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Fine Clocks and Scientific Instruments

13 December 2011 | starting at 14:00 GMT

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A very fine and unique mid 19th century Exhibition Quality engraved gilt brass English giant carriage timepiece with chronometer escapement of one month duration, with original travelling case and tipsy key Charles Frodsham, 84 Strand, London, AD 1/FMSS 3. Sold for £115,250 inc. premium

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139 lots available

1^Y —
A Jacques Senecal ivory magnetic azimuth sundial,
French, circa 1660,

Sold for £1,875 inc. premium

2 —
A silvered brass armorial horizontal sundial,
French or English, late 18th century,

£1,200 - £1,800

3 —
A John Ismay clockmaker's brass quadrant, English, early 18th century,

Sold for £4,750 inc. premium

4^* —
An exceedingly rare equal hour horary quadrant marked with the badge of King Richard II,
English, dated 1396,

£150,000 - £200,000

5 —
An unusual Samuel Watson brass or bronze double sundial,
English, dated 1688,

Amended

Sold for £4,750 inc. premium

6 —
A brass universal equinoctial ring dial,
English, 18th century,

Sold for £1,125 inc. premium

7 —
An early 20th century portrait, oil on canvas, 'Gallileo' after Justus Sustermans
Attributed to copyist Michele Garinei (1871-1960)

£1,000 - £1,500

8 —
A 20th century iron model of Gallileo's escapement
Signed under the lowermost horizontal bar L.C.Eichner Fecit, MCMXLVI

Sold for £525 inc. premium

9 —
A 20th century iron model of Galileo's escapement
Signed on the lowermost horizontal bar L.C.Eichner Fecit, MCMXLVI

Sold for £500 inc. premium

10^Y —
An early 20th century Continental orrery with spring detent escapement

Sold for £12,500 inc. premium

11 —
An interesting third quarter of the 18th century brass lantern clock
George Thatcher, Cranbrook

Sold for £1,250 inc. premium

12 —
A late 17th century lantern clock
Thomas Ford de Bucks Fecit

Sold for £7,500 inc. premium

13 —
An interesting third quarter of the 18th century lantern clock
Edmund Smith, Bury (St Edmunds) From London, N 423

Sold for £2,250 inc. premium

14 —
A 17th century lantern clock movement

Sold for £2,125 inc. premium

15 —
An interesting 18th century Italian clock movement, and another
Anto:us Molinarius Venetus fecit, Pisauri

£500 - £700

16 —
A third quarter of the 17th century hoop and spike lantern clock with a 'matchstick man' foundry mark
Attributed to Thomas Knifton

Sold for £8,750 inc. premium

20 —
A late 17th century ebony veneered bracket clock with associated dial
The movement signed Fabianus Robin, Londini fecit

£3,000 - £5,000

21^W —
An early 18th century walnut longcase clock
John Ewer, London

£4,000 - £6,000

22 —
A late 17th century ebonised and giltwood Augsburg altar clock
Signed David Buschman, Augsburg

£4,000 - £6,000

23 —
A rare 18th century French miniature weight driven mantel clock

Sold for £2,875 inc. premium

24 —
An 18th century Bohemian carved giltwood wall clock
Dominicus Heinrich, Prag, no.154

Sold for £1,875 inc. premium

25 —
An early 20th century French ormolu sedan timepiece

£300 - £400

26 —
A late 19th century French gilt brass carriage clock with repeat
Leroy et Fils

Sold for £1,075 inc. premium

A fine third quarter of the 19th century French engraved gilt brass grande sonnerie giant carriage clock Drocourt for Idrac Leroy, 22 Rue du Bouloi, Paris

27 —
A fine third quarter of the 19th century French engraved gilt brass grande sonnerie giant carriage clock
Drocourt for Idrac Leroy, 22 Rue du Bouloi, Paris

Sold for £15,000 inc. premium

28 —
A late 19th century French porcelain mounted gilt brass carriage clock
Drocourt for J.W.Benson, 25 Old Bond Street

Sold for £5,625 inc. premium

29 —
An early 19th century French ormolu mantel clock, based on the 'Oath of the Horatii'
L. Ravrio, Bronzier, a Paris

Sold for £5,625 inc. premium

30 —
A good early 19th century brass inlaid stained fruitwood bracket clock
James McCabe, Royal Exchange, London, 1180

Sold for £3,500 inc. premium

31 —
A good early 19th century arched top mahogany miniature bracket clock
William Nicoll Junior, Great Portland Street

Sold for £2,000 inc. premium

32 —
A late 18th century mahogany musical bracket clock playing six tunes

Sold for £7,500 inc. premium

33^W —
A late 17th century walnut longcase clock
Mansell Bennett, Charring Cross, London

£3,000 - £5,000

34^W —
A late 18th century Dutch walnut inlaid longcase clock
Lambertus Dykstra, Amsterdam

£3,000 - £5,000

35^W —
A fine third quarter 18th century Dutch walnut and marquetry longcase clock
Frans Burel, Amsterdam

Sold for £4,375 inc. premium

36 —
A third quarter of the 18th century French ormolu cartel timepiece
The associated movement and dial signed J.F. Bourgeois, a Paris

Sold for £1,750 inc. premium

37 —
A good late 18th century French ormolu quarter repeating cartel timepiece
Arnoux, Paris

Sold for £2,125 inc. premium

38 —
A good mid 18th century carved giltwood cartel timepiece
Thomas Church, Norwich

£3,000 - £5,000

39 —
A Louis XV ormolu mounted boulle clock and wall bracket
Charles Voisin, Paris 2

Amended

£3,000 - £4,000

40 —
A good and interesting late 18th century mahogany pad top bracket clock with moonphase and day indication
Thomas Read, Ipswich

Sold for £5,625 inc. premium

41 —
A late 18th century mahogany longcase clock
Thomas York, London

£3,000 - £4,000

42 —
A late 18th century mahogany bracket clock
Thomas Pace, London

Sold for £4,000 inc. premium

43^W —
A fine late 18th century mahogany longcase clock
John Shelton, London

Sold for £6,250 inc. premium

44 —
An early 20th century French swinging bezel lyre clock
Le Roy & Fils, 37 New Bond Street

Sold for £3,125 inc. premium

45 —
A late 19th century ebonised quarter chiming basket top bracket clock
E. Watson, 1 Old Jewry, London

Sold for £4,000 inc. premium

46 —
An early 19th century French ormolu Egyptian taste mantel clock

£1,200 - £1,800

47 —
An early 20th century Schwarzwald cuckoo clock
Camerer, Kuss & Co

Sold for £2,125 inc. premium

48^Y —
A good early 19th century rosewood bracket clock of small size
The dial later signed Vulliamy

Sold for £3,125 inc. premium

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- Scientific Instruments
- Clocks

Fine Clocks and Scientific Instruments

Auction highlights

Lot gallery

1Y — A Jacques Senecal ivory magnetic azimuth sundial, French, circa 1660,

2 — A silvered brass armorial horizontal sundial, French or English, late 18th century,

3 — A John Ismay clockmaker's brass quadrant, English, early 18th century,

4* — An exceedingly rare equal hour horary quadrant marked with the badge of King Richard II, English, dated 1396,

5 — An unusual Samuel Watson brass or bronze double sundial, English, dated 1688,

6 — A brass universal equinoctial ring dial, English, 18th century,

7 — An early 20th century portrait, oil on canvas, 'Gallileo' after Justus Sustermans Attributed to copyist Michele Garinei (1871-1960)

8 — A 20th century iron model of Gallileo's escapement Signed under the lowermost horizontal bar L.C.Eichner Fecit, MCMXLVI

9 — A 20th century iron model of Galileo's escapement Signed on the lowermost horizontal bar L.C.Eichner Fecit, MCMXLVI

10Y — An early 20th century Continental orrery with spring detent escapement

11 — An interesting third quarter of the 18th century brass lantern clock George Thatcher, Cranbrook

12 — A late 17th century lantern clock Thomas Ford de Bucks Fecit

13 — An interesting third quarter of the 18th century lantern clock Edmund Smith, Bury (St Edmunds) From London, N 423

14 — A 17th century lantern clock movement

15 — An interesting 18th century Italian clock movement, and another Anto:us Molinarius Venetus fecit, Pisauri

16 — A third quarter of the 17th century hoop and spike lantern clock with a 'matchstick man' foundry mark Attributed to Thomas Knifton

17 — A fine and rare First Period striking lantern clock

18 — A late 17th century basket top bracket clock John Beale, London

19W — An early 18th century walnut longcase clock John LeRoux, London

20 — A late 17th century ebony veneered bracket clock with associated dial The movement signed Fabianus Robin, Londini fecit

21W — An early 18th century walnut longcase clock John Ewer, London

22 — A late 17th century ebonised and giltwood Augsburg altar clock Signed David Buschman, Augsburg

23 — A rare 18th century French miniature weight driven mantel clock

24 — An 18th century Bohemian carved giltwood wall clock Dominicus Heinrich, Prag, no.154

25 — An early 20th century French ormolu sedan timepiece

26 — A late 19th century French gilt brass carriage clock with repeat Leroy et Fils

27 — A fine third quarter of the 19th century French engraved gilt brass grande sonnerie giant carriage clock Drocourt for Idrac Leroy, 22 Rue du Bouloi, Paris

28 — A late 19th century French porcelain mounted gilt brass carriage clock Drocourt for J.W.Benson, 25 Old Bond Street

29 — An early 19th century French ormolu mantel clock, based on the 'Oath of the Horatii' L. Ravrio, Bronzier, a Paris

30 — A good early 19th century brass inlaid stained fruitwood bracket clock James McCabe, Royal Exchange, London, 1180

31 — A good early 19th century arched top mahogany miniature bracket clock William Nicoll Junior, Great Portland Street

32 — A late 18th century mahogany musical bracket clock playing six tunes

33W — A late 17th century walnut longcase clock Mansell Bennett, Charring Cross, London

34W — A late 18th century Dutch walnut inlaid longcase clock Lambertus Dykstra, Amsterdam

35W — A fine third quarter 18th century Dutch walnut and marquetry longcase clock Frans Burel, Amsterdam

36 — A third quarter of the 18th century French ormolu cartel timepiece The associated movement and dial signed J.F. Bourgeois, a Paris

37 — A good late 18th century French ormolu quarter repeating cartel timepiece Arnoux, Paris

38 — A good mid 18th century carved giltwood cartel timepiece Thomas Church, Norwich

39 — A Louis XV ormolu mounted boulle clock and wall bracket Charles Voisin, Paris 2

40 — A good and interesting late 18th century mahogany pad top bracket clock with moonphase and day indication Thomas Read, Ipswich

41 — A late 18th century mahogany longcase clock Thomas York, London

42 — A late 18th century mahogany bracket clock Thomas Pace, London

43W — A fine late 18th century mahogany longcase clock John Shelton, London

44 — An early 20th century French swinging bezel lyre clock Le Roy & Fils, 37 New Bond Street

45 — A late 19th century ebonised quarter chiming basket top bracket clock E. Watson, 1 Old Jewry, London

46 — An early 19th century French ormolu Egyptian taste mantel clock

47 — An early 20th century Schwarzwald cuckoo clock Camerer, Kuss & Co

48Y — A good early 19th century rosewood bracket clock of small size The dial later signed Vulliamy

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1^Y —
A Jacques Senecal ivory magnetic azimuth sundial,
French, circa 1660,

2 —
A silvered brass armorial horizontal sundial,
French or English, late 18th century,

3 —
A John Ismay clockmaker's brass quadrant, English, early 18th century,

4^* —
An exceedingly rare equal hour horary quadrant marked with the badge of King Richard II,
English, dated 1396,

5 —
An unusual Samuel Watson brass or bronze double sundial,
English, dated 1688,

6 —
A brass universal equinoctial ring dial,
English, 18th century,

7 —
An early 20th century portrait, oil on canvas, 'Gallileo' after Justus Sustermans
Attributed to copyist Michele Garinei (1871-1960)

8 —
A 20th century iron model of Gallileo's escapement
Signed under the lowermost horizontal bar L.C.Eichner Fecit, MCMXLVI

9 —
A 20th century iron model of Galileo's escapement
Signed on the lowermost horizontal bar L.C.Eichner Fecit, MCMXLVI

10^Y —
An early 20th century Continental orrery with spring detent escapement

11 —
An interesting third quarter of the 18th century brass lantern clock
George Thatcher, Cranbrook

12 —
A late 17th century lantern clock
Thomas Ford de Bucks Fecit

13 —
An interesting third quarter of the 18th century lantern clock
Edmund Smith, Bury (St Edmunds) From London, N 423

14 —
A 17th century lantern clock movement

15 —
An interesting 18th century Italian clock movement, and another
Anto:us Molinarius Venetus fecit, Pisauri

16 —
A third quarter of the 17th century hoop and spike lantern clock with a 'matchstick man' foundry mark
Attributed to Thomas Knifton

17 —
A fine and rare First Period striking lantern clock

18 —
A late 17th century basket top bracket clock
John Beale, London

19^W —
An early 18th century walnut longcase clock
John LeRoux, London

20 —
A late 17th century ebony veneered bracket clock with associated dial
The movement signed Fabianus Robin, Londini fecit

21^W —
An early 18th century walnut longcase clock
John Ewer, London

22 —
A late 17th century ebonised and giltwood Augsburg altar clock
Signed David Buschman, Augsburg

23 —
A rare 18th century French miniature weight driven mantel clock

24 —
An 18th century Bohemian carved giltwood wall clock
Dominicus Heinrich, Prag, no.154

25 —
An early 20th century French ormolu sedan timepiece

26 —
A late 19th century French gilt brass carriage clock with repeat
Leroy et Fils

27 —
A fine third quarter of the 19th century French engraved gilt brass grande sonnerie giant carriage clock
Drocourt for Idrac Leroy, 22 Rue du Bouloi, Paris

28 —
A late 19th century French porcelain mounted gilt brass carriage clock
Drocourt for J.W.Benson, 25 Old Bond Street

29 —
An early 19th century French ormolu mantel clock, based on the 'Oath of the Horatii'
L. Ravrio, Bronzier, a Paris

30 —
A good early 19th century brass inlaid stained fruitwood bracket clock
James McCabe, Royal Exchange, London, 1180

31 —
A good early 19th century arched top mahogany miniature bracket clock
William Nicoll Junior, Great Portland Street

32 —
A late 18th century mahogany musical bracket clock playing six tunes

33^W —
A late 17th century walnut longcase clock
Mansell Bennett, Charring Cross, London

34^W —
A late 18th century Dutch walnut inlaid longcase clock
Lambertus Dykstra, Amsterdam

35^W —
A fine third quarter 18th century Dutch walnut and marquetry longcase clock
Frans Burel, Amsterdam

36 —
A third quarter of the 18th century French ormolu cartel timepiece
The associated movement and dial signed J.F. Bourgeois, a Paris

37 —
A good late 18th century French ormolu quarter repeating cartel timepiece
Arnoux, Paris

38 —
A good mid 18th century carved giltwood cartel timepiece
Thomas Church, Norwich

39 —
A Louis XV ormolu mounted boulle clock and wall bracket
Charles Voisin, Paris 2

40 —
A good and interesting late 18th century mahogany pad top bracket clock with moonphase and day indication
Thomas Read, Ipswich

41 —
A late 18th century mahogany longcase clock
Thomas York, London

42 —
A late 18th century mahogany bracket clock
Thomas Pace, London

43^W —
A fine late 18th century mahogany longcase clock
John Shelton, London

44 —
An early 20th century French swinging bezel lyre clock
Le Roy & Fils, 37 New Bond Street

45 —
A late 19th century ebonised quarter chiming basket top bracket clock
E. Watson, 1 Old Jewry, London

46 —
An early 19th century French ormolu Egyptian taste mantel clock

47 —
An early 20th century Schwarzwald cuckoo clock
Camerer, Kuss & Co

48^Y —
A good early 19th century rosewood bracket clock of small size
The dial later signed Vulliamy