c.1870 French Engraved Gorge Cased Carriage Clock Signed H Moser & Cie.
Carriage /
French
Inv. #: f357
Maker: H. Moser & Cie, St. Petersbourg & Moscow., No.610.
Circa: 1870
Size: 5.5
7 with handle.
Price on request
Case
The elaborately engraved gorge gilt-bronze case has beveled glasses all around, a hinged handle with straight sides similar to Jacot's work, and a matching mask.
Dial
The porcelain time dial has a subsidiary seconds chapter, Roman numerals for the hours, steel-cut hands and is signed by the maker. Below are white porcelain subsidiary dials for the date and alarm.
Movement
The eight-day time and strike grand-sonnerie movement has a high-quality jeweled lever platform, strikes on two bells, is wound and set off the backplate and has a selector lever out the bottom.
Ref: This clock is pictured and described in 'A century of Fine Carriage Clocks' by Fanelli and Terwilliger', Clock # 15, pgs 42-43.
