SOLD FOR £75
An embossed silver plated tea kettle and stand
SOLD FOR £9500
Aubert & Klaftenberger, 157 Regent Street, London. An unusual walnut floor-standing domestic regulator in the Gothic taste circa 1865. The single train movement with dead beat escapement, set silvered Roman chapter ring with outer minute track and second subsidiary dial, incorporating an unusual brass and glass rod pendulum, fitted 12 brass capped mercury vials with adjustment pointer to base. The case, with foliate carved and pierced cornice above a hollow high relief carved band of flowers, the door with arched apertures flanked by flower heads and lattice pilasters, raised on chamfered and shaped plinth base 79.5"h x 18"w x 14"d ILLUSTRATED FRONT COVER
Aubert & Klaftenberger was created in 1835 by an International partnership of 2 watch retailers, the London based C.J. Klaftenberger and D.F. Aubert of Geneva. The firm was held in high esteem by Prince Albert, receiving regular orders for clocks and watches from 1845 onwards and favoured by both the Queen and the Prince as the supplier of watches to be presented as gifts. The Company was also contributor to the Horological Section of the Great Exhibition, winning the Honourable Mention from the Jury. In 1859 Aubert & Klaftenberger were awarded a Royal Warrant
SOLD FOR £1300
John Smith, Midland clock works, Derby. A mid 19th Century oak tower clock, having a Roman silvered dial with outer minute track, set triple fusee movement striking 4 bells and chiming gong, the case in the Gothic taste with glazed door, raised on a blind fret cut pedestal, plinth base 77.5"h x 20.5"w x 13"d.
John Smith of Derby set up business in 1856 following an apprenticeship with the celebrated Whitehurst family, the descendants of John Whitehurst 1713-88 of the Lunar Society fame. John Smith's business prospered as Northern Industrial towns flourished and many consequential buildings were fitted with Smiths clocks. The most celebrated example of their work is the great chiming clock in St Paul's Cathedral.
SOLD FOR £3300
Barwise, London. A late George III mahogany and amboyna lancet cased bracket clock, parcel ebonised, having Roman silvered dial with second subsidiary dial, set 8 day repeating twin fusee movement with dead beat escapement striking bell, signed to back plate 17.5"h x 11"w x 7"d
SOLD FOR £2800
Edward Funnell, Brighton. A Victorian ebonised bracket clock in the 17th Century style, ormolu mounted, having an arched topped silvered Roman dial set chime and rise and fall dials, set quarter repeating triple fusee movement, striking 8 bells and chiming gong, the case of architectural form, painted with flowers and insects, mounted Corinthian columns on scroll feet and plinth bracket base 16"h x 15.5"w x 9.5" ILLUSTRATED
SOLD FOR £3000
William Audouin, London. A mid 19th Century mahogany cased dial clock having Roman and Arabic silvered dial with outer minute track, signed and centred with alarm subsidiary dial, set single fusee movement with verge and folio escapement and count wheel strike on bell 22"diam. ILLUSTRATED
SOLD FOR £1400
R Rolfe, Gloucester Street, Clerkenwell. A mid Victorian oak bracket clock in the Gothic taste, the silvered arch topped Roman dial with subsidiary chime/silent and advance/retard dials, signed and decorated with foliate engraved spandrels. The triple fusee quarter repeating movement striking 8 bells and chiming gong - missing, the case of architectural form with foliate carved door flanked by quadruple cluster column supports on a shaped plinth base 29"h x 20"w x 11"d
SOLD FOR £67
An Art Deco green glass and chrome desk timepiece with Arabic silvered dial, set 8 day movement 5.5"h x 7.25"w
SOLD FOR £60
Schatz & Sons, Germany, a lacquered brass binnacle timepiece with silvered Arabic dial set 8 day 7 jewelled movement 6.5"w x 6.5"h
SOLD FOR £150
A mid 17th Century style walnut bracket clock, the case with bell top and plinth base with bun feet, set Roman and Arabic silvered chapter ring, mask spandrels, with 8 day quarter repeating movement chiming on 4 gongs 13"h x 9"w x 7.5"w
SOLD FOR £280
Elliott London, a 17th Century style walnut bracket clock having a broken arch brass dial, silvered Arabic and Roman chapter ring, flanked by mask spandrels, the quarter repeating 8 day lever movement with Westminster and Whittington chimes on 8 gongs, movement no. 27344, retailed by Mappin & Webb Ltd. 14.5" x 10"h x 6.5"d
SOLD FOR £160
An Edwardian mahogany balloon cased mantel timepiece with silvered Arabic dial with outer minute track, decorated marquetry bell flowers on a plinth base, retailed by Walker & Hall Ltd 10.75"h x 5"w x 3.5"d
SOLD FOR £85
A 1930's Bulle electric clock under a glass dome with silvered Arabic dial on stepped octagonal base 11"h x 7"w
SOLD FOR £100
A set of 12 Victorian silver plated fruit knives and forks with mother of pearl handles, Sheffield 1909, contained in a mahogany case
SOLD FOR £130
3, 2004 60th Anniversary of D Day silver proof crowns, 4 silver gilt 2002 Commonwealth coins and 2 2012 silver proof Olympic crowns
SOLD FOR £280
3 2002 Australian silver proof Accession crowns, cased, 2 Peoples Bank of China silver proof and enamelled crowns, a 2000 Millennium silver proof £5 coin, a 1997 Australian Kookaburra 1 dollar silver crown, a 2007 Treasures of Australia 1 dollar proof crown, 2 Bank of New Zealand crowns, a 2004 Australian 150 Years of Steam Railways crown, a Pope John Paul II silver and enamelled proof crown and other coins
SOLD FOR £80
A 2000 Queen Elizabeth Queen Mother silver proof crown, a 2002 Queen Elizabeth Queen Mother silver proof £5 coin, a 2004 Florence Nightingale silver proof £5 coin, a 2001 silver proof £2 coin and a 2002 Golden Jubilee £5 coin
SOLD FOR £100
2, 1992 silver proof 10 pence pieces, 3, 2004 Crimean War Centenary crowns, 2, 2005 Trafalgar silver proof crowns and 3, Bailiwick of Jersey 2006 silver proof crowns
SOLD FOR £65
A 1977 and 2002 Jubilee silver proof crown set, cased, together with a 1999 Diana Memorial silver proof crown, a 2006 80th Birthday crown together with a Royal Mint Titanic silver proof medal
SOLD FOR £90
A 1997 Bahamas silver proof crown, a 1999 silver proof £5 coin, a 2000 Queen Elizabeth Queen Mother silver proof ?5 coin, a 2005 Charles and Camilla Wedding crown and 3 Prince William silver proof crowns
SOLD FOR £200
12 various silver proof crowns
SOLD FOR £260
12 silver proof Britannia 1 ounce £1 coins - 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 x 2, 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008
SOLD FOR £90
6 silver proof £2 coins - 1997, 1998, 2001, 2004, 2005 and 2006
SOLD FOR £200
10 silver proof £2 coins - 1994 x 2, 1995 x 2, 1996, 1999 x 2, 2000, 2003 and 2006
SOLD FOR £130
4 2008 silver proof Beijing Olympic crowns together with 5 other Oriental silver proof coins - 2001, 2005, 2006 x 2 and 2007