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A rare late 19th century French striking miniature carriage clock G. Bacqueville, Paris, 1893. The movement numbered 3552
11 December 2019, 14:00 GMT
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A rare late 19th century French striking miniature carriage clock
G. Bacqueville, Paris, 1893. The movement numbered 3552
The elaborate caryatid case with cast handle over female figures to each corner on a lotus leaf-cast base, the white enamel Arabic dial with dotted gilt minute track and fancy hands, in a silvered mask engraved 'G.Bacqueville, Paris, 1893', the movement with tandem barrel driving both the going train (with silvered lever platform escapement) and the strike train (sounding on a gong mounted in the base). Ticking and striking, together with a Size 16 key for hand setting and winding. 10.5cms (4ins) high.
The elaborate caryatid case with cast handle over female figures to each corner on a lotus leaf-cast base, the white enamel Arabic dial with dotted gilt minute track and fancy hands, in a silvered mask engraved 'G.Bacqueville, Paris, 1893', the movement with tandem barrel driving both the going train (with silvered lever platform escapement) and the strike train (sounding on a gong mounted in the base). Ticking and striking, together with a Size 16 key for hand setting and winding. 10.5cms (4ins) high.