FINE CLOCKS Wednesday 11 July 2018 Bonhams 1793 Limited Bonhams International Board Bonhams UK Ltd Directors Registered No. 4326560 Robert Brooks Co-Chairman, Colin Sheaf Chairman, Gordon McFarlan, Andrew McKenzie, Registered Office: Montpelier Galleries Malcolm Barber Co-Chairman, Harvey Cammell Deputy Chairman, Simon Mitchell, Jeff Muse, Mike Neill, Montpelier Street, London SW7 1HH Colin Sheaf Deputy Chairman, Antony Bennett, Matthew Bradbury, Charlie O’Brien, Giles Peppiatt, India Phillips, Matthew Girling CEO, Lucinda Bredin, Simon Cottle, Andrew Currie, Peter Rees, John Sandon, Tim Schofield, +44 (0) 20 7393 3900 Patrick Meade Group Vice Chairman, Jean Ghika, Charles Graham-Campbell, Veronique Scorer, Robert Smith, James Stratton, +44 (0) 20 7393 3905 fax Jon Baddeley, Rupert Banner, Geoffrey Davies, Matthew Haley, Richard Harvey, Robin Hereford, Ralph Taylor, Charlie Thomas, David Williams, Jonathan Fairhurst, Asaph Hyman, James Knight, David Johnson, Charles Lanning, Grant MacDougall Michael Wynell-Mayow, Suzannah Yip. Caroline Oliphant, Shahin Virani, Edward Wilkinson, Leslie Wright. FINE CLOCKS Wednesday 11 July at 2pm 101 New Bond Street, London VIEWING BIDS ENQUIRIES CUSTOMER SERVICES Sunday 8 July, +44 (0) 20 7447 7447 James Stratton M.R.I.C.S Monday to Friday 11am to 3pm +44 (0) 20 7447 7401 fax + 44 (0) 20 7468 8364 8.30am to 6pm Monday 9 July, To bid via the internet please [email protected] +44 (0) 20 7447 7447 9am to 4.30 pm visit bonhams.com Tuesday 10 July, Richard Davis As a courtesy to intending 9am to 4.30 pm Please note that bids should be + 44 (0) 20 7468 2371 bidders, Bonhams will provide a Wednesday 11 July, submitted no later than 4pm on [email protected] written Indication of the physical 9am to 12pm the day prior to the sale. condition of lots in this sale if a New bidders must also provide Administrator request is received up to 24 proof of identity when submitting Vanessa Howson hours before the auction starts. SALE NUMBER bids. 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Bonhams 1793 Limited Bonhams International Board Bonhams UK Ltd Directors Registered No. 4326560 Robert Brooks Co-Chairman, Colin Sheaf Chairman, Gordon McFarlan, Andrew McKenzie, Registered Office: Montpelier Galleries Malcolm Barber Co-Chairman, Harvey Cammell Deputy Chairman, Simon Mitchell, Jeff Muse, Mike Neill, Montpelier Street, London SW7 1HH Colin Sheaf Deputy Chairman, Antony Bennett, Matthew Bradbury, Charlie O’Brien, Giles Peppiatt, India Phillips, Matthew Girling CEO, Lucinda Bredin, Simon Cottle, Andrew Currie, Peter Rees, John Sandon, Tim Schofield, +44 (0) 20 7393 3900 Patrick Meade Group Vice Chairman, Jean Ghika, Charles Graham-Campbell, Veronique Scorer, Robert Smith, James Stratton, +44 (0) 20 7393 3905 fax Jon Baddeley, Rupert Banner, Geoffrey Davies, Matthew Haley, Richard Harvey, Robin Hereford, Ralph Taylor, Charlie Thomas, David Williams, Jonathan Fairhurst, Asaph Hyman, James Knight, David Johnson, Charles Lanning, Grant MacDougall Michael Wynell-Mayow, Suzannah Yip. Caroline Oliphant, Shahin Virani, Edward Wilkinson, Leslie Wright. SALE Central Middlesex Acton Ln Hospital Park Royal INFORMATION Acton Ln Cadogan Tate Coronation Road W e d s P a te a o r r n R k A v e R e s A o 40 a y h a Park l C Royal iWestern Ave A40 R o Station a 0 d 0 Acton 0 North 4 Cemetery A Acton d Station a o R a i r o t c i V West Acton Horn Lane Station BIDS COLLECTION STORAGE AND HANDLING VAT 44 (0) 20 7447 7447 Sold lots marked TP will be available CHARGES ON SOLD LOTS Will be applied at the current +44 (0) 20 7447 7401 fax for collection from Cadogan Tate RETURNED TO CADOGAN TATE rate on all above charges. To bid via the internet please visit from 12pm Friday 13 July 2018 www.bonhams.com and then every working day Storage The following symbol is between 9am-4.30pm. 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FINE CLOCKS Lots 1 - 150 1 3 A RARE MID 19TH CENTURY FRENCH GILT BRASS BELL- A GOOD AND RARE LATE 19TH CENTURY FRENCH BELL- STRIKING CARRIAGE CLOCK WITH ENGRAVED GILT STRIKING GIANT CARRIAGE CLOCK WITH ALARM PLATFORM Numbered 6375 Bolviller, 31 LM The gorge case of large size and with bevelled glass panels The elaborately cast ‘cariatide’ case with entwined figural handle over throughout, the circular white enamel Roman and Arabic dial with canted corners with niche figures on a shaped base and floral feet, the blued steel hands set over the white enamel Arabic alarm dial, both signed white enamel rectangular Roman dial with blued-steel moon in an engraved and matted gilt brass mask decorated with flowing hands, the signed and numbered twin train movement with outside foliage, the substantial brass movement with large silvered platform countwheel strike on a bell, the going train terminating in an engraved set with a compensated bimetallic balance to the English-style lever club-foot lever platform escapement, the steel balance with applied escapement, repeating, striking and sounding the alarm on a bell. blued steel sections, wound and set through shuttered apertures on With an associated, old key of commensurate size numbered 34193. the hinged rear door 20cms (8ins) high. 25cms (10 ins) high. £800 - 1,200 £2,000 - 3,000 €910 - 1,400 €2,300 - 3,400 US$1,100 - 1,600 US$2,700 - 4,000 A similar example is illustrated by Derek Roberts, Carriage and Other 4 Travelling Clocks (1993), p 101, Fig.6-35.