Charles II lantern clock with balance wheel verge escapement and alarm mechanism signed to the dial Thomas Knifton at the Cross Keys in Lothbury, Londini, estimate £3000-5000 at Hutchinson Scott.
Made in the early 1660s, this Charles II lantern clock, above, with balance wheel verge escapement and alarm mechanism is signed to the dial Thomas Knifton at the Cross Keys in Lothbury, Londini. It has an estimate of £3000-5000 at Hutchinson Scott in Skipton, North Yorkshire, on August 2-4.
The prolific Knifton (c.1614-67), was one of the close-knit group of clockmakers working in the parish of St Margaret’s, Lothbury, in the years before the Great Fire. He served his apprenticeship under the early maker William Selwood and like him was a Parliamentarian – perhaps the reason he did not become a member of the Clockmakers’ Company.
Victorian turtle shell and steel exhibition knife marked for F Wenand and Schuh, estimate £2500-3500 at Sheffield Auction Gallery.
A specialist sale of penknives held by Sheffield Auction Gallery on August 3 includes, estimated at £2500-3500, this Victorian turtle shell and steel exhibition knife marked for F Wenand and Schuh. Measuring 6in (15cm) when closed, it has around 55 tools including (shown here) a hacksaw.
A 19th century watercolour on ivory portrait miniature depicting Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Seton of the 21st Fusiliers, estimate £300-400 at Stamford Auction Rooms.
This 19th century watercolour on ivory portrait miniature depicts Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Seton (1814-52) of the 21st Fusiliers.
He was an officer on board the HMS Birkenhead which was wrecked at Danger Point, near Cape Town, on February 26, 1852. There were insufficient serviceable lifeboats for all the passengers so the soldiers (including Seton) famously stood in ranks on board, allowing the women and children to board the boats.
Only 193 of the estimated 643 people on board survived, with the soldiers’ selfless act giving rise to the standard ‘women and children first’ protocol when abandoning a ship.
The miniature has a guide of £300-400 at Stamford Auction Rooms, Lincolnshire, on July 29.
Meiji cloisonné vase with the mark to the base for the celebrated Kyoto workshops of Namikawa Yasuyuki, estimate £7000-9000 at the Canterbury Auction Galleries.
This 4in (10cm) Meiji cloisonné vase worked with naturalistic depiction of cockerels and hens on a black background cost just £2.50 in a Surrey charity shop. It has the mark to the base for the celebrated Kyoto workshops of Namikawa Yasuyuki.
The vase comes for sale at the Canterbury Auction Galleries on July 29 with an estimate of £7000-9000.
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Pair of percussion duelling pistols by HW Mortimer, estimate €6000-8000 at Fonsie Mealy’s.
The Chatsworth Summer Fine Art Sale at Fonsie Mealy's in Castlecomer, Co Kilkenny, on August 1-2 includes this pair of percussion duelling pistols by HW Mortimer. Housed in a fitted mahogany case with the armorial and crest of Robert Mure McKerrell of Hill House (Scotland), they have a guide of €6000-8000.
George IV silver patent design chamber candlestick marked for Matthew Boulton, Birmingham 1829, estimate £300-500 at Bearnes Hampton & Littlewood.
The Silver & Jewellery sale at Bearnes Hampton & Littlewood in Exeter on August 1-2 includes this George IV silver patent design chamber candlestick marked for Matthew Boulton, Birmingham 1829. Estimate £300-500.
Enamel sign depicting the Mauretania at full steam advertising Holzapfels Compositions, estimate £4000-6000 at Chippenham Auction Rooms.
The sale of Enamel Signs, Automobilia and Advertising at Chippenham Auction Rooms on July 29 includes this rare pictorial enamel sign depicting the Mauretania at full steam advertising Holzapfels Compositions.
The 2ft 2in x 3ft 4in (70cm x 1.02m) image by Patent Enamel has some minor professional restoration and is estimated at £4000-6000.
Based in Felling-on-Tyne, Holzapfels specialised in making anti-corrosive paints and varnishes for marine purposes.
Elizabethan or Jacobean cushion cover, estimate £3000-5000 at Cotswold Auction Company.
The Cotswold Auction Company expects this Elizabethan or Jacobean cushion cover to sell for £3000-5000 in Cheltenham on August 8.
The embroidered linen cushion cover worked in coloured silks with silver and silver gilt threads has been dated to the late 16th or early 17th century and has survived in exceptional condition.
Bernard Leach porcelain flared dish with banded iron decoration and a flying bird motif to the well, estimate £1200-1800 at Adam Partridge.
The sale of studio ceramics at Adam Partridge in Macclesfield on July 28 includes this Bernard Leach (1887-1979) porcelain flared dish with banded iron decoration and a flying bird motif to the well.
Label on Bernard Leach porcelain flared dish, estimate £1200-1800 at Adam Partridge.
The dish has a provenance to the Alan and Pat Firth collection, the remarkable group of studio pottery from a Leeds bungalow sold by the auction house for £900,000 in October 2015.
Estimate £1200-1800.
Edwardian silver mounted and cut-glass claret jug by Roberts & Belk, Sheffield, 1907, estimate £100-150 at Dreweatts.
A timed online sale of Jewellery, Silver, Watches, Pens and Luxury Accessories runs at Dreweatts of Newbury until July 27. Estimated at £100-150 is this Edwardian silver mounted and cut-glass claret jug by Roberts & Belk, Sheffield, 1907.
Monochrome watercolour of a Napier-Railton signed and dated 1935, estimate £300-500 at Duggleby Stephenson.
Bryan de Grineau (1883-1957) was a commercial artist employed by The Illustrated London News and The Motor magazine. He specialised in racing and aeroplane scenes. This monochrome watercolour of a Napier-Railton signed and dated 1935 has a guide of £300-500 at Duggleby Stephenson in York on July 28.
Operation Bernhard forged £10 note, estimate £400-500 at Noonans.
The aim of Operation Bernhard, introduced by the Nazis in 1940, was to drop forged banknotes over Britain to bring about a collapse of the UK economy. Estimates of the number and value of notes printed vary from £132.6m up to £300m.
The sale of British and Irish banknotes at Noonans in London on July 27 includes, estimated at £400-500, this Operation Bernhard £10 note. It has the serial number 105/V 67527 and purports to have been issued in Birmingham on December 24, 1926.
Dish estimated at £200-300 from a ceramics collection of work from the Kwa Zulu province of South Africa on offer at Kinghams.
The Fine Art auction at Kinghams in Moreton-in-Marsh on July 28 includes a 40-lot collection of ceramics from the Kwa Zulu province of South Africa. In the 20th century, the region gave rise to studios such as Ardmore Ceramics, LoveArt Ceramics, Senzo Duma and Wiseman that fuse Western styles with African themes.
Estimates range from £100-4000 with this dish expected to bring £200-300. The scene is titled The Warrior’s Zulu and Girl’s and further inscribed The Warriors are patrolling the field and has tome to aprouch the girls in a spring of water, it’s a custom [sic].
La Bellone bone model, estimate £3000-5000 at Charterhouse Auctions.
La Bellone was a 32-gun frigate built in St Malo in 1778. Captured at the Battle of Tory Island, off the north-west coast of County Donegal, in 1798 she was brought to Plymouth and re-named HMS Proserpine but broken up a couple of years later in 1806.
This bone model comes for sale as part of a Devon collection of Napoleonic prisoner-of-war work at Charterhouse Auctions in Sherborne on August 3-4. It is estimated at £3000-5000.
Group of 11 Qing dynasty paintings on peepal leaves, estimate £300-400 at Michael J Bowman.
This group of 11 Qing dynasty paintings on peepal leaves has a guide of £300-400 at Newton Abbot saleroom Michael J Bowman on July 29.
The peepal tree, otherwise known as a sacred fig or Bodhi tree, is native to south-west China and its leaves were well-suited to painting. These small, lightweight artworks were made for Western merchants and travellers from c.1825 onwards.
