Posts Tagged ‘English’
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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Tuesday, February 9th, 2010
English long case clocks
representing the american waltham pocket watch p s bartlett 1891 models virtual beginning and end of the rodania 1970s ladies automatic gold watch period of interest to connoisseurs. Ahasuerus Fromanteel, c. 1665, and Painted-dial 8-day clock by Barr, Bolton (Lanes), c. 1800.
Such a scale will probably still [...]
Tags: 19th century, AUTOMATIC, banjo clock, black marble, british united, CARRIAGE, CASED, clock face, EBONIZED, English, french marble, gravity clock, GREEN, LANTERN, lantern clock, MARQUETRY, Orlux, PORCELAIN, Queen Victoria, REPEATING, SECONDS, WALL, WATCHES, ZAPPLER
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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, [...]
Tags: American, american walnut, barley, base, BRASS, c amp, camel, CHIMING, Clocks, English, FRENCH, fruitwood, german oak, glass, glass dome, gong, Lenzkirch, MAHOGANY, MANTEL, mantel clock, MARBLE, MINIATURE, Mote, movement, o clock, oak mantel, panel, pediment, pendulum, plinth, PORCELAIN, Portico, rectangular base, rectangular case, ROSEWOOD, side columns, STRIKING, top case, wooden case
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Sunday, January 10th, 2010
A German mahogany chiming Mantel Clock, An American Wall Clock, A mahogany Wall Clock, A French Wall Clock
A giltwood’Sunburst’Wall
Clock, circa 1890, the cream painted dial
with Roman numerals, surrounded with
paste brilliants, the case of customary
form, 52cm.
A Wall Clock Movement, circa 1880, plain white dial with black Roman numerals
An American Wall Clock, circa 1880, of customary style [...]
Tags: 19th century, ALARM, American, ANOTHER, Belfast, BLACK, bracket clock, CENTURY, circa, clock movement, dial, English, escapement, GERMAN, german wall, Ghading, gong, greenside, gustav becker, MAHOGANY, mantel clock, massingham, METAL, metal plaques, movement, OAK, pendulum, PORCELAIN, Reverend Greenside, roman numerals, SECONDS, sunburst, Wall Clock, WALNUT
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Sunday, January 10th, 2010
A silver-cased Mantel Clock, A giltwood Mantel Clock, An oak-cased Mantel Clock
A giltwood Mantel Clock, circa 1880, the timepiece movement with replacement escapement, in a carved frame supported by putto, on scroll columns and shaped base, 57cm.;
A stained oak Mantel Clock, circa
1880, the movement striking on one bell
with exposed Brocot escapement,
stepped white dial with gilt [...]
Tags: 19th century, base, Birmingham, Bond Street, bracket clock, brass case, bun feet, CARRIAGE, carriage clock, case bun, CENTURY, chime, clock case, clock london, damage, dial plate, English, escapement, floral clusters, GOLD, GOTHIC, inlaid, leaf scroll, MAHOGANY, MANTEL, mantel clock, medallion, oak mantel, ovolo, putto, replacement, roman numerals, shell, STRIKING, subsidiary, TIMEPIECE, trafalgar square, watch, WHITE, william comyns
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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
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
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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Monday, December 28th, 2009
18-CARAT GOLD OPEN-FACED KEYLESS LEVER WATCH, SILVER PAIR-CASED VERGE WATCH, SILVER HUNTING-CASED DUPLEX WATCH
A 9-CARAT GOLD OPEN-FACED KEYLESS
LEVER WATCH by Waltham, Mass., with compensation balance, the dial with repeat signature, roman numerals and subsidiary seconds, 47mm, hallmarked Chester 1925
AN 18-CARAT GOLD OPEN-FACED CENTRE-SECONDS KEYLESS LEVER WATCH by
John Lecomber, Liverpool & London,
the three-quarter plate
movement with compensation [...]
Tags: 18 carat gold, A SILVER PAIR, A SILVER PAIR-CASED, balance cock, buchanan street, CENTRE-SECONDS, compensation, coventry, DUPLEX, English, GOLD, gold chain, GOLD-PLATED, HALF-HUNTING-CASED, HUNTING, HUNTING-CASED, KEYLESS, lever watch, london 1843, micrometer, OPEN-FACED, Preston Junior, QUARTER, quarter plate, roman, roman numerals, sheffield, SILVER, SILVER HUNTING-CASED, SILVER PAIR-CASED, subsidiary, three quarter, VERGE, Wadhurst, waltham mass, waltham watch
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Monday, December 28th, 2009
18-CARAT GOLD OPEN-FACED LEVER WATCH, 9-CARAT GOLD OPEN-FACED KEYLESS LEVER WATCH, 18-CARAT GOLD HUNTING-CASED KEY-LESS LEVER WATCH
AN 18-CARAT GOLD OPEN-FACED KEYLESS
LEVER WATCH by Reid & Sons, Neiocastle ироп Тупе, the three-quarter plate movement with compensation balance, the dial with roman numerals, subsidiary seconds and repeat
signature, 46mm, hallmarked London 1903
A SILVER HUNTING-CASED VERGE WATCH
by Wm Fridgett, [...]
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