FINE FRENCH GILT BRASS REPEATING ALARM CARRIAGE CLOCK BY DROCOURT, PARIS
LATE 19TH CENTURY
Estimate: £500 - £700
Auction: Day 2 - Thurs 15th May from 10am | Lots 314 to 602
Description
the white enamel dial with Roman numerals, Arabic five minute markers and blued steel Breguet style hands, with a subsidiary alarm dial below, both held within a scrolling foliate engraved mask, the plain anglaise case top with angular swing handle and push-button repeat, five bevelled glass panels, on a plinth base stamped ‘14766’, the twin train movement with platform lever escapement, striking a coiled blued steel gong, the stamped backplate numbered '14766', with the original matching number winder
Dimensions
19cm high [handle up], 10cm wide, 8.5cm deep