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Lot 689
*Steiff. A pair of rod bears, Germany, circa 1904, together two mohair teddy bears, one white and the other golden, both jointed with metal rods, with hump back, long limbs, seam from ear to ear, black boot button eyes, protruding shaved snouts (with stitching and remains of gutter percha nose), card-lined felt pads, and paws with black stitching, golden bear with .75" remains of thick thread stitched to tummy (at one time attaching paper tag?), left foot of white bear with outline hand-stitching where fabric label previously attached (retailer's label or child's name tag?), some minimal threadbare areas, golden bear with pad on right foot worn with some loss and small hole to pad on left foot, neither bear with ear button, height of each 41cm (16ins), together with a copy of The Roosevelt Bears, Their Travels and Adventures, by Seymour Eaton, Philadelphia: Edward Stern & Company, 1st edition, 1906, contents becoming loose in original pictorial boards, rubbed and some wear to extremities, 4to Provenance: given when new to the current owner's grandfather, George W. Elkins (1903-1966), and thence by descent. George Elkins was the only child of Eleanor Pollock Glass and Port Brommell Elkins, who was an inventor and innovator, the first person to use reinforced concrete in industrial buildings in Boston. They lived in Pittsburgh and travelled widely. The current owner's parents met in Helensburgh during their teens, and that is how the bears came to live in the UK, following the decease of their original owner. The bears were known in the family as Teddy B and Teddy G after the duo in Seymour Eaton's famous storybook 'The Roosevelt Bears' (the original owner's copy of the book accompanies the lot). Steiff's very first fully jointed teddy bear, produced in 1902, had string jointing, but none are believed to be in existence today. They were followed by a brief period (1904-1905) in which bears were made with rod jointing, before disk jointing was perfected to give the bears their moving limbs, a method which is still used today. As is well known, Steiff toys were given a button in the ear - although they are often now missing - as well, apparently, as a paper chest tag, which seldom survives. The metal button is first known to have been used in 1904, but the device wasn't registered as a trademark until May 1905. It may perhaps be that our pair of bears are two of the earliest, which had only a paper tag, before the button became universally used (although we have not been able to confirm this). Nevertheless, rod bears are rare, and the appearance of not one, but a pair of such teddy bears at auction, which have been in the same family since new, is an exceptional occurrence. Their well-preserved condition makes them additionally unusual; the original child owner travelled extensively with his parents, and the bears were often left behind, and so were not played with as much as they might have been. The current owner remembers not being allowed to handle them as a child, and for some years they have been confined to an old trunk. In all appearance early Steiff bears, a visit to the local vet confirmed the metal rod construction inside each bear, and a copy of the resulting x-ray is available to the bears' new owner. We would like to express our thanks to Bunny Campione for assistance in researching this lot. (3)
Lot 495
A LATE 18TH CENTURY OAK EIGHT DAY LONGCASE CLOCK, the moulded pediment on plain columns, the glazed doors enclosing a silvered 28.5cm (11 1/4'') dial on a brass plate with pierced brass cherub spandrels, Roman and Arabic numerals, subsidiary seconds dial and date aperture, signed Follit, Lichfield, shaped trunk door to plinth base and bracket feet, with pendulum and weights, height approximately 204cm
Lot 501
A VICTORIAN MAHOGANY EIGHT DAY LONGCASE WALL CLOCK, circular top and door enclosing a painted 30cm dial with Roman numerals and subsidiary seconds dial, named J & E Mason, Worcester, the case with shaped trunk door and glazed pendulum window, above a bowed base, pendulum and two weights, lacks key, height approximately 145cm (condition: case has evidence of restoration and repair, some areas of veneer loss)
Lot 502
AN EARLY 19TH CENTURY PALE OAK, WALNUT, ROSEWOOD AND SATINWOOD STRUNG WHITEHURST OF DERBY EIGHT DAY LONGCASE CLOCK, the broken swan neck pediment with brass rosettes on ring turned columns, arched door enclosing a painted 31cm dial with makers name to the arch, Roman numerals, subsidiary seconds and date dials, gilt floral spandrels, the trunk door with shaped top flanked by reeded quarter columns, plinth base on bracket feet, with pendulum and two weights, height approximately 217cm (condition: some patches of paint loss to the dial and cracking, side section of a foot loose)info/condition: No.6208, we think it is likely that the movement and case began life together, the painted dial has a number of patches of losses around 10 o'clock, 11 o'clock, at 1,2,4 and 5 o'clock, also near seconds dial and in just above the dial some patches of staining to case, some veneer missing to hood door and inlay missing
Lot 503
A GEORGE III OAK AND MAHOGANY BANDED EIGHT DAY LONGCASE CLOCK, the hood with moulded pediment above blind fret work cornice, plain columns, the glazed door enclosing an engraved brass 28cm dial, gilt metal spandrels, Roman and Arabic numerals, subsidiary seconds dial and date aperture, signed 'William Vale Coleshill', the trunk door with papered back with no back boards, plinth base with later kick board surround, with pendulum and two weights, height approximately 198.5cm (condition: movement not sitting flush to frame, some losses)
Lot 513
AN EARLY 19TH CENTURY MAHOGANY AND INLAID EIGHT DAY LONGCASE CLOCK, the hood with broken swan neck pediment with brass roundels on brass capped fluted columns, arched door enclosing a painted 33cm dial with lunar phase mechanism, subsidiary date and seconds dials, Arabic numerals, the spandrels painted with female figures emblematic of the four continents, named for Underhill & Son, Wolverhampton, triple arched trunk door flanked by fluted columns, traditional plinth base, height approximately 225cm, with pendulum, two weights and winder (condition: veneer missing from between two swan necks, the plinth with section of veneer missing and front panel detached from case)
Lot 527
A George III oak cottage longcase clock, the open scroll work pediment with three brass finials above a square glazed door enclosing 11” brass dial with Roman numerals and inscribed Sam L Roberts, Llanfair, with figural spandrels emblematic of the seasons, 30-hour movement striking on a bell with brass capped pilasters above a long shaped top trunk door and ogive moulding and baseboard on simple plinth, 203cm high
Lot 532
A George III oak cased cottage longcase clock, the broken scroll swan neck pediment above a square glazed door enclosing an 11” white painted dial with Roman numerals marked G Honeybone, painted with ruins in the corners, 30-hour movement striking on a bell between turned pilasters over a three quarter length plain trunk door and ogive moulding planked base and plinth, 203cm high
Lot 535
A George III oak and mahogany crossbanded and boxwood strung longcase clock with broken scroll pediment above a square glazed front door enclosing a 14” white painted dial with Arabic numerals and moon phase, and painted with artisans and signed J A Heywood, Northwich, 8-day movement striking on a bell between fluted brass capped pilasters over a shaped top full length trunk door between reeded quarter pilasters over a shaped based canted angles and on ogee bracket feet, 220cm high
Lot 537
A George III oak and mahogany cross banded and inlaid longcase clock, the broken scroll swan neck pediment above an arched glazed door enclosing 12” arched white painted dial with Roman numerals and date aperture and marked F & R Matthews, Oswestry, painted with sporting scene of pheasant shooting, the corners painted with flowers, 30-hour movement striking on a bell between fluted brass capped pilasters over a three quarter length trunk door inlaid with a conch shell motif between fluted brass capped quarter pilasters ogive moulding and cross banded base and on later plinth, 216cm high
Lot 542
A George III country oak cottage longcase clock, the dentil mounded cornice above a square glazed door enclosing a 10” white painted dial with Roman numerals painted with rose sprays and signed J N Mace, Taston, between simple turned pilasters, 30-hour movement striking on a bell above a long plain trunk door and ogive moulding, planked base and plinth, 203cm high
Lot 544
A George III mahogany longcase clock, the broken scroll swan neck pediment with acorn stamped brass roundels above a blue florally painted and open work frieze above an arched glazed door enclosing a 12” arched white painted dial with Roman numerals, subsidiary seconds dial and date aperture and painted with a peacock in the arch and inscribed Chas Blakeway, Albrighton, 8-day movement striking on a bell between gilt metal Corinthian capped fluted pilasters over a full length shaped top trunk door flanked by Corinthian capped fluted quarter pilasters, ogive moulding and ribbed baseboard raised on a later plinth base, 232cm high
Lot 1188
A George III stained oak 8 day longcase clock, arched silvered brass dial with Roman and Arabic numerals, mat centre with seconds subsidiary dial at 12 and date sub dial at 6, C-scroll and dolphin spandrels, signed T Travis Thorne to plaque in arch, the stained oak case with caddy top having floral carving above two pilasters, the trunk carved with Green man, mask, lion and foliage, on floral carved pedestal base and shaped bracket feet, with weights and key, H.210cm
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