SOLD FOR £95
A pair of Oriental club shaped vases decorated dragons, the base with 6 character mark 16"
SOLD FOR £320
An Oriental blue glazed double gourd shaped vase, base with 4 character mark, raised on a square rosewood and marble stand 5" ILLUSTRATED
SOLD FOR £55
A Beswick figure of a seated owl base marked 1046 8" and do. Kingfisher 2571 6"
SOLD FOR £60
A Royal Crown Derby 8 piece tea service comprising oval teapot - chip to spout 3", 2 cups and 2 saucers, 2 tea plates 5" and a cream jug 2", base marked 11285
SOLD FOR £100
An Omersa style pig skin pig footstool 11.75"h x 18"l
SOLD FOR £65
3 unusual desk ornaments including timepiece, barometer and calendar fashioned in saddlery leather and stirrups
SOLD FOR £150
A taxidermy ornithological group of cormorants and gulls within a naturalistic setting and ebonised display case 30"h x 38"w x 16"d
SOLD FOR £320
Watson & Sons, 313 High Holburn London, an early 20th Century terrestrial refracting telescope, having a 3 draw objective lens, raised on a folding tripod stand, 45"l, 3.25diam.
SOLD FOR £190
A 19th Century copper oval twin handled fish kettle 28", the lid with coronet and monogrammed H
SOLD FOR £200
A Royal Naval Officer's sword by Gieve Matthews & Seagrove complete with leather scabbard, marked R Mantaeu-Leeds RM
SOLD FOR £240
A 19th Century carved wooden chess set contained in a honey oak box with hinged lid
SOLD FOR £1250
A handsome pair of Oriental turquoise ground and floral patterned twin handled cloisonne enamelled urns, 8", 1 slightly bruised ILLUSTRATED
SOLD FOR £120
A pierced and inlaid olive wood folding 2 tier bookrack 10"
SOLD FOR £100
A George IV oval pewter platter with Royal Cypher, 16"
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 £150
A mid 19th Century French Sedan clock, ormolu mounted, having floral painted enamelled Arabic dial, set 8 day movement 4.5"diam. x 6.5"h
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 £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 £980
A mid 18th Century oak high back dresser with moulded cornice above a shaped apron and 3 shelves, the lower section fitted 2 short drawers above a shaped apron with potboard below, raised on end stiles, 78"h x 55"w x 16"d ILLUSTRATED
SOLD FOR £100
A 1920's oval bevelled plate wall mirror contained in a chinoiserie style frame 35" x 24"
SOLD FOR £100
An 18th Century style oak blanket box with hinged lid, brass handles to ends, raised on plinth base 15"h x 28"w x 16.5"d