//SOLD//Finding, Bedford c.1865
A good mid Victorian wall clock, the 12" diameter flat dial simply signed 'Finding, Bedford'. The timepiece fusee movement fronted by 'pierced moon' hands is in a dark mahogany case with cushion moulded surround carrying a cast brass bezel with silvered sight ring.
Stock No. 3161
John Meader, 114 Albany Street Regents Park c.1880
A classic late Victorian wall clock, the 12" diameter flat dial boldly signed 'John Meader, 114 Albany Street Regents Park', the timepiece chain fusee movement in a light mahogany case with cushion moulded dial surround carrying a cast bezel with silvered sight ring.
Stock No. 3252
Tree Gt Dover St London c.1860
A top quality double fusee wall clock, the movement with double chain fusees, striking the hours on a bell. The flat iron 12" diameter dial elegantly signed 'Tree Gt. Dover St. London', in an oak case decorated with oak leaf carving around the dial, with a domed head to the back box, with two side doors with sound frets, and further bottom door.
Stock No.3213
// SOLD // Frodsham Gracechurch Street London c.1850
A small ebonised four glass library timepiece, with chain fusee movement, signed on both the dial and backplate.
An exquisite small library 4 glass library timepiece, the silvered engraved brass dial signed Frodsham, Gracechurch Street, London, with the backplate to the chain fusee movement similarly embossed. The ebonised case with flattened pyramid top has glazed side panels and glazed front and rear doors. Complete with steel rod pendulum and original winding key.
Stock No. 3203
// SOLD // James McCabe
Royal Exchange London 1821 c.1820
An exquisite small Regency mantel timepiece with a 4” diameter porcelain enamel dial fronting a fusee movement, both the dial and the movement signed with this famous maker’s name and address. It has delicate ‘pierced moon’ hands, and is contained within a mahogany case with restrained brass inlay, brass side handles, and sits on brass ball feet.
Stock No. 3262
Dutton & Co. London. c.1868
An impressive Victorian drop dial by Dutton & Co., the silvered engraved 12” diameter brass dial signed by this important maker, including the Queen Victoria royal cipher, and the date 1868. The typically high quality fusee timepiece movement has a steel pendulum rod, and heavy brass bob, and bold steel hands. The mahogany case has superb flame veneer to the trunk, and side and bottom doors. This clock was a part of a government commission of 1868 for the civil service, and inventory labels inside the case indicate that it hung in the Public Record Office, Chancery Lane.
// SOLD //Milton Dublin c.1840
A rare and unusual Irish bracket clock with alarm, the break arch painted dial signed boldly ‘Milton Dublin’, with strike / silent indicator in the arch, flanked by gilded decorative swags, and with similar painted gilded decorative spandrels. The central alarm setting dial is silvered brass, and has a pull mechanism mounted to backplate of the movement, which is signed ‘Milton fecit’. The eight day movement strikes the hours on a bell. The mahogany case has typical Irish rope carving to the cornice and plinth, an unusual ‘Dublin castle’ escutcheon, and brass side sound frets. It has a finely tooled carrying handle, and sits on four turned wood feet.
Sock No. 3257
//SOLD// Thwaites & Reed Clerkenwell London c.1850
A well proportioned early Victorian wall timepiece by these celebrated makers, the 12” diameter convex iron dial signed ‘Thwaites and Reed, Clerkenwell, London’, the fusee movement numbered 10063 fronted by elegant matching steel hands, in a mahogany case with turned dial surround, and cast brass bezel.
Stock No. 3265
// SOLD //W. Monks, 177 – 179 Rye Lane, Peckham SE c.1865
A charming small drop dial wall timepiece, the 8” diameter dial signed ‘W.Monks, 177 – 179 Rye Lane, Peckham, SE’,with a fusee movement fronted by elegant steel hands, in a mahogany case with small drop trunk, and convex glass in a cast brass bezel.
Stock No.3192
// SOLD //Brockbank and Atkins London c.1840
A most unusual high quality ‘drum’wall timepiece, the 10” diameter engraved silvered brass dial signed ‘Brockbank and Atkins, London, 2333’, the fusee movement with lever platform escapement with a ‘set going’ button on the dial. The rosewood case with oak leaf decoration around the dial, has no access doors, and is of robust construction, leading to the conclusion that it was made for naval use, perhaps in the state rooms of a ship.
Stock No.3168