A FRENCH GILT BRASS CARRIAGE CLOCK

A FRENCH GILT BRASS CARRIAGE CLOCK

LATE 19TH CENTURY

the brass eight day hourly striking movement with repeat and alarm mechanisms, a platform lever escapement and striking on a bell, the backplate stamped with the serial number '5501', the white enamelled dial with black Roman hour and Arabic five minute numerals above a subsidiary alarm dial and inside a gilt and engine turned frame, the case with an oval top viewing window and four bevelled glass panes

13.5cm high