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A rare and important George III oak nocturary, 10cm silvered dial inscribed Whitehurst, Derby, edge pins with trip to top, recording pull, un-numbered 30-hour movement, the rectangular case quite plain, plinth base, 197cm high, c.1807 Provenance: Supplied to the Sikes family at The Chauntry, Newark in 1807 John Whitehurst II (1766-1834) pioneered the watch clock or noctuary, prompted by William Strutt FRS, who, as the scientific eleve of Erasmus Darwin FRS, had developed the concept, apparently from an idea that had originated with the maker`s celebrated uncle, John Whitehurst, FRS (1713-1788) who had established the firm in Derby in 1736/37. The earliest recorded examples were supplied to the elder Whitehurst`s friend Josiah Wedgwood (now in the Wedgwood Museum at Barlaston, Staffordshire) and to Henry Cecil, 10th Earl of Exeter (soon to be created Marquess of Exeter) at Burleigh (where it remains) in 1801. These instruments had their pegs (depressed when the recording lever was operated by the watchman, and later re-set by the supervisor) on the edge of the dial and small dials. By about 1810, the dials had been enlarged and a further refinement in which the pegs were set on the face of the dial was evolved in the next decade, the design remaining current until the firm ceased to exist in 1855/1862. All of the clocks by the firm were, from 1809 when John Whitehurst III joined his father in the business, signed Whitehurst & Son/Derby and numbered (from 001). The present example therefore can be dated from the period 1801-1809, and is therefore very early. William Strutt positioned 19 of these clocks around Derby to regulate the patrols of the watch, thus being able to reduce their numbers by more than 50%, gaining thereby the commendation of the Municipal Corporations Act Commissioners in 1834. Literature: Sylvester, C., Domestic Economy (London 1819) 4-6 & n. (the first published description of these instruments) & Craven, M., John Whitehurst of Derby, Clockmaker and Scientist (Mayfield, Staffs., 1996) 203-209, plates IX/71-72 & IX/77.

A framed Whitehurst, ``St Thomas Trees``, family tree sampler, a French embroidered picture of an oriental lady, and a framed circa 1900 tapestry of a married couple in a landscape with a church and mound

A Commemorative Mug presented to Joseph Whitehurst 1876

GEORGIAN DESIGN STICK BAROMETER ENGRAVED WHITEHURST OF DERBY, FLUTED MAHOGANY COLUMN DESIGN, 38" HIGH

A fine and rare William IV mahogany cistern tube angle barometer in the manner of John Whitehurst of Derby Birchall, dated 1835 With square section finial to the cavetto moulded and gadrooned pediment above angled silvered glazed scale calibrated from 28 to 31 inches and divided into twentieths (0-300 over the length of the scale) with MUCH RAIN, Rain, Change, Fair, SET FAIR predictions and signed Birchall and dated 1835 to lower edge, the tube with brass setting pointer adjusted by turning the knurled brass finial at the end of the ogee shaped caddy terminal of the angled arm, the kingwood crossbanded and cockbeaded trunk with concealed tube and crossbanded borders to the figured veneers, the shaped base with half cylinder turned cistern cover with ring turned girdle and finials to top and bottom, 93cm (3ft 0.5ins) high. Banfield does not record a maker with the name Birchall working around this time however a M. Birchall is recorded in Baillie G.H. Watchmakers & Clockmakers of the World as working in Derby circa 1770-90. The current lot can be very closely compared to examples made by John Whitehurst of Derby during the latter half of the 18th century (for an example see Goodison, Nicholas English BAROMETERS 1680-1860 2nd ed. page 282). This suggests that this instrument was either made by a subsequent member of the Whitehurst family to be retailed by Birchall or is an accurately detailed version made by Birchall himself.

A George III oak longcase clock, signed Whitehurst, Derby, square brass dial with cast rococo spandrels, silvered chapter ring, date aperture, eight-day movement, striking on a bell, the case with a broken architectural pediment, arched long door with a marquetry star motif, panelled plinth, bracket feet.

A VICTORIAN MAHOGANY CISTERN BAROMETER the engraved brass scale signed Whitehurst & Co Derby, with vernier, having exposed tube and hemispherical turned cistern cover, 92cm h, c1840 Tube replaced. Brass relacquered. Small chip to the moulding at the top of the cistern cover

A 19th century oak long case clock by Whitehurst and Son, Derby, circular enamel dial with Roman numerals, eight-day movement striking on a bell, 203cm (80in) high

WHITEHURST, John. An Inquiry into the Original State and Formation of the Earth… third edition, revised and corrected. London: 1792. 4to (265 x 202mm.) Contemporary speckled calf (extremities scuffed, joints split, spine worn). - And eleven other volumes (12).

A late 18thC oak cottage longcase clock, with eight day movement and circular brass dial marked G WHITEHURST, REPTON, 194cm high.

Manchester Utd football autographs: from the 1950s-2000, majority on plain white cards and some to trade cards - in all 95 signatures, to incl: Dave Gaskell, Brian McClair, Don Gibson, Ernie Bond, Ronnie Cope, Tony Hawksworth, Eddie Lewis, Walter Whitehurst, Freddie Goodwin, Ian Greaves right up to Wes Brown, Japp Stan, Dwight Yorke, Mark Bosnich et al- contained in a red album (G).

Oak bodied long case clock circa 1750 with 11" square brass dial, & 8 day movement, signed John Whitehurst, Congleton

A gold and enamel pair cased verge watch, movement signed Jno Whitehurst, Derby, 2205, with a white enamel dial with later hands, inner plain case with stirrup pendent loose, the outer case enamelled with panels of green part missing and centred musical trophies to a blue ground. H.M. London 1774, 45mm dia.

A Victorian mahogany long case clock, the 34cm arched painted dial inscribed John Smith, Derby, painted with the four continents to spandrels, lunar phases to arch, Roman numerals, subsidiary second and date dial, twin winding holes, eight day movement striking on a bell, the hood with swan neck cresting terminating with draught turned roundels, turned columns, shaped door to waist, flanked by fluted angles, bracket feet, 220cm high, c.1840 John Smith (1813-1886) was born at Hognaston, where his father was a tenant farmer, but who sprang from a line of braziers in Derby. He was apprenticed to John Whitehurst II in 1827, becoming an employee with his son, John Whitehurst III in 1834. He resigned after a disagreement with the works manager, Thomas Wodward in 1846, and set up on his own at 126, Nun Street, Derby moving to 27, Queen Street as John Smith & Sons in 1850, and his posterity ran the firm from these premises until 1999 when Smiths, since the 1870s concentrating on turret clocks, moved to Alfreton Road, Derby. The present clock probably dates from the 1850s. The artist who painted the dial seems to have been a prolific local man; another clock (by a different maker) has been noted with the same country house in the breakarch. The artist probably had to hand engrave Basildon Park, from J. P. Neale, Views of Seats, etc., 2nd Series, (4 Vols., London 1825) II, although the rendition here is slightly simplified and impressionistic

A Small Late 18th Century Wall Hanging Alarum Clock. The 6 inch (15 cm) round dial with minute, five minute and hour markings, signed Whitehurst Derby.

A postman's dial alarm clock, the brass dial stamped 'Whitehurst, Derby'.

AN OAK WALL CLOCK, having painted face, makers name Whitehurst, Derby, single finger, arched hood, H 62cm

17th Century style small oak longcase clock, the hood having moulded cornice and pilasters, the trunk with long arch shaped door on bracket feet, engraved brass dial with cherub head spandrels signed J. Whitehurst, Congleton - eight day movement striking on a gong, 163cm high

A wall clock with brass dial by Whitehurst of Derby with single strike action. Dial 20cm diameter

*A surveying compass by Whitehurst of Derby, circa 1770 with 5¼in. silvered dial signed Whitehurst / Derby, inset to lined fruitwood base with hinged lid, heavily branded underneath 'T.W.E.' 6in. (15.2cm.) diameter overall.

an Oak Longcase Clock, the case with flat top pediment, "later" applied brass mounts, rectangular shaped door, re-built plinth and feet, 11-inch circular Roman numeral brass dial signed "Whitehurst Derby", single weight driven four pillar movement with anchor escapement (dial and movement, associated to case), 198cm high

Interesting brass pantry clock in the manner of Whitehurst, the 8" dial signed F. Abbott, Derby, with hook spikes and pendulum

A fine and rare George III mahogany cistern tube angle barometer Whitehurst, Derby, circa 1775. With square section finial to the cavetto moulded and gadrooned pediment above angled silvered glazed scale calibrated from 0 to 57 with Stormy, RAIN, Changeable, FAIR, Settled Fair predictions and signed Whitehurst, DERBY to left-hand corner of lower edge, within an ogee moulded surround and behind an exposed tube, the caddy moulded trunk with concealed tube and crossbanded borders to the figured veneers, the shaped base with half cylinder turned cistern cover with ring turned girdle and finials to top and bottom, 94cm high, B.C. Ref. 81. Illustrated in Banfield, Edwin BAROMETERS Stick or Cistern Tube page 156. John Whitehurst is recorded by Banfield as being born in 1713 and dying in 1788, he moved to London in 1775 to take the post of Stamper of Money Weights at the Royal Mint, London. It is thought that his brother, James, managed the Derby business until his son, John (2), was old enough to run it. He in turn took his son, also called John (3), into partnership circa 1810 when the business became known as Whitehurst and Son. The partnership continued until 1834 when John (2) died. John Whitehurst senior became friendly with the astronomer and lecturer James Ferguson in London and took active roles within learned societies in the Midlands including Club Thirteen and The Lunar Society where he met Matthew Boulton who became a good friend. This particular barometer relates to a group of three instruments which are comprehensively described in Goodison, Nicholas English BAROMETERS 1680-1860 Part II Some Important Makers and Retailers pages 281-283. A fourth example was sold by Sothebys at their sale of the contents of Fawley House, 14th October 2003. The scale calibration appears to be arbitrary however roughly equates to three inches divided into twentieths.

ROSEWOOD STICK BAROMETER, the ivory scale signed J. Whitehurst, Derby within an arched glazed door, over the tube with hemispherical cistern cover

A 19TH CENTURY OAK LONG CASE CLOCK in a circular white painted dial, signed Whitehurst of Derby with date aperture and Roman numerals, dial 13" diameter, the case with break arch pediment, pilasters and bracket feet.

Wall clock with circular dial signed Whitehurst, Derby

A modern mahogany cased stick barometer, the 5ins square silvered dial inscribed “Whitehurst of Derby” with cast gilt brass spandrels, contained in figured mahogany case with moulded scroll pediment, plain column and bulbous end with ebonised strung edges, 39ins high

A George III oak thirty hour longcase clock the four pillar countwheel bell striking movement with 9.75in square brass dial with arched calendar aperture to the matted centre within a Roman numeral chapter ring with arabic five minutes and bearing signature ‘Whitehurst Derby’ to lower edge the angles with foliate scroll cast spandrels the case with moulded cornice above integral hood pilasters and break-arch trunk door on plinth base with moulded skirt 185cm high.

A George III mahogany stick barometer, paper regiser, signed Stenson, Derby, moulded cornice and sliding cistern cover, 94cm high, c.1800. John Stenson (1747-1817) was a larger-than-life figure in his day. A self-proclaimed Scientist, Weatherglass Maker, Tenor and Musician he was generally regarded as a most upright and punctual man as well as an eccentric one, bathing daily in the Derwent into old age. He was the son of Joseph Stenson, a Derby framework-knitter and was apprenticed to the celebrated John Whitehurst FRS from 1761-1768, after which he worked for his old master until 1778 when he set up shop in Bag Lane, in Derby (now East Street). His earlier barometers used Whitehurst's unique 0-60 scale and he was also a manufacturer of saccarometers, hygrometers, spirit levels and electrical pistols .

John Whitehurst III Derby - a good mid 19th century fusée timepiece, signed Whitehurst Derby on the shaped back plate numbered 1850/6522, the 30cm painted dial with Roman numerals inscribed again, eight day movement, gilt bezel, the case with original label to verso for the retailer Thomas Moore of 4 Queen Street Derby, c. 1850. The back plate number indicates the Whitehurst firm's serial in their sequence which began in 1809 when this John Whitehurst joined his father after his apprenticeship. John Whitehurst III (1788-1855) took over the firm founded by his great uncle John Whitehurst, FRS in 1736 on his father's death in 1834. He was a leading citizen of the town, a freemason (Tyrian Lodge) and a prominent Tory. He died unmarried when the firm was bought out by Roskell of Liverpool who failed to make it pay and closed it down in 1862

An early 19th Century mahogany and oak long case clock, the 33cm arched brass dial inscribed J Whitehurst, Derby, Roman and Arabic numerals, subsidiary seconds dial, pierced spandrels, twin winding holes, eight day movement, striking on a bell, the hood with swan neck cornice terminating in brass foliate roundels, fluted columns, pointed rectangular door to waist, centred by a shell, canted angles, plinth base, bracket feet, 225cm high, (the dial and movement not originally together)

Whitehurst Derby - a George III oak long case clock, the 32cm circular brass dial with Roman and Arabic numerals, inscribed Whitehurst, Derby, eight-day movement striking on a bell, arched hood, shaped long rectangular door to waist flanked by quarter pilasters, 193cm high, c.1775 John Whitehurst FRS, of Derby (1713-1788) pioneered the round dial in from 1760, writing to his friend James Ferguson that he failed to see the point in a square dial when the action of the hands was rotative; to make the change would also save the expense of cast brass spandrels, separate chapter ring, pounced centres, etc., making his excellent quality clocks more affordable for ordinary people. The earliest dated examples are 1760 and 1761 and they set a distinctive east and north midlands trend. This example is in a shortish version of a typical Whitehurst standard case of which there were three types and would have been made, in all probability, in the 1770s. [Craven, M. , John Whitehurst of Derby, Clockmaker & Scientist (Mayfield 1996) 137-138 (for this type of dial); Hughes, R. G. & Craven, M., The Clockmakers and Watchmakers of Derbyshire (Mayfield, 1998) 241, figs. A3, A4 (for similar case-hood).

Faux tortoiseshell cased bracket clock by Whitehurst, Derby, circa 1790, the arched dial with cherub head spandrels and silvered chapter ring with Roman numerals, subsiduary strike/silent dial, the eight day twin fusee movement striking on a bell, in an inverted bell top case, 45cm high.

A good Regency pad top mahogany repeating bracket clock by Whitehurst & Son Derby the double fusee eight-day movement with five knopped and ringed pillars anchor escapement striking on a bell signed on the back plate the 17cm arched one piece silvered brass dial with Roman numerals pierced blued steel hands subsidiary strike/silent dial to arch inscribed Whitehurst & Sons Derby to centre the arched case with acanthus clad brass carrying handle brass edged door and corners on a moulded skirted base brass ball feet brass fish scale frets to side apertures 43.5cm high c.1815

A mid 18th century Watchman's (or Tell-Tale) clock mechanism by John Whitehurst and Son of Derby. This unusual and early Watchman's mechanism features peg holes on the front of the dial rather than the edge. This original mechanism is offered with anchor escapement but lacks pendulum, pegs and case. Signed on dial and face plate. Stamped no.49931. 6" wide.

R**S Fisher Whitehurst Hill Farm, Markeaton, Derbyshire signed, watercolour, 26.5cm x 37cm

A LONGCASE CLOCK by Whitehurst, Derby, with eight day movement, arched brass dial with painted moonphase, pierced and moulded spandrels, in oak case, the moulded split pediment with roundels, tapered turned columns, arched door flanked by quarter columns and similar panelled base, 87 1/2" high

An oak longcase clock, the 30cm brass dial with Roman and Arabic numerals, inscribed Whitehurst, Derby, single winding hole, 30-hour movement, the case of unusual design, circular hood, long arched door to waist, plinth base, shaped feet, 92cm high

A Fine Georgian Eight Day Longcase Clock. The 13 inch (33 cm) round silvered dial signed Whitehurst Derby, with stylized flower-heads engraved around the winding holes, Roman numerals counting the hours and Arabic numerals counting the minutes. The moulded swan-neck pediment having concentrically reeded roundels to the terminals flanking a turned finial. The flame figured mahogany case with a lip-moulded door flanked by sunken quarter columns. Standing 89 ins (226 cms) in height on bracket feet.

A George III oak longcase clock, by John Whitehurst II of Derby, the 13 inch diam brass dial signed Whitehurst Derby, with arched date aperture and engraved arrow hand, ringed winding holes, roman chapters and pierced hands, having eight day (formerly 30 hour) movement in crossbanded case with swan neck pediment, inlaid paterae, 'keystone' and fluted pillars, the trunk enclosed by a shaped door flanked by fluted pilasters, on panelled base, 213cm h

WHITEHURST, JOHN The Works . . . With Memoirs of His Life and Writings. 1792. 4to, cont. mottled calf, spine gilt. Engraved portrait frontispiece, seven plates, some folding, illustrating An Inquiry into the Original State . . . of the Earth (as per contents list, one of them i two parts); three folding plates illustrating An Attempt toward Obtaining Invariable Measures (as referred to in text) (frontis. spotted, possibly lacking a further plate). Sold not subject to return

An Early 19th Century Inlaid Mahogany Wheel Barometer, the 8-inch silvered dial inscribed "Whitehurst & Son, Derby", the broken architectural pediment centred by a turned bone vase finial over a thermometer, the case inlaid with two shells and two petal florets, the whole outlined in ebony and box stringing, (98.5cm high)

A Regency mahogany mantel clock by Whitehurst & Son Derby, the silvered dial supporting a twin fusee movement. The back plate and dial engraved 'Whitehurst & Son Derby', the case with brass inlay, 44cm high

A Victorian mahogany wheel barometer, 20cm Whitehurst type silvered dial, alcohol thermometer, hygrometer and level, inscribed Frank Woodward, Derby, the case outlined with boxwood stringing, swan neck pediment, c.1860.

CLOCKS AND BAROMATERS - John Whitehurst, Derby - a mahogany longcase clock, the square 12in enamelled dial gilt with floral spandrels, Roman chapter ring, inscribed 'Whitehurst, Derby', eight day three-train movement, the plain figured mahogany case with moulded triangular pediment, trunk with curl veneered triple-arch door, the base with crossbanded border, bracket feet, 86in high

FURNITURE - John Whitehurst I, Derby - a brass square 10in longcase clock dial and movement, with Roman and Arabic chapter ring, matted centre and urn and eagle spandrels, signed 'Whitehurst, Derby', eight day movement, striking on a bell, now on an oak wall bracket

A Regency mahogany longcase clock, early 19th century, the canted architectural pediment above a glazed door and 12" square silvered dial with roman numerals, subsidiary seconds dial and marked Whitehurst & Son Derby, 8 day movement striking on a bell, the back of the dial inscribed 1818, above a bevelled arched top full length trunk door between canted angles over an ogive moulding and ribbed base board and plinth on flat block feet, the hood with side apertures re-lined, 82 in (208.28 cm) high