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Lot 71
A collection of ceramics comprising a Sylvac buff glazed jug modelled as a tree trunk with rabbit handle, with impressed number to base 1978, a pair of similar Sylvac ivy leaf moulded jugs, number 2072, a similar Sylvac bowl, a Torquay ware coffee pot, a collection of Imari type wares including a model of a duck, a pair of candlesticks and a small collection of tea wares comprising three tea cups, three saucers and three tea plates
Lot 868
Thos Baker, Falmouth, a mahogany longcase clock with rocking ship: the eight-day duration movement striking the hours on a bell, with the twelve-inch break-arch brass dial having a raised silvered chapter ring engraved with black Roman numerals, the centre having a subsidiary seconds dial, date aperture and engraved with a scene depicting a cottage and ruins on a river bank, with cast-brass urn spandrels to the four corners, the arch having a silvered rocking-ship automata with a lithograph scene set behind depicting boats at anchor, the top of the arch engraved with the maker's name Thos. Baker, Falmouth, the mahogany flat-top case with fretwork to the hood, a break-arch moulding to the top of the trunk door and a plain base, height 227cms. * Thomas Baker is recorded as working in Falmouth from before 1810.
Lot 870
Booth, Dublin,a mahogany longcase clock: the eight-day duration movement striking the hours on a gong with the gong mount embossed Booth, Dublin, the twelve-inch round painted dial having black Roman numerals, blued steel spade hands and signed Booth, Dublin, the iron faceplate embossed with the dialmaker's name Howell & J. Cooke, the tapering mahogany case with carved decoration to the hood surround, canted corners to the trunk with scroll top mounts, a tapered trunk door with shaped top and inset panel, height 180cm. * B iography James Booth is recorded as working at 51, Capel Street, Dublin from before 1823 and then St Stephen's Green North from at least 1841 until 1868. His son, also James, is known to have been working at 12, Nassau Street from circa 1868.
Lot 872
Joseph Gent, Walsall, an oak and mahogany longcase clock: the eight-day duration movement striking the hours on a bell, the thirteen-inch painted break-arch dial having black Arabic hour numerals and five-minute numerals, a subsidiary seconds dial, date aperture, and brass hands (now painted), the four corners painted with shell and scroll gilt decoration continued into the arch either side of an oval panel depicting a young girl and her dog seated beneath a tree, signed Jos Gent, Walsall, the rear of the date dial stamped for the dial maker Wilson, Birmingham, the oak case with mahogany crossbanding to the trunk door, mahogany panels with boxwood and ebony stringing, a swan-neck pediment to the hood, fluted hood pillars with brass capitals, quartered-fluted columns to the trunk with brass capitals, the base with mahogany veneered canted corners, a shaped raised panel and standing on bracket feet, height 230cms. * Joseph Gent is recorded as working in Walsall from 1805-50 and was the son of the maker John Gent. * James Wilson is believed to be, along with his partner Thomas Osborne, the earliest recorded maker of painted dials for longcase clocks having, in September 1772, placed an advert in Aris's Birmingham Gazette to announce 'White clock dials in Imitation of Enamel, in a manner entirely new' at an age when Wilson was only seventeen and Osborne nineteen. Their dials, and those of Wilson after the dissolution of the partnership in 1777, are considered some of the finest made with superb decoration. Wilson continued at 11, Great Charles Street and would have used a number of artists on his dials. He died in 1809, aged 54.
Lot 874
Andrew Rich, Bridgewater, an oak longcase clock: the eight-day duration movement striking the hours on a bell, with the twelve-inch square painted dial having black Roman numerals, subsidiary seconds dial, date aperture, decorative corner spandrels depicting flora on a gilt ground, brass hands and signed to the centre Andrew Rich, Bridgewater, the dial falseplate embossed with the dial maker's name Finnemore & Son, Birmingham, the oak case with mahogany crossbanding to the trunk door and base, the hood having full pillars with brass capitals and a swan-neck pediment with brass paterae and turned finials, height 210cms. * Biography Andrew Rich is recorded working at Fore Street, Falmouth from before 1821, when he received £8-0-0 'in Part payment of his Bill' from the churchwardens of Brent Knoll church. He died on the 22nd of March 1831. * Biography William Finnemore was born in 1766 and his sons William Jnr 1798 and George 1808. William Snr was known to have been in partnership with another Birmingham dialmaker George Walker from 1808 to 1811 before setting up on his own account in 1812. William Jnr joined the business in 1819, with George joining after the death of his father in 1838. By 1847 the two had gone their separate ways with William's side of the business being taken over by William and Richard Griffith in about 1854.
Lot 875
Coates, Hamilton, an oak longcase clock: the eight-day duration movement striking the hours on a bell, with an unusual heavy, pinned date ring, the thirteen-inch brass break-arch dial having a raised silvered chapter ring engraved with black Roman numerals and Arabic five-minute markings, the matted centre with subsidiary seconds dial and date aperture, with cast brass female-head spandrels to the corners and blued steel hands, the arch having a round silvered boss engraved with the maker's name Coates, Hamilton, with cast dolphin spandrels, the oak case having a swan-neck pediment with brass paterae and wood fretwork and having three-quarter fluted columns with brass capitals repeated to the trunk and with a plain base standing on bracket feet, height 217cm. * Biography There are a number of clockmakers recorded working in Hamilton, Lanarkshire with the name Coates, including Robert from 1857 who was admitted as a Burgess in 1761; his son John who was apprenticed to Robert in 1774 and Thomas who was apprenticed to him for four years from November 1768.
Lot 219
A late 18th century oak and mahogany 8-day bell striking longcase clock, 13 inch square painted dial having no visible name or place, painted roses to the corners and stylised birds to the centre suggest Wilson as the dial manufacturer, dial mounts without a falseplate, seconds and date indication, missing hands and hood door, the case having shaped top to the trunk door, mahogany cross-banding, quarter reeded columns to the trunk, reeded columns to the hood, surmounted by swan-necked pediment and a turned wooden finial, cross-banding to the base, ogee feet, with weights and pendulum - Estimate £80 to £120
Lot 221
A late 18th century oak and mahogany 8-day bell striking longcase clock, 13 inch square painted Wilson dial signed for Winstanley, Holywell, painted roses to the corners and stylised birds to the centre, seconds and date indication, matched steel hands, the case having shaped top to the door, mahogany cross-banding, quarter reeded columns to the trunk, reeded columns to the hood, cross-banding to the base, missing the original feet, with weights and pendulum - Estimate £80 to £120
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