James Stratton
Director
Lot 27Ф,*,Y
A fine and rare late 19th/early 20th century French grande sonnerie striking lacquered and silvered brass carriage clock with moonphase, alarm, day and date L. LeRoy & Cie, Paris, number.20188 1
22 June 2021, 14:00 BST
London, New Bond Street£10,000 - £15,000
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A fine and rare late 19th/early 20th century French grande sonnerie striking lacquered and silvered brass carriage clock with moonphase, alarm, day and date
L. LeRoy & Cie, Paris, number.20188
The architectural case surmounted by a substantial ribbed handle over a repeat button, bevelled glass inspection panel and two glazed side panels, flanked by columns on a raised base, with two levers underneath the case, one with the options for Grande Sonnerie, Silence and Petite Sonnerie, the other lever for the moonphase, the gilt brushed brass dial with signed ivory Roman chapter ring centred by a moonphase dial and blued steel spade hands, over three subsidiary ivory dials, the signed and numbered twin barrel movement with silvered lever platform escapement with cut and compensated bi-metallic balance, striking the hours, half hours and quarters on a pair of blued steel coiled gongs mounted on a block with three hammers. Ticking, striking and repeating. 21cms (8 inches) high (1)
The architectural case surmounted by a substantial ribbed handle over a repeat button, bevelled glass inspection panel and two glazed side panels, flanked by columns on a raised base, with two levers underneath the case, one with the options for Grande Sonnerie, Silence and Petite Sonnerie, the other lever for the moonphase, the gilt brushed brass dial with signed ivory Roman chapter ring centred by a moonphase dial and blued steel spade hands, over three subsidiary ivory dials, the signed and numbered twin barrel movement with silvered lever platform escapement with cut and compensated bi-metallic balance, striking the hours, half hours and quarters on a pair of blued steel coiled gongs mounted on a block with three hammers. Ticking, striking and repeating. 21cms (8 inches) high (1)
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