Lewis Walduck
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Lot 18
A good late 19th century French gilt brass grande sonnerie bamboo style carriage clock Henri Jacot, number 11775
2 July 2025, 13:00 BST
London, New Bond Street£1,200 - £1,800
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A good late 19th century French gilt brass grande sonnerie bamboo style carriage clock
Henri Jacot, number 11775
Surmounted by a hinged bamboo-style handle, over protruding corners with matching pillars to a plinth base and turned feet, the Roman and Arabic white enamel dial with spade hands, within a gilt engine turned mask and angled sight ring, the signed and numbered spring barrel movement with large silvered lever platform escapement with compensated bimetallic balance on an overcoiled balance spring, striking the hours and quarters on two steel gongs, controlled by a three position setting lever to the underside marked full striking, silent and quarters. Together with the original velvet-lined travel case.
Together with a leather travelling case 18.5cm (7.25in) high.
Surmounted by a hinged bamboo-style handle, over protruding corners with matching pillars to a plinth base and turned feet, the Roman and Arabic white enamel dial with spade hands, within a gilt engine turned mask and angled sight ring, the signed and numbered spring barrel movement with large silvered lever platform escapement with compensated bimetallic balance on an overcoiled balance spring, striking the hours and quarters on two steel gongs, controlled by a three position setting lever to the underside marked full striking, silent and quarters. Together with the original velvet-lined travel case.
Together with a leather travelling case 18.5cm (7.25in) high.
Footnotes
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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