Clocks and Barometers

A late 19th century French gilt brass and grey marble mantel clock garniture, the clock with eight day movement striking on a bell via an outside countwheel, the backplate stamped 'G. Philippe... Palais Royal...', the signed dial with applied gilt Roman hour numerals, the case with two handled cup surmount, on a plinth base and foliate feet, height 37cm, with pendulum, flanked by a pair of matching twin scroll branch candelabra, height 24cm.

A late 19th century French marble and brass clock garniture, the drum cased clock with eight day bell strike movement, the case with eagle surmount, height 31cm, with pendulum and an associated brass stand, flanked by a pair of cassolettes with stepped pedestal bases, height 25.8cm (clock missing lower section of case).

A late 19th century burr walnut and ebonized mantel clock with eight day movement striking on a bell, the enamel dial with black Roman numerals, the case inlaid with festoons and scrolls, the base with shaped apron, height 29cm, with pendulum and winding key..

A collection of twenty 19th century and later longcase clock finials, including brass, gilt gesso and wood examples, together with three other wood finials.

A mid-18th century walnut bracket clock, the brass four pillar eight day single fusee movement with anchor escapement (formerly verge) striking on two bells with pull-repeat mechanism, the backplate finely engraved with foliate scrolls and inscribed 'Joseph Oxley Norwich', the 8-inch brass breakarch dial with similarly signed silvered boss to the arch above a silvered chapter ring framing a matt centre with mock pendulum and date aperture, the case with inverted bell top and brass carrying handle above glazed doors and sides, on a moulded plinth base and bracket feet, height 55.5cm, with pendulum (some faults and alterations). Note: Joseph Oxley is recorded as a Quaker clockmaker, born in Brigg, Lincolnshire, in 1715, apprenticed to Robert Henderson of Scarborough in 1730 before a further apprenticeship in London, then working at Fakenham, Norfolk, and then Norwich, where he was made free and married in 1744. He died in 1775.

A late 19th century French gilt spelter and alabaster mantel clock with eight day movement striking on a bell, the case surmounted with a seated violinist flanked by a harp, on a plinth base with foliate scroll mounts and feet, height 41.5cm, with pendulum (some faults).

A George V mahogany mantel timepiece, the movement with platform escapement, the silvered circular dial with Roman hour numerals and inscribed 'Winsor Bishop Norwich', the dome top case on brass bun feet, height 15cm, with a winding key.

A late Victorian mahogany circular cased wall timepiece with brass single fusee movement, the painted circular dial with Roman hour numerals and inscribed 'Bates Cuckfield', the case with moulded circular surround, diameter 38cm, with pendulum.

A Victorian walnut and ebonized mantel clock with eight day movement striking on a bell via an outside countwheel, the ebonized dial with white Roman numerals and detailed 'J.W. Benson Ludgate Hill', the walnut case applied with foliate moulded panels, height 24cm, with pendulum.

A mid-20th century brass ship's bulkhead timepiece, the brass movement with platform escapement, detailed 'Coventry Astral, Made in England' and numbered '156', the painted circular dial with centre seconds, inner hour dial and outer minutes ring, the circular case with bevelled glass hinged bezel, diameter 26.6cm.

A 20th century brass ship's bulkhead timepiece, the brass movement with platform escapement, detailed 'Coventry Astral, Made in England' and numbered '23753', the painted dial with Roman hours, subsidiary seconds and slow/fast indicator and inscribed 'Smiths Astral', the cylindrical case with bevelled glass hinged bezel and adjustment button to side, diameter 26.5cm.

A mid-20th century brass ship's bulkhead timepiece, the brass movement with platform escapement, detailed 'Coventry Astral, Made in England' and numbered '156', the enamelled dial with black Roman hours, slow/fast indicator and centre seconds and detailed 'H.M.S.', the cylindrical case with bevelled glass hinged bezel, diameter 23.6cm.

A mid-19th century French comtoise or morbier wall alarm clock, the eight day movement with verge escapement striking on a bell, the circular enamel dial with Roman hour numerals and subsidiary alarm dial and inscribed 'Camisier à Sulliac', the arched brass front embossed with a sunburst mask, wheat and grapes and inscribed 'Hora Fugit', height 39cm, with folding pendulum, two weights and two replacement alarm weights.

A late 19th century Royal Bonn pottery cased mantel clock garniture, the clock with French eight day movement striking on a gong, the rococo scroll moulded case painted with flowers within pink and gilt borders, height 35cm, with pendulum and winding key, flanked by a pair of matching candlesticks, height 26cm, together with a late 19th century slate mantel clock with eight day movement striking on a bell, height 23cm, with pendulum.

An early 19th century mahogany longcase clock with eight day movement striking on a bell, the cast iron false plate stamped 'W. Francis', the painted breakarch dial with rolling moon to arch above Roman hour numerals and subsidiary seconds and date dials, inscribed 'Thorp Bath', cornered with painted allegorical figures emblematic of the four seasons, the arched hood with three ebonized finials above a fluted frieze, glazed door and fluted columns, the rectangular trunk door with ebony stringing, on a similarly decorated base and bracket feet, height 228cm, with pendulum and two weights.

A late 19th century French ebonized and inlaid tableau comtoise wall clock with eight day movement striking on a gong, the dial with Roman hours and indistinctly signed, the hinged and glazed front of shaped outline, enclosing an inlaid surround, height 61cm (alterations, restoration and faults), with pendulum.

A late 19th century beech circular cased wall timepiece, the painted dial with Roman hour numerals and inscribed 'Heatherley's Warwick Square Pimlico' within a moulded circular surround, case diameter 45.5cm, with pendulum.

A late Victorian inlaid beech circular cased wall timepiece with brass eight day single fusee movement, the painted dial with Roman numerals and inscribed 'Schwar & Co Walworth Rd', the moulded circular surround with pewter foliate scroll and mother-of-pearl inlaid decoration, case diameter 41cm (alterations and restoration), with pendulum and winding key.

A late Victorian inlaid walnut drop dial wall clock with eight day movement striking on a gong, the painted circular dial with Roman numerals and inscribed 'A. Hays Ashburton', the circular surround and apron inlaid with geometric banding, flanked by carved foliate scrolls, height 71cm. Note: Adrian Hays was a German clockmaker and jeweller from Nussbach, Baden, who became a British subject in 1877 upon acquiring a Certificate of Naturalisation. He is recorded in Kelly's Directory of 1902 as a watchmaker living in North Street, Ashburton.