COLLECTORS’ ITEMS WORKS OF ART &

SECOND DAY’S SALE

THURSDAY 2nd JULY 2009

COLLECTORS’ ITEMS WORKS OF ART & CLOCKS

Commencing at 12.30pm

Collectors Items, Works of Art and Clocks will be on view on:

Saturday 27th June 9.00am to 1.00pm Sunday 28th June 2.00pm to 4.00pm Monday 29th June 9.00am to 5.15pm Tuesday 30th June 9.00am to 5.15pm Wednesday 1st July 9.00am to 5.15pm

Limited viewing on sale days

Works of Art & Collectors Items Clocks Enquiries: Martin McIlroy Tel. 01392 413100 Email: [email protected]

Enquiries: Leigh Extence Tel. 01392 413100 Email: [email protected] 99 481

481. A 16th century steel casket, of rectangular outline, the domed lid with spiral twist ring handle and three pierced 484 485 straps of Gothic design, the 484. 485. hasps with geometric incised A W.M.F. electroplated and A Victorian gothic brass decoration, the canted angles clear glass claret jug, of display stand, with central with swept feet, 17cm., wide. slender conical tapering form, column on a shaped cruciform £1500-2000 the hinged lid in the form of a base, with four plated lilly leaf, stamped W.M.F., EP, adjustable brackets with 482. 1/0, as, to the handle, 44cm. circular glass shelves, the A pair of Victorian brass and high. brackets stamped ‘Houghtons lacquered bellows, the front £200-300 Patent Tiny T’, 42cm., high. with repousse Royal armorial £100-150 and floral decoration, the reverse with gilt chinoiserie lacquered landscape decoration, 40cm length. £80-120

483 483. A 19th century Ivory and black stained Calvert style chess set, of turned design, the castelated rooks 484A surmounted by flags and each 484A. piece on a ring turned base, A collection of seven early 17th century carved wood stiles, the king 11cm., high, the pawn three decorated with bearded male caryatid, with foliate scroll 4.5cm., high, together in an capital, and foliate and fruit decorated terminal, four with similar associated popular wood box. female caryatids, 82cm. long. £200-300 £500-700 100 486 486. A 19th century needlework sampler depicting The Menai Bridge, Nr Bangor, Caernarvonshire, with steam paddleship and other sailing vessels beneath the bridge and figures on the shore line, worked in coloured silks of blues, greens, browns and ivory, the bottom panel reads ‘In length 1714 feet, in height 100 feet from high water mark. Mary Eleanor Story her work aged 9 December 22nd 1828’, contained in a maple frame, 39 x 56cm. £800-1000

488. An early 20th century fan, the red silk leaf with painted forest scene and gilt panels depicting racehorses, with similar decoration to the red painted sticks, the guards with bull rush and dragonfly decoration, 34cm., long. £400-500 490 489. A late 18th century fan, the 490. 487 cut work lace leaf mounted A mid 18th century 487. on ivory and mother-of-pearl chinoiserie decorated fan, A late 19th century Russian sticks, having fret cut mother- the leaf with pen and ink icon depicting a saint holding of-pearl and gilt decorated decoration of two women in a a bible, flanked by Christ and guards, 27cm., long. garden landscape, with ivory Mary Mother of Christ, oil on £150-250 sticks and tortoiseshell guards, board, contained within an 25cm., long. applied foliate gilt frame, the £200-250 image 25 x 22cm. £150-200 101 491. A late 18th century continental fan probably Dutch, the paper leaf with painted cartouche of Cupid with young lovers in a wooded landscape, enclosed by trailing floral swags and fruit, the pierced, stained and gilt decorated sticks with similar decorated guards, 28cm., long. £300-350 492. A 19th century confirmation fan, with paper leaf printed and 491 painted with scene of a young girl and mother on their way to church, the reverse scene is of a very young girl feeding puppies, with pierced ivory sticks inlaid with sequins and mother-of-pearl pierced and paste set guards, 19cm., long. £200-250 493. An early 19th century fan with polychrome decorated printed paper leaf depicting a mythological scene, heightened with a gilt border, with pierced and gilt decorated mother-of-pearl sticks and guards, 24cm., long. £250-300 492 494. An early 18th century ivory brise fan, both sides with panted decoration of floral sprays and vases of flowers, the carved ivory sticks with commedia dell A’rte figures,21.5cm., long. £300-400 495. A Cantonese export ivory brise fan, with French verse to the leaf “Si vous aimez ce qu j’aime vous vous aimerez vous mem” the guards carved with multiple flowerheads and birds,14cm., long. £300-500 496. 493 A 19th century Chinese ivory brise fan, with central cartouche bearing initials flanked by cartouches of pagoda landscapes, lacks guards, 26cm., long. £150-250 497. A mid 19th century French fan, the printed and polychrome decorated paper leaf depicting the court of a young Louis XV in a chateau garden setting, the reverse depicting young lovers in a rustic landscape, with pierced and gilt decorated bone sticks and guards, 27cm., long. £200-250 498. 495 A late 19th century, the loose net leaf with applied foil panels and sequins with mother-of-pearl and gilt decorated sticks and guards, one stick signed Duvelleroy, 16.5cm., long. £200-300 499. A 19th century cockade fan, the paper leaf decorated all over with flowerheads and trailing foliage, the ivory guards with gilt floral decoration,46cm., long. £300-400 500. A 19th century French fan, the printed paper and painted leaf 498 depicting a mythological scene, probably the arming of Perseus, with pierced ivory sticks and carved ivory guards, 29.5cm., long. £250-350

102 501 501. A 19th Century ivory and silk fan, the shaped ivory 503 sticks with silk panel and 503. lace embroidered edging, A Middle Eastern papier with hand painted landscape mache and lacquered 504 decoration of courtiers in a octagonal panel depicting a garden, enclosed within a gilt semi naked young girl seated 504. glazed fan case, with plaque to on a wall washing her hair, the A Chinese carved hardwood interior ‘September 3rd 1850 reverse of the panel depicting figure of a warrior in to Mary A Mitchell with her a reclining nude female about traditional costume, raised on husbands love. A souvenir of to be struck with cupid’s arrow, a naturalistic base, 74cm. high. Eugenie, Empress of the French 19cm. x 15.5cm. contained in £150-250 to whom this fan formerly a fitted easel framed box with belonged’, case size 67cm. hinged double front. 505. £250-300 £60-80 An Indian embossed brass plaque, decorated with a scene of four seated gentlemen at a feast being entertained by musicians and dancers, 40 x 36cm. £100-200

505A. A South American Mayan carved hardstone model of coiled snake, 8cm., wide. £150-200

506 506. 502 A pair of Japanese cloisonne urns and covers of rectangular 502. curved outline, decorated A large machine woven tapestry in the 18th century French with finches perched amongst taste, depicting a rustic scene of a gentleman picking apples chrysanthemum shrubs, with and handing them to ladies below, whilst a young boy feeds domed rectangular covers, chickens, contained within a scroll and shell border, 190 x 18cm. high. 220cm. £300-400 £400-600 103 507 509 510 507. 509. 510. A pair of Japanese bronze A Japanese cloisonne vase of A large Chinese cloisonne vases of baluster form, inlaid ovoid form decorated with bowl, decorated with in shakudo, copper, silver cranes feeding amongst reeds, traditional bands of peony and and gilt with finches amongst rushes and lilies, to a dark chrysanthemums flowerheads, flowering shrubs, the handles blue ground, 29.5cm. high, to a powder blue ground, in the form of elephant’s together with near matching 31cm. diameter. heads, on circular swept bases, vase with partridge amongst £200-300 33cm. high, Meiji period. flowering shrubs,29.5cm. high. £600-800 £400-600

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508 508. A Japanese bronze vase of oviform tapering outline, inlaid in shakudo, copper, silver and gilt, the neck with a band of butterflies, the main body decorated with finches amongst blossoming shrubs and flowers, to a rich patinated ground, signed to a gilt inset tablet to the base, 35cm. high, Meiji period. £800-1000

104 510A 512 515, 514 510A. 512. 514. A south Indian carved stone A Japanese cane woven A Japanese carved ivory bust of Shiva, 32cm. high, ikebana basket (Kago), of okimono of a standing Chola dynasty, on a polished ovoid form, with slender peasant figure, holding a staff wood base. loop handle bound in three with a basket over his shoulder, £600-800 sections, 57cm. high. 28cm., high, Meiji period 1868- £300-350 1912. £250-350

511 511. Chinese School (19th Century) “Study of peony, blossom and other flowers, in a basket on a bamboo mounted table”, also a companion, the pair, watercolours, in an oval 513 wood surround with borders 513. of panels of mirrors, height of A large Japanese bronze Buddhist temple bell of traditional watercolours 46cm overall size archaic form, 67cm., high. 48cm x 60cm (2). £1000-1200 £300-400 105 515. A Japanese carved ivory okimono of a standing figure holding a basket in which a child sits,feeding two birds below, signed and red seal to base, 14.5cm., high, Meiji period 1868-1912. £120-180

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515A. A south Indian carved hardstone figure, possibly 518 Lakshimi, in traditional 518. costume, 47cm high. A Japanese bronze model of a hare, signed and dated 1927 £400-500 realistically rendered, seated on its hind legs and lifting its right paw to its mouth, 15.5cm. high. 516. £700-800 A Japanese cloisonne vase of ovoid rectangular form, with 519. slender neck, decorated with An Austrian cold painted chrysanthemums, iris and bronze of a standing Arab, other flowering shrubs,18cm. wearing flowing traditional high Meiji period. dress, with his arms raised in £300-350 exaltation, on a square base, 20cm., high. 517. £100-150 A Japanese bronze and inlaid 520. koro and cover in the form A Bergman cold painted of Daikoku’s magic money bronze of an Arab at prayer, mallet, the cover surmounted modelled kneeling on a rug with Daikoku seated wearing a with his arms raised, a staff and large floppy hat, signed to the footwear at his side, inscribed handle, 16cm. long. ‘Namgeb’ with Bergman vase stamp, 7cm. high. £300-350 520, 519 £200-300 106 524A. An Italian gilt bronze model Corpus Cristi, 17cm., high. £80-120

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521. 523. 525. An Austrian cold painted Ferdinand Dubois: A bronze An Austrian cold painted bronze study of a seated low relief plaque of arched bronze nib cleaner in the Arab boy, cross legged writing outline “La Gurre” depicting form of a parrot, stamped to on a board, stamped 2746, a naked female dropping a the tail feathers ‘Geschutzt’, 8.5cm. high. sword as she walks on a sea 9.5cm. high. £250-300 of hands with the sun setting £500-600 behind her, signed to the bronze Ferdinand Dubois, 1900, 35 x 27cm. A larger similar plaque by this artist has been used on a French War Memorial. £500-600

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522. An early 20th Century spelter figure group after Varnier, depicting a man on an outcrop of rock impaling a rampant panther beneath, raised on a 526 grey marble and black slate plinth base, 85cm x 70cm 526. overall size. A Lorenzl gilt bronze figure £150-200 of a dancing woman, her 524 left leg raised whilst holding 524. the edges of her skirt, signed An early 18th century to the bronze Lorenzl, on a Dutch style brass pricket stepped circular onyx base, candlestick, with circular bowl 17cm., high. shaped drip tray, knopped £500-700 stem, and trefoil shaped tapering base with male mask decoration, raised on talon and ball feet, 39cm., high. £200-250 107 529 530

527. 531. After the antique; a bronze A pair of 19th century bronze and ormolu figural candelabra, study of neo-classical nude with flowerheads and nozzles issuing from a basket supported by male, unsigned, 15cm. high. a semi naked bacchanalian female with a tambourine tied to her £100-150 waist, the other basket supported by a satyr with pan pipes tied to his waist, raised on black polished and fluted marble plinths 528. with applied ormolu garlands, the gilt foliate and scroll decorated An early 20th Century bases on four swept supports, 82cm., high. bronze figure of a Dutch £2500-3500 boy, standing with head bowed and holding his hat in contemplation, unsigned. £60-100

529. A pair of late 19th century bronze lamps in the form of a North American Indian brave and squaw, in traditional dress, raised on naturalistic bases, on grotesque dragon supports, 41cm. high. £300-500

530. After Chantrey Sc. A sculptured plaster bust of Sir M.I. Tierney Bart, dressed in robes, impressed to the back Chantrey Sc. 1828, Sir Mi.I.Tierney Bart, on a socle base, 72cm., high, raised on a mottled grey scagliola column, total height 186cm. £400-600 531 108 534. A cast bronze and brass triple panel spark guard in the form of an eagle, the hinged wing panels and central panel having pierced brass mesh screens, raised on talon feet, 68cm., high. £500-600

535. After P.J.Mene, A bronze study of a retriever on a naturalistic base, on a polished marble plinth, 31cm. long. £500-600

536. A brass pricket candlestick in the 17th Century Dutch taste, the circular sconce on a spirally fluted, turned and foliate decorated central column and shaped triangular base with cherubs mask on foliate capped triple claw and ball feet, 38.5cm high. £200-250

536A. After Raffaello Romanelli 532 (1856-1928) - A bronze study 532. of a young boy, seated and A pair of 19th century French bronze and gilt bronze two reading the book in his lap, light figural candelabra, of cherubs holding flaming torches signed to the bronze Raffaello in both hands, on cylindrical polished marble plinths with gilt Romanelli, Frienza, 44cm. high. beaded decoration and square bases, 42cm., high. *Raffaello Romanelli was a second £1000-1500 generation bronze sculptor, 533. working under his father Pasquale. A white marble group of Cupid and Psyche. One of his most important and £200-250 well known commissions is the bust of which stands in the centre of the in . £1000-1500

537. A William IV period rosewood games box with mother-of- pearl stringing, the shallow domed lid enclosing a fitted interior of compartments with bezique markers, mother-of- pearl gaming counters, cribbage board, and 20th century playing cards, 28cm. wide. £150-180 534 109 537A. A 19th century Indian ebony and inlaid letter of flower press, The foliate carved hardwood sliding weight within four columns, on a slanting rectangular base, with two end frieze drawers, on peg feet, 29cm., wide. £100-150 538. A Victorian coromandel glove box with ivory escutcheon, 27.5cm length, a 19th Century burr walnut and cross grained glove box and a Victorian ebony and amboyna glove box with geometric parquetry decoration to the top (3). 539 £100-120 539. A 19th Century tortoiseshell and mother of pearl inlaid tea caddy of sarcophagus outline, the rectangular pagoda top bordered by ivory banding and floral inlaid decoration to the frieze, above tapering body inlaid with floral decoration to the front and raised on white metal ball feet, 17cm width (lock a/f). £250-300 539A. A 19th Century tortoiseshell and mother of pearl inlaid bow front tea caddy, the pagoda top enclosing fitted interior, the 539A whole decorated with inlaid grape vine decoration, with shaped apron and pad feet, 20cm width. £200-300 540. A 19th Century Tunbridgeware stationery casket, the domed top with floral inlay, surrounded by a geometric border, above a rectangular flared body, banded by a floral Berlin work border, 19cm width. £80-120 541. A 19th century Dutch satinwood, mahogany and partridge 542 wood banded tea caddy, with shallow domed lid, enclosing a lidded compartment, 20cm. wide, with two Dutch silver caddy spoons of traditional designs, both with import marks. £100-150 542. A 19th Century satinwood and crossbanded rectangular tea caddy, the top divided into two panels with oval burr walnut inlay, enclosing fitted interior and similar decoration panels to body and sides, 19cm width. £150-250 543. 546 A 19th Century rectangular burr walnut tea caddy, 18cm width. 546. A Victorian figured walnut 544. post box, the hinged lid A 19th Century inlaid mahogany writing box, the rectangular with shaped slot and ivory lid with fan shaped spandrels and ebony and sycamore banding, label ‘General Post’, the front enclosing a fitted interior comprising pen trays, ink well and with glazed panel, with pounce pots, 16cm width. ivory maker’s label Parkins & £100-120 Gotto 24 & 25 Oxford Street, 545. , 23cm. wide. A walnut cased ivory and steel draughtsman’s set by A G £250-300 Thornton of Manchester. £80-120

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550 547. A late 18th /early 19th century Blue lacquer Mache vase and cover in the Japanese taste, the domed and flared cover above a baluster body with gilt and polychrome decoration of children in a garden blowing bubbles, with two children fishing to reverse, raised on a stepped square plinth base, height 32cm. £200-300 548. A 19th Century circular mache snuff box, the lid having hand painted polychrome interior scene of party guests fleeing a 548 ghostly apparition entering from a door behind them whilst a small mischievous child looks on, enclosing a gilt lacquered interior. 11cm diameter. £150-250 549. A Victorian rosewood, satinwood and ivory inlaid table-top stationery cabinet, the hinged lid and fall-front bordered in boxwood lines enclosing a fitted interior of compartments for letters, envelopes, with two silver non matching inkwells, having a tooled leather writing surface, a selection of dip pens, bone letter opener, scissors etc, 38cm. wide. £300-500 550. A 19th Century tortoiseshell and mother of pearl inlaid tea caddy, the cushion shaped top having floral mother of pearl 549 inlay, enclosing fitted interior and rectangular body with canted corners and matching floral inlaid panels to the front, raised on turned ivory feet, 18cm width. £800-1000 551. A 19th Century rectangular tortoiseshell jewellery box, the cushion shaped top inset with rectangular white metal cartouche and pewter banded lines, 36cm width. £300-400

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552. 554. A 19th century blonde tortoiseshell tea caddy of serpentine A 19th Century tortoiseshell fronted outline, the shallow domed hinged lid, enclosing a tea caddy of sarcophagus foil lined interior, raised on squat bun feet, 20cm. wide, some form, the top inset with damage. relief carved mother of pearl £300-350 foresters armorial, flanked by 552A. mother of pearl and abelone An early 19th century oval mahogany and brass bound twin panels, enclosing fitted bottle wine cooler with two hinged lidded sections, bears brass interior, 20cm width. oval label to underside of one lid “S’Dawes & Sons, Antique £400-600 Dealers, Chelsea.”, with brass loop carrying handle, raised on four ball feet, 38cm long. 555. £600-800 A Regency rosewood and 553. brass inlaid desk stand, the A 19th century blonde tortoiseshell rectangular box, with ribbed turned baluster handle shallow domed hinged lid, 30cm. wide, some damage. above central stamp well with £200-250 cover, flanked by rosewood capped square cut inkwells, with pen well to either side and banded by brass inlay, fitted with a single frieze drawer with floral brass inlay and raised on octofoil feet, 28.5cm width. £120-140

556. A 19th century mahogany firescreen rectangular outline, with inset gros-point needlework panel depicting an armorial, raised on swept legs with ball and talon feet, 98cm. high. £500-600

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112 556A 556A. A pair of George III mahogany and inlaid serpentine fronted knife boxes, bordered with chequer feather strung lines, the sloping hinged tops with brass cartouche locking plates decorated on the undersides with stellar motifs, enclosing fitted interiors complete with a set of steel and bark textured ivory handled cutlery with plated terminals and engraved lion rampant armorials comprising:- twenty four table knives, twenty three table forks, twenty two dessert knives and twenty four dessert forks, the sides with brass drop handles, 23cm (9in) wide, 39cm (15 1/4in) high. £700-900

557. 558. 559. A brass watchmaker’s Antony Pagani, Nottingham, A mid Victorian one-piece topping tool in the style of A mahogany wheel French carriage , the the Swiss 19th century model, barometer, with a ten inch eight day duration timepiece standing on a wooden base. engraved & silvered dial, having a platform a silvered hygrometer dial, cylinder (a/f), the arched thermometer and a white enamel dial having black silvered level engraved with Roman numerals and blued the maker’s name ‘A. Pagini, steel moon hands, contained Nottingham’, the shaped in a one-piece gilded brass mahogany case having a swan case, height 12cms. With neck pediment and boxwood leather travelling box. & ebony stringing, height £200-240 110cm. * Antony Pagani is recorded as working at Goose Gate, Nottingham between 1815 and 1845. £250-300 113 560. A French Corniche carriage clock, the eight day duration movement having a platform lever escapement and striking the hours and half hours on a bell, with the backplate numbered ‘6013’, the white enamel dial having black Roman numerals and blued steel spade hands, contained in a Corniche case, height 16.5cm (handle up) £200-250 561. Drocourt, A French Corniche carriage clock, the eight day movement having a platform lever escapement and striking the hours and half hours on a gong with push repeat, the backplate numbered ‘2362’ with the inside of the movement stamped with the ‘secret’ trademark of the clockmaker Drocourt, the white enamel dial having black Roman numerals, blued steel spade hands and a gilt brass sight ring, contained in a brass Corniche case, 560 16.5cm. high. (Handle up) * Pierre & Alfred Drocourt were one of the top maker’s of carriage clocks in the mid to late Victorian period, having a factory at Saint-Nicolas-d’Ailermont, the most important town for carriage clock manufacture at the time, as well as premises in Paris at Rue Debelleyme 28 and Rue de Limoges. They were awarded numerous medals at exhibitions, such as the bronze medal at Paris 1867, the silver at Paris 1878 and the gold at Paris in 1889. Alfred succeeded his father Pierre sometime in the 1870’s. £300-400 562. Richard et Cie, Paris A French Corniche carriage clock, the eight day movement, with platform lever escapement, striking the hours and half hours on a gong with alarm, the backplate numbered 217 and stamped with the trademark of Richard et Cie, having a white enamel dial with subsidiary alarm dial, black Roman numerals and blued steel spade hands, contained in a brass Corniche case, 17cm. high. (Handle up) 561 * Richard et Cie are recorded as working in Paris from 1857 as both clockmaker’s and retailers with an outlet in Cannon Street, London opened in 1867. £475-525 563. An Edwardian Swiss boudoir timepiece, the eight day duration timepiece movement stamped on the back cover ‘Chevron a la Emeraude, Nice - Lausanne’, the maroon enamel dial having a raised chapter ring with black Roman numerals, the centre decorated with multi-coloured raised enamel work depicting two putti seated on a cloud and signed by the artist ‘Richay’, the square gilded brass case with decorative edging and an attached ribbon for wall hanging, complete with box and wall bracket, height 13cm. £300-400 563A. A French Victorian Comptoise clock, the eight day duration, weight driven movement striking the hours and half hours on a bell, the eight inch white enamel dial having black Roman numerals, inner date ring and brass hands, the pressed brass surround depicting a farming scene to the arch, complete with later wall bracket, height 40cm. 562 £250-280 114 564. Jaeger-Le Coultre An Atmos mantel clock, the white chapter ring having applied Arabic & tapered hour numerals, Dauphine hands, and signed to the centre ‘Jaeger-Le Coultre, Atmos, Swiss Made’, with the underside of the lacquered brass four glass case signed and stamped with the movement calibre number ‘526-5’, the top of the escapement also signed and stamped with the serial number ‘132189’, giving a date of manufacture for 1960, height 22cm. Complete with box & manual. *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 1932 LeCoultre agreed to develop the Atmos type clock first built by CGR under the management of it’s inventor Jean-Leon Reutter in 1927 and continued to do so until a complete redesign in 1983. £300-400 564 565. Vincenti et Cie, Paris A mahogany and brass mantel clock, the eight day duration movement striking the hours and half hours on a gong, the round dial having a white enamel chapter ring with black Roman numerals, an engine turned centre, and blued steel spade hands, the rectangular mahogany case having applied brass classical mouldings and feet, height 32cm. * Vincenti was a well known French clock movement maker who founded his business in Montbeliard in 1823 before going bankrupt in 1824, the business then taken over by the manager Roux to become Vincenti et Cie working at Rue d’Anjou au Marcus, Paris from 1850. £300-400

565A. John Thwaites, London and Goodman, Kentish Town A mahogany bracket clock with bracket, the five pillar, eight day duration movement striking the hours on a bell with pull 565 repeat, with the backplate engraved with typical Thwaites border engraving and signed to the centre ‘Goodman, Kentish Town’, the frontplate stamped ‘I. Thwaites’ with the serial number ‘3727’, the seven inch round, convex painted dial having black Roman numerals, blued steel decorative hands and signed ‘Goodman, Kentish Town’, with a gilt cast brass bezel, the arched ‘lancet top’ mahogany case having raised moulding to the front, brass fishscale frets to the sides, complete with matching mahogany bracket, height 45 cms, 68 cm (inc. bracket) * John Thwaites (the ‘ J’ usually stamped ‘I’) was a well known clockmaker having been apprenticed in 1772 and becoming a member of the Worshipful Company of Clockmakers in 1782 until his death in 1820. He supplied many of the leading clockmaker’s of the period with both movements and finished clocks as in this case. In 1808 he went into partnership with George Jeremiah Reed to form Thwaites & Reed who continued the business with the same practices. The serial number, 3727, indicates a date of manufacture of 1806. £400-600 565A 115 566. A French four glass mantel clock, the eight day duration movement striking the hours and half hours on a bell with a twin tube mercury compensating pendulum, the two-piece white enamel dial having black Roman numerals, blued steel decorative hands and an inset visible escapement with jewelled pallets, having a Corniche brass four glass case, height 35cm. £350-450 567. Evans of Handsworth A passing strike skeleton clock, the eight day chain movement striking once on a bell at each hour, the silvered chapter ring, of typical Evans form, engraved with black Roman numerals and having blued steel spade hands, the scroll shaped plates having turned pillars, with an engraved, silvered scroll plaque to the front plate signed ‘Vale, Bury St. Edmunds’, standing on a white marble oval base typical of this maker and complete with glass dome, height 40cms; 43cm (inc. dome). 566 * Evans of Handsworth (Birmingham) were, along with Smiths of Clerkenwell, at the forefront of skeleton clock making in the mid 1800’s. The business was originally founded by Boulton & Watt of the Soho Foundry, Handsworth, Birmingham, who, in 1805, decided to discontinue the making of clocks. Their foreman John Houghton took on the concern and established himself in Soho Street becoming The Soho Clock Factory. His son-in-law, William Frederick Evans (born 1819), joined him and when Houghton retired in 1843 Evans took over the running of the business. He died in 1899 by which time his son, also William Frederick (born 1849), took control until his death in 1904. *John Vale is recorded as a clockmaker and retailer working in Abbeygate Street, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk from 1839 until 1864 and for whom Evans would have made this clock. £250-300 568. Kaiser, Germany An unusual 400 day mantel clock made circa 1954, the dial having a moon phase globe to the arch, the white enamel chapter ring with raised Arabic numerals, the pendulum in the form of a 567 terrestrial globe, standing on a round cream base, complete with dome, height 40cm (inc. dome). Complete with instruction manual. * The Kaiser moon phase clock is one of the rarest of this form produced. Having been in breach of copyright by calling it the ‘Universe’, a name already in use in the United States, only a few thousand were then made. £200-240 569. Japy Fils a Paris A French boulle mantel clock, the eight day duration movement striking the hours and half hours on a bell with the backplate stamped with the trademark and serial number of the movement maker ‘Japy Fils, 1805’ along with the clockmaker’s name ‘Woppenheim, Paris’, the repousee dial having blue Roman numerals to the porcelain cartouches and decorative blued steel hands, contained in a red tortoiseshell boulle case inlaid with engraved brass and having applied ormolu mouldings, height 44cm. * Japy Fils were the two sons, Adolphe and Jules, of the clockmaker Frederic Japy later becaming the well known Japy Freres concern, working in Beaucourt, France from the mid 19th Century. * Woppenheim is recorded in Paris at the same period of time. 569 £350-400 116 570. An early 19th century bronze clock in the form of a horse, the 30 hour chain fusee movement having a verge escapement and a pierced and engraved backplate, the white enamel dial having black Roman numerals and blued steel spade hands, the bronze case in the form of a horse with the clock sitting above and all standing on a white marble oval base, height 24cm. £100-140 571. Japy Freres, Paris A gilt metal and bronze mantel clock, the eight day duration movement striking the hours and half hours on a bell with an outside countwheel, the repousee dial having inset porcelain cartouches with black Roman numerals and blued steel spade hands, the case in the form of a bronze elephant on which stands the drum clock surmounted by a model of a cherub playing the cymbals, standing on a stylised gilt metal oval base, height 50cm. * Japy Freres were founded by Frederic Japy at Beaucourt, France who had, circa 1776, been the first to use machines to manufacture 570 watch & clock parts. By the mid 19th Century they had become one of the largest suppliers of roulant blancs to the horological trade with premises in both Paris and London. £500-700 572. Samuel Marti, Paris A blonde tortoiseshell mantel clock, the eight day duration movement striking the hours and half hours on a gong and stamped with the trademark of the movement maker ‘S. Marti, Paris’, the white enamel dial decorated with painted swags between the black Arabic numerals, with decorative engraved brass hands and signed with the retailer’s name ‘ Brock & Sons, Edinburgh’, the blonde tortoiseshell case having a caddy top surmounted by a cast brass handle, four finials to the top corners and decorative feet, height 33cm (handle down). * Samuel Marti et Cie are recorded as maker’s of roulant blanc clock movements working at Le Pays de Montbeliard circa 1867 with a retail outlet in Paris. £800-1200 573. Richard Grove, London 572 A giltwood cartel clock, the eight day duration fusee movement having a verge escapement, the nine inch silvered dial engraved with the maker’s name ‘Rich. Grove, London’ and black Roman numerals, with decorative blued steel hands and a ‘false pendulum’ aperture, the case in the form of rococo and Oriental design surmounted by an eagle, height 82 cm. * Richard Grove of Wood Street, London, was apprenticed in 1749 becoming a Freeman of the Clockmaker’s Company in 1760 until his death in 1817. £3000-3500 574. Leach, Salisbury A small mahogany drop dial wall clock, having an eight day duration fusee movement, the seven inch dial having a raised silvered chapter ring engraved with black Roman numerals and the maker’s name ‘Leach, Salisbury’, with a matted centre and blued steel spade hands, the mahogany case having a small drop inlaid with brass decoration, height 27cm. * George Leach is recorded as working in Salisbury, Wiltshire from 573 1830 until 1848. £600-800 117 575. Geo Clarke, London A lantern clock for the Turkish market, the thirty hour weight driven movement having a verge escapement with a bob pendulum and striking the hours on a bell with a countwheel, the eight inch arched dial having a raised silvered chapter ring, engraved with Turkish hour numerals with cast brass crescent pattern,corner spandrels,and a boss within the arch, engraved with the makers name ‘Geo Clarke, Leadenhall St, London’,the case having turned pillars to the corners with brass ‘vase’ finials holding the bell strap and brass doors, with ‘hook and spike’ arrangement to the rear, height 35cm. Complete with a later 576 ‘Eastern’ style wall bracket. * George Clarke is recorded as working in Leadenhall Street from 1725, specialising in clocks for the Eastern and Turkish Markets, with his death recorded in 1766. £1200-1400

576. An 18th Century turret clock Formerly at Clovelly Court, the cast iron and brass birdcage movement having scroll feet and ball finials to the four corners, going and striking trains with a large outside countwheel, with under dial work, pendulum and weights. * Formerly the tower clock at Clovelly Court, Clovelly, Devon, the family seat of the owners of the North Devon coastal village. £300-500

577. Taylor, London A mahogany wall hanging regulator, the six pillar, eight day duration movement having shaped plates, six spoke wheelwork, maintaining power, a dead beat escapement with jewelled pallets adjustable to depth, height, width and beat, with adjustable 577 depthing to the pivots, a five rod steel and brass compensating pendulum with a large brass bob, with a three wheel ‘roller’ between the dial and frontplate to hold the seconds arbor, the round six inch painted dial having a regulator layout with outer minute dial and inner seconds & hour dials, with black Roman & Arabic numerals, blued steel hands and signed ‘Taylor, London’, the frontplate numbered ‘2498’, the pear drop shaped mahogany case having a glazed front, round topped hood with a cast brass bezel and inset panels, height 140cm. £4000-6000

578. Thomas Baxter, London A mahogany floor standing regulator, the eight day duration timepiece movement having maintaining power and a dead beat escapement, the thirteen inch round silvered dial of regulator layout with the minutes to the outer aspect and two inner subsidiary dials for seconds and hours, engraved with the maker’s name ‘Thomas Baxter, London’, the dome topped mahogany case having a glazed trunk door, with raised mouldings to the base, height 210cm. £2000-3000

578 118 579. A Regency round dial mahogany longcase clock, the eight day duration movement striking the hours on a bell with the white twelve inch circular painted dial having black Roman numerals, a subsidiary seconds dial and blued steel spade hands, the mahogany flat top case having canted corners, with scroll capitals, to the hood and a panelled base, standing on bracket feet, height 192cm. £1200-1800

580. Thomas Chune, Shifnal An oak longcase clock, the eight day duration movement striking the hours on a bell, the twelve inch arched brass dial having a raised silvered chapter ring engraved with black Roman numerals, cast rococo spandrels to the four corners, a matted dial centre with subsidiary seconds dial and date aperture, blued steel hands and a silvered boss within the arch engraved with the maker’s name ‘Thos. Chune, 1773’, the oak case having a raised 580 panel to the base with canted corners, fluted quartered columns to the trunk with cast brass capitals, the hood having fluted pillars, with the swan neck pediment having a turned wooden finial to the centre,height 226cm (inc. finial) * Thomas Chune is recorded as working in Shifnal, Staffordshire until 1796. £800-1000

581. J. Summerhayes, St Ives A 19th century pine longcase clock, the eight day duration movement striking the hours on a bell, the arched hood with turned columns, with an arched waist panel door, on a box base, the thirteen inch painted arched dial signed ‘J.Summerhayes, St Ives’, with subsidiary seconds dial and date aperture, height 200cm. £400-600

582. 581 Mappin & Webb An Edwardian chiming longcase clock, the eight day duration movement striking the hours on a tube gong and playing one of three tunes, ‘St. Michael’, ‘Whittington’ and ‘Westminster’, on a further eight tubes, the thirteen inch arched brass dial, with pierced and engraved gilded brass decoration, having a raised silvered chapter ring engraved with black Arabic numerals with two subsidiary dials within the arch for ‘chime/silent’ and the tune changer, engraved with the retailer’s name ‘Mappin & Webb Ltd’, the crossbanded mahogany case having an arched glazed door, a panelled base with inlaid decoration, fluted columns to the hood with cast brass capitals with the swan neck pediment having a brass eagle & ball finial to the centre,height 240cm. £5000-6000

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