SECOND DAY’S SALE
WEDNESDAY 10th OCTOBER 2018
COLLECTORS’ ITEMS, WORKS OF ART & CLOCKS
Commencing not before 12.30pm Collectors’ Items, Works of Art and Clocks will be on view on: Friday 5th October 9.00am to 5.15pm Saturday 6th October 9.00am to 1.00pm Sunday 7th October 2.00pm to 4.00pm Monday 8th October 9.00am to 5.15pm Tuesday 9th October 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’ Items Clocks Enquiries: Martin McIlroy Enquiries: Leigh Extence Tel. 01392 413100 Tel. 01392 413100 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] 651 651 A 2inch Scale Burrell Showman’s Live Steam Traction Engine ‘Thetford Town’, the double cranked compound engine with double gearing, maroon and white canopy fitted with crane attachment and chimney extension, raised on brass olivers, painted fascia boards, engine painted in maroon and black livery, 9 inch solid flywheel with hand operated rim brake, the cream spoked wheels with rubber tyres, maker’s signature to hub of 33.5cm rear wheels, maker’s brass plaque to both side ‘Chas Burrell & Sons Ltd, Engineers, Thetford, England’, 123cm overall length, seated on a green painted iron rolling road frame. *£5000 - 6000 652 653 A 1977 cask strength Caol lla Single A 1979 cask strength Bruichladdich Scotch Malt Whisky from the Islay Single Scotch Malt Whisky from the distillery bottled at 60.8% as part of the Islay distillery bottled at 54.9% as part Blackadder Limited Editions Range. of the Blackadder Limited Editions Numbered bottle 187/360 from cask Range. Numbered bottle 72/180 from no.Two, it was distilled on the 18th cask no.843, November 1977 and bottled in August it was distilled on the 23rd March 1979 1996, making it 19 years old at that and bottled in August 1996, making it time. The capsule appears intact, the 17 years old at that time. The capsule labelling in good order and the malt appears intact, the labelling in good reaching a level above the shoulders. order and the malt reaching a level just *£80 - 120 above the shoulders. *£80 - 120 Note Built in 1846, the Caol IIa distillery was under the ownership of Note Built in 1881, the Bruichladdich the Distillers Company [now Diageo] in distillery was under the ownership of 1977 and was the largest distillery on Ivergordon Distillers during 1979 and the island of Islay at the time. mothballed in 1993. Founded in 1995 Blackadder’s Founded in 1995 Blackadder’s bottlings bottlings offer a ‘no non-sense’ offer a ‘no non-sense’ approach, being approach, being bottled at cask bottled at cask strength, un-chilfiltered, strength, un-chilfiltered, un-coloured un-coloured and distributed in clear and distributed in clear glass bottles glass bottles for the transparency of the for the transparency of the buyer. buyer. 652 653
654 A 19th century carved ivory ‘Burmese’ type chess set one side stained red the other left natural, with foliate decoration, the rooks as turrets with flags, the pieces raised on petalled bases, the king 11.5cm. high, the pawn 6.5cm. high. *£400 - 600 654 160 655 A 19th century German double bass circa 1880 with a two-piece swell back, the varnish of a medium honey brown, having an ebony finger board and tail plate, machine head, length of back 109cm., contained in a carrying bag. *£4000 - 5000
* All lots subject to a buyers premium of 21% plus vat @ 20% 161 656 Bellaigue, Geoffrey de - Waddesdon Manor, Furniture Clocks and Gilt Bronzes 2 vols, cloth in d/w and slipcases, folio, National Trust, 1974. With - Blair, Claude, Waddesdon Manor, Arms, Armour and Base-Metalwork cloth in d/w and slipcase, folio, National Trust, 1974. (3) 656 *£80 - 120 657 Bronzes Pope-Hennessy, John, Renaissance Bronzes from the Samuel H. Kress Collection cloth in d/w, 4to, 1965. With - Bronzes other Metalwork and Sculpture in the Irwin Untermyer Collection, cloth backed boards in d/w, 4to, 1962. With one other on bronzes. (3) *£60 - 100
658 Gentle, Rupert & Feild, Rachael - English Domestic Brass 1680 - 1810 cloth in d/w, 4to, Paul Elek, 1975. With - Domestic Metalwork 1640-1820, cloth in d/w, 4to, A.C.C, 1994. With - Schiffer, P, N, and H, The Brass Book, cloth in d/w, 4to, Exton, 1978. With one other book on Domestic Metalwork. (4) *£60 - 100 657 658 659 Bailey, Major C.T.P - Knives and Forks org.cloth, 4to, Medici Society, 1927. With six others on metalwork. (7) *£40 - 60 660 Eras, Vincent J. M - Locks and Keys throughout the Ages org. cloth, 4to, 1957. With - English Shop Fronts from Contemporary Source Books 1792-1840, cloth in d/w, 4to, Tiranti, 1970. With - Bourne, Jonathan & Brett, Vanessa, Lighting in the Domestic Interior, cloth in d/w, 4to, Sotheby’s, 1991. With one other on lighting. (4) *£50 - 75 661 Clay, Reginald S & Court, Thomas H - The History of the Microscope cloth in d/w, 4to, Holland Press, 1975. With - Daumas, Maurice, Scientific Instruments of the 17th & 18th Centuries and their Makers cloth in d/w. 4to, Batsford, 1972. 659 660 With - Turner, Anthony, Early Scientific Instruments Europe 1400-1800, cloth in d/w, folio, Sotheby’s, 1987. With one other on microscopes. (4) *£50 - 75 662 Clifton, Gloria - Directory of British Scientific Instrument Makers 1550-1851 cloth in d/w, folio, Zwemmer, 1995. With - Bennion, Elisabeth, Antique Medical Instruments, cloth in d/w, 4to, Sotheby, 1979. With - Goodison, Nicholas, English Barometers 1680-1860, cloth in d/w, folio, A.C.C, 1977. With three others on scientific instruments. (6) *£80 - 120 663-4 No Lots.
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162 665 665 666 A 19th century bronze sundial with triangular 666 gnomon, the centre of the dial with lunar and An early 20th century walnut cased barograph, unsigned, stellar medallion enclosed by a ring of cardinal the clockwork recorder on a lacquered brass base with seven points and Roman numeral ring, inscribed atmospheres, under a glazed cover, the moulded base with ‘Sine Umbra Nihil, 20.5cm. diameter. fitted frieze draw for spare recording charts, 23 x 36 x 22 cm. *£100 - 150 *£300 - 500
667 A set of five George IV graduated copper wet measures of plain cylindrical form, each bears a crown and incised Amounderness, 1826, includes Imperial Quart, Pint, Half Pint, Gill and Half Gill, contained in a fitted wood case, the interior lid bears paper label for De Grave, Short & Fanner, Late M De Grave & Son, 59, St Martin Le Grand, London. *£800 - 1000
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668 A late 17th silkwork embroidered panel probably depicting Charles II and Catherine of Braganza under marital canopies, with attendants, worked in coloured silks, enclosed by a border of birds, animals, flowers and insects, 36 x 51cm. *£600 - 800 668 * All lots subject to a buyers premium of 21% plus vat @ 20% 163 670
670 An early 19th century needlework 669 sampler with banded decoration of 669 verse and panels of flowers, figures and animals, enclosed by a floral border, A 17th century banded sampler with 675 upper case alphabet, arabic numerals, worked in coloured silks by Margaret 675 trailing flowerheads and foliage, William and dated 1825, 31.5 x 42cm. A small Chinese bronze Amitabha worked in coloured silks by Mary *£250 - 350 Buddha seated in meditation with Iremonger and dated April 30 1684, 52 671-4 No Lots hands in dhyana mudra, 17th/18th x 41cm. century, 12 cm. *£200 - 300 *£100 - 200
676 A Chinese bronze tripod censer of squat circular form, with swept handles, bears four character mark within a dragon border, 16.5cm. diameter; a similar censer, bears sixteen character mark to the base, 13.5cm. diameter; and small censer, bears six character mark to the base, 7.5cm. diameter. (3). *£500 - 600
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678 A Chinese polished bronze censer of rectangular section with pierced curved handles and on cabriole legs, 18th/19th century, 18 cm wide with hardwood cover 677 and stand. A late 19th century Chinese export *£300 - 400 lacquer folding chess board decorated to the sides with flowers and pagoda vistas, the hinged top enclosing a backgammon board, 49 x 49cm. *£80 - 120 677 164 679
679 A large Chinese bronze vase, Gu of square section, the corners with pierced vertical flanges, cast with lappets and taotie masks on a leiwen ground, 18th/19th century, 46 cm and wood stand. *£500 - 700
* All lots subject to a buyers premium of 21% plus vat @ 20% 165 680 680 mark
680 A Chinese bronze tripod censer the compressed globular body with waisted neck and loop handles, on bulbous cabriole legs, cast six-character Xuande mark, 16 cm wide. *£300 - 500
681 681 A collection of nine 19th century Chinese paintings on rice paper each depicting exotic birds amongst flowering shrubs and plants, each 19 x 31 cm. *£400 - 600
166 682 682 A pair of Chinese two-tier polished wood stands of rectangular outline, with 683 683 crossbanded tops on simulated bamboo legs linked by stretchers, 26cm. wide. A Chinese painting, mountain landscape *£300 - 500 with fir trees in the foreground, bears the seal of Wu Hang, the other seal reads “shisa ziran” (Nature is the Master of the Law), 92 x 85cm. *£200 - 300
685 685 A pair of Chinese rootwood carvings depicting dancing figures mounted on naturalistic stands, (some losses), each 47cm. high. 684 *£100 - 150 684 686 A Chinese cloisonne horse group of two rearing horses, decorated A 19th century Chinese export ivory part chess with dragons, on a rectangular base decorated with dragons and set one side stained red, the other left natural, the flaming pearls, on bracket feet, 50cm. high. pieces all wearing traditional costume, the king 19cm. high, the pawn 9cm. high, lacks one white *£500 - 600 knight. *£800 - 1200
686 * All lots subject to a buyers premium of 21% plus vat @ 20% 167 687
687 A 19th century Cantonese carved ivory pleasure junk the pagoda style superstructure with trellis decorated panels, with four figures on the bow, four oarsmen and reclining figures to the interior, the stern with two lanterns and four pennants, 37cm. long, some losses, on a polished mahogany stand with glazed dome. *£3000 - 5000
168 690 690 A Chinese jade bi-disc of plain design with pierced centre and wood stand, 9cm. diameter. 688 *£200 - 300 688 A 19th century Cantonese carved ivory card case: of rectangular outline, decorated with figures in a garden and pagoda landscape, 9cm. high. *£180-220 689 No Lot.
691 693 693 691 A Chinese amethyst quartz tripod A Chinese jade model of a fig censer and cover with lion dog finial naturalistically carved, the stone of 692 and similar loose ring handles, 20th mottled green and russet colour, 5 cm 692 century, 12 cm high. high. A Chinese cinnabar lacquer *£100 - 200 *£100 - 150 rectangular box and cover the lid 694 decorated with a bird perched amongst A Chinese embroidered silk court flowering shrubs, with lift-out tray to the robe decorated with dragons and interior, 25 x 20cm. bats amongst clouds, embroidered in *£200 - 300 coloured silks to a red ground. *£700 - 800
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* All lots subject to a buyers premium of 21% plus vat @ 20% 169 696 696 A Chinese carved jade brush washer in the form of a 695 flattened peach with stalk to one side, the stone of celadon 695 colour with pale cream and grey inclusions, 6.5 cm wide. A set of four Chinese botanical paintings on rice paper *£200 - 400 each flowering shrub with a butterfly or insect, each 15 x 21, together with odd unmounted examples. *£200 - 300
697 698 697 698 A Chinese ‘chilong’ jade disc, bi in the Ming manner, carved A Chinese ‘chilong’ jade disc, bi the stone of pale celadon with a single chilong, the reverse with incised scroll motifs, colour, carved with a sinuous chilong and a lingzhi fungus the stone of celadon colour with russet inclusions, 6 cm spray, the reverse with cloud scrolls, 18th/19th century, 5.5 cm diameter [natural flaws]. diameter. *£200 - 400 *£400 - 600
699 A Chinese jade carving in the form of a cat and kitten, a moth to the reverse, the stone of pale celadon colour with brown and grey inclusions, 5 cm. *£150 - 250
700 A Chinese Peking overlay glass snuff bottle of oval form carved with auspicious objects, 699 7 cm [minor damage]. *£80 - 120 700 170 701 701 Sunqua (active 1830-70) an album of six gouache paintings on pith paper includes butterflies, caterpillars, insects and dragonflies, bound in a silk lined album, frontispiece with red printed Sunqua label. *£300 - 500
702 703 702 703 After Keisai Eisen, Emperor Hsuan Tsung and Yang Fei playing a flute After Hashiguchi Goyo, wood block print,17 x 26cm.; and After Beauty after The Bath, Utagawa Kuniyoshi, an erotic bathing woodblock print. 43 x 27cm. scene in a garden setting, 17.5 x 26cm. *£80 - 120 [2] *£80 - 120
* All lots subject to a buyers premium of 21% plus vat @ 20% 171 704 704 A large Japanese bronze model of an elephant with raised trunk and open mouth, unsigned, 54cm. long. *£200 - 300
705 705 706 706 After Utagawa Kunioyoshi, a woodblock tryptych of After Utagawa Kuniyoshi, a woodblock triptych of Japanese Japanese actors as Samurai warriors and bijin, 34.5 x 72cm. actors as Samurai warriors and washer woman, 35 x 73cm. *£100 - 150 *£100 - 150
707 708 707 708 After Utagawa Kuniyoshi, a woodblock triptych of Japanese After Utagawa Kuniyoshi, a woodblock triptych of Japanese actors as Samurai warriors and bijin,35 x 72cm. actors as Samurai warrior and bijins, 35 x 73cm. *£100 - 150 *£100 - 150
172 709 709 A Japanese black and red lacquered stand of square outline, with re-entrant corners and gilt floral decoration, raised on four curved legs, 45cm. wide, together with a smaller matching example, 35cm. wide. (2). *£150 - 250
710 710 A Japanese carved ivory okimono, of Kinko Sennin, riding on the back of a carp unsigned, Meiji period, 15.5cm. high. *£200 - 300 711 711 A Japanese carved okimono of a semi- blind river crossing assistant carrying a young woman on his back with a dog holding onto a spray of flowers, signed Kozan (Takatama), Meiji period, 16.5cm. high. *£500 - 600
713 713 714 714 A fine Japanese carved and inlaid ivory A Japanese carved and stained ivory okimono, signed Gyokusai inlaid with netsuke depicting a monkey seated on 712 mother of pearl, wood and coral, the the back of an oxen, signed Kuwata, 712 samurai holding a sake cup and gourd- 4.25cm. wide. A late 19th century Japanese carved shaped bottle, a small boy to one side *£80 - 120 ivory figure of Vishnu in traditional trying to steal some dumplings from a costume, holding a sceptre in one packet attached to the samurai’s robe, hand, a flower in another hand, two signed on a red lacquer tablet, Meiji, 19 other hands damaged, on a circular cm high [repair to one arm]. base, unsigned, 19cm. high. (some *£700 - 900 losses) *£150 - 250
* All lots subject to a buyers premium of 21% plus vat @ 20% 173 717 717 A late 19th century Aboriginal boomerang of traditional design, 65cm. long, (split and bound with cord). *£60 - 80
715 715 A collection of mostly African tribal artifacts including Ndebele (South Africa) beadwork, necklaces, tooth bound necklaces, green glass necklace, etc. *£150 - 200 716 A Trobriand Island club the flattened 718 718 blade decorated with incised rows of and one other. geometric scrolling motifs and bird An African bone necklace decoration, the shaped hilt of spade *£100 - 120 -shaped outline, overall length 79cm. *£300 - 500 716
719 719 A carved wooden panel depicting coconut gatherers being attacked by wild animals and a serpent, 36 x 57cm. *£100 - 120 720 A Papua New Guinea (Maprik area) carved wood and polychrome decorated figure surmounted by a perched bird, the figure wearing a tribal mask and in traditional costume, 159cm. high. *£400 - 500 721 A Papua New Guinea (Sepik river area) carved ebony tribal figure stained black with inset shell eyes, 138cm. high. *£200 - 250
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722 A Maori hardwood and mother-of-pearl inlaid paddle the blade with carved mask and geometric decoration, 80cm. long, together with two wood bows and a spear thrower. *£200 - 300 723 A Soloman Islands Buka paddle of traditional design, the broad blade carved with mask decoration, having a flattened oval-shaped handle, 160cm. long. *£150 - 200
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724 A Fijiu-Ula (throwing club), the plain head inset with tooth fragment and evidence of charring, on a shaft with geometric decorated handle, 40cm long. *£400 - 600 After battle, the victim’s tooth was hammered into the head of the club and it was then hung in a priest hut and used for ritualistic purposes.
* All lots subject to a buyers premium of 21% plus vat @ 20% 175 725 725 An 18th century white metal mounted and relief carved coconut with plain cylindrical nozzle as the mouth of a man with mirrored glass inset eyes, the body decorated with a stag hunting scene, a man harvesting coconuts from a tree and a country inn, the base with stellar carving enclosed by an inscription ‘Done by Henry Hill, Gheria Fort, July 4, 1756’ , 13cm, high, together with a near matching coconut ladle with similar stag hunt and stellar decoration, with ring turned handle, 18cm. long. (2) *£1000 - 1200
176 726 726 A carved fossilised marine ivory model of a sea otter with raised head and curved tail, 8cm. long. *£300 - 350 727 A West African woven parrying shield of oval design with central wood boss, the woven geometric designs edged in animal hide, with 730 730 woven carrying handle to the reverse, 84cm. high, A 19th century blonde tortoiseshell *£250 - 300 of rectangular outline, the 728-9 No Lots. tea caddy 727 shallow domed hinged lid enclosing two lidded compartments, raised on metal ball feet, 20cm. wide, together with a similar smaller caddy of lozenge- shaped outline, 11cm. wide, (2). *£300 - 400
733 732 731 732 733 731 A Newlyn copper tray of oval outline A Newlyn copper tray of rectangular A 19th century blonde tortoiseshell with wavy edge border, the centre outline, with embossed fruit and foliate of rectangular outline, with tea caddy decorated with fish amongst seaweed, decoration, stamped ‘Newlyn’, 58.5cm. shallow domed hinged lid enclosing a stamped to the reverse ‘Newlyn’, 58cm. wide. single lidded compartment, raised on wide. ivory squat bun feet, 11.5cm. wide. *£200 - 250 *£200 - 300 *£200 - 300
734 734 An Eastern carved ebony table top cabinet of rectangular outline, the top and sides carved with flowering shrubs and 735 animals, with carved panel door enclosing an arrangement 735 of three short and two long drawers, with similar carved A late 19th/early 20th century ivory gavel with ring turned decoration, raised on bun feet, (one door missing). 47cm. wide. head and handle, 12.5cm. long. *£300 - 400 *£100 - 150
* All lots subject to a buyers premium of 21% plus vat @ 20% 177 736
736 A large 19th century Dieppe carved ivory and bone wall mirror, the oval bevelled mirror plate in an arched frame, the top with vase of flowers, coat of arms ‘Montioye St Denys’ flanked to each side by cherubs with tambourines, heraldic crests to each corner, cornucopia of flowers and leaves, 86cm x 57cm. *£800 - 1200
178 738 737 738 737 A 19th century papier mache snuff box of rectangular A pair of Robert Thompson (Mouseman) carved oak outline, with faux tortoiseshell sides, the lid with polychrome bookends of swept square form, each with a mouse climbing printed scene of a huntsman stalking a fox, 10.5cm. wide. up the side, 15cm. high. *£120 - 150 *£200 - 300
739 A late 19th century burr walnut and brass strung table top humidor of rectangular outline, with a pair of plain fielded doors enclosing three short drawers with recessed brass handles, with similar handles to the sides, on a plinth base, 41cm. wide. *£300 - 400
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740 740 A 19th century tortoiseshell and mother of pearl carved box of oval outline, the lift-off top decorated with 741 741 figures and cherubs, 11cm. wide. A 19th century carved oak casket of sarcophagus outline, the hinged domed lid *£100 - 150 carved with fruit and flowers enclosing a velvet lined interior, the sides decorated with a bust of Elizabeth I and William Shakespeare, raised on paw feet, 31.5cm. wide. *£200 - 300
743 A late Victorian satin walnut Gordon writing cabinet the upper fall front with tooled leather panel enclosing an arrangement of pigeon holes, the lower fall front enclosing 742 a writing surface and pigeon 742 holes and drawers, with a A French gilt metal casket of single drawer to the moulded cartouche outline, the hinged plinth base, bears registration top inset with a miniature kite and maker’s label ‘Gordon portrait of a young woman Writing Cabinet, Registered painted on ivory, initialled JP, 1879’, 50cm high, 41cm. wide. 13cm. wide. *£100 - 200 743 *£80 - 100
* All lots subject to a buyers premium of 21% plus vat @ 20% 179 746 746 A late 19th century ebonised walking stick the Japanese carved ivory handle decorated with a toad seated on a tree 744 stump with serpent and monkey, overall 745 744 745 length 90cm. A late 19th /early 20th century walking A George V novelty walking stick *£100 - 150 stick the carved wood handle in the the horn and silver mounted handle form of a dog’s head with inset glass containing a sovereign holder, maker eyes, silver mounted ears, eyebrows Aaron Lufkin Dennison, Birmingham, and nose, 89cm. long. 1911, on a malacca cane, 93cm. long. *£250 - 350 *£200 - 300
749 749 A Victorian ivory etui of cartouche -shaped outline, bearing initials, the hinged lid enclosing gilt metal thimble, scissors, needlecase, bodkin, etc., 11cm. wide. *£80 - 120
748 748 747 747 A 20th century ebonised and A 20th century ebonised walking stick silver plate mounted walking stick with cloisonne enamel ball handle the pommel with Prince of Wales decorated with flowers, 92cm. long Regimental badge, 95cm. long. together with a similar example, 93cm. *£80 - 100 long. *£150 - 200
750 An early 20th century ivory table top easel mirror of arched outline, with rectangular bevelled mirror plate and inset with a Wedgwood jasperware plaque to the arch, 51 x 34.5cm. *£400 - 600 750 180 751
751 A collection of 19th century Grand Tour plaster cameo gems contained in four fitted trays, each mounted in a black card and gilt frame and numbered, mostly subjects from antiquity, busts, and statues, (lacks index). *£300 - 400
* All lots subject to a buyers premium of 21% plus vat @ 20% 181 752 752 753 A 19th century Tunbridgeware box the shallow domed 753 hinged lid inlaid with a view of an Elizabethan country house A Victorian papier mache and mother of pearl inlaid tea within a Berlin work border, with similar decoration to the caddy of cartouche-shaped outline, the hinged lid decorated sides, 25cm. wide. with floral sprays enclosing two lidded compartments, raised *£400 - 500 on ball feet, 23.5cm. wide. *£250 - 350
755 755 756 756 Liberty & Co, a Tudric Arts and Crafts the shallow domed T & T Richards, Birmingham, a 19th silver plated casket hinged inset with enamel panel bearing century tortoiseshell and ivory inkstand of rectangular outline, the top with two a crest and motto ‘Our Trust is in God’, matched glass and silver mounted inkwells with velvet lined interior, stamped to and three lidded compartments, having a the base Tudric, 22cm. wide. single frieze drawer, stamped to the interior *£100 - 150 T & T Richards, Birmingham,, raised on ball 754 754 feet, 23cm. wide. An Art Nouveau period copper coal *£300 - 500 scuttle by Benham and Froud of oval tapering form with embossed stylised leaves and steel loop carrying handle, bears maker’s stamp to the base, 49cm. with handle up. - possibly. *£150 - 250 757 A Charles I silver Royalist badge, by Thomas Rawlins bust of Charles I right with falling lace collar and close buttoned doublet, CAROLUS DG MAG BRI FR ET HIB RX, rev crowned shield of Royal Arms, garter around, plain rim, 45 x 37mm (MI 360/231; Elmer 167). *£250 - 350
757 182 758 A Charles I silver gilt Royalist badge, by Thomas Rawlins bust of Charles I right with falling lace collar and close buttoned doublet, CAROLUS DG MAG BRI FR ET HIB RX, rev inscribed to the plain back ‘King Charles dy’d. I Feare my god. I love my King. I abhore a reble, January 30, 1648. 45 x 37mm (MI 360/231; Elmer 167). *£250 - 350 759 No Lot.
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761 762 762 761 A 19th century bronze bust of a A bronze bust of a youthful Robert bearded man unsigned, mounted on a Burns unsigned, mounted on a fluted column and socle, overall height rectangular marble base, overall height 23.5cm. high. 760 760 22cm. *£100 - 150 After Georges Van Der Straeten, *£150 - 250 a bronze bust of a young woman wearing a tied scarf in her hair and wearing a ruffle edged dress, on an alabaster base, overall height 19cm. high. *£100 - 150
764 763 764 After Marcel Debut - ‘Le Soir’, a After the Antique, a bronze study of bronze figure of a young man leaning The Borghese Gladiator, holding a on a scythe, signed to the naturalistic sword and a shield, unsigned, mounted base ‘M. Debut’, overall height 20cm. on a polished marble base, overall high. height , 26cm. (left arm loose). *£150 - 250 *£200 - 300 763
* All lots subject to a buyers premium of 21% plus vat @ 20% 183 765 After Giambologna, a pair of large 19th century bronze figures of Mercury and Fortuna on black marble and bronze plinths cast with putti, 81 and 83 cm. *£800 - 1200
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766 Pierre-Alexandre Schoenewerk [French,1820-1885] a bronze figure of Sappho seated and wearing classical robes, her lyre resting to one side, inscribed ‘Schoenewerk’, 33 cm high. *£300 - 500 767 No lot
768 After H Tremo, a late 19th century bronze and ivory study of a female water bearer wearing classical robes holding a pitcher on her shoulder, signed H. Tremo, on a polished marble base, overall height 26cm. *£500 - 600
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* All lots subject to a buyers premium of 21% plus vat @ 20% 185 769 769 A bronze group of two tigers mounted on a naturalistic base, unsigned and mounted on a polished marble plinth, 31cm. wide. *£300 - 500
770 After Alfred Bertram Pegram,a gilded bronze bust of young woman wearing a scarf signed to the bronze A. Bertram Pegram, raised on a wood socle base, overall height 23cm. high *£500 - 600
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772 771 771 772 An early 20th century bronze figure of a A 20th century bronze figure of a Renaissance soldier blowing a trumpet, Renaissance page holding a ceremonial dressed in armour with breastplate and mace over his left shoulder and armed chain mail and holding an axe in his right with a dagger to his belt, on a stepped hand, overall height 48cm. square base, unsigned, 46cm. high. *£200 - 300 *£200 - 300
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773 Franz Bergman, a 19th century Austrian cold painted bronze group of a tiger hunt the Arab astride an elephant with a dead tiger strapped behind, with walking attendant below, stamped to the underside with Bergman vase stamp, ‘Geschutzt’ stamp and numbered 3412, vase stamp and model no. also stamped to the saddle blanket, 23.5cm. high, together with two Arab boys with donkeys each bearing Bergman vase stamp, each 14cm. high (3) *£3000 - 5000
* All lots subject to a buyers premium of 21% plus vat @ 20% 187 774 775 774 775 A large bronzed spelter figure group A pair of late 16th/early 17th Century of knights in combat depicting a cast iron andirons with rams head mounted knight charging down and terminals, raised on splayed feet, 91cm. about to strike a foot knight, on an oval high. ebonised plinth base, overall height *£300 - 500 70cm. *£200 - 300
776 776 A 19th century stained glass panel depicting the nativity, of rectangular outline contained in an associated wood frame, 77 x 89cm. *£200 - 300 777 A 19th century stained glass panel, depicting Saint John the Apostle of arched outline, the Saint holding a chalice containing a serpent, inscribed above ‘Sanctus Johannes Apostolus’, contained in a stained wood frame, size of panel 101 x 34cm. *£300 - 500 778-9 No Lots. 777
188 781 780 780 781 A pair of 19th century gilt metal candlesticks with foliate A pair of serpentine and marble candlesticks, with urn- decorated nozzles on naturalistic stems, the shaped bases shaped nozzles raised on segmented octagonal columns and mounted with three birds, 23.5cm. high. circular domed bases, 39cm. high. *£150 - 200 *£200 - 300
782 782 A pair of Continental carved giltwood wall lights each backplate in the form of a basket of flowers with two scrolling 783 783 arms and urn-shaped nozzles, fitted for electricity, 23.5cm. A pair of late 19th century gilt-brass girandole mirrors each high. with peacock finial and single candle branch [two lacking], *£100 - 150 pierced overall with scrollwork and foliage, 56 x 30 cm. *£100 - 200
784 785 786 784 785 786 A Victorian opaque glass ceiling light A Victorian opaque glass ceiling light A Victorian opaque glass ceiling light the domed and fluted shade supported the domed and fluted shade supported the domed and fluted shade supported on a bronzed metal girdle with chain on a bronzed metal girdle with chain on a bronzed metal girdle with chain suspensions, 35cm. diameter. suspensions, 35cm. diameter. suspensions, 35cm. diameter. *£200 -250 *£200 - 250 *£200 - 250 Provenance - removed from St Provenance - removed from St Provenance - removed from St Gregory’s Church, Dawlish. Gregory’s Church, Dawlish. Gregory’s Church, Dawlish.
* All lots subject to a buyers premium of 21% plus vat @ 20% 189 788 789 787 787 788 789 A Victorian opaque glass ceiling light A Victorian opaque glass ceiling light A Victorian opaque glass ceiling light the domed and fluted shade supported the domed and fluted shade supported the domed and fluted shade supported on a bronzed metal girdle with chain on a bronzed metal girdle with chain on a bronzed metal girdle with chain suspensions, 35cm. diameter. suspensions, 35cm. diameter. suspensions, 35cm. diameter. *£200 - 250 *£200 - 250 *£200 - 250 Provenance - removed from St Provenance - removed from St Provenance - removed from St Gregory’s Church, Dawlish. Gregory’s Church, Dawlish. Gregory’s Church, Dawlish.
790 790 A pair of Regency period gilt bronze twin-branch table lights with urn-shaped nozzles, foliate sconces and faceted glass prismatic drops, on swept branches issuing from a central foliate column and stepped circular base, 31cm. high. *£300 - 500
791 791 A pair of 19th century brass floor standing candlesticks with ring turned nozzles, circular drip trays, on slender 792 knopped stems and tripod base with A pair of Regency gilt swept feet, 108cm. high. gesso table lights each with cut glass petal shaped *£100 - 200 sconces, urn-shaped nozzles on a scrolling branch with recumbent hound, mounted on a polished rectangular base, 32cm. high. *£450 - 550
792 190 795 795 A pair of metal table candlesticks with bulbous and reeded nozzles, spiral twist stems raised on starfish bases, 40cm. high. *£150 - 200 793 796 No Lot. 793 A pair of gilt metal five-light candelabra with urn-shaped nozzles on scrolling arms, raised on foliate 794 794 decorated and knopped stems, trefoil A gilt brass eight-branch chandelier bases and scrolling feet, 63cm. high. with foliate decorated urn-shaped *£200 - 300 nozzles, on swept acanthus capped branches, issuing from a central spiral twist and knopped column, 60cm. high. *£150 - 200
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797 798 799 Tardy [ Paris ] - La Pendule Francaise Mercer, Vaudrey - The Life and Letters Tardy [ Paris ] - Dictionnaire Des Des Origines A Nos Jours 3 vols, of Edward John Dent Chronometer Horologers Francais org. card covers, attractive crimson half morocco, folio, Maker cloth in d/w, 4to, Antiquarian 8vo, (1971). With - Allix, Charles, no date. Horological Society,, 1977. Carriage Clocks, cloth in d/w, 4to, (3) *£100 - 150 Antique Collectors’ Club, 1974. With 2 *£100 - 150 other books on horology. (4) *£50 - 75
* All lots subject to a buyers premium of 21% plus vat @ 20% 191 801 Henri Jacot, Paris a striking carriage clock the eight-day duration movement having a silvered platform lever escapement and striking the hours and half-hours on a gong, with a push button to the top allowing a repeat of the last hour at will, the backplate stamped with the trade mark for Jacot, the initials H.J. either side of a parrot on a perch and serial number 17215, the white enamel dial having black Roman hour numerals and blued steel spade hands, the brass corniche case with bevelled glass to all sides and surmounted by a typical three- bail handle, complete with original numbered key and travelling box, height 16cms (handle up), 14.5cms (handle down). *£250 - 300 Biography Henri Jacot, born 1796, is first recorded as working in Paris in 1820 with an address at rue Montmorency 25, renumbered 31 in 1851. Following his death in 1868, the business was 800 800 801 continued by his brother Julien Jacot A Victorian French carriage clock the who was succeeded in 1873 by his son eight-day duration movement having and Henri Jacot’s nephew, Albert Jacot a platform lever escapement and who died in April 1926. striking the hours and half-hours on Note Ref Leigh Extence, Henri Jacot, a gong, with a push button to repeat An Exhibition of Carriage Clocks, 2013. the last hour at will, the white enamel dial having black Roman numerals and blued-steel moon hands, the brass anglaise case surmounted by a fluted carrying handle, height 19cms handle up, 16.5cms handle down. 803 *£100 - 150 A French one-piece carriage clock the eight-day duration movement having a platform lever escapement and striking the hours and half-hours on a bell with a button to the top repeating the last hour at will, signed to the base of the backplate with the name of the retailer E. Dent, Paris along with the serial number 873, the white enamel dial having black Roman numerals, blued steel trefoil hands and with a repeat signature, the one-piece brass case having a turned carrying handle, height 14cms, handle up; 12.5cms, handle down. *£300 - 400
802 803 802 le Must de Cartier, Paris Alarm Clock a gilt-brass and green enamel alarm clock, the round white dial having black Roman hour numerals, baton hands, alarm setting hand and signed le Must de Cartier, Paris, the shaped case stamped to the rear Cartier, Paris, and to the easel stand Swiss Made, 7512 14276, height 7.2cms. *£180 - 220
192 806 805 805 806 804 804 F. Barbedienne, a French marble and A blue glazed Chinese style mantel A French Edwardian carriage clock the bronze mantel clock the eight-day clock the eight-day duration movement eight-day duration movement having duration movement having a silk- striking the hours and half-hours a silvered platform lever escapement suspension and striking the hours and on a bell (missing), the backplate and striking the hours and half-hours on half-hours on a bell with an outside stamped with the serial number a gong, with a push button to the top countwheel, the round silvered engine- 93235 along with the initials B.R., the allowing a repeat of the last hour at will, turned dial having black Roman hour silvered chapter ring having raised the backplate stamped with the serial numerals, blued steel spade hands gilt-brass Roman hour numerals with number 2202, the white enamel dial and with a cast gilt-brass bezel, the decorative blued-steel hands, the pink having black Roman hour numerals and variegated mustard marble case having glazed bezel with floral decoration, shaped blued steel hands and having a bronze acanthus-leaf mounts to the surmounted by a blue glazed figure of subsidiary alarm setting dial, the brass stepped base all surmounted by an a Buddhist lion, height 41cms. serpentine-shaped case with bevelled ormolu figure depicting a semi-clad *£80 - 120 glass to all sides and surmounted by a classical female , the rear of the bronze fluted shaped handle, complete with mount stamped F. Barbedienne, height original numbered key and original 39cms. travelling box, height 16cms (handle *£300 - 500 up), 14.5cms (handle down). Biography Ferdinand Barbedienne, *£250 - 300 born August 1810 in Calvados, moved to Paris becoming a dealer in wallpaper. In 1838 he went into partnership with Achille Colas who had invented a machine capable of producing miniature replicas of statues. Barbedienne died in 1862 with the business continued by his nephew Gustave Leblanc.
807 Jaeger-LeCoultre, a Marina Desk Timepiece having an eight-day duration in-line movement with lever escapement, the dial with gilt-brass hands and dagger hour markings, all set within the rectangular lucite case, with chinoiserie style decoration depicting an Oriental figure within a garden setting, standing on four gilt-brass feet, complete with original box stamped to the lid Jaeger-LeCoutre, height 16cms. *£300 - 500 807 * All lots subject to a buyers premium of 21% plus vat @ 20% 193 808 809 810 808 809 810 A French alabaster and gilt-metal Delettrez a Paris, a bronze and A Victorian Austrian quarter-chiming mantel clock the eight-day duration ormolu mantel clock the eight-day portico clock the short duration movement striking the hours and half- duration movement striking the movement striking the hours on a gong hours on a bell, the backplate stamped hours and half-hours on a bell with and the quarters and hours at each with the trademark for the maker of an outside countwheel and having quarter on two gongs, the round white the roulant blanc, Samuel Marti, with a Brocot regulation to the pendulum, enamel dial having black Roman hour gilded female-head ‘sunburst’ bob to the backplate stamped Delettrez, numerals and blued steel moon hands, the pendulum, the round white enamel Paris, the round white enamel dial the simulated painted case having dial having black Arabic numerals and having black Roman numerals, blued four white alabaster tapered columns signed Maple & Co Ltd a Paris, with steel hands and with a repeat of the with cast-brass Corinthian columns, all decorative gilt-brass hands, the white signature below VI o’clock, the bronze standing on alabaster ball feet, height alabaster pillared case standing on case profusely decorated with ormolu 50cms. a shaped base, with gilt-metal floral mounts to the front and edges and *£300 - 400 mounts to the pillar fronts having standing on a richly decorated ormolu inset Wedgwood-style blue and white base, surmounted by a bronze figure porcelain roundels, with alabaster and probably depicting the 17th century gilt-metal ‘acorn’ finials, surmounted by French playwright, poet and actor, a gilt-metal figure of a cherub holding Jean-Baptiste Poquelin better known an arrow, height 40cms. by his stage name, Molière, seated in *£250 - 300 a thoughtful pose whilst writing, height Biography Samuel Marti was one of the 53cms. prolific French makers of the 1800’s and *£600 - 800 was known to be working circa 1860 at Biography Jean-Antoine Delettrez Le Pays de Montbeliard, Paris making was a well-known Parisian clockmaker, roulant blancs. Along with Japy Freres working from 1851 in partnership and Roux they set up a business in 1863 with Achille Brocot, son of the maker to market their movements to such Louis-Gabriel, at rue Charlot 62 firms as L’Epee. Their Paris address was and with whom he continued the Rue Vieille-du-Temple from 1870. development the Brocot form of pendulum adjustment for regulation of timekeeping first developed by Brocot père and for which they were awarded a medal at the Paris Exposition of 1855. Following the death of Achille Brocot in 1878, Delettrez continued alone and died in May 1887.
194 811 811 An English Georgian bronze and ormolu mantel clock in the form of Atlas the eight-day duration, timepiece single-fusee movement having an anchor escapement, with the pendulum bob affixed with a plaque depicting a female head, the round white enamel convex dial having black Roman numerals, with blued steel moon hands and a cast gilded bezel of floral decoration, all being held on the shoulders of a bronze depiction of the God Atlas, standing on a square bronze base with ormolu mounts to the sides and a further ormolu mount to the front depicting an eagle within a wreath, with acanthus-leaf mounts to the plinth, height 35cms. *£200 - 300
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812 Payne, London a boulle bracket clock the eight-day duration, single fusee timepiece movement having an anchor escapement and engraved to the backplate Payne, 163 New Bond St., the round gilt-brass dial with raised decoration and having black Roman numerals to individual shaped cartouches, the enamelled centre signed Payne, 163 New Bond Street, London with blued steel moon hands, the waisted boulle case with engraved inlaid brass decoration to the maroon tortoiseshell, with applied brass mounts and surmounted by rococo decoration, with a glazed front door and sides, height 58cms. *£800 - 1000 Biography William Payne is first recorded at 62 South Moulton Street, London in 1816. By 1825 he had moved to 163 New Bond Street becoming William Payne & Company at that address in 1852. Note Ref Cecil Clutton (Author), G H Baillie (Author), C A Ilbert (Author), Britten’s Old Clocks and Watches and Their Makers, Pub. Bloomsbury Books, London 1986.
* All lots subject to a buyers premium of 21% plus vat @ 20% 195 813 814 813 814 William Creak, Royal Exchange London, an automaton John Upjohn, Exeter, a mahogany bracket clock the bracket clock the eight-day duration, five-pillar, double- eight-day duration, double-fusee movement with verge fusee movement having a verge escapement and striking the escapement striking the hours on a bell, the shaped hours on a bell, with pull-repeat of the last hour at will, with backplate with border engraving (now missing alarm work), a fully engraved backplate of floral and c-scroll decoration the eight-inch round painted dial with black Roman numerals and engraved with the maker’s name Wm. Creak, Royal and signed John Upjohn, Exeter, with blued steel spade Exchange, London, the brass break-arch dial having a raised hands, the arched-top mahogany case with brass frets above silvered chapter ring engraved with black Roman numerals and below the dial and to the sides and surmounted by a and Arabic outer five-minute markings, with the matted brass carrying handle, on brass bracket feet, height 47cm. dial centre having a date aperture and inset silvered plaque *£600 - 800 engraved with a repeat of the maker’s signature, with blued Biography The Upjohn family were a well-known and prolific steel hands, the arch having a well-painted depiction of a family of clockmakers working in both Exeter and London, couple in period dress playing badminton within a garden with James Upjohn of Red Lion Square, born 1822, having setting with the two racquets moving in sequence as the travelled extensively in Europe when trying to promote his shuttlecock moves between the two as the clock ticks, the business to a wider field. The Exeter branch of the family inverted bell-top ebonised case having curved canted included, amongst others, William Upjohn, baptised in 1754 corners, coloured glass to the two apertures above the arch and who moved to London in 1803; John Upjohn, born 1771, of the dial, further decorative glass apertures to the sides, a who married Maria Wittingham before moving to London, brass carrying handle to the top and standing on ebonised when on his return in 1803 he took over the premises of pad feet, height 47.5cms, handle down, 51.5cms, handle up. William before dying in 1848 ‘after a long and painful illness, *£1800 - 2200 borne with Christian fortitude’; their son Robert Wittingham Biography William Creak was a well-regarded maker working Upjohn, also a chronometer maker born 1807, who took over in London from circa 1740 until at least 1775, being at the from his father as keeper of the Exeter Cathedral clock where Royal Exchange from 1754. He made a number of fine musical his initials can be found carved and dated 1824. and automata clocks for the Eastern Export market. There are examples of his clocks and watches in various museums including the Victoria and Albert Museum, the Science Museum, South Kensington and the Amsterdam Museum.
196 815 815 816 Gustav Becker, a mahogany mantel clock the eight-day 816 duration movement striking the hours on a gong and chiming A Victorian skeleton clock the eight-day duration, single the quarters on a further four gongs, the backplate stamped chain-fusee movement having a half-dead beat escapement for the maker Gustav Becker along with the serial number with a pewter cylindrical bob to the pendulum and five-spoke 2405077, giving a date of manufacture of circa 1927, the wheelwork, the decorative silvered dial with black Roman silvered arched dial having a raised silvered chapter ring with numerals and blued steel spade hands, with shaped brass black Roman hour numerals and blued steel hands with two plates, standing on a later wooden base with glass dome, further subsidiary dials to the arch for regulation and chime/ height 34cm, not including base. silent, the break-arch mahogany case having fluted columns *£150 - 180 to the corners and a stepped base with brass bracket feet, For an almost identical clock see Derek Roberts, Skeleton height 40cms. Clocks, pub Antique Collectors Club 1987, page 48 *£200 - 300 Biography Gustav Becker, born 1819, was a prolific maker of ‘Vienna’ style wall regulators and mantel clocks. He had workshops at Silesia, Germany which continued well after his death in 1885. He was awarded the Medaille d’Or at the Schlesien Industrial Exhibition of 1852 for his work on regulator movements.
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817 818 817 A late Victorian skeleton clock the eight-day duration, single- A late Victorian skeleton clock the eight-day duration, single- fusee movement having an anchor escapement and striking fusee movement having an anchor escapement and striking once on a bell at each hour, the decorative silvered dial with once on a bell at each hour, the decorative silvered dial with black Roman numerals and blued steel spade hands, with black Roman numerals and blued steel spade hands, with scroll-shaped brass plates, standing on an oval ebonised scroll-shaped brass plates, standing on an oval white marble wooden base with glass dome, height 44cm, including base. base with glass dome, height 40cms, including base. *£100 - 150 *£100 - 150
* All lots subject to a buyers premium of 21% plus vat @ 20% 197 820 819 819 820
Japy Freres, Paris, a French Victorian gilt-metal and Thomas Gibbs, Stratford, a small striking fusee wall clock the eight-day duration, double-fusee five-pillar movement porcelain mantel clock the eight-day duration movement striking the hours and half-hours on a bell with a countwheel, having an anchor escapement and striking the hours on a the backplate stamped with the trademark of the maker Japy bell, the round convex ten-inch painted dial having black Freres and the serial number 1632, the round blue painted Roman numerals, blued steel spade hands and signed Thos porcelain dial having a scene to the centre depicting a bird Gibbs, Stratford, the round mahogany case having a cast- with flora, black Roman hour numerals and gilt-brass hands, brass bezel, diameter 33cms. the gilt-metal case with rococo style mouldings having a *£300 - 500 blue porcelain plaque to the centre painted with a depiction Biography Thomas Gibbs is recorded as working in the High of a young girl walking in a meadow, with further matching Street, Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire from before 1828 plaques to the sides, with a gilt-metal cherub standing to one until at least 1854 having been born in Preston-on-Stour, side of the base and surmounted by a basket of flowers, a Gloucester in 1785. A Regency bracket clock signed by him quiver of arrows and a hat, on an ebonised oval base, height was sold at Christies Auctioneers, South Kensington in 1996. 33cms (clock) 37cms (including base). *£200 - 300 Biography Japy Freres was founded by Frederic Japy of Beaucount, born 1749 who first made movements for the clock industry at his factory in 1777, becoming the largest and most commercially important clockmaking concern in France. Some of the earlier carriage clock movements made by the firm, from circa 1840, are the finest from that period.
821 Maple & Co, a mahogany wall clock the eight-day duration, timepiece fusee movement having an anchor escapement, the ten-inch round painted dial having black Roman hour numerals and with the retailer’s name Maple & Co, London to the centre, the round mahogany case having a spun brass bezel, diameter 33cms. *£200 - 300
821 198 822 822 A carved giltwood cartel wall clock of cartouche-shaped outline with pierced lattice, flowerhead and acanthus scroll ornament, the circular enamel dial with Roman and Arabic numerals, the German movement striking on a bell, height 51cms. *£80 - 120
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823 Gaydon & Sons, a Victorian turret clock the eight-day duration movement having cast-iron plates, maintaining power and a dead-beat escapement, the wood-rod pendulum having a large brass bob with a knurled knob timekeeping adjustment, with a brass dial for adjusting the time engraved with the name Gaydon & Sons, with various pulleys, height 43cms. *£800 - 1200 Biography The Gaydon family were well-known jewellers and watchmakers in both North Devon and London. John Gaydon, born 1821, ran the High Street premises in Barnstaple, whilst a number of others worked in Brentford, Middlesex with twenty- six members of the Gaydon family recorded as watch and clockmakers. They were Watchmakers to the Queen (Victoria) and Watchmakers to the Admiralty, with Henry Martin Gaydon of Middlesex becoming Master of the Worshipful Company of Clockmakers in 1925. He was a partner in the well-known firm of Birch & Gaydon Ltd, goldsmiths & silversmiths of Fenchurch Street, London. Note The Barnstaple business supplied many local churches and public buildings with turret clocks, including one for the Barnstaple police station and another for the Globe Hotel which had double dials, one for the lounge bar and the other for the smoking room. The church clock at Swimbridge is inscribed as being presented and erected by the Gaydon brothers, John his brothers from Middlesex, in commemoration of the restoration of the church in 1880, as natives of Swimbridge.
* All lots subject to a buyers premium of 21% plus vat @ 20% 199 826 826 Evan Williams, Newport, a mahogany 824 825 moonphase longcase clock the eight-day 824 825 duration movement striking the hours on a bell, with the iron false-plate embossed A late Victorian mahogany Joshua Farrer, Pontefract, a mahogany with the name Owen, being that of the longcase clock the eight-day longcase clock the eight-day duration duration movement having a movement striking the hours on a dial maker, the thirteen-and-a-half-inch dead-beat escapement and bell, the associated twelve-inch break- painted dial having black Roman numerals, striking the hours on a gong, arch dial having a raised silvered Arabic five-minute outer numerals, a the twelve-inch break-arch dial chapter ring with engraved black subsidiary seconds dial, date aperture, having a raised silvered chapter Roman numerals, fleur-de-lys half-hour painted ‘fan’ decoration to the four corners, ring with engraved black Roman markings and outer Arabic five-minute a moonphase aperture within the arch numerals, fleur-de-lys half-hour markings, signed Joshua Farrer, showing the time and date of High Water at markings and outer Arabic five- Pontefract, the matted centre with a Newport Bridge and signed to the centre minute markings, the matted subsidiary date aperture and having with the maker’s name Evan Williams, centre having a subsidiary decorative blued steel hands, with Newport, the mahogany case having a seconds dial, the arch having a cast-brass ‘crown’ spandrels to the four break-arch top, tapered columns to the ‘strike/silent’ dial, with cast-brass corners and ‘cherub and crown’ mount hood, a long door with brass escutcheon c-scroll spandrels to the four to the arch, the mahogany case having to the trunk and standing on bracket feet, corners and dolphin spandrels a swan-neck pediment, applied pillars height 217cms. to the arch and decorative blued to the hood with brass Corinthian *£350 - 450 steel hands, the mahogany case capitals, shell inlay to the shaped trunk Biography Evan Williams is recorded as having a swan-neck pediment door, hood and base, the trunk with working in Westgate Street from at least with a brass ball-and-spire finial to canted corners, all standing on bracket 1822 until at least 1830, although prior to the centre, canted corners to the feet, height 230cms. this date, from circa 1780, it is reported that he supplied longcase clocks in Chippendale hood and trunk, a shaped door *£500 - 700 and matching raised panel to the Biography Joshua Farrer, born 1788, is style cases. He often used dials supplied base, all standing on bracket feet, recorded as working in Pontefract until by Wilson of Birmingham including one height 226cms (inc finial). 1862, being a member of this prolific example showing highwater at Newport, Monmouthshire. Although this example is *£200 - 400 clockmaking family whose origins can be traced back to William and/or signed for the dialmaker Owen, it is in the Abraham in Pontefract, Yorkshire. style of Wilson. Note Ref: Brian Loomes, Clockmakers Note Ref William Linnard, Wales Clocks of Northern England, Pub. Mayfield and Clockmakers, Pub. Mayfield Books Books 1997. 2003.
200 827 827 Bapt. Roncheti & Co, a Georgian stick barometer the brass dial engraved with typical barometer markings, Masonic symbols and signed Bapt. Roncheti & Co, Fecit, with a sliding Vernier gauge, the mahogany case having an architectural pediment with a brass finial, canted corners to the trunk and a turned cistern cover to the base, with a visible tube, height 98cms. 828 829 *£250 - 350 829 Biography Baptista Ronchetti Spencer Browning and Co, London, (sometimes Roncheti) is recorded as a 19th century mahogany marine 828 working in Spear Street, Manchester barometer the bone dials aslant having from 1785 having come from Tavernerio A. Letti, Winchester, a mahogany typical barometer markings with a he ten-inch round in Italy, before moving to 15 High wheel barometer t vernier scale set from below and signed silvered dial engraved with typical Street. His son Joshua joined him within the arch by the maker Spencer barometer markings with sunburst from Italy, as did his nephew Lewis Browing & Co, London, the mahogany decoration to the centre and having Casertelli. Until circa 1800 he was also curved top case having a brass cistern a blued steel hand and brass pointer, in partnership with Lomas. Ronchetti to the base and brass bound holes for the mahogany case having a swan- was a noted maker of high quality fixing to a gymbal, height 94cms. neck pediment and with ebony and instruments. *£200 - 400 boxwood edge lining, a silvered Note Ref Edwin Banfield, Barometer Note Spencer, Browning & Co are hygrometer to the top, a thermometer Makers & Retailers, Pub Baros Books recorded as working at 327, Wapping, set within the trunk and with the round 1991. London in circa 1783 and then 66, silvered level engraved with the name Provenance The late R.B.W.Clarke Wapping from circa 1801 until at least A. Letti, Winchester, height 98cms. Esq., Bridwell, Uffculme and thence by 1838. Also known as Spencer & Co, and family descent. *£150 - 200 Spencer, Browing & Rust.
* All lots subject to a buyers premium of 21% plus vat @ 20% 201 832 832 Biagini, London, a Sheraton-style inlaid wheel barometer the eight- inch round silvered dial engraved with typical barometer markings and maker’s name Biagini, London and having a blued-steel hand and brass 833 pointer, with a Georgian-style cast J. H. Steward, London a mahogany brass bezel, the mahogany case with barograph the glazed mahogany case Sheraton-style shell and floral inlay, with with a sheet drawer to the front, a a thermometer set within the trunk and plaque attached to the base signed having an architectural pediment top J.H. Steward, 408, The Strand, London with brass finial, height 97cms complete with ink bottle, height 21cms. (inc. finial) *£100 - 150 *£100 - 150 834-9 No Lots 830
830 W. Bean, York a mahogany stick barometer the brass dial engraved with typical barometer markings and signed W. Bean, York, with a sliding Vernier gauge and inset with a thermometer, the mahogany case having an architectural pediment, fluted canted corners to the trunk and a turned cistern cover to the base, with a visible tube, height 97cms. *£400 - 500 831 No Lot.
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