Furniture, Works of Art & Clocks - 4th April 2023

Lot 259

A FRENCH GILT BRASS CARRIAGE CLOCK POSSIBLY BY...

Estimate £400 - £600 | Hammer £400

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Description

A FRENCH GILT BRASS CARRIAGE CLOCK

POSSIBLY BY DROCOURT, PARIS, C.1860-80

the brass eight day repeating movement with a platform lever escapement, striking half hourly on a bell, the backplate stamped '9821' and stamped 'D C', the enamelled dial with black Roman hours and inscribed 'Grohe, Wigmore Street, London', inside a foliate engraved frame, with a key

12.6cm high