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Regency Lancet Top Bracket Clock, J.Chanceller, Dublin Regency bracket clock housed in a mahogany case with brass inlay, raised moulded plinth with brass banding resting on four bun ...

Victorian Walnut Bracket Clock by Barraud & Lund, Cornhill, London Victorian bracket clock housed in a finely figured walnut case with stepped pediment surmounted by ribbed brass de...

A Fine Two Day Marine Chronometer By John Bliss and Co, New York. No.3068 Two day marine chromometer by John Bliss and Co housed in a beautiful three tier brass bound box with brass carrying handles to the sides, brass push button knob opening to a third tier. The box has a wonderful rich patina and retains it’s original solid brass Tipsy key. The movement is housed within a gimballed brass surround which is stamped H.M.I and marked with the ordnance arrow The high quality 56 hour chain fusee movement has full brass plates joined by four ringed pillars, an Earnshaw-type spring detent escapement with maintaining power, split bi-metallic balance and cylindrical shaped temperature compensation weights, polished steel helical balance and faceted endstone. The silvered dial signed ‘John Bliss & Co, New York No 3068 with subsidiary dial below XII for ‘state of wind’ and subsidiary seconds dial above the VI, original ‘blued’ steel hands. C.1890 John Bliss & Co worked at 128 Front Street, New York between 1880 and 1929 and then 84 Pearl Street, New York from 1934 to 1939. Front Street runs from the Brooklyn Bridge to Hudson Ave. and Navy Street, close to the Docks area. On the death of John Bliss, his sons John and George carried on the business. Their chronometers were placed 3rd, 6th and 8th at the Washington Observatory Trials in 1886. They became suppliers to the US Navy and also made meteorological instruments and devised an original way of making mainsprings. Many of their movements were supplied by makers in England, particularly Victor Kullberg.

Arts and Crafts Cast Iron and Copper Mantel Clock A rare and unusual Arts and crafts mantle clock housed in a cast iron square case with decorative corners and long slender legs. R...

Art Deco Blue-John Mantel Clock Art Deco mantel / desk clock. The rectangular case of pale agate dial surround with blue-john panels to the sides and top resting on a black slate ba...

French Miniature Mantel Clock Miniature French mantel clock housed in a patinated bronze arch top case with beautifully cast ormolu mounts depi...

Large Art Deco chrome strut clock, bevelled glass in front of the painted dial with Art Deco style numerals and original luminous hands signed ‘Finnigans, Paris, Eight Days’. Eight d...

Tortoiseshell Pendule D’Officier Mantel Clock Tortoiseshell mantel clock in a Pendule D’Officier style case with ormolu mounts, brass feet ...

Edwardian mantel clock housed in chinoiserie decorated case with raised Chinese scenes on a blue ground. The clock with decorative red lattice work band standing on a raised wavy pl...

Edwardian Bell Top Chinoiserie Mantel Clock Chinoiserie decorated mantel clock housed in a bell top case with raised scenes on a red ground, raised stepped plinth resting on four blo...

French Porcelain Figural Mantel Clock French porcelain figural mantel clock beautifully decorated with flowers on a white ground, lattice work panel to the centre and standing on out...

Art Deco Barograph, Winter & Sons, Newcastle Art Deco barograph housed in an oak bevelled glass display case standing on a raised, moulded plinth with pad feet. Six vacuum chambers ...