Antique French or France Shelf Carriage Clock

Price Type: auction
Sold Date: 6/6/2000
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Catalog Description:

Eight-day going Petite Sommerie, quarter repeating carriage clock, carillon on four bells. French, circa 1890. French, circa 1890. Fine and extremely rare eight-day going Petite Sommerie, quarter repeating carriage clock, carillon on four bells. C. Gilt bronze, "Anglaise riche" with fluted columns, glazed four sides and top. D. White enamel with Roman numerals and sector for Silent/Chime. Blued steel "spade" hands. M. Brass, rectangular with going barrels both on the going and the striking train, platform with lateral lever escapement, bimetallic balance, blued-steel flat balance spring. Striking and repeating the hours on one gong. Carillonindependent movement with steel plates, goingbarrel, pinned cylinder and fly regulator striking the four quarters before the hours, on four bells with four hammers, the repeating button on the top. Dim. 18 x 10.5 x 9 cm., excluding the handle.

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