3746

A. Dumas, Paris

44, Rue Bonaparte, Paris
and Saint Nicolas-d' Aliermont, France.
Circa 1880.
Numbered 103

Large clock with reeded, shaped columns standing on an ogee base.
White enamel dial with Roman and Arabic numerals.
8-Day movement with lever escapement strikes the hours and the halves on a gong.

Dimensions;
8.25 inches high with the handle up.
4.5 inches wide and 4" deep.
In full working order.
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3389

In nice original condition and in working order.

The 'flat-to-the-wall' barometer does away with a bulky cistern set behind the base of the instrument. The result is a barometer that has a more elegant appearance on the wall. The Cary family were major scientific instrument makers in the late 18th and early 19th century. As well as barometers, they made and sold all manner of related instruments such as microscopes, globes, theodolites, sextants, and drawing instruments.

 

William Cary born 1759 died 1825.

He was a famous maker of barometers and other scientific instruments, the younger brother of John Cary the cartographer and a pupil of Jesse Ramsden. His business was at 272 Strand in 1786 moving to 181 Strand in 1794 till 1825. His two nephews retained the name of ‘William Cary’ when they took over the business upon his death in 1825.

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Fine George III mahogany bow fronted stick barometer.

Cary London. Circa 1790

Signed, engraved silvered brass register plates with rack-and-pinion operated vernier and ivory button

Finely figured flat to the wall mahogany case with swan neck pediment, ebony urn cistern cover flanked by ebony inlaid bands to the canted sides.

98cm high

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3666

James Duncan, Old Bond Street, London,

Circa 1825

 

Mahogany case with brass inlay and ebony mouldings, set out corners with brass bound cluster columns, the steep triangular pediment with carved thistle, on a wall bracket with scroll support.

 

The signed 8- day fusee movement with shaped plates, engraved border, anchor escapement and heavy engraved pendulum, striking the hours on a bell.

 

Enamel convex dial signed, Duncan, Old Bond St, London with strike / silent lever, fine pierced steel heart hands and decorated cast bezel.

 

Dimensions;

Clock. 16 inches high, 11.5" wide, 7" deep.

Bracket. 9.5 inches high.

6 inch dial

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3977

Antique mahogany bow-fronted marine barometer

Circa 1850
Mrs Janet Taylor 104 Minories London
Recorded as a nautical instrument maker from 1833 - 1860

Ivory dial with maker’s name, descending and ascending scales, verniers for yesterday and today’s reading operated by 2 ivory buttons between the dial and gimble with mercury barometer below.

Fine mahogany bow-fronted case with carved pediment and acanthus caving over the brass reservoir. Sitting in a brass wall mounted gimble.

99cm High

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4037

Winterhalder and Hofmeier, Germany
Circa 1890

8-day movement marked W & H Sch striking the quarters on 2 bells, one inside the case the second on the top of the clock and striking the hour on the top bell.
Conventional brass lantern clock case, the 2 side doors with applied sunburst decoration and the back door with cloth covered sound aperture.

Dimensions;
16.5 inches / 42cm high.
7.5 inches / 19cm deep and wide.

W & H. Sch. Winterhalder and Hofmeier of Schwarzenbach Germany
Winterhalder and Hofmeier are possibly the most famous of the German Victorian clockmakers. The firm was started by Anton Winterhalder in Schwarzenbach, Germany in 1810, taking Anton Hofmeier into partnership in 1850, with the business finally closing on the death of Winterhalder's last son Linus in 1910. A large part of their output was made for Britain and the quality of movements and cases is always very high as seen in this example.

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3382

 

Margaine, Paris. Circa 1890.

Unusual engraved, silvered case, silver dial with gold hands.

8-Day movement with alarm function, striking and repeating the hours and halves on a gong.

In full working order.

ref 3382

Dimensions; 7.25 inches high with handle up 3.75" wide 3.5" deep

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4023

Miller & Sons, circa 1890,

Gilt bronze case surmounted with urn and acorn finials, porcelain mounts to the side columns, the front painted with figural landscape scene, porcelain panels to the base and acanthus decorated borders, on turned feet, standing on a gilt wooden base
With a pair of cup and cover ormolu and blue porcelain mounted garniture vases, raised on gilt wooden circular bases
3.5 -inch porcelain dial with Roman numerals and painted with figures,
Two train movement striking the hours and the halves on a bell the back plate stamped Japy Frere’s and numbered 16760

Dimensions;
Clock
15 inches  / 38cm high
6.5 inches / 19cm deep
5 inches / 13cm deep
Vases
12 inches / 30cm high

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3726

French circa 1890

E. M. & Co. Paris.

The small gilt brass case with multi coloured champleve enamel decoration
Silvered dial with Roman numerals

2-Train carriage clock movement with platform lever escapement, strikking on a gong, movement backplate stamped E.M. & Co and numbered 6051

Dimensions;
8.25 inches / 21cm high, 5.25" / 13cm wide, 3.75" / 10cm deep.

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4072

Antique French ormolu and bronze cartel clock

Circa 1870

High quality gilt bronze case with Old Father Time supporting the clock and a cherub above the dial.
Very nice enamel dial with a blue border, Arabic hour and minute numerals and fine pierced gilt hands.
8-Day movement striking the hours and the halves on a bell

Dimensions;
33 inches high 5 inch dial.

Ref 4072

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3732

 

Richard Morse, Charing Cross, London.

Circa 1830.

High quality case with fine mouldings and veneers, fine fretted top pediment with 3 brass ball finials.

8-day, 4 pillar movement with shaped plates, most likely by Thwaites, London.
12 inch silvered dial with seconds and calendar subsidiary dials, signed Morse, Charing Cross.

Dimensions taken at their greatest points;
84 inches / 7 foot/ 214cm High
16.5 inches / 42cm Wide
9 inches / 23cm Deep.
12 inch / 30.5cm Dial

From Loomes
Morse & Co, London. 1839
Richard Morse, London. 1844-64

From the 1841 London census
Residents in Charing Cross included Charles Prater the army clothier at No. 2, William Jolley the glover at No.7, Richard Morse the watchmaker at No. 30, Johnston the confectioner at No. 10, and Stubbing the butcher at No. 17.

The movement most likely by Thwaites, London.
The Thwaites business was founded in London by Aynsworth Thwaites in about 1760 and traded as Aynsworth & John Thwaites when father and son were in partnership. John Thwaites traded under his own name from circa 1780 until 1817 when he took his wife’s nephew, George Jeremiah Reed, into partnership. The Thwaites and Reed business continued into the late 20th century

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