Lot 73

A FRENCH GILT-BRASS GORGE CASED PETITE SONNERIE STRIKING AND REPEATING CARRIAGE CLOCK

Retailed by LeRoy & Fils, 13 & 15 Palais Royal, Paris and 211 Regent Street, London, No. 12732, by Henri Jacot, No 4051, circa 1885

Estimate: £800 - £1,200
Bidding ended. Lot is unsold.

The Gorge case with folding handle, push / repeat above large bevelled glass top and bevelled panels to the front, sides and back door, the signed white enamel dial with blued steel Breguet moon hands, with subsidiary alarm dial, the twin train movement engraved on the edge of the backplate by LeRoy and with their Paris address, the backplate with Jacot’s cachet mark and his number 4051 and engraved with his distinctive hand-setting arrows, with original silvered platform lever escapement, striking and repeating the hours and quarters on two blued steel gongs, and with alarm train, the underside of the base with Silence / Sonnerie setting lever

13cm high 


***Please note Import VAT at 5% is additionally payable on the hammer price.  Buyers from outside the UK are able to claim a refund of this on proof of export.


CONDITION REPORT

The case is in good condition.  Some slight losses to gilding in places consistent with age.  The glasses are in good condition. A chip to enamel on upper right and lefthand corners. The movement is ticking and appears to have been recently cleaned.  The clock strikes but sticks and then does not strike or repeat - perhaps due to transit and requires small adjustment.


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