Lewis Walduck
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Lot 13
A good early 20th century French brass and champleve enamel hour-repeating carriage clock E.M & Co, Retailed by Sharman D. Neill, Belfast No.7165
2 July 2025, 13:00 BST
London, New Bond StreetSold for £1,792 inc. premium
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A good early 20th century French brass and champleve enamel hour-repeating carriage clock
E.M & Co, Retailed by Sharman D. Neill, Belfast No.7165
The Anglaise Riche case surmounted by a Greek key-shaped handle filled with polychrome enamel over a rectangular bevelled glass observation window, and four Corinthian columns framing the bevelled glass windows, on a moulded base. The 3-inch rectangular dial with a pierced and engraved floral and foliate mask on a polished brass ground, framing a circular white enamel Arabic dial decorated with floral swags and gilt highlights, signed to the centre Sharman D. Neill, Belfast Paris make, with pierced gilt brass hands. The numbered twin-barrelled movement with a silvered lever platform escapement with cut and compensated bimetallic balance, striking the hours and half-hours on a blued steel gong mounted to the backplate, stamped E.M & Co. 20cms (8 ins) high.
The Anglaise Riche case surmounted by a Greek key-shaped handle filled with polychrome enamel over a rectangular bevelled glass observation window, and four Corinthian columns framing the bevelled glass windows, on a moulded base. The 3-inch rectangular dial with a pierced and engraved floral and foliate mask on a polished brass ground, framing a circular white enamel Arabic dial decorated with floral swags and gilt highlights, signed to the centre Sharman D. Neill, Belfast Paris make, with pierced gilt brass hands. The numbered twin-barrelled movement with a silvered lever platform escapement with cut and compensated bimetallic balance, striking the hours and half-hours on a blued steel gong mounted to the backplate, stamped E.M & Co. 20cms (8 ins) high.
Footnotes
Champlevé is an ancient enamelling method in which recesses are incised, cast, or stamped into a metal surface—typically copper or bronze—and then filled with coloured glass paste that is fired and polished flush with the surface. Unlike cloisonné, which builds up compartments using wire, champlevé carves into the base material itself. The technique flourished in Romanesque art, notably in the Mosan and Limoges workshops of the 12th century, where it was used to decorate religious vessels, reliquaries, and caskets. In earlier Celtic contexts, a related method was employed for decorative fittings and weaponry, with vivid red inlays imitating coral. Over time, opaque enamels became standard, especially blue, owing to their visual strength and compatibility with heat-darkened copper.
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