Lewis Walduck
Cataloguer
Lot 16*
A second quarter of the 19th century French brass Capucine travelling clock with alarm and trip repeat Migear a Toulouse
2 July 2025, 13:00 BST
London, New Bond Street£2,000 - £3,000
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A second quarter of the 19th century French brass Capucine travelling clock with alarm and trip repeat
Migear a Toulouse
Of typical form with bell and flattened handle over four turned finials, hinged side doors on matching turned feet, the 3.25 inch enamel Roman dial with black and puce lettering within a bezel cast with stars, and Breguet style hands and a tapering alarm hand, the spring driven movement with twin going barrels, tic-tac escapement with silk suspension pendulum and polished steel strike work mounted on the backplate, with trip repeat lever protruding from the right hand side of the case, the alarm sounding via a T-shaped hammer within the bell. Ticking, striking, repeating and with operational alarm. 29cms (11ins) high.
Of typical form with bell and flattened handle over four turned finials, hinged side doors on matching turned feet, the 3.25 inch enamel Roman dial with black and puce lettering within a bezel cast with stars, and Breguet style hands and a tapering alarm hand, the spring driven movement with twin going barrels, tic-tac escapement with silk suspension pendulum and polished steel strike work mounted on the backplate, with trip repeat lever protruding from the right hand side of the case, the alarm sounding via a T-shaped hammer within the bell. Ticking, striking, repeating and with operational alarm. 29cms (11ins) high.
Footnotes
Little is known about the clockmaker Migear, but he is recorded as working in Toulouse in the second quarter of the 19th century. His surviving clocks suggest a high standard of craftsmanship. Toulouse was a known centre for the manufacture of Capucine travelling clocks during this period.
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