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Lot 389
An early 19th Century swing dressing mirrorThe bowfront base raised ogee bracket feet and set with one long drawer and two short drawers, the tapered upright vertical members flanked with brass urn finial's and adjustable serpentine topped mirror, beautiful painted throughout with floral swags and garlands, the central top with portrait miniature design cartouche detailed with acanthus scrolls and tied ribbon adornment, 76x51x23cm.
Lot 422
A late 19th Century French Alabaster and gilt metal 8-day mantel clock garniture The central architectural case surrounded by a plinth urn with gilt scrolled handles raised on gilt paw feet and flanked by twin loop handles together with two matching garnitures the white enameled dial with blue Roman numerals. Clock 33cm high.
Lot 1297
A George III ormolu-mounted ebonised quarter-striking automaton clock with moonphase, calendar and sweep centre seconds.The case surmounted by a man standing beneath a cupola, striking a bell with each hand, via a linked hammer to the movement, above a square shaped galleried platform with urn finials, above an arch with four further finials, the front with foliate mounts and a shaped hinged door, flanked by canted angles with foliate mounts, the sides each with a brass carrying handle and a grille panel (one lost), on scrolled bracket feet; the shaped arched brass dial plate with 5 ½ in. white enamel dial, Roman chapters and Arabic five-minute markers, pierced gilt brass hands and sweep centre seconds, the arch centred by a shallow concave recess with moon phase shown as a rotating sphere, flanked to each side by white enamel subsidiaries for STRIKE/SILENT and the date of the moon, the fine-quality twin-train chain fusée movement, wound from the back, with verge escapement, foliate-engraved backplate, five turned pillars, intermediate wheelwork behind the dial for the moon phase and two link arms for the automaton striking63 cm. high, (one key). Illustrated This fine quality clock, with unusual dial arrangement, with its sweep centre seconds, moon phase and age, together with the fine quality wheelwork, would suggest a skilled London workshop. The case can be compared with another automaton clock by Robert Philip, London. The cases are virtually identical, utilising the same shaped design for the door, caryatids and with a standing figure beneath the cupola, which was sold at Bonhams, London, 6 July 2016, lot 75.
Lot 1299
A George III ormolu, Geneva enamel and paste set automaton timepiece For the Chinese market, attributed to William Carpenter, circa 1800 with later movementsThe case surmounted by a twin-handled urn issuing rotating tri-form gilt flower heads with stiff-leaf below, the paste-set body with blue, green, red and clear stones, and with six hexagonal-shaped rotating 'florets', raised on a quadruped bacchic pedestal, supported on splayed cloven feet between wreaths, the rectangular case with four vase-shaped finials, above a paste set pediment, the sides each with a polychrome enamel blue-ground panel designed with a foliate spray, and housing the later musical movement, No. 33702, with a 41-toothed steel comb, tripped by a small lever on the right hand side, which when activated turns the automata on the vase, the front inset with a later white enamel dial and later Swiss gilt lever movement, with hinged back door, on a stepped plinth, with paste set border, on foliate cast ball feet29.3 cm. high. Illustrated William Carpenter produced many complex automata clocks for the Chinese market. He was a member of the Clockmakers' Company from 1770-1817, gaining his Freedom in 1781. He worked at various addresses in Soho, London; 45 Frith Street 1778-1784; 15 Frith Street 1790-95; 10 St Martin's Court, St Martin's Lane 1798-1812 and in 1817, at the age of about 77 years old, retired to 5 Haberdashers Walk, Hoxton. He worked with James Cox on the production of his complex automata clocks; was a frequent customer of the clockmakers Thwaites and Reed, with 50 'jobs' noted in their account books. A number of these were for clockwork drive motors, rather than clocks, which were presumably for automata work.The attribution of this clock to Carpenter can be confidently made, as four other clocks are known with the same case design decorated with Geneva enamel plaques, two of which are signed for William Carpenter.[1] 1] Sold by Arne Bruun Rasmussen, International Auctions, Copenhagen, 29-30 April, 1980 is signed C. Penter 4794, which is an abbreviation of Carpenter. This clock is similar in all external respects to this lot, including a very similar surmounting vase. 2] Sotheby's, London, Fine Clocks and Watches, 10 May 1954, lot 68. This clock again has the same case design, is surmounted by a variant vase design, topped with a running figure; is signed William Carpenter London, the dial, with Roman numerals and centre seconds hand is signed Payne & Co., 163 New Bond Street London (31.7cm high)3] With Jeremy Ltd., London. Again the same case design, but surmounted by a vase of a different design; the white enamel dial with separate subsidiaries for the hours, minutes and seconds; no details are available of the movement, musical or automaton features (30cm high).4] Sotheby's, London Good Clocks Watches, Barometers and Horological Books, 20 July 1989, lot 507. This clock again has the same body design, but is surmounted by a cupola decorated with paste stones with finial; the two train fusée chain movement, signed William Carpenter, London, with verge escapement and chiming on eight bells (26cm high).It was the Emperor Kangxi (d. 1722) who developed a strong interest in watches and clocks, building a large collection. However, his grandson, Qianlong, whose reign spanned most of the 18th Century (1735-1795), with a huge budget, collected throughout his 60-year reign. This resulted in a substantial expansion for English merchants and makers. An observation by the missionary Valentine Chalier in 1736 ' As for clocks, the Imperial palace is stuffed with them…..there must be more than 4000 from the best masters of Paris and London…'. As Dr. White notes in his extensive book English Clocks for the Eastern Markets, Qianlong was simply the greatest collector of Western clockwork there has ever been. [1] Ian White, English Clocks for the Eastern Markets (Ticehurst, UK: Antiquarian Horological Society, 2012), pp 233, 236-238.We are grateful to Dr. Ian White for his assistance in cataloguing this lot.
Lot 1309
A French ormolu, champleve enamel and onyx clock garnitureIn the Grecian style, circa 1890The clock surmounted by an urn with scrolled handles, the base with bearded masks, centred with a blue ground dial with raised numerals, with a drum-shaped movement with hourly strike, ensuite with a pair of four-light candelabra, on a baluster stem and spreading footThe clock 38 cm. high; the candelabra 50 cm high. Illustrated
Lot 1312
A French ormolu, cloisonne enamel black marble mantel clockIn the Grecian style, retailed by Maison Marnynac, Rue de la Paix, Paris, circa 1890Surmounted by an urn, above a stepped rectangular block, with giltmetal turquoise mounted dial, with twin train drum-shaped movement striking on a bell, on leaf cast scrolled bracket feet43 cm. high. Illustrated
Lot 1319
A French giltmetal and marble garnitureIn the Louis XVI style, circa 1900Surmounted by an urn with ribbon tied foliage above the white enamel dial with arabic numerals and foliate swags, the drum-shaped movement, stamped Samuel Marti, Medaille d'or 1900 Paris in a roundel, with countwheel strike on a bell, on a bow-fronted plinth base; ensuite with a pair of twin-light candelabraThe clock 27 cm. high; the candelabra 19 cm. high. Illustrated
Lot 1610
A Robert Adam style boxwood strung mahogany urn, second half of the 19th century, the lift top with acorn finial, enclosing an associated fitted interior of three Victorian silver mounted amber glass decanters, hallmarked London 1896 and a matched twin handled jug, retailed by Waterston, London 1895, the urn on turned socle and square base, 29cm wide x 65cm high. Illustrated
Lot 1765
An 18th century German figured walnut and fruitwood commode and cabinet en suite, the commode with a pair of breakfront drawers on turned supports, 145cm wide x 89cm high x 64cm deep, the cabinet with urn mounted arch top over four breakfront drawers, on turned supports, 120cm wide x 109cm high x 52cm deep, (2). Illustrated
Lot 2213
A pair of silver bon bon dishes, each of circular form with pierced decoration and with a swing over handle, Birmingham 1914, a pair of silver heart shaped bon bon dishes, each with pierced and embossed decoration and raised on three spherical feet, Birmingham 1900, combined weight 171gms and Victorian plated wares, comprising; a twin handled tea urn of Adam style, with partly fluted and engraved decoration, with a detachable cover and a shaped circular fruit basket with pierced decoration within a floral and foliate border and with a cast and pierced swing over handle (6). 20.7, 20.8, 20.10, 20.12
Lot 574
EDWARDIAN MAHOGANY DRESSING CHESTwith an oblong bevelled mirror with a carved pediment, supported by carved sides with urn finials above a pair of domed glass front cupboards with lift up lids, the base with two central drawers flanked by a pair of carved cupboard doors, standing on turned supports with porcelain castors, 134cm wide
Lot 362
A 19th Century French Ormolu and Porcelain Three Piece Clock Garniture, the clock with porcelain urn surmount hand painted with reserves depicting putti amongst foliage, the hand painted porcelain dial with Roman numerals and inscribed Simpson & Co., Paris, together with a pair of matching covered side urns each hand painted with reserves depicting classical figures. Height of clock 30cms, height of urns 27cms
Lot 8
*Ivor Abrahams (British, 1935-2015)THE SPHINX;THE URNTwo screenprints with varnish and embossing printed in colours, 1978, from the 'Monument Series', both signed, dated and inscribed 'P.P.' in pencil, printer's proofs aside from the editions of 100, printed by Advanced Graphics, London;together with another etching with hand colouringUNTITLED, 1990Signed and numbered 2/25 in pencil, from the ‘Arcadia Suite’, printed by Hugh Stoneman, all published by Bernard Jacobson Ltd., on wove paper, with full marginssheet 100 x 68.5cm and 45 x 52cm, unframed (3)*Artist's Resale Right may apply to this lot.
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