A LATE VICTORIAN MANCHESTER EBONISED FUSÉE DIAL CLOCK
The 12in painted dial signed W. McFerran, Victoria Street, Manchester, the timepiece movement with anchor escapement and chain fusée, swing-out side door and military-style recessed lock to bottom…
See Ian P. Lyman, Railway Clocks, Ashbourne 2004, p. 125, Fig 4.59 and p. 169, Fig 5.86, for similar clocks by McFerran. With its pendulum. The movement is dirty and will require a clean and service…
Hammer price:
£150
Estimate: £100 - £200
17 November 2022
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17 November 2022
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AN EDWARDIAN MAHOGANY DROP-DIAL FUSÉE TIMEPIECE
With 12in circular dial, chain fusée movement with anchor escapement, cast bezel
50cm high
In need of some sympathetic restoration. With its pendulum. The dial is loose from the case. Only one peg. The movement dirty and requires a clean and service. The dial is marked and worn.
Hammer price:
£90
Estimate: £100 - £150
17 November 2022
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17 November 2022
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A FRENCH BRASS CARRIAGE ALARM CLOCK AND A SMALLER CARRIAGE ALARM TIMEPIECE…
The larger carriage clock with original platform lever escapement and strike on gong, No. 122, 18.5cm high, together with a carriage alarm timepiece with replaced platform escapement, 11.5cm high
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Together with three keys. The larger carriage clock has some verdigris to the case handle. The movement functions and ticks. The smaller carriage alarm functions when wound. Some verdigris to the…
Hammer price:
£160
Estimate: £100 - £150
17 November 2022
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17 November 2022
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A MONTH-GOING SEAWEED MARQUETRY WALNUT LONGCASE CLOCK
The movement by Jonathan Lowndes, London, early 18th century and later
The stepped domed hood with pierced sound frets above three-quarter columns, glazed hinged door and glazed sides, above panel door and stepped base, the sides with chequer inlay; the 12in square…
Hammer price:
£1,600
Estimate: £1,000 - £1,500
17 November 2022
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17 November 2022
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A FINE GEORGE III MAHOGANY LONGCASE CLOCK
By John Holmes, London
The hood with a sphere finial above a break arch moulding, glazed panel door flanked by canted fluted angles and a glazed panel to each side, the trunk with a well-figured arched panel door, above…
Estimate: £8,000 - £12,000
17 November 2022
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17 November 2022
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A GEORGE III MAHOGANY AND LINE-INLAID QUARTER CHIMING AND STRIKING BRACKET…
By James Powell, Worcester, circa 1810
The break-arched case surmounted by a square-stepped top and three brass finials, above convex glass and 8in circular white-painted dial with pierced blued steel hands, the lower front inlaid with…
Hammer price:
£2,600
Estimate: £1,500 - £2,500
17 November 2022
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17 November 2022
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A GEORGE I EBONISED SMALL STRIKING TABLE CLOCK
By Daniel Delander, London, circa 1720
With an inverted bell-top case, surmounted by a knopped brass handle, above a door with arched glazed panel, the 5in arched brass dial, finely detailed, with calendar subsidiary above finely cast…
Hammer price:
£8,500
Estimate: £5,000 - £8,000
17 November 2022
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17 November 2022
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A GEORGE III BRASS-MOUNTED EBONISED QUARTER-REPEATING VERGE BRACKET CLOCK…
By George Lindsay, London, circa 1760
The case with an inverted bell-top, surmounted with a brass carrying handle, above moulded cornice, the door with two upper fret spandrels and moulded brass edge to the glass, the sides each with a…
Hammer price:
£4,000
Estimate: £4,000 - £6,000
17 November 2022
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17 November 2022
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A CHINESE VINAIGRETTE AND A CHINESE TRIPLE SECTION SCENT BOTTLE (2)
The vinaigrette engraved and pierced with a simple floral grille, the top and the underside with floral and foliate engraved decoration, length 2.2cm, weight 13.4 gms, the scent bottles of…
Hammer price:
£220
Estimate: £100 - £150
17 November 2022
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17 November 2022
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FOUR MOSTLY SILVER TODDY LADLES
Comprising; an oval toddy ladle, London 1798, a shaped toddy ladle mounted with a George II shilling, a circular toddy ladle, having a decorated rim, unmarked and another toddy ladle, the hallmark…
Condition Report; Oval bowl with reeded edge; handle is re-fixed, there is a silver decorative mount part way down the stem of the handle, which may hide a repair, hallmarks are clear, handle is…
Hammer price:
£80
Estimate: £80 - £120
17 November 2022
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17 November 2022
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A LATE VICTORIAN SILVER CASED CARRIAGE CLOCK
Fitted with a French keyless wind movement, the rectangular case with a foldover handle and raised on bun feet, London 1898, height 8.5cm
Condition ReportMovement not currently working and is overwound, movement not quite stable within the silver case, two steel screws at the bottom of the case holding the movement in place, uneven…
Hammer price:
£180
Estimate: £100 - £200
17 November 2022
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17 November 2022
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A GEORGE III SILVER TEAPOT
Of oval form, decorated with Greek key pattern bands and having an ebonised handle, London 1807, gross weight 571 gms
Condition ReportTwo or three dents to the body, repairs where the spout meets the teapot at the top, finial probably replaced, looks to be lead soldered into position and is out of alignment, handle…
Hammer price:
£240
Estimate: £180 - £220
17 November 2022
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17 November 2022
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A VICTORIAN SCOTTISH SILVER WINE JUG
Of baluster form with floral, foliate and scroll embossed decoration, having a scrolled handle, raised on a circular foot, Edinburgh 1845, height 36cm, gross weight 1391 gms,
Ivory Certificate No: JVMVG2TE.Condition Report: Note ivory insulators to the handle. Connecting pins between the jug and the insulator are replacements and all four connecting pins have been out…
Hammer price:
£1,400
Estimate: £500 - £700
17 November 2022
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17 November 2022
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A SILVER RECTANGULAR INKSTAND
Coleridge Collection, with scroll pierced decoration to the sides, below shaped gadrooned edges, raised on four pierced feet, part marks only (lion passant and maker E A,) probably circa 1800, size…
Provenance
The Anthony & Marietta Coleridge
CollectionCondition Report:Base slides out and does not slide back in easily. Minor scratches, marks and wear consistent with age and use. Evidence of an…
Hammer price:
£200
Estimate: £200 - £300
17 November 2022
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17 November 2022
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A GOLD CASED KEYLESS WIND FULL HUNTER CALENDAR POCKET WATCH
The white enamelled dial with four subsidiary dials for day, date, month and moonphase and with Roman numerals (glass dial cover lacking), the inner case back and dust cover marked 18k and numbered…
Condition report: The front cover has broken off from the hinge, the winding crown has pulled out from the movement, there is no glass protecting the dial, the dial has multiple hairline cracks and…
Hammer price:
£1,800
Estimate: £1,000 - £1,500
17 November 2022
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17 November 2022
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A PAIR OF SOUTH SEA CULTURED PEARL EARRINGS
Approx average diameter 9.3mm, the backs with post and butterfly clip fittings, detailed 750 (18ct), with a case
Hammer price:
£170
Estimate: £150 - £200
17 November 2022
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17 November 2022
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A VICTORIAN DIAMOND FIVE STONE RING
Set with five old cut diamonds and eight small rose cut diamonds in-between each stone, (total estimated diamond weight 2.73 carats), set in a carved half hoop mount, mark indistinct, gross weight 4…
Condition report - Ring is in general good condition, one of the outside stones is slightly loose in mount and will need attention. The ring has two small pips within the shank.
Hammer price:
£3,800
Estimate: £1,500 - £2,000
17 November 2022
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17 November 2022
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A VARICOLOURED SOUTH SEA CULTURED PEARL NECKLACE
Graduating in size, on a snap clasp, length 42cm, with a case
Hammer price:
£450
Estimate: £450 - £550
17 November 2022
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17 November 2022
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A SOUTH SEA CULTURED PEARL PENDANT WITH DIAMONDS
The cultured pearl diameter 14.3mm, the white gold suspension mounted with a row of baguette diamonds, detailed 750, weight 5.6 gms, with a case
Hammer price:
£300
Estimate: £180 - £220
17 November 2022
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17 November 2022
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SIR HERBERT JAMES GUNN (BRITISH, 1893-1964)
Portrait of Michael Severne
signed 'James Gunn' (lower right) and inscribed with sitter's name and dated '27.2.43' (lower left)
pencil
40.5 x 25.5cm
ARR
Provenance
Shakenhurst Hall, Cleobury…
Condition reportThe sheet is sound. Weave of paper is visible, slightly discolouration; some scattered media spots but generally good condition. Framed and under glass, unexamined out of frame.
Hammer price:
£1,900
Estimate: £100 - £150
15 November 2022
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15 November 2022
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WILFRID BLUNT (BRITISH, 1901-1987)
Portrait of Michael Meysey Wigley Severne
signed and dated 'Blunt 1940' (lower right)
oil on board
52.5 x 35.5cm
ARR
Provenance
Shakenhurst Hall, Cleobury Mortimer. For further information please…
FootnoteArtist, teacher, writer and curator, Wilfrid Blunt was born in Ham, Surrey. His brother was the art historian and spy Anthony Blunt. He began to paint in childhood, left Oxford University…
Hammer price:
£1,300
Estimate: £300 - £500
15 November 2022
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15 November 2022
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IRMA STERN (SOUTH AFRICAN, 1894-1966)
Arum Lilies
signed and dated ‘Irma Stern 1936’ (lower left)
gouache on paper
77.5 x 57.5cm
Provenance
Sir William Clark (1876-1952) British High Commissioner to South Africa 1935-1939,…
FootnoteSir William Clark opened the 1938 Irma Stern Exhibition (see photo of exhibition invitation) and his family remained in contact with the artist for a number of years after. Stern wrote, in…
Hammer price:
£18,000
Estimate: £20,000 - £30,000
15 November 2022
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15 November 2022
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HENRI GAUDIER-BRZESKA (FRENCH, 1891-1915)
Crouching Fawn
originally conceived in 1913; cast circa 1918-1939
bronze
24.5cm high x 30cm wide x 13cm deep
Provenance
Miss Jeanne Courtauld (1909-2003), daughter of Major John 'Jack' Courtauld MC …
Literature
E. Pound, Gaudier Brzeska. A Memoir, London and New York, 1916,
p. 161, (stone version pl. ix), as A Faun, crouching;
H.S. Ede, A Life of Gaudier-Brzeska,
London, 1930, p.p. 170, 198 …
Hammer price:
£26,000
Estimate: £8,000 - £12,000
15 November 2022
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15 November 2022
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MARC CHAGALL (RUSSIAN/FRENCH, 1887-1985)
Sirene au Poete (1967) (Sorlier 27)
signed and numbered in pencil 'Marc Chagall 64/150' (in lower margin)
lithograph printed in colours by Charles Sorlier from Nice et la Côte d'Azur
image 61.5 x 45…
Condition reportDiscolouration to margins and some minor spots and foxing to margins.Some minor creases to left edge of sheet (not on image).A rough edge to right side/end of sheet.Otherwise appears…
Hammer price:
£7,000
Estimate: £4,000 - £6,000
15 November 2022
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15 November 2022
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