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16 December 2015 | starting at 14:00 GMT

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An important mid 17th century German bronze mounted ebony table clock with vertical sundial, Davidt Buschmann. Sold for £134,500 inc. premium

A fine mid 20th century gold, platinum and diamond mounted hardstone desk timepiece, in original fitted case Cartier, number 02278. Sold for £35,000 inc. premium

One of only two known clocks by Thomas Tompion's Foreman, Ambrose Gardner. A very rare late 17th/early 18th century ebony veneered quarter repeating table clock Ambrose Gardner, London. Sold for £25,000 inc. premium

An exceptionally large and rare late 17th century brass Chamber clock Perres, London. Sold for £21,250 inc. premium

A rare mid 20th century gilt mounted rock crystal desk timepiece in original fitted case Cartier, number 01004 01973. Sold for £6,250 inc. premium

A modern eight day mahogany wall-mounted regulator with gravity escapement The movement by J Brameld, Edinburgh, the case by Peter Cuthbertson, Edinburgh. Sold for £2,750 inc. premium

An interesting early 19th century rosewood travelling timepiece with visible balance escapement John Todd, Glasgow. Sold for £2,125 inc. premium

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161 lots available

1 —
A mid 17th century brass lantern clock
Thomas Knifton, in the Crossed Keys, Lothbury fecit

Sold for £5,000 inc. premium

2 —
A good and rare 17th century miniature brass striking alarm lantern clock
Thomas Knifton at the sign of the crossed keys in Lothbury

Sold for £16,250 inc. premium

3 —
A rare late 17th century West Country lantern clock
Attributed to Thomas Veale, Chew Magna

Sold for £8,750 inc. premium

4 —
A very rare mid 17th century brass striking lantern clock with unique dial pattern and very early pendulum escapement
Peter Closon, London

Sold for £8,125 inc. premium

5 —
A rare mid 18th century Turkish market lantern clock with a quarter chiming carillon
Isaac Rogers, London

£4,000 - £6,000

6 —
An exceptionally large and rare late 17th century brass Chamber clock
Perres, London

Sold for £21,250 inc. premium

7 —
A late 17th/early 18th century transitional posted frame weight driven clock
Joseph Windmills, London

£3,000 - £5,000

13^W —
A rare signed 19th century Japanese brass Yagura dokie
Kajiya Kichizaemon

Sold for £3,750 inc. premium

14 —
An early 19th century Japanese lacquered iron Yagura Dokie clock with stand and hood

Sold for £1,875 inc. premium

15^W —
A late 18th century French brass skeleton table regulator with large subsidiary seconds
Ridel Paris

£6,000 - £8,000

16^W —
A late 18th century mahogany quarter chiming bracket clock with alarm
John Taylor, London

Sold for £8,750 inc. premium

17^W —
A late 18th century quarter chiming table clock
Spencer and Perkins, London

£10,000 - £15,000

18 —
A fine mid 18th century brass mounted ebonised quarter chiming table clock
James Upjohn, London

£8,000 - £12,000

19 —
A first quarter of the 19th century Belgian gilt and patinated bronze mantle clock
Retailed by Verlinden Cnudde, Gand (Gent)

Sold for £5,250 inc. premium

20 —
A good early 19th century French ormolu mantel clock
Dupas, Paris

Sold for £2,000 inc. premium

21 —
A rare mid 18th century ebonised table clock
Hindley, York

Sold for £18,750 inc. premium

22 —
A good mid 18th century ebonised quarter repeating table clock
Alexander Cumming, London

£6,000 - £8,000

23^W —
An early 20th century mahogany floor standing regulator
J. Morrison and Sons, 27 Packington Street, London, No.8245

Sold for £6,250 inc. premium

24^W —
A 19th century mahogany floorstanding regulator
Joyce, Whitchurch

Sold for £11,250 inc. premium

25^W —
A good early 19th century mahogany floorstanding regulator
Richard Goodhugh, Regent Street, London

Amended

£10,000 - £12,000

26^Ф,Y —
A fine and rare mid 19th century rosewood eight day marine chronometer
J.R.Losada, 281 Regent St., London, No.1304

Amended

£6,000 - £8,000

27 —
A rare mid 19th century American eight day marine chronometer
Bliss & Creighton, New York, No 2147

Sold for £2,125 inc. premium

28 —
A second quarter of the 19th century 7 day marine chronometer
Edward Baker, London No.1056

Sold for £2,250 inc. premium

29 —
A late 19th century two-day brass-inlaid mahogany marine chronometer
Supplied by Victor Kullberg No 4755 , retailed by M.Horsley, Liverpool

Sold for £2,500 inc. premium

30 —
A good early 20th century two day marine chronometer with Kullberg's auxiliary compensation
Victor Kullberg, 105 Liverpool Road, London No.8450

Sold for £2,250 inc. premium

31 —
A 20th century marine chronometer
Ulysse Nardin for F. Dencker, Hamburg, No.243

£2,000 - £3,000

32 —
A rare mid 19th century mahogany cased two day marine chronometer
Richard Hornby and Son, Liverpool, No 1424

£2,500 - £3,500

33 —
A second quarter of the 19th century 'potje' cased marine chronometer
Arnold & Dent, 84 Strand, London No.1062

Sold for £1,875 inc. premium

34 —
A 19th century eight-day marine chronometer adapted to a freestanding travelling clock
T B Winter and Son, 21, Grey Street, Newcastle, No 3050

Sold for £1,750 inc. premium

35^Ф,Y —
A second quarter of the 19th century mahogany one day marine chronomter
John Carter, Tooley Street, London, No.150

Sold for £2,125 inc. premium

36 —
A VERY RARE MID 19TH CENTURY FRENCH FOUR-DAY MARINE CHRONOMETER WITH PIVOTTED DETENT
M. Viel-Robin, Paris, No.151

£3,500 - £5,000

37 —
A good early 20th century mahogany cased two-day marine chronometer
John Bruce & Sons, MAKERS TO THE ADMIRALTY, South Castle St., Liverpool, No.2378

Sold for £1,625 inc. premium

38^Y —
A LATE 19TH CENTURY ROSEWOOD TWO DAY MARINE CHRONOMETER
F.M. Moore, Belfast and Dublin, No 2408

Sold for £1,625 inc. premium

39 —
An early 19th century Belgian ormolu table regulator
Emile Rouma, Liege

Sold for £13,750 inc. premium

40^Y —
A fine and rare mid 19th century English table regulator
Dent, London no. 860

Sold for £43,750 inc. premium

41 —
One of only two known clocks by Thomas Tompion's Foreman, Ambrose Gardner. A very rare late 17th/early 18th century ebony veneered quarter repeating table clock
Ambrose Gardner, London

Sold for £25,000 inc. premium

42 —
A late 17th century ebony basket top quarter repeating table timepiece
Henry Jones, in the Temple

Sold for £21,250 inc. premium

43^* —
A fine and rare mid 17th century ebony veneered architectural turntable bracket clock
James Cowpe at Ffox Hall (sic)

£30,000 - £40,000

44 —
A late 16th century French gilt brass circular 'tambour' tableclock
Alphonse Greban

Sold for £36,250 inc. premium

45 —
A good late 16th century German silvered and gilt brass monstrance clock
Stamped DS* and dated 1586

Sold for £10,625 inc. premium

46 —
An extremely rare mid 17th century gilt brass and copper 'turmchenuhr' of six month duration with remontoir, moonphase and calendar
Johan Sayller, Ulm

£70,000 - £90,000

47 —
A rare and interesting late 17th century dated English weight driven alarm timepiece,
Henry Elliot, dated 1681

Sold for £11,875 inc. premium

48 —
An early 18th century winged lantern clock
J. Windmills, London

Sold for £3,125 inc. premium

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Auction highlights

Lot gallery

1 — A mid 17th century brass lantern clock Thomas Knifton, in the Crossed Keys, Lothbury fecit

2 — A good and rare 17th century miniature brass striking alarm lantern clock Thomas Knifton at the sign of the crossed keys in Lothbury

3 — A rare late 17th century West Country lantern clock Attributed to Thomas Veale, Chew Magna

4 — A very rare mid 17th century brass striking lantern clock with unique dial pattern and very early pendulum escapement Peter Closon, London

5 — A rare mid 18th century Turkish market lantern clock with a quarter chiming carillon Isaac Rogers, London

6 — An exceptionally large and rare late 17th century brass Chamber clock Perres, London

7 — A late 17th/early 18th century transitional posted frame weight driven clock Joseph Windmills, London

8 — A late 17th century miniature brass lantern clock Joseph Knibb, London

9• — Ronald A. Lee, 'The Knibb Family Clockmakers'

10 — A late 18th century Japanese hashira dokie wall clock

11 — A rare early 19th century Japanese persimmon shaku dokie with foliot

12W — An 18th century Japanese dai dokie wall clock

13W — A rare signed 19th century Japanese brass Yagura dokie Kajiya Kichizaemon

14 — An early 19th century Japanese lacquered iron Yagura Dokie clock with stand and hood

15W — A late 18th century French brass skeleton table regulator with large subsidiary seconds Ridel Paris

16W — A late 18th century mahogany quarter chiming bracket clock with alarm John Taylor, London

17W — A late 18th century quarter chiming table clock Spencer and Perkins, London

18 — A fine mid 18th century brass mounted ebonised quarter chiming table clock James Upjohn, London

19 — A first quarter of the 19th century Belgian gilt and patinated bronze mantle clock Retailed by Verlinden Cnudde, Gand (Gent)

20 — A good early 19th century French ormolu mantel clock Dupas, Paris

21 — A rare mid 18th century ebonised table clock Hindley, York

22 — A good mid 18th century ebonised quarter repeating table clock Alexander Cumming, London

23W — An early 20th century mahogany floor standing regulator J. Morrison and Sons, 27 Packington Street, London, No.8245

24W — A 19th century mahogany floorstanding regulator Joyce, Whitchurch

25W — A good early 19th century mahogany floorstanding regulator Richard Goodhugh, Regent Street, London

26Ф,Y — A fine and rare mid 19th century rosewood eight day marine chronometer J.R.Losada, 281 Regent St., London, No.1304

27 — A rare mid 19th century American eight day marine chronometer Bliss & Creighton, New York, No 2147

28 — A second quarter of the 19th century 7 day marine chronometer Edward Baker, London No.1056

29 — A late 19th century two-day brass-inlaid mahogany marine chronometer Supplied by Victor Kullberg No 4755 , retailed by M.Horsley, Liverpool

30 — A good early 20th century two day marine chronometer with Kullberg's auxiliary compensation Victor Kullberg, 105 Liverpool Road, London No.8450

31 — A 20th century marine chronometer Ulysse Nardin for F. Dencker, Hamburg, No.243

32 — A rare mid 19th century mahogany cased two day marine chronometer Richard Hornby and Son, Liverpool, No 1424

33 — A second quarter of the 19th century 'potje' cased marine chronometer Arnold & Dent, 84 Strand, London No.1062

34 — A 19th century eight-day marine chronometer adapted to a freestanding travelling clock T B Winter and Son, 21, Grey Street, Newcastle, No 3050

35Ф,Y — A second quarter of the 19th century mahogany one day marine chronomter John Carter, Tooley Street, London, No.150

36 — A VERY RARE MID 19TH CENTURY FRENCH FOUR-DAY MARINE CHRONOMETER WITH PIVOTTED DETENT M. Viel-Robin, Paris, No.151

37 — A good early 20th century mahogany cased two-day marine chronometer John Bruce & Sons, MAKERS TO THE ADMIRALTY, South Castle St., Liverpool, No.2378

38Y — A LATE 19TH CENTURY ROSEWOOD TWO DAY MARINE CHRONOMETER F.M. Moore, Belfast and Dublin, No 2408

39 — An early 19th century Belgian ormolu table regulator Emile Rouma, Liege

40Y — A fine and rare mid 19th century English table regulator Dent, London no. 860

41 — One of only two known clocks by Thomas Tompion's Foreman, Ambrose Gardner. A very rare late 17th/early 18th century ebony veneered quarter repeating table clock Ambrose Gardner, London

42 — A late 17th century ebony basket top quarter repeating table timepiece Henry Jones, in the Temple

43* — A fine and rare mid 17th century ebony veneered architectural turntable bracket clock James Cowpe at Ffox Hall (sic)

44 — A late 16th century French gilt brass circular 'tambour' tableclock Alphonse Greban

45 — A good late 16th century German silvered and gilt brass monstrance clock Stamped *D*S* and dated 1586

46 — An extremely rare mid 17th century gilt brass and copper 'turmchenuhr' of six month duration with remontoir, moonphase and calendar Johan Sayller, Ulm

47 — A rare and interesting late 17th century dated English weight driven alarm timepiece, Henry Elliot, dated 1681

48 — An early 18th century winged lantern clock J. Windmills, London

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1 —
A mid 17th century brass lantern clock
Thomas Knifton, in the Crossed Keys, Lothbury fecit

2 —
A good and rare 17th century miniature brass striking alarm lantern clock
Thomas Knifton at the sign of the crossed keys in Lothbury

3 —
A rare late 17th century West Country lantern clock
Attributed to Thomas Veale, Chew Magna

4 —
A very rare mid 17th century brass striking lantern clock with unique dial pattern and very early pendulum escapement
Peter Closon, London

5 —
A rare mid 18th century Turkish market lantern clock with a quarter chiming carillon
Isaac Rogers, London

6 —
An exceptionally large and rare late 17th century brass Chamber clock
Perres, London

7 —
A late 17th/early 18th century transitional posted frame weight driven clock
Joseph Windmills, London

8 —
A late 17th century miniature brass lantern clock
Joseph Knibb, London

9^• —
Ronald A. Lee, 'The Knibb Family Clockmakers'

10 —
A late 18th century Japanese hashira dokie wall clock

11 —
A rare early 19th century Japanese persimmon shaku dokie with foliot

12^W —
An 18th century Japanese dai dokie wall clock

13^W —
A rare signed 19th century Japanese brass Yagura dokie
Kajiya Kichizaemon

14 —
An early 19th century Japanese lacquered iron Yagura Dokie clock with stand and hood

15^W —
A late 18th century French brass skeleton table regulator with large subsidiary seconds
Ridel Paris

16^W —
A late 18th century mahogany quarter chiming bracket clock with alarm
John Taylor, London

17^W —
A late 18th century quarter chiming table clock
Spencer and Perkins, London

18 —
A fine mid 18th century brass mounted ebonised quarter chiming table clock
James Upjohn, London

19 —
A first quarter of the 19th century Belgian gilt and patinated bronze mantle clock
Retailed by Verlinden Cnudde, Gand (Gent)

20 —
A good early 19th century French ormolu mantel clock
Dupas, Paris

21 —
A rare mid 18th century ebonised table clock
Hindley, York

22 —
A good mid 18th century ebonised quarter repeating table clock
Alexander Cumming, London

23^W —
An early 20th century mahogany floor standing regulator
J. Morrison and Sons, 27 Packington Street, London, No.8245

24^W —
A 19th century mahogany floorstanding regulator
Joyce, Whitchurch

25^W —
A good early 19th century mahogany floorstanding regulator
Richard Goodhugh, Regent Street, London

26^Ф,Y —
A fine and rare mid 19th century rosewood eight day marine chronometer
J.R.Losada, 281 Regent St., London, No.1304

27 —
A rare mid 19th century American eight day marine chronometer
Bliss & Creighton, New York, No 2147

28 —
A second quarter of the 19th century 7 day marine chronometer
Edward Baker, London No.1056

29 —
A late 19th century two-day brass-inlaid mahogany marine chronometer
Supplied by Victor Kullberg No 4755 , retailed by M.Horsley, Liverpool

30 —
A good early 20th century two day marine chronometer with Kullberg's auxiliary compensation
Victor Kullberg, 105 Liverpool Road, London No.8450

31 —
A 20th century marine chronometer
Ulysse Nardin for F. Dencker, Hamburg, No.243

32 —
A rare mid 19th century mahogany cased two day marine chronometer
Richard Hornby and Son, Liverpool, No 1424

33 —
A second quarter of the 19th century 'potje' cased marine chronometer
Arnold & Dent, 84 Strand, London No.1062

34 —
A 19th century eight-day marine chronometer adapted to a freestanding travelling clock
T B Winter and Son, 21, Grey Street, Newcastle, No 3050

35^Ф,Y —
A second quarter of the 19th century mahogany one day marine chronomter
John Carter, Tooley Street, London, No.150

36 —
A VERY RARE MID 19TH CENTURY FRENCH FOUR-DAY MARINE CHRONOMETER WITH PIVOTTED DETENT
M. Viel-Robin, Paris, No.151

37 —
A good early 20th century mahogany cased two-day marine chronometer
John Bruce & Sons, MAKERS TO THE ADMIRALTY, South Castle St., Liverpool, No.2378

38^Y —
A LATE 19TH CENTURY ROSEWOOD TWO DAY MARINE CHRONOMETER
F.M. Moore, Belfast and Dublin, No 2408

39 —
An early 19th century Belgian ormolu table regulator
Emile Rouma, Liege

40^Y —
A fine and rare mid 19th century English table regulator
Dent, London no. 860

41 —
One of only two known clocks by Thomas Tompion's Foreman, Ambrose Gardner. A very rare late 17th/early 18th century ebony veneered quarter repeating table clock
Ambrose Gardner, London

42 —
A late 17th century ebony basket top quarter repeating table timepiece
Henry Jones, in the Temple

43^* —
A fine and rare mid 17th century ebony veneered architectural turntable bracket clock
James Cowpe at Ffox Hall (sic)

44 —
A late 16th century French gilt brass circular 'tambour' tableclock
Alphonse Greban

45 —
A good late 16th century German silvered and gilt brass monstrance clock
Stamped DS* and dated 1586

46 —
An extremely rare mid 17th century gilt brass and copper 'turmchenuhr' of six month duration with remontoir, moonphase and calendar
Johan Sayller, Ulm

47 —
A rare and interesting late 17th century dated English weight driven alarm timepiece,
Henry Elliot, dated 1681

48 —
An early 18th century winged lantern clock
J. Windmills, London