25th May, 2010 10:00
Silver, Works of Art & Objects of Vertu
110
A MAGNIFYING GLASS GLOBE DESK TIMEPIECE
A MAGNIFYING GLASS GLOBE DESK TIMEPIECE, SWISS, LATE 19TH CENTURY, ON A VICTORIAN SILVER STAND, CHARLES BOYTON, LONDON, 1892 the white enamel dial with Roman numerals interrupted by subsidiary moon phase seconds, day and date dials and month aperture, the eight-day single barrel keyless wind movement with lever escapement, 10.5cm high over suspension ring, the stand with crescent shaped support on a spreading circular base, 15.5cm high, loaded base (2) The present vendor inherited this timepiece and stand as a set and it is probable they were originally sold together, since Charles Boyton (later Charles Boyton & Son) were manufacturing wholesalers who supplied a variety of luxury retailers such as Harry Emmanuel of 18 New Bond Street and Mappin & Webb's Poultry branch (John Culme, The Directory of Gold and Silversmiths, Woodbridge, 1987, Vol.1, p.55). For a similar globe desk timepiece, with the subsidiary dials but without the month aperture, see Woolley & Wallis, Salisbury, 12th February 2008, lot 100, sold for a hammer price of £1,000.
Sold for £2,300
A MAGNIFYING GLASS GLOBE DESK TIMEPIECE, SWISS, LATE 19TH CENTURY, ON A VICTORIAN SILVER STAND, CHARLES BOYTON, LONDON, 1892 the white enamel dial with Roman numerals interrupted by subsidiary moon phase seconds, day and date dials and month aperture, the eight-day single barrel keyless wind movement with lever escapement, 10.5cm high over suspension ring, the stand with crescent shaped support on a spreading circular base, 15.5cm high, loaded base (2) The present vendor inherited this timepiece and stand as a set and it is probable they were originally sold together, since Charles Boyton (later Charles Boyton & Son) were manufacturing wholesalers who supplied a variety of luxury retailers such as Harry Emmanuel of 18 New Bond Street and Mappin & Webb's Poultry branch (John Culme, The Directory of Gold and Silversmiths, Woodbridge, 1987, Vol.1, p.55). For a similar globe desk timepiece, with the subsidiary dials but without the month aperture, see Woolley & Wallis, Salisbury, 12th February 2008, lot 100, sold for a hammer price of £1,000.
Auction: Silver, Works of Art & Objects of Vertu, 25th May, 2010
