Posts Tagged ‘BRASS’

Antique Clocks and Vintage Watches. How to identify.

Tuesday, February 9th, 2010

As London had no Code of Press Advertising in those days, the bronze clock stamped em references to the antiques watch necklace by sheffield Regulator being ‘not subject to alter by change of weather’ (i.e., temperature) is hardly accurate, for even now in the clock escapement design twentieth Century we have [...]

ANTIQUE OAK AND MAHOGANY LONGCASE CLOCKS

Saturday, January 16th, 2010

ANTIQUE OAK AND MAHOGANY LONGCASE CLOCKS
A Longcase Clock Movement, circa 1740, with a Win. square brass dial, cast putto and crown spandrels, silvered chapter ring, matted centre signed Jno.
Inkpen, Horsham, the 30-hour movement rack striking on a bell, lacking, in a posted frame, with anchor escapement, with pendulum.
An oak Longcase Clock, with a 12in. arched [...]

CLOCKS: chiming Mantel Clock, circa 1900, American Mantel Clock, circa 1880, German oak Mantel Clock

Saturday, January 16th, 2010

CLOCKS: chiming Mantel Clock, circa 1900, American Mantel Clock, circa 1880, German oak Mantel Clock
A German carved chiming Mantel Clock, circa 1900, the Lenzkirch movement striking on two gongs, the case with carved side columns, with broken pediment and
leaf mantling, 33cm.; 13in., with two keys and pendulum.
A French rosewood and inlay Portico Clock, circa 1850, [...]

ANTIQUE CARRIAGE CLOCKS

Sunday, January 10th, 2010

ANTIQUE CARRIAGE CLOCKS
A Carriage Timepiece, the gilt dial with cream enamel chapter ring, Arabic numerals and paste set surround, cylinder escapement and in gilt-brass case decorated with champleve
enamel friezes and with shaped handle, slight chipping to front glass panel, 15cm.
A Carriage Timepiece, the white enamelled dial inscribed Emanuel, Southampton, lever escapement, in gilt-brass obis [...]

An ebonised Bracket Clock, A rosewood Mantel Clock, A burrwood Bracket Clock

Sunday, January 10th, 2010

An ebonised Bracket Clock, A rosewood Mantel Clock, A burrwood Bracket Clock
A silver and enamel cased
Mantel Clock, London, 1903, the front
painted with foliate clusters on a white
ground, the case with chamfered
corners, ball finial and side handles.
Carrier: A silver-cased Travelling
Clock, import marked for London, 1927,
sponsor’s mark of J. Cartier, the rounded
rectangular case with engine-turned
decoration, the dial [...]

Belgian carved oak Longcase Clock, mahogany Longcase Clock, ‘Adam and Eve’ Longcase Clock, walnut and marquetry Longcase Clock

Saturday, January 2nd, 2010

Belgian carved oak Longcase Clock, mahogany Longcase Clock, ‘Adam and Eve’ Longcase Clock, walnut and marquetry Longcase Clock
An oak and mahogany 48-hour
Longcase Clock, the ll square painted
dial indistinctly signed Rollsonf,
Stamford, the hood with scroll pediment
and fluted columns cross-hatched trunk
door and resting on a deep plinth,
with weight and
pendulum
A mahogany Longcase Clock,
with a  arched painted dial, with
rolling [...]

ANTIQUE LONGCASE CLOCKS: German oak Longcase Clock, walnut chiming Longcase Clock, fruitwood Longcase Clock

Saturday, January 2nd, 2010

ANTIQUE LONGCASE CLOCKS: German oak Longcase Clock, walnut chiming Longcase Clock, fruitwood Longcase Clock
A German oak Longcase Clock, circa, with W silvered dial and triple-train movement with gong striking, the case plain and with three glazed door panels, with pendulum and three
weights
An oak Longcase Clock, circa, the dial with enamel Arabic numerals in a square [...]

Meissen porcelain Clock, gilt Strut Clock, green onyx Mantel Clock, French green marble Mantel Clock

Saturday, January 2nd, 2010

Meissen porcelain Clock, gilt Strut Clock, green onyx Mantel Clock, French green marble Mantel Clock
A Picture Clock, the watch movement mounted in a print of the Horse Guards, in a gilt and ebonised frame,
A quartz Marine Chronometer, in
brass-bound mahogany case and gimbal
mounted
A red lacquered Wall Clock and
a brass-cased Carriage Clock
A maroon lacquered Bracket Clock, with [...]

ANTIQUE SKELETON, LANTERN AND ELECTRIC CLOCKS

Saturday, January 2nd, 2010

ANTIQUE SKELETON, LANTERN AND ELECTRIC CLOCKS
A pair of gilt novelty Turret Clock Hands, the counterweights mounted with watch movements each with setting scale and with centre pivot
A two-day Marine Chronometer by Thomas Mercer, No., with spotted movement, palladian sprung and Earnshaw spring detent escapement, in a brass box with gimbal and in a two-tier oak [...]

ANTIQUE CARRIAGE CLOCKS: brass-cased Carriage Alarm Clock, gilt-brass Alarm Timepiece, brass-cased musical repeating Alarm Clock

Saturday, January 2nd, 2010

ANTIQUE CARRIAGE CLOCKS: brass-cased Carriage Alarm Clock, gilt-brass Alarm Timepiece, brass-cased musical repeating Alarm Clock
A brass-cased Carriage Timepiece,
the white enamelled dial indistinctly signed, the movement with lever escapement, in a shaped case with fluted columns,
A brass Carriage Timepiece, with enamelled dial, the movement by Duverdry & Bloquel with cylinder escapement, in plain case,
A brass Carriage [...]