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The Winter Auction - 14th / 15th January 2025
Day 1 - Ceramics Lots 1 - 263
Works of Art Lots 271 - 519
Clocks Lots 521 - 580
Day 2 - Pictures Lots 581 - 822
Furniture, Rugs and Carpets Lots 831 - 1190
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Lots: 1-580
15 Jan 2025 10:00 GMT
Lots: 581-1190
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A Champion's Bristol finger bowl painted with a garland of flowers and foliage suspended from green rings, blue X mark, circa 1770-75, 10cm [restoration and wear to brown line rim].
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A group of five treen 'shoe' snuff boxes two inlaid with pique work, 8-12cm
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A Russian Kholmogory penworked whalebone casket, Archangel region, late 18th /early 19th century; two tiered, with a hinged cover to a subsidiary upper section, itself hingeing open to the main compartment; the top with twin panels depicting reindeer in trees, with stylised cut bone bands and red and green detailing, on bracket feet; 16cm high, 23cm wide
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A Victorian walnut cased symphonion, late 19th century; the hinged cover with bone inlay and canted and crossbanded edging; above a lever-wind at the front; on four turned feet; the print of an infant orchestra to the cover interior possibly later replaced; with four discs; the symphonion 19cm high, 33cm wide, 29cm deep
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A 'Benin' bronze model of the Head of Oba, after the late 15th century Edo original, 20th century; portrayed with high latticed head wear and choker necklaces; with a turned beech socle; 57cm high overall
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Two similar sheet iron 'hog scraper' ejector candlesticks, early 19th century; each socket with a flared drip collar, the shafts with 'wedding band' girdles, on domed circular bases, 32 and 21.5cm high; and a pair of sheet iron 'hog scraper' ejector candlesticks, early 19th century, 22cm high
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Couaillet Frères, France, a Victorian Anglaise carriage clock the eight-day duration movement having a platform cylinder escapement and striking the hours and half-hours on a gong with repeat button to allow last hour to strike at will, the white cream dial with black Arabic numerals, blued-steel hands and subsidiary alarm setting dial (hand missing), the brass Anglaise case with matching handle, height 18.5cm/16cm handle up/down.
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A French late-Victorian oval brass carriage clock the eight-day duration movement having a platform cylinder escapement and striking the hours and half-hours on a bell, the white enamel dial having black Roman numerals and blued-steel spade hands, the oval case with a c-scroll handle, height 17cm/14cm, handle up/down.
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Boxell, Brighton a French late-Victorian engraved oval brass carriage clock the eight-day duration movement having a later platform lever escapement and striking the hours and half-hours on a gong with a repeat of the last hour on demand, the backplate engraved with the name of the retailer Boxell, Brighton and numbered 550, the hand setting arrow in the form used by Delepine-Barrois, carriage clock movement makers at Saint-Nicolas-d'Aliermont, the white enamel dial having black Roman numerals and blued-steel moon hands and repeat of the retailer's name, the engraved oval case with a c-scroll handle, height 18.5cm/15cm, handle up/down.
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Duverdry & Bloquel, a late-Victorian French carriage clock the eight-day duration timepiece movement having a later platform lever escapement with the backplate stamped with the style of hand setting arrow as used by Duverdry & Bloquel, carriage clock makers from Saint-Nicolas-d'Aliermont, France, the white porcelain dial having black Roman numerals, blued-steel spade hands and signed for the retailer Goldsmiths & Silversmiths Company, Regent Street, London, Paris Make, the squat brass Obis style case with matching handle, height 13/11cm handle up/down.
With later made wooden box.
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Drocourt, Paris, a late-Victorian French carriage clock the eight-day duration timepiece movement having a later platform lever escapement with the backplate stamped with the J.W.B. oval trademark overlaying the Drocourt mark and numbered 20248, with typical Drocourt S/F regulation to the top, the inside of the plates stamped with the blanc roulant number 6417 and Drocourt oval trademark marked Drocourt, Paris Fnt., the white porcelain dial having black Roman numerals, Arabic outer five-minute numerals and signed for the retailer J.W. Benson, 25, Old Bond Street, London and Paris, Fabrique de Paris, the brass Obis style case with matching handle, height 14.5/12cm handle up/down.
This style of Obis cased carriage clock was made by Couaillet Freres in the clockmaking town of Saint-Nicolas-d'Aliermont with the workshop situated a few hundred yards from that of Alfred Drocourt and so it is probable that Couaillet supplied Drocourt with this clock to finish in their own workshop.
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A French Edwardian Art Nouveau carriage alarm clock the eight-day duration timepiece movement having a replaced platform lever escapement with the backplate stamped with the hand-setting arrow design for Couaillet Freres of Saint-Nicolas-d'Aliermont and Paris, with the alarm bell set within the base, the cream ivorine dial having stylised black Arabic numerals, alarm setting dial, blued steel spade hands and Art Nouveau style gilt-brass fretwork mask, the Serpentine shaped brass case with matching handle, height 15cm/13cm handle up/down.
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Duverdry and Bloquel a late-Victorian brass carriage clock the eight-day duration movement having a later platform lever escapement and striking the hours and half-hours on a gong, the backplate numbered 2425 and stamped with the hand-setting arrow as used by Duverdry and Bloquel of the horological town Saint-Nicolas-d'Aliermont in northern France, the Corniche case with matching handle, height 16.5cm/13.5 cm handle up/down.
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A Swiss Neuchâtel grande-sonnerie ebonised Victorian bracket clock with bracket the movement having striking the hours and quarters at each quarter, grande-sonnerie, on two bells set within the caddy top, the backplate with outside countwheel, visible strikework and stamped IPCR 562, the round cream dial with black Roman numerals, brass date hand and blued-steel hands, the ebonised waisted case with giltwork decoration and glazed front, standing on a matching wall bracket, height 64cm clock only, 86.5cm including bracket.
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Ansonia, The Plato Clock an American flip clock in a cylindrical case with glazed sides, the gilt-metal case with embossed floral decoration, domed top and splayed feet, the base stamped The Plato Clock, Patented Dec 16 1902-Apr 28 1903. Apr 7 1803-July 7 1903, height 16cm.
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A French mid-Victorian boulle mantel clock having an unsigned eight-day duration movement striking the hours and half-hours on a gong with a cast-brass sunburst bob, the cast-brass gilded dial with Roman numerals to the individual enamel plaques, and blued-steel hands, the shaped boulle case having red tortoiseshell with inlaid brass c-scroll decoration to the front, cast-brass mounts and glazed front, height 40cm.
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A French gilt-metal and white pottery three-piece clock garniture the eight-day duration movement striking the hours and half-hours on a bell with an outside countwheel, the cast-brass dial having black Roman numerals to the individual enamel plaques, with blued-steel spade hands, the urn shaped crackle-glaze pottery case with gilt-metal fish handles to the sides, surmounted by a pineapple finial and on matching feet, with matching side-pieces, height 43cm clock, 33cm side pieces.
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Jaeger-LeCoultre Atmos clock the square cream dial with baton and Arabic numerals and gilt-brass delphine hands, the movement stamped Fab. Suisse, Jaeger-LeCoultre, Swiss Made, Atmos and numbered 129761, the rear of the movement stamped LeCoultre et Cie, Swiss with the underside of the gilt-brass and glass case stamped LeCoultre et Cie, Swiss, Metal, Calibre 528-6, height 23.5cm.
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Japy Frères, Paris, a mid-Victorian blue and white porcelain urn clock having an eight-day duration movement striking the hours and half-hours on a bell with an outside countwheel, the backplate stamped with the trademark for Japy Frères, Paris, the ivorine dial having black Arabic numerals, blued-steel fleur-de-lys hands and decorative centre, the urn shaped case with blue and white c-scroll and floral decoration with gilt-metal handles, feet and base, height 45cm.
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Japy Freres, a French cast-brass mantel clock the eight-day duration movement striking the hours and half-hours on a bell with the backplate stamped with the trademark for Japy Freres, the round cast-brass dial having blue Roman numerals to the white enamel roundels and decorative blued-steel fleur-de-lys hands, the cast brass case with c-scroll decoration, lions head handles to the sides, scroll feet and surmounted by a matching cast urn, height 40cm.
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A German mahogany chiming bracket clock the unsigned eight-day duration movement having an anchor escapement and chiming the quarters and hours on five gongs, the arched silvered dial having a raised chapter ring with black Roman numerals, the arch with two subsidiary dials for Regulation and Chime/Silent and with blued steel spade hands, the arched mahogany case with boxwood edge lining and standing on brass bun feet. height 42cm.
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John Peterkin, London a mahogany brass inlaid Regency bracket clock the eight-day duration, chain double-fusee five-pillar movement striking the hours on a bell with the backplate engraved with decorative border and maker's name John Peterkin, London, the round white painted convex dial having black Roman numerals, decorative blued-steel hands and with repeat maker's signature, the steeple-shaped mahogany case having turned brass pillars to the edges, ebonised and brass-inlaid decoration and standing on brass ball feet, height 45cm.
Note: John Peterkin is recorded as working in London from circa 1811 until circa 1840.
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A Jacob Petit style French mid-Victorian mantel clock on base the eight-day duration movement striking the hours and half-hours on a bell with a n outside countwheel and silk suspension, with the round white enamel dial having blue Roman numerals and gilt-brass decorative hands, the shaped porcelain case with coloured floral decoration on a green ground standing on a matching base, height 39cm.
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A large mid-Victorian boulle mantel clock the eight-day duration movement striking the hours and half-hours on a bell with the backplate stamped with the trademark for the Japy Frerers et Cie, the gilt-brass dial with embossed decoration, blued-steel hands and blue Roman numerals on individual enamelled plaques, the waisted case with red tortoiseshell inlaid with engraved brass decoration and with gilt-brass mounts, feet and finial in the form of a cherub, height 44cm.
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An Edwardian French mantel clock with shell inlaid decoration the eight-day duration movement striking the hours on a gong and stamped Ch. Vcne, Paris, 65803, with the dial having black Roman numerals, blued-steel spade hands and signed for the retailer Maple & Co., Paris & London, the dome-topped mahogany case having boxwood stringing and Sheraton-style shell inlay to the front and standing on brass bracket feet, height 25cm.
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Samuel Marti, Paris , a gilt-metal and porcelain mantel clock on stand the eight-day duration movement striking the hours and half-hours on a bell with an outside countwheel, the backplate stamped with the trademark of the movement maker Samuel Marti, the round porcelain dial having a blue ground with painted floral decoration, gilt Roman numerals and gilt-brass spade hands, the shaped gilt-metal case with classical mounts, inset matching porcelain panels decorated with flora and cherubs, surmounted by a porcelain urn, with a gilt-wood base, height 39cms including base.
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A black slate mantel clock having an eight-day duration movement with an anchor escapement and striking the hours and half-hours on a gong, the round cream dial having black Arabic numerals, blued-steel trefoil hands and an engraved gilt-brass centre, the black marble case with a bronzed frieze to the top depicting classical musicians and fluted pillars to the corners, height 39.5cm.
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A decorative mid-Victorian French black slate and rouge marble mantel clock with an unusual 24-hour dial, the eight-day duration movement striking the hours and half-hours on a bell with an outside countwheel and Brocot escapement, the round cream dial having black Arabic numerals and red Arabic twenty-four hour numerals to the inner aspect, with decorative blued-steel hands and signed A La Gerbe Fior, Sauget, Versailles, the black slate clock of classical design having inset rouge marble panels and engraved gilt decoration, height 32cm.
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Jaeger-LeCoultre a circular gilt-brass and perspex mantel clock having an eight-day duration jeweled skeletonised in-line movement with a lever escapement, the barrel signed Jaeger-LeCoultre, Swiss and numbered 215.019, the round gilt-brass and perspex case signed to the front and standing on a scroll base, height 10cm. Complete with white leather case and undated International Guarantee,
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Jaeger-LeCoultre a rectangular gilt-brass and perspex mantel clock having an eight-day duration jeweled skeletonised in-line movement with a lever escapement, the barrel signed Jaeger-LeCoultre, Swiss, the rectangular gilt-brass and perspex case signed to the front and numbered 3 215.017 1 to the underside of the base, height 14cm. Complete with white and brown leather case numbered 566 and Jaeger quality control card numbered 566 110,
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A walnut and brass chiming bracket clock the eight-day duration movement striking the hours on a gong and the quarters on four further gongs, the brass break-arch dial having a raised silvered chapter ring engraved with black Roman numerals, with blued-steel hands, cast-brass corner spandrels, the arch having a 'slow/fast' regulation dial, the walnut break-arch case with cast-brass corner mounts, finials and standing on bracket feet, height 44cm
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Vincenti et Cie, 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 name of the movement maker Vincenti et Cie, Paris, along with the initials G.V. for the supplier of the clock, the gilt-brass dial having an embossed centre with porcelain plaques having blue Roman hour numerals, and with decorative blued-steel hands, the waisted red tortoiseshell brass inlaid case with glazed front, ormolu mounts and surmounted by a floral finial, height 30cm.
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Paul Garnier, an early Pendules Portative clock having an eight-day duration movement striking the hours and half-hours on a bell with an outside countwheel and fitted with Garnier's chaff-cutter escapement patented in 1830, the backplate stamped with the serial number 234, P.G. Breveté, and engraved Paul Garnier à Paris, mounted on a satin-wood scroll-shaped plinth and round base, with glass dome, height 18cm, with base, 23cm including dome.
For a similar clock numbered 14 see Charles Allix & Peter Bonnert, Carriage Clocks, Their History & Development, p. 65, fig. 11/36.
Various examples of this style of Garnier clock have been noted including signed by Raingo Fréres and Janvier.
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A mid-Victorian gilt-metal clock the Swiss movement having a platform lever escapement with the round dial having black Roman numerals and blued-steel hands, the case with classical c-scroll and rococo mounts and with a cherub to the side fanning flames, height 25.5cm.
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A mid-Victorian gilt-metal and marble mantel clock the eight-day duration movement striking the hours and half-hours on a bell with an outside countwheel with the round white enamel dial having black Roman numerals and blued-steel decoration hands, the figural case with classical mounts and surmounted by a cherub playing a harp all standing on a shaped grey marble base, height 34cm.
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An Edwardian gilt-metal mantel clock the eight-day duration timepiece movement having a platform lever escapement with the round white enamel dial having black Roman numerals and blued-steel moon hands, the figural case with classical c-scroll and rococo mounts and surmounted by two doves, height 30cm.
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A mid-Victorian gilt-metal clock the eight-day duration movement having a platform lever escapement and striking the hours and half-hours on a bell with the round gilt-brass dial having black Arabic numerals and blued-steel spade hands, the figural case with gilt-metal mounts and surmounted by a cherub holding a flaming torch, height 27cm.
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A round decorative brass mantel clock the eight-day duration movement striking the hours and half-hours on a bell, the cream chapter ring having black Arabic numerals, with a brass filligree centre and blued-steel fleur-de-lys hands, the cast brass round case with fretwork cast decoration and with further cast-brass mounts, standing on claw feet and further plinth, height 46cm.
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A mid-Victorian gilt-metal clock the eight-day duration movement striking the hours and half-hours on a bell with an outside countwheel, the round white enamel dial having black Roman numerals and blued-steel spade hands, the figural rococo and c-scroll case surmounted by a young man sawing a tree, height 40cm not including stand.
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A mid-Victorian gilt-metal and alabaster mantel clock the eight-day duration movement striking the hours and half-hours on a bell with the round cream enamel dial having black Arabic numerals and decorative gilt-brass hands, the figural alabaster case with gilt-metal classical mounts and with two figures set to the sides holding chickens, height 44cm.
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A French Victorian gilt-metal and alabaster mantel clock the eight-day duration movement striking the hours and half-hours on a bell with an outside countwheel, the round white dial with blue Roman numerals and black arabic five-minute markings, the gilt-metal case with a shaped base, tapered alabaster pillars, with floral swag mounts, alabaster panel with applied classical mount and surmounted by an alabaster urn, height 40cm.
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A mid-Victorian gilt-metal clock the eight-day duration movement striking the hours and half-hours on a bell with an outside countwheel with the round white enamel dial having black Roman numerals and blued-steel moon hands, the figural case with classical mounts and with a scholar to the side, height 36cm.
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A mid-Victorian gilt-metal clock the eight-day duration movement striking the hours and half-hours on a bell and stamped for the maker Japy Frères, with the diamond shaped gilt-metal dial having individual enamel plaques with blue Roman numerals and blued-steel spade hands, the Egyptian-style figural case with classical mounts and having two putti at play to the sides, height 34cm.
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A mid-Victorian gilt-metal clock the eight-day duration movement striking the hours and half-hours on a bell with the round white enamel dial having black Roman numerals and blued-steel moon hands, the figural case with classical mounts and surmounted by two cherubs at play, height 36cm.
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A mid-Victorian French gilt-metal and porcelain mantel clock the eight-day duration movement striking the hours and half-hours on a bell with the round white enamel dial having black Roman numerals and blued-steel fleur-de-lys hands, the decorative gilt-metal case with an oval painted porcelain plaque to the top depicting a French female and plaque below with floral decoration, height 30cm.
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A gilt-metal and porcelain French Victorian mantel clock garniture the eight-day duration movement striking the hours and half-hours on a bell with an outside countwheel, the maroon and white porcelain dial having black Roman numerals, painted floral decoration and blued-steel spade hands, the gilt-metal case with a shaped base with two shaped pillars, swags of material and surmounted by an urn with dragons to the sides, height 41cm.
With a pair of two-light candelabra side pieces, height 24cm.
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A mid-Victorian gilt-metal and alabaster mantel clock the eight-day duration movement striking the hours and half-hours on a bell with the round cream dial having black Roman numerals and blued-steel hands with a filigree centre, the figural case with cast pillars, classical mounts and with alabaster base, back and urn, height 39cm.
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A mid-Victorian gilt-metal clock the eight-day duration movement striking the hours and half-hours on a bell with an outside countwheel with the round cream enamel dial having blue Arabic numerals and blued-steel moon hands, the figural case with classical mounts and surmounted by a seated female, height 32cm.
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A French spelter and onyx figural clock garniture, signed Moreau, the eight-day duration movement striking the hours and half-hours on a gong with an outside countwheel, the cream dial with floral decoration to the centre, black Arabic numerals and decorative blued-steel hands, within a green onyx case with gilt-spelter mounts and having a spelter figure set to the top depicting a classical figure of a girl, with matching side figures having applied plaques stamped Fleurs de Printemps, Par Aug. Moreau.
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Vincenti et Cie, an ebonised portico clock the eight-day duration movement striking the hours and half-hours on a bell with an outside countwheel, with the backplate stamped with the trademark of the movement maker Vincenti et Cie, the round white enamel dial having black Roman numerals, decorative blued-steel hands and a cast piecrust bezel, the ebonised portico case with turned barley-twist columns gilded-brass capitals and brass stringing, height 46cm.
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A French late-Victorian Cherub-on-Swing marble clock with a two-plane side escapement to allow for the swing, the skeletonised dial having a white chapter ring with black Roman numerals and blued-steel moon hands, the eight-day duration movement stamped to the rear Echappement Brevete with the shaped white marble case having bulbous pillars between which the pendulum depicts a gilt spelter cherub on a swing, height 30cm.
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Richard et Cie, Paris, a late-Victorian tortoiseshell boulle mantel clock the eight-day duration movement striking the hours and half-hours on a gong with the backplate stamped with the coiled serpent trademark, with initials R.C., for Richard et Cie, the cream dial with black Roman numerals, black Arabic five-minute numerals, blued steel hands and signed for the retailer Clarkman, Fenchurch, London, the straight-sided boulle case of tortoiseshell inlaid with engraved brass decoration, with ebonised sides and applied gilt-metal mouldings, bracket feet and finial, height 31cm.
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A French mid-Victorian boulle mantel clock having an unsigned eight-day duration timepiece movement, the cast-brass gilded dial with Roman numerals to the individual enamel plaques, and blued-steel hands, the waisted shaped boulle case having red tortoiseshell with inlaid brass c-scroll decoration to the front and cast-brass mounts, height 29cm.
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A Continental majolica mantel clock having a French eight-day duration timepiece movement with anchor escapement, with the dial having black Arabic numerals to the ivorine chapter ring and blued-steel hands, the shaped brown Majolica case with raised coloured decoration and surmounted by matching handles and finial.
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Jaeger-LeCoultre a Prisma mantel clock the in-line movement having a jewelled lever escapement with the backplate stamped Swiss Made by JL, 215.022, with both the barrel and inner dial signed Jaeger-LeCoultre, the shaped perpex and blue marble case having gilded brass corners, complete with Jaeger-LeCoultre box and International Guarantee dated August 1992, height 14cm.
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A Victorian ebonised chiming bracket clock the eight-day duration, triple-fusee movement having an anchor escapement and chiming the quarters on a nest of eight bells and the hour on a gong, with a fully engraved backplate, the eight-inch break-arch brass dial having a raised chapter ring engraved with Roman numerals, the arch with two subsidiary dials showing Chime at St Marys/Cambridge/Chime on Eight Bells, and Chime/Silent, the ebonised break-arch case with brass fluted columns, finials, side frets, side handles and standing on bracket feet, height 47cm.
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Omega Megaquartz, a mahogany marine chronometer, High Frequency 1010 1Hz-1v, with calibre 1525-9600 4.19 Mhz movement, boxed.
As supplied to the French Navy Hydrographic and Oceanographic Service from 1980 having been designed by Henri Schneider. Various examples of this model were given to visiting diplomats and royalty including King Hussain of Jordan in 1987 and President Reagan and Gorbachev in 1985 whilst at the American-Russian Summit held in Geneva.
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Evans of Handsworth, an English skeleton clock of scroll design , the eight-day duration single-fusee movement having a subsidiary seconds dial with detent escapement, shaped silvered chapter ring with black Roman numerals and pewter bob to the anchor escapement, all of Evans' design, height 38cm clock, 49cm display case.
See Derek Roberts, Skeleton Clocks fig. 3/63a describing a near-identical Arabesque framed example as used by Evans to utilise his detent escapement.
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A 17th century lantern clock case now fitted with a Victorian French eight-day duration movement striking the hours and half-hours on a bell with the backplate stamped with the trademark of the maker AD. Mougin, the case with turned pillars, engraved dolphin top frets, with original base and top plates, the dial with engraved tulip decoration to the centre and black Roman numerals to the raised chapter ring, height 26cm.
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Thomas Armstrong & Brother, a brass bulkhead clock having an eight-day duration timepiece movement with platform escapement, the round white enamel dial having black Roman numerals, blued-steel spade hands, a red sweep seconds hand and signed Thomas Armstrong & Brother, Manchester & Liverpool, in round brass bulkhead case, diameter 20cm case, 22.5cm including flange.
Joseph Armstrong (d. 1851) at 261 Deansgate, Manchester in 1825, later renumbered as 88. Married Sarah Booth in 1828 and had three sons named Thomas, George and Alfred with Thomas becoming a partner in 1851. In 1868 Thomas took his brother, George Booth, into partnership and changed the company's name to Thomas Armstrong & Brother, expanding the business with shops in Oxford Street, Manchester and Bold Street, Liverpool.
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