A FRENCH GILT-BRASS GORGE CASED GRANDE SONNERIE STRIKING CARRIAGE CLOCK WITH PUSH REPEAT AND ALARM
By Henri Jacot, Paris, No 5890, circa 1890
With rippled handle above large bevelled glass panel, original silvered platform lever escapement, the backplate with Henry Jacot parrot cachet mark and numbered 5890, two blued steel gongs, the underside of the case with Full Striking / Silent / Quarters selection lever, the base plate also numbered
18cm high
Numbered on the inside back of the front plate 90 / 5289 and again 5289 on the inside back of the backplate
| Estimate: |
£1,500 - £2,500
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Hammer price:
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£1,350 |
Bidding ended. Lot has been sold.
With double-ended brass key. The clock is functioning and the movement is clean and appears well cared for.
The clock is original. The numbers between the plates are the Ebauche maker's numbers
