Posts Tagged ‘CENTURY’
Saturday, January 2nd, 2010
silver cased key-wind open-faced Pocket Watch, silver-gilt and copper-gilt key-wind open-faced pair-cased Pocket Watch
A gentleman’s silver cased key-wind open-faced Pocket Watch, London, the scrollwork engraved duplex movement with slow/fast regulator, signed Bovet, London, engraved white metal
dust cover, the white enamelled dial with black Roman hour numerals, gilt hands and centre seconds, with a plain [...]
Tags: 19th century, A SILVER PAIR-CASED, arabic numerals, backplate, Birmingham, Cassidy, CENTURY, Chester, CHROME, CHRONOGRAPH, escapement, gentleman, glasgow, GOLD, Hopalong, HUNTING, KEYLESS, link bracelet, longines, mark birmingham, Maston, octagonal, OPEN-FACED, pillars, plain case, POCKET, pocket watch, quarter plate, rectangular case, red hands, regulator, REPEATING, ROLEX, roman, roman numerals, SILVER CASED, silver gilt, subsidiary, titus geneve, Waltham, watch, WRIST
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Saturday, January 2nd, 2010
ANTIQUE ENGLISH CLOCKS: mahogany Mantel Clock, mahogany Bracket Clock, walnut Mantel Clock, ebonised Bracket Timepiece
A late Victorian mahogany
chiming Mantel Clock, the arched dial
with three subsidiary dials and signed
William Edmead, London, the substantial
movement chiming on eight bells and
striking on a gong, in a plain case with
caddy top, canted corners and resting on
moulded bracket feet
A late Victorian [...]
Tags: 19th century, ANTIQUE, backplate, ball feet, Barraud, Barrauds, bell, Bloquel, bracket, bracket clock, BRONZE, CENTURY, chapter, circa, circular plates, claw, clock, Clocks, cornhill, cylindrical case, EBONISED, eight bells, engine, English, Exchange, FRENCH, FUSEE, GOOD, henry ellis, homing pigeon, inlaid, james murray, John Scott, Lenzkirch, MAHOGANY, mantel clock, pendulum, pineapple finial, royal exchange, side columns, spandrels, STRIKING, subsidiary, surmount, TIMEPIECE, train movement, Turners, UNUSUAL, VICTORIAN, victorian mahogany, WALNUT, WHITE, William, William Edmead, winder, Wynn
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Monday, December 28th, 2009
BRASS CARRIAGE ALARUM TIMEPIECE, BRASS CARRIAGE REPEATING CLOCK, MUSICAL BRASS CARRIAGE CLOCK, GRAND AND PETIT SONNERIE REPEATING CARRIAGE ALARUM CLOCK
A BRASS CARRIAGE ALARUM TIMEPIECE,
the cornice case numbered 316, the back plate with the Coquille arrow, the silvered chapter rings with pierced filigree centers, 16cm, c. 1910
The significance of the Canailles arrow is discussed in Carriage [...]
Tags: 19th century, ALARUM, apron, balance, balance spring, BRASS, BRONZE, Canailles, CARRIAGE, carriage clock, carriage clocks, CENTURY, chapter rings, Charles Allis, clock, Clocks, composite columns, coquille, cornice, CYLIN, CYLINDER, EARLY, EBONY CARRIAGE, enamel dial, France, GERMAN, GILT-BRONZE, GRAND, indistinct, leather case, louis xv, MUSICAL, roman numerals, SMALL, SONNERIE, TIMEPIECE, WHITE, WINDING
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Monday, December 28th, 2009
MAHOGANY BRACKET CLOCK, STAINED BEECHWOOD LONGCASE CLOCK, LACQUERED BRACKET CLOCK, COPPERED BRASS ATMOS CLOCK, GERMAN OAK BRACKET CLOCK
A MAHOGANY BRACKET CLOCK with
quarter-hour striking on rod gongs, the dial with roman numerals and sub-sidiary chime/silent and slow/fast dials, in a rectangular vase with a molded top, surmounted by a
carrying handle, 16lin; 42cm, ргоЬаЫу German, with кеу [...]
Tags: 19th century, arabic numerals, ATMOS, BEECHWOOD, BRASS, brass base, brass lantern, CENTURY, CHROME, clock, COPPERED, enamel dial, English, FIGURE, fruitwood, GERMAN, german oak, gustave, GUSTAVE BECKER, inlaid, LACQUERED, lantern clock, longcase, MAHOGANY, MANTEL, METAL, pendulum, QUARTER, rectangular vase, roman numerals, SIMILAR, SMALL, STRIKING, TIMEPIECE, WALNUT, WOOD AUTOMATON
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Saturday, December 26th, 2009
BRASS AND CHAMPLEVE CLOCK GARNITURE, AESTHETIC MOVEMENT EBONIZED MAHOGANY AND PORCELAIN MANTEL CLOCK, GILT SPELTER AND PORCELAIN CLOCK GARNITURE
A BRASS AND CHAMPLEVE CLOCK GARNITURE, the gilt chapter ring with Arabic numerals, the movement with half-hour striking on а gong, contained in an architectural case with
segmental pediment surmounted by an urn, bearing а presentation plaque dated [...]
Tags: 19th century, AESTHETIC, bracket, BRASS, brass dial, Calendar, cartouche, CENTURY, CHAMPLEVE, clock case, DRESS, EBONIZED, escapement, GILT, GOOD, MANTEL, mantel clock, MINUTE, movement, pendulum, PORCELAIN, rectangular case, repeat sign, ring, SECONDS, STEEL, style, TIMEPIECE, tortoiseshell
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Saturday, December 26th, 2009
MAHOGANY WHEEL BAROMETER, ОAK LONGCASE CLOCK, GEORGE III STYLE MAHOGANY QUARTER CHIMING AND REPEATING LONGCASE CLOCK, BLACK LACQUER LONGCASE CLOCK
A MAHOGANY WHEEL BAROMETER, with a silvered register, the trunk applied with a hygrometer, a thermometer, a mirror and а Level, engraved Warranted Correct, (95cm), early 19th
century.
A MAHOGANY WHEEL BAROMETER, the 8in silvered register hygrometer, thermometer, [...]
Tags: 19th century, Abraham, balerna, barometer, Birmingham, black lacquer, boxwood, BRASS, CASED, CENTURY, chapter, Chester, clock, convex glass, EARLY, escapement, GEORGE III, GOOD, hanover street, hygrometer, hygrometer thermometer, IVORY, L Smith, longcase, longcase clock, MAHOGANY, QUARTER, REPEATING, ROSEWOOD, SECONDS, street london, style, subsidiary, thermometer, WILLIAM IV, yesterday and today
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Saturday, December 26th, 2009
18 CARAT GOLD OPEN FACED KEY-LESS LEVER FOB WATCH, 18 CARAT GOLD OPEN FACED KEY-LESS LEVER WATCH, 9 CARAT GOLD HUNTING CASED LEVER WATCH
А 14K OPEN FACED KEY WOUND
CYLINDER FOB WATCH, with three-quarter plate movement, metal coveted, engraved dial and case, stamped 14K, 38mm.
A PLATED HUNTING CASED KEYLESS LEVER POCKET WATCH by Elgin
Watch Со., the [...]
Tags: 18 carat gold, 19th century, CARAT, CASED, CENTURY, CHAMPLEVE, Constantin Geneve, CRYSTAL, CYLINDER, EARLY, enamel dial, FACED, geneve, GOLD, HUNTING, LEVER, liverpool, METAL, plain case, PLATED, POCKET, QUARTER, quarter plate, renaissance, roman numerals, SECONDS, subsidiary, VERGE, WOUND
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Saturday, December 26th, 2009
GOLD AND ENAMEL CYLINDER WATCH, 9 CARAT GOLD OPEN FACED KEYLESS LEVER WATCH, 18 CARAT GOLD OPEN FACED KEY WOUND LEVER WATCH, 14K OPEN FACED KEYLESS LEVER WATCH
А 14K OPEN FACED KEYLESS CYLINDER
WATCH, with a bar movement, plated cavetti, engraved dial and a chased case, 38mm.
A GOLD AND ENAMEL CYLINDER WATCH, the Le Pine Caliber [...]
Tags: 18 carat gold, A SILVER OPEN, arabic numerals, caliber, CARAT, CASED, CENTURY, CHRONOGRAPH, CYLINDER, enamel, FACED, foliate, GOLD, HUNTING, le roy, LEVER, oval portrait, P. CONSTANTINE, Pine, POCKET, QUARTER, quarter plate, ROLEX, roman numerals, SECONDS, subsidiary, watch, young girl
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Saturday, December 26th, 2009
ANTQUE SCIENTIFIC AND MEDICAL INSTRUMENTS. SURVEYING AND NAVIGATIONAL INSTRUMENTS. WATCHMAKERS’ TOOLS.
A HAND-TURNED BRASS AND STEEL WATCHMAKERS LATHE with
helical driving gear, three-jaw chuck, tool rest, tool-post with two-way micrometer adjustment and tail stock, on rectangular mahogany base, bed length 17Un. (44cm.), distance
bet-ween centres 8in. (20cm.), English, circa 1860.
A HAND-TURNED WATCHMAKERS ROUNDING-UP TOOL
mounted on square mahogany base, [...]
Tags: ADAMS, CENTURY, EARLY, English, FRENCH, HAND-TURNED, horizontal scales, INSTRUMENTS, IVORY, jaw chuck, LATHE, M. ROBERT DE, magnetic compass, mahogany base, medical instruments, micrometer, navigational instruments, NEWTON CELESTIAL, right angles, ROSEWOOD, socket head, spirit level, spirit levels, STANLEY OXIDISED, STEEL, SWISS, theodolite, tool rest, UNUSUAL, WATCHMAKERS, wood
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Saturday, December 26th, 2009
GOLD AND ENAMEL VERGE WATCH, GOLD AND SPLIT PEARL SET HUNTING CASED VERGE WATCH, QUARTER REPEATING AUTOMATON WATCH, REPEATING MUSICAL CYLINDER WATCH
A GOLD AND ENAMEL VERGE WATCH in the form of a mandolin,
the unsigned movement with white enamel dial with arabic
numerals, the sounding board of dark blue enamel, the back
of the case with panels of [...]
Tags: arabic numerals, AUTOMATON, brooch, CENTURY, CHAMPLEVE, CLOCKWATCH, CYLINDER, Des Arts, enamel, enamel dial, escapement, Francois, gold decoration, HUNTING, MANDO- LIN, mandolin, mechanism, REPEATING, roman numerals, schmit, scrollwork, SECONDS, SET, SILVER QUARTER, sounding board, VERGE
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