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AN EARLY 20TH CENTURY FRENCH BRASS MOUNTED TERRESTRIAL GLOBE CLOCK 'THE EMPIRE CLOCK'
the globe mounted on a stepped brass stand stamped 'PATENT' and 'SGDG', the globe inscribed 'PATENT 19460 THE EMPIRE CLOCK CABLE', the rotating globe with central brass chapter ring with twenty four hour Roman numerals and arrowhead pointer, with orbiting moon,
41cm high
Patent 19460 was issued on 31st August 1906. An example of this clock can be seen at The Institute and Museum of History of Science, Florence.
£2,500-£3,500
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AN EARLY 20TH CENTURY MAHOGANY CASED MARINE CHRONOMETER BY DOBBIE, MCINNES & CLYDE LTD. SO. SHIELDS, LONDON, GLASGOW, LIVERPOOL
the mahogany case with recessed brass side handles numbered 9985, the chronometer on brass gimbals, the silvered dial inscribed 'DOBBIE, MCINNES & CLYDE LTD. SO. SHIELDS, LONDON, GLASGOW, LIVERPOOL CONTRACTORS TO THE ADMIRALTY', with subsidiary seconds dial and 56 hour / down dial, blued steel hands,
the case 18cm high
£2,000-£3,000
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A SMALL REGENCY MAHOGANY AND BRASS INLAID BRACKET / TABLE FUSEE TIMEPIECE
BY JOHN LADD, CORNHILL, LONDON,
the arched case with a brass swing handle, on four brass ball feet, the signed, white enamelled dial with Roman numerals, the fusee movement with anchor escapement, also signed 'John Ladd, Cornhill, London', with pendulum,
28cm high
£500-£700
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WORKSHOP OF SEVERO CALZETTTA DA RAVENNA (FL. 1496-1543): A BRONZE FIGURE OF ATLAS CARRYING AN OIL LAMP
the heavy lost wax cast with rich brown patination, mounted on a later shaped fruitwood base,
20cm high
The cast and finish of this bronze figure are typical of the work associated with the workshop of Severo da Ravenna. Particular features such as the stippled background of the oil lamp and the somewhat summary modelling of the hands are regularly found on late products attributed to the workshop and indicate a date of around or after 1535. The hemispherical lid of the oil lamp and the (usually triangular) original base with its writing implements such as calamaio, are lost.
Related examples: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Irwin Untermyer Collection, inv. no 19711.171.
Museo Nazionale Palazzo Venezia, Rome, inv. no PV 09244.
Museo Nazionale del Bargello, Florence.
Similar examples have sold at Sotheby's Paris, 14 May 2014, lot 57 and Sotheby's London, 3 December 2014, lot 56.
Related Literature: P.M. de Winter, 'Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art', LXXIII, no.3, March 1986, pp. 202-3, ill. 61.
Y. Hackenbroch, 'Bronzes and Other Metalwork and Sculpture in the Irwin Untermyer Collection' New York, 1968.
C. Avery and A. Radcliffe, 'Sevro Calzetta da Ravenna: New Discoveries' in 'Studien zum Europaischen Kunsthandwerk, Festschrift Yvonne Hackenbroch, Munich 1983, pp. 107-122.
£3,000-£5,000
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AFTER AUGUSTIN PAJOU (FRENCH, 1730-1809): A SMALL LATE 18TH / EARLY 19TH CENTURY FRENCH BUST OF MADAME DU BARRY TOGETHER WITH A BRONZE MODEL OF A COCKEREL
the bust on a ringed socle above a parcel gilt, black glass plinth, the cockerel of similar date and raised on a bronze plinth,
the bust 19cm high, the cockerel 11.5cm high (2)
£200-£300
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A 17TH CENTURY NORTH ITALIAN BRONZE MODEL OF A BOY PLAYING WITH A PUPPY
the seated figure holding the puppy and raised on a later white marble plinth,
the figure 7cm high, 14cm high overall
£300-£500
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EDOUARD DROUOT (FRENCH, 1859-1945): A BRONZE FIGURE OF A FAUN 'FAUNE A LA FLUTE'
the dancing figure playing pipes, green patination, raised on a stepped Verdi Antico plinth, signed to the plinth 'E. DROUOT',
48cm high overall
£300-£500
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A GILT BRONZE MODEL CAST FROM A PROTOTYPE MODELLED BY NICOLAS LECLERC AND JEAN DE SAINT-PRIEST, LYON, 1499
depicting Louis XII and Anne de Bretagne,
11cm diameter
This is a fine cast of the famous medal commissioned on 18th March 1499 by the city of Lyon. A version in gold was subsequently presented to the Queen to commemorate Louis's second official visit to the city. The modelling was done by the local engravers Leclerc and Saint-Priest and the cast was assigned to the founders Colin and Jean Lepere. The present medal is comparable with the example (which is not gilt) in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Blumenthal Bequest. For an illustration see
J.B. Girard, 'The Currency of Fame, Portrait Medals of the Renaissance', exhibition catalogue, Frick Collection, New York and National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1994, pp. 310-11.
£300-£500
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MANNER OF PIETRO BAZZANTI (ITALIAN, 1825-1895): AN ALABASTER FIGURE OF 'GIOVANE PESCATORE', THE YOUNG FISHERBOY'
standing on a rocky base with an urn at his feet,
77cm high
£500-£700
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A SET OF FOUR RARE 17TH CENTURY POLYCHROME DECORATED ALABASTER FIGURES REPRESENTING THE COLONIES
POSSIBLY SPANISH
the female figures each holding an attribute, one with a hound at her feet, one with a lute, one with an orange and a monkey at her feet also with an orange, the last holding a parrot, all on integral naturalistic bases, raised above later stepped plinths,
7.5cm high (4)
£1,000-£1,500
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A 19TH CENTURY RARE AND LARGE MEISSEN FOOTBATH
the exterior finely painted with Deutsche Blumen including roses and chrysanthemums, the interior unusually decorated with exotic carp blowing bubbles and swimming amongst snails, worms beetles and pondweed, the twin handles modelled as brightly coloured beaded coronets, with a scalloped gilt-line rim, cancelled crossed sword mark in blue
62cm wide x 24.5cm high
A very similar outside decorated Meissen wine cooler was sold at Christie's, 17 May 2011, lot 81.
£2,200-£2,600
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SEVEN 17TH CENTURY DELFTWARE MANGANESE TILES
the various ring'd landskip scenes of figures and landscapes within decorative roundels or borders, with a dolphin example with flowerhead corners, five mounted within later stained wood frames,
13cm wide (7)
£400-£600
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THIRTEEN 17TH CENTURY DUTCH DELFTWARE BLUE AND WHITE TILES
depicting windmills, swans on a river, a seal, a dolphin, a merman, a castle, dragonfly, a figure and a vase of tulips,
the dolphin tile 13cm x 13cm (13)
£200-£300
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FIVE 17TH CENTURY DELFTWARE 'RING'D LANDSKIP' TILES TOGETHER WITH SIX FURTHER 17TH CENTURY DELFTWARE TILES
with 'flowerhead' corners and painted with pastoral scenes and a scene an angel visitation and a church, the six further tiles also with pastoral scenes, windmills and a ship,
the largest 15cm x 15cm (11)
£500-£700
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A LARGE 17TH CENTURY STYLE SPECIMEN MARBLE AND PIETRA DURA TABLE TOP
of rectangular form, centred by an oval panel flanked by a pair of circular medallions, the outer border with ornate scrolling foliage and flowers in various hard stones and marbles,
180cm wide x 90cm high
A 17th century period example of an inlaid table top can be seen currently displayed at the Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles. This type of marble inlay was first used in the antique Roman period, and the technique was re-discovered in the 16th century and flourished throughout the 17th and 18th centuries.
£800-£1200
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A LARGE CLASSICAL STYLE PLASTER TORCHERE FIGURE OF A MAIDEN
Stamped HARVEY DAVIS INC. C.1963,
the maiden wearing a headdress of vines and holding an urn on her left shoulder, on a stepped, circular base, drilled for electricity,
118cm high
£200-£300
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AFTER PAULUS VAN VIANEN (DUTCH, 1570-1613): A LATE 19TH CENTURY GERMAN PARCEL GILT SILVER DISH BY LUDWIG NERESHEIMER, HANAU, GERMANY, DEPICTING ORPHEUS CHARMING THE ANIMALS
set within an integrally cast frame of trefoil crockets,
21.5cm diameter
The figure of Orpheus shown in the present relief is derived from an apparently unique plaquette in the Louvre which has been attributed to the Vianen workshop (see Weber). Further variants of the theme can be found on some Netherlandish reliefs and plaquettes of that time as well as in contemporary prints (see Bartsch).
Related Literature: I. Weber, 'Deutsche, Niederlandische und Franzosische Renaissanceplaketten', Munich, 1975, 2 vols.
Bartsch, 'The Illustrated Bartsch', The Collaert Dynasty, vol. 5, New York, 1978.
£800-£1,200
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A GEORGE III MAHOGANY, MARQUETRY AND SATINWOOD STRUNG MOONPHASE LONGCASE CLOCK
the hood with swan neck pediment and free standing columns, the trunk with hinged door above plinth base with chamfered corners, the painted Osborne type dial decorated with floral sprigs and birds with gilt decoration with Roman numerals and Arabic minute markers and subsidiary seconds dial and calendar dial, the movement with anchor escapement striking on a bell, with pendulum and two weights,
228cm high
£200-£300
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A LATE 19TH CENTURY FRENCH CLOCK WITH MOONPHASE AND CALENDAR DIAL
the plinth base surmounted by a strapped bell, with four trefoil finials to the corners above the twin dials, the upper with Roman numerals and moonphase, the lower for days of the month and months of the year the twin train movement with outside countwheel striking on a gong, with pendulum,
52cm high
£1,000-£1,500
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A WILLIAM AND MARY LATE 17TH CENTURY MARQUETRY TABLE CABINET
the top, sides and hinged front doors inlaid with floral sprigs and birds, the hinged top opening to reveal a further inlaid panel above a recess, the front doors inlaid to the inside with marquetry panels of towers, opening to reveal two faux drawer fronts and four short drawers above a long drawer, centred by a small door,
31cm high x 36cm wide
£300-£500
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A MARQUETRY HUMIDOR BY DAVID LINLEY FOR ALFRED DUNHILL
of rectangular form, the top inlaid with a design depicting a six panel window within a portico, the hinged lid with a brass maker's plaque to the inside,
24cm wide x 16cm high
£400-£600
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A LATE 19TH CENTURY FRENCH KINGWOOD, BURR YEW, TULIPWOOD AND GILT BRONZE MOUNTED JARDINIERE
of shaped form, with a gilt bronze pierced gallery and scrolling handles, with a removable metal liner with ring handles,
41cm wide x 18cm high
£300-£500
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A GEORGE III STYLE FRUITWOOD TEA CADDY MODELLED AS AN APPLE
the hinged lid opening to reveal the silver lined interior, with key,
11cm high
£100-£150
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A GEORGE III MAHOGANY AND BOXWOOD STRUNG KNIFE BOX TOGETHER WITH A LATE 19TH CENTURY OAK POST / LETTER BOX
the knife box of arc-en-arbalete form, the first section of the interior retaining the knife compartments, the upper section convered to letter holders, the post box with a lockable hinged fall front,
36cm high and 34cm high respectively (2)
£200-£300
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TWO GEORGE II MAHOGANY TEA CADDIES
both of rectangular form with moulded tops and brass swing handles, the hinged lids opening to reveal three compartments, one with tea caddy with sliding lids to the compartments,
27cm and 25cm wide (2)
£200-£300
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A GEORGE III MAHOGANY AND ROSEWOOD STRUNG TEA CADDY TOGETHER WITH A GEORGE III ROSEWOOD TEA CADDY
both of sarcophagus form, with pad tops, the larger with gilt brass rocaille feet opening to reveal a fitted interior with a pair of hinged, lidded compartments centred by a matched glass mixing bowl, the smaller with brass foliate feet and lion mask, ring handles, the interior with a pair of lidded compartments, with ivory handles,
20cm and 14cm high (2)
£200-£300
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A COLLECTION OF THREE REGENCY AND LATER ROSEWOOD TEA CADDIES
the Regency example with gadrooned pad top, with turned handles and bun feet, together with a William IV example with gadrooned borders and a large William IV example with ball handles, all with interiors fitted with a pair of lidded compartments centred by a glass mixing bowl, bowls later,
17cm, 21cm and 23cm high respectively, (3)
£200-£300
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A VICTORIAN ROSEWOOD TOILET BOX WITH FITTED INTERIOR
fitted with a drawer to the base, the red velvet and red leather lined, fitted interior with removable section fitted with glass bottles and boxes with engraved silver plated lids,
31cm wide x 18cm high
£200-£300
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AN 18TH CENTURY GERMAN EBONISED FUSEE BRACKET / TABLE CLOCK
the moulded bell top above the cushion shaped front door and outswept plinth base above four ball feet, the repousse gilt square dial with silvered chapter ring and gilt matted centre, with mock pendulum aperture and alarm dial, the single train fusee movement with verge escapement, with alarm striking on a single bell, with pendulum,
£500-£700
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A LATE 19TH CENTURY FRENCH GREEN STAINED TORTOISESHELL AND GILT BRONZE MOUNTED BOULLE STYLE BRACKET CLOCK
of typical form with a bell top surmounted by flaming torch finials, with caryatid and acanthus mounts, the gilt dial with a relief of trumpeting herms below the twelve piece, enamelled Roman dial, the twin train movement with outside countwheel, striking on a bell, with pendulum,
47cm high
This lot is sold subject to CITES regulations.
£300-£500
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A RARE FIRST HALF 19TH CENTURY FRENCH MAHOGANY CLOCK WITH FOUR SILVERED SUBSIDIARY DIALS FOR MOONPHASE AND COMPLICATED CALENDAR
the rectangular case above a plinth base and four ball feet, the sides with brass fretwork and glazed panels, the white enamelled dial with gilt bronze leaf and berry cast bezel, with Roman numerals and centre sweep seconds, above a glazed aperture displaying four silvered subsidiary dials for days of the week, moonphase engraved with signs of the zodiac and with gilt and enamelled decoration, four year dial indicating the leap years above the complicated calendar dial, the central mask enamelled as the night sky with pin prick stars, showing the seasons, months, the number of days in the month and the Equation of Time, the movement with pinwheel escapement and outside countwheel striking on a bell, with bi-metallic compensated pendulum,
58cm high
£3,500-£4,500
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A LATE 19TH / EARLY 20TH CENTURY FRENCH GREEN MARBLE AND GILT BRONZE LOUIS XVI STYLE LAMP BASE
of baluster form, with a pierced neck and a pair of ram masks mounts hung with floral garlands, on a spreading fluted socle, above a shaped base, fitted for electricity,
56cm high
£300-£500
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AFTER JEAN-ANTOINE HOUDON (FRENCH, 1741-1828): A LATE 19TH CENTURY GILT BRONZE BUST OF LOUISE BRONGNIART BY SUSSE FRERES
her hair arranged in an upswept coiffure, looking to dexter, raised on a spreading socle, stamped to the reverse 'SUSSE FRERES EDITEURS PARIS',
This bust is based on Houdon's terracotta bust of Louise Brongniart, the daughter of the Parisian architect Alexandre Theodore Brongniart who designed the city's old Stock Exchange. It was created with a pendant bust of her brother Alexandre, and they were shown as a pair at the 1777 Salon. The depiction of children in portrait form was still a relatively new field at this time and Houdon's bust proved very popular, many marble and bronze versions of them were produced and they were also reproduced in Sevres biscuit porcelain. The terracotta busts remained in the Brongniart family until the Louvre purchased them - Louise's portrait in 1898 and Alexandre's in 1900. They remain in the Louvre, Paris.
£800-£1,200
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A LATE 19TH CENTURY CLOISONNE ENAMEL AND GILT BRONZE MOUNTED LAMP BASE
of baluster form, the shoulders with gilt bronze dragon mounts, the body with panels decorated with birds amongst fruit and foliage on a blue ground, raised on a shaped and pierced base above four scrolling feet, later adapted for electricity from an oil lamp, with etched glass shade,
72cm high overall
£1,000-£1,500
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A LATE 19TH CENTURY GILT BRONZE MANTEL CLOCK
of architectural form, with a triangular pediment above two free standing columns and a plinth base decorated with a classical frieze, the dial with Roman numerals, the twin train movement striking on a gong, stamped B.R., with pendulum and winder, on a giltwood plinth,
32cm high
£400-£600
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A LATE 19TH CENTURY FRENCH GILT BRONZE AND WHITE MARBLE FOUR GLASS MANTEL CLOCK BY JOLLET ET CIE, AVE MON COLIN A PARIS
surmounted by a lidded urn, decorated with floral garlands above a basket of flowers, on a plinth base, the white enamelled dial painted with floral garlands and with Arabic numerals, the twin train movement striking on a bell and stamped 'VINCENTI & CIE MEDAILLE D'ARGENT 1855', with sunburst, mask pendulum,
35cm high
£600-£800
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A LATE 19TH CENTURY FRENCH GILT BRONZE AND CHAMPLEVE ENAMEL FOUR GLASS MANTEL CLOCK
the hinged front door opening to the white enamelled dial decorated with floral garlands, the twin train movement with outside countwheel, striking on a gong, with twin tube mercury pendulum,
27cm high
£600-£800
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A LATE 19TH CENTURY EBONISED, ALABASTER AND MOTHER OF PEARL INLAID PORTICO CLOCK
the architectural pediment above four columns and a plinth base, the enamelled dial with Arabic numerals, the twin barrel movement striking on a gong, with pendulum,
42.5cm high
£200-£300
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A LATE 19TH CENTURY FRENCH BRASS CARRIAGE CLOCK IN BAMBOO CASE WITH REPEAT
with tilting handle and push repeat to the top, the sides with bevelled glass panels, the white enamelled dial with Roman numerals, the twin train movement striking on a gong, with lever platform escapement,
19.5cm high
£500-£700
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A MID 19TH CENTURY FRENCH BRASS CARRIAGE CLOCK BY BOLVILLER A PARIS
the plain case with canted angles and swing handle, the signed white enamelled dial with Roman numerals and Arabic minute markers, the twin train movement stamped 'BOLVILLER A PARIS', striking on a bell, with lever platform escapement,
17.5cm high
£500-£800
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AN EARLY 20TH CENTURY CONTINENTAL WHITE METAL AND GUILLOCHE ENAMEL STRUT CLOCK
the dial with Roman numerals, the pocket watch type movement with reversing pinion, bears marks to strut,
14cm high
£800-£1,200
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A LATE 19TH CENTURY FRENCH GILT BRONZE AND PORCELAIN MOUNTED MANTEL CLOCK
surmounted by an urn and flanked by a pair of dolphins, on a shaped plinth base, the dial centred by a putto riding a dolphin, with Roman numerals, the twin train movement striking on a bell, with pendulum,
32cm high
£200-£300
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A 20TH CENTURY FRENCH LACQUERED BRASS CARRIAGE CLOCK BY L'EPEE,
CIRCA 1978
with typical swing handle and glazed sides and back, the white enamelled dial signed 'St James London', with Roman numerals and Arabic minute markers, the twin train movement striking on a blued steel gong, with lever platform escapement, with winder and original guarantee paperwork,
18cm high
£150-£200
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A MID 19TH CENTURY FRENCH GILT BRONZE MANTEL CLOCK BY JAPY FRERES
of columnar form, surmounted by a twin handled urn, on an oval base decorated with a floral garland, the white enamelled dial with Roman numerals and Arabic minute markers, the twin train movement stamped 'JAPY FRERES & CIE EXPOSITION 1855 GRANDE MED D'HONNEUR', with outside countwheel striking on a bell (bell and pendulum now lacking)
27cm high
£200-£300
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AN EARLY 19TH CENTURY FRENCH EMPIRE PERIOD GILT BRONZE FIGURAL MANTEL CLOCK
the plinth case surmounted by a pair of wrestling Cupids after Etienne Maurice Falconet, the white enamelled dial with Roman numerals, the twin train movement with outside countwheel striking on a bell, with pendulum,
38.5cm high
£800-£1,200
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A RARE LIMITED EDITION IMHOF TIFFANY SILVER GILT, ROCK CRYSTAL AND MOTHER OF PEARL MYSTERY CLOCK
Princesse No. 31
the rock crystal dial signed 'TIFFANY PARIS' with mother of pearl bezel raised on a pair of columns above a rectangular base with rounded edges, the mechanical jewelled movement set within the plinth base, marked to the underside 'IMHOF 925 ' and inscribed 'Imhof Princesse No 031 Swiss',
15.5cm high
A similar Imhof Princesse clock was sold at Sotheby's Hong Kong, 8 October 2014, lot 2122.
£4,000-£6,000
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A RARE JAEGER LE COULTRE GILT AND BRASS CASED ATMOS CLOCK DECORATED WITH STAR CHARTS AND MAPS AND WITH WALL BRACKET, CIRCA 1960
signed 'Jaeger le Coultre' to the case, dial and movement, the dial with Arabic and baton hours centred by a design of a compass, the gilt finished movement wound by changes in air pressure, the case decorated with a star chart to the front with famous astronomers to the corners and ancient maps to the sides on gilded plates, glazed back, with wall bracket, with original guarantee and instructions.
the clock 22cm high, 36cm high on bracket,
£700-£1,000
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A SET OF TWELVE LATE 19TH CENTURY PLATES OF FRENCH INTERIOR DESIGNS BY CESAR DALY (1811-1893)
depicting various designs for cafes, hotels and salons, in later black and silvered frames,
40cm high x 34cm wide (12)
£300-£500
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A SET OF TWELVE EARLY 19TH CENTURY EQUESTRIAN HAND COLOURED PRINTS
from 'The National Sports of Great Britain' by H. Aitken, London, 1825, later mounted in silvered frames,
31cm wide x 21cm high (12)
£300-£500
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A SET OF TWELVE 19TH CENTURY HAND COLOURED PLATES OF BIRDS
from 'British Birds' by The Rev. F.O. Morris B.A., London 1864, in later grained wood frames,
27cm wide x 17cm high overall (12)
£200-£300
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