Christopher Pinchbeck Senior, Ebonized Quarter Repeating Table Clock with Automata

John Purdom, London, a good early 18th century table clock with pull quarter repeat, the ebonized case with molded, brass trimmed base and cushion feet, the front and rear doors with brass aperture molding and paired escutcheons, molded cornice and brass trimmed caddy top with finely pierced and engraved brass fret, and turned, gilt wood finials, the sides with knopped handles and engraved brass frets matching the top, brass composite dial with roman numeral silvered chapter ring and blued steel hands, the matted center with date aperture and mock pendulum below 12:00, Dutch style day of the week aperture above 6:00, and subsidiary strike/ silent and rise and fall regulation dials flanking a lunar date chapter with penny moon, eight day three train fusee movement, now with recoil escapement, the back plate engraved with wheatear border enframing scrolling acanthus, birds, and canephore, counting the hours on a bell, and with pull quarter repeating on six bells, with brass clad pendulum

A good mid 18th century ebonized table clock with pull quarter repeat by John Pepys

John Pepys, London, a good mid 18th century table clock with pull quarter repeat, the ebonized case with molded, brass trimmed base on cast brass bracket feet, canted corners with caryatid mounts above bowknot – suspended floral garlands flanking glazed doors with break arch apertures, case sides with fabric backed pierced brass frets, and caddy top with decorative cast mount and folding handle, 7 inch composite dial with silvered roman numeral chapter ring, matted center with apertures for mock pendulum and date, and silvered plate engraved "J. Pepys London", cast, gilt spandrels, strike/ silent selector in the arch, and well finished blued steel hands, 8 day, three train movement with acanthus engraved back plate, verge escapement with bob pendulum, and pull quarter repeating on six bells

A late 19th century French ebonized quarter striking portable table clock signed Breguet

Estimate:

[restrict paid=ture]$500 – $800[/restrict]

Auctioneer:

[restrict paid=ture]Schmitt Horan & Co.[/restrict]

Sold Price:

[restrict paid=ture]$600[/restrict]

Sold Date:

[restrict paid=ture]May 06, 2023[/restrict]

France, a late 19th century ebonized quarter striking portable table clock, the rectilinear, ebonized case on toupie feet and with gilt floral and foliate mounts, top with aperture for viewing the escapement, and with folding carrying handle, roman numeral silvered dial with blued steel Breguet style hands and engraved, gilt center with Breguet et Fils signature, 8 day time and strike movement with lever platform, sounding the quarters on two bells, and striking the hour on a single bell

A mid 19th century quarter striking Austrian mantel clock with later dog automata

Estimate:

[restrict paid=ture]$300 – $400[/restrict]

Auctioneer:

[restrict paid=ture]Schmitt Horan & Co.[/restrict]

Sold Price:

[restrict paid=ture]$300[/restrict]

Sold Date:

[restrict paid=ture]Sep 10, 2022[/restrict]

Austria, a mid 19th century quarter striking mantel clock with later dog automata, the oval, ebonized, fluted case with molded base and top, surmounted by a recumbent hound, opening and closing his mouth as the clock strikes, roman numeral white enamel dial with blued steel trefoil hands, and spring driven, three train, two day grand sonnerie striking movement with silk thread suspension

A good late 19th century quarter repeating carriage clock with engraved gorge case signed Leroy

Estimate:

[restrict paid=ture]$1,000 – $1,500[/restrict]

Auctioneer:

[restrict paid=ture]Schmitt Horan & Co.[/restrict]

Sold Price:

[restrict paid=ture]$3,000[/restrict]

Sold Date:

[restrict paid=ture]Nov 20, 2022[/restrict]

Leroy, Paris, a good late 19th century quarter repeating carriage clock, gilt Gorge case with C scroll, foliate, and floral engraving on a matted ground, five bevelled glasses, and engraved, folding handle, signed roman numeral white enamel dial with subsidiary alarm chapter, and blued steel Breguet style hands, and 8 day, three train movement with lever platform, striking on two bells, and repeating the last hour and quarter on demand, with associated travel case

A later 18th century ebonized quarter striking bracket clock signed Michael Remred London

Estimate:

[restrict paid=ture]$600 – $800[/restrict]

Auctioneer:

[restrict paid=ture]Schmitt Horan & Co.[/restrict]

Sold Price:

[restrict paid=ture]$800[/restrict]

Sold Date:

[restrict paid=ture]Sep 10, 2022[/restrict]

Probably Michael Dermer, Ochsenhausen, Germany, a later 18th century ebonized three train bracket clock, the case with molded top and base, the door with glazed, break arch aperture, and upper corners with gilt spandrels, sides also with glazed break arch openings, and flattened, molded bell top with cast brass carrying handle, gilt and engraved composite dial with silvered, roman numeral chapter ring, blued steel hands, and mock pendulum below 12:00, the arch with signed boss and subsidiary dials for strike control, brass, two day, three train movement with verge escapement and bob pendulum, striking petit sonnerie Viennese quarters on two bells, with grand sonnerie repeating on demand