A FRENCH BRASS STRIKING AND REPEATING CARRIAGE CLOCK WITH FOUR SHIBAYAMA…
No. 32641, Circa 1885
Decorated all over in three-colour low-relief Shibayama style, in an Anglaise Riche-style case, with reeded and shaped pivoted handle above bevelled rectangular glass, with four three-quarter fluted…
Hammer price:
£3,000
Estimate: £1,500 - £2,500
12 May 2025
, 01:00 BST
12 May 2025
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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, within a blue ground and gilt border, original silvered platform lever escapement7cm highCONDITION…
Hammer price:
£650
Estimate: £200 - £300
12 May 2025
, 01:00 BST
12 May 2025
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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 and sides painted with landscapes and figures, the movement with original silvered platform lever…
Hammer price:
£550
Estimate: £600 - £800
12 May 2025
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12 May 2025
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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 door, on spreading foot, the signed white enamel dial with blued steel hands and subsidiary alarm…
Estimate: £1,000 - £1,500
12 May 2025
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12 May 2025
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A RARE FRENCH OVAL STRIKING AND REPEATING CARRIAGE CLOCK WITH THREE…
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 handle above engraved initials G. B. M Jan 1st 1891, with push/repeat button, the curved sides and…
Hammer price:
£950
Estimate: £800 - £1,200
12 May 2025
, 01:00 BST
12 May 2025
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A FRENCH BRASS GORGE CASE PETITE SONNERIE STRIKING AND REPEATING CARRIAGE…
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 bevelled glass front, sides and back door, the white enamel dial, signed by LeRoy, with Paris and London…
Hammer price:
£900
Estimate: £1,000 - £1,500
12 May 2025
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12 May 2025
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A FRENCH BRASS GORGE CASE PETITE SONNERIE STRIKING AND REPEATING CARRIAGE…
Retailed by Paul Garnier, Paris, No. 10651, circa 1890
The Gorge case with folding handle above large rectangular glass bevelled panel with bevelled panels to the front, sides and back door, the white enamel dial, detailed PAUL GARNIER within a gilt mask…
Estimate: £800 - £1,200
12 May 2025
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12 May 2025
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A FINE AND RARE PAIR OF SWISS ENAMEL, SEED-PEARL, SILVERED AND GILT-BRASS…
Nos. 661 & 662, Circa 1900
Engraved all over, each with an arched folding handle above the silvered top, above bevelled glazed front, sides and rear door, the white enamel dial with seed-pearl-set bezel, sweep centre seconds…
Hammer price:
£4,500
Estimate: £5,000 - £8,000
12 May 2025
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12 May 2025
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A RARE AND UNUSUAL PASTE-SET GILT-BRASS ‘FERRIS-WHEEL’ CONSTANT FORCE…
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 pediment with a pierced motif band, above bevelled glazed doors and sides, the plinth with a pull-out…
Hammer price:
£6,500
Estimate: £8,000 - £12,000
12 May 2025
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12 May 2025
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A FRENCH ORMOLU AND SEVRES-STYLE BLUE GROUND PORCELAIN PANEL GARNITURE
Circa 1890
Comprising a pair of five-light candelabra and the mantel clock; the candelabra each modelled as a seated cherub supporting foliate-cast branches, on a canted rectangular stepped plinth, with berried…
Estimate: £1,500 - £2,500
12 May 2025
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12 May 2025
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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 laurel oval with drilled centre (for a repeat pull cord), the 4in enamelled dial with Roman numerals…
Hammer price:
£240
Estimate: £200 - £400
12 May 2025
, 01:00 BST
12 May 2025
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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 door and sides, with 9in circular white enamel dial, signed, blued steel hands and sweep centre…
Hammer price:
£600
Estimate: £800 - £1,200
12 May 2025
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12 May 2025
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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 enamel dial and slender pierced blued steel hands, within a cast bezel, the three-train movement…
Hammer price:
£100
Estimate: £200 - £300
12 May 2025
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12 May 2025
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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-shaped movement striking the hour and half on a coiled gong35cm highCONDITION REPORTWith its pendulum…
Hammer price:
£90
Estimate: £100 - £200
12 May 2025
, 01:00 BST
12 May 2025
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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 twelve enamel numerals, above a glass panel, on scrolled feet, the drum-shaped movement striking on a…
Hammer price:
£260
Estimate: £100 - £200
12 May 2025
, 01:00 BST
12 May 2025
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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 scroll mounts around the dial, on a stepped ormolu and porcelain stepped circular foot, the 3 1/2in…
Estimate: £300 - £500
12 May 2025
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12 May 2025
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AN IMPRESSIVE AUSTRO/HUNGARIAN GILTWOOD AND EBONISED QUARTER STRIKING…
By Johann Petz, Nickolsburg, circa 1785
Surmounted with a figure seated on a cushion, above the drum case, supported on the elephant’s back, whilst an attendant attempts to pull a cover across the elephant’s head, white painted wooden…
Hammer price:
£8,500
Estimate: £3,000 - £5,000
12 May 2025
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12 May 2025
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A FRENCH SECOND EMPIRE ORMOLU AND BRONZE MANTEL CLOCK DEPICTING THE…
Circa 1830
Achilles and Agamemnon standing beside the rectangular clock case, with a bas-relief below showing Iphigenia being brought to a sacrificial altar, flanked to each side by a pierced military trophy,…
Estimate: £2,000 - £4,000
12 May 2025
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12 May 2025
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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 white enamel dial and blued steel spade hands, the drum-shaped movement by Samuel Marti, striking the…
Hammer price:
£20
Estimate: £80 - £120
12 May 2025
, 01:00 BST
12 May 2025
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A FRENCH NEO-CLASSICAL GILT BRONZE-MOUNTED ONYX MANTEL CLOCK
Late 19th Century
The case surmounted by a Classical seated figure, enamel Neo-Grec decoration, the twin train drum-shaped movement striking on a bell39cm highCONDITION REPORTWith pendulum and steel key. Overall in…
Hammer price:
£170
Estimate: £100 - £150
12 May 2025
, 01:00 BST
12 May 2025
, 01:00 BST
AN AMERICAN GILTWOOD MAHOGANY AND VERRE ÉGLIOMISÉ BANJO WALL TIMEPIECE
'Willard Patent Timepiece'
By Aaron Willard, Boston, circa 1815
Surmounted by a gilt finial, with 7in white painted dial signed Aaron Willard, Boston, with blued steel moon hands, the single train movement with anchor escapement, the tapering trunk with verre…
Estimate: £500 - £800
12 May 2025
, 01:00 BST
12 May 2025
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SIR JOSEPH NOEL PATON (BRITISH, 1821-1901)
Puck and the Fairy (Act II, Scene I, A Midsummer Night's Dream)
signed with monogram and dated '1882' (lower left) and with inscribed label 'Sir Noel Paton R.S.A. ** L.D. H.M Limner for Scotland,…
ExhibitedEdinburgh, The Royal Scottish Academy, 1883, No. 299FootnoteSir Joseph Noel Paton was born in Dunfermline, Scotland, in 1821. After attending Dunfermline Art Academy, he went onto study at…
Hammer price:
£21,000
Estimate: £10,000 - £15,000
26 March 2025
, 17:00 GMT
26 March 2025
, 17:00 GMT
HENRY SCOTT TUKE (BRITISH, 1858-1929)
Wood boats from Dalmatia, Venice
signed and dated 'H.S. Tuke 1899' (lower right)
watercolour
24.5 x 45cm
Provenance
Probably Tuke register R315, bought by Cecil R.L. Brooks (based on an entry in…
FootnoteThe present work was painted by Tuke during his visit to Venice in May 1899 when he stayed with Horatio Brown at the Casa Torresella on the Zattere. His diary entry for 29th May states, 'A…
Hammer price:
£2,800
Estimate: £3,000 - £5,000
26 March 2025
, 17:00 GMT
26 March 2025
, 17:00 GMT
A GOLD, DIAMOND AND RUBY KEYLESS WIND, OPENFACED PENDANT FOB WATCH AND A…
The watch having an unsigned jewelled movement, the gold inner case detailed Golay Fils and Stahl Srs, Geneve, the enamelled dial with black Arabic numerals, the caseback decorated with a ruby and…
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Hammer price:
£1,200
Estimate: £800 - £1,200
24 March 2025
, 17:00 GMT
24 March 2025
, 17:00 GMT