c.1870 French Giant Gorge Cased Carriage Clock with Grand Sonnerie Striking and Complications.
Carriage /
French
Inv. #: F359
Maker: Retailed by E & E Emanuel, 3 The Hard, Portsea & Paris
Circa: 1870
Size: 8.25 in. case height.
10.5 in. handle up.
Price on request
Case
A giant gilt-bronze gorge case with beveled glasses to five sides and a hinged carrying handle above. The underside also carries the retailer's stamp.
Dial
The porcelain dials are framed by an elaborately engraved mask. The time dial has blue Roman numerals for the hours, a sub chapter with a second's bit, a semi-circular moon dial, decorative steel-cut hands and is signed by the retailer ''E & E. Emanuel, Portsea & Paris.". Below are three chapters for day, date and alarm.
Movement
The giant movement is signed by the retailer, is numbered 2343, strikes on 2 gongs, is wound and set off the backplate, has a giant high qualtiy lever platform above along with a repeat button and has a strike selector lever out the bottom alongside the moon set lever.
Ref: Either this clock or a near identical example is pictured in Charles Allix's carriage clock book pg.186.
<a href="https://www.christies.com/en/lot/lot-4833413">This clock at Christies - 2006</a>
Sundial in 2007.
Private Collector.
<a href="https://www.bonhams.com/auction/25473/lot/105/a-fine-gilt-grande-sonnerie-quarter-repeating-giant-carriage-clock-with-seconds-indication-moon-phase-day-date-and-alarmretailed-by-e-and-e-emanuel-portsea-and-paris-last-quarter-19th-century/">This Clock at Bonhams - 2019</a>
Private Collector.
