c.1870 French Engraved Gorge Cased Carriage Clock Signed H Moser & Cie.

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c.1870 French Engraved Gorge Cased Carriage Clock Signed H Moser & Cie.
Inv. #: f357
Maker:

H. Moser & Cie, St. Petersbourg & Moscow., No.610.

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.

Notes:

Both the movement and case are stamped ‘610’.

Heinrich Moser was a notable Swiss watchmaker and industrial pioneer whose clients included many of the Russian monarchy.

Ref:

This clock is pictured and described in ‘A century of Fine Carriage Clocks’ by Fanelli and Terwilliger’, Clock # 15, pgs 42-43.

Size: 5.5
7 with handle.

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