have been prior to the year 1900. Perhaps significantly, the 57 New Bond St. address, with or without the Palais Royal, will usually if not always be found on bottom-winding clocks.'
A pair of French miniature 'mignonette' brass carriage clocks, late 19th century, each with case surmounted with shaped foliate swing handle, above Corinthian pilasters on a spreading base with stiff leaf engraved decoration and egg and dart border, the white enamel dial with blue Roman numerals, within circular surround of half pearls and a blue enamel mask with cherubs playing musical instruments, the single train movement with repeating mechanism striking on a gong, the underside engraved SONNERIE, both in velvet travelling cases with winder, clock - 7.4cm high (excluding handle), 9cm high (including handle) (2)Please note that Roseberys do not guarantee the working order or time keeping of any timepiece offered for sale. Condition Report: One clock – Case: With some surface scratching and minor tarnishing to metal, consistent with age and use. Underside with discolouration, scratches and restorer's code in ink. The half pearls are all present and the enamel mask appears to be in good condition. There is pink polish residue to the glass above 12 and 1. General scratching to glass. Very minor nibble to top right edge of glass panel to reverse and to top edge of glass on front panel. Nibble to edge of glass panel to top of case. Dial: In good condition with only minor dirt. Movement: Movement has seized and cannot currently be wound. Some tarnishing to movement. Travelling case – Chips and cracks to lower right corner of glass and nibbles to edges. Wear to velvet on handle to front and interior and minor staining to interior lining. Key is present, although cannot guarantee it is original it does appear to be. Rusting to studs to underside. Other clock – Case: With some surface scratches and tarnishing consistent with age and use. Discolouration and scratching to underside and with restorer's code in ink. General scratching and pitting to glass. Nibble to edge of glass to top, chip to lower left edge of front panel. Enamel mask appears to be in good condition, half pearls all present. Dial: In good condition with minor dirt. Small fibre present near 6. Movement: Movement has seized and cannot currently be wound. Some tarnishing to movement.Travelling case - with only very minor wear to exterior and minor stain to lining to interior of lid. Nibbles to edges of glass. Key is present, although cannot guarantee it is original it does appear to be. Rusting to studs to underside.
A brass gorge cased repeating carriage clock, with alarm, with an enamelled dial, with Roman numerals, with an Arabic alarm dial below, the movement and case numbered '1290' and '38510', 12.5cm high, 15.5cm overall, with a leather travelling case (2)Condition ReportLeather case well worn. Tarnished clock, working. No damage to the glass or face.
[ASCENT OF MONT BLANC]: A fascinating, lengthy A.L.S. by Dr. Edmund Clark, closely written over four pages, 4to, Chamonix, 27th August 1835, to Reverend Robert Warrener. Clark writes in the midst of his Grand Tour and provides a detailed account of his successful ascent of Mont Blanc, penned in the immediate aftermath of his remarkable feat, beginning by explaining ´I have postponed my letter in hope of meeting with something of greater interest to write about, nor perhaps should I have now commenced had I not lately succeeded in an excursion of some difficulty, an account of which may help to fill my sheet. Yesterday at 3pm I reached the summit of Mont Blanc, the greatest elevation in Europe with Captain Sherwill a young English officer. This forms the 12th successful ascent of Mont Blanc, of which 6 have been accomplished by English insects´ and continuing to offer an insight into the many places in Italy and Switzerland he had visited before the ascent, ´Having seen the lions at Paris, whisked off to salute the bears at Berne. Spent a halfpenny in feeding the big brown bear with ginger bread-nuts making him stand up & catch the projected fragments in their descent towards his monstrous gaping mouth´, mentioning a famous belle in Brienz regarded as the prettiest woman in Switzerland (´the say [she] has got a lout of a fellow for a husband that thrashes her, the scoundrel´), and the Chillon Castle (´saw Byron´s name cut by himself in the dreadful dungeon´), as well as stops at Milan (where Clark viewed a picture by Leonardo da Vinci), Verona, Padua, Venice (´fine gondola lounges, the most luxurious sort of locomotion under the sun´) as well as Florence where they´Doffed our hats to the Venus de´Medici´ and also saw statues by Michelangelo, and Rome, writing ´Florence is a positively enchanting residence.....such I was in the good Pope´s dominions, a German baron & Swedish countess joined us [for] breakfast at the port before Rome.....In 3 hours we were at the gates of Rome. I entered it on foot & bare headed as is duty bound. Modern Rome is a dismal affair, but the old Ruins!´, before travelling to Naples (´through the horrid dens of cut-throats´) and to Pompeii, ´the most interesting of all objects in Italy. Scrambled up to the lofty top of Vesuvius. Such a view over the Isles of Capri´. Clark then offers an extensive report of his mountaineering exploits, ´...up the Brevent about 17,000 feet. Then a formidable day´s work up the Buel (?) a height of more than 10,000 feet. Here poor Mr. Eschen sunk into a chasm.....next morning he was found frozen to death......We looked down upon this fatal spot. I accompanied Dr. Benjamin Babington from India. It was one of the noblest views I ever saw. We were surrounded with a forest of snowy alpine peaks. Next to Mt. Blanc it is the highest accessible mountain in this part of the chain. Thursday Aug 25 with seven guides started for the top of the mountain king. It is two years since the last ascent & 5 since 3 guides were killed in an unsuccessful attempt. Ascended to the base of the Aiguille du Midi to breakfast then left Terra Firma & embarked on the dreary ocean of ice & snow. The ice is cut & creviced in such a manner that we had often half an hour´s work to advance 40 yards climbing up walls of ice by holes cut with a hatchet, or taking hold of the end of an ice pole to scramble up. We were fastened together with cords. In many places we walked over a thin slippery ledge with a deep blue chasm of 200 to 300 feet on each side.......We marched on the ice that day 7 hours & then arrived at an islet of bare rocks that rise up in the midst of the snows & are called Les Grands Mulets. Here we were dragged up a high precipice with the help of ropes & so reached the comfortable hotel. This hotel is a platform as big as an ironing table covered with snow. The snow we scraped away in some degree & then turned up the dry side of the stones (such is the unhappy tendency of man to luxurious indulgence). Lighted a fire. Manufactured some punch......Then stretched ourselves to sleep covered with a blanket & a sheet at a height much greater than the top of Skiddaw or Ben Nevis, and the thermometer at freezing. It was a lovely moon light night. No sound of insect or of bird, nothing but the awful roar of avalanches around & beneath us. 26th of August Friday, all dressed at 4 o´clock......then again embarked on the snows.......Stopped by a long crevice. Crossed it upon a bridge formed of 5 ice poles placed from edge to edge. Felt rather as if snuffing the candle with one´s finger. Then climbed up the opposite side by cutting holes with the axe. After this comfortable trudging in the snow but rather deep till the Petit Plateau, a place of snow covered with an avalanche. Crossed it & arrived at the Grand Plain. Height about 13,000 feet. Heat of the sun burning and blistering to the eyes & face......began to feel the effect of rarity of the air - headache, no appetite.......arrived at the spot where the 3 brave guides perished in an avalanche while trying to ascend with a Russian physician & statesman in 1820. Their bodies have never been found. The crevice into which they were buried by the avalanche is still somewhat visible. Two of the 7 guides with us were nearly killed in that dreadful catastrophe. Now began to ascend the steep icy wall of the summit. We were nearly 4 hours in ascending one vast slope being obliged to cut a passage with the axe very often. Here one slip wd. have been serious. You wd. probably have glided down the frozen inclined plain with immense velocity.......We now became very cold, our shoes.....as hard as iron, our faces pale & shrunk. Respiration uneasy, Intense headache. My friend had great nausea also. At last we reached the Petit Mulets. The loftiest rocks in the line of ascent. From this a steep hard plain of snow leads directly to the summit. We lay down on the snow, panted & puffed away, again for 10 yards, then lay down again; eat a little snow; up again (the guides too were already exhausted) How many more starts to the top? Three said the brave guides......and in two desperate efforts we were on the pinnacle of Europe. My friend arrived a moment or two after & such was his exhaustion that the moment his guide called out Nous voici sur le sommet de Mt. Blanc he burst into a flood of tears. We were both utterly worn out with fatigue, rarity of air. Cold & inability to eat. The thermometer was below freezing even in the sun......The sky deep indigo approaching to violet. The view immense......all in a vast panorama laid at our feet. In the highest rock I placed olive twigs brought from Italy for the purpose.....all these are enclosed in a strong cylinder of glass.......& placed in......the rocks so securely that when the storms of a thousand years are gone by & our dust is mixed with kindred earth, still I think it possible that the little record may remain unhurt. We descended hastily slept on the Grands Mulets on our delicious bed of rocks & today rejoined the valley. No one seriously hurt. I had one foot a little frozen......We are all full of gaiety for it is not too often that an ascent is at once so successful & so pleasant. It is my intention to write a small pamphlet on the ascent & to send you a copy´. With address panel to the final page of the bifolium. An excellent letter containing a rare first hand account of an early 19th century ascent of Mont Blanc. Some minor staining and age wear and toning and with a few small, neat splits and tears, G
Jaeger, a small gilt travelling alarm clock the dial with baton numerals, alarm setting aperture and signed Jaeger Recital 8, the round case on a plinth, height 5cm, with leather travelling case, along with a small brass travelling clock with a watch movement signed on the dial Home Watch Co, and with a leather case signed for Garrard & Co. Ltd by Appointment to Her Majesty the Queen, diameter 3.8cm.
Continental silver travelling clock, of square form contained within engine turned case with engraved cartouche and sprung hinged cover, the white dial with enamelled numbers and marked 'Swiss Made', with import marks for C E Ltd, London 1935, L3.5cmCondition Report:Clock untested. General wear to case commensurate with age and use, in the form of surface scratches, nicks and small knocks. Dial with discolouration and wear. Hallmarks with small amount of wear but generally legible.
XIX Century Snuff Box, travelling clock, AA badge, Jolly money box, Bretby, Carlton, Lladro, etc:- One TrayThese items are listed on the basis they are illustrative of a bygone culture in which there were different social norms. We understand the potential controversy surrounding this type of item but believe that providing transparent information about historical context fosters greater understanding of our complex cultural history. Carton ware pot - Body with no chips, cracks or crazing, lid with chips to underside of outer rim and some crazing to inside.
A late 19th-century French porcelain panelled repeating carriage clock, the brass case with canted corners enclosing porcelain panels to all sides, depicting neo-classical scenes, with makers mark to the base and retailer ‘Asser & Sherwin’ to the face,15cm high, in a fitted leather caseClock running at the time of inspection. Brass case is heavily tarnished and gilding worn with age. Front glass panel cracked bottom left corner and chipped to left. Glass for back panel chipped along the bottom. Porcelain panels require cleaning, with some of the applied gilding rubbed. Leather of the travelling case heavily rubbed with broken handle and damaged velvet interior.
A FRENCH GILT-BRONZE AND LIMOGES ENAMEL 'MIGNONETTE' CARRIAGE CLOCK, DROCOURT FOR AUGUSTE ECALLE, PARIS, LATE 19TH CENTURY the Drocourt timepiece movement with trademark and numbered 20575, the black ground enamel side panels painted with putti and the glazed circular dial with Roman numerals and the signature 'A. ECALLE / PARIS', the elborate case finely cast and chased, applied to the canted corners with openwork scrolls below rams' heads and above grotesque mask panel feet, applied with a further mask to the rim front and back, decorated overall with bead-and-rail borders, formal foliage and cartouches, the swing handle formed as a pair of entwined snakes, with its blue velvet travelling case (distressed) opening from the back panel on sprung hinges, clock 8.5cm high excluding handleAuguste Ecalle, known for chronometry and precision timekeepers and Dent’s Paris agent, was located at the Palais Royal (93-94 Galerie Beaujolais) circa 1880 to about 1895. In the early 1890s the firm had expanded into jewellery, migrating later in the decade to the 8th arrondissement, part of the jewellery and watchmaker exodus from the Palais Royal.
A minute repeating keyless wind strut/travelling clock movement, the jewelled lever movement detailed 'C.B. Baillot, Swiss', minute repeating on a coiled spring, the gilt engine turned dial detailed 'Theodore B. Starr, Inc 8 Days', diameter 6.8cm, together with a group of base metal, gilt and silver pocket and fob watches and assorted movements.
A Jaeger chrome plated and tan suede covered folding bedside travelling alarm clock with two day movement, the signed dial with Arabic numerals and baton hour markers, length 11.4cm, together with a Vertex chrome and tan leather cased folding bedside travel timepiece, the enamelled dial detailed 'Vertex 8 Days', length 11.5cm.
Late Victorian silver carriage clock, enamel dial with glass front and scrolled swing handle, by Goldsmiths & Silversmiths Co London, hallmarks London 1900, height excluding handle 7cm, in original leather-covered travelling caseGood clean condition, no dents damage or repairs, dial clean, hallmarks clear, travelling case is slightly rubbed on the edges and handle is quite fragile
A collection of 19th century and later collectors' items including a bronze medal awarded to W. Heaton Ross of Leeds University for experimental work on wool, dated 1835, cased, various lady's purses including an example with amethyst coloured stones and a decorated with butterfly, a travelling clock, a shell purse, pocket knives, a filligree purse, a novelty vesta case in the form of a horse's hoof, etc.
Waddingtons - Spears - HBF - 8 x vintage games including Totopoly, Spy Ring, Beat The Clock, Sorry, Scrabble, Lotto, Monopoly and Travelling Chess. Also includes a board for Scudo but no other items with it. They appear Fair with signs of age and use and are unchecked for completeness. (This does not constitute a guarantee)
A CARTIER PARIS GILT METAL TRAVELLING ALARM CLOCKShaped as a stirrup with a battery operated movement, Must de Cartier booklets and caseCondition ReportThis Cartier clock has a battery operated movement and is not mechanical as previously wrongly catalogued. The clock is not currently working, it may just be that the battery has run out, but we would not guarantee this. Visually, minor surface discolouration to the caseback and to the strut

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