English Novelty Padlock Clock

Fine French late 19th century three-piece clock garniture comprising of a pair of candle sticks and clock in a matching set. The garniture boldly cast with rococo influence in the Lo...

Fully Stripped Cleaned & Serviced From our Clock collection, we are delighted to offer this Jaeger-LeCoultre Atmos clock. The Atmos clock with f...

From our Silver collection, we are pleased to offer this Novelty Art Deco Tea Server. The tea server cast in silver plate and shaped as a squat form jug with a viewing window to the front below the word Tea in capital letters. The jug opens from the top by sliding the lid across the handle allowing the user to fill the jug full of loose leaf tea. The tea then fills through to the bottom of the jug where another viewing window can be seen. The user then tips the jug and a single serving will be administered from a small spout at the bottom of the front. The server is truly a novelty way to both store and serve loose leaf tea! The base is hallmarked EPNS A1...

With Secret Compartments & Locks Cigar Cutter & Vesta Case From our Black Forest collection, we are delighted to offer this very rare and unusual Swiss Black Forest carving of a tob...

The figure sat upon a hollowed oval pedestal base with a beautifully detailed scene of cupid sat upon a lion, the figural group named The Power of Love to the front centre dates to t...

The Decanter of slim tapered form with bulbous body, splayed circular foot with pinched stem and shaped opening. The Decanter extensively decorated throughout the body with two large fern leaves stemming from a central tied ribbon in the form of a bow. The decanter features a rounded handle fitted to the upper half of the decanter with a hinged shaped lid opening with gravity. To the base of the decanter an engraving reading “Jesse Collings. from I. Chamberlain.” Hallmarked to the neck AM (Alexander Macrae), Lion passant (sterling silver), Leopard Head town mark for London, Date letter R (1872) and the sovereign head duty mark. The Decanter is complete with its original latched fitted box lined in purple velvet with gold stringing to the exterior and the retailers mark to the inside doors “Widdowson & Veale, Goldsmith & Jewellery, to the Court of Spain, 73 Strand London.” Widdowson & Veale George Widdowson (b. 1804 Lincoln – Died 1872 Dulwich Village) was a celebrated silversmith and goldsmith although he took the route of retailer rather than a craftsman and by the age of 28 he had taken over his uncle’s London shop on the Strand, London. His uncle John Salter had been a close friend of Lord Nelson’s daughter, Horatia, and was godfather to one of her children. The shop was very successful and John Salter had supplied Nelson with many pieces of jewellery, including mourning rings. Widdowson developed the shop into Widdowson & Veale located at No. 73 Strand on the corner of Adam Street and opposite the Adelphi. Widdowson had a real eye for marketing. He once had a detailed newspaper article dedicated to his proposal to make a copy of Aeneas’ shield, as described in Virgil’s Aeneid. There is no evidence the shield was ever made though it did get good publicity. The company made swords and other weapons for the British army and navy, orders and decorations for the British court and were goldsmiths and jewellers to the court of Spain. In 1842 on the christening of Queen Victoria’s eldest son (later King Edward VII), Widdowson’s eye for publicity meant that the firm gave a christening gift of ‘an immense silver coronet supporting the Prince of Wales feathers.’ Widdowson & Veale were also makers to HRH the Duke of Sussex and the Court of Spain. In 1844, George was 40 and his business was doing well, as was the economy as a whole. The firm were able to advertise for apprentices, asking for a premium of £100. On 11 February 1847 George married Eliza Duffield (nee Boville), the daughter of a Putney wine merchant who had been living in Gibraltar but returned when her first husband, John Duffield, died. George and Eliza were middle-aged when they married and did not have children. Alexander Macrae founder of the firm that went on to be C J Vander Ltd. Macrae was recorded at 32 Bow Street, Covent Garden, London September 1856. He was joined in partnership by Martin Goldstein c. 1870, whereupon the style of the firm was changed to Macrae & Goldstein – first listed in 1871 as a silversmith. Alexander Macrae supplied many of the great firms at that time such as Elkington, Harry Emanuel...

Victorian Novelty Gilded brass Mantel Clock Circular Dial Clock, Bevelled Glass, 6cm Diameter Cream & Gilded face, Centre with Winged cherub on...

A desk clock in the shape of an Egyptian obelisk made by LeCoultre with an 8 day movement in the base, a crisp silvered dial and gilded numerals and batons set beneath a perspex obelisk. The black lacquered base has gilt mounts that continue the theme and repeat on all four sides. This is an extremely handsome small clock ideal as a gift or use as a desk clock, the dial is visible through the obelisk, the fine fully jewelled LeCoultre eight day movement is wound from the base, dating from the 1960's this mid century clock...

Unusual and rare boxed gilded bronze strut clock by the famous makers Howell James and Co. This strut clock is in the form of a padlock. Th...

A Victorian brass novelty clock by Elkington & Co., in the form of a double steering-wheel, one wheel enclosing a clock and the other a barometer, with ...

A most amusing late 19th / early 20th century animated novelty clock, depicting monkey barber giving a haircut with disastrous results. Art Nouveau period, brass-cased, gimbal suppo...

This clock is profusely inlaid with rosewood ,ebony, satinwood, and boxwood. The bonnet has two inlaid shell pateries. The center door has a classical urn inlay...