Lot 2
A late 19th century French gilt and silvered brass grande sonnerie carriage clock Unsigned
15 December 2009, 14:00 GMT
London, New Bond StreetSold for £1,560 inc. premium
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Unsigned
The movement with silvered lever platform escapement striking and repeating the hours and the quarters on a pair of coiled steel gongs, the enamel Roman and Arabic dial with blued steel hands set in a plain gilt mask above an Arabic alarm setting dial, in a two-colour case with key-pattern handle over ribbed columns on a plinth 19cms (7.5ins) high.
The movement with silvered lever platform escapement striking and repeating the hours and the quarters on a pair of coiled steel gongs, the enamel Roman and Arabic dial with blued steel hands set in a plain gilt mask above an Arabic alarm setting dial, in a two-colour case with key-pattern handle over ribbed columns on a plinth 19cms (7.5ins) high.