Y A RARE GEORGE V SHIBAYAMA INSECT DECORATED SILVER CARRIAGE...

Estimate

£2,500 - £3,500

Y A RARE GEORGE V SHIBAYAMA INSECT DECORATED SILVER CARRIAGE TIMEPIECETHE CASE BY A. AND J. ZIMMERMANN LIMITED, BIRMINGHAM 1911 The French rectangular eight-day single train movement with platform lever escapement regulated by sprung monometallic balance, with integral winder to backplate stamped with standing lion trademark for Duverdry and Bloquel, the 2 inch circular white enamel Roman numeral dial with blued steel spade hour hand set behind a convex glass within moulded bezel, the rectangular case with hinged C-scroll carrying handle over front and sides inlaid in mother-of-pearl, amber, abalone and other materials with random crawling insects incorporating engraved legs and antennae and with very small Japanese character signature to lower right hand corner of the front panel, the front also with canted surround to the fascia and the rear with conforming hinged door, on disc feet, Hallmarks for London 1911 makers A. &. J. Z within a shield.The clock 11.5cm (4.5ins) high with handle down, 7.5m (3ins) wide, 5.7cm (2.25ins) deep. The firm of A. and J. Zimmermann Limited were a firm of silversmiths mostly specialising in small decorative items who worked from Regent Street, Birmingham from 1899 until 1929 when they were placed into voluntary liquidation.The clockmaking factory of Duverdry and Bloquel is noted by Leigh Extence as originally founded by Albert Villon in the town of Saint-Nicolas-d'Aliermont in 1867. Paul Duverdry joined the firm as a director in 1887 followed by Joseph Bloquel in 1910.The execution of Shibayama 'insect' decoration of the current lot would have been undertaken by a specialist Japanese craftsman resulting in a highly unusual luxury product. A similar but much smaller timepiece, with decoration apparently executed by the same Japanese craftsman into a silver case by Charles and Richard Comyns, London, was sold in these rooms FINE CLOCKS, BAROMETERS & SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS 2nd March 2022 (lot 196) for £3,800 hammer.

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