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Fine Clocks

20 June 2012 | starting at 14:00 BST

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A very fine 18th century walnut longcase clock of exceptional provenance and with original numbered crank winding handle George Graham, London, number 707. Sold for £175,250 inc. premium

A rare mid 19th century French 'Bubble' top grande sonnerie giant carriage clock with detent escapement Berrolla Ainé, Rue de la Tour 2. Sold for £43,250 inc. premium

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1 — A fine and rare late 19th century French striking and repeating engraved gilt brass carriage clock Charles Frodsham, Clockmaker to the Queen, 84 Strand, London, number 1010. The movement further bearing the stamp of Richard and Company.

2 — A third quarter of the 19th century French engraved one piece case carriage clock with repeat Dent a Paris, No.3324

3 — A good and rare mid 19th century French brass carriage alarm clock with subsidiary seconds indication, in the original travelling case

4 — A good 19th century French bell-striking engraved carriage clock with alarm The movement numbered 906

5 — A rare late 19th century French brass giant gorge-cased striking and repeating carriage clock with original numbered key Made by Drocourt, retailed by J.W. Benson, Ludgate Hill, London, number 29259 2

6 — A good, small, third quarter of the 19th century French engraved brass bell-striking and repeating carriage clock with alarm

7 — A late 19th century French gilt brass grande sonnerie carriage clock with alarm

8 — A good 19th century French ormolu mantel clock with perpetual calendar The movement marked JBD, 37015

9 — A fine mid 19th century gilt brass and marble four glass perpetual calendar mantel clock with centre seconds indication, moonphase, barometer and thermometers Lister & Sons, Newcastle

10 — An early 19th century ebonised bracket clock Frankcom, Bath

11 — A mid 18th century ebonised bracket clock William Creak, London

12W — A good late 18th century mahogany musical longcase clock playing two tunes Jonathan Whitham, Sheffield

13W — A good third quarter of the 18th century mahogany longcase clock John Yates, Liverpool

14 — A rare second half of the 19th century engraved gilt brass hour and quarter repeating strut clock Numbered 168.

15 — A rare mid 19th century gilt bronze desk timepiece with barometer and calendar, in the form of a Greek urn Thomas Cole, London

16 — A Louis XV Vernis Martin and gilt metal mounted clock and original wall bracket Viger, Paris, No.870

17 — A mid 18th century French ormolu mounted kingwood bracket clock Estienne, Paris

18 — A last quarter of the 18th century Bohemian ebonised grande sonnerie table clock Leopold Schmidt, Prag

19 — A late 19th century French porcelain mounted gilt brass annular dial clock Lenoir, Paris

20 — A late 19th century French porcelain mounted ormolu cercle tournant clock

21 — A second quarter of the 19th century French gilt and patinated bronze figural mantel clock

22 — An early 19th century French ormolu and marble figural annular dial clock 'l'oubli du temps' Claude Galle and Lesuier

23 — An early 19th century French marble, ormolu and enamel skeleton clock with moonphase and revolutionary calendar Ridel, Paris

24 — A very rare early 19th century French ormolu mantel clock with Chappe semaphore automata, under a later glass shade Chappe

25 — An interesting French mantel clock with moonphase and calendar with carillion bell accompaniment Pierre Margotin, Paris

26 — An early 20th century 'Madeleine' model electric four glass mantel clock Eureka Clock Company Ltd, London, No. 14614, 1906

27 — An interesting composite brass-cased Continental mantel clock The movement stamped 'M' and numbered 126405

28Y — A late 19th century German carved cuckoo clock Beha for Morath Brothers, Liverpool

29 — A rare 19th century English brass striking skeleton clock depicting Tom Tower, Oxford Smith & Sons, Clerkenwell

30W — A late 17th century inlaid walnut longcase clock with good provincial movement John Pursett de Nash fecit

31W — A late 17th century oyster veneered longcase clock with ten inch dial Thomas Fordham, London

32W — A late 17th century inlaid walnut longcase clock with ten inch dial John Barnett, London

33 — A second half of the 19th century English ormolu mantel timepiece

34 — An early 19th century ormolu and white marble mantel timepiece

35 — An interesting third quarter of the 18th century gilt metal alarm timepiece Christopher Pinchbeck

36 — A rare second quarter of the 19th century English epicyclic skeleton timepiece Brookhouse, Derby. Further signed Wm Strutt Esqr. Invt.

37 — A good mid 19th century biscuit porcelain mantel clock with annular chapter ring The movement numbered 6218

38 — An early 19th century French gilt brass great wheel skeleton clock of three month duration and extremely delicate wheelwork

39Y — A good late 19th century French scarlet tortoiseshell boulle clock of large size with bracket

40W — A large and impressive first half of the 18th century boulle-inlaid quarter repeating bracket clock on original wall bracket Etienne Le Noir, Paris

41 — A scarce early 19th century Swiss ormolu grande sonnerie pendule d'officier with alarm and pull repeat Frederic Courvoisier, Chaux de Fonds, No.576

42W — A rare Louis XVI pendule cercle tournant gilt and patinated bronze figural mantel clock Caquerelle, Paris

43 — A good late 19th century French gilt and patinated bronze mantel clock The movement signed Vassy, Paris

44 — A good late 19th century French gilt and patinated bronze miniature mantel timepiece Bearing the signature Ferdinand Berthoud, AParis

45 — An early 20th century French ormolu mounted grey marble lyre clock Bearing signature 'Robins, Hger du Roy, Paris'

46 — A good mid 19th century boulle work bracket clock with original wall bracket Lenoir, Paris

47 — A late 19th century French grande sonnerie carriage clock J. Alford, Brighton, the movement numbered 7027

48 — A good late 19th century French gorge cased striking and repeating carriage clock with Soldano platform escapement Retailed by Charles Frodsham, London, Number 19500

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1 —
A fine and rare late 19th century French striking and repeating engraved gilt brass carriage clock
Charles Frodsham, Clockmaker to the Queen, 84 Strand, London, number 1010. The movement further bearing the stamp of Richard and Company.

2 —
A third quarter of the 19th century French engraved one piece case carriage clock with repeat
Dent a Paris, No.3324

3 —
A good and rare mid 19th century French brass carriage alarm clock with subsidiary seconds indication, in the original travelling case

4 —
A good 19th century French bell-striking engraved carriage clock with alarm
The movement numbered 906

5 —
A rare late 19th century French brass giant gorge-cased striking and repeating carriage clock with original numbered key
Made by Drocourt, retailed by J.W. Benson, Ludgate Hill, London, number 29259 2

6 —
A good, small, third quarter of the 19th century French engraved brass bell-striking and repeating carriage clock with alarm

7 —
A late 19th century French gilt brass grande sonnerie carriage clock with alarm

8 —
A good 19th century French ormolu mantel clock with perpetual calendar
The movement marked JBD, 37015

9 —
A fine mid 19th century gilt brass and marble four glass perpetual calendar mantel clock with centre seconds indication, moonphase, barometer and thermometers
Lister & Sons, Newcastle

10 —
An early 19th century ebonised bracket clock
Frankcom, Bath

11 —
A mid 18th century ebonised bracket clock
William Creak, London

12^W —
A good late 18th century mahogany musical longcase clock playing two tunes
Jonathan Whitham, Sheffield

13^W —
A good third quarter of the 18th century mahogany longcase clock
John Yates, Liverpool

14 —
A rare second half of the 19th century engraved gilt brass hour and quarter repeating strut clock
Numbered 168.

15 —
A rare mid 19th century gilt bronze desk timepiece with barometer and calendar, in the form of a Greek urn
Thomas Cole, London

16 —
A Louis XV Vernis Martin and gilt metal mounted clock and original wall bracket
Viger, Paris, No.870

17 —
A mid 18th century French ormolu mounted kingwood bracket clock
Estienne, Paris

18 —
A last quarter of the 18th century Bohemian ebonised grande sonnerie table clock
Leopold Schmidt, Prag

19 —
A late 19th century French porcelain mounted gilt brass annular dial clock
Lenoir, Paris

20 —
A late 19th century French porcelain mounted ormolu cercle tournant clock

21 —
A second quarter of the 19th century French gilt and patinated bronze figural mantel clock

22 —
An early 19th century French ormolu and marble figural annular dial clock 'l'oubli du temps'
Claude Galle and Lesuier

23 —
An early 19th century French marble, ormolu and enamel skeleton clock with moonphase and revolutionary calendar
Ridel, Paris

24 —
A very rare early 19th century French ormolu mantel clock with Chappe semaphore automata, under a later glass shade
Chappe

25 —
An interesting French mantel clock with moonphase and calendar with carillion bell accompaniment
Pierre Margotin, Paris

26 —
An early 20th century 'Madeleine' model electric four glass mantel clock
Eureka Clock Company Ltd, London, No. 14614, 1906

27 —
An interesting composite brass-cased Continental mantel clock
The movement stamped 'M' and numbered 126405

28^Y —
A late 19th century German carved cuckoo clock
Beha for Morath Brothers, Liverpool

29 —
A rare 19th century English brass striking skeleton clock depicting Tom Tower, Oxford
Smith & Sons, Clerkenwell

30^W —
A late 17th century inlaid walnut longcase clock with good provincial movement
John Pursett de Nash fecit

31^W —
A late 17th century oyster veneered longcase clock with ten inch dial
Thomas Fordham, London

32^W —
A late 17th century inlaid walnut longcase clock with ten inch dial
John Barnett, London

33 —
A second half of the 19th century English ormolu mantel timepiece

34 —
An early 19th century ormolu and white marble mantel timepiece

35 —
An interesting third quarter of the 18th century gilt metal alarm timepiece
Christopher Pinchbeck

36 —
A rare second quarter of the 19th century English epicyclic skeleton timepiece
Brookhouse, Derby. Further signed Wm Strutt Esqr. Invt.

37 —
A good mid 19th century biscuit porcelain mantel clock with annular chapter ring
The movement numbered 6218

38 —
An early 19th century French gilt brass great wheel skeleton clock of three month duration and extremely delicate wheelwork

39^Y —
A good late 19th century French scarlet tortoiseshell boulle clock of large size with bracket

40^W —
A large and impressive first half of the 18th century boulle-inlaid quarter repeating bracket clock on original wall bracket
Etienne Le Noir, Paris

41 —
A scarce early 19th century Swiss ormolu grande sonnerie pendule d'officier with alarm and pull repeat
Frederic Courvoisier, Chaux de Fonds, No.576

42^W —
A rare Louis XVI pendule cercle tournant gilt and patinated bronze figural mantel clock
Caquerelle, Paris

43 —
A good late 19th century French gilt and patinated bronze mantel clock
The movement signed Vassy, Paris

44 —
A good late 19th century French gilt and patinated bronze miniature mantel timepiece
Bearing the signature Ferdinand Berthoud, AParis

45 —
An early 20th century French ormolu mounted grey marble lyre clock
Bearing signature 'Robins, Hger du Roy, Paris'

46 —
A good mid 19th century boulle work bracket clock with original wall bracket
Lenoir, Paris

47 —
A late 19th century French grande sonnerie carriage clock
J. Alford, Brighton, the movement numbered 7027

48 —
A good late 19th century French gorge cased striking and repeating carriage clock with Soldano platform escapement
Retailed by Charles Frodsham, London, Number 19500