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Click here to subscribeA George III oak eight day longcase clock, the 12 inch arched brass dial signed 'Knight, West Marden', with centred subsidiary seconds dial and date aperture, within an inner ring of Roman numerals, over ring of Arabic numerals and pierced leaf scrolling spandrels, under a subsidiary strike silent dial to the arch, the pagoda topped hood with turned front corner hood pilasters over a long arched trunk door, on a boarded base and later bracket feet, 221cm high
An 18th century oak thirty hour longcase clock, the 11½ inch square brass dial signed ' Sam.Varley Thorne', with centred date aperture within an inner ring of Roman numerals, outer ring of Arabic numerals and a pierced leaf scrolling spandrels, the hood with ogee moulded cornice over three quarter turned front corner hood pilasters and a long arched trunk door fitted with scrolling brass key escutcheon, on a boarded base and cut out skirting plinth, 203cm high
A William IV mahogany eight day longcase clock, the arched painted dial signed 'W Rutherford, Sedburgh', with centred subsidiary seconds dial and date dial within a ring of Roman numerals and cottages painted to the spandrels, under an armorial painted arch bearing motto 'Peace and Plenty, the reward of temperance', the hood with swan-neck pediment over an arched glazed hood door between turned front corner hood pilasters, over a convex short trunk door between half turned front corner trunk pilasters, on a single panel box base and cut-out bracket feet, 216cm high
A George III oak eight day longcase clock, the painted arched dial later signed 'Jn Summerhayes, Hayle. 1763', with centre subsidiary seconds dial and date aperture with in a ring of Arabic numerals within floral painted spandrels under a later painted arch, the hood with broken swan-neck pediment and associated finials, over an arched hood door between fluted front corner hood pilasters, over a long crossbanded arched trunk door, on a crossbanded box base and later bracket feet, 219cm high (at fault)
A George III stained fruitwood eight day longcase clock, the associated 11½ inch brass dial signed 'Emmanuel Hopperton, Leeds', the dial with centred subsidiary seconds dial and date aperture within an inner ring of Roman numerals, outer ring of Arabic numerals and pierced spandrels, the arched hood with three quarter turned front corner tapering pilasters, over a long arched trunk door, on a boarded base and later skirting plinth, 212cm high
An early 19th century oak crossbanded mahogany longcase clock, with associated 13 inch square brass dial signed 'Coates, Wigan', with centre subsidiary seconds dial and date aperture along with faux twin winding holes and pierced leaf moulded spandrels, the hood with swan-neck pediment over a square glazed hood door between tapering turned front corner hood pilasters, over an inverted arched crossbanded trunk door between quarter turned front corner pilasters, on a single panel box base and later skirting plinth, 225cm high
A George III oak eight day longcase clock, the 12 inch square brass dial signed 'Dav Collier, Gatley', with inner ring of Roman numerals, outer ring of Arabic numerals and pierced spandrels, the hood with ogee moulded cornice over a square glazed hood door flanked by tapering turned front corner hood pilasters, over an ogee crossbanded trunk door between quarter turned front corner trunk pilasters, on a canted base, lacking bracket feet, 213cm high
A 19th century mahogany eight day longcase clock, the painted arched dial signed 'W.Muncaster, Whitehaven', with centred subsidiary seconds dial and date dial, within a ring of repainted Arabic numerals with figural painted spandrels and figure to the arch, the hood with swan-neck pediment over an arched glazed hood door between reeded front corner hood pilasters, over a satinwood banded long trunk door between reeded quarter front corner trunk pilasters, on a crossbanded box base and short bracket feet, 220cm high
A George III and later oak eight day longcase clock, the 12 inch arched brass dial with centred subsidiary seconds dial and date dial within an inner ring of Roman numerals and outer ring of Arabic numerals, signed to a silver disk to the arch 'Mich Wild, Doncaster', the later carved oak case with swan-neck pediment over fluted front corner hood pilasters over a leaf and portrait carved long trunk door and leaf carved box base, raised on short bracket plinth, 217.5cm high
A George III mahogany musical longcase clock, the 14 inch arched brass dial signed 'Jos Slater, Oswestry' to the arch, flanked by subsidiary chime, silent and strike silent subsidiary dials over a silvered ring of Roman and Arabic numerals, centre by a subsidiary seconds dial and date dial, within pierced leaf scrolling leaf moulded spandrels, the six pillar movement striking on a single bell, the musical chime striking twin hammers on twelve graduated bells, from the 11½ cylinder, the hood with enclosed swan-neck pediment over an arched hood door flanked by tapering fluted front corner hood pilasters, over a dentil moulded and blind fret frieze, above an inverted arch mahogany veneered long trunk door, fitted with a pierced moulded key escutcheon between quarter fluted front corner pilasters, on a single panel box base between blind fret canted front corners raised on short ogee moulded bracket feet, 240cm high
A George III eight day longcase clock, the 13 inch arched brass dial signed 'David Collier, Gatley', to the arch, over painted moon phases with dial with centred subsidiary seconds dial and date aperture and with inner ring of Roman numerals, outer ring of Arabic numerals and pierced cherub mask spandrels, the arched hood with turned front corner hood pilasters, over an ogee arched crossbanded trunk door between quarter turned front corner trunk pilasters, on a crossbanded box base with canted front corners, raised on shaped bracket feet, 227cm high
LATE 19TH CENTURY LOUIS VUITTON MALLE COURIER CABIN TRUNK in signature Damier canvas, of metal bound wooden construction, top, front and back with three wooden slats set with Vuitton brass nails, corners and edges in black painted metal, locks and handles also in black painted metal, base set with two casters, top, front and back canvas painted with three scarlet stripes, sides painted 'H.Herbert' in scarlet, cream and double pink pin-stripped paper interior with a single removable tray, the lid interior studded with purple grosgrain ribbon, interior label 'Louis Vuiton, London 4...4 Strand, Paris 1 Rue Scribe', numbered '38928', 80cm wide, 56cm high, 50cm deep Note: This trunk has been damaged at points in the past, there are two holes in top canvas and the top, sides and front have been painted over with white lettering and then in black paint. The back of the trunk remains in original condition, it may be possible for a restorer to remove the overpaint.
A fine late Victorian mahogany longcase regulator H. and R. Millar, Edinburgh, late 19th century The substantial eight-day movement with bottle-shaped plates united by four massive double-screwed pillars, the train with Harrison's maintaining power, high pinion count, six-spoke wheel crossings throughout and Graham type deadbeat escapement with jewelled pallets regulated by mercury jar seconds pendulum suspended from an iron bracket fitted to the case backboard with fine beat adjustment to the crutch and amplitude scale applied to the backboard beneath the jar, the 12.5 inch circular silvered brass dial with subsidiary seconds and twenty-four hour Arabic numeral hour dials and signed H. & R. Millar, Edinburgh to centre within circumference with Arabic five minute annotations to outer track and canted silver bezel, the case with shallow triangular tympanum over circular dial aperture and canted angles to the full-width hood door, the trunk with convex throat moulding and rectangular bevel-glazed caddy moulded door flanked by further canted angles, on flame-figured plinth base with simple skirt, 197cm (77.5ins) high. The firm of H. and R. Millar are probably successors to the partnership of Robert Millar and Son who are recorded in Loomes, Brian Watchmakers & Clockmakers of the World, Volume 2 as working in Edinburgh circa 1850. H. and R. Millar appear to have primarily supplied turret clocks including one now in the Royal Collection supplied for 'the Bothy' in 1902. The current lot is built to a high specification and features electrical contacts fitted to the frontplate which would have been opened and closed by a flag (or cam) formerly fitted to the seconds arbor. These electrical contacts would have allowed slave dials to be run from the current timepiece suggesting that it was originally intended as the 'master' timekeeper for a fairly large establishment. From this it may be appropriate to speculate that the current lot may have been the 'shop' regulator made by H. and R. Millar to test the timekeeping of turret and other clocks constructed in their own workshops.
A very rare mahogany electric longcase timepiece Unsigned but possibly by The Reason Manufacturing Company, Brighton, to a design by Murday, circa 1908 The four pillar movement enclosing solid minute wheel and crossed-out motionwork driven by a four-division stepped cam mounted behind the movement alternately pulled and shunted by a sprung two-arm armature connected to the long pendulum crutch suspended via independent pivot above the movement and incorporating electromagnetic coil Hipp-toggle switchgear at the base, the long steel-rod pendulum suspended from a substantial 'A' frame behind the movement and with iron bar supporting twin cylindrical brass bobs over a fixed electromagnetic two-part impulse coil at the base, the 12 by 13.75 inch rectangular brass dial with subsidiary seconds dial to the fine foliate scroll engraved centre within applied silvered Roman numeral chapter ring with Arabic five minutes to outer track, with scroll pierced steel hands and fine overlaid foliate scroll pierced and engraved decoration to upper and lower margins, the swan neck pedimented case with complex cornice mouldings over rectangular glazed hinged dial aperture and fielded panels to sides, the trunk with ogee moulded cornice over full-width rectangular glazed door inset with ogee fillet mouldings, on plinth base fronted with a fielded panel over a moulded skirt, 215cm (84.5ins) high. The design of the current lot can be compared to that of an electric pendulum mantel clock patented by Thomas John Murday in 1908 and manufactured by the Reason Manufacturing Company Limited, Brighton illustrated in Shenton, Alan and Rita THE PRICE GUIDE TO CLOCKS 1840-1940 on page 416 (figure 243). Another related mantel timepiece was sold at Sotheby's New York MASTERPIECES FROM THE TIME MUSEUM PART FOUR, VOLUME III on 14th October 2004 for $2,040. Such mantel timepieces are particularly rare as Murday soon went on to develop models using balance wheel regulation for which he obtained another patent in 1910. The current lot may be unique and is offered with file of correspondence which includes an old photograph of probably the same clock (or possibly an identical second example).
A George IV Gothic inlaid mahogany eight-day longcase clock with unusual dual time 'regulator' dial layout and concentric winding arbors Edward Smith, Newbury, circa 1825-30 The four pillar rack and bell striking movement with anchor escapement regulated by seconds pendulum and under dial gearing to allow winding of both trains through the same hole incorporating square for the going train within concentric pentagonal cannon barrel for the strike train, the 12 inch single sheet silvered brass dial with subsidiary seconds and dual small Roman numeral hour dials and signed Edward Smith, NEWBURY beneath inscription REGULATOR to centre within outer Arabic five minute track, with matching blued steel hands set behind hinged convex glazed hinged cast brass bezel, the pointed Gothic lancet arch-top case with spire finials flanking pediment fronted with arcaded border and central rosette over dial and lower inlaid quadrant panels flanked by buttressed pilaster uprights with stepped apron between, the trunk with concave throat over lancet panel inlaid tall rectangular door decorated with rosettes to corners flanked by stepped canted angles inset with further slender lancet panels and applied with split acorn-turned terminals, the crossbanded base with further conforming geometric panel decoration over squat bracket feet with shaped apron between, 217cm (85.5ins) high. Edward Smith is recorded in Loomes, Brian Watchmakers & Clockmakers of the World, Volume 2 as working in Newbury circa 1830. The dial of the present lot is highly unusual in that it is of 'regulator' format incorporating two subsidiary hour dials. The hour dial on the right can be independently set in relation to the dial on the left hence the clock can display two different times. However, as this clock was made long before the introduction of time zones, it is highly unlikely that the dial was made to display the time for two locations concurrently. It is therefore most probable that the current lot was made for timing purposes with one of the hour dials being 'zeroed' at the start of an event whilst the other displayed the current time. The most likely application of this was probably to record the length of a working shift which would suggest that the clock may have been originally supplied to a wealthy owner of a mill or similar operation for this purpose.
A George III mahogany longcase clock with unusual 'regulator' type dial layout J. Atkinson, Gateshead, Late 18th century The four pillar rack and bell striking movement with anchor escapement regulated by seconds period pendulum and fitted with an iron falseplate cast with SHAW & Co., the 12 inch wide dial with subsidiary seconds over Roman numeral hour dials and signed J. Atkinson, GATESHEAD to centre within outer minute ring annotated with Arabic numerals at the quarters, the angles with delicate raised gilt rococo scrolls onto a mid-blue ground beneath arch painted with an oval landscape view within conforming gilt surround and blue ground, the break-arch case with cavetto moulded cornice and brass stop-fluted columns flanking the hinged glazed dial aperture over break-arch flame figured trunk door and conforming plinth base with applied panel decoration and moulded double skirt, 223cm (88ins) high. Two makers with the surname Atkinson and the initial J. are recorded in Baillie, G.H. Watchmakers & Clockmakers of the World as working in Gateshead during the latter part of the 18th century; James who dates are noted as 1770-77 and Joseph who worked from circa 1775 until his death in 1804. It is probable that James and Joseph were brothers, the current clock is most likely to be by Joseph.
An unusual George III thirty-hour quarter-striking longcase clock The dial signed for Etherington, Driffield, late 18th century The plated movement comprising of two sections the first positioned to the left with three cylindrical steel pillars enclosing the going train opposing the second with conforming pillars enclosing the hour and ting-tang quarter striking trains incorporating quarter rack positioned on the frontplate and hour rack on the backplate, the centre with arched bridging piece at the top united by two further steel pillars and enclosing anchor escapement with inverted pallets regulated by seconds pendulum, the base with additional bracing, the 11.5 inch white painted break-arch dial of unusual layout with separate side-by-side arrangement of Roman numeral hour and Arabic five minute rings and bearing signature Etherington, Dryfield to centre, within circular line border and raised gilt rococo scroll painted spandrels to angles, the arch finely painted with landscape of figures before a cottage on a riverbank, in an oak case with dentil cornice and applied scrolls over break-arch glazed front door applied with three-quarter columns to angles, the trunk with concave throat over break-arch door, on plain plinth base with later tall skirt incorporating bracket feet (signature retouched), 216cm (85ins) high. John Etherington of Driffield is recorded in Loomes, Brian Watchmakers & Clockmakers of the World, Volume 2 as dying in 1790. The reason why the maker chose to produce such an unusual clock with regards to construction/layout of the movement and configuration of the dial appears to be a mystery.
A Victorian oak night watchman's tell-tale longcase timepiece or noctuary previously at Ipswich Gaol Thwaites and Reed, London for Richard S. Cole, Ipswich, mid 19th century The four pillar single train eight-day movement with anchor escapement regulated by seconds pendulum and stamped T & R, 10490 to frontplate, the dial with 6.25 inch rotating circular disc signed RICH.D S. COLE, CORNHILL, IPSWICH to centre within Roman numeral chapter ring rotating against a pivoted hour-pointer positioned to the upper margin and fitted with push-pins at every quarter to circumference, the case of simple tapered form with shallow cavetto cornice over circular glazed aperture to the rectangular hood door, the right hand side with hinged arched brass cover revealing plunger for operating the pin depressing lever, the trunk with rectangular caddy moulded door, the base applied with horizontal board cladding to fascia over skirt with simple canted top moulding, 190cm (74.75ins) high. Provenance: By repute previously at Ipswich Gaol. Richard Stinton Cole is recorded in Loomes, Brian Watchmakers & Clockmakers of the World, Volume 2 as born to Richard Cole in 1809 and retiring from the bench in 1865. The partnership between John Thwaites and George Jeremiah Reed is recorded in Baillie, G.H. Watchmakers & Clockmakers of the World as being formed in 1808. John Thwaites was the son of Ainsworth Thwaites who was apprenticed in 1735 and worked from Rosoman Row, Clerkenwell, London 1751-80. He was an accomplished maker who supplied the clock for the tower at the Horse Guards Parade. John Thwaites was born in 1757 and took over the business presumably on the death of his father in 1780 before moving to Bowling Green Lane. The firm became well known for supplying all forms of clocks and movements either wholesale for others to retail, or signed by themselves. The partnership continued under John Thwaite's leadership from several addresses in London until his death in 1842. The business has subsequently passed through a series of successors and is still trading today from Rottingdean near Brighton. The night watchman's clock or noctuary was developed as a 'tell-tale' method of recording a night watchman's progress throughout his shift. The dial is formed as a revolving disc with the time read against a pointer to the upper margin which also doubles-up as a lever for pushing-in pins set into the circumference of the disc operated by a plunger fitted to the exterior of the locked case. By having two such timepieces at each end of a watchman's circuit a record of his patrols throughout the night can be recorded. The pins are automatically reset to their raised position by a ramp-wheel positioned behind the disc at around the one o'clock position. This design of 'Watchman's Noctuary' was subject of a patent submitted by Samuel Day in 1803 however the patent was disputed on the grounds that the Earl of Exeter had been using two such timepieces made by Boulton and Watt since 1799. In addition to Thwaites and Reed the Derby firm of Whitehurst and Son are also known to have produced such timepieces in significant numbers. The serial number stamped on the frontplate of the current lot would date it to the early 1850's which would correlate with the completion of a phase of expansion of Ipswich Gaol which commenced in 1849.
A Welsh Queen Anne walnut eight-day longcase clock John Thomas, St. Asaph, early 18th century The four finned pillar inside countwheel bell striking movement with anchor escapement regulated by seconds pendulum, the 12 inch square brass dial with ringed winding holes, subsidiary seconds dial and calendar aperture to the foliate engraved matted centre within applied silvered Roman numeral chapter ring with elaborate foliate half hour markers, Arabic five minutes to outer track and signed Jn'o Thomas, St. Asaph, 140 to lower edge, with pierced blued steel hands and female mask and leafy scroll cast spandrels to angles, in a case with shaped crest to the domed caddy surmount over moulded cornice, double frieze incorporating band of lattice-pierced blind fretwork and integral three-quarter columns to the glazed hood door, the sides with short rectangular windows and quarter columns applied to bargeboards at the rear, the trunk with rectangular caddy-moulded and crossbanded door veneered with an arrangement of book-matched panels, the base veneered with finely figured timber within a crossbanded border over a moulded skirt, 227cm (89.5ins) high excluding later brass finials.
A fine small George III mahogany domestic longcase regulator made for the Middle Eastern market George Prior with movement supplied by John Thwaites, London late 18th century The substantial eight-day centre-seconds movement with bottle-shaped plates united by six distinctive tapered baluster pillars and stamped T. THWAITES over indistinct number 1933 to frontplate, the train with Harrison's maintaining power, high pinion count, six-spoke wheel crossings throughout and Graham type deadbeat escapement with jewelled pallets regulated by wood-rod seconds pendulum with wide-jaw suspension, large brass-faced lenticular bob and calibrated rating nut, the 10 inch ogee-arch shaped brass dial with circular white enamel convex centre signed GEORGE PRIOR, LONDON within 'Turkish' numeral chapter ring and five minutes to outer track, with steel seconds hand and pierced brass hour and minute hands within applied engraved ogee-arch-shaped mask finely decorated with a pendant incense burner within crescent motif flanked by generous foliate scrolls to upper margin over conforming leafy sprays to lower spandrel areas, the case with ogee-arch shaped cavetto moulded cornice and conforming shaped frieze inset with fine scroll-pierced brass sound frets to front over glazed hood door flanked by fluted canted angles and with rectangular brass fishscale fret-backed glazed apertures to sides, the trunk with convex throat moulding over caddy-moulded ogee-arch flame figured veneered door, on plinth base with conforming raised panel to front and double skirt, 194cm (76.5ins) high. Provenance: The estate of a connoisseur collector of regional furniture, works of art and clocks. By repute acquired from a member of the diplomatic service who purchased it from a government department in Istanbul. Of George Prior relatively little is known other than he was born in 1732 and his working dates were 1762-1813. He was based at 31 Prescot Street, Goldman's Fields, London and was succeeded by his son Edward in 1814. John Thwaites was born in 1757 the son of Ainsworth Thwaites who was apprenticed in 1735 and worked from Rosoman Row, Clerkenwell, London 1751-80. Ainsworth was an accomplished maker who supplied the clock for the tower at the Horse Guards Parade, London. John Thwaites succeeded his father, presumably on the latter's death in 1780, before moving to Bowling Green Lane. He worked alone until 1817 when he took his wife s nephew, George Jeremiah Reed, into partnership. John Thwaites and the subsequent partnership were well known for supplying all forms of clocks and movements either wholesale for others to retail, or signed by themselves. The partnership continued under John Thwaite's leadership from several addresses in London until his death in 1842. George Prior predominantly specialised in the supply of clocks and watches to the Ottoman market trading through British merchants based in major Middle Eastern ports such as Istanbul. This lucrative market was built on the historic tradition of presenting clocks and watches to the Ottoman Court since the late 17th century. However, by the end of the 18th century, trade had expanded to the extent that George Prior could not satisfy demand for his products alone hence he collaborated with other makers in order to increase his supply. A natural choice of collaborator was John Thwaites who by the end of the 18th century had established himself as a fine maker willing to supply movements for retail by others. The movement of the current lot can be closely compared with that of a longcase regulator by John Thwaites sold at Christie's, King Street, Important Clocks and Marine Chronometers 13th December 2000, lot 65. Both timepieces share the same 'bottle-shaped' plates, distinctive tapered baluster pillars, wide jaw pendulum suspension, escapement and detailing to the wheelwork. Indeed the only significant difference between these two movements is in the positioning of the train between the plates which varies in order to allow the current lot to have centre seconds (versus standard regulator dial layout). Another example of the collaboration between John Thwaites and George Prior takes the form of an impressive musical table clock residing in the collection of The Victoria and Albert Museum (Museum number W.1:1, 2-1971). This table clock was bequeathed by Lady Lorraine in 1971 and features an almost identical circular enamel dial centre to the current lot, and is housed in a fine gilt brass mounted cream japanned case with cut glass spherical dome surmount and finials. A comparable longcase regulator also made for the Middle-Eastern market by Markwick Markham Borrell, London (with movement probably supplied by John Thwaites) was sold at Christies, King Street, London on the 23rd May 2010 (lot 38) for £23,750.
An unusual Victorian carved walnut striking drop-dial wall clock Samuel Bailey, Newcastle-on-Tyne, circa 1855 The four pillar twin chain fusee gong striking movement with shouldered plates and anchor escapement regulated by wood rod pendulum with brass cylindrical bob, the 11.5 inch circular white painted Roman numeral dial inscribed S. Bailey, Newcastle to centre and with steel fleur-de-lys hands set behind hinged patinated brass glazed bezel incorporating angled fillet to inside edge within repeating stylised leaf carved surround, the case with rectangular glazed drop-trunk flanked by foliate carved uprights continuing to form the ears beneath the dial and enclosing a mirror-backed interior, the sides with rectangular glazed panels beneath pierced side doors, the cavetto moulded base with scroll carved brackets flanking pendulum access flap to underside, 77cm (30.25ins) high. Samuel Bailey is recorded in Loomes, Brian Watchmakers & Clockmakers of the World, Volume 2 as working in Newcastle-on-Tyne 1852-58. An almost identical clock to the current lot bearing signature for John Ward of Kensington was sold in these rooms on Thursday 28th August 2014 (lot 78) for £850 hammer.
A fine Victorian carved figured walnut quarter-chiming wall regulator Reid and Sons, Newcastle upon Tyne, mid 19th century The four pillar triple train weight-driven movement chiming the quarters on a graduated nest of eight bells and striking the hour on a coiled gong fitted to the case backboard, the going train with Harrison's maintaining power and deadbeat escapement regulated by seconds pendulum with ebonised wooden shaft and cylindrical zinc bob, the 14 inch circular gilt lacquered dial with subsidiary seconds dial to the geometric rosette and repeating foliate motif decorated centre within Roman numeral chapter ring incorporating signature REID & SONS, NEWCASTLE on TYNE to lower edge, the case with elaborate double scroll carved and pierced crest over hinged circular brass bezel and conforming applied carved spandrel infill flanked by canted angles and with scroll pierced rectangular side frets to hood, the trunk with glazed door enclosing mirror-backed interior flanked by conforming canted angles and with rectangular side glasses between generous leafy scroll relief decorated upper and lower margins, the base of inverted ogee outline terminating with a leafy pendant finial, 180cm (71ins) high. The firm of Reid and sons is recorded in Loomes, Brian Watchmakers & Clockmakers of the World, Volume 2 as working in Newcastle upon Tyne 1827-58.
A fine Queen Anne green japanned eight-day longcase clock with moonphase Thomas Martin, London, early 18th century The five finned pillar rack and bell striking movement with anchor escapement regulated by seconds pendulum, the 12 inch brass break-arch dial with subsidiary seconds dial and shaped herringbone border engraved calendar aperture to the matted centre within applied Roman numeral chapter ring with fleur-de-lys half hour markers, Arabic five minutes to outer track and signed Tho. Martin, London to lower edge, with pierced steel hands and Indian mask and scroll cast spandrels to angles within herringbone engraved border, the arch centred with a penny moon aperture and pierced steel hand within applied ring calibrated for the lunar month flanked by dolphin cast mounts beneath a conforming herringbone border, the case with large giltwood urn finials to the tall ogee superstructure over wide break-arch pediment fronted by a deep foliate scroll pierced blind fret frieze above columns flanking the gilt foliate spray decorated hood door, the sides with rectangular glazed apertures and conforming quarter columns set against bargeboards to the rear, the trunk with floral trail decorated throat moulding over rectangular door decorated in raised polychrome and gilt with pagodas and figures within an oriental landscape centred with a brass-edged lenticle and bordered by further gilt foliate scroll borders, the sides painted with full-sized flowering branches and Ho-Ho birds, the conforming plinth base adorned with cranes before a garden pavilion to front and with moulded double skirt applied with squab feet, (unrestored, wear and losses to decoration), 255cm (100.5ins) high excluding top finial; 273cm (107ins) high overall. Thomas Martin (II) is recorded in Loomes, Brian Clockmakers of Britain 1286-1700 as born in around 1678 and apprenticed in May 1692 to Jeremiah Martin until 1699 (but not freed). He worked from Fleet Street, London and was the victim of the theft of a number of watches in September 1723; the culprits were subsequently apprehended and sentenced to transportation.
A rare thirty-hour longcase clock movement and dial Daniel Quare and Stephen Horseman, London, circa 1725 The single-handed posted countwheel bell striking movement with rectangular section corner uprights and anchor escapement regulated by seconds pendulum, the 11 inch square brass dial with engraved shaped signature cartouche inscribed Dan: Quare, & Ste: Horseman, London and numbered 231 to matted centre within applied Roman numeral chapter ring with stylised fleur-de-lys half hour markers, with pierced blued steel hand and female mask and scroll cast and pierced spandrels to angles, now in a late 18th century case with shallow ogee shaped caddy upstand, moulded cornice and foliate fretwork frieze over turned Doric columns flanking the crossbanded glazed hood door, the trunk with rectangular caddy-moulded crossbanded door above conforming plinth base with moulded skirt incorporating bracket feet with shaped apron between, 204cm (80.5ins) high. Daniel Quare is recorded on Loomes, Brian The Early CLOCKMAKERS of Great Britain as born in Somerset circa 1678, he was admitted as a Free Brother to the Clockmakers' Company in April 1671 and by 1683 was working from Exchange Alley, London. Quare was selected as a member of the Court of Assistants in 1698 later becoming Master in 1708. In 1709 he took his former apprentice, Stephen Horseman, into partnership which presumably lasted until Quare's death in 1724. Daniel Quare was a fine and inventive maker who supplied clocks and barometers to significant European royal and aristocratic clients as well as the court of William III. Daniel Quare is believed to have started numbering his clocks and barometers in around 1704 (see Garnier, Richard and Carter, Jonathan The Golden Age of English Horology - Masterpieces from The Tom Scott Collection page 308), this numbering sequence continued into Quare's partnership with Stephen Horseman with the last known clock in the sequence being number 299 - a walnut eight-day longcase clock which was sold in these rooms on Wednesday 20th February 2013, lot 152.
A Queen Anne oak eight-day longcase clock Abraham Pilson, Plymouth, early 18th century The five finned pillar inside countwheel bell striking movement with anchor escapement regulated by seconds pendulum, the 12 inch square brass dial with ringed winding holes, subsidiary seconds dial and herringbone border engraved calendar aperture to the matted centre within applied silvered Roman numeral chapter ring with stylised sword hilt half hour markers, Arabic five minutes to outer track and signed Abra. Pilson, Plymouth to lower edge, with pierced blued steel hands and twin cherub and crown decorated scroll cast spandrels to angles, the case with shallow domed caddy surmount and deep ogee moulded cornice over slender integral three-quarter twist columns to the glazed hood door, the sides with rectangular windows and conforming quarter columns applied to bargeboards at the rear, the trunk with full-width door centred with a lenticle and applied with half round outline mouldings to form a rectangular panel, the plinth base with ogee top moulding over conforming panel to front and moulded skirt, 208cm (82ins) high. Provenance: The estate of a connoisseur collector of regional furniture, works of art and clocks. Abraham Pilson is recorded in Baillie, G.H. Watchmakers & Clockmakers of the World as working in Plymouth circa 1700. The case of the current lot is noteworthy in that it appears to be a regional interpretation of the contemporary London style (probably made by a local joiner) which has generally survived in fine original condition.
A George II oak thirty-hour longcase clock Edward Bilbie, Chew Stoke, circa 1740 The two-handed posted countwheel bell striking movement with slender column-turned corner posts and anchor escapement regulated by seconds pendulum, the 11 inch square brass dial with calendar aperture and arched signature plate engraved Edw. Bilbie Chew Stoke to the bright-cut rosette decorated matted centre within applied Roman numeral chapter ring with stylised fleur-de-lys half hour markers and Arabic five minutes to outer track, with pierced blued steel hands and rococo scroll cast and pierced spandrels to angles, in a case with moulded cornice and plain frieze over integral three-quarter columns to the glazed hood door, the trunk with rectangular caddy-moulded door above plain plinth base with shallow moulded skirt and bracket feet, 188cm (74ins) high. Literature: The dial is illustrated in Moore, Rice and Hucker BILBIE and THE CHEW VALLEY CLOCKMAKERS on page 322. Edward Bilbie is recorded in Moore, A.J THE CLOCKMAKERS OF SOMERSET 1650-1900 (Appendix vii) as born 1666 and probably working from circa 1695 as he is thought to have learnt the clockmaking trade from Edward Webb who died in 1694; by 1698 he had certainly become established in Chew Stoke as a bellfounder. Edward Bilbie had two sons, Edward II (born 1694) who assisted his father but unfortunately died within six months of his father in 1725, and Thomas (born 1702) who inherited his father's business in 1725 and worked until 1768. Edward II had a son who he also named Edward (III - born circa 1715), who is thought to have been brought up by his uncle Thomas, and worked alongside him until around 1768.
A William III scumbled pine thirty-hour longcase clock Jeremiah Johnson, London, circa 1695 The four finned pillar two-handed outside countwheel bell striking movement with anchor escapement regulated by seconds pendulum, the 11 inch square brass dial with matted centre within applied Roman numeral chapter ring with stylised sword hilt half hour markers, Arabic five minutes to outer track and signed Jere. Johnson, in Exchange Alley to lower margin, the angles applied with winged cherub mask and foliate scroll cast and pierced spandrels, the painted pine case with moulded cornice and foliate-pierced blind fret to frieze over columns flanking the glazed hood dial aperture, the sides with rectangular windows and conforming quarter columns applied at the rear, over trunk with convex throat moulding and 40 inch rectangular door centred with a lenticle and applied with half-round edge mouldings above plinth base with later skirt, 193cm (76ins) high. Jeremiah Johnson is recorded in Loomes, Brian Clockmakers of Britain 1286-1700 as born circa 1646 and apprenticed to Nicholas Payne in 1660 before being passed onto Abraham Beckner and then Ahasuerus Fromanteel (II) finally gaining his freedom of the Clockmakers' Company in 1668. He lived in St. Margaret's, Lothbury and took many apprentices including his son of the same name in 1697. From around 1707 Johnson received charitable payments from the Clockmakers' Company which were maintained until his death in late 1709. The current lot was probably made for ºckstairs' use in a wealthy household. The case echoes the proportions seen on high-status walnut or marquetry cases of the period and was probably originally painted to resemble walnut.
A Queen Anne ebonised longcase clock of one month duration Andrew Dunlop, London, early 18th century The five finned pillar high-position internal countwheel bell striking movement with anchor escapement regulated by seconds pendulum, the 12 inch square brass dial with ringed winding holes, recessed silvered subsidiary seconds ring and foliate-border engraved calendar aperture to the matted centre within applied silvered Roman numeral chapter ring with fleur-de-lys half hour markers, Arabic five minutes to outer track and signed And'r Dunlop, London to lower margin, with foliate pierced blued steel hands and unusual winged cherub head and drapery lambrequin decorated foliate cast spandrels to angles, in an ebonised case with moulded cornice over integral three-quarter columns to the glazed hood door, the sides with rectangular windows and quarter columns applied to bargeboards at the rear, the trunk with rectangular door bordered with half-round mouldings and centred with a circular brass lenticle, on plain plinth base now applied with a moulded skirt and standing on bracket feet, 219cm (86ins) high. Andrew Dunlop is recorded in Loomes Clockmakers of Britain 1286-1700 as working in Aberdeen until around 1700 before moving to London where he worked from Spread Eagle Court, Grey's Inn. He joined the Clockmakers' Company in 1701 and took in Thomas Hague as an apprentice in 1719 followed by his son, Conyers, in 1725. He is thought to have died in 1732 and was succeeded by his son. The work of Andrew Dunlop is described in Maxwell-Irving, A.M.T ANDREW DUNLOP, C.C. 1701-32 (see ANTIQUARIAN HOROLOGY Vol. XV, No. 1 pages 36-46) where particular focus is given to his watches which are described as being of the 'finest quality'. A fine silver mounted ebony grande sonnerie striking table clock made by Andrew Dunlop for Daniel Delander was sold in these rooms on Tuesday 17th March 2015 lot 82 for a hammer price of £20,000.
A William III walnut and floral marquetry eight-day longcase clock Christopher Gould, London, circa 1695 and later The five finned pillar inside-rack and bell striking movement with anchor escapement regulated by seconds pendulum and 11 inch square brass dial with ringed winding holes, subsidiary seconds dial and scroll border engraved calendar aperture to the rosette decorated matted centre within applied silvered Roman numeral chapter ring with fleur-de-lys half hour markers and Arabic five minutes to outer track, with fine pierced blued steel hands and winged cherub head and leafy scroll cast spandrels to angles within a fine scrolling foliate engraved border interrupted with signature Chr: Gould Londini fecit to lower margin, in a case with ogee moulded cornice and blind foliate fretwork frieze above floral trial inlaid hood door applied with spiral twist turned three-quarter columns to angles, the trunk with conforming leafy trail decorated convex throat above 42 inch door centred with a lenticle and decorated with three shaped marquetry bird and angel figure inhabited flowering foliage panels into an ebonised ground within a figured walnut field, the surround with stylised leaf decoration above conforming panel outline plinth base with compressed bun feet, (case with faults), 206cm (81ins) high. Provenance: The property of a private collector, purchased from Phillips Fine Art Auctioneers sale of Clocks and Watches including Scientific Instruments and Barometers London, 8th December 1998, lot 177 for £12,000. Christopher Gould is generally regarded as one of the leading makers from the 'Golden Period' of English clockmaking. He gained his freedom of the Clockmakers' Company in 1682 but by 1713 had become destitute and received charity from the Company until his death in 1718. Christopher Gould's work invariably demonstrates a level of quality and elaboration that could only be afforded by the most wealthy of patrons, with the movement and dial of the current lot being no exception with well thought-out internal rack striking mechanism and fine engraved detail around the spandrels - a feature often only found on Gould's best work.
A fine Queen Anne ebonised eight-day longcase clock Richard Street, London, circa 1705 The substantial five fully latched and crisply turned finned pillar inside rack and bell striking movement with anchor escapement, unusually long crutch and 12 inch square brass dial with subsidiary seconds dial and calendar aperture to the matted centre within applied silvered Roman numeral chapter ring with cruciform half hour markers, Arabic five minutes to outer track and signed Rich. Street, London to lower edge, with delicate pierced steel hands and rare gilt twin cherub and female cast spandrels to angles, the ebonised case with gilt ball and spire finials to the domed caddy surmounted fine foliate fretwork fronted box upstand above moulded cornice and further conforming foliate pierced fret to frieze, generous three-quarter columns with gilt caps and bases to glazed hood door, the sides with rectangular windows and rear quarter columns each set against bargeboard rising up to the underside of the cornice projection, the trunk with convex throat above 42 inch rectangular door pasted with rare original paper Equation of Time table with printed repeat signature Sold By RICH STREET Clockmaker at ye Dial & Two Crowns over againft St. Dunftans Church in Fleet-Street LONDON, on plain plinth base with two-tier moulded skirt, 234cm (92ins) high excluding finials, 244cm (96ins) high overall. Richard Street is an important but relatively enigmatic maker who is recorded in Baillie G.H. Watchmakers & Clockmakers of the World as gaining his freedom of the Clockmakers' Company in 1687, made Assistant in 1713 and appointed Warden 1716. He was a fine maker who had close working connections with Thomas Tompion for whom it is thought he made repeating watch movements (see Evans, Jeremy THOMAS TOMPION at the Dial and Three Crowns page 114). Street is perhaps best known for his commission by Sir Isaac Newton to supply a monumental month duration longcase clock for presentation to Dr. Bentley for the Observatory at Trinity College Cambridge in 1708; he also, alongside William Wright, took over the maintenance of the turret clock at St. Pauls Cathedral from Langley Bradley in 1716. A year going clock in an Arabesque marquetry case by Street also survives in the Collection of the National Trust at Melford Hall, Suffolk. The current lot is very rare in that the original paper Equation of Time table survives almost entirely intact pasted to the inside of the trunk door. A less complete but otherwise identical table is illustrated Robinson, Tom THE LONGCASE CLOCK on page 170 (fig. 8/16) where it is noted that the design is the same as those produced by Tompion at this time. The complete nature of the example supplied with the current lot allows all the text to be made out, including the name of the engraver. Above the table; A Table, OF THE, Equation of Days, SHEWING, How much a good, Pendulum Watch Ought to be faster, or slower than a, True Sun Dial, Every Day in ye Year. Sold By RICH STREET Clockmaker at ye Dial & Two Crowns over againft St. Dunftans Church in Fleet-Street LONDON. Below the table; Let the Watch so much Faster or Slower than ye Time by the, Sun according to the Table for the Day of the Month when you, set it and if the Watch go true the Difference of it from ye Sun, any Day afterward will be the same with the Table. I Sturt Sculp. Tompion's influence/connection with Richard Street becomes even more apparent when the rest of the current lot is examined. The fully latched movement is very well made with exceptional pillars and large plates measuring almost 8 by 6 inches. The use of inside rack and the delicate functionality of the wheelwork echoes Tompion's exacting standards however Street has detailed the movement in such a way as to give it his own identity. The dial is clean and refined in its design and utilises a rare pattern of spandrel which is generally only found on the finest of twelve inch dials from this period. The proportions and external detailing of the case is almost indistinguishable from those supplied to Tompion and again is very well made.
A rare William and Mary scumbled pine thirty-hour longcase clock John Drew, London, circa 1690 The single-handed posted countwheel bell striking movement with rectangular section corner uprights and anchor escapement regulated by seconds pendulum, the 10 inch square brass dial with pierced iron hand and concentric ring of turned buttons to the matted centre within applied Roman numeral chapter ring with stylised sword-hilt half hour markers and signed John Drew, Londini Fecit to lower margin, the angles applied with winged cherub mask and scroll cast and pierced spandrels with foliate engraved infill between the painted pine case with moulded cornice and brass foliate-pierced repousse frieze over solomonic turned Doric columns flanking the glazed hood dial aperture, the sides with rectangular windows and conforming quarter columns applied to bargeboards at the rear, over trunk with convex throat moulding and 43 inch rectangular door centred with an oval lenticle and applied with half-round edge mouldings above plinth base with moulded double-skirt (formerly with alarm), 203cm (80ins) high. John Drew is recorded in Loomes, Brian Clockmakers of Britain 1286-1700 as born circa 1663 and apprenticed to Joseph Knibb in 1676 gaining his freedom of the Clockmakers' Company in 1684. He lived in Johnson's Court, St. Dunstan's Parish and took many apprentices including Isaac Lowndes in 1699/1700. In 1712 Drew was appointed Beadle to the Clockmakers' Company (a position normally reserved to destitute clockmakers) and received charity in July 1713 but died the following month. His widow, Eleanor (nee Ferentine), continued to receive Charity from the Company until her death in 1715. The current lot is a rare survivor being a clock probably made for ºckstairs' use in a wealthy household with the original provision of an alarm serving to alert the staff. The case echoes the fine proportions and architectural detailing seen on high-status walnut or marquetry cases of the period and may have probably originally had an ebonised finish which has subsequently been over painted with a 'scumbled' finish.
A fine Charles II eight-day longcase clock movement with 10 inch dial and alarm The dial signed for Joseph Knibb, London, circa 1680 The six knopped, finned and latched pillar movement with rectangular plates measuring approximately 7.5 by 5.125 inches, the going train regulated by anchor escapement for a seconds period pendulum with separately cocked escapement pallet arbor and figure-of-eight shaped pallet aperture to the backplate, the strike train with external countwheel and detent for sounding the hours on a bell mounted above the plates, the alarm train planted between the plates above the going greatwheel with spring barrel wound through the dial against a ratchet with sprung pawl mounted on the backplate, driving via an intermediate wheel with locking hoop a vertical verge crownwheel for the alarm hammer arbor with looped brass head sounding on the hour bell above, the 10 inch square gilt brass dial with three winding holes and rose engraved alarm disc to the finely matted centre within applied 1.5 inch wide silvered Roman numeral chapter ring with stylised fleur-de-lys half hour markers and Arabic five minutes within the narrow outer track, the angles applied with winged cherub head spandrels within a line scribed border interrupted with engraved script Ioseph Knibb London to lower margin and with alarm locking lever to upper margin, (lacking pendulum, weights and seatboard). Joseph Knibb was born the fifth son of Thomas Knibb of Claydon, Oxfordshire in 1640. He is generally thought to have been apprenticed in around 1655 to his cousin Samuel Knibb in Newport Pagnell, before moving to Oxford circa 1662 (the same year that Samuel moved to London). Joseph initially struggled to trade in Oxford due to restrictions placed by the City authorities which were only relaxed on payment of a fine in 1668. It was about at this time that Joseph Knibb would have issued his copper trade tokens (an example of which was sold in these rooms 10th February 2009, lot 104 for £1,600 hammer) as well looking to undertake work to convert the turret clocks of St. Mary the Virgin and Wadham College to anchor escapement with long pendulum. In 1670 Joseph moved to London handing over the Oxford business to his younger brother, John. The reason for this move was probably to administer the estate of Samuel who is thought to have died by the summer of 1671. Joseph Knibb presumably took on Samuel's former workshop as by 1675 he was recorded as working from 'The Dyal' near Sargeants Inn in Fleet Street. By 1693 he had moved to 'The Clock Dyal' Suffolk Street, near Charing Cross. As Joseph became established in London his work became more individual/distinctive, often demonstrating an inventive and refined approach both in the detailing and specification of the movements and choice of case design. He is perhaps best known for his experimentation with alternative striking such as Dutch, Roman and double-six grande sonnerie as well as long duration clocks. In 1697 Joseph Knibb sold up the London business (presumably to Samual Aldworth, former apprentice of John Knibb of Oxford) and retired to Hanslop in Buckinghamshire where he died in December 1711. The current lot can be closely compared to the movement of a miniature eight-day longcase clock by Joseph Knibb housed in an oyster olivewood and marquetry case described and illustrated in Darken, Jeff (ed.) HOROLOGICAL MASTERWORKS pages 162-5. This movement shares the same slightly unusual casting for the pallet arbor cock (complete with wedge-shaped pivot end cap), figure-of-eight pallet aperture and pendulum suspension post riveted directly into the backplate. The wheel collets also match as does the detailing to the countwheel at the centre. Both the current lot and the miniature longcase movement also exhibit details typical of Joseph Knibb namely the lack of bridge for the hour wheel to the frontplate, slender pillars and relatively thin plates. In addition to the current lot and the miniature longcase clock, a 'three-in-two' quarter striking movement featuring the same pallet arbor cock casting, figure-of-eight aperture and pendulum suspension is illustrated in Dawson, Percy G., Drover, C.B. and Parkes, D.W. Early English Clocks pages 206-7 (plates 275 and 276). This third movement is described as probably being one 'bought-in' by Knibb for finishing in his workshop. It is very rare for an hour-striking eight-day longcase clock of this period to be fitted with an alarm mechanism although thirty-hour clocks were often supplied with this facility - probably reflecting their intended ºckstairs use'. The design of the mechanism installed into the current lot is also unusual in that it is positioned between the plates and is powered by a spring barrel - rather than being of the usual transverse weight-driven arrangement fitted to one side of the movement (as seen on some thirty-hour examples and later eight-day clocks). The reason why a spring-powered system was chosen for the current movement was probably simply due to the inherent lack of space for driving weights to descend within the relatively slender trunk of the case (already occupied by two relatively large weights and a pendulum). This problem of lack of available space was not shared by contemporary thirty-hour examples as they generally utilised a single weight (via Huygens's endless rope system) hence had enough space for the alarm weights to be accommodated. It is perhaps interesting to note that the design of the alarm work, in particular the ratchet for the barrel applied to the backplate, reflects those seen on a table clocks by the Knibb family including one by John Knibb illustrated in Lee, Ronald A. The Knibb Family * Clockmakers on Page 129 (plate 140). Furthermore the frontplate exhibits marking-out for the alarm train (in addition to the going and strike trains) confirming that the movement was made with this feature. The dial of the current lot has age and was clearly made for the movement with no matting behind the alarm disc and rich gilding to all areas except to those obscured by the chapter ring (normal practice for the period). Although there are a few unexplained historic filled holes to the plate none of these appear to directly indicate that the dial was ever fitted to another movement. The rear of the plate also has various repairer's marks dating back to the early 19th century, one of these inscriptions (dated 1833) encroaches one of the filled holes further indicating that these holes are historic and not 'suspicious' in nature. The front of the dial also has another faint repairer's mark dated 23rd January 1798 adjacent to the signature. The signature itself can be compared to that seen on the miniature longcase (which also incorporates London rather than Londini Fecit ) whilst the proportion of the space beyond the chapter ring up to the scribed line border echoes that seen on the dial of the three-in-two quarter striking clock. These inherent similarities would suggest that the current lot was made at the same workshop and at the same time as these other two examples.
A fine William III walnut and floral marquetry eight-day longcase clock Jasper Taylor, London, circa 1700 The five finned pillar outside countwheel bell striking movement with anchor escapement regulated by seconds pendulum and 12 inch square brass dial with ringed winding holes, subsidiary seconds dial and scroll border engraved calendar aperture to the matted centre within applied silvered Roman numeral chapter ring with stylised sword hilt hour markers, Arabic five minutes to outer track and signed Jasper Taylor, in Grays Inn to lower margin, with fine pierced blued steel hands and twin cherub and crown leafy cast spandrels to angles the case with moulded cornice and plain frieze above floral trial inlaid hood door applied with three-quarter columns to angles, the sides with rectangular windows and quarter columns applied to bargeboards at the rear, the trunk with conforming leafy trail decorated concave throat above 42 inch door centred with a lenticle and decorated with marquetry bird and angel figure inhabited flowering foliage into an ebonised ground, the surround with stylised leaf decoration, the sides with two line-edged panels within crossbanded borders, on conforming panel outline marquetry fronted plinth base with shallow moulded skirt, 213cm (84ins) high. Jasper Taylor is recorded in Loomes, Brian Clockmakers of Britain 1286-1700 as born in 1671 to the clockmaker Thomas Taylor to whom he was subsequently apprenticed gaining his Freedom of The Clockmakers Company in 1695. He worked at Grays Inn, London and took many apprentices (including Thomas Fitter in 1699) with his last being George Freeman in 1711. The design of marquetry decoration to case of the current lot can be directly compared to that on a clock by Isaac Lowndes illustrated in Bruton, Eric The Wetherfield Collection of Clocks on page 170 (fig. 132). Please note: In order to clarify any doubt (possibly inferred by the catalogue description) we would like to state that we are of the firm opinion that the movement and dial are original to the case; in other words the movement and dial are not associated to the case.
A fine Queen Anne ebonised longcase clock of six-week duration John Lowndes, London, circa 1705 The substantial five thickly turned finned pillar rack and bell striking movement with anchor escapement regulated by seconds pendulum, the 12 inch square brass dial with ringed winding holes, subsidiary seconds dial and calendar aperture to the matted centre within applied silvered Roman numeral chapter ring with fleur-de-lys half hour markers, Arabic five minutes to outer track and signed John Lowndes, London to lower edge, with pierced steel hands and gilt Indian mask and scroll cast spandrels to angles with foliate scroll infill between incorporating S/N strike selection lever at 12 o'clock, in an ebonised case with gilt ball finials to the ogee caddy surmounted fine foliate fretwork fronted box upstand above moulded cornice and further conforming foliate pierced fret to frieze, generous three-quarter columns with gilt caps and bases to glazed hood door, the sides with rectangular windows and rear quarter columns set against bargeboards, the trunk with convex throat above 42 inch rectangular trunk door centred with a brass lenticle, on plain plinth base with two-tier moulded skirt and brass squab feet, 262cm cm (103ins) high excluding finials, 270cm (106.5ins) high overall. John Lowndes is recorded in Loomes, Brian Clockmakers of Britain 1286-1700 as believed to have been born in Marthall, Cheshire in 1673. He was probably cousin to the clockmaking brothers Jonathan, Charles, Samuel and Isaac Lowndes. By the end of the first decade of the 18th century he was working in London, probably alongside his cousin, Jonathan, whose business he is believed to have inherited before passing it onto Thomas Smith in 1714 (when he returned to Chesire due to ill heath). The movement of the current lot is substantially framed and delicately trained as such is reminiscent of some of Tompions apprentice's work including Michael Knight. The case is also generously proportioned with confident detailing resulting in a clock which would grace the entrance hall of any Queen-Anne mansion.
A Victorian Scottish mahogany mercury stick barometer James Mackay Bryson, Edinburgh, circa 1860 The arched bone vernier scale calibrated in barometric inches and with the usual observations beneath stamped signature J. M. BRYSON. 60 PRINCES ST, EDINBURGH opposing Fahrenheit and Centigrade scale mercury thermometer, the slender trunk with visible tube over domed oak cistern cover to the shield-shaped base fitted with level adjustment screw to underside, 91.5cm (36ins) high. James Mackay Bryson is recorded in Banfield, Edwin BAROMETER MAKERS AND RETAILERS 1660-1900 as apprenticed to George Buchanen before going to Germany in 1843 to study instrument making in Hamburg and Munich. He returned in 1850 and is recorded working from several buildings on Princes Street, Edinburgh, 1850-93, including number 60 1855-66.
A French Louis XV style ormolu and patinated bronze figural 'elephant' mantel clock Unsigned, third quarter of the 19th century The circular outside countwheel striking movement with anchor escapement regulated by lenticular bob pendulum with Brocot type rate adjustment, the 4.5 inch circular white Roman numeral convex enamel dial with Arabic fifteen minutes to outer track and chased gilt brass hands set within engine-turned bezel, the case modelled as an elephant with head and trunk raised supporting via a rococo scroll cast cradle the movement housed within gilt moulded drum surmounted by a putto wearing a bearskin resting on a rocky outcrop, on stepped red and contrasting Breccia marble base applied with gilt repeating leaf border and compressed bun feet, 40.5cm (16ins) high.
A Whieldon glaze John Voyez 'Fair Hebe' Jug,impressed to the fallen tree trunk 'I Voyez 1788', moulded in relief with a young man offering a bird's nest to a seated woman beneath a proclamation 'Fair Hebe', the reverse a man and dog with banner 'A Bumper to Bumper',25.5cmThe term 'bumper' was first used in the 17th century and referred to a large glass of beer or wine that was filled to the brim, ie. the liquid literally bumping against the rim of the glass.
Reid & Sons, Newcastle on Tyne: a mahogany longcase clock, c.1900, with 13 1/4in. arched brass dial and silvered arabic numeral chapter ring, decorative scroll and fret decoration, subsidiary seconds dial, silvered plaque with retailer's signature, the arch with two dials for chime/silent and Westminster/Whittington/St. Michael chime selections, three train quarter chiming movement with single gong and eight graduated tubular bells, the case with arched pediment, pierced sound frets, glazed trunk door, on panel base with canted corners, bracket feet. See illustration
A green glazed Sylvac model of a seated terrier, impressed numbers to base 1379 together with two yellow glazed Sylvac rabbits, one with lop ears, a further buff glazed Sylvac rabbit, a Sylvac vase in the form of a swan, a Sylvac white glazed cat and a Hornsea China fauna jug in the form of a tree trunk with applied rabbit
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