FRENCH LACQUERED BRASS REPEATING AND GRAND SONNERIE STRIKING CARRIAGE CLOCK
LATE 19TH CENTURY
Estimate: £300 - £500
Auction: Day 2 - Thurs 15th May from 10am | Lots 314 to 602
Description
with a white enamel dial with Roman numerals, the gorge case with ripple handle, bevelled glass panels and ogee moulded base with push button repeat to the top, the twin train movement with a silvered platform lever escapement striking the hours and quarters every quarter to two blued coiled steel gongs, the backplate numbered 4334, the base with triple lever for ‘Silent, Strike, Full Strike’; together with a FRENCH BRASS REPEATING CARRIAGE CLOCK, LATE 19TH / EARLY 20TH CENTURY, with a white enamel dial with Roman numerals, the plain corniche case with bevelled glass panels and push button repeat to the top, the twin train movement with a high quality silvered platform lever escapement stamped 'JS' for Joseph Soldano and numbered ‘2476', striking to a coiled steel gong, the backplate also numbered 2476; with two associated leather carry cases (2)
Dimensions
the larger 16.5cm high [handle up], 9cm wide, 8cm deep