SOLD FOR £110
An 18th Century Leeds green and white striped cream jug 5" - cracked, do. circular jar and cover 3" - chips to base and lid, a circular sugar bowl with pierced border 5" and a shallow circular dish 4"
SOLD FOR £580
A Meissen cased French 8 day striking mantel clock with Roman numerals and enamelled dial contained in an allegorical porcelain case depicting the four seasons, firing crack to base, with crossed sword mark, 17" ILLUSTRATED
SOLD FOR £110
A large collection of sundry dolls house furniture and fittings
SOLD FOR £600
A collection of Dinky aeroplanes including flying boat, etc
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
A mid Victorian rosewood and coromandel wood writing slope, the split fall inlaid with cut brass work, mother of pearl and abalone shell with quatrefoil cartouche to centre within scrolled and foliate reserves, enclosing a fitted interior with inkwells and concealed drawers 4.5"h x 14"w x 10.5"d
SOLD FOR £65
A postcard - The White Star Liner RMS Homeric together with local and other coloured postcards
SOLD FOR £70
A Victorian circular copper kettle 10" and a wrought iron 2 tier kettle stand
SOLD FOR £190
A 19th Century copper oval twin handled fish kettle 28", the lid with coronet and monogrammed H
SOLD FOR £420
A complete set of post war Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1946-2011
SOLD FOR £70
A collection of various leases, letters and account documents etc
SOLD FOR £3300
John Rocque, a collection of late 18th Century sectional maps of Surrey and its environs, bound in three box wallets, completed and engraved by Peter Andrews and Retailed by Mary-Ann Rocque, Old Round Court, The Strand,
SOLD FOR £200
A Royal Naval Officer's sword by Gieve Matthews & Seagrove complete with leather scabbard, marked R Mantaeu-Leeds RM
SOLD FOR £580
A Third Reich German flag captured during the liberation of Paris by 30 Commando Assault Unit, signed by all members of the mission 50" x 30", together with a letter of provenance
SOLD FOR £240
A 19th Century carved wooden chess set contained in a honey oak box with hinged lid
SOLD FOR £580
A 19th Century carved red and white ivory chess set, some damage to white queen and rooks, contained in an Eastern carved hardwood box
SOLD FOR £120
A pair of Continental spelter match holders in the form of a boy with pipe and girl ,f, the bases marked C'est Moi Grandpere and Petit Grandmere 14"
SOLD FOR £115
A bottle of 1937 Courage & Co Founders Whisky
SOLD FOR £70
A collection of Magic Lantern slides
SOLD FOR £120
A 17t/18th Century carved wooden and gilt painted arch shaped panelled door 10" and an Eastern coopered red painted pail 5"
SOLD FOR £160
A Victorian 6 sided concertina with 48 buttons, marked Lachenal and numbered 10649
SOLD FOR £70
A Soprani accordion with 71 buttons, complete with carrying case
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 £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