James Stratton
Director
Lot 25*
A good late 19th century French brass fancy-cased grande-sonnerie striking carriage clock in its original travel case, with numbered key The movement numbered 18703
2 December 2025, 14:00 GMT
London, New Bond Street£1,000 - £1,500
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Lewis Walduck
Cataloguer
A good late 19th century French brass fancy-cased grande-sonnerie striking carriage clock in its original travel case, with numbered key
The movement numbered 18703
The case with spiral handle over a shaped bevelled glass inspection panel and bowed glazed sides held within spirally twisted columns within a ripple cast base on a stepped plinth section. The 2.25 inch white enamel Arabic dial with minute track, gilt half-hour markers and fancy blued steel hands, over an Arabic alarm setting dial in an engined turned mask. The numbered movement with silver lever platform escapement with cut and compensated bimetallic balance, striking the hours and quarters on a pair of blued steel gongs. Running, striking and repeating. Sold in the original shaped velvet-lined travel case with removable protective front cover and original numbered key 21cms (8.5ins) high to the top of the handle.
The case with spiral handle over a shaped bevelled glass inspection panel and bowed glazed sides held within spirally twisted columns within a ripple cast base on a stepped plinth section. The 2.25 inch white enamel Arabic dial with minute track, gilt half-hour markers and fancy blued steel hands, over an Arabic alarm setting dial in an engined turned mask. The numbered movement with silver lever platform escapement with cut and compensated bimetallic balance, striking the hours and quarters on a pair of blued steel gongs. Running, striking and repeating. Sold in the original shaped velvet-lined travel case with removable protective front cover and original numbered key 21cms (8.5ins) high to the top of the handle.