A FRENCH GILT-BRASS GRANDE SONNERIE STRIKING CARRIAGE CLOCK
CIRCA 1910
The anglaise riche case with Corinthian columns and angular handle, the engraved filigree mask sides with portrait miniatures of ladies, one inscribed to the reverse 'Elizabeth Vaughan', with conforming dial mask about the gilt-heightened and painted white enamel dial, with gilt hands and subsidiary alarm setting dial below, the underside with setting lever for Grande Sonnerie / Petite Sonnerie / Silence, the twin barrel movement with silvered platform to the bimetallic balance with lever escapement, strike/repeat on two blued steel gongs to the backplate and numbered '342', the base plate scratch engraved to the underside 'HH / 342 or poli / Andre / 7 / 1911', with leather travel case and associated winding key
6 3⁄4 in. (7.2 cm.) high (handle down); 4 1⁄8 in. (10.5 cm.) wide; 3 5⁄8 in. (9.2 cm.) deep
A FRENCH GILT-BRASS GRANDE SONNERIE STRIKING CARRIAGE CLOCK
CIRCA 1910
The anglaise riche case with Corinthian columns and angular handle, the engraved filigree mask sides with portrait miniatures of ladies, one inscribed to the reverse 'Elizabeth Vaughan', with conforming dial mask about the gilt-heightened and painted white enamel dial, with gilt hands and subsidiary alarm setting dial below, the underside with setting lever for Grande Sonnerie / Petite Sonnerie / Silence, the twin barrel movement with silvered platform to the bimetallic balance with lever escapement, strike/repeat on two blued steel gongs to the backplate and numbered '342', the base plate scratch engraved to the underside 'HH / 342 or poli / Andre / 7 / 1911', with leather travel case and associated winding key
6 3⁄4 in. (7.2 cm.) high (handle down); 4 1⁄8 in. (10.5 cm.) wide; 3 5⁄8 in. (9.2 cm.) deep
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