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Lot 1073
Samuel Shepley, Stockport, an oak longcase clock: the eight-day duration movement striking the hours on a bell, the twelve-inch square brass dial having a raised chapter ring engraved with black Roman numerals and five-minute outer numerals with decorative 'flame' half-hour markings and signed either side of VI o'clock for the maker Sam. Shepley, Stockport, the matted centre engraved with floral decoration and having a subsidiary seconds dial and date aperture, with cast-brass c-scroll spandrels and blued steel hands, the flat-top oak case with mahogany crossbanding, the hood having full pillars with gilt-wood capitals, the trunk with quarter columns set into the corners, the base with canted corners, with further crossbanding to the shaped trunk door, height 188cm.* Biography Samuel Shepley was a member of the well known Stockport clockmaking family working in the area in the 18th century. Born in 1749, he married Martha Heginbotham in 1755 and is known to have undertaken various works for St. Mary's Parish Church including maintaining the clock, having taken over the role from his father in 1753, with his last act before his death in 1780 being to repair the clock and chimes in 1779.See Edmund Davies 'Greater Manchester Clocks and Clockmakers', Mayfield Books 2007.
Lot 1072
R.J. Bickell, South Molton, a floor-standing regulator: the eight-day duration, timepiece movement having a dead-beat escapement with screw-adjustment for the depthing of the wheel arbors, with a brass-bound weight and brass bob to the wood-rod pendulum, the round silvered fifteen-inch dial engraved with a typical regulator layout showing seconds to the outer aspect and with hour and minute subsidiary dials to the centre and engraved with the name R.J. Bickell, So. Molton, with blued steel spade hands, the curved topped mahogany case having a glazed trunk door, canted corners, inset shaped panels to the hood either side of the dial and an inset panel to the base, height 202cm.* Biography Richard John Bickell is recorded as a clock and watchmaker, silversmith and gunsmith at South Street, South Molton in 1838 and then Broad Street from 1844 until 1878. He was mayor of the town in 1852 and made and supplied the Town Hall clock in 1851/52 for which he was paid £101.00. The address for the business was given as 19, Broad Street in 1883, whilst his home address is recorded as Sunnyside.
Lot 1074
Thomas Loftus, Wisbech, a lacquered longcase clock: the eight-day duration movement having finned pillars and striking the hours on a bell, the twelve-inch square brass dial having a raised silvered chapter ring engraved with black Roman numerals, Arabic five-minute markings to the outer, fleur-de-lys half-hour markings and diamond half quarter-hour markings, signed either side of VI o'clock Thos. Loftus, Wisbech, the matted centre with ringed winding holes, a subsidiary seconds dial and date aperture with engraved decorative surround, with crown-and-cherub cast-brass corner spandrels and decorative blued steel hands, the black lacquer case with raised Oriental chinoiserie decoration, a bulls eye lenticle glass to the trunk door, with the flat-topped hood having three-quarter columns with gilt-wood capitals, the base with matching raised chinoiserie work and standing on a single plinth, height 210cm.* Biography - Thomas Loftus is recorded as working in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire from circa 1695 until after 1718.
Lot 1071
Jon. Newson London, a black lacquer longcase clock: the eight-day duration movement striking the hours on a bell, the twelve-inch brass break-arch dial having a raised silvered chapter ring engraved with black Roman numerals and Arabic five-minute outer numerals, with decorative blued steel hands, the dial centre with a subsidiary seconds dial, date aperture and an applied plaque engraved with the maker's name Jno. Newson, London, with cast-brass c-scroll spandrels to the four corners, the arch having a painted brass moonphase disc with engraved surround, the black lacquer case having three decorative panels to the trunk, the top depicting a courting couple in a garden, the middle with a group within a garden setting listening to a flautist and the lower, a woman attacking a stricken man with a ducking stool in the background, the arched-top hood with brass capitals to the three-quarter columns, the base with chinosierie decoration, all standing on bracket feet, height 210cm* Biography John Newson is recorded as working in Basinghall Street, London having been apprenticed in 1722 and becoming free of the Clockmakers Company in 1734, with his death probably in 1784.
Lot 1075
John Adam, Paisley, a mahogany longcase clock: the eight-day duration movement striking the hours on a bell, with the thirteen-inch painted break-arch dial having typical Scottish decoration depicting the four seasons to each corner and with a lion and a seated lady to the centre, with a further image painted to the arch depicting a courting couple in a garden being spied upon, with black Roman numerals, subsidiary seconds and date dials, decorative steel hands and signed with the maker's name Jno. Adam, Paisley, the flat-top mahogany case having decorative herring-bone stringing to the edges, with further stringing to the trunk door and base, and standing on bracket feet, height 220cm.* Biography John Adam is recorded as working at 11, Smith-Hills, Paisley, Renfrewshire from circa 1820 until at least 1838. He married Catherine McNeilledge with whom he had various children including Eliza who died on the 20th February 1904 and Catherine who died on the 9th of June 1905.* Notes Ref: Donald Whyte, Clockmakers and Watchmakers of Scotland, Pub: Mayfield Books 2005.
Lot 1068
Simpson, Wigton, an oak and mahogany moonphase longcase clock: the eight-day duration movement striking the hours on a bell, the twelve-inch break-arch brass dial having a raised silvered chapter ring engraved with black Roman numerals and outer five-minute numerals, the silvered centre with decorative scroll engraving and marked to the outer aspect for the sweep date hand, with a subsidiary seconds dial and signed for the maker Simpson, Wigton, with cast-brass female-head spandrels to the four corners, and having a moon-phase disc to the arch painted with the moon against a blue ground with gilt stars, the oak case having mahogany crossbanding to the trunk, door, hood and base, the swan-neck pediment with brass ball-and-spire finial to the centre and brass patrea, the hood having full pillars with cast-brass Corinthian capitals, the trunk with canted corners and boxwood stringing to the mahogany upper panel, the base standing on bracket feet, height 226cm (inc. finial)* Biography The Simpson family of clockmakers were Quakers with the brothers John and Joseph setting up business circa 1758. John died in 1796 and Joseph soon after with John Simpson Junior continuing the business until his death in 1837. The majority of their clocks were of thirty-hour duration, but a number of eight-day examples are known with at least two housing musical movements.See Brian Loomes 'Clockmakers of Northern England', Mayfield Books 2007.
Lot 1071
An Oak Eight Day Longcase Clock, signed Robert Dawson, Alford, circa 1760, flat top pediment, mahogany crossbanded trunk door, 12-inch square brass dial with silvered chapter ring signed, seconds and date aperture, four pillar movement with anchor escapement and rack striking on a bell, 199cm high11.12.17, Hood with cracks to the left hand side, left hand side hood moulding has come off and needs re-gluing, hood door with later handle, trunk with later escutcheon, trunk left hand side with cracks, trunk with later inlay, plinth with cracks, feet missing, dial chapter ring is discoloured and needs silvering, later seatboard, movement looks complete, with pendulum and two weights.
Lot 1093
An Oak Eight Day Longcase Clock, signed Thos Twigg, Shelton, circa 1810, swan neck pediment, fluted pilasters, 13-inch arched painted dial, seconds, date aperture, painted scene in the arch, four posted movement with attached falseplate stamped Osborne, anchor escapement, rack striking on a bell, 214cm high 11.12.17, Pediment with small cracks to the top centre, columns with dents and chips, trunk door is slightly bowed, later feet, front of the plinth with one crack, plinth with some dents and small chips, dial has been re-painted, movement is complete, with pendulum and two weights.
Lot 1096
An Oak Drop Dial Tavern Wall Timepiece, early 19th century, flat top pediment, wavy shaped trunk door, 13-inch circular painted dial with Roman numerals, single weight driven movement with attached falseplate stamped Wilson, anchor escapement, 138cm high 12.12.17, Case with small dents to the front door and edges, dial with crazing marks throughout, dial with small chips to the paint work, numerals are faded, later hands, later seatboard, movement needs cleaning, with pendulum and one weight.
Lot 1063
An Oak Eight Day Longcase Clock, signed Peter Hathornthwaite, Kirkby Lonsdale, circa 1720, flat top pediment, side viewing windows, trunk door with glazed lenticle, 12-inch square brass dial with chapter ring signed, seconds dial, date aperture, anchor escapement and inside countwheel striking on a bell, later case, 217cm high11.12.17, Later case, hood with chips to the top side and some wood missing, trunk with splits and moulding missing, plinth with cracks, top side of the backboard with loose pieces of wood, dial is discoloured and needs silvering, movement is dirty and needs cleaning, pendulum suspension is broken, with pendulum, no weights.
Lot 1262
A Late Victorian Brass Studded Travel Trunk, stamped LADY FURNESS, with hinged lid and leather carrying handle, the brass labels engraved with a flying stork, with various travel labels to one side including Northern Railway and Hamburg, 55cm by 45cm by 41cm Provenance: Ex Tennants, Otterington Hall Sale, 23.9.96
Lot 1073
An Oak Eight Day Longcase Clock, signed Saml Shepley, Stockport, circa 1780, caddied pediment, crossbanded trunk door with inset pilasters, 12-1/4-inch brass dial with chapter ring signed, seconds and date aperture, four pillar movement with anchor escapement and rack striking on a bell, 214cm high11.12.17, Hood caddy has been re-built, hood with veneer missing just below the caddy, later feet and skirting, front right hand side column is bowed, dial is discoloured and needs silvering, later seatboard, movement is dirty and needs cleaning, with two weights and a pendulum.
Lot 1086
A Scottish Mahogany Eight Day Longcase Clock, signed Thos Low, Dundee, circa 1820, swan neck pediment, inlaid stringing and inlaid acorn leaf and urn decoration panels, 13-1/4-inch arched painted dial signed, seconds and date dials, painted figural corner spandrels, arch with a painted figural boat scene, four pillar movement with anchor escapement and rack striking on a bell, later case, 216cm high 11.12.17, Later case, hood sides with small cracks, hood door with cracks, trunk door slightly faded, dial with crazing marks and minor chips and the paint work is slightly lifting in parts, later seatboard, extra wooden blocks to both sides of the case cheeks, movement needs cleaning, with two weights and a pendulum.
Lot 1072
A Mahogany Eight Day Longcase Clock, circa 1810, swan neck pediment, six column hood with painted glass panels, triple arched trunk door flanked with fluted column pilasters, ogee feet, 14-inch arched painted dial, seconds and date dials, arch with moonphase aperture, four pillar movement with attached falseplate stamped Osbornes manufactory Birmingham, anchor escapement and rack striking on a bell, 228cm high 11.12.17, Hood with glass panels cracked, case is faded with sunlight damage, some mouldings are missing and small cracks and veneers lifting in parts, feet are scuffed, dial has been touched up, dial needs re-painting, date hand is missing, later seconds and minute hands, movement is dirty, no drive to date wheel (wheel missing), with pendulum and two weights.
Lot 1064
An Oak Thirty Hour Longcase Clock, signed Daniel Gill, circa 1780, flat top pediment, moulded trunk door, 11-inch square brass dial, dial centre with silvered arched plaque signed, bird cage movement with anchor escapement and countwheel striking on a bell, 195cm high28.12.17, Trunk door with lock missing, plinth with a later skirting, dial is clean, movement looks complete, with pendulum and weight.
Lot 1065
A Scottish Mahogany Eight Day Longcase Clock, signed Simon Forrest, Kirkfieldbank, circa 1830, flat top pediment, 14-inch arched painted dial with Roman numerals, painted with four seasons spandrels, arch painted with figures in a landscape scene, four pillar movement with anchor escapement and rack striking on a bell, 211cm high 11.12.17, Case is slightly faded in parts, case with small pieces of veneer missing in parts around the hood and base, trunk door with stringing missing in parts, dial centre with crazing marks and the signature and place name is faded, movement needs cleaning, with two weights and a pendulum.
Lot 1079
A Mahogany Drop Dial Wall Timepiece, Gaydon, Richmond, 19th century, 8-inch dial with Roman numerals, inlaid trunk, bottom door, single fusee movement with anchor escapement, 30cm high 12.12.17, Case with small scratches in parts, dial has been re-painted, minor chips around winding hole and small signs of areas touched up with paint, movement is complete, with pendulum.
Lot 2435
MAHOGANY LONGCASE CLOCK, the brass dial with 10" silvered chapter ring beneath an arch inscribed Edmd Whitehead, Wetherby, on a brass, eight day, four pillar movement hourly striking to a bell, the arched hood with orb finials and fluted columns, the trunk with arched door and plinth base, height 230cm
Lot 2436
MAHOGANY LONGCASE CLOCK, the brass dial inscribed Jas. Ritchie, Hull, with 12" chapter ring, subsidiary seconds and date dials, the arch inscribed Tempus Fugit, on a brass, eight day, four pillar movement hourly striking to a bell, the arching hood with pierced fretwork and fluted columns, the trunk with fluted canted sides and plinth base, height 245cm
Lot 2437
BLACK LACQUERED AND GILT LONGCASE CLOCK, the painted dial with 11" chapter ring, subsidiary seconds dial and date aperture, inscribed Jno. Barber Newark, on a brass, four pillar movement striking to a bell, the case with an arched door flanked by columns, the trunk door and base with painted and gilt chinoiserie scenes, height excluding finials 224cm
Lot 150
EARLY 20th CENTURY CHINESE PORCELAIN PEAR SHAPED BOTTLE VASEYunuchunping, bearing an apocryphal Yongzheng six character mark to base, the pear shaped body sitting on a short splayed famille rose decorated foot tapering sharply up to a waisted neck with a wide gilt rim everted mouth, decorated in famille rose to the neck above a body of swallows in flight and perched in a flowering apricot tree entwined with a willow tree with a gnarled trunk, the reverse inscribed in black with a ten character poem with red enamel seals before and after, 29cm high
Lot 432
Charles Meigh Large' Bacchanalian Dance' Jug, the typical Meigh, smear glazed stoneware jug, showing crisply moulded classical figures indulging in Bacchanalian revelry, in two panels around the body of the jug, with grape and vine decoration to the neck, spout, handle and base; the trunk of the vine separates the two panels, one after a Poussin, the other a Rubens; the design, registered in 1844, was award winning and very popular with Meigh's 19thC buyers; 10.5 inches high; unmarked
Lot 492
Bloor Derby Pair of Musician Figures, the lady, perching on a tree trunk, with a sheep standing close to her right, is shown playing a lute; well dressed, a swathe of cloth from her turban style hat is billowing in the breeze; the gentleman, similarly perched, accompanied by a seated pet dog, is playing bagpipes; both elaborately dressed, shown in white with allover gilt decoration, with flesh tones and contrasting black shoes and hat, each set on a typically shaped rococo Derby base; 5 and 5.5 inches high; partial red circle Bloor, Derby mark to underside of male; c1835 ( restoration to lute, arms and sheep, his hand and tip of hat) NB A pair showing the same couple, made in Staffordshire, is lot 587
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