Clocks

This small-scale 12½in (32cm) high William and Mary period ebony veneered striking bracket clock will be one of the horological entries in the three-day clocks and fine interiors sale at Hutchinson Scott in Skipton, North Yorkshire, from October 17-19.

Around 30 Dutch, French and English clocks and barometers feature in the sale of a collection of furniture, silver, ceramics, clocks, and an extensive library belonging to the late Dutch connoisseur-collector Cornelis Paulus van Pauwvliet.

Collectors with refined taste are happy to take their time even when it comes to the most important makers.

Both Christie’s and Bonhams brought impressive Chinese clocks to market in July.

Dent and Co is one of the bestknown names in English horology with a long history of precision clock and watch making.

Our selection of seven lots at upcoming auctions

This ‘ferris wheel’ timepiece, thermometer and barometer compendium is a novel type that was first made in France in the last quarter of the 19th century.

Thousands of items are available to buy from dealers online. Here we pick out one that caught our eye this week.

From clothing career to clock dealer brilliance, Jonathan Carter specialised in the golden age of English clockmaking and set up the leading firm Carter-Marsh

Classic examples of distinctive porcelain take four-figure sums in Gloucestershire

Interest in wireless telegraphy, that was piqued when Guglielmo Marconi successfully sent a message from Poldhu, Cornwall to St John’s, Newfoundland in 1910, prompted many amateurs to build and develop their own sets based on the ‘Coherer’ principle for sending and receiving Morse code.

Needing work but with an impeccable pedigree, this striking drop-dial wall clock topped the day at Bellmans (25% buyer’s premium).

Among the busiest stands on the opening day of The Treasure House Fair that ran at the Chelsea Hospital site from June 22-26 was that of horology dealership Carter Marsh.

Trio of collections is offered in Perth auction with estimates pitched to entice bidders

De Baecque & Associés will be selling this monumental astronomical clock standing 9ft 11in (3m) high on June 30.

Horology dealership Carter Marsh is bringing to market what it calls the most important English table clock it has ever handled.

The signature Fortin à Paris on the dial of this 21in (53cm) high marble and gilt bronze clock shows that it was made by a member of one of the most prominent Parisian clockmaker dynasties of the 18th century.

Fine clocks from a single-owner selection sell well into six figures in New York saleroom

This eight-day walnut longcase clock is one of six by Joseph Knibb in a 16-piece collection on offer from dealer Ben Wright.

Investigation by saleroom specialist pays off as Castle Howard connection helps a chandelier to impress