SECOND DAY’S SALE

THURSDAY 12th JULY 2012

ColleCtors’ items, works of art & CloCks

Commencing not before 12.30pm

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

Saturday 7th July 9.00am to 1.00pm

Sunday 8th July 2.00pm to 4.00pm

Monday 9th July 9.00am to 5.15pm

Tuesday 10th July 9.00am to 5.15pm

Wednesday 11th July 9.00am to 5.15pm

Limited viewing on sale day

Clocks

Enquiries: Leigh Extence

Tel: 01392 413100

Email: extencel@bhandl.co.uk

Works of Art & Collectors’ Items

Enquiries: Martin McIlroy

Tel. 01392 413100

Email: mcilroym@bhandl.co.uk

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580. A carved limestone bust of an angel holding a palm leaf in her left hand and a shield in the other, the shield bears the monogram CHB, 72cm. high.

Provenance: Removed from All Saint’s Church, Halwell Street, Plymouth during demolition in 1987.

£200 - 400

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581. A 19th century musical box playing twelve airs, the 32cm.cylinder with ratchet lever winding, gamme No 33630, contained in an inlaid case decorated with musical trophies, 59cm. long.

£500 - 700

582.A pair of late 18th /early 19th century silk pictures depicting ladies in 17th century attire, contained within fringed borders and enclosed in tortoiseshell frames, each panel 40 x 17cm.

£300 - 500

583.A 19th century mahogany apothecaries’ box, the top with brass military handle enclosing a fitted interior with two drop in trays and bottles, also enclosing scales and weights, 14 x 27 x 14cm.

£220 - 280

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585.An early 19th century Chinese carved ivory and feather fan the white feathers painted in colours with peacocks amongst flowers, with brise decorated sticks, the ends with carved and undercut landscape and floral decoration, mounted in a later glazed fan case, 40 x 63cm.

£700 - 900

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586.A 19th century Continental fan the lithographed paper leaf decorated with a scene of Elizabethan courtiers, the reverse decorated with an Italianate view, with pierced and gilt decorated sticks and guards, 27cm. long.

£150 - 250

587.A 19th century Continental fan, the paper leaf decorated with figures discovering a baby, possibly Moses, in a swinging basket within a garden landscape, with a river landscape to the reverse, with mother of pearl sticks and guards, 27cm. long.

£150 - 250 588.An early 20th century Spanish fan the paper leaf painted with courtiers in a garden setting, signed Martinez, with pierced and gilt decorated sticks and guards, 21.5cm. long.

£60 - 80

589.A late 19th century lace and satin fan the pink satin leaf with applied lace, decorated with butterflies and flowers, having pierced gilt sticks and guards, 24cm. long.

£80 - 100 590.An 18th century Dutch or English fan the leaf with a central painted cartouche of female musicians playing whilst putti dance around a bird bath, flanked by two further cartouches of a bee hive and a bird bath, having pierced bone sticks and guards, 28cm. long.

£200 - 300 591.A late 18th/early 19th century fan the silk leaf painted with a gentleman admiring a painting with the model artist and female in attendance, bordered with sequins and flowers, having pierced and gilt decorated sticks and guards decorated with two hearts and an arrow, 27.5cm. long.

£300 - 400

592.An 18th century fan the paper leaf decorated in the chinoiserie taste with figures, birds and flowers, with slender ivory sticks and pagoda decorated ivory guards, 26.5cm. long.

£300 - 350

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593. An 18th century battoir English fan the paper leaf painted with seated figures in a rustic landscape, with pricked flowerhead, scroll and foliate decorated borders, with thin ivory sticks and carved ivory guards decorated in the chinoiserie taste, 29.5cm. long.

£400 - 500 594.A Regency period brise love fan the arrow shaped leaves with painted decoration of roses within gilded garlands and scrolls, having arrow shaped guards, 16.5cm. long.

£150 - 180 595. A late 19th century fan with black gauze leaf edged with white lace, with plain ivory sticks and guards, 27.5cm. long.

£80 - 120

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596.A late 19th century/20th century painted silk fan the white gauze leaf painted with lily-of-the-valley, with plain mother-of-pearl sticks and guards, one guard bears monogram, 35cm. long.

£120 - 150 597.Duvelleroy; a miniature fan of arched outline, the silk leaf decorated with exotic birds, flowers and applied with sequins, printed Duvelleroy to the reverse, having mother-of-pearl sticks and guards with gilded decoration, 16cm. long contained in a Duvelleroy box.

£300 - 400 598.A 19th century miniature brise fan the pierced leaf decorated with painted floral sprays within gilded cartouches, and similarly decorated guards, 12cm. long, cased.

£100 - 150

599.A set of 19th century sticks and guards the mother-of-pearl sticks with ivory extension having gilded floral decoration, with similar decoration to the mother-of-pearl guards, 35cm. long.

£80 - 120 600. A late 19th century mother of pearl fan the gauze leaf with painted decoration of a girl and dragonflies beside a pond, signed M. Rodigne, the mother-of-pearl sticks and guards carved and painted with dragonflies and butterflies, 35cm. long.

£400 - 500

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601. An Art Deco period Chinese advertising fan ‘Luna Park’ the paper leaf with printed scene of greyhounds chasing a hare, with map to the reverse, with bamboo sticks and guards,28cm. long.

£120 - 150

* During the 1920’s Luna Park, Shanghai was the dog racing centre in China until its closure in 1931.

602.A Chinese fan the paper leaf decorated with three ladies floating on clouds, with bamboo sticks and guards, with invisible signature, 31cm. long, together with a similar fan, (2).

£100 - 150 603 An early 20th century oriental fan the gilded paper leaf painted with figures and a donkey on a track and floral spray decoration to the reverse, with zebra wood sticks and guards, 31.5cm. long.

£60 - 80 604.An 18th century fan the printed paper leaf with hand coloured decoration of figures in a country landscape, with plain ivory sticks and chinoiserie decorated guards, 26cm. long.

£200 - 250

605.A George III aide-memoire fan the printed paper leaf charting the Kings and Queens of England from William I to George III, engraved by S. J. Neele, and published by J. Cock & I.P.Crowder, Wood St. Cheapside, with plain bone sticks and guards, 27cm. long.

£300 - 350 606.A collection of five assorted advertising fans including a French paper fan for the Chemins de Fer de L’Ouest and Casino de Dieppe, a Japanese paper fan advertising Restaurant Drouant, Paris, and three other paper fans for Carlton Hotel London, and Cafe Martin, New York, (5).

£100 - 150

607. A 19th Century gilt-metal and glass chandelier, the central glass shaft of bulbous outline, surmounted by a foliate corona, with four swept branches and acanthus decorated nozzles, with gilt metal acanthus terminal, 85cm. high.

£300 - 400 608. A bronze study of a long eared owl, perched on a naturalistic base, 22cm. high, unsigned.

£300 - 400

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609. A George III sampler with central verse surrounded with flowering shrubs, trees, flowers, birds and angels, within a floral meander border, worked in coloured silks of reds, greens, blues and browns, by Ann Hall, aged 13 and dated 1816, 46 x 31.5cm, contained in a rosewood frame.

£300 - 400

610.A George IV Needlework sampler with banded decoration of upper case alphabet, verse, and the Garden of Eden with Adam and Eve below a tree and coiled serpent, decorated overall with flowering shrubs, birds and animals, worked by Mary Ann Pattman aged 7, and dated March, 1822, 53 x 33cm.

£200 - 300

611. A George III needlework sampler with short verse and decorated overall with figures, flowering shrubs, trees, birds, animals and insects, worked by Elizabeth Pinchbeck, and dated 1806, 41 x 32cm.

£250 - 350

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612. A George III needlework sampler with alphabet, verse and figures amongst flowering shrubs, birds, animals and insects enclosed within a foliate meander border, worked by Charlotte Carter aged 11 and dated 1813, 43 x 33cm.

£150 - 200

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613. A George III needlework sampler with central verse enclosed by flowering shrubs, bird and alphabet within a floral meander border, worked by Mary Vague, dated March 21st, 1810, 31 x 34cm.

£100 - 200

614. A George III needlework sampler with alphabet, verse and banded decoration of birds, insects, flowering shrubs, figures and animals within a floral border, by Ann Corfield Pontesbury, aged 11 and dated June 1st, 1813, 43 x 33cm. together with another sampler by Mary Hudson, dated 1804, 44 x 34cm.

£150 - 200

615. A George III needlework sampler with banded decoration of alphabet, verse, flowering shrubs, animals and birds enclosed by a meandering flowerhead border, worked by Ann Clark, aged 9 and dated 1818, 49 x 34cm.

£200 - 300

616. A pair of Chinese cloisonne vases of circular form with tapering necks, decorated with butterflies amongst flowering shrubs, 20cm. high.

£250 - 350

617. A pair of Chinese bronze vases of ovoid form, with banded decoration of birds and dragons, on a circular foot, 25cm. high.

£300 - 500

618. An Oriental gilt and enamel septofoil box and cover the filigree body embellished with coral, turquoise and polychrome enamel decoration of birds amongst branches of blossoming trees, stamped ‘silver’ to base, 17.5cm high, (some damage).

£200 - 300

619. A Chinese cloisonne enamel double moon flask the front and back panels decorated with village scenes, the sides decorated with flowerheads, 37cm. high. (slight damage).

£300 - 500

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620. A Chinese enamel two handled censor of archaic design, decorated with trailing foliage and flowerheads to a powder blue ground, raised on three dragon mask feet, 24cm. wide.

£400 -600

621. A pair of late 19th Century Japanese cloisonne chargers the centres decorated with a mythical bird, enclosed by an arched and flowerhead decorated border, some damage, 46cm. diameter.

£200 - 300

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625. A carved ivory and silver mounted folio turner the handle carved with tortoise, bird and flowerheads, 39cm. long.

£120 - 150

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626. A large Chinese carved ivory tusk intricately carved with numerous figures at various pursuits under gnarled aged pine, late 19th /early 20th Century, 52cm. long (minor damage), on wood stand.

£800 - 1200

627. A Chinese carved ivory concentric ball ornament on stand carved overall with dragons amongst cloud scrolls, figures, trees and rockwork, late 19th/early 20th Century, 39cm. high (minor damage).

£800 - 1200

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628. A Cantonese carved ivory tusk section carved as figures climbing a hillside with boat and village at the base, on wood stand, total height 22cm. high.

£150 - 200

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629. A Chinese carved aventurine model of a Shi Shi resting on all fours with its smiling face turned to its left 9cm. long, mounted on a polished hardwood stand.

£300 - 500 630. A Chinese carved hardstone seal in the form of a recumbent temple lion, 6cm. long.

£80 - 120

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631. A Chinese carved stone Buddhist stele of rectangular form, having an arched inset recess with dragon mask decoration above and figures to each lower corner, with inscribed character marks to one side and date of 739 AD, the opposite side with three rows of two seated Buddha’s within arches above a larger arch containing Buddha with attendants, 39cm. wide, 64cm. high and 23cm. deep. Tang dynasty.

£3000 - 5000

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632 A Japanese bronze and inlaid vase of ovoid form, decorated with a bird amongst a blossoming tree, signed to the base, 26cm. high, on a wood stand.

£500 - 700

633. A Japanese plum bronze vase the flared rim above flower head collar with geometric decoration over a waisted neck, with pierced and dragon cast handles, the body moulded with flames on a petal shaped baluster base, seal mark to underside of base, 50cm high.

£400 - 600 634. A set of three Japanese silver mounted cloisonne vases decorated with dragons flying amongst clouds, the large vase of ovoid form, 14cm. high, the two smaller globular vases 9.5cm. high, one damaged (3).

£200 - 300 635. A Japanese carved ivory okimono carved as a peasant and young boy picking gourds, on a rocky base, signed, 25cm. high.

£250 - 350

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636. A Japanese carved ivory group of a hippopotamus being attacked by two lions, all three with inset mother-of-pearl eyes, unsigned, Meiji period, 27cm. long, with polished wood stand.

£250 - 350 637-40. No Lots.

641. A Native American pottery vase the terracotta body with flared rim, hand decorated with floral sprays and birds in blue and red glazes, 24cm high.

£300 - 400

642. A Tongan Tapa cloth ceremonial wall hanging hand decorated in alternating panels of crosses and ceremonial tables, 177cm x 164cm.

£150 - 200 643. A Native American rug of alternating bands of geometric designs, 102 x 161cm, (worn).

£200 - 250 644. A Fijian carved wooden souvenir club or walking stick late 19th century, the head incised with animal facial features, the shaft engraved ‘Suva Fiji’ , with woven reed binding to one end, 94cm long.

£100 - 150 645. A Polynesian fishing spear the graduated barbed tip over tapering shaft, 247cm long.

£300 - 400

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646. A South American (Myan) pottery vase of inverted form with hand decorated llams and water carriers, the looped handles united by an applied snake, painted in colours, 9cm high.

£150 - 200 647. A South American pottery figure of a female figure probably Mexican, with stylised angular proportions and incised features, 9.5cm high.

£200 – 300

648. A Quimbaya (Columbia) retablo figure of typical slab form, with nose ring and earrings, 27cm high.

£200 - 300

649. A South American (Chile) terracotta bottle in the form of a head the spout above headress with three animal masks, the body shaped with facial features, label to base inscribed’ From ruined temple in Chili lent by Stephen Brent’ 16.5cm high.

£180 - 220

650. A South America (Post Columbian) burnished ware pot figure with feathered headdress and traditional attire, 19cm high, (a/f)

£150 - 200651. A Persian polished steel bowl incised with Islamic script to exterior and interior, 18cm. diameter.

£200 - 300

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652. Egyptian New Kingdom 1550 - 1070 BC, a light green faience Shabti figure with bands of hieroglyphics, 13.5cm. high, also a small figure of Horus, and a moulded clay mask applique in the form of a horned satyr, late Roman period.

£100 - 200

653. A 19th Century coromandel and brass inlaid decanter case of square outline, the hinged lid and front enclosing four clear glass decanters and stoppers, 24cm. wide.

£300 - 500 654. A late 18th/early 19th century silkwork collage portrait of Lady Mary Dudley, with printed paper hands and face, silkwork bodice and dress with applied pearls, paste stones, holding a prayer book in one hand and gloves in the other, a basket of fruit beside her on the table, 26 x 20cm. contained in an ebonised frame.

£150 - 250

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655. A cold painted bronze and onyx pin tray the green onyx base surmounted by a yellow and a blue budgerigar perched on a branch, 22cm. high.

£100 - 200 656. A pair of cameo carved conch shells one depicting Hebe and the Eagle of Jupiter, the other decorated with the Three Graces, each 24cm. long.

£200 - 300 657. An Edwardian marquetry oval tray in the Sheraton manner, the centre decorated with musical trophies enclosed by a border of putti, baskets of flowers and birds, with galleried border and brass carrying handles, 67cm. diameter.

£200 - 300 658. A 19th century tortoiseshell and mother of pearl inlaid purse of rectangular outline, 10.5cm. wide, a tortoiseshell and inlaid card case, 10.5cm. high and a blonde tortoiseshell box .

£100 - 150 659. An early Victorian papier mache tea caddy the front of serpentine outline, gilded with flowers and foliage, the hinged lid enclosing two lidded compartments, raised on bun feet, 23cm. wide.

£250 - 350

660. A Victorian coromandel wood and brass inlaid travelling vanity box; the rectangular hinged lid enclosing a fitted interior with lift-out tray and clear glass and silver mounted bottles and jars, with polished steel and mother of pearl manicure set, fitted with a spring loaded ring drawer to the side, 34cm. wide, silver hallmarked for London, 1869.

£700 - 900

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661. A Cantonese carved ivory chess set one side stained red, the other left natural, the pieces dressed in traditional costume, the king 10.5cm. high, the pawn 4.5cm. high.

£600 - 800

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662. An Indian carved bone chess set one side left natural, the other stained red, the king 11cm. high, the pawn 4.5cm. high.

£300 - 400

663. A Lignum Vitae wassail bowl and cover the circular top surmounted with a spice cup and cover and three dipper cup finials, with ring turned banded decoration to the cylindrical body, on a spreading circular foot, 43cm. high.

£1000 – 1500

* A similar example is illustrated in Pinto’s, section III, illustration 32.

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664. A carved coconut goblet and cover with pierced banded decoration, raised on a foliate decorated column and circular foot, 21cm.high and a sycamore pedestal bowl and cover 15cm. high.

£250 - 300 665. A 20th century hollow bronze model of a boxer dog standing on all fours with ears pricked and wearing a spiked collar, 91cm. long.

£500 - 600 666. A 19th Century Italian white marble figure of a semi naked young woman, seated on a rock draped with a robe, on a circular base, signed A. Saelas di Frienze, total height 50cm.

£500 - 700 667. An Art Nouveau influence carved marble bust of a young female with long hair and wearing a headband with flowerhead decoration, semi naked and draped with a robe with a stylised lily attached, unsigned, 50cm. high.

£500 - 700

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668. A painted dummy board figure of a boy dressed in 17th century costume and holding a hat, 96cm. high.

£300 - 500 669. A French brass pierced fender each corner surmounted by a robed putti on a bowfront plinth, united by a pierced gallery with acanthus leaf and bead border, 155cm wide.

£350 - 450 670.A pair of French gilt chenet andirons with anthemion decorated reeded balusters on triple scroll supports, raised on a trefoil base with mask decoration and scroll and lion support, 59cm (later conversion to table lamps).

£250 – 350

671. A pair of brass and rouge variegated marble obelisk table lamps raised on square stepped bases with mask decoration and palmette borders, 69cm high.

£300 - 400 672. Six sections of Italianate carved walnut architrave each with a carved pediment above an ovolou border and scroll carved frieze with mask and putto decoration and lambs tongue border beneath, each section, 38 x 41 cm.

£150 - 200 673. A pair of late 19th century French bronze girandole in the rococo style, each with a shaped plate to a frame decorated with ‘C’ scrolls, flowers, rocaille and a dragon, 34.3cm (sconces absent).

£200 - 300

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674. A Regency cast brass and steel fender applied with foliate and fluted mouldings, each stepped rectangular end with a foliate moulded circular support united by a raised pole, 146cm (4ft 9 1/2in) wide.

£300 - 400 675. A 19th Century brass mounted steel fender of serpentine outline, applied with floral and foliate scrolls and on conforming feet, 132cm (4ft 4in) wide.

£150 - 200

676. A pair of Regency brass fenders pierced with stylised flowers and foliage and engraved with repeating shield motifs, 137cm (4ft 6in) wide.

£250 - 350

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677. A pair of late 18th century brass and mahogany milking pails of oval outline and coopered construction, with brass bands to the sides and loop carrying handles, 37cm. wide.

£400 - 600

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678. A French ormolu and bronze six light candelabra the central stem with six foliate and flowerhead decorated branches, supported by a cherub playing a cello, the circular base with foliate and scroll decoration with beaded borders, 74cm. high.

£400 - 600 679. A 19th century Champleve and gilt brass three light wall applique the oval backplate with ribbon tied decoration and foliate and scroll branches with tulip shaped nozzles, 26cm. high.

£150 - 250

680. A circular brass and glass ceiling light in the Empire style with scroll suspension hooks and seated gryphons over a star cut glass shade, 81cm diameter.

£200 - 300 681. A 17th Century bronze cauldron by Francis Sturton (1640-1698) South Petherton, Somerset angular lug handles, the body with four-arc foundry mark and founder’s mark,on short reeded legs, 36cm diameter.

£300 – 500

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685. A large French carriage clock the eight-day duration movement striking the hours and half hours on a gong with a visible lever escapement set within the two-piece brass dial, with stylised Arabic numerals and engraved centre, the brass Corniche case having an aneroid barometer set to the top, with a fluted handle, height 26.5 cm (handle up). Compete with original leather travelling box.

£400 - 600

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686. Henry Jacot, Paris a French gorge-cased carriage clock with the eight-day duration movement having a platform lever escapement and striking the hours and half-hours on a gong and with alarm, the front plate stamped with the secret trademark of Henry Jacot and numbered on the backplate ‘6838’, the white enamel dial with black Roman numerals and blued steel spade hands, the brass gorge case having a five ribbed handle, height 14.5cm (handle down).

£600 - 800 686A. A late 19th century scarlet tortoiseshell, ebonised and cut brass inlaid mantel clock of cartouche outline, the domed top surmounted by a flaming finial, with floral decorated gilt metal mounts and swept feet, the 11cm. enamel Arabic and Roman

chapter ring with in-sight circualr movement striking to a bell, the backplate stamped with Japy Freres circular logo and numbered 43268, 37cm. high.

£300 - 500 687. Japy Freres, Paris an alabaster and gilt-metal mantel clock with an eight-day duration movement striking the hours and half hours on a bell, the backplate stamped with the trademark of the maker ‘Japy Freres’, with the alabaster dial having raised brass Roman numerals and brass spade hands, the shaped alabaster case with cast gilt-metal mounts and feet, height 49cm.

£300 - 500 * For details of Japy Freres see lot no. 694.

688. T & F Mercer, St Albans a brass cased mantel clock with an eight-day duration movement with lever escapement, the eight-inch round silvered dial engraved with black Arabic numerals, ‘slow/fast’ regulation and signed ‘T & F Mercer, Eywood Rd, St Albans, Octo (within a eight-pointed star, British’, with blued steel spade hands, contained within a round brass case with a heavy screw-fastening bezel, on wood base, height 28cm.

£500 - 600 689. A small Masonic timepiece the triangular shaped case with Masonic symbols to the sides and back, the mother-of pearl dial with symbols for the numerals, the underside of the case stamped with patent and serial numbers, height 5.5cm. Contained in a leather travelling box.

£500 - 600

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690. Lenoir a Paris a 19th Century French porcelain and gilt-metal mantel clock the eight-day duration movement striking the hours and half hours on a bell with an outside countwheel, the backplate stamped for the maker ‘Lenoir a Paris’ and the maker of the roulant blanc ‘Vincenti et Cie, 1623’, the white enamel dial with blue Roman numerals, gilt-brass pierced and engraved hands and signed ‘Lenoir, Paris’, the shaped gilt-metal case mounted either side with two putti riding swans, with a shaped porcelain panel to the front depicting cherubs at play on a bed of straw, two oval plaques depicting female heads and further panels to the sides, surmounted by a gilt-metal wreath and doves, standing on a giltwood base, height 43cm., inc. base.

£800 - 1200

* For details of Vincenti see lot no.691.

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691. Rosper Rousell, Paris a shaped glass and brass mantel clock with an eight-day duration movement striking the hours and half-hours on a bell with an outside countweel, the backplate signed ‘Rosper Rousell, Paris’ and stamped with the trademark of the maker of the roulant blanc ‘Vincenti et Cie a Paris’, the white enamel dial with repeat maker’s signature, gilt Roman numerals, brass moon hands and a decorative centre, the shaped case with glass panels having pierced and engraved gilt brass mounts set behind, with two gilt-metal putti to the front examining a bee-hive and further gilt-metal mounts to the case, standing on a shaped gilded base, height 50cm.

£600 - 800 * Vincenti set up his factory producing roulant blancs in Montbeliard in 1823 but went bankrupt a year later, whereupon the clock manufacturer Roux took on the management. They were awarded a silver medal for their movements at the Paris Exhibition of 1824. Vincenti died in 1834.

692. Mougin a Paris an ormolu and marble mantel clock with an 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 maker ‘AD Mougin, Paris, 716’, the white enamel dial with black Arabic numerals and decorative floral swags between, with pierced and engraved brass hands, the rectangular ormolu and white marble case with a shaped plinth and top, fluted columns, floral mounts and surmounted by a marble urn, height 35cm.

£250 - 350

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693. Rousseau after a French onyx and gilt-metal clock garniture with an eight-day duration movement striking the hours and half-hours on a bell with an outside countwheel, the enamel dial with floral decoration and stylised Arabic numerals set within the shaped onyx case with gilt-metal mounts and feet, surmounted by a spelter figure of a boy holding aloft a dove in one hand and a floral sprig in the other and standing on a wild boar, the base of the figure embossed ‘Rosseau’, the case having a brass plaque signed ‘Le Chasse, Par Rousseau (Sculptr.)’, with matching side pieces having figures depicting ‘Amazone’ and ‘Archer’, height 70cm.

£200 - 300 694. Japy Freres, Paris a pink marble and gilt-metal clock garniture with an eight-day duration movement striking the hours and half-hours on a bell with an outside countwheel, the enamel dial with black Arabic numerals, decorative swags between and decorative brass hands, the marble case with four pillars and surmounted by an urn, with various gilt-metal mounts, standing on a shaped base, height41cm. with matching two-piece side candelabra.

£400 – 500 * Originally set up in circa 1771 in Beaucourt by Georges Frederic Japy for the purpose of making ebauches (blanks) for watch movements, by 1809 they were also producing clock movement blanks. By 1810, Pierre’s sons Frederic-Guillaume, Louis-Frederic and Jean-Pierre had joined the firm and soon after the death of Frederic in 1812, his sons renamed the firm Japy Freres et Cie.

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695. Thomas Savage, London a mahogany bracket clock with an eight-day duration double-fusee movement striking the hours on a bell, the seven-inch round painted dial having black Roman numerals, blued steel ‘moon’ hands and signed ‘Thos Savage, London’, the arched mahogany case with a brass-edged inset panel to the front, brass cornucopia handles and fretwork to the sides and standing on brass ball feet, height 37cm.

£250 - 350 *Thomas Savage is recorded as working in London from his apprenticeship in 1788, becoming free of the Clockmakers Company in 1797 and bankrupt in 1835. His son, also Thomas, was free of the Clockmakers Company in 1825.

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696. J &.S. Farr, Bristol a mahogany bell-top bracket clock, with an eight-day duration, double-fusee movement with anchor escapement striking the hours on a bell, the seven-inch arched painted dial having black Roman numerals, decorative blued steel hands and indistinctly signed ‘J.S. Farr, Bristol’, with a ‘strike/silent’ dial to the arch, the mahogany bell-top case having a brass handle and four ball finials to the top, brass inset corners, cast-brass fretwork to the front and glazed sides, standing on cast bracket feet, height 37cm.

£800 - 1000 * Probably John & Stephen Farr, members of the Farr family of Bristol clockmakers, who were apprenticed to their father Stephen in August 1812 and who worked together at his shop in Tower Lane until 1822 having both been made Burgesses of the City in March 1820.

697.A nineteenth-century Dutch Staartklok the posted frame movement striking the hours on a bell and with alarm work, the eleven-inch painted break-arch dial with black Roman numerals, cast ‘four-season’ spandrels to the four corners, alarm setting disc to the centre and a rural village scene painted within the arch, the stained case having a break-arch hood with applied pillars with brass capitals, surmounted by brass ball-and-spire finials, the shaped trunk with an oval glazed lentile with decorative brass mount, height 132cm.

£400 - 600

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698. E. Grimes & Co, Bideford a mahogany octagonal wall clock with an eight-day duration single-fusee movement, the thirteen-inch round painted dial with black Roman numerals, blued steel spade hands and signed ‘E. Grimes & Co, Bideford’, the octagonal mahogany case with curved segments and applied carved fanwork, height 48cm.

£300 – 400 * Edward Grimes is recorded as working at 81, High Street, Bideford from before 1883. 699. William Helliwell, Leeds an oak & mahogany longcase clock with the eight-day duration movement striking the hours on a bell, the thirteen-inch painted break-arch dial having black Roman numerals, subsidiary seconds & date dials, with painted decoration to the four corners and a rural church scene within the arch, signed to the centre ‘Wm. Helliwell, Leeds, with decorative brass hands, the oak case having canted corners with boxwood stringing, a shaped door to the trunk and mahogany panels, the hood having turned pillars with brass capitals and a swan-neck pediment, the panelled base with crossbanding, height 234cm.

£400 – 600 * William Helliwell is recorded as working at 27 Duke Street, Leeds from before 1817 until at least 1822, being at number 54 from 1826 until 1853. From 1837 he had a second shop at 2 Vicar Lane. A number of his clocks are dated; the earliest recorded being 1815.

700. Thomas Hampson, Wrexham an oak longcase clock with the eight-day duration movement striking the hours on a bell, the backplate engraved with a D above L H surrounded with engraved stars, the twelve-inch square brass dial having a raised chapter ring engraved with black Roman numerals, fleur-de-lys half-hour markings, diamond half quarter-hour markings, and signed ‘Hampson, Wrexham, 486’ either side of 30, the matted centre with engraved decoration to the date aperture, ringed winding holes and a subsidiary seconds dial, with decorative blued steel hands and female-head spandrels to the four corners, the oak case with crossbanding to the trunk door and base,

three-quarter columns with giltwood capitals to the hood and a blind fret below the caddy top, standing on bracket feet, height 224cm.

£500 - 700 * Thomas Hampson of Wrexham is recorded as working in the High Street from before 1728 until at least 1748, his home known as ‘The Clock’. He was a prolific maker and numbered the majority of his clocks on the dial, as in this example. Two longcase clocks are in the Museum of Welsh Life, St Fagans with another two in Wrexham Museum. It is known that Hampson made the sundial for Llandderfel churchyard. His son Thomas carried on the clockmaking business and is known to have been working prior to 1772.

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701. Henry Nicolls, Launceston a mahogany longcase clock with the eight-day duration movement striking the hours on a bell, the twelve-inch brass break-arch dial having black Roman numerals and outer Arabic five minute numerals, subsidiary seconds dial, date aperture, and signed to the centre ‘Henry Nicolls, Launceston, with decorative blued steel hands and a ‘strike/silent’ lever to the arch, the mahogany case with reeded canted corners and shaped door to the trunk, the hood having fluted pillars with brass capitals, wavy moulding to the door and a swan-neck pediment, with a plain base, height 232cm.

£800 - 1000 * Henry Nicolls is recorded as working in Launceston before 1791 as both a watch and clockmaker, moving to St Austell in 1793 where, on the 21st of January of that year, he advertised for an apprentice. 702. Nicks Bunch, Bramshott a lacquered longcase clock with a thirty-hour duration movement striking the hours on a bell, the associated ten-inch square brass dial having a raised chapter ring engraved with black Roman numerals and fleur-de-lys half-hour markings, the matted centre with engraved decoration and a ringed date aperture, with female-head spandrels to the four corners, signed ‘Nicks Bunch, Bramshott’, the later black lacquered case with raised chinoiserie decoration and quartered columns to the flat top hood, height 196cm.

£300 -500

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703. An Edwardian mahogany chiming longcase clock the eight-day duration movement striking the hours on a gong and the quarters on a set of sixteen Gloria gongs set in four runs of four, the twelve-inch break-arch dial having a raised, silvered chapter ring with Arabic numerals, subsidiary seconds dial and with ‘strike/silent’ and ‘chime/silent’ subsidiary dials within the arch, the mahogany case having a shaped, glazed trunk door, a shaped raised panel to the base, canted corners to the trunk and base with blind fretwork, the hood with a swan-neck pediment with fretwork below and pillars with brass capitals, standing on bracket feet, height 226cm.

£1400 - 1600

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704. Negretti & Zambra, London a large and impressive carved oak Gothic barometer, with historic figures mounted within the canted corners either side of the silvered barometer dial and seated lions below, with a further figure of an angel standing below the dial, a thermometer set within the trunk, signed ‘Negretti & Zambra, Scientific Instrument Makers to Her Majesty’, height 158cm.

£1000 - 1500 * Negretti & Zambra, a partnership formed by Enrico Negretti and Joseph Zambra, are recorded as working at various addresses in London from 1850 and were the most prolific makers of barometers at this time having taken over the business of the leading maker John Frederick Newman in 1862. They were instrument-makers to Queen Victoria and the Prince Consort.

705.Abram, Bath, a mahogany stick barometer the silvered barometer register plate engraved with a vernier gauge and thermometer set within, signed ‘Abram, Bath’, the mahogany case with a visible tube, turned cistern cover and a pediment top with brass finial to the centre, height 88cm.

£400 - 600

* Jacob Abraham is recorded as working at 1, St Andrew’s Terrace, Bath and then 7, Bartlett Street ‘near the Upper Rooms’ until 1814 as well as having premises in Cheltenham ‘adjoining Mr Thompson’s Pump Room’. He was instrument maker to both the Duke of Gloucester and the Duke of Wellington. 706-720. No Lots.