Posts Tagged ‘clock’
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 [...]
Tags: anchor, BLACK, BRASS, CARRIAGE, CENTURY, clock, clock movement, CUCKOO, English, FRENCH, glass clock, longcase, marble clock, MUSICAL, OAK, pearl, rococo, SILVER, Silversmiths, TIME, TIMEPIECE, WINDING, zenith
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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 [...]
Tags: antique oak, aperture, AUTOMATON, bell, Birmingham, bracket, BRASS, brass dial, broken arch, Burton Street, chamfered corners, clock, clock movement, Corinthian, day bell, Dent, dentils, escapement, frame, fruitwood, glass panel, hood, Horsham, inkpen, inlaid, Jno, knowle, longcase, longcase clock, MAHOGANY, moon, movement, OAK, pediment, pendulum, plinth, side columns, spandrels, STEEL, swan neck, waist, weight
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Saturday, January 16th, 2010
French bronze and marble Mantel Clock, circa 1880, French gilt Mantel Clock, French gilt-metal Gothic Clock
An American Wall Clock, circa 1880, with painted and glazed front panel, 66cm.; 26in.; and a gilt-spelter Mantel Clock.
A French alabaster Mantel Clock Garniture, circa 1850, the dial with chased centre, silvered chapter ring and gilt foliate surround, the rectangular [...]
Tags: acanthus, alabaster, American Wall, caryatid, case, CHAMPLEVE, champleve enamel, CHIMING, clock, Corinthian, Edinburgh, Elephant, escapement, finial, foliate, french bronze, GARNITURE, GILT-SPELTER, glass, glass dome, GOOD, GOTHIC, ground, H. Sch, ivory panel, MANTEL, mantel clock, MARBLE, marble plinth, mask, movement, OAK, pastes, pendulum, PLATED, PORCELAIN, presentation, regulation, ring, silver gilt, surmount, TIMEPIECE, torsion bar, tortoiseshell, W. Oppenheim, Wall Clock
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Saturday, January 16th, 2010
CARRIAGE CLOCKS: silver-cased Desk Clock, French silver and tortoiseshell Mantel Timepiece, hallmarked London, Carriage Clock with Alarm
A Duverdry & Bloquel Carriage
Timepiece, with white enamelled dial
and cylinder escapement, in gilt-brass
case with scroll handle, 14.5cm.; 53Ain., in
carrying case.
A Carriage Timepiece, with white
enamelled dial and cylinder escapement,
in gilt-brass obis case, 14.5cm.
A champleve enamel Carriage
Timepiece, with gilt matted and [...]
Tags: ALARM, alarm clock, ALARUM, arabic numeral, arabic numerals, Birmingham, Bloquel, bracket, bracket clock, brass case, bulle, CARRIAGE, carriage clock, carriage clocks, carrying case, CASED, clock, Clocks, Cockspur, CYLIN, CYLINDER, cylinder escapement, Dent, desk clock, Duverdry, enamel decoration, escapement, Examined, glass, glass panel, LEVER, lever escapement, MANTEL, mantel clock, METAL, MINIATURE, OVAL, pearl, presentation, rectangular case, REPEATING, serpentine, SILVER, TIMEPIECE, tortoiseshell, Webb
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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 [...]
Tags: A Henry Jacot, amp, ANTIQUE, antique carriage clocks, Arabic, arabic numeral, arabic numerals, backplate, Bond Street, BRASS, brass case, CARRIAGE, carriage clock, CHAMPLEVE, chapter, clock, Clocks, Corinthian, corniche, cylinder escapement, decoration, emanuel, friezes, gilt dial, glass panel, gong, jacot, lever escapement, london, mechanism, MINIATURE, PASTE, PEARL INLAID, pendulum, pendulum aperture, piece case, pillars, regent st, ROSEWOOD, Silversmiths, Southampton, TIMEPIECE, WHITE
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Sunday, January 10th, 2010
A marquetry Longcase Clock, An oak Longcase Clock, Edwardian stained oak chiming Longcase Clock
An oak Longcase Clock, circa
1820, the Win. painted dial signed
T. Humphrey, Guildford, the 30-hour
movement striking on a bell, the hood
with moulded pediment and plain
columns, with plain trunk and plinth
base, 188cm.; 74in. high, with weight and
pendulum.
An oak and mahogany Longcase Clock, circa 1810, [...]
Tags: aperture, ball finials, baluster, brass dial, BRASS-MOUNTED, bravington, CHIMING, clock, Edwardian, foliate, GEORGE, guildford, Hirksman, hour, james butler, longcase, longcase clock, MAHOGANY, MARQUETRY, mechanism, OVAL, pendulum, replacement, side columns, SILVER, spandrels, subsidiary, swan neck, tayler, WALNUT, weight, Westminster, whittington, WINDING
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Thursday, January 7th, 2010
MAHOGANY MUSICAL LONGCASE CLOCK, OAK LONGCASE CLOCK, 18TH CENTURY OAK LONGCASE CLOCK
A GEORGE III MAHOGANY MUSICAL LONGCASE CLOCK, the 12-inch dial with seconds dial, calendar aperture and rococo spandrels, the arch signed John Meredith London between Chime/Not Chime and four tune selector dials, the music including Nu vel vaerfrist til mode, the repeating three train [...]
Tags: A BURR-WALNUT LONGCASE, Anthony Hebert London, AUTOMATON, broken arch, Calendar, CENTURY, Clarke Leadenhall, clock, cock, corinthian columns, fruitwood, GEORGE, GEORGE III, Gray London, Joseph Oxley, longcase clock, MAHOGANY, MARQUETRY, MUSICAL, north country, OAK, pediment, pendulum aperture, pillar, plinth, REPEATING, right angles, rococo, SECONDS, SILVER, street london, STRIKING, swan neck, Thomas Kefford, veneer, Wainwright
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Thursday, January 7th, 2010
WALNUT BRACKET CLOCK, SCOTTISH EBONISED BRACKET CLOCK, QUARTER-STRIKING SKELETON CLOCK
A GEORGE III MAHOGANY BRACKET CLOCK with a
chipped 8-inch painted dial and pierced gilt hands, the
movement with anchor escapement and numbered
pendulum adjustment, the backplate signed Rivers &
Son Cornhill London and with engraved borders, in a
moulded broken-arch case with a panelled top and
brass scale frets at the [...]
Tags: acanthus, adjustment, apertures, backplate, brass scale, broken arch, CHIMING, clock, EBONISED, EBONY-VENEERED QUARTER-REPEATING, fennell, GEORGE, GEORGE III, james co, Kenneth Maclennan, LANTERN, lever escapement, MAHOGANY, pendulum aperture, QUARTER-STRIKING, quarters, ROSEWOOD, SCOTTISH, SKELETON, skeleton clock, threlkeld, TIMEPIECE, top case, two bells, UNUSUAL, WALNUT, William, william upjohn
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Thursday, January 7th, 2010
SILVERED METAL ALARUM CARRIAGE CLOCK, ENGLISH CARRIAGE TIMEPIECE, EBONISED BALLOON MANTEL CLOCK, EBONISED CHIMING BRACKET CLOCK
A Carriage Timepiece with an enamel dial, the cylinder movement with the stamp of Duverdry and Bloquel, in a rectangular case, 41hin. high (11.Sem.)
A Carriage Timepiece with an enamel dial, lever movement and rectangular case, 41kin. high, (11.5cm.)
A Carriage Clock [...]
Tags: 19th century, ALARUM, aperture, backplate, balance, bell, bracket, bracket clock, carriage clock, case case, CENTURY, CHIMING, chisholm, clock, EARLY, EBONISED, Edinburgh, enamel dial, English, filigree decoration, grey enamel, Hands, japy freres, lever escapement, mackay, MAHOGANY, MANTEL, mantel clock, OVAL, pale grey, platform, PORCELAIN, PORCELAIN-MOUNTED, QUARTER-STRIKING, REGENCY, TIMEPIECE, UNUSUAL, woman and child
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Saturday, January 2nd, 2010
8ct. gold circular cased Wrist Watch by Rolex, lady’s Ring Watch by Hamilton & Co., steel cased Wrist Watch by Baume and Mercier, Geneve
A gentleman’s keyless-wind full hunting cased Dress Watch by A.W.W. Co., Waltham, Mass., with a jewelled lever movement, No., plain cuvette, the white enamelled dial with black
Roman hour numerals, subsidiary seconds and [...]
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