Antique Engine

Engine-turned chevron bands encircle the lower body of this unglazed black basalt urn, producing crisp geometric texture against the smooth, matte ground.

A large oval gold winding key features matching engine-turning to its central panel. The complete ensemble is housed in a fitted red morocco leather box lined in cream silk and velve...

The central oval cartouche rests within a radiant field of translucent emerald-green enamel over engine-turned engraving, framed by delicate gold borders and concentric bands of dark...

Translucent emerald green enamel radiates over an engine-turned guilloché ground across the back of this 18-carat yellow gold open-face pocket watch.

Radiating engine turning decorates the bright silver dial of this open-face pocket watch, presenting slender Roman hour numerals within an outer beaded minute track.

Corded stepped border. Fine engine Turned decoration. Raised on a plain oval base.

The silver body is equally refined, with finely engine-turned decoration extending around the sides and across the underside of the box, displaying the remarkable precision and craft...

A recumbent lion forms the finial to the fitted cover of this black basalt teapot, which features dense engine-turned texturing across the squat oval body.

Decorated with beautiful bright cut and etched flowers and engine-turned patterns. The cartouche is very lightly engraved with the name Bainbridge Hinkley in lovely script.

Delicate flowering branches and scrolling foliage surround the figures, creating a wonderfully romantic composition against the finely engine-turned ground. The sides of the box are ...

A superb antique English hexagonal soldi silver ashtray with attractive engine turned decoration. The underside is fully hallmarked for Birmingham 1905 together with the makers mark...

A pair of Empire gilt bronze cassolettes with pierced covers and engine-turned columns. France, circa 1810.

The silver surface features finely executed floral engine-turned guilloché decoration, overlaid with oval enamelled bands in striking deep purple and white.

In 1895 the company bought the legendary Soho Foundry in Smethwick, a former steam engine factory owned by James Watt & Co. In 1897 the move was complete and the steam engine busines...

A domed green leather panel forms the hood, evoking the fabric or leather engine covers seen on early automobiles of the interwar period.

Finely engraved gilded dial with engine turned centre, Roman numerals, original ‘blued’ steel hands signed T Gowland, Leadenhall Street.

Beneath the enamel, fine engine-turned guilloché creates a subtle optical depth across the background wall, finished in an unusual lilac and purple palette.

Beneath the enamel, a fine engine-turned pattern radiates outwards from the centre, catching the light and revealing delicate waves across the surface.

Originally probably part of a large model engine. Dimensions: Height: 43 cm / 16.93 in.

Originally probably part of a large model engine. Dimensions: Height: 44.5 cm / 17.52 in.

The miniature is framed by a rich, engine-turned gold bezel featuring an intricate piquet work with festoon and floral elements in gold and silver.

On the reverse, the exterior is decorated with horizontal engine-turned banding filled with a minute geometric pattern, bordered to match the front face.

The surface of each vessel is embellished with impressive engine turned decoration, incorporating a circular cartouche to one side.

Salesman sample engine throttle lever. This piece appears to show an early throttle lever, likely for an automobile or boat.

The underside features an engine-turned finish, adding further texture and craftsmanship to the design.

The varnished linen envelope bears the British roundel, while the open framework gondola reveals engine mechanics, twin swivelling propellers, suspension rigging, and ensigns flutter...

Model: Club table-desk lighter, with curved lift arm (second type) and double wheels system. Materials: Engine turned barley pattern in polished .925 sterling silver.

Model: Club Table-desk watch-lighter, with curved lift arm and double wheels type. Materials: Engine turned barley pattern in .925 sterling silver.

This relief scene is framed by a border of faceted stones and set against a radiant disc of light green translucent enamel over engine turning, enclosed within an outer ring of ename...

Beneath the front crystal, the gold dial displays fine engine turning across the central field and chapter ring, crisply defined by Roman numerals and slender gold hands.

Crafted in a consular case measuring 33 mm in diameter, the outer border features repeating beaded accents, while fine engine-turning fills the concentric band framing the central fl...

The gold dial displays fine engine turning, framing an eccentrically placed chapter ring set with black Roman numerals and dot minute markers.

Produced in Switzerland circa 1790, the unsigned gold case features intricate engine turning across the reverse, centring on a swirling fluted roundel framed by delicate hand-engrave...

An applied garden composition in three-colour gold centres the reverse of this consular case, framed within an oval medallion over a finely engine-turned ground. The scene depicts a ...

A translucent ring of peach-orange enamel over an engine-turned ground defines the reverse of this French consular case.

The gold dial features crisp engine-turned guilloché engraving across the central roundel and chapter ring.

This central calendar is encircled by a ring of small split pearls, set within an expansive field of deep translucent blue enamel laid over fine engine turning. Delicate gilt trailin...

A fine barleycorn engine-turned pattern decorates the reverse of this nine-carat yellow gold open-face case, centring a garter motif that frames a vacant cartouche ready for personal...

Lustrous translucent cobalt blue enamel over a radiating engine-turned ground adorns the reverse of this 18-carat gold consular pocket watch.

The lid centred with an oval reserve, the sides similarly decorated with bands of engine turned ornament and applied multicoloured gold details.

Originally probably part of a large model engine. Dimensions: Height: 35 cm / 13.78 in.

The surface of this antique vinaigrette is embellished with panels of engine turned decoration to each cover, in addition to a ribbed design replicating the spine of the book.

Material: .925/.999 Sterling silver Finish: Polished and engine turned engraved with vertical linear patterns.

A finely painted polychrome enamel miniature portrait of an elegant young lady adorns the reverse of the middle gold case, framed within translucent green enamel over engine turning ...

Lustrous translucent crimson enamel over fine engine-turned engraving defines this rectangular Swiss automaton, set on four neat turned ball feet.

A finely engine-turned silver dial defines this open-face pocket watch, showcasing a delicate woven guilloché centre encircled by a brushed silver chapter ring.

The central bouquet is laid over a delicate engine-turned pattern and glazed in translucent sand-toned enamel, accented with scrolling gilt borders.

The inner 18-carat gold case features a finely engine-turned reverse centred with an engraved spray of flowers framed by chased scrollwork borders.

The reverse displays engine-turned engraving beneath the vitreous enamel, embellished with gold and polychrome floral paillons radiating outward from a central rosette.

Releasing the front cover reveals an engine-turned gold dial featuring a fine guilloché centre framed by a chapter ring of Roman numerals.

Translucent scarlet enamel over wavy engine-turned engraving forms the elytra of this articulated insect watch, each wing accented with rose-cut diamonds and a central pearl.

Radiating engine-turned engraving spreads across the front cover beneath translucent pale enamel, creating a vibrant sunburst effect that catches shifting light.

Decorated in soft sky-blue translucent enamel over an engine-turned guilloché ground, this miniature spherical timepiece is designed to be worn pinned to a lapel or bodice.

Fine engine-turned barleycorn patterning decorates both exterior covers of this miniature pocket thermometer, which takes the form of a traditional pocket watch hunter case.

Originally probably part of a large model engine. Dimensions: Height: 50 cm / 19.69 in.

A spiral arrangement of graduated seed pearls covers the reverse of this miniature pocket watch, radiating outwards from a central button pearl across a finely textured, engine-turne...

The central plaque is framed by a border of white enamel faux split pearls and a ribbon of translucent crimson enamel laid over an engine-turned ground. Around the outer rim and beze...

Framed beneath the hinged glazed bezel is a rich gold dial centred with crisp, concentric engine-turned guilloché work. It is encircled by a smooth, brushed chapter ring featuring Ro...

The surrounding sky and water are rendered in translucent enamel over fine concentric engine turning, creating a luminous, shimmering depth across the surface.

The translucent enamel reveals delicate wavy engine-turning beneath, producing a radiant optical shimmer as the case shifts in the light.