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Fine Clocks
Auction date
Wednesday 26 June 2024
14:00
- 17:00 BST
Wednesday 26 June – Sussex Saleroom
Lot 1251 – 1336 Fine Clocks 2pm
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Image: Lot 1263 THOMAS TOMPION, LONDON: A FINE SILVER PAIR-CASED VERGE POCKET WATCH £15000-25000
Lot 1251
Unsold
A FRENCH LUNARIUM
Signed Delamarche, 25 rue Serpente, Paris, circa 1890
The geared brass armature supporting the 3” globe, from a brass upright rising from the burr walnut…
Estimate: £500 - £800
26 June 2024
26 June 2024
Lot 1252
Sold
A GEORGE III MAHOGANY STICK BAROMETER
By George Burton, London
The arched top above silvered two-piece scales, the barometer dial signed Geo Burton, London,…
Hammer price:
£450
Estimate: £200 - £400
26 June 2024
26 June 2024
Lot 1253
Sold
A LARGE MAHOGANY SHOP WINDOW BAROMETER
By J. Hicks, 8,9,10 Hatton Garden, London
The glazed upper part with porcelain scales and brass verniers, the lower part with a solid door,…
Hammer price:
£150
Estimate: £200 - £300
26 June 2024
26 June 2024
Lot 1254
Sold
A LATE REGENCY ROSEWOOD AND BRASS-INLAID WHEEL BAROMETER
With ‘onion’ top, above hydrometer dial and bow-front removable thermometer, 8in silvered dial,…
Hammer price:
£70
Estimate: £50 - £80
26 June 2024
26 June 2024
Lot 1255
Sold
A LATE LOUIS XVI PROVINCIAL GILTWOOD AND GESSO BAROMETER
Signed Joseph Thiery
Surmounted by a ribbon-tied oak and acorn cresting, above moulded circular frame, the circular…
Hammer price:
£380
Estimate: £200 - £400
26 June 2024
26 June 2024
Lot 1256
Unsold
A FRENCH MAHOGANY BAROGRAPH
By Richard Frères, Paris, late 19th Century
The case with two retaining hooks and three glazed panels, steel carrying handle, the mechanism on…
Estimate: £100 - £150
26 June 2024
26 June 2024
Lot 1257
Unsold
AN EDWARDIAN OAK GLAZED BAROGRAPH
Turnbull & Co, Princes Street, Edinburgh
With five bevelled panels, the mechanism on a brass rectangular plate, no 4673, with seven aneroid…
Estimate: £150 - £250
26 June 2024
26 June 2024
Lot 1258
Unsold
A RARE FRENCH SILVER MINIATURE COMPASS SUNDIAL AND CASE
By Roch Blondeau, Paris, third quarter 17th Century
The oval silver dial with engraved Roman chapters from IIII to XII and I to VIII, with 15-minute…
Estimate: £2,000 - £3,000
26 June 2024
26 June 2024
Lot 1259
Sold
A ROSEWOOD THREE-TIER DECK WATCH CASE
Circa 1860
The stop-hinged lid opening to reveal a glass observation panel, the mid-section, also stop-hinged,…
Hammer price:
£160
Estimate: £100 - £200
26 June 2024
26 June 2024
Lot 1260
Sold
GEORGE WHITE, ENGLISH LANTERN CLOCKS, WOODBRIDGE, 1989
Hammer price:
£100
Estimate: £100 - £200
26 June 2024
26 June 2024
Lot 1261
Sold
HOROLOGY - A GROUP OF TEN BOOKS TO INCLUDE
Derek Roberts, British Skeleton Clocks, , Woodbridge, 1987Richard C. Barder, The Georgian Bracket…
Hammer price:
£40
Estimate: £50 - £100
26 June 2024
26 June 2024
Lot 1262
Sold
HOROLOGY - A SMALL GROUP OF BOOKS TO INCLUDE
Tony Mercer, Chronometer Makers of the World, Colchester, 1991
F. J. Britten, Old Clocks & Watches and Their Makers, London, 1989
R. W. Symonds, Thomas Tompion His Life and Work, Feltham, 1969
Michael Balfour, The Classic Watch, London, 1989
F. J. Britten, Old Clocks & Watches and Their Makers, London, 1989
R. W. Symonds, Thomas Tompion His Life and Work, Feltham, 1969
Michael Balfour, The Classic Watch, London, 1989
Hammer price:
£35
Estimate: £40 - £60
26 June 2024
26 June 2024
Lot 1263
Unsold
THOMAS TOMPION, LONDON: A FINE SILVER PAIR-CASED VERGE POCKET WATCH
No. 1292, circa 1690-91
The plain outer case with square hinge, case-maker EA incuse (for Thomas East), the inner case with…
Estimate: £15,000 - £25,000
26 June 2024
26 June 2024
Lot 1264
Sold
EVANS, CARTER & WRIGHT, THOMAS TOMPION 300 YEARS, STROUD, 2013
Leather and cloth, in a slip case, with original wrapper, unnumbered limited edition
Hammer price:
£280
Estimate: £150 - £250
26 June 2024
26 June 2024
Lot 1265
Sold
A REGULATOR MOVEMENT
Unsigned, 20th Century
Weight driven, with 10 1/2in circular silvered dial with sweep central minute dial and subsidiaries…
Hammer price:
£380
Estimate: £200 - £300
26 June 2024
26 June 2024
Lot 1266
Sold
A GEORGE II 12in SQUARE BRASS DIAL LONGCASE CLOCK MOVEMENT
Unsigned
The 12in dial with matted centre and calendar aperture below seconds subsidiary, the twin train…
Hammer price:
£100
Estimate: £150 - £200
26 June 2024
26 June 2024
Lot 1267
Sold
A GEORGE III LONGCASE CLOCK MOVEMENT
By John Huggins, Ashwellthorp
The 12in arched brass dial with a silvered roundel to the arch engraved with a phoenix, above…
Hammer price:
£90
Estimate: £100 - £150
26 June 2024
26 June 2024
Lot 1268
Sold
AN EIGHT-DAY LONGCASE CLOCK MOVEMENT
The dial signed Baldwin Potter, Belturbett
The 13 1/2in brass dial with gilt spandrels, engraved borders, wide chapter ring, signed about the…
Hammer price:
£130
Estimate: £150 - £200
26 June 2024
26 June 2024
Lot 1269
Sold
A VICTORIAN MAHOGANY FUSÉE DIAL CLOCK
Matthews, Bridport
With a brass glazed bezel above 12in white-painted dial, inscribed MATTHEWS BRIDPORT, the wire gut…
Hammer price:
£120
Estimate: £100 - £150
26 June 2024
26 June 2024
Lot 1270
Sold
A GILT METAL-MOUNTED MAHOGANY DROP-DIAL WALL CLOCK
In the George III style, inscribed Martins Bank, London, circa 1900
The circular case with swan-neck pediment centred by an eagle and ball finial, above a convex…
Hammer price:
£750
Estimate: £300 - £500
26 June 2024
26 June 2024
Lot 1271
Unsold
A HOOK AND SPIKE 30-HOUR WALL TIMEPIECE WITH ALARM
By Whitehurst & Son, Derby, No. 3913, first half 19th Century
The 6in circular silvered dial signed Whitehurst & Son, Derby, with single blued steel hour hand…
Estimate: £500 - £700
26 June 2024
26 June 2024
Lot 1272
Sold
A SMALL WALNUT HOODED WALL CLOCK CASE
In the 17th Century style
The break-arched hood with a glazed arched hinged door and two arched glazed sides, the wall-piece…
Hammer price:
£100
Estimate: £120 - £180
26 June 2024
26 June 2024
Lot 1273
Unsold
A LATE GEORGE II 30-HOUR BIRDCAGE MOVEMENT WALL CLOCK AND BRACKET
By William Boxall, Petworth, circa 1740
The 8in square brass dial with cast spandrels with silvered chapter ring enclosing a matted centre…
Estimate: £400 - £600
26 June 2024
26 June 2024
Lot 1274
Sold
A CARVED WALNUT MINIATURE LANTERN CLOCK BRACKET
In the 17th Century style
With a moulded edge, supported by two scrolled foliate brackets, with shaped back panel12cm deep;…
Hammer price:
£50
Estimate: £60 - £100
26 June 2024
26 June 2024
Lot 1275
Unsold
A BRASS LANTERN CLOCK
Second half 17th Century
With slender turned finial above the four straps and bell, with pierced cresting pieces, the 6 1…
Estimate: £800 - £1,200
26 June 2024
26 June 2024
Lot 1276
Sold
A LARGE PAINTED CAST-IRON STRIKING TURRET CLOCK
Possibly by Bailey, Salford, First half 19th Century
With two barrels, deadbeat escapement and slender ringed baluster pillars100cm wide; 80cm high;…
Hammer price:
£180
Estimate: £200 - £300
26 June 2024
26 June 2024
Lot 1277
Sold
A MAHOGANY LONGCASE CLOCK OF SMALL SIZE
Retailed by Maple, London, circa 1920
The case with an arched hood with glazed dial door and flanked by fluted uprights, the trunk with…
Hammer price:
£100
Estimate: £200 - £300
26 June 2024
26 June 2024
Lot 1278
Sold
A GEORGE III MAHOGANY LONGCASE CLOCK
The dial signed Richard Marshall, London
The hood with ogee pediment and three brass finials, above arched glazed dial door and glazed sides…
Hammer price:
£420
Estimate: £500 - £1,000
26 June 2024
26 June 2024
Lot 1279
Sold
A SCOTTISH VICTORIAN MAHOGANY LONGCASE CLOCK
By James Christie, Perth, circa 1830
The hood with a swan neck pediment above a glazed arched dial door, flanked by plain turned columns…
Hammer price:
£190
Estimate: £120 - £180
26 June 2024
26 June 2024
Lot 1280
Sold
A GEORGE III OAK 30-HOUR LONGCASE CLOCK
The movement by John Johnson, Halesworth, circa 1775
The hood with moulded pediment above a square glazed dial door and glazed sides, above the trunk…
Hammer price:
£90
Estimate: £120 - £150
26 June 2024
26 June 2024
Lot 1281
Sold
A GEORGE III MAHOGANY NAVAL AUTOMATA LONGCASE CLOCK
By Robert Craike, London
The hood with an arched pediment, surmounted by three brass urn finials above a pierced gilt panel,…
Hammer price:
£1,100
Estimate: £700 - £1,000
26 June 2024
26 June 2024
Lot 1282
Sold
A GEORGIAN OAK LONGCASE CLOCK
The movement by Jabez Stock, London
The arched hood with glazed dial door, flanked by fluted columns, above the trunk with an arched…
Hammer price:
£160
Estimate: £200 - £400
26 June 2024
26 June 2024
Lot 1283
Sold
A GEORGE III MAHOGANY LONGCASE CLOCK
The associated movement signed Chaplin’s, Bury
The hood with an ogee pediment and three brass finials, above arched glazed dial clock, flanked to…
Hammer price:
£450
Estimate: £300 - £500
26 June 2024
26 June 2024
Lot 1284
Sold
A GEORGE III MAHOGANY LONGCASE CLOCK
The dial signed Benjamin Maude, London
The hood with an ogee pediment and two brass finials, above fluted columns, between the arched…
Hammer price:
£400
Estimate: £400 - £600
26 June 2024
26 June 2024
Lot 1285
Sold
A FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED WHITE MARBLE LYRE CLOCK
In the Louis XVI style, after Kinable, circa 1900
Surmounted by a sunburst, above two shaped arms, on an oval floral festoon swag mounted socle and…
Hammer price:
£650
Estimate: £250 - £350
26 June 2024
26 June 2024
Lot 1286
Sold
A FRENCH BRASS AND MARBLE SKELETON CLOCK
19th Century
With inverted U-shaped frame, supporting the 5in white enamel dial with engine-turned surround and…
Hammer price:
£80
Estimate: £100 - £150
26 June 2024
26 June 2024
Lot 1287
Unsold
AN EBONISED VIENNA TIMEPIECE
Late 19th Century
The glazed case with a detachable pierced cresting, above wavy-shaped door and a waisted base with…
Estimate: £120 - £180
26 June 2024
26 June 2024
Lot 1288
Unsold
A WALNUT, EBONISED AND STAINED WOOD VIENNA TIMEPIECE
Late 19th Century
The glazed case with a shaped cresting above projecting truncated fluted truncated columns and…
Estimate: £100 - £150
26 June 2024
26 June 2024
Lot 1289
Sold
A FRENCH ORMOLU AND LIMOGES ENAMEL STYLE PORCELAIN MANTEL CLOCK
In the Louis XVI style, circa 1880
Modelled with a Bacchic goat-drawn chariot and cherub group, above an oval naturalistic ground, the…
Hammer price:
£2,600
Estimate: £500 - £800
26 June 2024
26 June 2024
Lot 1290
Sold
A FRENCH BOULLE MANTEL CLOCK
In the Louis XV style, circa 1870
The case of shaped outline, inlaid with with cut-brass foliate scrolls, surmounted by a berried…
Hammer price:
£180
Estimate: £120 - £180
26 June 2024
26 June 2024
Lot 1291
Sold
A FRENCH BRASS OVAL FOUR-GLASS MANTEL CLOCK
Circa 1890
With a stepped top above bevelled glass panels, on a stepped base, the 5 1/2in enamel dial with…
Hammer price:
£180
Estimate: £200 - £300
26 June 2024
26 June 2024
Lot 1292
Sold
A SOVIET SUBMARINE RED STAR WALL TIMEPIECE
Circa 1960
In a slightly tapering grey-painted metal casing with nickel-fronted bezel, the 5 1/2in cream…
Hammer price:
£100
Estimate: £120 - £180
26 June 2024
26 June 2024
Lot 1293
Sold
A SWISS FRUITWOOD QUARTER STRIKING MANTEL CLOCK
Mid 19th Century
The rectangular case with a stepped pediment above engine-turned glazed bezel and oval pendulum…
Hammer price:
£120
Estimate: £150 - £200
26 June 2024
26 June 2024
Lot 1294
Unsold
A NEUCHATELOISE PARCEL-GILT EBONISED BRACKET TIMEPIECE WITH PASSING STRIKE
First half 19th Century
With a stepped top and gilt ball finial, above a waisted case with gilt glazed panel door, on…
Estimate: £300 - £500
26 June 2024
26 June 2024
Lot 1295
Unsold
A NAPOLEON III ORMOLU MANTEL CLOCK
In the Louis XV style, circa 1855
The shaped cast case decorated with foliate motif, the sides, front and back with pierced and…
Estimate: £400 - £700
26 June 2024
26 June 2024
Lot 1296
Sold
A FRENCH SILVERED FOUR-GLASS MANTEL CLOCK
Circa 1900
The cast case with bevelled glass panels, and with foliate cast shaped top, on shaped and scrolled…
Hammer price:
£300
Estimate: £200 - £300
26 June 2024
26 June 2024
Lot 1297
Sold
A FRENCH GILTMETAL-MOUNTED BOULLE MANTEL CLOCK
Circa 1890
The case of shaped outline and surmounted by a cherub, with convex glazed bezel above a glazed…
Hammer price:
£180
Estimate: £200 - £300
26 June 2024
26 June 2024
Lot 1298
Sold
A SWISS GILT BRASS MANTEL TIMEPIECE
By Jaeger-Le Coultre, 1970s
With a brushed brass rectangular case, glazed front, cream dial surround with open centre,…
Hammer price:
£320
Estimate: £40 - £60
26 June 2024
26 June 2024