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Works of Art and Clocks

Oddities

The Works of Art department handles many items that defy categorisation due to their novelty. The Oddities category covers an unbelievable range of eclectic items such as preserved royal wedding cake, lockets of hair and other collectables made so by their association with historic figures or events in history or just their sheer novelty.

An Early 20th Century Games Compendium (FS27/502).

An Early 20th Century Games Compendium (FS27/502).

Specialists

Martin McIlroy

Martin McIlroy
Department Head

Leigh Extence

Leigh Extence
Clock Consultant

Discover Later Continental Porcelain

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Later Continental Porcelain

Meet Leigh Extence

Meet

Leigh Extence

Discover Other Antique Silver

Discover

Other Antique Silver

Discover 18th Century English Porcelain

Discover

18th Century English Porcelain

About Michel Fingesten (1884-1943)

About

Michel Fingesten (1884-1943)

Explore Maritime and Sporting

Explore

Maritime and Sporting

Sale FS41; Lot: 0696: Smith, Beck and Beck, a Victorian lacquered brass monocular microscope the tube signed Smith, Beck and Beck, 31, Cornhill, London, No3638 with coarse and fine focusing, single nose piece, mechanical stage with sub-stage condenser and plano/concave mirror, on a Y-shaped stand, contained in a fitted case together with assorted accessories, and a box of prepared and plain slides.

Smith, Beck and Beck, A Victorian Lacquered Brass Monocular Microscope (FS41/696)

Sold for £450

Sale FS41; Lot: 0884: Delettrez a Paris, a bronze and ormolu mantel clock the eight-day duration movement striking the hours and half-hours on a bell with an outside countwheel and having Brocot regulation to the pendulum, the backplate stamped Delettrez, Paris, the round white enamel dial having black Roman numerals, blued steel hands and with a repeat of the signature below VI o'clock, the bronze case profusely decorated with ormolu mounts to the front and edges and standing on a richly decorated ormolu base, surmounted by a bronze figure probably depicting the 17th century French playwright, poet and actor, Jean-Baptiste Poquelin better known by his stage name, Molière, seated in a thoughtful pose whilst writing, height 53cm * Biography. Jean-Antoine Delettrez was a well-known Parisian clockmaker, working from 1851in partnership with Achille Brocot, son of the maker Louis-Gabriel, at rue Charlot 62 and with whom he continued the development of the Brocot form of pendulum adjustment for regulation of timekeeping first developed by Brocot père and for which they were awarded a medal at the Paris Exposition of 1855 Following the death of Achille Brocot in 1878, Delettrez continued alone and died in May 1887.

Delettrez A Paris, A Bronze and Ormolu Mantel Clock (FS41/884)

Sold for £580

Sale FS26; Lot: 0733: A fine and large Chinese red cinnabar lacquer 'Dragon' box and cover of circular form, the domed cover carved with a five-clawed dragon writhing around a flaming pearl surrounded by cloud scrolls, the sides with four further dragons and two pearls between key pattern borders, the base similarly carved, Qianlong/Jiaqing, 44cm diameter [some damage and wear].

A Fine and Large Chinese Red Cinnabar Lacquer 'Dragon' Box and Cover (FS26/733)

Sold for £44,000

Sale FS41; Lot: 0891: The Waltham Watch Co, a boxed 'chronometer' the eight-day duration movement having a lever escapement with a split-bimetallic balance, Brequet overcoil hairspring and keyless winding, with engine-turned decoration to the nickel-plated backplate stamped Waltham Watch Co 8 Days, 15 Jewels Adjusted, 22192011 and set within a brass gimbal, the round matt-silvered dial having black Roman numerals, a subsidiary seconds dial, a 'up-and-down' state of wind dial and signed Waltham, with blued steel spade hands, having a three-tier brass-bound mahogany box, the inside lid having pasted within a Waltham rating sheet from March 1924 stating Performance of Waltham 8 Day Lever Escapement Chronometer at Room Temperature and giving details of the performance over 26 days with a repeat of the clock number 22192011, dimensions 13cm x 13cm x 13cms.

The Waltham Watch Co, A Boxed 'Chronometer' (FS41/891)

Sold for £1,650

Sale FS18; Lot: 0331: Robert Adams [1917-1984] - 'Pen(with?) Forms' - signed and dated Adams 1955 on base further inscribed with title and dated 1955 on a label attached to the base slate sculpture 13.25cm high.

Robert Adams [1917-1984] - 'Pen(With?) Forms' (FS18/331)

Sold for £15,000

Sale FS40; Lot: 0667: A set of five George IV graduated copper wet measures of plain cylindrical form, each bears a crown and incised Amounderness, 1826, includes Imperial Quart, Pint, Half Pint, Gill and Half Gill, contained in a fitted wood case, the interior lid bears paper label for de Grave, Short & Fanner, Late M de Grave & Son, 59, St Martin Le Grand, London.

A Set of Five George IV Graduated Copper Wet Measures (FS40/667)

Sold for £2,200

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