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France, 3 piece mantel garniture in gilt brass, the clock and candelabra in the rococo style, heavily laden with foliage and C scrolls, the case front with inset polychrome enamel decorated porcelain panel featuring a man and woman in fancy dress, Roman numeral porcelain dial with gilt chapter and cupid at the center, the gilt candelabra similarly ornamented, but each with a single figure, and 8 days, time and strike, pendule a Paris movement by Japy Freres, c1910 -
Japy Freres & Cie., France, 8 days, time and strike, hour repeating carriage clock with alarm contained in a gilt, Cariatides style case decorated with trailing vines and C scrolls, four figures in niches at the case corners, an the top with figural handle, beveled glass top and sides, 8 days, brass movement signed "Japy Freres & Cie. Exposition 1855 Grande med. D'honneur", and striking the hours with repeating on demand, silvered platform with English style lever escapement and cut bimetallic balance, Roman numeral, white enamel dial with blued steel trefoil hands, c1870 -
France, possibly Andre Romain Guilmet, a rare silvered and gilt brass, automated, battleship form compendium, the vessel bow with ram, fourteen cannon, and four anchors, the gilt deck with capstan containing a compass, two revolving gun turrets, one having an 11 jewel lever timepiece, with roman numeral silvered dial and blued steel trefoil hands, the other with aneroid barometer, also with silvered dial, the stacks with mounted Fahrenheit and Centigrade thermometers, the stern with ships wheel and flag, above the articulated rudder and revolving propeller, a movement concealed in the ship's hull providing power to the turrets and propeller, which may be started and stopped at will by a projection attached to the rudder, all mounted to a rectangular, molded, green onyx base with gilt trim and feet -
France, possibly Andre Romain Guilmet, a rare, automated, oscillating cylinder steam engine timepiece, the honey onyx square base on gilt feet, and supporting the black bronze boiler with cove molded top and bottom, below the engine itself, comprised of a large, A frame supported, spoked flywheel, connected to a rocking cylinder through a cranked linkage, the movement powering the automation contained in a black enclosure behind the engine, the enclosure top with a rotating governor in a bell shaped frame behind the wheel, surrounded by four silvered columns, and surmounted by an X shaped, arched frame with central spherical finial, the 11 jewel lever platform movement with Roman numeral silvered dial and blued steel Breguet style hands -
France, a rare, automated, patinated bronze locomotive form compendium, the stepped, black slate base on gilt feet with patinated rails below the large, steam locomotive, the darker surfaces highlighting the nickel, brass, and copper appointments, the engine front with cow catcher, the boiler with aneroid barometer, bell, steam dome with valve and flared stack with centigrade thermometer, the cab with shallow pitched roof, slender columns at the corners, and containing the clock and dial, a concealed movement in the base providing power to drive the six wheels, connecting rods, and piston, roman numeral brass dial, blued steel Breguet style hands, and 8 day, two train pendule de Paris movement -
France- Andre Romain Guilmet, a rare Industrial steam boiler compendium with centrifugal governor pendulum, the stepped black slate base supporting a compass on a decorative stand, before a boiler with gilt and patinated silver surfaces and ribbed, copper base matching the clock case, the top having a cylindrical chamber with vent pipes attached to gauge form, flanking, white dialed thermometer and barometer, and concealing the helical suspension spring controlling the centrifugal governor form pendulum, Arabic numeral gilt dial, blued steel distaff hands, and 8 day pendule de Paris time and strike movement with Guilmet's mark and modifications -
France, a rare, gilt and patinated, automated steam engine compendium, the horizontal boiler mounted to a cast floor with crosshatched surface, and resting on a black slate base, boiler fitted with an 8 day, timepiece and aneroid barometer, both with silvered dials and flanking the central thermometer with silvered scale, and surmounted by the engine flywheel, governor, cylinder and valve, the flywheel, piston, and governor powered by a movement concealed in the cylinder, the motion started and stopped through the screw in the cylinder valve, the valve front with plaque marked "D. H. Depose" -
Auguste Moinau et Rolland Degrege, Paris, a good, two day, weight driven skeleton clock with thermometer, a pair of turned columns flanking the silvered thermometer scale, and supporting the well finished, pierced brass frames enclosing the four wheel train with recoil escapement, the back plate signed by the makers and with serial number 16, roman numeral silvered dial with blued steel Breguet style hands, brass clad weight and counterweights suspended from decorated ring link chain, and wound by pulling a cord, all surmounted by a gilt eagle resting on a silvered sphere, and resting on an oblong, inlaid, rosewood veneered base, and contained within a large glass dome with conforming, velvet lined socle -
A. Ecalle, Horloger de la Marine, 93- 94 Palais Royal, Paris, a monumental Belgian slate, gilt bronze mounted, grand sonnerie mantel clock, on gilt, gadrooned feet, the base with incised panels and deep cavetto molding, and hung with a gilt, fruit and foliate festoon, the recessed corners with gilt caryatids supporting the cavetto molded cornice and arch top, the arch with central lion mask and foliate ornament issuing from its mouth, the top with gilt scrolls flanking a stone plinth surmounted by a turned, gadrooned and acanthus ornamented finial, engraved, gilt dial with scrolling foliage, Roman numeral chapter ring and subsidiary sonnerie/silence selector, and with retailers name and address within a blank reserve below the dial, finely cut and finished blued steel hands, and massive three train, quarter striking fusee movement, sounding the quarters and hours on five gongs -
Robin Pere, a Paris, a marble and gilt bronze mystery clock, the variegated, green marble, portico style case with fluted pilasters flanking the dial, and supporting the entablature, surmounted by a gilt column with eagle finial, with knife edge stud for suspending the gridiron pendulum, signed, Roman numeral white enamel dial with pierced and engraved gilt hands, 8 day, two train movement striking the hours and half hour in passing, -
Dent, London, a good two day marine chronometer with Dent's staple balance, 11 jewel, spotted fusee movement with Earnshaw's escapement, freesprung bimetallic staple balance with blued helical balance spring and diamond endstone, Roman numeral silvered dial with wind indicator, blued steel spade and poker hands, with lacquered brass bowl and gimbals, and contained in a three tier mahogany and mahogany veneer box with brass furniture, the front with round plaque marked "Dent 3043", the inside of the lid with E. dent & Co. label -
France, an unusual, champleve enamel decorated, pillars style hour repeating carriage clock, the gilt case with outset corners, turned feet and columns, the base, frieze, and top with scrolling foliate designs, and decorated with polychrome enamel colors on a turquoise ground, the front of base with engraved presentation "Sir Donald Currie, K.C.M.G., M.P. In Remembrance of a Pleasant Cruise in the Pembroke Castle, Septr. 1883, from J.C.", Arabic numeral champleve enamel dial with fine engraving and matching the exterior colors, blued steel distaff hands, two train movement with lever platform, striking the hours and half hour in passing, and repeating the last hour on demand -
France, a large figural swinging clock, the female figure after "La Fortune" by Louis Moreau, her left foot on a cloud, the right on the winged wheel representing progress and technology, and holding the clock aloft in her left hand, the 8 day, time and strike movement contained in the blue, upper sphere, and mounted with gilt Roman numerals and Louis XV style hands, and three rod gridiron style connection to the smaller, lower ball -
France, a highly ornamental and well executed hour repeating carriage clock, the gilt, Anglaise Riche variant case with stepped base below a fluted band and egg and dart molded surface canted corners ornamented with acanthus scroll bases and E scroll tops, supporting an entablature echoing the base, with fluted band, stepped cornice, and egg and dart cap, the top with folding handle decorated with acanthus and central scallop shell, all decorative ornament with fine chasing, Arabic numeral silvered dial with blued steel distaff hands, and gilt mat with applied, gilt floral ornaments, also finely chased, 8 day, two train movement with lever platform and cut bimetallic balance, striking the hour and half hour in passing, and repeating the last hour on demand -
France, attributed to Gaye, Lamaille, & Co., a fine, Aesthetic Movement, porcelain paneled hour repeating carriage clock, the gilt, Cannelee variant case with folding handle, the sides set with panels depicting a potted flower in blue, on a cream ground, also with floral ornament, and with blue, wheatear border, the Arabic numeral dial with ornament matching the side panels, blued steel spade and whip hands, two train, 8 day movement with lever platform, striking the hour and half hour in passing, and repeating the last hour on demand, the back plate marked "Patent Surety Roller", and 1813 -
France, an unusual sheet iron annular clock, square, stepped, molded base on compressed ball feet and ornamented with seated monkeys, fleur de lis banners and egg and dart moldings below a waterleaf and grapevine decorated column, the base with four, addorsed, winged horses, and capital with volutes, surmounted by a sphere with foliate finial, flanking serpents, two putti holding the pointer and concealing the winding holes and crutch, the sphere containing the 8 day, two train, Japy Freres movement with Roman numeral, blue and white enamel annular dial, the numerals alternating with the signs of the zodiac -
France, a giant carriage timepiece of 60 day duration, gilt Corniche case with beveled glasses, Arabic numeral white enamel dial with matte, silvered mask, blued steel Breguet style hands, brass, long duration movement with large lever platform -
France, a late 19th century Boulle work, pendule religieuse style clock with matching bracket, the brass inlaid case on gilt feet, the base with applied foliate ornament, half caryatid corners, and gilt cornice molding, the incurved top also with acanthus mounts, and eight urn finials, shaped door, before a gilt dial plate, mounted with roman numeral, white enamel cartouches, above addorsed horn blowers and central cartouche, blued steel hands, 8 day, two train pendule de Paris movement marked "MF&F", the clock resting on a cyma reversa shaped, brass inlaid, bronze mounted bracket, matching the case -
France, a silvered, Caryatides cased hour repeating carriage clock, the case with foliate ornamented scroll feet, the corners with floral drops supporting female figures, and handle with floral and foliate ornament, roman numeral silvered dial, blued steel spade hands, 8 day, two train movement with lever platform, striking the hours and half hour in passing, and repeating the last hour on demand -
France, a gilt and silvered, Anglaise Riche cased hour repeating carriage clock, the architectural case with stepped, molded base and cornice, the corners with Corinthian columns, solid back with shutter for winding and setting apertures, and top with carrying handle, roman numeral silvered dial signed "Dent London", blued steel spade and poker hands, 8 day, two train movement with lever platform, striking the hours and half hour in passing, and repeating the last hour on demand