Posts Tagged ‘IVORY’
Saturday, January 16th, 2010
A red marble Mantel Clock, circa 1900, A mahogany chiming Mantel Clock, ivory inlaid Bracket Clock
A red marble Mantel Clock, circa 1900, the drum movement stamped Maples Of Co., with bell striking, the dial painted with floral garlands, in a plain
rectangular case with moulded pediment, 23cm.; 9in., with key, pendulum and plinth.
An oak-cased Mantel Clock, [...]
Tags: backplate, bracket clock, bun, bun feet, Clocks, coromandel, decoration, Edwardian, eight bells, festoons, finial, foliate, gothic style, inlaid, IVORY, Launceston, lever escapement, london, mantel clock, MARBLE, minor cracks, mouldings, movement, pediment, pendulum, plinth, pointed arch, rectangular case, shield shape, style case, top case, wearmouth
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Sunday, January 10th, 2010
A French gilt brass and bronze Mantel Clock, A gilt spelter Mantel Clock, A French Mantel Clock
A French gilt brass and bronze Mantel Clock, circa 1880, with silvered chapter ring, striking on a gong, the case embossed with coloured metals depicting hunting scenes within
foliage and scrolls, turned pillars, pineapple and urn finials and on stepped [...]
Tags: aperture, AUTOMATIC, bell strike, BLACK, boulle, brass and bronze, cast bronze, CENTURY, chapter, dial, enamel plaques, finials, fishing rod, FRENCH, french bronze, friezes, GILT, giltwood, glass, glass dome, GOTHIC, hand, handler, IVORY, leaf scroll, MAHOGANY, mantel clock, MARBLE, OAK, pachyderm, pineapple, PORCELAIN-MOUNTED, rectangular base, rectangular case, ROSEWOOD, spandrels, spelter, TIMEPIECE, train movement, winder
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Saturday, January 2nd, 2010
French bronze and ormolu Mantel Clock, French gilt-spelter Mantel Clock, German mahogany chiming Mantel Clock, black marble Mantel Clock
A French ormolu Timepiece,
with a V white enamelled dial, chipped, the movement with silk suspension contained in a vase-shaped case resting on a rectangular plinth applied with trophies, llV
A French bronze and ormolu
Mantel Clock, with a [...]
Tags: asymmetrical, benson, black marble, brass column, Candelabr, case, CUCKOO, dial, FIGURE, FRENCH, french bronze, Freres, FUSEE, garland, GARNITURE, GILT-SPELTER, greek warrior, hourglass, IVORY, LADIES, Lenzkirch, LEVER, MAHOGANY, MANTEL, mantel clock, MARBLE, MUSICAL, onyx, ormolu, pendulum, plinth, PORCELAIN, Raingo, standing, style, suspension, TIMEPIECE, WOOD WALL
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Saturday, January 2nd, 2010
nickel cased Goliath Watch, the white enamelled dial with black Roman numerals, gold cased Wrist Watch, gentleman’s Swiss Chronograph Wrist Watch
A gentleman’s silver cased
glazed Mysterious Watch, with part
jewelled cylinder movement, decorated
inner case titled Swiss Made, the glazed
dial translucent and with Arabic
numerals in a foliate surround
A Watch Movement by Jam’s Bush, London, No. gilt fusee Movement [...]
Tags: 19th century, A SILVER CASED, arabic numerals, backplate, balance cock, Belfast, BLACK, blued steel, Calendar, CENTURY, CHRONOGRAPH, chronograph wrist watch, CYLIN, CYLINDER, decoration, dial, escapement, FRENCH, FUSEE, garter, geneve, GILT, GOLD, gold bracelet, Goliath, HUNTING, inner case, IVORY, link bracelet, METAL, Mysterious, OPEN-FACED, outer case, oyster, POCKET, pocket watch, QUARTER-REPEATING, ROLEX, SILVER, SILVER PAIR-CASED, SMALL, steel hands, SWISS, swiss chronograph, thomas russell, VERGE, Waltham, waltham mass, watch case, watch movement
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Monday, December 28th, 2009
MAHOGANY LONGCASE CLOCK, EBONY BRACKET CLOCK, GEORGE III OAK LONGCASE CLOCK, BRASS GRAVITY CLOCK, BRASS GRAVITY CLOCK
A MAHOGANY LONGCASE CLOCK, the
13in circular brass dial engraved 5. Hill, Tetley, within a rococo cartouche, the brass movement with turned pillars, the arched hood carved with leaves and flower heads, the
waist with canted sides, similarly carved, 78lin; 199.5cm, [...]
Tags: 19th century, aneroid, arabic numerals, bracket clock, BRASS, brass dial, british united, BURR-WALNUT BRACKET, centigrade thermometer, circular frame, clock, corn hill, EBONY BRACKET, eight bells, England, GILT-BRONZE, glass dome, GOOD, gravity clock, GREEN, IVORY, longcase, MAHOGANY, MANTEL, mantel clock, oak mantel, PORCELAIN, porcelain dial, regent street, roman numerals, SIMILAR, TIMEPIECE, UNUSUAL, waist
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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
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
QUARTER-STRIKING BRACKET CLOCK, 18TH CENTURY BRACKET CLOCK AND BRACKET, WOOD WALL CLOCK, ENGLISH LANTERN CLOCK, GERMAN ZAPPLER MANTEL TIMEPIECE
A NEUCHATELOISE QUARTER-STRIKING BRACKET CLOCK with a convex enamel dial, the movement with anchor escapement and gong striking with outside count wheel cut for the hours and
quarters, the waisted case with an oval pendulum aper-rure and decorated [...]
Tags: ALARUM, anchor, AUTOMATON, backplate, birdcage, bracket, bracket clock, Calendar, CENTURY, clock, country pursuits, EARLY, enamel plaques, English, escapement, FIGURE, GERMAN, gilt flowers, ITALIAN, italian walnut, IVORY, jaquet droz, Jonas Pierre Con-tesse, LANTERN, lantern clock, Luigi Moschini, MANTEL, NEUCHATELOISE, plumage, QUARTER-STRIKING, singing bird, slender columns, steel centre, Surround, TIMEPIECE, tortoiseshell, UNUSUAL, vertical balance, VERY, Wall Clock, white breast, wood, WOOD WALL, ZAPPLER
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Sunday, December 6th, 2009
A GERMAN CARVED FRUITWOOD CUCKOO CLOCK - A VICTORIAN BRASS MANTEL CLOCK - A BRASS AND COPPER OIL LAMP - A GERMAN CARVED FRUITWOOD CUCKOO CLOCK
A BRASS TRIVET 19TH CENTURY
The pierced circular top oil baluster stein and tripod support with paw feet; another brass trivet, the pierced lozenge shaped top on splayed pointed supports; a [...]
Tags: bun feet, clock, CUCKOO, FRENCH, IVORY, MAHOGANY, mantel clock, MARBLE, paw feet, PEARL INLAID, regency design, VICTORIAN, victorian brass, wall mirror
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