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second DAY’S SALE WEDNESDAY 25th January 2017
COLLECTORS’ ITEMS, WORKS OF ART & CLOCKS Commencing not before 12.30pm Collectors’ Items, Works of Art and Clocks will be on view on: Friday 20th January 9.00am to 5.15pm Saturday 21st January 9.00am to 1.00pm Sunday 22nd January 2.00pm to 4.00pm Monday 23rd January 9.00am to 5.15pm Tuesday 24th January 9.00am to 5.15pm Limited viewing on sale day Weights and measurements are approximate guidelines only unless stated to the contrary
Works of Art & Collectors’ Item
Clocks
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821 A 19th century Indian Muslim pattern ivory chess set one side stained with red concentric rings, the other side stained with black concentric rings, the pieces of domed form, the king 4.4cm. high, the pawn 2cm. high. £250 - 350 822 A 19th century Indian ‘Pepys’ type ivory chess set one side stained green, the other side left natural, the pieces with elaborate carved decoration and raised on foliate decorated circular bases, kings and queens with pierced and galleried baluster knops, bishops with pierced mitres, knights with arched horses heads, rooks with rusticated decoration and spire finials, the pawns with foliate decoration, the king 11.5cm. high, the pawn 5cm. high. £600 - 800 823 An early 19th century six string guitar with ebonised and steel inlaid finger board, rosewood and mother-of-pearl inlaid pegs and applied foliate and scroll decoration to the sound board, bears label Gennaro Fabricatore, Anno 1829, Sucada Toledo N297, Napoli. contained in a wood case. £500 - 700
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OF LOCAL VIOLIN MAKING INTEREST 824 A 20th century violin by Henry Stoneman the two-piece back of narrow flame and curl, the varnish of a light honey brown, bears label Henry Stoneman, Exeter, (No 10) Fecit, 1925 ‘Devonia’, length of back 35.75cm. contained in a fitted case. £2500 - 3000 *Biography Born at Zeal Monachorum, Devon, 1856. Apprenticed to the joinery and cabinetmaking trade and worked for 20 years for an ecclesiastical building firm. He took up violin making and repairing. By 1925 he had produced twelve violins in total. He died in 1933.
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825 A violin bow by Paul Hermman with ebony and mother-of-pearl inlaid frog, stamped Paul Hermann, 74cm. long, 57gms. £250 - 350 826 A 19th century ivory chess set of ‘barleycorn’ type one side stained red, the other side left natural, the King 7.5cm, the pawn 3.5cm. in wood box. £100 - 200 827 A late 19th/early 20th century German cigar box and novelty lighter, the rectangular box containing a lift-out tray for cigars, a crank handled dynamo and fuel tin, surmounted by a bear next to a wick, 20.5cm. wide. £200 - 300
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828 A 19th century Union case containing two Daguerreotype portraits each image 5 1/2 x 4 1/4ins, the exterior of the thermoplastic case decorated with harvest scenes, the interiors bear paper label Littlefield, Parsons & Co, Manufacturers of Daguerreotype Cases and only legal manufacturers of Union Cases, 16cm. £100 - 200
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829 A lacquered brass binocular microscope with coarse and fine focusing, lever operated mechanical stage, substage condenser, plano/concave mirror on a Y-shaped base, together with eyepieces and objectives contained in a fitted mahogany case. £300 - 400 830 No Lot. 831 An unusual late 18th century silk work picture contained in a later pole screen the central panel depicting a missionary aboard a three-masted galleon, with a standard flying from the bow sprit ‘United in Charity’ the tropical harbour with coconut palm and dove holding a ribbon entitled ‘You Conduct Them With Wisdom’ enclosed in a bullion cartouche with monogram above, trailing foliage, garlands and urns, 30 x 27cm on turned pole and circular base. £150 - 250 832 A pair of early 19th century silkwork and ivory handled face screens the embroidered panels with crest and motto Aperto Vivere Voto (to live life as an open book or an honest person) for the Chamier family, framed and glazed. £200 - 300 833 A pair of Welsh bedspreads with all over geometric designs to a green ground, 223 x 206cm. £40 - 60 834 An over-painted needlework panel, entitled ‘Crastina dies nunquam venit’ (Tomorrow Never Comes) within a floral meander border 26 x 125cm. £40 - 60 835 A painted needlework panel depicting a medieval prince and princess visiting monarchs decorated in blues, pinks, greens, browns and yellows, 99cm x 277cm. £80 - 120
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836 A Charles II silk needlework panel depicting a monarch outside a tent with dove and sun behind, in a wooded landscape, worked in coloured silks of reds, blues, greens, browns and cream, having a tasseled fringe, 13 x 10.5cm. £250 - 350 837 Five Chinese embroidered bell pulls of matching designs worked in different coloured silks, 78cm. long, together with a glass bead bell pull, 72cm. long, all framed and glazed. £150 - 250 838 A 19th century Cantonese carved sandalwood fan the paper leaf decorated with figures in a garden landscape with applied painted ivory faces, on pierced sticks and carved guards, 28cm. long, (one stick damaged) in black lacquer box and a Japanese shibyama bridge marker. £100 - 150 839 No Lot. 840 An early Victorian needlework sampler with upper and lower case alphabets, Arabic numbers, flowering shrubs, birds and crowns contained within a floral meander border, worked in coloured silks of browns, reds, greens and ivory by Ann Skelly, aged 14 and dated 183832 x 24.5cm. £80 - 120 841 A George III small needlework sampler decorated with a crown held by two cherubs, with country house below flanked by flowering shrubs, enclosed within a floral meander border, worked in coloured silks by Jane Moore, dated December 9th, 1812, 15 x 14.5cm. £150 - 180
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842 A small late 18th/early 19th century petit-point needlework picture of a gentleman in traditional dress, 5.5 x 4.5cm, a woolwork picture of two children fishing 17.5 x 16cm and a petitpoint picture of flowers 15.5 x 13.5cm. £150 - 180 843 A William IV needlework sampler with two bands of verse, house amongst flowering shrubs with birds and a lower band of flowering potted shrubs and birds, worked in coloured silks of browns, greens and creams by Martha Kinsey, aged 12 and dated 1832, 50 x 54cm. £250 - 350 844 A William IV needlework sampler with banded decoration of upper case alphabet, Arabic numbers, lower case alphabet, central verse surrounded by flowering shrubs, trees, birds and butterflies, enclosed by a strawberry meander border, worked in coloured silks of creams, greens, browns and blue, by Hannah Williamson, aged 13 and dated 1835, within a maple frame, 41 x 31cm. £150 - 250 845 A 19th century needlework sampler with central verse, flowering shrubs, trees, stags, birds and butterflies within a floral meander border, worked in coloured silks of browns, greens and cream by Rosannah Pew - aged 13 years, contained within a maple frame, 43 x 33.5cm. £100 - 150 846 An early Victorian needlework sampler with verse surrounded by flowering shrubs, a house, cats, stags, birds, dogs and lions, enclosed by a meandering strawberry border, worked in coloured silks of browns and creams by Anne Lumley, aged 13 years and dated 1837, contained in a maple frame, 48 x 40cm. £150 - 200
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850 A Chinese inlaid bronze vase, Gu inlaid with ruyi-heads, foliage and diaper bands, two-character Shisou mark, 16.5 cm high [polished]. £50 - 80 851 A Chinese bronze censer of compressed plain circular form, with loop carrying handles to the sides, on a circular foot, bears six-character Xuande mark, 16cm. wide. £300 - 500 852 A Chinese bronze vase; late 17th/early 18th century, of ovoid form, the handles to the neck in the form of grotesque horned animals, with banded archaic decoration, on a circular foot, 31cm. high, base drilled, some damage. £300 - 500 853 A Chinese gold splash bronze tripod censer of compressed circular form with loop handles and peg feet, bears six character mark, 16 cm. diameter, weight 993 grms. £500 - 700
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854 A pair of 20th century Chinese cloisonne and gilt metal table lamps decorated with figures dancing in a procession, the gilt metal oil lamps converted to electricity, raised on gilded pierced stands, with pagoda shaped shades. £300 - 400 855 A Chinese carved sandalwood rectangular box finely carved with figures by pavillions and in garden landscapes, the hinged lid enclosing a lift-out tray with eleven lidded compartments with ivory gourd finials, an oval plaque to the lid inscribed ‘Mrs C.A.Latter’, mid 19th century, 26cm [some damage]. £250 - 350 856 A Chinese silk and gold wire embroidered silk rank badge with a dragon chasing a fiery pearl; and further pieces of Chinese embroidery, some mounted on card. £200 - 250 856
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857 A large Chinese cinnabar lacquer vase and cover of ovoid form, with domed lift-off lid with floral finial, with two large heart-shaped panels depicting figures in a woodland landscape enclosed by foliate and dragon mask decoration, on a matching circular stand, total height, 65cm. £250 - 350 858 A Chinese bronze tripod censer of circular form, the sides with three panels of script, raised on three peg feet, bears six character Xuande mark, 15cm. diameter, 1558gms. £300 - 400 859 A 19th century Cantonese export lacquer table top cabinet of rectangular outline, the top and sides decorated all over with figures in a pagoda landscape, having a pair of hinged panel doors with oval cartouches enclosing four long drawers with similar decoration, raised on bracket feet. £200 - 300
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860 A Chinese bronze mirror, Han Dynasty the reverse with central boss enclosed by concentric bosses and archaic decoration, 14cm. diameter. £400 - 600 861 A large Chinese bronze tripod censer of squat circular form, with banded scrolling decoration, the handles in the form of dragons heads, raised on three peg feet with taoist mask decoration, bears six character mark, 40cm. wide, 25cm. high. £400 - 600 862 A Canton carved ivory concentric puzzle ball on stand of conventional form carved and pierced with dragons, flowers and foliage, the stand with a smaller puzzle ball, late 19th century, 36 cm high [minor damage and discolouration]. £300 - 500
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863 A Canton ivory card case finely carved overall with figures, pagodas, dragons, flowers and foliage, mid 19th century, 11 x 7 cm. £250 - 300
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864 A Chinese jade rectangular plaque carved to the centre with the figure of Guanyin holding a vase and willow branch and standing on a lotus and cloud base, the stone of mottled pale celadon colour, 13.5 x 7 cm. £800 - 1000
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865 A Chinese carved white jade pendant in the form of a boy seated on and clasping a giant gourd, 5 cm. £800 - 1000 866 A Chinese carved white jade dragon belt hook with dragon’s head terminal, the shaft with a sinuous chilong, 8 cm. £200 - 400 867 A Chinese hardstone table screen and wood stand the rectangular panel applied with a knarled peony branch and a peach spray, 15 x 12 cm [minor losses] on a carved and reticulated stand. £80 - 120 868 A Chinese carved jade figure of a reclining beast the stone of celadon colour, 5cm. long. £120 - 180 869 A Chinese jadeite bowl with flared rim, the mottled green translucent stone with cream and black inclusions, 10 cm diameter and wood stand. £50 - 80 865
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870 A Chinese jade handle with ridged grip and two fitting holes, the stone of mottled dark green colour with grey calcification, probably Neolithic, 6.5 cm. £100 - 200 Provenance By repute from the collection of Prof.Muller of Bonn, Germany and exhibited at the Museum of East Asian Art in Cologne.
871 A Chinese carved and pierced jade girdle pendant in Han Dynasty style, in the form of stylised dragons carved with interlocking scrolls, the stone of grey flecked celadon colour, 12.5 cm wide. Provenance By repute from the collection of Prof. Muller of Bonn, Germany and exhibited in the Museum of East Asian Art in Cologne. £100 - 200
872 A Chinese jade and hardstone composite necklace, in the form of a bi half-disc carved with scroll motifs.8.75cm. wide. £50 - 70 873 A Chinese carved jade model of a duck in two parts with carved feather decoration, 13cm. wide, 12cm. high. £100 - 200
874 A Chinese inside painted glass snuff bottle and stopper signed Ma Shaoxuau (1867 - 1939) of rounded flattened form with cylindrical neck and shallow foot rim, the interior painted with the portrait of Master Yanting [a teacher] and inscription ‘’Painted by Ma Shaoxuan [1867-1939], in the 10th month of Winter, in the year of Renzi [1912 in Western calendar year]’’, the reverse with a congratulatory poem composed by Guyuan from Xiangfu [an author and poet] to celebrate Master Yanting’s 50th birthday, 9.5 cm high. £2000 - 4000 Note The sitter’s dates are circa 1863-1947 and on his 50th birthday or later several of these snuff bottles must have been produced and distributed amongst family members and friends. Translation of poem available on request. Provenance Acquired by the present owner in Hong Kong in the mid 1980s. 873
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875 A pair of large Chinese carved stone chop seals each surmounted with a Foo dog, a loose ball in its mouth and two playful puppies to one side, the four faces of the square base carved with five rows of characters,19th century, 25 cm high. £200 - 300 876 A pair of Japanese cloisonne vases, of bulbous form with slender necks, decorated with cranes and foliage to a black ground, 13cm. high. £150 - 200 877 After Kunisada, three wood block prints of actors Ichikawa Dannusuke V, Onue Baiko and Nakamura Fukusuke I, each approx 35 x 25cm. £100 - 150 878 After Eizan two Japanese wood block prints of Geisha girls one seated , the other playing a mokkin, each print 32 x 21cm. circa 1830. £100 - 150
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879 A large Japanese bronze ‘Dragon’ vase of baluster form, the dragon modelled in high relief and clutching a glass ‘pearl’, mark of a jar with scroll surround, Meiji period, 44 cm high and carved and pierced hardwood wood stand. £400 - 500 880 A Japanese bronze and ivory okimono of a courtesan combing her hair and dressed in loose robes, unsigned, Meiji period, 18.5cm. high. £250 - 350 881 A pair of Japanese cloisonne vases of ovoid form, decorated with dragons to a mustard yellow ground, 15.5cm. high. £200 - 300
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882 A Japanese inlaid and gilded bronze circular charger decorated with a finch and bee amongst flowering shrubs, within a zig zag border, unsigned, Meiji period, 47cm. diameter. £150 - 200
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883 A Japanese bronze vase, signed Seiho, Takaoka of ovoid form, the yellow bronze ground inlaid with mixed metals depicting sailing vessels on Lake Kawaguchi with Mount Fuji beyond, signed, late Meiji period, 21 cm high. £100 - 200 884 A pair of Japanese cloisonne vases of quatrefoil lobed form in the style of Namikawa Yasuguki, decorated with hanging blade panels of dragons and ho-ho beneath bands of flowers and scrolls, 26.5cm. high, Meiji period. (minor chip and crazing to one panel). £500 - 600 885 A Japanese carved ivory ojime in the form of a miniature human skull, a hole for the cord, the back engraved ‘SIC ER I’, 3.5 cm wide. £80 - 120
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887 A Japanese carved ivory netsuke, signed Yasuhide kore wo koku [Yasuhide carved this] of Hotei lying in his bag being pulled along by a Chinese boy [karako], late Edo period, 6.5 cm [minor age cracks]. £300 - 500
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888 A large Japanese carved and stained ivory articulated dragon formed from numerous overlapping sections with spines, the legs with stylised flames and the head with inlaid eyes, moving jaw and tongue, Meiji period, 108 cm long approx [some damage and losses] in stained wood box. £2000 - 3000
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889 A Japanese carved ivory parasol handle the handle depicting Daikoku, a floral decorated pillar holding his sack, unsigned, Meiji period,14cm.long. £150 - 250 890 A 19th century Japanese carved ivory figure of a tiger damage to one leg, 16cm. long. £200 - 250 891 A Japanese tanto the 23cm. unsigned blade with one mekui-ana, carved ivory tsuba, the ivory tsuka with carved decoration of figures in a wooded landscape, with similarly decorated saya, overall length 46cm. £200 - 300 892 A Japanese carved ivory okimono, signed Akei ? of spherical form with a figure riding a dragon surrounded by four further figures, all on a large shell with waves, inlaid in mother of pearl, signed on red lacquer tablet, Meiji period, 5.5 cm high [tiny piece lacking]. £100 - 200 893 A Japanese carved and stained ivory okimono of Jurojin the smiling god seated on a deer and holding a scroll, Meiji period, 17 cm high and wood stand. £100 - 200 889
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894 A Japanese carved ivory okimono of a Bijin wearing traditional costume and holding a cage containing birds, signed Shodo to the base on an inset black tablet, Meiji period, 27cm. high. £600 - 800 895 A Japanese carved ivory okimono of a basket seller wearing traditional peasant costume with assorted baskets hanging from a bamboo cane, signed Toshimasa to an inset red lacquer tablet, re-glued to base, Meiji period, 17.5cm. high. £700 - 900 896 A Japanese okimono of a scholar dressed in traditional costume holding an open book in his right hand, signed to the base, Meiji period, 17.5cm. high. £300 - 400 896
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903 A Japanese ivory okimono Meiji period (1864-1912) carved in the form of cob nuts, signed 10cm. long, £300 - 350
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905 A Japanese carved ivory okimono Meiji period (1864-1912) of a peasant wearing a straw hat, holding a basket and a spade, unsigned, 9cm. high. £80 - 120 906 A Japanese carved ivory figure of an actor Meiji period (1864-1912),modelled as a male kneeling figure holding a Noh mask, unsigned, 9.5cm. high. £100 - 120
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915 An Australian Aboriginal parrying shield of traditional oval form with incised geometric banded decoration, with integral handle to the reverse, 76cm. long. £400 - 500 916 A Fijian throwing club (Ula) of traditional design, the lobed head inset with ivory stars and crescents, on a tapering shaft, 44cm.long. £300 - 400 917 A Fijian war club of gun-stock type the blade with incised geometric decoration, on a curved shaft, 110cm. long. £300 - 500 918 A native North American carved wooden cup in the form of an eagle’s head holding a rabbit in it’s beak, 25cm. long. £60 - 80
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920 A Middle Eastern carved and pierced stone jali panel carved with interlocking foliate scrollwork, decorated with blue and green pigments, possibly 17th/18th century Rajasthan, 30 x 21 cm. £200 - 300
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921 A bronze and gilt bronze Buddha seated cross legged on a lotus stand in Dharmacakra Mudra pose holding the stems of lotus blooms, his robe decorated with the eight precious objects, probably 20th century, 36 cm high. £200 - 250 922-4 No Lot. 925 A pair of late 19th century French ivory and penwork door finger panels of elongated cartouche outline, each decorated with a semi-nude female. 29cm x 7.5cm. £200 - 250
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926 An Indo-Portugese carved and stained ivory figure of a Saint, probably Thomas Aquinas wearing flowing robes with a star on his chest, his hands clasped in prayer, 17th/18th century, 13 cm high [age cracks] on carved wood stand with scroll feet. £500 - 700 927 A small Dieppe ivory figure of Napoleon wearing a long tail coat, one hand inside his waistcoat, on ivory mounted turned ebony column, late 19th century, 6.5 cm high. £50 - 80 928 A pair of 18th century Continental straw work pictures depicting figures outside a tavern, one initialled CHH and dated 1743 each panel 17 x 24cm. £400 - 600
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929 An early 19th century Derbyshire Blue John urn of neo-classical form, on stepped square marble base, 22 cm high [some damage and loss, particularly to rim]. £400 - 600 930 An Austrian cold painted bronze of a newly hatched chick stamped Geschutz, 9cm. wide. £120 - 180 931 A Georgian mahogany satinwood crossbanded and chequer strung cutlery box of serpentine outline, the hinged lid enclosing a converted interior for stationery, raised on brass ball feet, 39cm. high. £200 - 300 932 A 19th century copper jelly mould by Benham and Froud, with orb and sceptre stamp mark, no. 20722.5cm. high, three chain link jelly moulds, the longest stamped H Benham and Co and two copper jelly moulds by Benham and Froud and three others(9). £500 - 700 933 A pair of brass rosewater ewers of cylindrical form with slender curved V-shaped spouts, the handles in the form female acrobats, on circular spreading feet, 23cm. high. £80 - 120
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936 A late 18th Century French tortoiseshell snuff box the circular top decorated with a view of Rousseau’s tomb, 8cm. diameter. £80 - 120
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937 An Anglo-Indian stained ivory tea caddy decorated on each side with colonial buildings in landscapes within foliate borders, on shaped bracket feet, Vizagapatam, circa 1790/1800, 28 cm wide [minor damage, age cracks]. £1000 - 1500 938 A pair of Georgian reverse glass equestrian prints Skyscraper by Highflyer, 1789, published 12th October 1795 by Laurie & Whittle, together with Warter by Highflyer, published January 1st 1802 by Laurie & Whittle, each 37 x 52cm. (2). £400 - 600 939 A Russian icon of the Beheading of John the Baptist with the head of the Saviour in a cup at his feet, the child Christ in a roundel above, 17th century, 34 x 27 cm. £600 - 800
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940 A late 19th century Scottish polished specimen agate inkwell in the form of a curling stone, with revolving handle enclosing a central well, 7.25cm. diameter. £60 - 80 941 A late 19th century gilt bronze pin cushion in the form of a boar lacks cushion,13cm. long. £50 - 70 942 After Johann Heinrich Von Dannecker, a 19th century small ivory carving of Ariadne on a panther mounted on a rectangular base, 10cm. wide. £80 - 120 943 A Persian ornate gilt metal photograph stand of rectangular outline, with Islamic motifs and decoration,12.5cm. high together with a carved tortoiseshell mount, with pierced and foliate decoration, 18cm. wide.(2). £60 - 80 944 A set of six low relief plaques depicting Bacchanalian scenes with putti and satyrs, within velvet mounts and gilt frames, each plaque 11 x 15.5c. £200 - 300 945 A Betjemanns Patent oak and brass mounted tantalus containing three cut glass decanters and stoppers, with two enamel spirit labels, 38cm. wide. £100 - 150 946 A Black Forest carved hardwood nutcracker in the form of a bear’s head, with inset glass eyes, 18cm. long. £80 - 120 947 A 19th century blonde tortoiseshell and horn snuff box of rectangular outline, the hinged lid inset with a mother of pearl inlaid medallion, 9.5cm. long. £70 - 90 948 An ivory and mother of pearl inlaid walking cane handle with gilt brass engine turned collar, 7.5cm. long. £100 - 150 949 A Black Forest carved linden wood bear holding a fish in it’s mouth, initialled AF to the underside, 17cm. long. £80 - 120
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951 An Indo-Portuguese ivory inlaid coromandel table cabinet the fall front enclosing one long drawer above a central double draw with two small drawers to either side, the whole inlaid with geometric designs, metal mounts and hasp, 17th/18th century, 31 cm wide [minor damage and losses]. £600 - 800 952 A Victorian burr walnut tea caddy of sarcophagus outline, with shallow domed hinged lid enclosing a central well with associated glass blender and two lidded canisters, having ring handles to the side, raised on reeded bun feet, 38.5cm. wide. £100 - 150 953 An oak and electro-plate mounted tantalus containing three clear cut glass decanters and stoppers with hobnail decoration, each with a silver spirit label, 39.5cm. wide. £80 - 120 954 An early 19th century mahogany, boxwood and ebony strung workbox of rectangular outline with canted corners, the hinged lid with a watercolour of a harbour view to the lid interior, 34cm. wide. £80 - 100
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955 A pair of 19th century French gilt bronze and champleve vases of trumpet form with floral enamel decoration supported by putti on naturalistic circular plinths mounted on enamel circular spreading feet, 33cm. high. £400 - 500 956 A Spanish gilt metal and niello inlaid parasol handle, of lobed tapering form 13.5cm. long, together with a similar umbrella handle, (2). £100 - 120 957 A pair of 19th century French ormolu candlesticks with foliate decorated urn nozzles, each on a stem with grape and vine leaves supported by three swans on a trefoil base with paw feet, 23cm. high. with swan supports, 9ins high. £100 - 150
958 A continental engraved ivory panel depicting a female figure with trident seated on a dolphin, 9.5cm. £60 - 80 959 No Lot. 960 A 19th century bronze and gilt metal lamp in the form of a cherub supporting an oil lamp, mounted on a green marble and gilt metal mounted circular base, converted to electricity, 42cm. high. £100 - 200 961 Tim Cotterill (1950-), ‘Frogman’, a bronze and enamel model of a frog ‘Tad’, limited edition 1/3, signed to the bronze, together with certificate, signed by the artist, 7cm. £500 - 600
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962 Tim Cotterill (1950-), ‘Frogman’, a bronze and enamel model of a frog ‘Watchful’, limited edition 14/100, signed to the bronze, together with certificate, signed by the artist, 19cm long. £350 - 450
963 Tim Cotterill (1950-), ‘Frogman’, a bronze and enamel model of a frog ‘Twist’, limited edition 15/100, signed to the bronze, together with certificate, signed by the artist, 20.5 cm. £450 - 550
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983 A pair of American parcel-gilt bronze whale oil Argand lamps and shades retailed by Baldwin Gardiner, New York, each reservoir with pointed finial, applied with two swans with outstretched wings and hung with prismatic glass drops, the columns applied with four flowering branches, on stepped bases, with frosted glass tulip form shades and plain chimneys, early 19th century, max. height 47 cm. £800 - 1200 984 A French porcelain and ormolu ‘chinoiserie’ table lamp the square section shade with figure finial and painted with baskets of flowers and rockwork supported on a foliate branch behind a seated figure, on a rectangular stand cast with acanthus and ribbon tied flowers and foliage, 45 cm high. £400 - 600
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991 A French miniature corniche carriage clock the eight-day duration timepiece movement having a platform lever escapement, the backplate stamped with the serial number 739, the white enamel dial having black Roman hour numerals and decorative pierced brass hands, the brass corniche case with a three-bail handle, height 9 cm (handle up) 8 cm (handle down). £100 - 150
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992 A Swiss silver and enamel miniature carriage clock the eight-day duration timepiece movement having a lever escapement and numbered 161849, the round white enamel dial with black Arabic numerals and blued steel baton hands, the silver case decorated with purple enamel over an engine-turned ground with further coloured enamel depicting swags of flowers, with a curved carrying handle, complete with the original travelling box with a secret key compartment, height 5 cm (handle up) 4 cm (handle down). £150 - 250
993 Drocourt, Paris for J.W. Benson, a gorge carriage clock the eight-day duration movement having a replaced platform lever escapement and striking the hours and half-hours on a gong, with push button repeat, the backplate stamped with the trademark of the retailer J.W. Benson and serial number 23695, the inside stamped with the trademark for Drocourt along with the blanc roulant number 9960, giving a date of manufacture of circa 1885, the white enamel dial having black Roman hour numerals, outer five-minute markings, blued steel moon hands and signed J.W. Benson, 25 Old Bond Street, London and Paris, Fabrique de Paris, the brass gorge case with a five-bail handle, complete with travelling box and numbered key, height 17.5 cm (handle up) 14.5 cm (handle down). £200 - 300 Biography; For details of Drocourt see lot number 995. J.W. Benson were in business from 1844 until 1973 and are recorded as working at 62 & 64 Ludgate Hill, London with a retail outlet at West End House, 25, Old Bond Street. An advert of theirs in the Illustrated London News of the 13th of December 1884 shows a printed view of their ‘Steam Room’ and ‘Mezanine’. They traded as J.W. Benson from 1856 until 1891 and then as a limited company. 994 Holingue Frères, a gorge grande-sonnerie carriage clock the eight-day duration movement striking the hours and quarters on two bells at each quarter (grande-sonnerie) or the quarters on two bells (petite-sonnerie) with a lever positioned to the underside of the base for setting the strike along with silent (note; the two bells missing), with a replaced platform lever escapement, the backplate stamped with the serial number 2485, the inside of the movement stamped with the initials H.L. for Holingue Frères along with the roulant blanc number 8173, the white enamel dial having black Roman hour numerals, Arabic outer five-minute numerals, blued steel moon hands and three subsidiary dials for day; date and alarm, the brass gorge case having a five-bail handle, height 17 cm (handle up) 14.5 cm (handle down). £400 - 600 Biography Jean-Francois and the younger Louis Holingue were the sons of the carriage clock maker Jean Baptiste and worked in the clockmaking town of Saint-Nicolas-d’Aliermont, near to Dieppe, producing the rough movements for a number of well-known makers including Paul Garnier and Bolviller. With Louis-Albert Holingue, the son and likely successor of Louis, married and settled in Paris with seemingly little interest in returning to the town, the brothers sold their workshops and equipment to Alfred Drocourt in 1875, having supplied Drocourt for a number of years with movements for his own clocks finished in Paris.
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995 Drocourt, Paris, a corniche carriage clock the eight-day duration movement having a platform lever escapement and striking the hours and half-hours on a gong, the backplate stamped with the serial number 27377, giving a date of manufacture of circa 1888, with the inside of the plates stamped with the trademark for Drocourt of Paris along with the roulant blanc number 13566, the white enamel dial has black Roman hour numerals, outer Arabic five-minute numerals and blued steel spade hands, the brass corniche case with a threebail handle, complete with numbered winding key, height 16 cm (handle up) 14 cm (handle down). £200 - 300 Biography Pierre Drocourt, born 1819, founded the Drocourt clock making business in Paris in 1853 with his son Alfred, born 1847, taking over in 1872. The blanc roulants to the clocks were made at their workshops in SaintNicolas-d’Aliermont, a town outside of Dieppe, before being finished at the workshops in Paris at Rue Debelleyme 28, previously rue Limoges. 996 A French Anglaise carriage clock the eight-day duration movement having a platform lever escapement and striking the hours and half-hours on a gong, the backplate stamped with the serial number 1163, the white enamel dial having black Roman hour numerals, a subsidiary alarm dial and shaped blued steel hands, the brass Anglaise case with fluted pillars and matching handle, complete with numbered key, height 19.5 cm (handle up) 16.5 cm (handle down). £250 - 350 997 A French clock/barometer carriage clock set to one side an eight-day duration timepiece movement having a platform lever escapement, with applied filigree work to the centre of the silvered dial, Arabic hour numerals and blued steel hands, to the other side a matching barometer with a blued steel hand and adjustable brass pointer, with a thermometer set between and a compass to the top, the brass case with a fixed carrying handle, height 16.5 cm. £300 - 500
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998 E. Maurice & Co, Paris, a French Anglaise carriage clock the eight-day duration movement having a replaced platform lever escapement and striking the hours and half-hours on a gong, with push button repeat, the backplate stamped with the initials E.M. & Co. for Maurice of Paris along with the serial number 2701, the white enamel dial having black Roman hour numerals, with coloured swags of flowers set between, Arabic five-minute outer numerals, pierced and engraved brass hands, and with a silvered mask, the brass Anglaise case with pierced friezes top and bottom and a fluted handle, height 18.5 cm (handle up) 15.5 cm (handle down). £200 - 400 Biography E. Maurice & Co were makers of fine carriage clocks in the late Victorian period and were known for their decorative cases. They were at Rue Charlot 75, Paris and exhibited at the Paris Exhibition of 1889. 999 A French corniche carriage clock the eight-day duration movement having a platform cylinder escapement and striking the hours and half-hours on a gong, the white enamel dial having black Roman hour numerals and blued steel spade hands, the corniche case with a three-bail handle, complete with travelling box, height 17 cm (handle up) 14 cm (handle down). £200 - 300 1000 Jaeger-LeCoultre, a timepiece mantel clock the straight-line eight-day duration timepiece movement having a lever escapement set within a Perspex case in the form of an aquarium, with stylised gilded fish within, the dial signed for Jaeger-LeCoultre, height 20 cm. £300 - 400 Biography; Jaeger-LeCoultre were established in 1833 by Charles Antoine Le Coultre in Le Sentier in the Valle de Joux and obtained the current name after the merger with chronometer maker Edward Jaeger in 1937 who, having worked for the firm for twenty years, turned it into one of the finest maker’s of watches in the world.
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1001 Le Roy et Fils, a lyre-shaped ormolu and bronze easel clock the eightday duration timepiece movement having a platform lever escapement, the backplate stamped with the serial number 460, the white enamel dial with Arabic hour numerals, decorative gilded brass pierced and engraved hands and signed Le Roy & Fils, Avenue de l’Opera, Paris, the bronze case in the form of a round casing held by an ormolu ‘ribbon’ above with further ormolu mouldings in the form of swags of flora, with an easel attachment to the rear which can be removed to allow for wall hanging, height 30 cm (with easel) 25 cm (without easel). £100 - 200 Biography; Le Roy et Fils were established by Basile Charles Le Roy in 1785 and were well known and fine makers of clocks. Basile Charles Le Roy was the Master Clockmaker to Napoleon & along with his son Charles-Louis were clockmaker’s to the Princess Pauline and the Duke de Bourbon. Examples of their work are in all the major collections as well in the Ministere de la Guerre, Paris. The Maison de Le Roy was founded in 1785 at Palais Royal & continued until the death of Charles at Versailles in 1865. They took on premises at 13-15 Galerie Montpensier, Palais Royal, Paris when the Duc d’Orleans opened the Palais Royal gardens for both the trade and public’s use with many prestigious shops opening under the arcaded walkways. From 1885 their London retail outlet was at 57 Bond Street having moved from Regent Street.
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1002 Vincenti et Cie, Paris, a three-piece clock garniture the eight-day duration movement striking the hours and half-hours on a bell, the backplate stamped with trademark for the maker Vincenti et Cie of Paris, the round white enamel dial having black Arabic hour numerals, red Arabic five-minute outer numerals, pierced and engraved brass hands, the white marble case having curved ends to the base applied gilt-metal floral mounts and with the figure of a classical female reclining against the side of the case and playing with two winged cherubs, complete with two matching three light candelabra side pieces depicting putti holding aloft the gilt-metal floral sconces, height 21 cm (clock) 35.5 cm (side pieces). £800 - 1200 Biography; For details of Vincenti see lot no. 1009 1003 Jaeger-LeCoultre, a timepiece mantel clock the straight-line eight-day duration timepiece movement having a lever escapement set within a Perspex case with brass trim top and bottom, the dial signed for Jaeger-LeCoultre and having fleurde-lys hands, with a repeat signature to the barrel cap, complete with original box bearing the model number 508, height 17 cm. £400 - 600 Note With a presentation inscribed to the base for 1987. Biography For details of Jaeger-LeCoutre see lot no. 1000.
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1005 A large boulle cased mantel clock the eight-day duration movement striking the hours and half-hours on a gong with a countwheel, the backplate stamped on the backplate with the mark P.L. Tre and serial number 1368, the round brass dial having embossed decoration to the centre, with shaped blue porcelain plaques for each of the blue Roman hour numerals, and with decorative blued steel hands, the large waisted boulle-work case with engraved brass inlay to the red tortoiseshell and having heavy castbrass rococo mounts to the front, sides and top with a glazed door to the front and standing on cast-brass feet, with a matching wall bracket, height 72 cm (clock) 100 cm (inc. bracket) £1700 - 2000
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1006 Japy Freres, Paris, a brass four-glass mantel clock the eight-day duration movement striking the hours and half-hours on a bell, the backplate stamped with the trademark of Japy Freres along with the serial number 4837, the pendulum with twin mercury jars, the round white enamel dial having black Roman numerals and blued steel moon hands, with the brass corniche case having glass to all four sides, height 24 cm. Biography originally set up in circa 1771 in Beaucourt by Georges Frederic Japy for the purpose of making ebauches (blanks) for watch movements, by 1809 they were also producing clock movement blanks. By 1810, Pierre’s sons Frederic-Guillaume, Louis-Frederic and Jean-Pierre had joined the firm and soon after the death of Frederic in 1812, his sons renamed the firm Japy Freres et Cie. £200 - 400
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1008 A Victorian bronze and marble French figural mantel clock the eight-day duration movement striking the hours and half-hours on a bell with an outside countwheel and silk-suspension, the brass dial with raised decoration having black Arabic numerals and blued steel moon hands, the case depicting a bearded male figure offering sustenance to a small baby whilst leaning against a tree trunk against which leans his staff and bag, standing on a yellow variegated marble base with bronze acanthus leaf moulding, height 55 cm. £1200 - 1500
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1009 Vincenti et Cie, Paris, a three-piece clock garniture the eight-day duration movement striking the hours and half-hours on a bell with an outside countwheel, the backplate stamped with the trademark of the maker Vincenti et Cie of Paris, the round cream enamel dial with black Arabic Roman numerals with coloured floral swags between, a gilt filigree mount to the centre and blued steel fleurde-lys hands, the gilt-metal case with floral, bird and rococo decoration and mounts, with tapered pink porcelain pillars to either side decorated with rural country scenes, a pink porcelain plaque set within the front and painted with a rural scene depicting seated lovers, and with a matching pink porcelain urn to the top of the case, with a pair of gilt-metal and porcelain matching vase shaped side pieces, height 42 cm (clock) 37 cm side pieces. Complete with glass domes. £500 - 700 Biography Vincenti set up his factory producing roulant blancs in Montbeliard in 1823 but went bankrupt a year later, whereupon the clock manufacturer Roux took on the management. They were awarded a Medaille d’Argent (silver medal) for their movements at the Paris Exhibition of 1855, Vincenti himself having died in 1834.
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1010 A French bronze and ormolu mantel clock in the form of a bull the eightday duration movement striking the hours and half-hours on a bell with an outside countwheel and stamped with the serial number 108, the dial with black Roman numerals on individual porcelain lozenges and blued steel hands (hour hand replaced), the case having a bronze bull sitting upon a rouge marble base with the clock, resting on a decorative saddle on the bull’s back which in turn is surmounted by the figure of a bronze cherub seated within a conch shell, with decorative ormolu mounts and on ormolu ‘griffin’ feet, height 56cm. £1000 - 1500 1010
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1011 Samuel Toulmin, London, an ebonised bracket clock with pull quarter-repeat the eight-day duration double fusee movement having a verge escapement, fully engraved backplate with rococo and floral decoration, striking the hours on a bell and repeating the quarter hours on six bells via a repeat cord, the painted enamelled seven-inch break-arch dial with black Roman numerals, Arabic fiveminute numerals, a ‘strike/silent’ dial within the arch, gilt rococo spandrels to the four corners and arch, decorative blued steel hands and signed to the centre ‘Saml. Toulmin, Strand, London’, the ebonised bell-top case with brass fret-work to the sides, to the front top corners, with four cast pineapple finials to the four top corners, a brass carrying handle to the top of the bell-top caddy and all standing on four cast-brass feet in the form of animal feet, height 54cms/50cms, handle up/down. Biography Samuel Toulmin is recorded as working in the Strand from circa 1757 until 1783; a number of watches and clocks are recorded signed by him including a bracket clock in the Virginia Museum, a watch in the China Gelis collection and a watch in the Guildhall Museum. £1500 - 2000
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1012 Bennett, London, a mahogany pediment clock the eight-day duration chain-fusee timepiece movement stamped on the backplate with the serial number 5784, the twelve-inch round silvered dial engraved with black Roman hour numerals, Fast/Slow regulation, and signed Bennett, 85 Cheapside, London, with blued steel spade hands, the round mahogany case with floral carved decoration to the edge and seated on an integral rectangular base with acanthus leaf carved decoration allowing the clock to be used as either a wall, pediment or mantel clock, height 54cm. £1000 - 1500 Biography Sir John Bennett (1814-1897) FRAS was an eminent clockmaker and watchmaker. He was born on 15th October 1814 at Greenwich as a son of the watchmaker John Bennett. Bennett is recorded as working at 65 Cheapside in London from 1847 onwards until at least 1883. He was Sheriff of London and Middlesex in 1872 and was knighted to become Sir John Bennett. He also followed a career as a politician in London. Bennett died at St Leonards-on-Sea on 3rd July 1897.
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1013 Thomas Sherwood, Leeds, a mahogany bracket clock in the manner of Thomas Hope the eight-day duration, double-fusee, five-pillar movement having an anchor escapement and striking the hours on a bell, with shaped plates and border engraving, the round eight -inch white painted dial having black Roman numerals, , blued steel hands and signed Thos. Sherwood, Leeds, with the decorative gilded bezel having a continuous scroll design, the Romano-Egyptian style case, in the manner of the designer Thomas Hope, with tapered and fluted angle columns topped by acrotoria finials carved with a honeysuckle design, the case front with half-round angled mouldings inlaid with geometric brass stringing and a gadrooned pediment top surmounted by a brass pineapple finial, with obelisk shaped brass frets to the case sides, and standing on carved wood fan feet, height 50 cm (inc. finial). £2000 - 2500 Biography Thomas Sherwood is recorded as working as a watchmaker, silversmith and jeweller in Leeds from before his marriage in 1802 until at least 1834. Two further bracket clocks are recorded signed by Sherwood. Biography Thomas Hope was a designer who travelled extensively abroad to find inspiration for his work, being particularly interested in Ancient Roman, Greek and Egyptian styles. He set out many of his designs in the book Household Furniture which he published in 1807. This particular case style was in use, with some small differences, by a number of cabinet makers including Banting & France who it is known made one of the earliest examples for the clockmaker’s Atkins & Son, which was in the possession of the Marquis of Bristol and was sold by Christies, King Street, London in May 2001.
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1014 Joseph Smith, Barthomley, a walnut bracket clock the eight-day duration singlefusee timepiece movement now with an anchor escapement and formerly with pullquarter repeat, now removed, seven-inch square brass dial having a raised silvered chapter ring engraved with black Roman numerals, Arabic five-minute numerals to the outer aspect, fleur-de-lys half-hour markings and diamond seven-and-a-half hour markings, engraved in decorative script either side of VI o’clock Joseph Smith, Barthomley, the matted centre with a ringed winding hole and date aperture, with cast-brass female-head spandrels to the four corners and decorative blued steel hands, with wheat-ear engraving to the border, the walnut case having a shallow bell-top pediment surmounted by a brass handle, and standing on bracket feet, height 37.5 cm (not inc. handle). £600 - 800 Biography Joseph Smith was from a well-known clockmaking family based in Cheshire. He was the son of the celebrated maker Gabriel Smith who himself moved from Barthomley in 1822 and it is believed father and son shared a shop in Chester in circa 1747. Joseph made the Barthomley parish church clock in circa 1710. 1015 A Victorian grande-sonnerie striking ‘Vienna’ regulator wall clock the eight-day duration, three-train weight driven movement striking both the hour and quarterhour on two gongs at each quarter (grande-sonnerie strike), with the wood-rod pendulum having a brass bob, maintaining power to the winding and a dead-beat escapement with adjustable pallets, with a strike/silent lever above the bezel, the round white enamel dial having black Roman numerals and blued steel hands, the simulated rosewood case having shaped mouldings, a glazed front door, and turned finials to the bottom pediment, height 120 cm. £400 - 500
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1016 Smith Sectric, wall mounted clock the 50 cm glass dial having an octagonal centre with black Arabic numerals, black hands and stamped Smith Sectric in raised lettering, the corners with yellow angled lines reaching the edges, with a metal frame, the top and bottom being cylindrical, held to the wall on the left-hand side, the rear housing the electric movement with the casing having the various markings for Smith’s English Clocks Ltd, London, dimensions 57 cm high, 60 cm wide. £150 - 250 Notes Originally from the Pavilion Theatre, Torquay.
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1017 J. Jordan, Manchester, a mahogany drop-dial wall clock having an eightday duration, weight-driven movement striking the hours on a bell, the twelveinch round painted dial with black Roman numerals, subsidiary seconds dial and signed J. Jordan, Manchester, with decorative blued steel hands, the mahogany case having a turned moulded surround to the dial, a long drop trunk with a curved into-the-wall base, the trunk door having a curved top, height 138 cm. £400 - 600 Biography; John Jordan, born 1811, was a watchmaker and jeweller recorded working at 46, Hanging Ditch, Manchester from circa 1832, and then 22, Market Street when living in York Street, and finally at 38, Market Street whilst living in Arlington Street. He is believed to have died in 1851 and his wife Eliza was possibly also a clockmaker.
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1018 GWR No.1, a mahogany drop-dial wall clock having an eight-day duration timepiece fusee movement, the thirteen-inch round painted dial having black Roman numerals, blued steel heart-shaped hands and painted to the centre with a G.W.R. roundel, the mahogany case having a chisel-foot base with door and a castbrass bezel, with a bone plaque set below the dial engraved No.1, height 77 cm. £1000 - 1200
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1019 Vulliamy, London, a mahogany drop-dial wall clock the eight-day duration timepiece fusee movement having maintaining power, a dead-beat escapement and a ‘T’ bar suspension, the backplate engraved Vulliamy, London, 1412 which is repeated twice to the underside of the plates, with an additional number 5813, the eleven-inch round silvered dial engraved Vulliamy, London, with black Roman numerals and blued steel heart-shaped hands, with a cast-brass bezel, having a mahogany chisel-foot case with lower trunk door, height 60 cm. £2000 - 3000 * For details of Vulliamy see lot no. 1034.
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1020 Barwise, London, a mahogany wall clock the eight-day duration, weightdriven timepiece movement having a dead-beat escapement and maintaining power, the nine-inch round silvered dial engraved with black Roman hour numerals, Arabic five-minute numerals to the outer aspect, with a subsidiary seconds dial, blued steel hands and signed Barwise, London, the mahogany case with inlaid ‘sunburst’ decoration to the arch of the trunk door, canted corners, a shaped pediment base with the hood having a pagoda top, height 145 cm. £1800 - 2200 Biography John Barwise was born in Cockermouth, Cumberland in 1755 and moved to St. Martin’s Lane, London in circa 1780, where he married in 1790. The business became known as Barwise and Sons from 1819 until 1823 and his date of death is often quoted as being 1842, although this is open to question.
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1021 Elliott Ltd, an RAF sector wall clock the eight-day duration, single-fusee movement stamped to the backplate 18397, Made by Elliott Ltd, England, 1941, the twenty-four hour, fourteeninch sector dial having black Roman numerals, RAF ‘King’s Crown’ warrant officer’s insignia to the centre, red, blue and yellow sector markings and blued steel spade hands, the round mahogany case having a black painted brass bezel and stamped on the rear of the backbox Made by Elliott Ltd, below the Air Ministry cypher, indistinctly stencilled to the back with the Admiralty arrow followed by R 20-3-195?, Stores No. 21B/118, Con. No. A187 etc, the inside of the case having two sheets signed by pilots from various squadrons including K. Mackenzie, DFC, AFC, 501 squadron and Tom Neil, 249 squadron, with a further store label to the side door, diameter 47cm. £3000 - 4000 Note Sector clocks were widely used during the Second World War to track enemy aircraft movements. As an enemy plane was spotted its position was marked on a UK map using the British Modified Grid system laid out at a sector operations room, using a coloured disc matching the coloured segment on the clock dial as pointed to by the minute hand, each coloured sector representing five minutes. The discs were then repositioned on the map as further sightings came in, using a magnetic ‘rake’, which enabled the controllers to follow the progress and formation of each flight and work out its possible target, This simple, but extremely effective, method of gaining the required information with speed allowed quick decisions to be made in the battle of the air.
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1022 Peter Bower, Redlynch, an oak longcase clock the associated thirtyhour birdcage movement striking on a bell, the ten-inch square brass dial having a raised chapter ring engraved with black Roman numerals, fleurde-lys half-hour markings and signed either side of VI o’clock Peter Bower, Redlynch, with cast-brass c-scroll and shell corner spandrels, the dial centre engraved with a depiction of a castle flying a flag, with a steel single hand and date aperture, the oak flat-topped case having a long trunk door, plain base with restorations and tapered three-quarter columns to the hood with wood capitals, height 213cm. £400 - 600 Biography Peter Bower is recorded as a fine and prolific maker working in the west-country from circa 1710.
1023 Thomas Lowe, Dundee, a mahogany longcase clock the eight-day duration movement striking the hours and half-hours on a bell, the twelve-inch break-arch painted dial having black Roman numerals, subsidiary seconds and date dials to the centre, floral decoration painted to the four corners, with a painting in the arch depicting a crowned king playing a harp behind a opened curtain, with decorative brass hands and signed Thos. Lowe, Dundee, the mahogany case with crossbanding to the base and trunk door, quartered columns to the trunk with barley twist decoration to the lower half and fluting to the top half, the hood having a swanneck pediment with brass ball-and-spire finials to the sides and a brass eagleand-ball finial to the centre an having fluted pillars with cast-brass capitals, height 214 cm (inc. finial). £600 - 800 Biography Thomas Lowe, sometimes Low, is recorded as working in Dundee from at least 1828 to after 1860, becoming a Burgess of the city in 1832 and Guildbrother in 1837. The first address recorded is 204 Overgate before moving to number 27 in 1840. His father Isaac was a baker and Thomas married Jean White at some point. He took over the repair of the clock in the St Andrews parish church in 1855, having been made by one of the city’s most famous clockmakers, James Ivory.
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1024 A carved oak cuckoo clock the eight-day duration, double fusee movement striking the hours on a gong, whilst a cuckoo appears from the doors above the dial, the round silvered dial with an engraved centre, black Roman numerals, and blued steel hands, the carved oak case having a pediment top, a scroll bracket base and various applied mounts, the lower door bearing a label for Camerer Cuss of 186, Uxbridge Road, at the period the main retailers of quality clocks of this type, height 85 cm. £800 - 1200 1025 Davie Steward, Newport Pagnell, a quarter-chiming longcase clock the eight-day duration movement striking the hours on a bell and the quarters on a nest of eight bells, the twelve-inch square brass dial having a raised silvered chapter ring engraved with black Roman numerals, Arabic five-minute numerals to the outer aspect, fleur-de-lys half-hour markings and signed either side of VI o’clock Davie Steward, Newport Pagnell, the matted dial centre having engraved decoration to the date aperture, with a pair of birds below the subsidiary seconds dial, with cast-brass female head spandrels to the four corners and blued steel hands, the arch having a round silvered boss engraved with a basket of fruit sat on a table, with cast brass c-scroll spandrels either side, the mahogany case having a pagoda top, with fluted canted corners to the hood and surmounted by three brass ball-and-spire finials, height 234 cm (inc. finial). £2000 - 3000
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1026 Edward Blowers, Beccles, a mahogany longcase clock the eight-day duration movement striking the hours on a bell, the twelve-inch breakarch brass dial having a raised chapter ring engraved with black Roman numerals, outer Arabic five-minute numerals, with cast-brass c-scroll corner spandrels, the matted centre with subsidiary seconds dial and date aperture,with a convex brass bob within the arch engraved with the maker’s name Edwd. Blowers, Beccles, the mahogany case having typical Suffolk cresting to the top surmounted with three brass ball-and-spire finials, fluted pillars to the hood with cast-brass capitals, a break-arch door to the trunk, boxwood edging to the edges, and a plain base with bracket feet, height 218 cms. £800 - 1200 Biography Edward Blowers is recorded as working in Beccles, Suffolk in the second half of the 18th century, primarily as a maker of longcase clocks.
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1027 William Barker, Wigan, a moonphase longcase clock the eight-day duration movement striking the hours on a bell, the fourteen-inch brass break-arch dial having a raised silvered chapter ring engraved with black Roman numerals with Arabic five-minute numerals to the outer aspect, the silvered dial centre engraved with c-scroll decoration and having a subsidiary seconds dial, and sweep date to the inner aspect of the chapter ring, with cast-brass c-scroll spandrels to the four corners, the arch having a moonphase disc set within the arch above, with the adjustment wheelwork from behind the dial in typical Barker fashion, and engraved above with the maker’s name Will. Barker, Wigan, the globe area having two applied silvered mounts engraved with the motto Time is Valuable, the mahogany case having a shaped moulding to the top of the trunk door, fluted columns standing on fretwork blocks to the trunk corners, the hood flat fluted columns to the door and further turned fluted columns to the corners, a fretwork panel to the swan-neck pediment and cast-brass finials, the base having canted corners, a shaped raised panel and standing on bracket feet, height 230 cm. £700 - 900 Biography William Barker was a well-known maker working in Wigan, Lancashire, with a whole chapter devoted to him in The Clockmakers and Watchmakers of Wigan by Arthur J. Hawkes published in 1950. A member of the Barker family of clockmakers, William was believed to have come to Wigan with his father Thomas in circa 1737 and established himself not only as a clockmaker, but also a gunsmith and petitioned to be made a Freeman in March 1748 stating that having ‘married a wife there, is desirous to obtain his Freedom and to exercise his trade therein…’ being finally admitted in 1751. He quickly became very active in the town and was at the forefront of a number of petitions stopping others from plying their trade without the requisite Freedoms, often to stop competition from those of equal ability. Thomas Hatton, an 18th century London watchmaker and author on clocks wrote in his Introduction to the Mechanical Part of Clock and Watch Work, published in 1773, that William Barker can be put ‘in the front rank’ of makers. Barker’s masterpiece, a longcase clock with various complications, including moonphases and state of sunrise and sunset along with calendar work for the Old Style and New Style that came into use in 1752, was made circa 1780. William Barker fell ill in July 1786 and died some months after, with his son Daye Barker continuing the business for a short while.
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1028 Hayter, Wells, a mahogany longcase clock the eight-day duration movement striking the hours on a bell, the thirteen-inch silvered dial engraved with black Roman numerals, Arabic five-minute outer numerals, depictions of the four seasons to each corner, the centre with c-scroll decoration, subsidiary seconds dial, date aperture and engraved within ribbon scrolls Hayter, Wells, the arch having further engraved decoration depicting a mythical bird above further ribbon scrolls engraved Tempus Fugit, the mahogany case with circular cross-banding to the centre and further inlaid stringing to the base, trunk door, the canted corners, and hood door, the hood having a swan-neck pediment with a brass ball-and-spire finial and having fluted columns with cast-brass Corinthian capitals, height 226 cm (inc. finial) £500 - 700 Biography; John Hayter is first recorded as working in Wells, Somerset in circa 1794. He died on the 17th of April 1812 when he left all his tools and goods, along with various volumes of books, to his son, also called John and also a clockmaker. This John was known to be working in the late 1700s in Wells before moving to Wells in 1793 where he is recorded as a watchmaker. A silver watch signed by Hayter is in the Bristol museum.
1029 Jas. Coffin, Barnstaple, a mahogany longcase clock the eight-day duration movement striking the hours on a bell, the twelve-inch brass break-arch dial having a raised silvered chapter ring engraved with black Roman numerals and Arabic five-minute outer numerals, the dial centre having a seconds dial, large date aperture and engraved with rococo decoration and the name Jas. Coffin, Barnstaple, with decorative blued steel hands, female-head castbrass spandrels to the four corners, a round silvered boss to the arch engraved with an eagle above a ribbon engraved Tempus Fugit, with cast-brass dolphin spandrels to either side, the mahogany case with crossbanding to the base, shaped trunk door, the flat-topped hood with tapered pillars having cast-brass capitals, height 214 cm. £500 - 600 Biography; James Coffin is recorded as having been apprenticed in 1752 to William Upjohn of Exeter at a premium of £12 12s. It is known that he looked after the Barnstaple parish church clock for five years from the 7th of June 1764.
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1030 John Ebsworth, London, a marquetry longcase clock the associated eight-day duration movement having finned pillars and striking the hours on a bell with an inside countwheel, the ten-inch square brass dial having a raised silvered chapter ring with fleur-de-lys half-hour markings and a thin outer aspect engraved with Arabic five-minute numerals, the dial centre engraved with tulip style decoration and signed above VI o’clock John Ebsworth, Londini fecit, within a ribboned cartouche, with cast-brass cherub-head spandrels to the four corners and blued steel hands, the walnut case with panelled bird-and-flower marquetry inlay to the trunk door, with further inlay to the base, the flat-topped hood with barley-twist columns, floral inlay, fret-work to the top frieze and glazed panels to the sides, height 197 cm. £4000 - 6000 Biography John Ebsworth was a pre-eminent and important early clockmaker who was apprenticed to Richard Aymes on the 23rd of February 1657, becoming free on the 3rd of April 1665. He was an assistant to the Worshipful Company of Clockmakers in 1682 becoming a warden between 1694 and 1696 and finally Master in 1697. He worked at the Cross Keys, Lothbury, London and may well have succeeded the famous lantern clock maker Thomas Knifton. He died in 1699 with his will proven in September of that year.
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1031 William Frodsham, a lacquered longcase clock the eight-day duration, five-pillar movement striking the hours on a bell, the twelve-inch brass break-arch dial having a raised silvered chapter ring engraved with black Roman numerals and engraved either side of VI o’clock with the maker’s name William Frodsham, London, with a ‘strike/silent’ silvered dial to the arch, the matted dial centre with seconds dial and date aperture, with female-head cast-brass spandrels to the four corners, the green lacquered case having raised chinoiserie decoration, the pagoda topped hood with three cast-brass eagle-and-ball finials, with turned columns to the hood having cast-brass capitals, height 236 cm (inc. finial). £2000 - 3000 Biography William Frodsham, born 1728, was the founder of this famous family firm of clockmakers and made an honorary Freeman of the Worshipful Company of Clockmakers in 1781 before opening his own retail shop at 12, Kingsgate Street, Red Lion Square, London. He was an important maker who may well have acted as a journeyman to Justin Vuilliamy and was taught the art of watch jewelling by his friend, the great chronometer maker Thomas Earnshaw. This caused a problem for Frodsham when in 1804 he was asked by the Board of Longitude to give evidence regarding a reward for Earnshaw following the latter’s claim to have improved the detached escapement. William Frodsham died in November 1807 having outlived his son, the clockmaker William the younger, by 18 months. It was this son born 1755, with whom William the elder worked in partnership from circa 1779, the firm being known from this date as William Frodsham & Son.
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1032 Thomas Andrews, Sheffield, an oak longcase clock the eight-day duration movement striking the hours on a bell, the twelve-inch break-arch brass dial having a raised silvered chapter ring engraved with black Roman hour numerals and Arabic five-minute outer numerals, the dial centre engraved with floral decoration, ringed winding holes, and subsidiary seconds and date dials, with blued steel hands, with a round silvered boss to the arch engraved with the maker’s name Thos. Andrews, Sheffield with cast-brass spandrels to either side, the oak case having canted corners to the base and trunk, the hood with turned tapered pillars with castbrass capitals and a curved pediment, height 217 cm. £400 - 600 Biography Thomas Andrews is recorded as working as a watch and chronometer maker in Sheffield, Yorkshire in 1774 where it is known he had a shop in the High Street.
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1033 John Blurton, Stourbridge, a mahogany moonphase longcase clock with an eight-day duration movement striking the hours on a bell, the fourteen-inch painted break-arch dial having black Roman hour numerals, decorative floral decoration to the four corners, decorative blued steel hands, the dial centre with subsidiary seconds and date dials and signed Jno. Blurton, Stourbridge, the arch having a revolving disc showing the phases of the moon, the mahogany case with fluted corners to the trunk, a gothic moulding to the trunk door, a swan-neck pediment to the hood with a raised wooden block finial to the centre and inlaid with Prince of Wales feathers within an oval to the pediment centre and floral inlaid decoration within ovals to either side, the fluted pillars to the hood with cast-brass capitals, with canted corners to the base and standing on bracket feet, height 235 cm. £400 - 600 Biography; John Blurton is recorded as working in the High Street, Stourbridge, from circa 1818 until 1840 when he moved to Rye Market before moving again in 1844 to Upper High Street, where it is known he was still operating in 1851. He was born in Uttoxeter, Staffordshire in 1787 and was the younger brother of Venables Blurton, a known maker of clock cases. His son Edward became a clockmaker in the town and was also known to sell tea.
1034 Vulliamy, London, an oak night-watchman’s clock the eight-day duration, weight-driven, five-pillar timepiece movement having an anchor escapement with the shaped wood-rod pendulum having a brass bob and ‘T’ bar suspension, the backplate engraved Vulliamy, London, 1730,, the 8 ½ inch square silvered dial engraved with a standard chapter ring to the outer with black Roman numerals, with a twelve-hour time-keeping ring to the centre with plunger at XI o’clock, set via a brass knob running through the case on the right-hand side, engraved Vulliamy, London, No. 1743, AD 1845., the oak case having a pediment top and long door to the trunk, height 188 cm. Biography Benjamin Louis Vulliamy, born 1780, married Francis Styles 1815, died 1854, was the son of the fine clockmaker Benjamin Vulliamy and worked alongside him for a number of years. B.L. Vulliamy was keeper of the clocks in the Royal Household and would often arrange for both movements and dials to be replaced with those of his making so as to improve their efficiency. He was also, along with his brother Justin Theodore, responsible for continuing the work of Frederick Barraud in building up the magnificent library of horological books belonging to the Clockmakers Company, indeed many of the books were presented by the Vulliamy brothers themselves and he would push other clockmakers of note to donate books. At a time when many new law offices and government buildings were being constructed on the orders of William IV, Vulliamy was given the opportunity to provide clocks for these buildings and it is claimed that the business supplied 187 such clocks for the Crown, of which this example is one. £2200 - 2600 Ref. David G. Vulliamy, The Vulliamy Clockmakers, The Antiquarian Horological Society.
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1035 Foxton, Sutton Ashfield, an oak longcase clock the eight-day duration movement striking the hours on a bell, the twelve-inch break-arch painted dial having black Roman numerals, a subsidiary date aperture and painted with coloured shells to the four corners, an Oriental bird to the centre, and a lady seated at a tree with a cocker spaniel within the arch, and signed to the centre Foxton, Sutton Ukfield, the oak case having small oval panels inlaid with floral decoration to the trunk and base, with cross-banding to the base and trunk door, canted corners to the trunk inlaid with further decoration, the hood having a swan-neck pediment with further crossbanding, the turned mahogany hood pillars with castbrass capitals, height 218 cm. £400 - 600 Biography; The son of Richard Fox, he is recorded as working in Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, from before 1778 until at least 1809 and was known to use dials made for him by Wilson of Birmingham, the foremost dialmaker of that period. According to the Notts county records, his will was dated the 5th of February 1829.
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1036 John Sampson, Truroe, a walnut longcase clock the eight-day duration, five-pillar movement striking the hours on a bell, the twelve-inch brass break-arch dial having a raised silvered chapter ring engraved with black Roman hour numerals, Arabic five-minute numerals to the outer aspect, the matted dial centre with a subsidiary seconds dial and date aperture, with cast-brass bird-andurn spandrels to the four corners, decorative blued-steel hands and a silvered boss to the arch engraved with the name Jno. Sampson, Truroe, the flat-topped walnut case with double crossbanding to the trunk door and base, the hood having turned tapered columns with cast-brass capitals and wooden fret-work above the dial, all standing on a double-plinth to the base, height 221 cm. £1500 - 2000 Biography; John Sampson is known to have made clocks of ‘superior quality’ with one known longcase example dated circa 1750, which also has the name of Truro spelt with the additional ‘e’. 1037 Elliott Brothers, a walnut stick barometer the bone dials aslant having a barometer scale to one side and signed Elliott Brothers, having an arched topped case with a turned cistern cover to the base and a thermometer set within the trunk, height 92 cm. £150 - 250 1038 – 1050 No Lots.
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