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Half Grand Sonnerie Repeating Carriage Clock with Alarm
Lot: 92UnsoldHalf Grand Sonnerie Repeating Carriage Clock with Alarm, France, c. 1890, gilt-brass and beveled glass case, silvered dial mask with enamel Arabic chapter ring and subsidiary alarm dial, eight-day more ...
Japy Freres Oval Carriage Clock
Lot: 93Sold for: $431$350Japy Freres Oval Carriage Clock, Paris, c. 1890, engraved oval brass and glass case, white enamel Roman numeral dial, eight-day time and bell strike movement marked by the maker and regulated by a more ...
Brass Hour Repeating Carriage Clock
Lot: 94Sold for: $338$275Brass Hour Repeating Carriage Clock, France, c. 1890, brass and beveled glass case, enamel Arabic numeral dial, eight-day time and strike movement with repeat on demand, regulated by a platform more ...
Hour Repeating Carriage Clock with Alarm
Lot: 95UnsoldHour Repeating Carriage Clock with Alarm, France, c. 1880, gilt-brass and beveled glass case with barleytwist Corinthian columns at the corners, white enamel Roman numeral dial with alarm below, more ...
Charles Hour Carriage Clock
Lot: 96Sold for: $338$275Charles Hour Carriage Clock, France, c. 1890, brass and beveled glass case, gilt dial mask with Roman numeral dial marked Bigelow Kennard & Co., Boston, and subsidiary alarm dial, eight-day time, more ...
Two Striking Carriage Clocks
Lot: 97Sold for: $369$300Two Striking Carriage Clocks, France, c. 1890, both in brass and beveled glass cases with enamel dials and regulated by a silvered platform escapement, one with eight-day time and strike movement more ...
Austrian Quarter-striking Calendar Carriage Clock with Alarm
Lot: 98Sold for: $923$750Austrian Quarter-striking Calendar Carriage Clock with Alarm, c. 1860, gilt-brass and beveled glass case, enamel Roman numeral dial with subsidiary calendar and alarm dials, one-day time, quarter more ...
Gilt-metal and Mother-of-pearl Desk Clock
Lot: 99Sold for: $185$150Gilt-metal and Mother-of-pearl Desk Clock, Paris, a cherub seating atop the domed case with ribbed edge banding and a 1-in. porcelain dial, base with mitered cornered mother-of-pearl panels and more ...
Two Gilt-decorated Desk Clocks
Lot: 100Sold for: $185$150Two Gilt-decorated Desk Clocks, France and Switzerland, cast-brass case with stepped cornice, applied bronze lower spandrels and side ornaments, hairy paw feet, hinged 1 3/4-in. Arabic numeral more ...
Two Small Cartel Clocks
Lot: 101Sold for: $215$175Two Small Cartel Clocks, a white-painted cast iron E. Ingraham in the form of a bow with a 2-in. Roman numeral enameled dial with seconds bit; a French cast brass cartel clock with a 2-in. white more ...
Two Swiss Digital Desk Clocks
Lot: 102Sold for: $369$300Two Swiss Digital Desk Clocks, c. 1930, both in chrome finish with matte dial masks, the time displayed through two openings, the upper for the larger hour numerals and the lower for the minutes, more ...
Cartier Silver Desk Clock
Lot: 103Sold for: $10,455$8,500Cartier Silver Desk Clock, Switzerland, c. 1925, No. 12414, rectangular silver case marked on the back European Watch & Clock Co., Swiss, Sterling, brass bezel around the Art Deco Roman Numeral dial more ...
James Doull Tall Clock with Rocking Ship Automaton, Case Attributed to Thomas Seymour
Lot: 104Sold for: $29,520$24,000James Doull Tall Clock with Rocking Ship Automaton, Case Attributed to Thomas Seymour, Charlestown, Massachusetts, c. 1795, mahogany case with pierced fret top, inlaid plinths, and three brass more ...
New England Mahogany Tall Clock
Lot: 105Sold for: $1,599$1,300New England Mahogany Tall Clock, probably New Hampshire, c. 1810, scrolled-top case with swelling freestanding reeded columns flanking the Roman numeral painted iron dial, raised gilt and floral more ...
Pennsylvania Cherry Tall Clock
Lot: 106Sold for: $1,722$1,400Pennsylvania Cherry Tall Clock, c. 1810, swan's neck hood with simple inlaid rosettes, tapered freestanding columns flanking the 13-in. Arabic numeral painted iron dial attributed to Willard & more ...
Simon Willard Mahogany Eight-day Tall Clock
Lot: 107Sold for: $19,680$16,000Simon Willard Mahogany Eight-day Tall Clock, Roxbury, Massachusetts, c. 1795, the case with pierced fret top, cast brass finials, brass fluted, freestanding columns flanking the glazed hood door and more ...
A History of Simon Willard Inventor and Clockmaker
Lot: 108Sold for: $185$150A History of Simon Willard Inventor and Clockmaker, the definitive work on Simon Willard by John Ware Willard, copyright 1911, number ten from an edition limited to 500 copies, numerous more ...
Mahogany Patent Timepiece or "Banjo" Clock
Lot: 109Sold for: $861$700Mahogany Patent Timepiece or "Banjo" Clock, signed A. Willard Jr. Boston, ball and steeple finial above the brass-hinged bezel, Roman numeral painted iron dial marked as above, crossbanded inlaid more ...
"Simon Willard" Patent Alarm Timepiece or "Lighthouse Clock,"
Lot: 110Unsold"Simon Willard" Patent Alarm Timepiece or "Lighthouse Clock," Massachusetts, c. 1920-40, bench-made mahogany case with cylindrical midsection, octagonal base with rear friction-fit door and ormolu more ...
Simon Willard & Son Chronometer Timing Receipt
Lot: 111Sold for: $185$150Simon Willard & Son Chronometer Timing Receipt, No. 9 Congress Street, Boston, Massachusetts, December 28, 1868, an invoice for services provided to Captain Jones on a Negus chronometer including more ...
William Cummens "Directions for Putting Up the Timepiece,"
Lot: 112Sold for: $369$300William Cummens "Directions for Putting Up the Timepiece," Roxbury, Massachusetts, c. 1810, 6 x 4 1/2-in. printed label with directions for setting up a timepiece or "banjo" clock, describing how to more ...
Simon Willard Patent Timepiece or "Banjo" Clock
Lot: 113Sold for: $6,765$5,500Simon Willard Patent Timepiece or "Banjo" Clock, Roxbury, Massachusetts, c. 1805, the mahogany case with painted iron Roman numeral dial with 15-minute markings and gold band around the perimeter, more ...
Aaron Willard "Bride's" Shelf Clock
Lot: 114Sold for: $1,968$1,600Aaron Willard "Bride's" Shelf Clock, Boston, Massachusetts, c. 1820, cherry case with stenciled finial plinth and pillow molding at the base, brass paw feet, reverse-painted tablets enclosed in more ...
David Wood Cherry Tall Clock
Lot: 115Sold for: $7,380$6,000David Wood Cherry Tall Clock, Newburyport, Massachusetts, c. 1810, arch-top hood with pierced fret, ball and spire brass finials mounted on three fluted plinths, tapering turned columns flanking the more ...
Levi and Abel Hutchins Mahogany Tall Clock
Lot: 116Sold for: $10,455$8,500Levi and Abel Hutchins Mahogany Tall Clock, Concord, New Hampshire, c. 1800, the hood with pierced fret top and three brass finials, glazed hood door over the painted iron Arabic numeral "Osborne" more ...
Philander Noble Cherry Tall Clock
Lot: 117Sold for: $1,845$1,500Philander Noble Cherry Tall Clock, Westfield, Massachusetts, c. 1830, scroll-top hood above the brass capital, reeded and tapered columns flanking the Roman numeral painted iron dial with floral more ...
Grain-painted William Leavenworth Wood Movement Tall Clock with Alarm
Lot: 118Sold for: $984$800Grain-painted William Leavenworth Wood Movement Tall Clock with Alarm, Albany, New York, c. 1810, swan's neck hood with freestanding turned columns flanking the Roman numeral wooden dial with raised more ...
New Hampshire Grain-painted Tall Clock
Lot: 119Sold for: $984$800New Hampshire Grain-painted Tall Clock, c. 1810, arch-top hood with freestanding columns flanking the Roman numeral painted iron dial with floral spandrels and a bird in the arch, seconds bit and more ...
John Wood Sr. Walnut Eight-day Tall Clock
Lot: 120Sold for: $8,000$6,504John Wood Sr. Walnut Eight-day Tall Clock, Stretch's Corner Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, c. 1720, the sarcophagus top with three ball finials resting on a flat molded top cornice over the glazed hood more ...
Timothy Chandler Maple Tall Clock
Lot: 121Sold for: $1,107$900Timothy Chandler Maple Tall Clock, Concord, New Hampshire, c. 1795, rosette-decorated swan's neck hood above the freestanding fluted columns, flanking the engraved Roman numeral sheet brass dial more ...