Lot 4
A fine late 19th century French engraved gorge cased enamel panelled carriage clock with original travelling case and a winding key. Drocourt no.11334 the dial signed J.Heros 10 Rue de la Paix 10, Paris 3
16 December 2020, 14:00 GMT
London, New Bond StreetSold for £5,737.50 inc. premium
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A fine late 19th century French engraved gorge cased enamel panelled carriage clock with original travelling case and a winding key.
Drocourt no.11334 the dial signed J.Heros 10 Rue de la Paix 10, Paris
The highly engraved case with moulded handle over an oval bevelled glass inspection panel and repeat button over two rectangular side panels depicting courting lovers, the signed Arabic dial with blued-steel spade hands surrounded by a wooded scene depicting a woman and a child with gilded border and bleu celeste background. The two train movement with silvered lever platform escapement with bi-metallic compensated balance, striking the hours and half hours on a coiled blued-steel gong. Ticking, striking and repeating. Sold with the original red velvet lined travelling case and a brass double ended winding key. 18.5cms (7ins) high (3)
The highly engraved case with moulded handle over an oval bevelled glass inspection panel and repeat button over two rectangular side panels depicting courting lovers, the signed Arabic dial with blued-steel spade hands surrounded by a wooded scene depicting a woman and a child with gilded border and bleu celeste background. The two train movement with silvered lever platform escapement with bi-metallic compensated balance, striking the hours and half hours on a coiled blued-steel gong. Ticking, striking and repeating. Sold with the original red velvet lined travelling case and a brass double ended winding key. 18.5cms (7ins) high (3)
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Purchased in November 2015 and cleaned in January 2018.
Pierre and Alfred Drocourt were among the finest makers of carriage clocks in the mid to late 19th century, having a factory at Saint-Nicolas-d'Ailermont, and in Paris at Rue Debelleyme 28 and Rue de Limoges. They made superb carriage clocks that were often highly decorative and were awarded numerous medals at exhibitions, such as the Bronze Medal in Paris 1867, the Silver in Paris 1878 and the Gold in Paris 1889. The son Alfred Drocourt succeeded his father Pierre Drocourt sometime in the 1870s.
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