c.1880 French Gilt-Bronze Minute Repeating Carriage Clock.
Carriage /
French
Inv. #: F361
Maker: Retailer: Hunt & Roskell, London, 4999.
Circa: 1880
Size: 6 1/8 in case 7 5/8 in with handle
Price on request
Case
The gilt-bronze McCabe style case has beveled glasses to five sides and a shaped handle with a reeded center.
Dial
The white porcelain time and alarm dials have decorative grey centers and chapters. They have Roman numerals for the hours, Arabic numbers for the alarm, gilt 5-minute marks and alarm 1/2 hour marks, steel-cut hands and are framed by a frosted gilt mask. The time dial is signed by the retailer 'Hunt & Roskell, London.
Movement
The high-quality eight-day twin barrel movement has frosted silvered plates, an alarm and is quarter-striking and minute repeating on two gongs. The repeat button is out the top while the strike selection indicator lever is out the bottom. The backplate has beautifully engraved indicator arrows and text, is stamped 4999 and has 'Hunt & Roskell, London' at the top. The jeweld gilt lever platform has a split bi-metallic balance wheel, a free-sprung balance and the train has jewels at the contrate wheel.
Ref: Christies South Kensington, French Carriage Clocks, 3 July 1997, lot 124. 6900 GBP / 11,500 USDFor another minute repeating clock with similar dials also retailed by Hunt and Roskell see: <em>A Century of Fine Carriage Clocks</em> by Fanelli, pg.14,
