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F. BAETENS
28 Gerrard Street London Date. C1820 |
Thos. Cole
No.1239 Date: c1855 |
FRANCIS PERIGAL
(Royal Exchange) LONDON Date: c1780/85 |
A good English Regency black marble and ormolu mantel timepiece. Surmounted by an eagle on a drum-shaped case, the plinth mounted with a ram’s head at the centre with oak leaf and flower garlands mounted at each side with a seated figure of a Classical woman reading a book, the white enamel dial with blued steel moon hands and Roman numerals, the single train fusée movement signed on the front plate F. BAETENS, 28 GERRARD STREET, LONDON, with anchor escapement. The right hand book signed Coleman, 6 Westmorland St, London. |
A fine engraved gilt-brass month-going tripod table regulator. The silvered dial with finely engraved centre, with large second’s dial below X11 signed for Hunt & Roskell LONDON and with blued steel hands. The month duration movement with going barrel and shaped plates numbered 1239 with deadbeat escapement the pendulum having spherical nickel-plated bob. The stepped base containing a barometer and a Fahrenheit thermometer set above it and incorporating Cole’s own beat scale and pendulum transit locking device and with adjustable feet. Complete with a glass shade. This is a fine example in very good order. Height 20 inches. (51cms). A similar clock is illustrated in ‘Thomas Cole & Victorian Clockmaking’ by J.B. Hawkins, item number 37, pages 108-109. |
A fine George 111 period hooded wall clock. The mahogany case with removable shallow-arch hood, glazed to the sides, having canted fluted corners with brass inlay and slide-off moulded base; the 10 inch silvered dial, signed Francis Perigal, LONDON , with Roman numerals, outside Arabic minutes at five minute intervals, date aperture, silent/strike selector and pierced blued steel hands. The top quality five-pillar two train fuseé movement with anchor escapement, long pendulum with brass bob, sounding the hours on a bell. Height overall: 26 ¼ inches (67cms) |
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A THREE-MONTH DURATION FRENCH SKELETON CLOCK
Date: c 1820 |
HOWELL & JAMES
Regent Street London No. 112 Date: c1845 |
ROBERT WOOD |
The gilt keyhole frame containing the movement with knife-edge suspension to the pendulum, pin wheel escapement, fine and delicate wheelwork with lantern pinions, Height: 17 ½ inches (44.5cms). There is a similar example illustrated in ‘Continental and American Skeleton Clocks’ by Derek Roberts, page 92. |
A superb timepiece with Royal provenance. The gilt-brass case set with finely engraved side panels, dial mask bearing the initials AR (Adelaide Regina) with coronet above, and top panel with folding handle and four finials, the solid rear door signed on the inside Howell & James, Regent Street; the engraved silvered dial with seconds at X11 having Roman numerals and blued steel moon hands. The timepiece chain fuseé movement numbered 112 with rear-mounted lever escapement with finely engraved back cock. With original travelling case bearing the Queen’s coronet and initials AR, with cruciform winding key. Case height: 4 inches (10cms). Princess Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen (Adelaide Amelia Louise Theresa Caroline; later queen Adelaide in 1831; 13th August 1792 - 2nd December 1849) was the Queen Consort of the United Kingdom and of Hanover as spouse of William 1V. Adelaide the capital city of South Australia is named after her. |
A fine silvered dial wall clock with verge escapement. The oak backed mahogany case with moulded mahogany locking bezel to the square double salt-box with a side and rear door. The 13 inch silvered dial with Roman numerals and Arabic outer five minute numerals signed Robert Wood London with finely cut blued steel hands. The eight-day duration fuseé movement with tapered plates, four knopped pillars and verge escapement. NOTE: There are two Robert Woods noted as working in London from about 1785 to 1811, one working in Borough. |
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GONNET
ELEVE DE ROBIN Date: c1813 |
A good early nineteenth century French ‘Capucine’ timepiece with alarm
Date: c1810 |
STORR & MORTIMER
156 NEW BOND STREET LONDON Date: c1836 |
The top quality mahogany case with gilt-brass tapered columns and capitols with engine-turned decoration. The 5 ¼ inch dial with finely engine-turned centre, signed on the cartouche GONNET ELEVE DE ROBIN, recessed seconds chapter at X11, inset with an enamel chapter ring with Roman numerals and calendar numbered in Arabic numerals 1 to 31, surrounded by an engine-turned and engraved gilt bezel. The two train spring barrel movement with outside countwheel sounding the hours and half hours on a bell with PIN-WHEEL escapement and elaborate grid-iron pendulum. The movement protected by a cylindrical dust cover. Case height: 19 ½ inches (49.5cms). Note: The main springs dated 1813. |
The well patinated brass case with hinged side panels and rear door standing on turned feet with finials and bell above surmounted by a folding handle. The white enamel dial with Roman numerals and blued steel moon hands and alarm set hand.
The eight-day duration timepiece spring barrel movement with pull alarm with tic-tac escapement and silk thread suspension. The main spring is marked with the date1822. Case height; 5 ¼ inches (13.5 cms). |
A fine English mid-nineteenth century gilt-brass carriage clock having a particularly well engraved case surmounted by four finials and a handle centred by a recessed 16 point compass over four tapering columns to a plinth base and turned feet, the silvered dial with Roman numerals and blued steel moon hands. The foliate engraved centre set within a finely engraved mask, the left-hand side panel containing a Fahrenheit thermometer, the right hand side panel a Reamur thermometer. The 8-day going barrel movement with lever escapement and integral hand-set key, signed on the inside of the rear door Storr & Mortimer, 156 New Bond Street, LONDON. With original cruciform winding key. Case height: 6 inches (15cms) The partnership of Storr & Mortimer was dissolved in 1838 and latterly became Hunt & Roskell the retailers of many fine clocks by Thomas Cole. |
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