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Clocks Monthly Update
March 2009
Interiors,
South Kensington
3rd March 2009
Interiors,
New York
3rd-4th March 2009
Interiors,
South Kensington
17th March 2009
The Country House Sale,
South Kensington
18th March 2009
19th Century Furniture,
King Street
19th March 2009
Masters & Makers,
South Kensington
24th March 2009
The Sunday Sale,
South Kensington
29th March 2009
European Noble &
Private Collections,
Amsterdam
31st March 2009
Message from
Jamie Collingridge
There is bumper crop of clocks this month. In the following pages you
will find (mostly decorative) clocks in eight different sales in London,
New York and Amsterdam.At the end of this update (p. 26) I have
given contact details of the specialist to contact for each sale if you
need more information or extra images, but if I can be of any help
please just let me know.
I am pleased to say that clocks have been getting some good press and
on a couple of occasions this year I have opened up my daily
newspaper to read of one which has done well at auction. In the more
specialist press, reviewing the Warner collection Anne Crane of the
Antiques Trade Gazette commented ‘Good British clocks appear to be
credit crunch-resistant at present’ and her colleague Anna Brady has also
written of the ‘cheering statistics’ demonstrated by our inaugural sale of
Important English Furniture and Clocks in January.Amidst all the
doom and gloom about the economy it is refreshing to read something
positive. Long may it continue.
Kind regards
Jamie Collingridge
Director & Head of Department
Clock Department
Tel. +44 20 7389 2223
Fax. +44 20 7389 2504
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Interiors, South Kensington
3rd March 2009
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Lot 40A FRENCH ORMOLU STRIKING MANTEL CLOCKThird quarter 19th Century201⁄2 in. (52 cm.) high
£1,000-1,500
Lot 172A GEORGE II GREEN LACQUER STRIKING EIGHT DAYLONGCASE CLOCK John Pashler, London. Circa 1740 94 in. (239 cm.) high
£1,000-1,500
Lot 232A VICTORIAN GILTWOOD AND SHEET METALAUTOMATA PICTURE CLOCK The movement signed John French, Yalding, Mid 19th Century 241⁄2 in. (62 cm.) wide
£700-1,000
40 172
232
5901
Interiors, South Kensington
3rd March 2009
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5901
Lot 451AN EMPIRE ORMOLU-MOUNTED BISCUIT PORCELAINSTRIKING AND CALENDRICAL MANTEL CLOCK: THEBIRTH OF CUPIDDrouot, Paris. Circa 181016 in. (40.5 cm.) high
£1,500-2,500
Lot 454A CHARLES X LARGE ORMOLU STRIKING EIGHT DAYFIGURAL MANTEL CLOCKSecond quarter 19th Century23 in. (41 cm.) high
£800-1,200
Lot 456AN EMPIRE FIGURAL STRIKING MANTEL CLOCKFlocard, Paris. Early 19th Century16 in. (41 cm.) high, excluding base and dome
£800-1,200
451 454 456
Interiors,New York
3rd-4th March 2009
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Lot 511A CHROME STEEL, LACQUERED WOOD AND ENAM-ELED METAL ‘STEERING WHEEL’ CLOCK,GEORGE NELSON FOR HOWARD MILLER, 1948 12 in. (30.5 cm.) diameter
$800-1,200
Lot 555AN ENAMELED METAL ‘STEERING WHEEL’ WALL CLOCKGEORGE NELSON FOR HERMAN MILLER, 194812 in. (30.5 cm.) diameter
$600-800
Lot 625A GERMAN WALNUT MANTEL CLOCK, 20TH CENTURY,together with a Thorens music box The clock 20 in. (51 cm.) high; the box 4 in. (10 cm.)high, 93⁄4 in. (25 cm.) wide, 63⁄4 in. (17 cm.) deep
$700-900
Lot 816A GEORGE III JAPANNED 'ACT OF PARLIAMENT'CLOCK, THE CASE PART 18TH CENTURY, DIALSIGNED 'MALL HILL DEVONSHIRE STREET' 58 in. (147 cm.) high, 29 in. (73.5 cm.) wide
$2,000-3,000
Lot 851A BLACK AND GILT-JAPANNED DIMINUTIVE TALLCASE CLOCK, 20TH CENTURY 53 in. (134.5 cm.) high
$800-1,200
Lot 856AN ENGLISH BLACK AND GILT-JAPANNED ‘ACT OFPARLIAMENT’ CLOCK, 18TH CENTURY AND LATER,DIAL SIGNED 'HRY LANE BRISTOL' 44 in. (112 cm.) high
$1,500-2,000
Lot 752A PAINTED AND PARCEL-GILT MANTELCLOCK, THE DIAL INSCRIBED 'ROBERT' 20 in. (51 cm.) high
$400-600
Lot 907A NORTH EUROPEAN GILT-BRONZE, ROSEWOOD AND MARQUETRY PORTICO CLOCK,MID-19TH CENTURY161⁄2 in. (42 cm.) high
$700-900
Lot 927AN AMERICAN CLASSICAL MAHOGANY ANDEGLOMISE MANTEL CLOCK, 19TH CENTURY301⁄4 in. (77 cm.) high; 163⁄4 in. (42.5 cm.) wide; 6 in. (15 cm.) deep
$1,200-1,800
551 555 625
816 851 856
752 907 927
2141
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871 903 886
905 906 965
931 556 981
2141
Interiors,New York
3rd-4th March 2009
Lot 871A DIRECTOIRE PATINATED BRONZE, ORMOLU AND MARBLE FIGURAL MANTEL CLOCK, CIRCA 1800, DIAL SIGNED ‘GALLE RUE VIVIENNE A PARIS’121⁄2 in. (32 cm.) high
$2,000-3,000
Lot 903A NORTH EUROPEAN GILT-BRONZE MOUNTEDINLAID FRUITWOOD AND PART-EBONIZED MANTELCLOCK, 19TH CENTURY 20 in. (51 cm.) high
$800-1,200
Lot 886A FRENCH ORMOLU AND MARBLE FIGURAL MANTELCLOCK, DIAL INSCRIBED 'PLANCHON A PARIS', MID-19TH CENTURY17 in. (43 cm.) high
$1,500-2,000
Lot 905A CONTINENTAL PORCELAIN FIGURAL MANTEL CLOCK, LATE 19TH CENTURY 161⁄2 in. (42 cm.) high
$1,000-1,500
Lot 906A FRENCH PORCELAIN AND GILT-BRONZE MANTEL CLOCK, DIAL AND WORKS INSCRIBED‘PAUL GARNIER HER DU ROI PARIS’171⁄4 in. (44 cm.) high
$800-1,200
Lot 965A SWEDISH GILTWOOD CARTEL CLOCK, LATE 18THEARLY 19TH CENTURY, THE WORKS INSCRIBED ‘B&W167533’401⁄2 in. (103 cm.) high
$1,000-1,500
Lot 931AN AMERICAN MAHOGANY TALL-CASE CLOCK, 19TH CENTURY, WITH REPLACEMENTS 881⁄2 in. (225 cm.) high
$1,000-1,500
Lot 556A PATINATED BRONZE AND ‘FAVRILE’ GLASS ‘PINE NEEDLE’ CLOCK, DIAL SIGNED ‘TIFFANY & CO.’6 in. (15 cm.) high; 71⁄4 in. (18.5 cm.) high, handle raised
$3,000-5,000
Lot 981A GEORGE III MAHOGANY TALL CASE CLOCK, DIAL SIGNED PARKER, LIVERPOOL, SECOND HALF18TH CENTURY 971⁄2 in. (247.5 cm.) high, 191⁄4 in.(49 cm.) wide
$3,000-5,000
Interiors,New York
3rd-4th March 2009
2141
765
969
Lot 969A NAPOLEON III PATINATED, GILT-BRONZE ANDMARBLE FIGURAL CLOCK GARNITURE,LATE 19TH CENTURY, THE DIAL SIGNED ‘H. HOUDE-BINE FT DE BRONZES PARIS’The clock 261⁄2 in. (67 cm.) high; the candelabra 28 in. (71 cm.) high
$10,000-15,000
Lot 765A ROCOCO REVIVAL MAHOGANY TALL CASE CLOCK, 20TH CENTURY, with eight tubular chimes 98 in. (249 cm.) high
$10,000-15,000
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Interiors, South Kensington
17th March 2009
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Lot 11A FRENCH GOLD-MOUNTED TORTOISESHELL STRIKING EIGHT DAY CARRIAGE CLOCKRetailed by Asprey, London. Early 20th Century5 in. (12.5 cm.) high, handle down
£1,200-1,800
Lot 38A FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED WHITE MARBLESTRIKING EIGHT DAY MANTEL CLOCKLate 19th Century161⁄4 in. (41 cm.) high
£1,800-2,500
Lot 41AN EMPIRE MINIATURE ORMOLU MANTEL TIMEPIECEEarly 19th Century101⁄4 in. (26 cm.) high
£800-1,200
5902
11 38 41
Interiors, South Kensington
17th March 2009
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Lot 47AN ENGLISH MAHOGANY EIGHT DAY MARINECHRONOMETERThomas Mercer, London, No. 1261 N. Circa 1981Box – 205 mm. diameterDial – 120 mm. diameter
£1,200-1,800
Lot 116A GEORGE II GREEN LACQUER STRIKING EIGHT DAYLONGCASE CLOCKPeter Carney, London, Circa 1740831⁄2 in. (212 cm.) high
£1,500-2,000
Lot 121A FRENCH GILT-BRASS STRIKING EIGHT DAY MANTEL CLOCKLast quarter 19th Century131⁄2 in. (34 cm.) high
£600-900
5902
47
116
121
5902
Interiors, South Kensington
17th March 2009
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5902
Lot 127A SWISS GILT-BRASS ATMOS TIMEPIECEJaeger-LeCoultre. Circa 197091⁄4 in. (23.5 cm.) high
£400-600
Lot 130A VICTORIAN BRASS EIGHT-DAY SKELETON TIMEPIECEWITH PASSING STRIKELate 19th Century231⁄2 in. (60 cm.) high, excluding dome
£400-600
Lot 136AN ENGLISH MAHOGANY TWO-DAY MARINECHRONOMETERThomas Mercer, St Albans, No. 21182. Circa 1955Box – 190 mm. squareDial – 100 mm. diameter
£500-700
127 130 136
Interiors, South Kensington
17th March 2009
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Lot 139AN ENGLISH TWO-DAY SURVEY CHRONOMETERThomas Mercer, St. Albans, No. 21164. Circa 1955Box – 275 mm. wideDial – 100 mm. diameter
£500-700
Lot 360AN EMPIRE PATINATED BRONZE AND ORMOLUSTRIKING EIGHT DAY FIGURAL MANTEL CLOCKEarly 19th Century151⁄2 in. (39.5 cm.) high
£1,500-2,000
Lot 476A GEORGE IV MAHOGANY STRIKING EIGHT DAYLONGCASE CLOCKJ. Armstrong, Walton. Circa 182087 in. (220 cm.) high
£600-800
476
139
360
5902
The Country House Sale,
South Kensington
18th March 2009
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5936
Lot 42A VICTORIAN ROSEWOOD MARINE STICK BAROMETER WITH SYMPIESOMETERBy J.J. Wilson, Sunderland, circa 1880373⁄4 in. (96cm.) high
£600-900
Lot 147A GEORGE IV BRASS-MOUNTED MAHOGANY STRIKING EIGHT DAY TABLE CLOCKBy Bennett, Greenwich, circa 1820171⁄2 in. (44.5 cm.) high
£800-1,200
42
147
19th Century Furniture,King Street
19th March 2009
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7710
Lot 1 A FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED TULIPWOOD MANTEL CLOCKBY ALFRED BEURDELEY, PARIS, SECOND HALF 19TH CENTURY20 in. (51 cm.) high; 22 in. (56 cm.) wide, including the plinth
£3,000-5,000
Lot 125A FRENCH ORMOLU AND GRIOTTE ROUGE MARBLEMANTEL CLOCKBY LEMERLE-CHARPENTIER ET CIE, PARIS, LASTQUARTER 19TH CENTURY211⁄4 in. (54 cm.) high; 16 in. (40.6 cm.) wide; 8 in. (20 cm.) deep
£2,500-3,500
Lot 3A FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED CUT BRASS-INLAID TORTOISESHELL AND EBONY 'BOULLE' BRACKET CLOCKTHE MOVEMENT BY LEGARDE, PARIS, SECOND HALF19TH CENTURY331⁄4 in. (84.5 cm.) high; 18 in. (46 cm.) wide; 81⁄2 in. (21.5 cm.) deep
£5,000-8,000
1 125 3
19th Century Furniture,King Street
19th March 2009
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Lot 37 A LOUIS XIV ORMOLU-MOUNTED CUTBRASS-INLAID TORTOISESHELL-VENEEREDBRACKET CLOCKFIRST QUARTER 18TH CENTURY281⁄4 in. (71.8 cm.) high; 14 in. (35.3 cm.) wide; 61⁄4 in. (15.9 cm.) deep
£3,000-5,000
Lot 71 A LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED CUT BRASS-INLAIDTORTOISESHELL-VENEERED MANTEL CLOCKMID-18TH CENTURY34 in. (87 cm.) high; 161⁄4 in. (41.2 cm.) wide; 6 in. (16.5 cm.) deep
£3,000-5,000
Lot 30A FRENCH ORMOLU AND PATINATED BRONZE MANTEL CLOCK IN THE MANNER OF THOMIRE, LAST QUARTER 19TH CENTURY39 in. (99 cm.) high; 223⁄4 in. (57.8 cm.) wide; 9 in. (22.8 cm.) deep
£7,000-10,000
37 71
30
7710
19th Century Furniture,King Street
19th March 2009
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7710
Lot 112 A FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED KINGWOOD, AMARANTH AND MARQUETRY REGULATEUR DE PARQUETIN THE MANNER OF CHARLES CRESSENT, BY MAISON MILLET, PARIS, SECOND HALF 19THCENTURY93 in. (236 cm.) high; 261⁄2 in. (67 cm.) wide; 101⁄4 in. (26 cm.) deep
£30,000-50,000
Lot 116 A FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED FLEUR DE PECHERMARBLE ROTARY CLOCKSECOND HALF 19TH CENTURY32 in. (83 cm.) high
£15,000-25,000
112
116
Masters & Makers, South Kensington
24th March 2009
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Lot 313AN ENGLISH BRASS STRIKING LANTERN CLOCKGeorge Thomlinson, London. Late 17th Century14 in. (35.5 cm.) high
£800-1,200
5926
The Sunday Sale, South Kensington
29th March 2009
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5929
27 28
Lot 27A LOUIS PHILIPPE STRIKING MANTEL CLOCKMid 19th Century15 in. (38 cm.) high
£700-1,000
Lot 28A GEORGE II OAK STRIKING TAVERN CLOCKThird quarter 18th Century54 in. (140 cm.) high
£1,000-1,500
European Noble & Private Collections,
Amsterdam
31st March 2009
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Lot 7A DANISH RED AND GREY-PAINTED STRIKING LONGCASE CLOCK WITH CALENDARA. FABRICIUS, AEROSKOBING, MID 18TH CENTURY210 cm. high
Ç2,000-3,000
Lot 35AA DANISH MARBLEIZED, PARCEL-GILT AND POLYCHROME PAINTED STRIKING LONGCASE CLOCK, MID 18TH CENTURY, THE MOVEMENT BY H.J. PECKELLINN, COPENHAGEN.241 cm. high
Ç5,000-7,000
Lot 52A LOUIS XVI GREEN PAINTED AND CARVED GILTWOOD BAROMETERF. LUISELLY. LATE 18TH CENTURY93 cm. high
Ç1,200-1,800
2818
7 35A 52
European Noble & Private Collections,
Amsterdam
31st March 2009
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62
73
55
2818
Lot 55A LOUIS XV ORMOLU CARTEL D'ALCOVE TIMEPIECEWITH PULL QUARTER REPEATJEAN-BAPTISTE BAILLON, PARIS. CIRCA 175445 cm. high
Ç4,000-6,000
Lot 62A SMALL DANISH STAINED FRUITWOOD ANDBRASS-MOUNTED STRIKING BRACKET CLOCK WITH REPEATJENS VILLADSEN BUNDGAARD FRIISENBORG.MID 18TH CENTURY28 cm. high (handle up)
Ç5,000-8,000
Lot 73A DANISH WHITE AND GREEN PAINTED STRIKINGLONGCASE CLOCKCHRISTIAN MATHIESEN, ROSKILDE. THIRD QUARTER18TH CENTURY218 cm. high
Ç1,500-2,400
European Noble & Private Collections,
Amsterdam
31st March 2009
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85
10276
2818
Lot 76A DANISH WALNUT AND BURR-WALNUT MUSICALLONGCASE CLOCKN. HOHWU, GRAVENSTEIN (SCHLESWIG). SECOND HALF 18TH CENTURY240 cm. high
Ç4,000-6,000
Lot 102A DANISH RED-PAINTED LONGCASE CLOCKM. P. JESPERSEN, CIRCA 1820210 cm. high
Ç2,000-4,000
Lot 85A DANISH GILT-BRASS MOUNTED AND ENGRAVEDGLASS TELL-TALE HANGING COMPASSCIRCA 180023 cm. high
Ç2,000-4,0006
European Noble & Private Collections,
Amsterdam
31st March 2009
page twenty
2818
118 120 122
Lot 118A RESTAURATION ORMOLU FIGURAL STRIKINGMANTEL CLOCK ‘PENDULE AU CHAR’SECOND QUARTER 19TH CENTURY40 cm. high x 33 cm. wide
Ç3,000-5,000
Lot 120AN EMPIRE ORMOLU FIGURAL LYRE STRIKING MANTEL CLOCKFIRST QUARTER 19TH CENTURY40 cm. high
Ç1,500-2,000
Lot 122AN AUSTRIAN BIEDERMEIER MAHOGANY ANDFRUITWOOD LINE INLAID GRANDE SONNERIE WALL REGULATOR ANDREAS FETTINGER, WIEN. SECOND QUARTER 19TH CENTURY114 cm. high
Ç1,500-2,400
European Noble & Private Collections,
Amsterdam
31st March 2009
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2818
143 158 174
Lot 143A LATE LOUIS XV ORMOLU STRIKING CARTEL CLOCKCHARLES REY, PARIS, THIRD QUARTER 18TH CENTURY56 cm. high
Ç4,000-6,000
Lot 158A LOUIS XV ORMOLU CARTEL D'ALCOVETHE CASE BY JEAN JOSEPH DE SAINT-GERMAIN,CIRCA 1745; CASE48 cm. high
Ç3,000-5,000
Lot 174A FRENCH ONYX, BRONZE AND ORMOLU-MOUNTEDWATCH HOLDERLATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY24 cm. high
Ç800-1,200
European Noble & Private Collections,
Amsterdam
31st March 2009
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Lot 272A TEN PIECE GOLD AND MOTHER-OF-PEARL SEWINGNECESSAIRE IN AN ORMOLU- MOUNTED SHELL-SHAPED CUT-GLASS CASESECOND QUARTER 19TH CENTURY21.5 cm. high
Ç1,000-1,500
Lot 175A NAPOLEON III ORMOLU AND WHITE MARBLESTRIKING MANTEL CLOCKTHIRD QUARTER 19TH CENTURY, THE MOVEMENT BYVINCENTI & Cie34 cm. high
Ç1,200-1,800
Lot 284A LATE LOUIS XVI ORMOLU, PATINATED BRONZEAND ROUGE-GRIOTTE MARBLE FIGURAL STRIKINGMANTEL CLOCKLATE 18TH/EARLY 19TH CENTURY47 cm. high
Ç3,000-5,000
175
272
284
2818
European Noble & Private Collections,
Amsterdam
31st March 2009
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2818
287 288 293
Lot 287A GERMAN POLYCHROME PAINTED STRIKING ZAPPLER WALL CLOCK18TH CENTURY31 cm. high
Ç1,000-1,500
Lot 288A SOUTH GERMAN SILVER-MOUNTED EBONY ANDEBONIZED STRIKING TABLE CLOCK ‘PRUNKUHR’ THE MOVEMENT BY BRAUN, AUGSBURG. LATE 17TH CENTURY; THE CASE 17TH CENTURY AND LATER41 cm. high
Ç800-1,200
Lot 293A GERMAN POLYCHROME PAINTED IRON STRIKINGWALL CLOCKMID 17TH CENTURY26 cm. high
Ç3,000-5,000
European Noble & Private Collections,
Amsterdam
31st March 2009
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Lot 294 AN EBONIZED POCKET WATCH HOLDER WITHWATCH MOVEMENT, TOGETHER WITH A SOUTH-WEST GERMAN EBONISED AND REPOUSSÉ BRASSTABLE CLOCKSIGNED ‘DISMAS REINER IN RIEDLINGEN’, 18TH CENTURYWatch Holder – 22 cm. high; the movement – 42 mm. diam.Table Clock – 37 cm. high
Ç800-1,200
Lot 298AN AUSTRIAN WALNUT QUARTER-STRIKING ANDREPEATING TABLE CLOCKTHE MOVEMENT BY JOHANNES WÖLFLE (WÖLFEL),WIEN. MID 18TH CENTURY; THE CASE 20TH CENTURY44 cm. high (handle down)
Ç800-1,200
Lot 300A SOUTH-GERMAN BIEDERMEIER BRASS-MOUNTEDSTAINED MAPLE AND EBONIZED GRANDE SONNERIEMANTEL CLOCKJOHAN MICHAEL HENGGELLER, MUNICH. CIRCA 180045 cm. high
Ç800-1,200
294
298
300
2818
European Noble & Private Collections,
Amsterdam
31st March 2009
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2818
334 392 414
Lot 334 A FRENCH BRASS-MOUNTED WHITE AND BLACKMARBLE STRIKING PORTICO CLOCKEARLY 19TH CENTURY46 cm. high
Ç1,000-1,500
Lot 392AN ENGLISH CARVED GILTWOOD BAROMETERJAMES TUPMAN, LONDON. FIRST HALF 19TH CENTURY98 cm. high
Ç1,800-2,800
Lot 414A NAPOLEON III EBONIZED CARVED WOOD STRIKING MANTEL CLOCKCIRCA 188070 cm. high (overall)
Ç1,000-1,500
For further information, additional images and condition reports,
please contact:
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Interiors / Master & Makers
South Kensington
(Sales 5901, 5902, 5926)
Alastair Chandler
+44 (0) 20 7389 2227
19th Century Furniture
King Street (Sale 7710)
Giles Forster
+44 (0) 20 7389 2146
European Private & Noble Collections
Amsterdam (Sale 2818)
Koen Samson
+31 20 57 55 904
The Sunday Sale
The Country House Sale
(Sales 5936, 5929)
Lily Canvin
+44 (0) 20 7389 2019
Interiors
New York (Sale 2141)
Laura Layfer
+1 212 468 7117
Please note that lot numbers are subject to change, if you are interested in any clocks
we advise you to contact the appropriate specialist.
View lots at www.christies.com
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