Lot 7
A rare mid 19th century French engraved brass quarter repeating carriage clock Cooper, London
11 July 2018, 14:00 BST
London, New Bond StreetSold for £2,375 inc. premium
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A rare mid 19th century French engraved brass quarter repeating carriage clock
Cooper, London
The early multi-piece case surmounted by a straight handle cast with foliage and set between lion-head pommels over the large bevelled glass top panel and matching side and front panels set within a foliate-engraved frame of flowing foliage on a crosshatched ground, 2.75 inch circular white enamel Roman dial set in a mask with engraved foliage on a cross-hatched ground, the solid rear door with shuttered apertures for regulation, winding and hand-setting, signed for the retailer T.F.Cooper, London, the twin train movement further signed on the backplate, with lever platform escapement and monometallic balance repeating the hours and the quarters on a bell 18cms (7ins) high.
The early multi-piece case surmounted by a straight handle cast with foliage and set between lion-head pommels over the large bevelled glass top panel and matching side and front panels set within a foliate-engraved frame of flowing foliage on a crosshatched ground, 2.75 inch circular white enamel Roman dial set in a mask with engraved foliage on a cross-hatched ground, the solid rear door with shuttered apertures for regulation, winding and hand-setting, signed for the retailer T.F.Cooper, London, the twin train movement further signed on the backplate, with lever platform escapement and monometallic balance repeating the hours and the quarters on a bell 18cms (7ins) high.
Footnotes
A similar example is illustrated by Derek Roberts, Carriage and Other Travelling Clocks (1993), p 88, fig 6-12. The two case buttons are each labelled 'H' and 'Q', the first repeats the hours and the second repeats the quarters, both on the same bell and hammer.
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