c.1870 French Giant Gorge Cased Carriage Clock with Grand Sonnerie Striking and Complications.

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c.1870 French Giant Gorge Cased Carriage Clock with Grand Sonnerie Striking and Complications.
Inv. #: F359
Maker:

Retailed by E & E Emanuel, 3 The Hard, Portsea & Paris

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.

 

This clock at Christies – 2006

This Clock at Bonhams – 2019

Size: 8.25 in. case height.
10.5 in. handle up.

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