Clocks & Barometers
Friday 19th April (auction starts at 10am)
781 Early nineteenth century
longcase clock,
the swan neck pediment over a stepped frieze and
square hood
door enclosing a brass dial inscribed "Jonathan
Lees / Bury" and
with numerals in black and a date window, the shaped
rectangular door carved with scrolling foliage, the base
on bracket feet,
86 ½in (220cm) high
£1000-1500.ns
782 Victorian oak longcase clock,
the stepped pediment over a square hood door
enclosing a painted dial, with an arched rectangular
trunk door, 78in (198cm) high
£500-700.550
783 Jaeger-Le-Coultre gilt Atmos
clock,
glazed with perspex to the rectangular top and four
sides, with numbers at "3,6,9 & 12"
to the white
enamel chapter ring, 8 ¾in (22.2cm) high
£300-500.470
784 Victorian oak banjo
barometer,
with a shell design pediment over the thermometer
gauge
and white enamel barometer dial, 34in (86.3cm) high
£150-200.180
785 Jaeger-Le-Coultre gilt mantel
clock,
circular in form, inscribed with the maker to the
convex
front, with 'jewelled' quarters to the dial and on a
shaped
rectangular plinth, 8 ¾ in (22.2cm) high
£200-300.330
786 Brass carriage clock with
case,
the timepiece with a cream-enamelled dial,
with numbers in black, 5 ½in (14cm) high
£80-120.180
787 French nineteenth century
bronze and marble mantel clock,
with a classical figure surmount modelled in bronze
to the
rectangular top, the movement and white enamel dial cased
in black marble and on a stepped base raised with cast
scroll feet, 20in (50.8cm) high
£300-500.270
788 Art Deco four glass
mantel clock,
modelled with elephants, the stepped rectangular
pediment
over a white enamel dial with numbers in black and floral
festoons, with a striking movement and symmetrically
formed pendulum, flanked by a pair of elephants, all on
a marble plinth, 26 ½in (67.3cm) wide
£300-500.280
789 Victorian oak longcase clock,
the swan neck pediment over an arched hood door
enclosing a painted dial, with numerals in black and
inscribed "Jas. Robertfon/ Dundee", with
a date window
and above a rectangular trunk door, the base section
panelled and on bracket feet, 85in (216cm) high
£1000-1500.850
800 & 789
790 Two brass framed mantel
clocks
£50-70.40
791 Art Nouveau design oak astrological
clock,
the arched pediment over a dial with twelve enamelled
roundels each decorated with an astrological symbol,
with a spreading base, 18 ½in (47cm) high
£100-200.190
792 Brass silk suspension mantel
clock,
the pediment cast with a female reading a book by a
well,
over the white enamel dial and cast scroll designs in
relief,
17 ½in (44.4cm) high
£300-400.400
793 Nineteenth century mahogany
banjo barometer,
with a swan neck pediment over a small silvered dial
inscribed "Dry / Damp", above a
thermometer gauge
and a silvered circular barometer dial, over a small dial
with spirit level, 38in (96.5cm) high
£200-300.320
794 Continental wall mounting
barometer,
modelled from an aeroplane propeller, with an inset
thermometer gauge and brass framed silvered
barometer dial, 29in (73.7cm) high
£100-150.ns
795 Victorian brass mantel clock,
with a flaring square sectioned surmount over the
circular dial
with numerals, flanked by a pair of stylised figures and
on a rectangular formed base, 19 ¾in (50.2cm) high
£300-400.310
796 Art Deco onyx mantel clock,
the circular dial flanked by a pair of Perspex c-scrolls
and on a chamfered rectangular base, 13in (33cm) wide
£30-50.ns
797 Victorian oak banjo
barometer,
with a scrolling leaf design pediment over the
thermometer gauge
and white enamel barometer dial, 34 ½in (87.6cm) high
£150-200.140
798 Inlaid mahogany banjo
barometer,
the 'broken' pediment above a silvered thermometer
gauge
and barometer dial, bordered with satinwood banding and
ebony stringing, 38in (96.5cm) high
£200-300.330
799 Scottish nineteenth century
mahogany barometer,
the arched pediment over an open aperture lacking a
dial, above
a silvered thermometer gauge, convex mirror panel and
silvered barometer dial, the lower dial with spirit level
and inscribed with
the maker "Gerletti / Glasgow", 38in (96.5cm)
high
£300-400.340
800 Victorian mahogany drumhead
longcase clock,
the moulded c-scroll bordered pediment over a painted
dial with
two subsidiary dials and inscribed "James Hay /
Glasgow" and
with numerals in black, the flaring trunk with a hinged
door, the
base section with a recessed panel and on four squat
circular feet, 83in (211cm) high
£1000-1500.1100
801 Fine brass carriage repeater
clock,
with a swing handle and oval glass to the rectangular
top, over
a white enamel dial with numbers and numerals in black
and inscribed "Hamilton Crichton & Co / Paris",
within a silvered
metal richly pierced with scrolling foliate and stylised
bird designs, the sides similarly panelled and with a
stepped base,
6in (15.2cm) high
£600-900.1200
801 & 802
802 Fine and rare brass timepiece
with travel case,
the timepiece pediment with a compass set into the
circular
aperture, over a silvered dial finely engraved with
flowers
within numerals in black, with fluted inset quarter
columns,
the sides each with a thermometer gauge, 4 ¼in (10.8cm)
high,
the case lined in green velvet
£600-900.1300
803 Oak longcase clock,
inlaid with stringing, chequer and fan details, the
swan neck pediment over a blind fret frieze and square
hood door enclosing a painted dial inscribed
"Jno. Hayes / Wrexham", with numerals in
black, subsidiary seconds dial and 31-day aperture, twin
fusee movement, the rectangular trunk door flanked by
fluted quarter column pilasters, the base section with
reeded chamfered corners and on ogee bracket feet, old
worming, 84in (213.4cm) high
£800-1200.900
804 Nineteenth century brass
carriage clock,
the rectangular top with stationary handle above a
silvered dial
with numerals in black, the movement inscribed "Tho.
Maston / London / No. 10140", with a stepped
base and circular feet,
5 ½in (14cm) high
£180-250.ns
805 Edwardian inlaid mahogany
mantel clock,
the white enamel dial with numbers in black over an
inlaid oval
shell design and on brass ball feet, 11 ¾in (29.8cm)
high
£250-350.ns
806 Edwardian oak bracket clock,
the rectangular pediment with a gadrooned border over
a glazed
door enclosing a gilt dial with black numerals to the
silvered
chapter ring, the movement inscribed "Lenzkirch /
1 million" on
the brass backplate, with a presentation inscription to
the stepped base, dated "1905", 14 ¼in
(36.2cm) high
£200-300.190
additional lots 807-820
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