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A rare mid 19th century French gilt brass bell-striking carriage clock with engraved gilt platform Bolviller, 31 LM
11 July 2018, 14:00 BST
London, New Bond Street£800 - £1,200
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A rare mid 19th century French gilt brass bell-striking carriage clock with engraved gilt platform
Bolviller, 31 LM
The elaborately cast 'cariatide' case with entwined figural handle over canted corners with niche figures on a shaped base and floral feet, the signed white enamel rectangular Roman dial with blued-steel moon hands, the signed and numbered twin train movement with outside countwheel strike on a bell, the going train terminating in an engraved club-foot lever platform escapement, the steel balance with applied blued steel sections, wound and set through shuttered apertures on the hinged rear door 20cms (8ins) high.
The elaborately cast 'cariatide' case with entwined figural handle over canted corners with niche figures on a shaped base and floral feet, the signed white enamel rectangular Roman dial with blued-steel moon hands, the signed and numbered twin train movement with outside countwheel strike on a bell, the going train terminating in an engraved club-foot lever platform escapement, the steel balance with applied blued steel sections, wound and set through shuttered apertures on the hinged rear door 20cms (8ins) high.
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A similar example is illustrated by Derek Roberts, Carriage and Other Travelling Clocks (1993), p 101, Fig.6-35.
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