DESCRIPTION:
Possibly by Couaillet family, Saint-Nicolas-d'Aliermont, carriage clock, 8 day, time and grande sonnerie strike with repeat and alarm, spring driven movement with jeweled lever escapement in a glazed Cannelee case, gilt matte dial mask, gilt dial with roman numerals and cast dial center with small subsidiary dial for the alarm, blued steel hands.
CONDITION:
This case has been brightly polished and re-gilded. Original silvered platform is intact. There is a selector switch in the base for Grand Sonnerie, Petite Sonnerie, or Silence. The original gilt dial with wear to some of the painted numerals. Strikes hours and quarters. The clock is running a the time of our brief test.
ESTIMATE:
$2000
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$2500
PRICE SOLD:
$1500
CIRCA: 1885
DIMENSIONS: 7.25 in x 3.75in x 3.25in
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