ENGLISH CLARION CLOCK CO. OAK CHIMING MANTEL CLOCKEnglish mantel clock, Clarion Clock Company, 20th c., having shaped oak case, circular glass pane, brass dial marked Made in Germany, with black Roman numerals, time-strike-and-chime movement, rising on short square feet, approx 10"h, 17.25"w, 6"d **Provenance: The estate of a Houston Socialite who enjoyed a long career in modeling, both nationally and internationally. She loved and studied interior design and fashion, and was known for her pristine style**
BANJO CLOCK BY HORACE TIFT, N. ATTLEBORO MABanjo clock by Horace Tift of North Attleboro, Mass., circa 1810-1840, signed "H. Tift" on dial. 32 1/2" high, 10" wide. Condition: : crazing, stain, wear to dial, a few small repairs to wood, a couple small wood losses, gilt wear, loss, soiling. Provenance: Estate of John Albertine, New Jersey, a member of National Association of Watch & Clock Collectors.
NJ TALL CASE CLOCK, ISAAC BROKAWNew Jersey tall case clock, movement by Isaac Brokaw of Hillsborough Township, NJ, circa 1777, with a brass and pewter dial having an eight day movement. Case attributed to Matthew Egerton of New Brunswick, NJ. 96" high, 20" wide, 10" deep. Condition: : age cracks, case with edge wear, losses, scratches, nicks, finish wear, loss, dial wear. Provenance: Estate of John Albertine, New Jersey, a member of National Association of Watch & Clock Collectors.
National Calendar Clock Company Shelf Clock, both dials gold on black and marked Manufactured for National Calendar Clock Co., case grain-painted rosewood and tortoiseshell, spring-powered, eight-day, time and gong strike movement trips the simple calendar mechanism below, ht. 27 in. Estimate $300-500 The absence of a condition statement does not imply that the lot is in perfect condition or completely free from wear and tear, imperfections or the effects of aging. Condition requests can be obtained via email (lot inquiry button) or by telephone to the appropriate gallery location (Boston/617.350.5400 or Marlborough/508.970.3000). Any condition statement given, as a courtesy to a client, is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact. Skinner Inc. shall have no responsibility for any error or omission.
Rare John Wilbank 1836 Philadelphia Bellcast bronze signed and dated 1836 bell form with yoke stamped within two upper rings.Only three John Wilbank bells are said to exist in the United States. Harry Long MD of www.americanbell.org writes ''John Wilbank was a Bronze Founder in Germantown Philadelphia PA. His greatest claim to fame was his ownership of the cracked Liberty Bell. In 1828 in preparation for a visit to Philadelphia by the Marquis de Lafayette the city fathers renovated the old State House where the Marquis 'held court'. The Pass & Stow Statehouse Bell was cracked and had a poor tone. The city fathers contracted with John Wilbank to cast a new bell for the clock tower at the Old State House (Independence Hall). In order to reduce the cost they gave the Liberty Bell to Wilbank for scrap value ($400). When Wilbank saw it in the clock tower he felt that it would cost him more than $400 to remove and cart it to his foundry. The city sued him and the judge gave him ownership of the bell but allowed him to leave it with the city on permanent loan. Subsequently the Liberty Bell became the centerpiece of the Abolition Movement because of its inscription. In recent years Wilbank's heirs sued in court to take possession of the Liberty Bell. The original court records could not be found and the Liberty Bell remains in the possession of the National Park Service. This is all that I know about John Wilbank. His foundry was obviously in existence in 1828 and the new clock tower bell was delivered in 1832. The bell that my mother had was John Wilbank & Son so the foundry probably existed for at least two generations. His bells are attractive and are similar in design to the British Bronze church bells. The current bell in the clock tower of Independence Hall is the Wilbank Bell.''Bell: 14 in. DOA: 18.5 in.Some metal chipping and loss to edge rim in two places missing top mount and clapper.
WATERBURY TRAVELING CLOCK/CASEWaterbury traveling clock with Speck one day time movement. 2 1/2" high, 2" wide. Condition: : slight oxidation to finish. Provenance: Estate of John Albertine, New Jersey, a member of National Association of Watch & Clock Collectors.
WILLIAM CUMMENS (ROXBURY MASSACHUSETTS, 1768-1834) FEDERAL INLAID MAHOGANY "ROCKING SHIP" TALL-CASE CLOCKWILLIAM CUMMENS (Roxbury Massachusetts, 1768-1834) Federal Inlaid Mahogany "Rocking Ship" Tall-Case Clock, painted dial signed Warranted by W. Cummens; the interior door bearing a newspaper clipping from Newport Daily News, November 25, 1809 reading The directors of the Aquidneck National Bank have purchased of George E. Vernon & Co. a hall clock for the lobby of the banking room. It was made for Nathaniel Gladding of Warren, R. I. in 1800, and is a fine instrument in a mahogany-inlaid case, in perfect condition. A figure of a ship rolling in a heavy sea is shown above the dial, an interesting feature that is unusual, as well as numerous hand-written paper labels written by members of the Gladding family referring to the clock; height: 91 in.; width: 19 1/2 in., depth: 9 1/2 in. Provenance: Property from the Estate of a New England Clock Collector. Condition: Condition: Minor veneer repairs to bonnet door; minor inpainting to dial; feet and fretwork appear original; old refinish; tin can weights and pendulum present.
MONUMENTAL ORMOLU-MOUNTED BERLIN (KPM) PORCELAIN IVORY-GROUND ‘WEICHMALEREI’ THREE-PIECE CLOCK GARNITUREMONUMENTAL ORMOLU-MOUNTED BERLIN (KPM) PORCELAIN IVORY-GROUND ‘WEICHMALEREI’ THREE-PIECE CLOCK GARNITURE, circa 1888, blue sceptre and iron-red orb marks, recorded as model no. 3415, gilt 25, drip pans with iron-red painted ./. and various impressed letters, designed by Paul Schley in 1888, the painted decoration attributed to Franz Aulich, in the Neo-Rococo Jugendstil taste, the clock case of architectural form, the movement stamped Lenzkirch, no. 860153, surmounted by two fire breathing dragons above an arched gallery supported by scantily clad male and female figures, he in the guise of Atlas with arms raised, clad in a lion pelt and she as a Caryatid supporting the weight on her shoulders, the reticulated ivory and cobalt-blue clock face with Roman chapters about an hour glass and crossed scythes, the hour and minute hands applied with ‘jewels’, supported from below by an open-mouthed grotesque mask of a bearded and horned Zephyr issuing a billowing pendulum, the recessed panels painted with festoons of flowers within rocaille gilt scrollwork, the base with two frolicking putti, h: 31.5 in; the herm and putto nine-light candelabra en suite, h: 36 in. (3) Provenance: Property of a Washington, D.C. Estate Literature: Designed in 1888 by Paul Schley (1854-1942) with the assistance of Burckhardt, Apel and Hinke, only a few examples of this model are known. The vigorous floral painted panels on the present example are likely the work of Franz Aulich (circa 1852-1910), a Silesian artist, trained in Dresden and Berlin, who joined the Berlin (KPM) manufactory as a flower painter in 1888. Aulich later immigrated to the United States in 1893, where he established a painting and porcelain art school in the Auditorium Building, Chicago. He went on to exhibit at both the 1900 Paris Universelle and the 1904 Saint Louis World Fair. This clock garniture form was displayed at various important expositions in the late 19th and early 20th Centuries, including the Exhibition of the German National Applied Arts in Munich in 1888 and the Louisiana Purchase Exhibition, popularly known as the Saint Louis World Fair, 1904. See Franca Dietz, The Collection of Hassan Sabet, The Golden Age of the KPM (Die Sammlung Hassan Sabet, Bluhende Zeit der KPM, Die "Weichmalerei" auf Berliner Porzellan) Petersburg, 2015, pp. 244-249 for an example of this model in the Sabet Collection and a detailed discussion of its history. For a similar pair of candlesticks, see “The State Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg, From the Dinner-Service Storerooms, Decorating the Russian Imperial Table in Eighteenth to Early Twentieth Centuries", pp. 370-371, nos. 57.1 and 57.2. The design is characteristic of works made under Alexander Kips’ artistic direction at the Manufactory. The exuberant flower modeling, rocaille scrolls and putti typical of the Neo-Rococo style are fully exhibited in the present lot. Kaiser Wilhelm II (1859-1941) is known to have favored the style, decorating the Neue Palais in this fashion. Christie’s, New York, 20 October, 2008, lot 107 and Christie’s, New York, 12 April, 2017, lot 129 for similar garnitures and Dorotheum Auctions, Vienna, 25 October, 2018, lot 1361 for a similar clock case.
GROUP OF ANTIQUES REFERENCE BOOKS. The Pine Furniture of Early New England Russell Hawes Kettell English Domestic Brass 1680-1810 and History of its Origins Rupert Gentle and Rachael Feild Living With Antiques: A Treasury of Private Homes in America Alice Winchester Old Stuff in Up-Country Pennsylvania Earl. F. Robacker The Flowering of American Folk Art 1776-1876 Jean Lipman and Alice Winchester The Antiques Treasury of Furniture and Other Decorative Arts Alice Winchester America's Quilts and Coverlets Carleton L. Safford and Robert Bishop Azerbaijan Carpet Rugs and Carpets of the Orient Nathaniel Harris Oriental Lowestoft Chinese Export Porcelain J.A. Lloyd Hyde The American Clock: A Comprehensive Pictorial Survey 1723-1900 William H. Distin and Robert Bishop Furniture Treasury vol. 3 Wallace Nutting Gone Are the Days: An Illustrated History of the Old South Harnett T. Kane Folk Sculpture USA: Brooklyn Museum and Los Angeles County Museum of Art Exhibition 1976 China-Trade Porcelain: An account of its historical background manufacture and decoration and a study of the Helena Woolworth McCann Collection by John Goldsmith Phillips Chinese Trade Porcelain Michel Beurdeley Pennsylvania Dutch American Folk Art Henry J. Kauffman Spatterware and Sponge: Hardy Perennials of Ceramics Earl F. and Ada F. Robacker 101 Masterpieces of American Primitive Painting Great Historic Houses of America Phyllis Lee Levin Beyond New England Thresholds Samuel Chamberlain America's Folk Art Robert L. Polley The Heritage of Early American Houses John Drury This England: National Geographic Society America's Country Furniture 1780-1875 Ralph and Terry Kovel Book of American Clocks Brooks Palmer Two Hundred Years of American Clocks and Watches Chris bailey American Bird Decoys William J. Mackey Jr. American Pewter J.B. Kerfoot Polly's Principles Polly Bergen American Glass george and Helen McKearin Colonial Furniture in America Luke Vincent Lockwood The American Heritage History of Antiques Marshall B. Davidson The Chamberlain Selection of New England Rooms 1639-1863 Samuel and Narcissa G. Chamberlain English Ceramics Circle Transactions 1-5/Volume I and 6-10/Volume 2 English porcelain Circle transactions 1-4 \/volume 1 The World Guide to Antiquities Seymour Kurtz Pewter in America volumes I and II Ledlie L. Laughlin Early Pennsylvania Arts and Crafts John Joseph Stoudt Charlton Heston Presents the Bible Lighting in America Lawrence S. Cooke A Directory of Antique Furniture F. Lewis Hinckley American Folk Art Canes George H. Meyer Furniture Treasury Wallace Nutting The Last two Million Years (Reader's Digest) The Horizon Book of the Arts of Chine (Horizon Magazine) The New Yorker Cartoon Album 1975-1985 The Book of Rugs Oriental and European Ignaz Schlosser American Antiques Norman Hudson Concise Encyclopedia of American Antiques Helen Comstock The Pennsylvania German Collection by the Philadelphia Museum of Art Connecticut Furniture of the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries (Wadsworth Atheneum) The Complete Encyclopedia of Antiques L.G.G. Ramsey The Leeds Pottery Donald Towner The History and Folklore of American Country Tinware 1700-1900 Margaret Coffin Guide to American Pewter Carl Jacobs Pennsylvania Dutch Stuff: Guide to Country Antiques Earl F. Robacker Tidewater Virginia in Color Parke Rouse Jr. A History of American Pewter Charles F. Montgomery Fine Points of Furniture: Early American Albert Sack A Window on Williamsburg John J. Warklet Jr. American and English Antiques of the Eighteenth Century Max Webber INC (catalogue 3 1971) A Handbook of Popular Antiques Katharine Morrison McClinton Historic Deerfield: Houses and Interiors Samuel Chamberlain and Henry N. Flynt Antiques as Investment Richard H. Rush
E. Howard & Co. No. 1 tower clock, ca. 1890, 55" h. Deaccessioned from the National Watch & Clock Museum, Columbia, Pennsylvania, to benefit the Museum Acquisitions Funds.
Chelsea Ship's Clock w/Black Dial: Chelsea ship's clock with black dial, with key, mounted on wood plaque. Clock 3 1/2" high, 7 1/2" diameter. Provenance: Estate of John Albertine, New Jersey, a member of National Association of Watch & Clock Collectors.
EXCEPTIONAL LOUIS XVI REGULATOR WITH REMONTOIR D’éGALITé “ROYAL MODEL”, CIRCA 1785 Exceptional Louis XVI Regulator with Remontoir d’égalité “Royal Model”, circa 1785Clockmaker Robert Robin (1741-1799), the polychrome dial by Joseph Coteau(1740-1801), case attributed to Pierre-Philippe Thomire (1757-1843)Ormolou and glass case, hand-painted, jeweled and enameled porcelain dial with astrological zodiac cartouches, signed Coteau and Robin Hr.du Roy, pierced gilt brass hands, blued steel pointers for the mean time and calendar indications, sweeps second hand. Movement of month duration with calendar, equation of time, with remontoire, re-wound via Robin's pulley system, constant force, Graham dead-beat escapement, nine-rod compensated pendulum, striking on the solar hour and half hour on a single bell.Commentary: The inventory of the Château de Saint-Cloud made in January 1794 features two clocks in Marie-Antoinette’s pièce des nobles (room for receiving visiting nobility) that were not there during the previous inventory of 1789. One of them is probably the present example made by Robert Robin, clockmaker to the king, who signed the dial. However, the queen probably never saw this clock as she was not permitted to visit her castle after 1791. Around 1860, the clock was still, or again, at Saint-Cloud, in the bedroom of Empress Eugénie, who surrounded herself with objects that belonged, or were thought to have belonged, to Marie-Antoinette.Robert Robin (French, 1741-1799)was one of the finest clockmakers in France during the last quarter of the eighteenth century. He received a number of royal appointments during the reign of Louis XVI and managed to retain his standing during and after the French Revolution. He maintained the highest standards in design and construction, engaging the best cabinetmakers for his cases and the finest enamel painters for his dials. He served as the Horloger du duc Chatrtres (1778), Valet de Chambres-Horloger Ordinaire du Roi (1783), Horloger de Monsieur (1785), Valet de Chambres-Horloger Ordianire de la Reine (October 1, 1786), Horloger de la Répulique (1794), Horloger du Directoire (1796). His signature reads: “Robin Hr.du Roy.” This elegant design, which he introduced around 1780, was his most successful model.Joseph Coteau (1740-1801)regarded as the greatest enameler of all time, supplying dials for the most eminent horologists, including Antide Janvier (1751-1835), Robert Robin (1742-1809) and Ferdinand Berthoud (1727-1807). In 1780, Coteau was appointed ‘Peintre-émailleur du roi et de la Manufacture Royale de Sèvres, and by 1784 his production was considerable, receiving 4520 livres from the Manufacture de Sèvres for executed commissions.Examples of his work can be found in a number of European museums, including Mobilier National, Musee des Arts Decoratifs, Paris; Carnavelet Museum, Dijon Museum, and in London at the Wallace Collection and Victoria and Albert Museum.Watch Video
PROTON MODEL 320 CLOCK RADIO FROM MASTER BRas found on the bedside table of the master bedroom. 10.5" x 5.5" x 3.25"
Property from the estate of Philip Roth. Philip Roth was born in Newark New Jersey on 19 March, 1933. The second child of second-generation Americans Bess and Herman Roth, Roth grew up in the largely Jewish community of Weequahic, a neighborhood that he was to return to time and again in his writing. After graduating from Weequahic High School in 1950, he attended Bucknell University, Pennsylvania and the University of Chicago where he received a scholarship to complete his M.A. in English Literature. In 1959, Roth published Goodbye Columbus - a collection of stories and a novella for which he received the National Book Award. Ten years later, the publication of his fourth novel Portnoy's Complaint brought Roth both critical and commercial success, firmly securing his reputation as one of America's finest young writers. Roth was the author of thirty-one books including those that were to follow the fortunes of Nathan Zuckerman and a fictional narrator narrator named Philip Roth through which he explored and gave voice to the complexities of the American experience in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Roth's lasting contribution to literature was widely recognized in his lifetime, both in the United States and abroad. Among other commendations he was the recipient of the Pulitzer Prize, the International Man Booker Prize, twice the winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award and the National Book Award and presented with the National Medal of Arts and the National Humanities Medal by Presidents Clinton and Obama respectively. Philip Roth died on 22 May 2018 at the age of eighty-five having retired from writing six years previous.
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Self Winding Clock Co. oak wall clock, 41 1/4" h., 16 1/2" w. Deaccessioned from the National Watch & Clock Museum, Columbia, Pennsylvania, to benefit the Museum Acquisitions Funds.
Large group of clocks, parts, movements, and clock related accessories. Deaccessioned from the National Watch & Clock Museum, Columbia, Pennsylvania, to benefit the Museum Acquisitions Funds.
Chelsea Ship's Clock w/Black Dial Chelsea ship's clock with black dial, with key, mounted on wood plaque. Clock 3 1/2" high, 7 1/2" diameter. Provenance: Estate of John Albertine, New Jersey, a member of National Association of Watch & Clock Collectors.
Three Miniature Clocks: Three miniature clocks, comprising an Ansonia clock circa 1892, a Waterbury clock circa 1878 and a tip top. 1 1/2" high, 1 1/2" wide to 2 1/2" high, 2 1/4" wide. Condition: crack to dial of Ansonia clock, oxidation to tip top dial, all with finish wear, loss. Provenance: Estate of John Albertine, New Jersey, a member of National Association of Watch & Clock Collectors.
English Regency Carved Mahogany Bracket Clock: English Regency mahogany bracket clock with brass inlaid pewter dial by Grant and Terry, Prince Street, Leicester Square, with keys 12 1/4" high, 7 1/4" wide. Condition: age cracks, one loose glass side panel, silvering wear, loss to dial, a few small losses, repairs. Provenance: Estate of John Albertine, New Jersey, a member of National Association of Watch & Clock Collectors.
Chester County, Pennsylvania Queen Anne walnut tall case clock, mid 18th c., the flat top bonnet enclosing an eight day works with brass face, inscribed B. Chandlee Nottingham, 90" h. Deaccessioned from the National Watch & Clock Museum, Columbia, Pennsylvania, to benefit the Museum Acquisitions Funds.
Gilbert shelf clock, 10" h., together with a faux slate mantle clock, 9 3/4" h., a Schatz shelf clock, 11 1/2" h., German regulator clock, and a wall chime clock. Deaccessioned from the National Watch & Clock Museum, Columbia, Pennsylvania, to benefit the Museum Acquisitions Funds.
SETH THOMAS MAHOGANY EGLOMISE CLOCK 1840with interior label, from the living room of the Roth Estate 26" H x 16" W x 4" D
Property from the estate of Philip Roth. Philip Roth was born in Newark New Jersey on 19 March, 1933. The second child of second-generation Americans Bess and Herman Roth, Roth grew up in the largely Jewish community of Weequahic, a neighborhood that he was to return to time and again in his writing. After graduating from Weequahic High School in 1950, he attended Bucknell University, Pennsylvania and the University of Chicago where he received a scholarship to complete his M.A. in English Literature. In 1959, Roth published Goodbye Columbus - a collection of stories and a novella for which he received the National Book Award. Ten years later, the publication of his fourth novel Portnoy's Complaint brought Roth both critical and commercial success, firmly securing his reputation as one of America's finest young writers. Roth was the author of thirty-one books including those that were to follow the fortunes of Nathan Zuckerman and a fictional narrator narrator named Philip Roth through which he explored and gave voice to the complexities of the American experience in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Roth's lasting contribution to literature was widely recognized in his lifetime, both in the United States and abroad. Among other commendations he was the recipient of the Pulitzer Prize, the International Man Booker Prize, twice the winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award and the National Book Award and presented with the National Medal of Arts and the National Humanities Medal by Presidents Clinton and Obama respectively. Philip Roth died on 22 May 2018 at the age of eighty-five having retired from writing six years previous.
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Two International Time Recording clocks with oak cases, 39 1/2" h., 13 1/2" w. and 44" h., 14 1/4" w. together with a wall clock case, 53" h., 14" w. Deaccessioned from the National Watch & Clock Museum, Columbia, Pennsylvania, to benefit the Museum Acquisitions Funds.
STANISLAUS FOURNIER WALL CLOCK, NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA,...Stanislaus Fournier Wall Clock, New Orleans, Louisiana, circa 1870 , brass eight day weight driven movement, carved mahogany case with cut glass window to expose a large brass pendulum
Note: Born in St. Aubin de Cauf, Normandy, Stanislaus Fournier was apprenticed at the Lepaute firm of Paris who sent him to install a large clock in New Orleans' St. Louis Hotel in 1841 or 1842. Prompted by the lack of clock and watchmakers in the city, Fournier opened a shop on Toulouse Street after his seven month hotel project was complete. Fournier soon relocated to 60 Royal Street, where he worked for twenty years, and his apprentice, E. Barbier, remained for another thirty. Reference: J.M. Kinabrew, "Stanislaus Fournier, New Orleans Clock and WatchMaker " National Association of Watch and Clock Collectors Bulletin, April 1997, pp. 189-192.
Diameter of Dial 11 in. Height 66 in. Width 27.5 in. Depth 13.5 in.
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William Draper Painting - "Olive Trees" 1938: William Franklin Draper (American, 1912-2003). "Olive Trees" oil on board, 1938. A stunning composition painted by William Draper, presenting a striking landscape with verdant olive trees as its focal point, boldly delineated in a style that suggests Draper was interested in the early modern contributions of Les Nabis who played a major role in the transition from impressionism to abstraction and symbolism. Draper rendered the scene with lush brushstrokes and wonderful palette knife work, in a rich color palette that truly captures the sensory impact of the scene. Size: 16" L x 19. 875" W (40. 6 cm x 50. 5 cm). . William Draper's career spanned seven decades and his subjects included a portrait of John F. Kennedy that hangs in the National Portrait Gallery in Washington D. C. based upon an oil sketch for which the president sat in 1962. Draper was actually the only artist who painted JFK from life. Draper showed at Knoedler, the Graham Gallery, Portraits, Inc. , the Far Gallery, The Findlay Galleries (New York, NY) and the Robert C. Vose Galleries (Boston, MA). His work has been included in shows at the National Portrait Gallery and the Corcoran Gallery of Art (Washington, D. C. ), The National Academy of Design (New York, NY), The Boston Museum of Fine Arts, (Boston, MA) the Fogg Art Museum, (one of the Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA), the National Gallery, (London), Salon de la Marine (Paris) and in museums in Australia. He also taught at the Art Students League of New York, and received a lifetime achievement award from the Portrait Society of America in 1999. . More on the artist's background: William Franklin Draper was born in Hopedale, Massachusetts on December 24, 1912. A child prodigy, he studied classical piano at Harvard University. He later changed his focus to fine art and studied with Charles Webster Hawthorne and Henry Hensche in Provincetown, Rhode Island. Draper also attended the National Academy of Design in New York and the Cape Cod School of Art in Massachusetts. Then he traveled to Spain and studied with Harry Zimmerman, moved on to France and attended the Academie de la Grande Chaumiere. In 1937, he moved to Boston to study sculpture with George Demetrius and also studied with Jon Corbino in beautiful Rockport, Massachusetts. In 1942, Draper joined the Navy and served as a combat artist when stationed on the Aleutian Islands and in the South Pacific. He observed and painted battle scenes on Bougainville, Guam, Saipan, and other locations, as well as genre scenes of soldiers who were not engaged in combat but rather at work and at play. National Geographic magazine reproduced 25 of his war images in four issues in 1944. In 1945, the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington D. C. organized a group exhibition of works by five official war artists, including Draper. That same year the Metropolitan Museum of Art included Draper in an exhibition entitled, ''The War Against Japan. '' Draper was also featured in a PBS television show about combat artists entitled, "They Drew Fire" in May of 2000. After the war, Draper opened a studio on Park Avenue in New York City and continued to not only paint, but also play classical and jazz piano. . . Provenance: The William F. Draper Collection, New York City, USA, acquired via descent from the late William Franklin Draper (1912-2003), an accomplished American artist whose career spanned seven decades. Known as the "Dean of American Portraiture, " William Draper was the only artist to paint President John F. Kennedy from life, and his oeuvre includes marvelous landscapes from his world travels, military paintings as he was one of only seventeen Combat Artists in WWII, and portraits of illustrious individuals. This clock belonged to Princess Margaret Draper Boncompagni - William Draper's aunt who was an American heiress and married Prince Andrea Boncompagni in the 1920s. . All items legal to buy/sell under U. S. Statute covering cultural patrimony Code 2600, CHAPTER 14, and are guaranteed to be as described or your money back. . . A Certificate of Authenticity will accompany all winning bids. . PLEASE NOTE: Due to recent increases of shipments being seized by Australian & German customs (even for items with pre-UNESCO provenance), we will no longer ship most antiquities and ancient Chinese art to Australia & Germany. For categories of items that are acceptable to ship to Australia or Germany, please contact us directly or work with your local customs brokerage firm. . Display stands not described as included/custom in the item description are for photography purposes only and will not be included with the item upon shipping. . #152317 Condition Perforations, marks, and small losses at the corners and midpoints of the peripheries - presumably from former framing. Otherwise painting is in very nice condition, and there is a Draper Estate stamp on the verso.
J.C. Brown Forestville Beehive Ripple Front Clock Forestville Manufacturing Co (American (Bristol, Connecticut) 1830s-1850s) Jonathan Clark Brown (American (Bristol, Connecticut)1807-72), circa 1842-1849. A beehive gothic ripple front mantle clock in rosewood having an arched and pointed case over a circular glazed door with lower square reverse painted tablet enclosing the white painted tin dial with black Roman hour numerals and fancy shaped period hands; the lower section with brass spring driven movement, hour strike on a coiled gong with brass covered pendulum bob. The dial signed in script above the six o'clock marker "J C Brown/Bristol, Ct. US". The interior also with paper label secured to the lower back of case "EIGHT DAY/BRASS CLOCKS/ SPRINGS WARRANTED NOT TO FAIL/ Manufactured and Sold by the/ FORESTVILLE MANUFACTURING CO./ J.C. BROWN, BRISTOL, CONN." Label also includes directions for setting the clock running. Approximate height 19", width 10.5", depth 4". Provenance: From the Estate of a prominent publisher and philanthropist, Greenwich, CT. Note: Label on back case states "The Collection of Samuel W. Simmons, 2050 Black Fox dr., N.E. Atlanta, GA 39329. Bought from Gordon Boucher-Hillsboro, N.H. June 1968, #151. MEMBER NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF WATCH AND CLOCK COLLECTORS, INC.
French Brass & Enamel Column Skeleton Clock: French brass and enamel column skeleton clock, with key, under glass dome. Clock 9 1/4" high, 7 3/4" wide. Provenance: Estate of John Albertine, New Jersey, a member of National Association of Watch & Clock Collectors.
A 20th century metallic cased national time clocking-in clock of squared form 35 x 35cm approx
FOUR AMERICAN MISSION OAK CLOCKS: two Sessions shelf clocks; one open pendulum wall clock by The National Clock & Mfg. Co. of Chicago; one hexagonal wall clock by undetermined maker.
Sixteen Titles on History of Clocks, Five Centuries of British Timekeeping, exhibition guide, London, 1955; Collector's Dictionary of Clocks and Watches, Eric Bruton, 2006; A Handbook and Directory of Old Scottish Clockmakers, John Smith, 1903; Horological Wheel Cutting Engines 1700 to 1900, Theodore R. Crom, 1982; Clocks in Color, Andrew Nicholls, 1976; A Treatise on Clocks, Edmund Beckett, Lord Grimthorpe, 1975; Coleccionismo de Relojes Antiguos, Jose Miguel Echeverria, 1979; A Book of English Clocks, R.W. Symonds, 1947; The Orpheus Clocks, P.G. Coole & E. Neumann, 1972; Clocks, Simon Fleet, 1961; The Planishperic Astrolabe, National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, 1982; English Church Clocks 1280-1850, C.F.C. Beeson, 1971; Handbook of the Collections Illustrating Time Measurement, F.A.B. Ward, 1937; Technology and Culture, Volume 37, number 2, 1996; The Lure of the Clock, D.W. Hering, 1963; Time in History, G.J. Whitrow, 1988. Estimate $200-300 The absence of a condition statement does not imply that the lot is in perfect condition or completely free from wear and tear, imperfections or the effects of aging. Condition requests can be obtained via email (lot inquiry button) or by telephone to the appropriate gallery location (Boston/617.350.5400 or Marlborough/508.970.3000). Any condition statement given, as a courtesy to a client, is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact. Skinner Inc. shall have no responsibility for any error or omission.
National Calendar Clock Company Shelf Clock, New Haven Clock Company, both dials gold on black and marked Manufactured for National Calendar Clock Co., case grain-painted rosewood and tortoiseshell, spring-powered, eight-day, time and gong strike movement trips the simple calendar mechanism below, ht. 27 in. Estimate $200-400 Calendar hand replaced, Original case finish showing age. The absence of a condition statement does not imply that the lot is in perfect condition or completely free from wear and tear, imperfections or the effects of aging. Condition requests can be obtained via email (lot inquiry button) or by telephone to the appropriate gallery location (Boston/617.350.5400 or Marlborough/508.970.3000). Any condition statement given, as a courtesy to a client, is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact. Skinner Inc. shall have no responsibility for any error or omission.
French Brass & Enamel Column Skeleton Clock French brass and enamel column skeleton clock, with key, under glass dome. Clock 9 1/4" high, 7 3/4" wide. Provenance: Estate of John Albertine, New Jersey, a member of National Association of Watch & Clock Collectors.
FRENCH BRASS & ENAMEL COLUMN SKELETON CLOCKFrench brass and enamel column skeleton clock, with key, under glass dome. Clock 9 1/4" high, 7 3/4" wide. Provenance: Estate of John Albertine, New Jersey, a member of National Association of Watch & Clock Collectors.
Nineteen Reference Books Pertaining to American Horology Nineteen Reference Books Pertaining to American Horology
comprising:
Morris Jr., Philip E. American Wooden Movement Tall Clocks: 1712-1835. Heritage Park Publishing, Hoover, AL, 2011.
Spittler, Thomas J. and Chris H. Bailey. Clockmakers and Watchmakers of America by Name and by Place. National Association of Watch and Clock Collectors, Inc., 2011.
Ball, Robert W.D. American Shelf & Wall Clocks. Schiffer Publishing Ltd., Atglen, PA, 1999.
Bailey, Chris. Two Hundred Years of American Clocks & Watches. Prentice-Hall, Inc., Englewood Cliffs, NJ, 1975.
Distin, William H. and Robert Bishop. The American Clock. E.P. Dutton & Co., Inc., 1976.
Palmer, Brooks. The Book of American Clocks. Macmillan Publishing Co., Inc., New York, 1979.
Battison, Edwin A. and Patricia E. Kane. The American Clock: 1725-1865. New York Graphic Society Ltd., 1973,
together with 12 other examples.Estimate $ 100-200Property from a Private Collection, Elm Grove, Wisconsin
WILLIAM CUMMENS (Roxbury Massachusetts, 1768-1834) Federal Inlaid Mahogany "Rocking Ship" Tall-Case Clock: WILLIAM CUMMENS (Roxbury Massachusetts, 1768-1834) Federal Inlaid Mahogany "Rocking Ship" Tall-Case Clock. painted dial signed Warranted by W. Cummens; the interior door bearing a newspaper clipping from Newport Daily News, November 25, 1809 reading The directors of the Aquidneck National Bank have purchased of George E. Vernon & Co. a hall clock for the lobby of the banking room. It was made for Nathaniel Gladding of Warren, R. I. in 1800, and is a fine instrument in a mahogany-inlaid case, in perfect condition. A figure of a ship rolling in a heavy sea is shown above the dial, an interesting feature that is unusual, as well as numerous hand-written paper labels written by members of the Gladding family referring to the clock; height: 91 in. ; width: 19 1/2 in. , depth: 9 1/2 in. . . Provenance: Property from the Estate of a New England Clock Collector.
Banjo Clock By Horace Tift, N. Attleboro MA: Banjo clock by Horace Tift of North Attleboro, Mass. , circa 1810-1840, signed "H. Tift" on dial. 32 1/2" high, 10" wide. Condition: crazing, stain, wear to dial, a few small repairs to wood, a couple small wood losses, gilt wear, loss, soiling. Provenance: Estate of John Albertine, New Jersey, a member of National Association of Watch & Clock Collectors.
NJ Tall Case Clock, Isaac Brokaw: New Jersey tall case clock, movement by Isaac Brokaw of Hillsborough Township, NJ, circa 1777, with a brass and pewter dial having an eight day movement. Case attributed to Matthew Egerton of New Brunswick, NJ. 96" high, 20" wide, 10" deep. Condition: age cracks, case with edge wear, losses, scratches, nicks, finish wear, loss, dial wear. Provenance: Estate of John Albertine, New Jersey, a member of National Association of Watch & Clock Collectors.
New Haven oak wall clock, 48" h. Deaccessioned from the National Watch & Clock Museum, Columbia, Pennsylvania, to benefit the Museum Acquisitions Funds.
French Louis XV kingwood and tulipwood ormolu mounted tall case clock, lacking works, ca. 1750, with steel, gilt brass, and enameled face, inscribed Bertrand Paris, 94" h. Deaccessioned from the National Watch & Clock Museum, Columbia, Pennsylvania, to benefit the Museum Acquisitions Funds.
A Stanislaus Fournier Walnut Regulator Wall Clock, mid-19th c., the porcelain dial with brass frame, marked "Tell Tale Clock Patended [sic] / By / Slas. Fournier / New Orleans", one weight, lyre-form pendulum, height 60 in., width 19 in., depth 10 in. $4000/6000 Note: Born in St. Aubin de Cauf, Normandy, Stanislaus Fournier was apprenticed at the Lepaute firm of Paris who sent him to install a large clock in New Orleans' St. Louis Hotel in 1841 or 1842. Prompted by the lack of clock and watchmakers in the city, Fournier opened a shop on Toulouse Street after his seven month hotel project was complete. Fournier soon relocated to 60 Royal Street, where he worked for twenty years, and his apprentice, E. Barbier, remained for another thirty. Reference: J.M. Kinabrew, "Stanislaus Fournier, New Orleans Clock and WatchMaker " National Association of Watch and Clock Collectors Bulletin, April 1997, pp. 189-192.
Pearlware flask, 19th c., with double sided mask decorated spout, the body featuring a clock face and three color pinwheel within a floral vine border, 8" h. Deaccessioned from the National Watch & Clock Museum, Columbia, Pennsylvania, to benefit the Museum Acquisitions Funds.
A National Electric clocking in clock, in oak case, the dial bearing the name of the manufacturer, 98cm high.
The Marquis de Lafayette Empire Gilt and Patinated Bronze Figural Mantel Clock, c. 1807, bearing engraved inscription "A mon ami Marquis de Lafayette/ Louis Alexandre Berthier 1809", the sleeping Amore on a bed of grapes, over the basket-form case, striking bell movement, silk suspension, height 13 1/4 in., width 9 in., depth 5 in. $30000/50000 Provenance: Acquired from the noted clock collector Joseph M. Meraux, New Orleans, c. 1970. Note: The original drawing for the design of this clock was made by noted bronzier Jean-André Reiche in 1807, and may be seen in the catalogue Musée National du Chateau de Fontainebleau, No. 19, pp. 60. Louis Alexandre Berthier (1753-1815), was Napoleon's chief of staff, Marshal of France, Prince of Neuchâtel and Wagram. He was a good friend of the Marquis de Lafayette during the Revolutionary War and corresponded with him frequently after the war's end. There are at least 7 letters from Lafayette to Berthier conserved in American institutions, attesting to their close friendship. See Louis Gottschalk Lafayette: A Guide to the Letters, Documents and Manuscripts in the United States, Cornell University Press, 1975. Reference: Elke Niehuser, French Bronze Clocks, Schiffer, 1999, pg. 109.
Empire Gilt-Bronze Mounted Sienna Marble Table Clock Circa 1810 With a patinated-bronze bust of Napoleon, the left side signed Chaudet fecit, the back signed LEROY HGER/ A PARIS AN 1810, circa 1810, the 4 1/2 silvered engine turned and engraved dial with blued steel hands and signed LEROY Hr DE S.A.I. ET R. MADAME MERE DE S.M. LEMPEREUR LE ROI, with two-train movement, anchor escapement, count wheel, later Brocot suspension, signed, the backplate stamped L and the number 16, the square base formerly with side mounts. Height 22 1/4 inches (56.5 cm), 8 5/8 inches square (21.9 cm). Basile Charles Le Roy founded his firm in the Palais Royal, Paris, in 1785. Surviving the French Revolution, he became clockmaker to Napoleon, Madame Mere, the King of Westphalia, the Princess Pauline, and, after the Restoration, the duc de Bourbon. The bronze bust of Napoleon is signed by Antoine-Charles Chaudet (1763-1810), a French Neoclassical sculptor. Chaudet won first prize in the Prix de Rome in 1784 for a sculpture of Joseph Sold by his Brothers, after which he left for the French Academy in Rome. He studied there until 1789, when he returned to Paris. An almost identical clock, also with a bust of Napoleon by Chaudet, but without a clockmaker's name or date at the back, was sold, Christie's, Paris, April 17, 2012, lot 387 for Euros32,200. that clock had the mounts to the sides of the plinth, which are now lacking on the present clock. Literature: Gerard Hubert, Guy Ledoux-Lebard, Napoleon. Portraits contemporains, bustes et statues, Arthena, 1999, pp. 18-79 Marie-France Dupuy-Baylet, Pendules du Mobilier National. 1800-1870, Faton, Dijon, 2006, p. 140 C
Signed William Draper Painting - Living Room, 1938: William Franklin Draper American, 1912-2003), "Living Room with Children" oil on canvas, ca. 1938. Signed "Wm. F. Draper" on upper right. A beautiful interior scene of a living room or library with two young ladies reading in the foreground by American artist William Draper. The room is beautifully decorated with built-in wooden bookcases, cabinets below, and crown moulding above. A portrait, perhaps painted by Draper who became known as the "Dean of American Portraitists" with skills comparable to that of master John Singer Sargent according to Boston MFA Director Emeritus Peter Rathbone, is hung above the fireplace, and brass andirons grace the hearth below. A marble bust of a male is displayed on a pedestal before the multi-paned window, and the two young ladies sit in elegant chairs with rows of books awaiting them on the large desk. Size: 15. 875" L x 18. 5" W (40. 3 cm x 47 cm). . William Draper's career spanned seven decades and his subjects included a portrait of John F. Kennedy that hangs in the National Portrait Gallery in Washington D. C. based upon an oil sketch for which the president sat in 1962. Draper was actually the only artist who painted JFK from life. Draper showed at Knoedler, the Graham Gallery, Portraits, Inc. , the Far Gallery, The Findlay Galleries (New York, NY) and the Robert C. Vose Galleries (Boston, MA). His work has been included in shows at the National Portrait Gallery and the Corcoran Gallery of Art (Washington, D. C. ), The National Academy of Design (New York, NY), The Boston Museum of Fine Arts, (Boston, MA) the Fogg Art Museum, (one of the Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA), the National Gallery, (London), Salon de la Marine (Paris) and in museums in Australia. He also taught at the Art Students League of New York, and received a lifetime achievement award from the Portrait Society of America in 1999. . More on the artist's background: William Franklin Draper was born in Hopedale, Massachusetts on December 24, 1912. A child prodigy, he studied classical piano at Harvard University. He later changed his focus to fine art and studied with Charles Webster Hawthorne and Henry Hensche in Provincetown, Rhode Island. Draper also attended the National Academy of Design in New York and the Cape Cod School of Art in Massachusetts. Then he traveled to Spain and studied with Harry Zimmerman, moved on to France and attended the Academie de la Grande Chaumiere. In 1937, he moved to Boston to study sculpture with George Demetrius and also studied with Jon Corbino in beautiful Rockport, Massachusetts. In 1942, Draper joined the Navy and served as a combat artist when stationed on the Aleutian Islands and in the South Pacific. He observed and painted battle scenes on Bougainville, Guam, Saipan, and other locations, as well as genre scenes of soldiers who were not engaged in combat but rather at work and at play. National Geographic magazine reproduced 25 of his war images in four issues in 1944. In 1945, the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington D. C. organized a group exhibition of works by five official war artists, including Draper. That same year the Metropolitan Museum of Art included Draper in an exhibition entitled, ''The War Against Japan. '' Draper was also featured in a PBS television show about combat artists entitled, "They Drew Fire" in May of 2000. After the war, Draper opened a studio on Park Avenue in New York City and continued to not only paint, but also play classical and jazz piano. . . Provenance: The William F. Draper Collection, New York City, USA, acquired via descent from the late William Franklin Draper (1912-2003), an accomplished American artist whose career spanned seven decades. Known as the "Dean of American Portraiture, " William Draper was the only artist to paint President John F. Kennedy from life, and his oeuvre includes marvelous landscapes from his world travels, military paintings as he was one of only seventeen Combat Artists in WWII, and portraits of illustrious individuals. This clock belonged to Princess Margaret Draper Boncompagni - William Draper's aunt who was an American heiress and married Prince Andrea Boncompagni in the 1920s. . All items legal to buy/sell under U. S. Statute covering cultural patrimony Code 2600, CHAPTER 14, and are guaranteed to be as described or your money back. . . A Certificate of Authenticity will accompany all winning bids. . PLEASE NOTE: Due to recent increases of shipments being seized by Australian & German customs (even for items with pre-UNESCO provenance), we will no longer ship most antiquities and ancient Chinese art to Australia & Germany. For categories of items that are acceptable to ship to Australia or Germany, please contact us directly or work with your local customs brokerage firm. . Display stands not described as included/custom in the item description are for photography purposes only and will not be included with the item upon shipping. . #152316 Condition Signed "Wm. F. Draper" on upper right. Right edge of canvas board is a bit jagged, otherwise excellent. Draper Estate stamp on the verso.
A NEW HAVEN 'FASHION' CALENDAR CLOCK FOR NATIONAL CLOCK: The walnut case with arched crown in deep molding over conforming door with the glass lettered FASHION in reverse, two black dials with gold numerals, the eight day time and strike movement over perpetual calendar lettered Manufactured For National Calendar Clock. two full side column turnings on the stepped base molding, made for shelf or wall. . Measures 29 x 16. 5 x 7 inches. . We happily provide seamless in-house packing and shipping services on nearly everything we sell. Condition Very good original condition, there are no issues of damage or repair, light wear at some edges, missing the top finial, light wear and blush to the dials, particularly the top dial, The precise running condition is unknown. Winds and runs.
French Brass Traveling Clock w/Cylinder Escapement: French brass traveling clock with cylinder escapement, with key, under glass dome. 2 3/4" high, 1 7/8" wide. Provenance: Estate of John Albertine, New Jersey, a member of National Association of Watch & Clock Collectors.
CHELSEA SHIP'S CLOCK W/BLACK DIALChelsea ship's clock with black dial, with key, mounted on wood plaque. Clock 3 1/2" high, 7 1/2" diameter. Provenance: Estate of John Albertine, New Jersey, a member of National Association of Watch & Clock Collectors.
689. Small Gilt Mantle Clock with Rococo Design, circa Early 20th Century
Figurative mantel clock in gilt with Rococo design, apprx 10-1/4"H x 8-1/2"W, 2-1/2" clock dial. Face not marked. On verso "Pat apld for", "MF by The National Specialty MFG Co Chicago." Provenance: From the collection of Tom Wilson, Cleveland, Ohio. Mr. Wilson's collection spans several decades and includes wonderful Art Deco, sculpture, paintings and drawings from around the the world. Mr. Wilson is a well know cartoonist and creator of the character Ziggy.
500/800 Sold: $143.75
Hexagonal water clock, 75" h. Deaccessioned from the National Watch & Clock Museum, Columbia, Pennsylvania, to benefit the Museum Acquisitions Funds.
New Orleans Mahogany Regulator Wall Clock , c. 1860, dial marked "TELL TALE CLOCK PATENDED BY Slas. FOURNIER/NEW ORLEANS" pinwheel escapement, lyre pendulum, h. 65 in., w. 24 in., d. 22 in . Provenance: Williamson-LeBlanc Collection, Cornstalk Fence House, New Orleans. Note: Clockmaker Stanislaus Fournier came to New Orleans from France in 1841 or 1842. His pre-eminent shop at 60 Royal Street was a French Quarter landmark. Fournier?s accomplishments include the three-faced church clock installed at St. Louis Cathedral in 1851, the development of a four-hand stopwatch for horse racing in 1855, and the invention of a ?tell-tale? register clock in 1857. Fournier died in 1853 and is buried in New Orleans? St. Louis Cemetery No. 1, Vault 24. Ref.: Kinabrew, J.M. ?Stanislaus Fournier, New Orleans Clock and Watch Maker?, National Association of Watch and Clock Collectors Bulletin, April 1997, pp. 189-192.