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Auction date Monday 12 May 2025 11:00 BST

Lot 52 A Rare Mahogany Drop-Dial Wall Timepiece For The Poor Law Commission

Monday 12 May
Lots 1- 98 Clocks & Barometers 11am 

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Total lots: 99

Lot 72 Sold
AN ENGLISH GILT-BRASS CARRIAGE TIMEPIECE WITH COMPASS AND THERMOMETERS
By Howell, James & Co., Regent Street, London, circa 1870
Engraved all over with foliage, the shaped handle above a circular glazed compass dial, with four…
Hammer price: £1,900
Estimate: £1,500 - £2,500
12 May 2025
12 May 2025
Lot 73 Unsold
A FRENCH GILT-BRASS GORGE CASED PETITE SONNERIE STRIKING AND REPEATING CARRIAGE CLOCK
Retailed by LeRoy & Fils, 13 & 15 Palais Royal, Paris and 211 Regent Street, London, No. 12732, by Henri Jacot, No 4051, circa 1885
The Gorge case with folding handle, push / repeat above large bevelled glass top and bevelled…
Estimate: £800 - £1,200
12 May 2025
12 May 2025
Lot 74 Sold
A FINE AND RARE GILT-BRASS GORGE CASE GIANT GRANDE SONNERIE CARRIAGE CLOCK WITH MOONPHASE, CALENDAR, TEMPERATURE AND STATE OF WIND
By Drocourt, Paris, No. 16571, retailed by A. Ecalle, 93 & 94 Palais Royal, Paris, circa 1890
The gilt-brass Gorge case with pivoted handle above a large rectangular bevelled glass panel, with…
Hammer price: £9,000
Estimate: £9,000 - £12,000
12 May 2025
12 May 2025
Lot 75 Sold
A RARE FRENCH GILT-BRASS STRIKING AND REPEATING CARRIAGE CLOCK WITH BAROMETER AND THERMOMETERS
With cachet mark LS between a palm frond, circa 1890
In a Corniche case with pivoted handle above an oval bevelled glass, the silvered dial surround…
Hammer price: £750
Estimate: £700 - £1,000
12 May 2025
12 May 2025
Lot 76 Sold
A FRENCH BRASS STRIKING LEVER CARRIAGE CLOCK WITH SHIBAYAMA STYLE DECORATED PANELS
Circa 1880
The case with a shaped and reeded handle above glazed rectangular panel, the dial decorated with…
Hammer price: £450
Estimate: £400 - £600
12 May 2025
12 May 2025
Lot 77 Sold
A FRENCH BRASS STRIKING AND REPEATING CARRIAGE CLOCK WITH FOUR SHIBAYAMA STYLE DECORATED PANELS
No. 32641, Circa 1885
Decorated all over in three-colour low-relief Shibayama style, in an Anglaise Riche-style case,…
Hammer price: £3,000
Estimate: £1,500 - £2,500
12 May 2025
12 May 2025
Lot 78 Sold
A FRENCH GILT-BRASS AND FOUR PORCELAIN PANEL MINIATURE CARRIAGE TIMEPIECE
The backplate stamped AB, circa 1890
The engraved Corniche case with bevelled glasses and four porcelain panels decorated with putti,…
Hammer price: £650
Estimate: £200 - £300
12 May 2025
12 May 2025
Lot 79 Sold
A FRENCH GILT BRASS AND PORCELAIN TRIPLE-PANELLED CARRIAGE TIMEPIECE
Possibly by Drocourt, No 23254, Circa 1890
The case with a shaped and reeded handle, above a rectangular glazed top panel, the porcelain dial…
Hammer price: £550
Estimate: £600 - £800
12 May 2025
12 May 2025
Lot 80 Unsold
A FRENCH BRASS GORGE CASE PETITE SONNERIE REPEATING CARRIAGE CLOCK
By Henri Jacot, 31, Rue de Montmorency, Paris, No. 3030, circa 1885
The case with folding handle and large rectangular top glass, above bevelled glass panels and rear…
Estimate: £1,000 - £1,500
12 May 2025
12 May 2025
Lot 81 Sold
A RARE FRENCH OVAL STRIKING AND REPEATING CARRIAGE CLOCK WITH THREE SHIBAYAMA STYLE PANELS
Retailed by Bigelow Kennard & Co., Boston, By Achille Brocot, No. 133, circa 1890
The oval case with curved bevelled glass front and rear door, the stepped top with a shaped pivoted…
Hammer price: £950
Estimate: £800 - £1,200
12 May 2025
12 May 2025
Lot 82 Sold
A FRENCH BRASS GORGE CASE PETITE SONNERIE STRIKING AND REPEATING CARRIAGE CLOCK
Retailed by LeRoy & Fils, 13 & 15 Palais Royal, Paris and 211 Regent Street, London, No 9559, made by Drocourt, No 10354, circa 1885
The brass Gorge case with folding handle and large rectangular bevelled glass top panel above…
Hammer price: £900
Estimate: £1,000 - £1,500
12 May 2025
12 May 2025
Lot 83 Unsold
A FRENCH BRASS GORGE CASE PETITE SONNERIE STRIKING AND REPEATING CARRIAGE CLOCK
Retailed by Paul Garnier, Paris, No. 10651, circa 1890
The Gorge case with folding handle above large rectangular glass bevelled panel with bevelled…
Estimate: £800 - £1,200
12 May 2025
12 May 2025
Lot 84 Sold
A FINE AND RARE PAIR OF SWISS ENAMEL, SEED-PEARL, SILVERED AND GILT-BRASS MINIATURE STRIKING AND REPEATING CARRIAGE CLOCKS AND CASES
Nos. 661 & 662, Circa 1900
Engraved all over, each with an arched folding handle above the silvered top, above bevelled glazed…
Hammer price: £4,500
Estimate: £5,000 - £8,000
12 May 2025
12 May 2025
Lot 85 Sold
A RARE AND UNUSUAL PASTE-SET GILT-BRASS ‘FERRIS-WHEEL’ CONSTANT FORCE FALLING BALL MANTEL TIMEPIECE WITH ANEROID BAROMETER AND THERMOMETER
From the design by Charles Victor Hour, for the Exposition Universelle, Paris 1900
Surmounted by a removable model of the Medici lion, above a stepped plinth with four finials, the…
Hammer price: £6,500
Estimate: £8,000 - £12,000
12 May 2025
12 May 2025
Lot 87 Sold
A RARE AND UNUSUAL FRENCH AUTOMATA, MUSICAL STRIKING PICTURE WALL CLOCK
Circa 1870
WIth three independent mechanisms, the rounded rectangular gilt frame modelled with foliage to each…
Hammer price: £1,100
Estimate: £1,000 - £2,000
12 May 2025
12 May 2025
Lot 88 Sold
AN ORMOLU PENDULE D’OFFICIER STRIKING CLOCK
The case circa 1790, the movement late 19th Century
The serpent handle above a chamfered top with oak-leaf festoons, the sides each with a  berried…
Hammer price: £240
Estimate: £200 - £400
12 May 2025
12 May 2025
Lot 89 Sold
AN USUALLY LARGE VIENNA REGULATOR
Signed J. Johanson, Strömstad, the movement backplate dated 18 July 1883, No 12
The walnut and ebonised case of typical form, with arched pediment and two finials above the glazed…
Hammer price: £600
Estimate: £800 - £1,200
12 May 2025
12 May 2025
Lot 90 Sold
A VIENNESE THREE TRAIN QUARTER STRIKING REGULATOR
Late 19th Century
The glazed case with removable arched cresting piece, above shallow double arch, with 6 1/2in white…
Hammer price: £100
Estimate: £200 - £300
12 May 2025
12 May 2025
Lot 91 Sold
A FRENCH GILT-METAL-MOUNTED TORTOISESHELL-VENEERED MANTEL CLOCK
In the Louis XV style, circa 1890
The case of shaped outline with bevelled glass bezel and 3 1/2in enamel dial, the twin train drum…
Hammer price: £90
Estimate: £100 - £200
12 May 2025
12 May 2025
Lot 92 Sold
A FRENCH BOULLE MANTEL CLOCK
Circa 1880
Surmounted by a flower-filled urn, the case of waisted shape with 3 3/4in brass-cast dial and…
Hammer price: £260
Estimate: £100 - £200
12 May 2025
12 May 2025
Lot 93 Unsold
A FRENCH ORMOLU AND BLUE SEVRES-STYLE PORCELAIN MANTEL CLOCK
In the Louis XVI style, circa 1890
Modelled with a pair of water-spouting dolphins, flanking an urn with ribbon-tied oak and foliate…
Estimate: £300 - £500
12 May 2025
12 May 2025
Lot 94 Sold
AN IMPRESSIVE AUSTRO/HUNGARIAN GILTWOOD AND EBONISED QUARTER STRIKING ELEPHANT CLOCK WITH CALENDAR
By Johann Petz, Nickolsburg, circa 1785
Surmounted with a figure seated on a cushion, above the drum case, supported on the elephant’s back…
Hammer price: £8,500
Estimate: £3,000 - £5,000
12 May 2025
12 May 2025
Lot 95 Unsold
A FRENCH SECOND EMPIRE ORMOLU AND BRONZE MANTEL CLOCK DEPICTING THE SACRIFICE OF IPHIGENIA
Circa 1830
Achilles and Agamemnon standing beside the rectangular clock case, with a bas-relief below showing…
Estimate: £2,000 - £4,000
12 May 2025
12 May 2025
Lot 96 Sold
AN EDWARDIAN MAHOGANY, SATINWOOD AND BOXWOOD-OUTLINED BALLOON MANTEL CLOCK
Circa 1900
The case inlaid to the front with a roundel, on plinth base and four ball feet, with 5in circular…
Hammer price: £20
Estimate: £80 - £120
12 May 2025
12 May 2025

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