CLOCKS AND SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS 1574 A CASED BAROMETER, signed Callachan, 23 New Bond Street’, in a silver mount mahogany case, 4”
1569 A LATE GEORGE III ROSEWOOD BRACKET CLOCK, the silvered dial signed “Purvis, North Audley Street and Gros.r. Square” with a strike/silent indicator, with a two train fusee movement striking on a bell, with a pull/repeat mechanism, the back plate and pendulum with engraved decoration and similarly signed, the arch top Gothic case with brass inlay and pointed pinnacles, 11¾” high. See illustration
1575 Spare lot 1576 A VICTORIAN GILT METAL AND PORCELAIN MOUNTED MANTEL CLOCK, the architectural case surmounted by cherubs flanking an urn, overflowing with fruit and flowers over a porcelain dial painted with flowers within blue, gilt and jewelled borders, flanked by porcelain panels painted with flowers in baskets suspended from ribbon-tied bows, with an eight-day bell striking movement, on a giltwood base and ebonised plinth, apparently retaining the original glass dome, 25½” high. See illustration
£2,000-4,000
1570 A LACQUERED BRASS STUDENT’S MICROSCOPE in fitted case, with a de-mountable central column and various fittings, the case with a small drawer containing a small quantity of slides and further fittings
£150-250
1571 ROSS OF LONDON: A LACQUERED BRASS MICROSCOPE in fitted case, with a quantity of accessories
£300-500
1578 A TERRESTRIAL GLOBE by Cruchley showing the latest discoveries, settlements etc in Australia, New Zealand, California and the North Pole, on a turned wooden stand, the globe 5” wide
£150-300
1573 A 19TH CENTURY FRENCH EIGHT DAY MANTEL CLOCK, the movement signed ‘C Detouche, Paris’ with a visible brocot escapement, with two-train movement striking on a bell, the later arch topped case with satinwood inlay and brass bracket feet, 22” high
£2,000-4,000
1577 A TERRESTRIAL GLOBE by Cruchley, Late Cary, exhibiting the latest discoveries towards the North Pole and the new settlement and divisions of Australia, New Zealand, California etc.,
£300-500
1572 A 19TH CENTURY FRENCH BRACKET CLOCK, the white enamel dial signed ‘Rochet a Paris’, the chapter ring with Roman numerals, with a two-train Japy type movement with silk suspension striking on a bell, the case with scrolling satinwood inlay, on an associated ebonised and gilt bracket, the clock 9” high
£50-100
£200-400
176
£100-200