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Decorative Arts, Day 2 — Leski Auctions Pty. Ltd.

Auction House:Leski Auctions Pty. Ltd.Number of lots recorded:779
Sale Title:Decorative Arts, Day 2Lots with images:710
Auction Location:MelbournePrices available:698
Date:7-Nov-2021
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Robert Smith, Upper Shadwell, London, late 17th and 18th century mahogany longcase clock. Twelve inch brass dial plate with wheat ear border engraving, Indian mask spandrels to the corners, ring turned date and winding apertures, applied subsidiary seconds dial, engraved chapter ring with fleur-de-lys half hour markers and 7½ minute sword hilt indications, dolphin spandrels to the break arch and maker's signature boss. Fine 8 day time and strike movement with inside count wheel, five finely turned and…
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An antique French mantel clock, 15 day time and strike movement in grey marble case, 19th century, 23 cm high
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A French time and strike spring wound clock movement with outside count wheel, white enamel dial with 'Breguet' style moon hands and 'Brocot' time adjustment above the XII. Fitted in a later kauri pine case, (missing pendulum); together with a 400 day anniversary clock with ball style rotating pendulum under a perspex dome, late 19th and 20th century, (2 items), the taller 25 cm high
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A fine French boulle clock with matching boulle wall bracket, eight day time and strike movement with outside count wheel, silk suspension pendulum and bell striking, late 19th century. (2 items). Waisted case with red tortoise shell and engraved brass boulle decoration with well cast applied ormolu mounts and glazed front pendulum display window. Cast brass dial with enamel numeral cartouches and blued steel spade hands. 45 cm high overall
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A French desk compendium clock, late 19th century. Cast iron floral decorated case with carrying finial, housing an 8 day spring driven cylinder escapement clock, aneroid barometer and alcohol thermometer. 24 cm high.
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Jerome & Co. American kitchen clock, 19th century. Rosewood veneered steeple case with applied gilt cushion moulded decoration and reverse painted glass door depicting a butterfly, 8 day time and gong striking movement, original painted dial with Maltese cross blued steel hands, maker's label and pendulum. 44 cm high.
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A French comtoise wall clock made by 'Chapelle, a Brives', late 19th century. One piece convex vitreous enamel dial with decorative sunburst brass hands and Roman numerals, signed by the maker and fitted to a break arch pressed brass dial surround depicting two men on horseback. Steel posted two train movement striking the hour and half hour on a bell, and housed in a pressed patinated steel case, with cast iron weights, (missing pendulum), 43 cm high.
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A German porcelain dialed miniature weight driven wall clock with alarm, late 19th century. Rare. Wooden case with side doors housing the 30 hour time and alarm movement, enamel dial with brass spade hands and central brass alarm setting dial, with original lead weights and pendulum. 24 cm high with pendulum.
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Clark, Gilbert & brown American picture frame clock, late 19th century. Mahogany veneered ogee moulded case (in need of restoration) with reverse painted glass door panel depicting the 'United States Hotel, Saratoga'. Original paper label to the interior; the case now fitted with a Junghans spring driven 8 day time and strike wall clock movement with pendulum. 71 cm high.
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A French portico clock, late 19th century. Veneered in ebony with boxwood floral marquetry inlay and four Barley twist columns fitted with cast and gilt capitals, the case now fitted with an associated French 8 day time and strike movement, (bell and pendulum missing). 52 cm high, on stand.
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A French time piece mantel clock, late 19th century. Ebonised timber drumhead case and faux marble banded plinth with spring driven 8 day movement, white enamel dial, Breguet style moon hands and decorative cast brass bezel, (with pendulum). 25 cm high.
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An American wall clock, late 19th century. Walnut and marquetry inlaid case with turned columns flanking a single glassed door with carved pediment decoration, white painted dial with Roman numerals and club style hands. 8 day time and bell striking spring driven movement with decorative brass cylinder bob pendulum showcased by mirror to the inside of the case. 88 cm high.
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An antique black forest cuckoo clock with twin pinecone weight driven movement, 19th century, poor condition, a restorer's piece, the case 38 cm high
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'Bulle-Clock' French Brevete S.G.D.G. Patented early battery operated table clock with brass cylinder stand containing the Leclanche battery cell driving electro-magnetic pendulum; original card dial with open centre displaying the motion work and contrate wheel escapement, on original mahogany base. Early 20th century, 35 cm high
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Seth Thomas American shelf clock, late 19th century. Rosewood veneered arched top with gilt reverse painted glass door, wax card dial and open centre displaying the movement and fretted brass pendulum crutch, 8 day time and gong striking movement with pressed brass pendulum bob. 45 cm high.
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Sessions American mantel clock, early 20th century. Ebonised case with bronzed spelter mounts and 8 day time and gong striking movement; together with an American cast iron lancet form mantel clock with black Japanned finish applied with mother of pearl and gilt scroll decoration, 8 day time and gong striking movement. (2 items), the larger 42.5 cm high.
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Four American dial clocks, Ansonia, Seth Thomas, trade mark 'A' and patent lever escapement, early 20th century. All with two train movements and subsidiary seconds dial with lever escapement regulation aperture to the dial. Each clock with brass bezel and timber case, one with pressed brass case. (4 items), the largest 33 cm high.
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Kilpatrick & Co, Melbourne, early 20th century dial clock, along with a Regency dial clock, early 19th century, (2 items). The Kilpatrick dial clock of English make with white painted mahogany case, 12 inch painted dial with blued steel spade hands and heavy fine quality cast brass bezel with sight ring and bevelled glass. Time only chain fusee, anchor escapement movement made by 'O' Salisbury, serial number 18951, with free hand snailing decoration to the movement plates. A complete clock. Regency dial…
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Junghans, two spherical brass pillar clocks on mahogany stands, one decorated with cast spelter putti, early 20th century. A€‹Along with a cast bronze 'Diana' mystery clock on ebonised timber base, and a gold painted steel nautical style mantel clock with floral decorated off white glass dial with Arabic numerals, French 8 day time and strike movement with outside count wheel, signed A.D Mougin Deux Medailles. (4 items), the largest 35 cm high.
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Two German bedroom alarm clocks, late 19th century, one by Junghans in a walnut and brass decorated case, the other in oak with brass decoration, with a music box alarm movement. Together with two Australian timber mantel clocks fitted with American movements striking the hours and half hours on a bell and coiled gong, labelled '8-Day Cathedral gong, Astracloc-' early 20th century. (4 items), the largest 31 cm high.
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Three American clocks in timber and porcelain cases, late 19th century, (3 items), a€‹the largest 52.5 cm high.
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Sessions American Arts & Crafts mantel clock with applied silvered brass Arabic numerals, fitted with an 8 day time and strike movement, early 20th century. Together with a walnut balloon cased time only mantel clock decorated with mother of pearl and brass roundels: a vintage Art Deco mirrored glass bedside clock; and a carved marble horseshoe mantel clock with floral decoration fitted with an American lever escapement time only movement with white enamel dial circa 1920. (4 items), the largest 22 cm high.
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Attachmd for the Horologist restorer, an Inverto No.18 staking set made by Kendrick & Davis, and three clocks for restoration with a French clock movement, late 19th and early 20th century, (5 items). The staking set missing some stakes and jewelling attachments, the French alabaster and gilt spelter figural mantel clock complete but with broken alabaster panel and time only movement. The miniature Viennese time only weight driven regulator wall clock missing front door glass, with later dial, weight and…
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Three American clocks, Waterbury, Ansonia and 'Uncle Sam's, little Wonder', 19th/20th century. The largest 42 cm high.
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A German whistling automaton happy drunk figure, early 20th century, an English oak cased aneroid wall barometer, a ships wheel clock, and patinated spelter figure of a seated Renaissance scholar, (4 items). The largest 36 cm high.
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An American hardwood mantel clock case of architectural form with full and split columns, wax card dial and Arabic numerals (movement missing), early 20th century; together with a box of turned beech wood Vienna wall clock finials, (17 finials). The clock case 29 cm high.
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Bulle, 800 Days French mantel clock, early 20th century, mahogany and brass framed cased with glassed sides on ogee moulded plinth with three squat bun feet. Silvered brass dial with printed Arabic numerals and minute track with blued steel spade hands, electro-magnetic pendulum rod and horseshoe drive bar, with exposed brass and steel movement suspended from a brass pillar, circuit wires to the base for early battery connection. 26 cm high.
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Ansonia: two rare brass cased pocket sundials with wax card compass and perpetual calendar printed to the case lid, early 20th century, one with leather carrying case. (2 items). The leather case 10 cm long.
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Georgian style longcase clock with three train chime and strike movement striking the hours and quarters on rod gongs, one piece brass dial housed in fine mahogany case with bevelled glass doors, early 20th century, 199 cm high, 53 cm wide, 59 cm deep
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Two Napoleon hat clocks, one in oak case and one with Australian timbers, early to mid 20th century, the larger 32 cm high
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Four German 400 day anniversary clocks, 20th century, the largest 32 cm high.
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Four German 400 day anniversary clocks, comprising a 'Schatz' with a nickel plated movement and case under a perspex dome; two other brass cased examples with rotary disk pendulums, each with off white glass dials with Arabic numerals; the fourth with silvered dial with gold baton hour markers under an oval glass dome. 20th century, the largest 32 cm high.
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Two 400 day clocks comprising a Japanese 'Diamond' trade mark Nisimura, Takamatu kit form brushed steel anniversary style clock with exposed escapement on a timber base under a glass dome; and a German brass cased 400 day clock with rotary disk pendulum and off white dial with Arabic numerals, the movement back plate numbered 4576. 20th century, the larger 31 cm high
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Tiffany 'Never Wind' American brass anniversary clock with white enamel dial and electric operated movement under glass dome, (missing pendulum); together with a Kundo German 400 day anniversary clock with silvered dial and brass frame under a 4 glass case, 20th century. (2 items), the larger 30 cm high.
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Two German 400 day anniversary clocks, together with two miniature Neuchatel style clocks, one by Schatz with a cream and floral painted case and matching wall bracket with 400 day movement; the other by Schmid in a gilt and floral decorated case with an 8 day musical movement made by Sss Fabrik Marke, D.B.P Angem, playing 2 tunes, 'Waves on the Danube' and 'Tales of the Vienna woods'. 20th century, (4 items), the largest 23 cm high.
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New Haven, Junghans, Helveco, W.B.S. Colombo and two other German made bedside clocks, mid 20th century. (6 items). The new Haven, Junghans and Helveco with alarm movements, the Colombo with watch regulator movement, all with lever style escapements. The largest 18 cm high.
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'Europa' German leather cased travelling alarm clock with aneroid barometer and thermometer; together with a 'Dep, France' miniature bedside alarm clock, mid 20th century, (2 items). The larger 8 cm high, open.
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Two Schatz German 400 day anniversary clocks, one with silvered dial and Roman numerals housed in a lantern style glazed case; the other with maroon and gilt floral decoration in a domed four glass case, 20th century. The larger 22.5 cm high.
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A German black forest cuckoo clock with oakleaf and animal carved case, 20th century. Dial marked 'Made in Germany' with twin pinecone weight driven movement, twin bellows, music box and automata cuckoo and huntsman. 52 cm high.
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Two German black forest cuckoo clocks, 20th century. Both clocks with caved timber cases and 30 hour weight driven twin bellow movements. One clock with cuckoo and huntsman hour and half hour automata, the other with single cuckoo and two huntsmen sawing a timber log automata. Together with a West German plastic cased miniature wall clock with time only spring driven movement, late 20th century. (3 items). The largest 36 cm high.
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Five assorted clocks comprising a Kaiser German birdcage time and alarm clock, a Dickory, Dickory, dock German novelty mouse wall clock, with three other clocks, 20th century. The Kaiser clock with card alarm dial to the base of the brass cage and annular rotary barrels showing hours and minutes, single bird automata moves to the ticking of the movement. The German Dickory dock clock in timber case, the time is displayed along side the moving mouse as it descends the case and sounding a bell at the bottom…
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Ranela and Schmid German novelty anniversary clocks under perspex domes with 8 day spring wound movements, together with a H.M. Queen Elizabeth II 1953 commemorative Coronation weight driven wall clock, 20th century, (3 items), the largest 24 cm high.
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A tall cylindrical French glass dome on ebonised ogee moulded timber base with three bun feet, 19th century. The dome 57 cm high, 21 cm diameter.
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A Georgian brooch yellow gold, silver and rose gold set with 37 old fashion rose cut diamonds, 18th century, 10.5 cm long, 16 grams
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An antique chatelaine, white metal and cut steel, 19th century, 19 cm long
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A fine antique yellow gold brooch set with large amethyst surrounded by seed pearls, mid 19th century, 4.5 cm wide
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An antique Italian brooch with intaglio cut cornelian insert, 19th century, 2.2 cm high
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An antique carved whalebone graduated bead necklace, 19th century, 71 cm long
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An impressive antique Indian tiger's claw brooch mounted in high carat yellow gold, 19th century, 6 cm wide
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An antique carved whalebone graduated bead necklace, 19th century, 60 cm long
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Four antique gold stickpins including enamel, emerald, ruby and seed pearl, 19th and early 20th century, 6 cm high
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An antique jet brooch and locket, 19th century, the brooch 5.5 cm wide
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An antique cameo brooch in 9ct gold mount, 19th century, 4.5 cm high
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Two antique 9ct gold bar brooches set with red stones, late 19th century, 5 cm and 5.5 cm wide, 8.3 grams total
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An antique 15ct gold and seed brooch; together with a 9ct gold and amethyst brooch, 4.5 cm and 5 cm wide, 6.5 grams total
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An antique brooch, 15ct gold and tiger tooth, 19th century, stamped 'Foster', 6.5 cm wide
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An 18ct gold bar brooch with floral design set with diamond and seed pearls, early 20th century, stamped '18ct' with inscription 'Father, Sep, 20, '05', 4.5 cm wide, 5.5 grams
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An antique crescent and star brooch set with diamond and seed pearls, circa 1900, 2.5 cm wide, 4.3 grams
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An antique English 9ct gold sovereign case, circa 1900, (missing suspension ring and catch button), 4 cm high, 21 grams total
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An antique cameo brooch with classical profile portrait set in rose gold, late 19th century, stamped '9ct', 4.5 cm high
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An antique 15ct gold bar brooch with solitaire diamond, circa 1900, 4.7 cm wide, 2.8 grams
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A fine Belle Epoque necklace, peridot and seed pearls set in 9ct gold, early 20th century, 40 cm long
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A pair of vintage cufflinks, 14ct gold and greenstone, early to mid 20th century
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Antique silver handled fish servers, shoe horn and three boot hooks, 19th and early 20th century, (6 items), the largest 40 cm long
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Masonic ball & cross mechanical 9ct gold vintage charm, 6.3gms.
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A carved rock crystal bangle adorned with four ducks, 19th/20th century, 9 cm wide, internal 6 cm wide
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Rhoda Wager sterling silver and citrine brooch, stamped 'Wager', 2 cm wide
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Rhoda Wager sterling silver and moonstone brooch, stamped 'Wager', 3 cm wide
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A 9ct yellow gold bar brooch set with cameo profile portrait, 20th century, stamped '9ct' with maker's mark obscured by mounts, 5 cm wide
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A cameo brooch in yellow gold mount, 19th/20th century, 4 cm high
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Masonic ring, 9ct yellow gold and enamel, 20th century, stamped 'Jem 9ct', 6.8 grams
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A vintage 9ct gold brooch set with pearls, mid 20th century, 5.5 cm wide
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A 9ct gold brooch in the form of a rose, early to mid 20th century, stamped '9ct', 3.2 cm wide, 3.3 grams
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Georg Jensen Danish sterling silver brooch, stamped 'Georg Jensen, Denmark, 925', 4.5 cm wide
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Georg Jensen pair of Danish sterling silver clip-on earrings, stamped 'Georg Jensen, sterling, Denmark, 51' 2.2 cm wide
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A Celtic revival Norwegian silver brooch by David Andersen, late 19th century, stamped '830, David Andersen, Christiania', 6 cm wide
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Five assorted vintage pendants set in silver, one on pearl chain, the dragonfly 9 cm high
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A pair of 9ct yellow gold and jade cufflinks and tie clip, circa 1960, the clip 4.5 cm wide
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An 18ct gold modernist brooch, circa 1960, 3.5 cm wide, 7.1 grams
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A vintage brooch, 9ct yellow gold and solid tiger's eye, circa 1970, stamped 'W.W. 9ct', 5 cm wide
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Bohemian necklace with large turned turquoise beads and filigree silver spacers, 20th century, 48 cm long
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A 9ct gold and diamond cluster ring, 20th century, stamped '375'
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Bulgari sterling silver ring, late 20th century, stamped 'Bulgari, 925'
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A graduated raw amber necklace and geode crystal sample, early 20th century, the geode 8 cm high, 8 cm wide
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Antique and vintage jewellery including carved bone pendant and bracelet, Bohemian gilt silver and rhinestone brooch, Australiana brooch, ring, bracelet and Indian brooch, 19th and early 20th century, (8 items)
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Cufflinks, tie clips, studs and penknife, including vintage Danish pewter cufflinks, 20th century
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A vintage coral bead necklace with gold clasp, early to mid 20th century, 47 cm long
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A quantity of assorted costume jewellery, scent bottle, jade ornament etc., 20th century
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A 9ct gold and sapphire bar brooch, opal and silver earrings, opal pendant and two gold finished necklaces, (6 items).
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Smiths oversized antique pocket watch clock on turned timber stand with brass chain, late 19th century, 17 cm high overall
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A nursing pendant watch, Swiss manual movement in beautifully enamelled silver case, circa 1925, 3 cm high
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Rolex. Two lady's vintage wristwatches in gold cases, circa 1930
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Rolex 9ct gold cased lady's watch, 2.5 cm wide
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Zenith military wristwatch, crown wind manual movement with black dial, subsidiary seconds dial and silver case, 5.7 cm wide including crown
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Omega World War II R.A.F. Pilot's wristwatch with black dial and stainless steel, broad arrow stamp to back, 4 cm wide including crown
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Breitling 'Chronomat' gents chronograph wristwatch in yellow gold case, 4 cm wide
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Tissot 'Seastar' Swiss automatic gents wristwatch with day and date calendar window, centre second sweep, gold plated case and original bracelet, 3.5 cm wide
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Swiss military 'Hanowa' wristwatch, stainless steel case and bracelet with green bezel, in original box, 4 cm wide
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Group of 10 antique pocket watch keys, 19th and early 20th century, the largest 4 cm long
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Assorted wristwatches, pocket watches and watch movements, 19th century 20th century, (13 items), as is condition.
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