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Rare A. Courbet, Ormolu-Mounted & Ebonized Striking Lyre Clock, circa 1815

Estimate:: [restrict paid=ture]$7,000 – $10,000[/restrict]

Auctioneer:: [restrict paid=ture]Cottone Auctions[/restrict]

Sold Price:: [restrict paid=ture]$5,000[/restrict]

Sold Date:: [restrict paid=ture]Mar 31, 2023[/restrict]

Rare A. Courbet, Ormolu-Mounted & Ebonized Striking Lyre Clock, circa 1815

Ebonized lyre form with apollo mask and cockerel heads, 3 1/2 in. gilt dial with subsidiary seconds, bell striking movement with pin-wheel escapement. Knife-edge suspension, nine rod gridiron pendulum. Signed by A. Courbet of Paris.

Exhibition: Phoenix Art Museum, September 25, 1998 – January 10, 1999, Helen Wells Decorative Arts Gallery.

Ht. 22 3/4 in. W 9 3/4 in. D 6 1/2 in.

Provenance: Jim Cipra, Horological Consultant, Long Beach, California.
The collection of Dr. William Thomas, Naples, Florida.

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Lenzkirch Quarter Striking Ormolu Mounted Oak Clock

Estimate:: [restrict paid=ture]$400 – $600[/restrict]

Auctioneer:: [restrict paid=ture]Mark of Time[/restrict]

Sold Price:: [restrict paid=ture]$200[/restrict]

Sold Date:: [restrict paid=ture]1:00 PM – Feb 18, 2004[/restrict]

German Lenzkirch Quarter Striking Ormolu Mounted Oak Clock, Circa 1885, 6″ brass dial with cast spandrels & silvered chapter ring, 8-day, signed brass quarter striking movement, well appointed solid architectural style oak case, has various cast ormolu decorations, a good looking clock, and very collectible Lenzkirch maker, very good condition with minor losses to cornice, movement complete and in fine working order. Height 19 1/2″.

French Empire Ormolu-Mounted Mahogany Portico Clock, circa 1810

Estimate:: [restrict paid=ture]$8,000 – $12,000[/restrict]

Auctioneer:: [restrict paid=ture]Cottone Auctions[/restrict]

Sold Price:: [restrict paid=ture]$6,250[/restrict]

Sold Date:: [restrict paid=ture]Mar 31, 2023[/restrict]

French Empire Ormolu-Mounted Mahogany Portico Clock, circa 1810

Dial signed Victor Chatriot, Ru de Cliche, Paris 1800. At least 2 Month duration with calendar, equation of time. Movement housed in A frame, silvered dial with blued steel Breguet style hands, compensating gridiron pendulum. Pinwheel escapement.

Ht. 24 1/4 in. W 13 3/8 in. D 6 7/8 in.

Provenance: Jim Cipra, Horological Consultant, Long Beach, California.
The collection of Dr. William Thomas, Naples, Florida.

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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

An 18th century ormolu-mounted Vernis Martin Wall Clock

Estimate:: [restrict paid=ture]£2,000 – £3,000[/restrict]

Auctioneer:: [restrict paid=ture]Bonhams[/restrict]

Sold Price:: [restrict paid=ture]£2,800[/restrict]

Sold Date:: [restrict paid=ture]Dec 15, 2021, 2021[/restrict]

An 18th century ormolu-mounted Vernis Martin Wall Clock with Original Bracket
The waisted case decorated with flowers surmounted by an elaborate Rococo mount with flowing scrollwork and flower stems, with glazed pendulum aperture, on raised scroll feet, the 8.75 inch circular Arabic and Roman white enamel dial with gilt fancy hands, the signed rectangular twin train movement signed for Pierre Le Roy Hger. du Roy, with outside countwheel striking the hours and half hours on a bell mounted on top of the case. Ticking with the ability to strike, the strike hammer present but currently detached. Sold with silk suspension pendulum, and winding key. 72cms (28ins) high with bracket 104cms high (6)

A late 18th century EBONIZED STRIKING TABLE CLOCK WITH

Estimate:: [restrict paid=ture]£3,000 – £4,500[/restrict]

Auctioneer:: [restrict paid=ture]Bonhams[/restrict]

Sold Price:: [restrict paid=ture]£3,800[/restrict]

Sold Date:: [restrict paid=ture]Dec 15, 2021, 2021[/restrict]

A late 18th century EBONIZED STRIKING TABLE CLOCK WITH PULL QUARTER REPEAT
Signed William Hughes, Holborn, London
The case surmounted by a caddy top with brass carrying handle flanked by bud finials, glazed side panels with gilt fillets, on a moulded base. The brass dial with gilt scroll spandrels, silvered strike/silent dial in the arch, silvered Roman chapter ring enclosing date, mock pendulum and silvered signature plaque in the matted centre, with scroll hands. The movement with rectangular plates, engraved with foliate scrolls enclosing signature cartouche, five knopped pillars, twin fusees with wire lines, verge escapement with knife edge suspended bob pendulum, striking the hour on a bell mounted above the case with pull quarter repeat on six bells.
Size: 17 ½ in (44cm) high including handle.
Footnotes:
William Hughes worked at 119 High Holborn from 1755-1792. In 1763 he took Thomas Earnshaw as an apprentice, who eventually took over his premises when Hughes died.

Illustrated in Dzik, Sunny. Engraving on English Table Clocks, 1660-1800 fig. H21-2
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Keinzle Ormolu Mounted Bracket Clock

Estimate:: [restrict paid=ture]$200 – $300[/restrict]

Auctioneer:: [restrict paid=ture]Mark of Time[/restrict]

Sold Price:: [restrict paid=ture]$250[/restrict]

Sold Date:: [restrict paid=ture]1:00 PM – Feb 18, 2004[/restrict]

German Keinzle Ormolu Mounted Clock, Circa 1890, 5″ silver engraved dial, 8-day, solid plate brass movement, fancy case & dial similar to Lenzkirch quality, wood case with normal wear & insect damage, very good working condition.