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Lot 90
JACOB PETIT (France, 1796-1865).Garnish, mid-19th century.Enamelled porcelain.This piece was commissioned by Eugénie de Montijo from Jacob Petit as a gift to her husband Napoleon III.Signed with initials "J.P." on the base.It has small restorations.Measurements: 74 x 50 x 21 cm (clock); 67 x 36 x 28 cm (garnish with stand).The harness was commissioned from Petit by the French Empress, Eugénie de Montijo. Hence the dominant imperial iconography, with the equestrian figure of François I, the Renaissance king remembered as a great patron of the arts, decorating the central piece. The garnitures consist of sculptures inspired by sea divinities from the Olympian pantheon. They depict, respectively, Poseidon and Amphitrite bearing horns of plenty, seated on tritons. Each sculptural piece (the French king, the pack of dogs, the pair of gods, the putti, etc.) has been worked in detail, reproducing each element of the clothing and anatomy with meticulous attention to detail, as was characteristic of the work of this great porcelain master. The clock is numbered in Roman numerals.Jacob Petit (1796-1865) was one of the most famous porcelain artists of the 19th century. After travelling extensively in Europe, he returned to France and established a modest porcelain manufactory in Sèvres in 1830. As his business expanded, he moved to a rented factory in Fontainebleau in 1834 and by 1838 was offering highly prized ornamental objects to a distinguished clientele. His work was an innovative fusion of neoclassical, rococo and romantic elements that blended complex motifs and sculptural forms using a lively and distinctive palette. He is generally credited with introducing Rococo into Parisian porcelain production in 1834, which was a radical departure from the prevailing neoclassical fashion.
Lot 1179
A 20th century carved and painted wood mantel timepiece, modelled as a travelling clockmaker carrying his wares on his back, holding an umbrella in his right hand and a clock in his left hand, the dial inscribed 'Junghans', height 47cm.Buyer’s Premium 29.4% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price. Lots purchased online via the-saleroom.com will attract an additional premium of 6% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price.
Lot 102
An Edwardian silver mounted photo frame with putti-decorated cover, London, 1902, William Comyns & Sons, the square frame decorated with floral openwork mount to hinged circular cover, 15.5 x 15.5cm, together with a silver plated pocket watch travelling clock in silver mounted putto-decorated case, Birmingham, 1910, Henry Matthews, 8.3 x 9.6cm (2)Please refer to department for condition report
Lot 235
A Good Grande Sonnerie Striking and Repeating Alarm Carriage Clock, signed Chas Frodsham, 115 New Bond St, London, No.20857, circa 1913, brass "gorge" case with carrying handle and repeat button, underside of the case with grande sonnerie selection lever for full striking/silent/quarters, enamel dial with Roman numerals signed and numbered 20857, alarm dial, twin barrel movement with a free sprung blued overcoil hairspring, split bimetallic balance, platform lever escapement signed "escapement by Chas Frodsham, 115 New Bond St London No.20857 AD1913", movement striking on two blued steel gongs and a smaller hammer for the alarm, movement backplate stamped with maker's mark HJ for Henri Jacot and numbered 19102, 17.5cm high over handle, with original fitted travelling case and the original winding key signed Chas Frodsham and numbered 19102 and 20857Case slightly discoloured in parts, bevelled glasses with no chips, dial is clean with no cracks or chips, movement needs cleaning, balance is swinging but only for a short period of time, striking and alarm side of the movement needs re-setting, strike and alarm are not striking correctly, repeat button not working, movement needs a service, outer travelling case with wear.
Lot 1
A Dutch-Decorated Chinese Porcelain Dish, Qianlong, of silver shape, painted in enamels and gilding with two quail beneath a flowering peony within underglaze blue and iron-red diaper borders, 16cm diameterHair crack to the rim at 12 'o clock travelling into the well, glaze chips and fritting to the whole rim, very slight enamel wear, some re touching to brown line rim, no restoration.
Lot 6
An exceptionally fine engraved gilt brass English giant carriage clock with running seconds indication and fully relief-engraved case. Together with two travel cases.James McCabe, Royal Exchange, London, No.2671The case engraved allover in deep relief with exuberant foliate scrolls and flowerheads surmounted by a folding handle with ribbed centre section held between curved uprights on engraved bases over a shaped cornice framing the bevelled glass inspection panel (with repeat button passing through a brass ferrule in the glass), the substantial bevelled glass side panels set between engraved uprights to a stepped base, solid rear door engraved allover with further scrolls and flowers and set with a slide for fast/slow regulation (with engraved scale and central fleur de lyse), slide for strike/silent, and apertures for hand-setting and winding with engraved direction arrows. Engraved with a family badge to the front of the base depicting a double headed eagle and the motto AQUILOE COLUMBAS NON GENERA The 3.5 inch rectangular dial signed between XI and I and numbered between V and VII on the Roman chapter ring with subsidiary seconds dial intersecting the XII numeral, blued steel quatrefoil hands reading against a scroll-engraved centre, twelve of the scrolls flowing outwards from the centre to represent the half-hour markers between the numerals, all framed by a dotted minute band, electroformed scrollwork and an angled gilt sight ring behind a heavy glass. The impressive twin chain fusee movement with substantial plates secured to the base with L-shaped brackets and united by five turned pillars, the going train with Harrison's maintaining power to a large shaped gilt platform with heavy cut and compensated bimetallic balance over an underslung English lever escapement; the strike train sounding and repeating on a circular-section blued steel coiled gong. Ticking and striking. Together with a French-style leather covered, velvet lined travel case with lift up front, and an associated, slightly larger, brass-bound mahogany travel box with padded, felt-lined interior. 25cms (10ins) high. (3)Footnotes:Provenance: This clock has been in the vendors family since before the Second World War. It could have been purchased in the secondary market in the early years of the century by the vendor's grandfather Colonel Adrian Gordon Paterson, D.S.O. with bar, M.C. (1888-1940). Another possibility is that it was part of his wife's family collection - he married Sybil Irene Webbe in 1919. Sybil's father was the cricketer Alexander Josiah Webbe (1855-1941) who studied at Harrow and Trinity College Oxford where he captained the University side. While still at Oxford, Webbe famously shared the opening stand with W.G. Grace at Lords, making 65 runs. He also played a Test match for England, and after he retired, he became secretary of Middlesex from 1900 to 1922 and President of Middlesex from 1923 to 1936. Colonel Paterson and Josiah Webbe were both men of huge energy with full careers and such a clock would undoubtedly have appealed to both. Colonel Paterson and his wife Sybil had a daughter Camilla, and in 1951 Camilla married the vendor's father, Thomas Odling of Paxford House near Chipping Camden in Gloucestershire. Looking further back, the engraved badge may offer an answer to the question of the original owner of the clock. The motto for some reason, is presented in reverse, and should read NON GENERANT AQUILΠCOLUMBAS instead of AQUILΠCOLUMBAS NON GENERANT (eagles do not beget doves). The corrected motto leads uniquely to two possible families, both with connections to the island of Jersey: Rodney (Baron) of Somerset and the Royal Navy; and Lempriere, that in its various forms includes Lempreur of Jersey and Normandy, a family of great antiquity in France. The double headed eagle, displayed, is an uncommon crest in English heraldry but is more common in Europe. Although the heraldry of the family of baron Rodney includes an eagle displayed in the main shield and an eagle rising in the crest, they do not appear to have ever used an eagle with two heads. However the Lempriere family, who are mainly identified by the variant Lempreur, do use the double headed eagle as part of the main shield, in particular in heraldry that is recorded in France. This slight discrepancy over the order of the motto and the eagle being double headed may indicate that it was created by an engraver unaware of the family's complete arms, or they more likely combined essential features to create what they considered to be a more artistically pleasing crest and motto? That the Lempriere and Rodney families could have been acquainted professionally in Jersey makes it possible that the badge we now see reflects the armorials of both families and may have been a gift from one to the other?A similar clock, numbered 3121 was sold in these rooms on 13 December 2011 Lot 86. Other examples are illustrated and discussed in Allix & Bonnert, 'Carriage clocks, Their History and Development', Antiques Collectors Club, 1981, plate IX/64 and Roberts, 'Carriage and other Travelling Clocks', Schiffer, 1993 Fig 20-11 a,b,c and 20-16 a,b,c,d. Roberts is particularly effusive regarding this series of clocks, commenting that they .....'represent McCabe at his very best and are undoubtedly amongst the finest carriage clocks ever produced in this country. In each case the treatment of the engraving, whilst different, is always to the highest standards and the rear view of this clock (McCabe number 3180) shows that every bit as much attention has been paid to the back as the front.'For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 14
A Collection of Horological BooksThe Georgian Bracket Clock: Barder, Antique Collectors' Club 1993; Brass Dial Clocks: Loomes, Antique Collectors' Club 1998; Carriage and Other Travelling Clocks: Roberts, Shiffer 1993; British Skeleton Clocks: Roberts, Antiques Collectors' Club 1987; Continental and American Skeleton Clocks: Roberts, Shiffer 1989; English Precision Pendulum Clocks: Roberts, Shiffer 2003; Precision Pendulum Clocks the Quest for Accurate Timekeeping: Roberts, Shiffer 2003; Precision Pendulum Clocks France Germany America: Roberts, Shiffer 2004; Mystery Novelty and Fantasy Clocks: Roberts, Shiffer 1999; A Collector's Guide to Clocks: Roberts, Apple Press 1992, (10)This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 28
A fine late 19th Century French Carriage Clock with Grande Sonnerie striking, Repeating, Date and AlarmLamy Fils, ParisThe case decorated allover with engraved scrollwork and surmounted by a delicately moulded handle above a large glass observation panel and repeat button, with ball shaped finials and elaborate brass pillars framing the glazed front and foliate scroll pierced side frets with deep blue glass backings, the solid rear door with a spring latch, on a plinth base and squat button feet. The white enamel Roman and Arabic dial with trefoil hands above subsidiary Arabic calendar and alarm dials, all framed by an brass mask with fern and flower engraving. The three spring barrel movement with extravagant Swiss lever escapement jewelled throughout and balance wheel having regulation weights and timing screws with the back plate stamped with French indications for hands, type of striking desired and the maker's name; the striking occurring on two bells and two hammers, with the alarm train using a separate hammer. Ticking, together with a double-ended winding key. 19.5cms (7.5) highFootnotes:The name 'Lamy Fils' was used after 1881, following the dissolution of a partnership between the Lamy family and the Lacroix family which had lasted for over half a century. This partnership first began in 1828 between Pierre Hyacinthe Lamy, the son of a spectacle manufacturer, and Pierre Cyprien Lacroix, a well established horologist. The partnership was originally created for the manufacture of spectacles frames, however, by 1855 60% of their 500 strong workforce was engaged in making horological products. This same year saw the partnership expand to include cutlery fabrication and goldsmithing. In 1858, the partnership was branded and registered; using 'Lamy & Lacroix' for Morez (where Aimé Lamy was mayor between 1852-1870) and 'Lacroix et Lamy' for Paris. These brands were renewed in 1874 by Lacroix's grandson. By 1861, the partnership was making spectacles, comtoise clocks, regulators, tower clocks, domestic clocks, watches, microscopes, optics, etc. The partnership began to experience financial difficulties in 1870 and they focused more attention to the luxury end of their operations, employing a specialist team of 20 watchmakers. By 1870, over half of their revenue was coming from goldsmithing. Still in financial difficulties, the decision was made not to invest in updating the machines used in the various factories, and the partnership increasingly could not compete with other brands. The partnership was formally dissolved in 1881. After its dissolution, the six children of Aimé continued as the 'Les Fils d'Aimé Lamy' manufacturing a wide range of products, including clocks. Many of them began to establish their own individual brands, or formed partnerships between each other. This resulted in confusion with the Lamy name, and their catalogues tried to clarify the issue by printing at the bottom 'Because of the number of similar names in use, please address all letters to M.M. Les Fils d'Aimé Lamy, manufacturers, Grande Rue 167, Morez'[Trans.]. The business increasingly focused on spectacles and related products eventually focusing on this exclusively in the 20th century and forming FIDELA (Les Fils d'Aimé Lamy), which is still a spectacle manufacturer today.Monot, P. (2004-2010) Lamy & Lacroix Available at: https://www.horloge-edifice.fr/Horlogers/Lamy_et_Lacroix.htm Two similar carriage clock cases may be seen in Carriage and Other Travelling Clocks by Derek Roberts; the first by Jules on pg. 76 described as having blue glass sides and the second, on pg. 243, by Lamy and Lacroix.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 47
A very rare early 19th century Swiss Carriage clock with special night/day striking and calendar, in the original travelling caseAuguste Courvoisier, La Chaux-de-FondsThe brass Rococo case with floral handle held in cactus pommels above a repeat button and a wide inspection window with thickly glazed front door, back door, and side panels above an elegantly moulded base with curled leaf feet. The dial plate with allover engine turned hobnail pattern framing the large signed white enamel dial with Turkish numerals and blued steel Breguet hands, above the subsidiary enamel dials for date and alarm with blued steel hands and three winding squares. The three train spring barrel signed movement with a Swiss lever escapement and typical Swiss rack striking with two bells and two hammers, planted on the backplate. Ticking, striking and repeating. Together with separate winding and setting keys and original travel case. 20.5cms (8 ins) highFootnotes:The calendar dial only has 30 diversions as this clock was made for the Turkish market: Islamic calendars follow the lunar, rather then the solar, cycle which is approximately 29.5 days. Islamic months alternate with 29 or 30 days, therefore, a clock made for such a market would not need a dial with 31 divisions.Philippe-Auguste Courvoisier (1803-1873) was the youngest brother of the 'Courvoisier Freres' partnership, which lasted from 1845-1882, and continued the horological tradition established by 'Courviosier et Cie' in 1811. After 'Courvoisier Freres', 'Courvoisier et fils' was formed, which continued for an as yet undetermined amount of time.The above clock is typical of early Swiss carriage clocks; the striking work being on full display at the back, even down to the bells being inverted. The method of striking is also very usual for early Swiss carriage clocks; with petite sonnerie striking during the day, and grande sonnerie striking at night and on the repeater. This style of clock would eventually be replaced by the standardised French carriage clock around 1850.In Carriage Clocks Their History and Development, Allix and Bonnert illustrate a carriage clock made by Auguste Courvoisier for the Turkish Market on pg. 314. This clock is similar to the current lot and is numbered 2119 which is dated to between 1832 and 1845; it seems reasonable to ascribe similar dates to this clock. Plate X/9 of the same book illustrates an analogous escapement, though the escapement in the book was made by Auguste's older brother Frederic-Alexandre Courvoisier.A very similar carriage clock by Auguste Courvoisier is pictured in A Century of Fine Carriage Clocks by Joseph Fanelli, pg. 194.Another similar clock by Frederic Courvoisier was offered for sale by Bonhams New York in October 2019.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 1941
A small French Edwardian brass carriage clock: the eight-day duration timepiece movement having a platform lever escapement, the backplate stamped with the hand-setting arrow of the maker Couaillet Frères of Saint-Nicolas-d'Aliermont and Paris, the white enamel dial having black Roman numerals, blued steel spade hands and signed for the retailer Goldsmiths & Silversmiths Co., 112 Regent Street, London W, the brass Corniche case having a three-bale handle, height 12cm handle up, 9.5cm handle down, with the original leather travelling box.
Lot 1955
A French Anglaise repeating carriage clock: the eight-day duration movement having a platform lever escapement and striking the hours and half-hours on a gong with a repeat of the last hour at will, the hand setting arrow to the backplate as seen on early examples signed for Margaine of Paris and numbered 554 ,the white enamel dial having black Roman numerals, blued steel moon hands and a finely engraved gilded mask, the gilt-brass Anglaise case with a shaped and fluted handle, complete with numbered travelling box and winding key, height 18cm handle up, 15cm handle down.* The property of the Late Ann Meyrick
Lot 54
An Elliot (London) brass skeleton clock on stand within glass dome, of Gothic form, the dial with silvered chapter ring and black Roman numerals, with manufacturer's mark, with single fusee movement, with pendulum, on mahogany stand with glass dome, the clock 27cm high exc. stand and domeCondition Report: Travelling screw for pendulum missing. No winding key, and movement fully unwound. Unable to test movement but overall appears to be in good condition.
Lot 352
A FRENCH GILT BRASS CARRIAGE CLOCK MID-19TH CENTURY the backplate inscribed 'Lepine a Paris', the brass eight day repeating movement with a platform lever escapement, striking on a bell, the enamelled dial with Roman numerals, the 'one piece' case engraved with foliate decoration, with bevelled glass, the shuttered back sliding upwards, with a leather bound travelling case (2) 15.2cm high (including handle)
Lot 353
A FRENCH BRASS CARRIAGE CLOCK LATE 19TH CENTURY the brass eight day repeating movement with an alarm, stamped '1812', the platform lever escapement striking on a gong, the circular white enamel dial with Roman and Arabic numerals and a subsidiary alarm dial, in an engraved gorge case, with a burgundy leather bound travelling case (2) 13cm high (including handle)
Lot 6
H.R.H. Prince Charles The Prince of Wales fine Royal presentation travelling clock by Cartier with reeded plated case, quartz movement, gilt Prince of Wales feather crest and blue cabochon stone mounts, signed dial, marked on reverse 'Le must de Cartier' and serial numbers to base, 7.7cm high, in original fitted case with Cartier wallet and booklet. An identical example was sold by these rooms in The William Tallon Collection July 2008 lot 278
Lot 4168
Jaeger travelling alarm clock no.121277 in green leather folding case and presentation Swiss carriage timepiece15 jewels alarm 8 day movement retailed by Tiffany in original fitted caseCondition Report: Jaeger-LeCoultre clock in good condition overall, some very slight pitting to the gilded frame and slight staining to the luminescence. Some wear to the leather behind the movement. Tiffany clock engraved on the top 'John R. Rudd 30 years of Friendship D & S 1948 - 1978' some wear to the top, not running at the time of inspection, speed adjustment missing to movement
Lot 649
A French carriage clock, circa 1887, rectangular brass case with dated presentation inscription to top surface, platform lever escapement, painted dial marked 'Anderton Paris', gong striking movement, with worn leather travelling case15.5cm high (handle folded)Provenance:Wood Hall, Hilgay, Norfolkdamage to dial face, loss and rubbing to surface lacquer; corner chips to three of the glass panels. Untested
Lot 288
A brass carriage clock,20th century, the white enamel dial, with Roman numerals and subsidiary alarm dial, fitted bell strike movement within a bevelled glass case, 12cm highCondition ReportCracks to enamel dial, tarnishing to case, complete moroccan red leather travelling case and original key
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