Clocks and Barometers

A Mappin & Webb gilt lacquered brass carriage timepiece with L'Epee eight day movement, the signed white dial with black Roman hour numerals, the case with swing handle and bevelled glass panels, height 15cm, with Mappin & Webb two-year guarantee, dated '26.10.01'.

A 19th century French gilt lacquered brass carriage timepiece with eight day movement, the backplate detailed 'De La Combe Hger a Paris', the white enamelled dial with black Roman hour numerals, the case with cast lunette borders, foliate scroll swing handle, bevelled glass panels and winged feet, height 20.7g, with winding key.

A late 20th century French lacquered brass cased calendar carriage alarm clock by L'Epee, the signed eight day movement striking and repeating on a gong, the signed white enamelled dial with black Roman hour numerals, outer Arabic minutes, subsidiary seconds and moonphase aperture above subsidiary day, alarm and date dials, the case with swing handle, corner columns, bevelled glass panels and stepped rectangular base, height 18cm, with winding key, instruction booklet, guarantee card and box.

A late 19th century French gilt lacquered brass carriage alarm clock with eight day movement striking on a gong, the white enamelled dial with black Roman hour numerals and subsidiary alarm dial, the corniche case with swing handle and bevelled glass panels, height 16.8cm, with leather mounted travelling case and winding key.

An early 20th century silvered brass carriage timepiece with eight day movement, the white enamelled dial with black Roman hour numerals, the case with swing handle and bevelled glass panels, on turned feet, height 14.8cm.

An early 19th century French ormolu and bronze mantel timepiece, the eight day movement with silk suspension, the case cast with a standing sailor holding an anchor, on a rectangular plinth, the front with applied cherub and boat frieze, on turned feet, height 28.8cm, with pendulum.

A 19th century gilt metal desk timepiece, modelled as a flowerhead and leafy stems emerging from a foliate moulded urn on a circular plinth base, the circular enamelled dial with black Arabic hour numerals, winding and adjusting from the underside of base, height 18.5cm.

A late 19th/early 20th French brass cased mantel timepiece, the eight day movement with platform escapement, the circular enamelled dial with black Arabic hour numerals, the case modelled as a barrel and two bacchanalian putti, on a plinth base and toupie feet, height 19cm.

A late 19th century French gilt spelter and porcelain mantel clock with eight day movement striking on a bell via an outside countwheel, the case surmounted with a figure on horseback, height 40cm, with pendulum, winding key and giltwood stand.

A Cartier gilt metal bedside alarm clock, Ref. 6602, with quartz movement, the signed arched dial with black Roman hour numerals, the arched case with burgundy band to base and hinged strut stand, the signed case back detailed '6602 1 U 09389', height 8.5cm, with Cartier paperwork, wallet, pouch and bag.

A late 19th century French ormolu and porcelain cased mantel timepiece with eight day movement, the painted dial with black Arabic hour numerals, the case of rococo scroll moulded balloon shaped form, inset with a porcelain panel, height 25.5cm, with pendulum and winding key.

A mid-19th century French gilt brass mantel clock with eight day movement striking on a bell via an outside countwheel, the white enamelled circular dial with blue Roman hour numerals and outer black Arabic minutes, the drum case with urn surmount and lion mask drop ring handles, on foliate scroll moulded supports flanking acanthus festoon and fret panels, on an inverted breakfront base, height 40.5cm, with pendulum and winding key.

A late 19th century French gilt brass and porcelain mantel clock with eight day movement striking on a bell, the backplate with Achille Brocot maker's mark, the porcelain circular dial with Arabic hour numerals reserved against a silvered ground, painted and gilt with butterflies and flowers and detailed 'T.J. Paris', the case with urn surmount and foliate finials, the case front inset with a porcelain panel of blue tits and blossoming branch on a silvered ground, the rectangular base with silvered and gilt foliate border, on toupie feet, height 35.5cm, with pendulum.

A late 19th century French gilt and cold painted brass clock garniture, the clock with eight day movement striking on a gong, the backplate with Vincenti maker's mark, the dial with black Arabic hour numerals, the case with urn surmount and columns, the front painted with a scene of a courting couple, height 38cm, with pendulum, together with a pair of matching urns and giltwood stands.

A late 19th century French ormolu and porcelain mantel clock, the eight day movement with silk suspension, striking on a bell via an outside countwheel, the porcelain dial with black Roman hour numerals and painted with a floral band within bleu céleste borders, signed 'Laine a Paris', the case with seated maiden surmount, on a foliate moulded base, height 29.5cm (restoration), with pendulum and winding key.

A Victorian walnut bracket clock with eight day twin fusee movement striking on two bells, the 8-inch silvered dial with black Roman hour numerals and signed 'Thwaites & Reed London', the case with stepped top above bevelled glass side panels, on a cushion plinth base, height 47cm, with pendulum and case key. Note: Thwaites & Reed are recorded London clockmakers, founded in 1740 and running to this day, claiming to be the oldest clock manufacturing company in the world.

A late 19th century French ormolu mantel clock with eight day movement striking on a bell, the white enamelled dial with black Roman hour numerals, the cast case surmounted with a young man holding a scythe, on naturalistic branch moulded base, height 41cm, with pendulum, winding key and ebonized stand.

A late 19th century French gilt spelter mantel clock with eight day movement striking on a bell, the enamel circular dial with Roman hour numerals, the drum case flanked by a soldier, on a pierced scroll base, height 32cm, with pendulum, winding key and ebonized plinth.

A mid-18th century Flemish treen watch stand, carved with rococo scrolls above a child filling a jug from a barrel, on a moulded bowfront base, height 31cm (faults), together with a pocket watch fusee movement, the verge escapement with pierced and engraved balance cock, the backplate detailed 'Sol Isaacs Plymouth', the gilt dial with embossed classical scene and inset enamel hour plaques, dial diameter 5.5cm (faults).