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The Directors of Bearnes Hampton & Littlewood.

The Board of Bearnes Hampton & Littlewood consists of five directors: Rachel Littlewood (Managing Director), Daniel Goddard, Nic Saintey, Cristian Beadman and Brian Goodison-Blanks.

	Rachel Littlewood Managing Director
	Cristian Beadman Director
	Daniel Goddard Director
	Nic Saintey Director
	Brian Goodison-Blanks Director

Meet Daniel Goddard

Meet

Daniel Goddard

Explore Furniture

Explore

Furniture

Explore Maritime and Sporting

Explore

Maritime and Sporting

About John Blair Anderson (1945-1997)

About

John Blair Anderson (1945-1997)

Explore Silver

Explore

Silver

Discover Chinese Qianlong and Earlier Ceramics

Discover

Chinese Qianlong and Earlier Ceramics

Sale FS39; Lot: 0725: Levin and Cie, Paris a Corniche carriage clock the eight-day duration movement striking the hours and half-hours on a bell with an outside countwheel, the platform lever escapement having an engraved balance cock and plain steel balance, the white enamel dial having black Roman numerals with blued steel moon hands and signed Levin & Cie, Paris, the brass Corniche case with a scroll handle, height 15.5cm (handle up) 14cm (handle down). * Biography Levin is recorded in the Annuaire-Almanach du Commerce, published by Didot-Bottin, Paris as working at Nve-des-Petits-Champs, 5, Paris from at least 1857 until 1860.

Levin and Cie, Paris A Corniche Carriage Clock (FS39/725)

Sold for £200

Sale FS30; Lot: 0280: John Piper [1903-1992] - Menerbes - signed bottom left, inscribed with title bottom right pen, ink and watercolour heightened with bodycolour 36 x 53cm.

John Piper [1903-1992] - Menerbes (FS30/280)

Sold for £10,000

Sale FS41; Lot: 0627: A rare Chelsea white-glazed model of a red squirrel naturistically modelled with head turned slightly to dexter and tail curled over its back, on rustic mound base, incised triangle period, circa 1745-49, 15cm wide, 9cm high [damage and losses].

A Rare Chelsea White-glazed Model of A Red Squirrel (FS41/627)

Sold for £16,500

Sale SC22; Lot: 0353: A Great War MC and two bars and service group of three medals awarded to Major Daniel Douglas Pole-Evans, Royal Field Artillery, 1914-15 Star, War Medal and Victory Medal, together with a copy of Kincaid-Smith, Lieut-Col 'The 25th Division France and Flanders' with typed annotated notes, also a copy of 'Floreat Landubriense' with reference to Major Pole-Evans (see page 135) and a Llandovery college badge.

A Great War MC and Two Bars and Service Group of Three ... (SC22/353)

Sold for £4,300

Sale FS40; Lot: 0534: A Clichy miniature paperweight set with two concentric rings of coloured canes around a central flower cane beneath five printies, 4.5cm diameter.

A Clichy Miniature Paperweight (FS40/534)

Sold for £180

Sale FS39; Lot: 0740: Benjamin Merriman, London, a late 17th century lacquered longcase clock the eight-day duration, five-pillar movement, the middle pillar latched, striking the hours on a bell, with an inside countwheel, decorative steelwork to the hammer spring set to the frontplate and a decorative brass hammer stop, the eleven-inch square brass dial having tulip engraving to the edges between the cast-brass cherub-head spandrels to each corner, a raised silvered chapter ring engraved with black Roman numerals, fleur-de-lys half-hour markings and Arabic five minute outer markings, the matted dial centre having ringed winding holes, subsidiary seconds dial and a date aperture with engraved decoration to the surround, signed below the chapter ring with the maker's name Benjamin Merriman, London, the maroon lacquered case having raised chinoiserie decoration to the trunk door and base, with further gilded decoration, the hood with gilt-wood pillars and cresting to the top, height 198cm (not including cresting). * Biography Benjamin Merriman (sometimes Merryman) was born circa 1662, the son of the yeoman John Merryman of Newbury Benjamin was apprenticed to Edward Maskell becoming a Freeman of the Clockmakers Company in 1686 and raised to the Livery in November 1692. He took various apprentices of his own including Thomas Merryman, presumably a brother, in November 1692 until Thomas was turned over to another clockmaker in 1698. by 1688 Benjamin Merriman had premises located at Belle Savage Yard, Ludgate Hill, whilst Henry Merriman, born circa 1655 and apprenticed 1667, was recorded at Belle Savage Inne, both being in close proximity to the workshops of Fromanteel Benjamin Merriman may well have had a friendship to Edward Banger, partner to the famed Thomas Tompion, as on the 12th of January 1693 he alleged the marriage of Edward's sister Mary Banger to Edward Line. Reference: Evans, Carter, Wright, Tompion 300 Years, Water Lane Publishing 2013 Loomes, the Early Clockmakers of Great Britain, N AG. Press Ltd, 1981 A longcase clock signed by Merriman is on display at the National Trust property, the Treasurer's House, North Yorkshire.

Benjamin Merriman, London, A Late 17th Century Lacquered Longcase Clock (FS39/740)

Sold for £2,500

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