DESCRIPTION:
France, a decorative Gorge hour repeating carriage clock with polychrome enamel panels, the case of typical Gorge form, the sides and back set with polychrome enamel panels depicting couples in landscape scenes and in 18th century costume, the top with convex, oval enamel panel with lyre playing putto in a small boat being pulled by a swan, and the front with bevelled glass and roman numeral white enamel dial with blued steel Breguet style hands above another stylized, 18th century scene, 8 day, three train movement with lever platform, and sounding the hours and half hour on a gong, repeating the last hour on demand, and alarm set dial at bottom of back plate
CONDITION:
case very dirty and with tarnish, lacking gilding, case bottom inside back door with numbers engraved by a previous owner, glass good, enamel panels good, left side with tiny loss at lower right corner, rear panel also with tiny loss at lower right corner, dial and hands good, movement dirty and very oily, running, striking and repeating correctly, alarm mechanism complete, fully would, but does not release at the appointed time
ESTIMATE:
$700
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$900
PRICE SOLD:
$1200
CIRCA: 1900
DIMENSIONS: 7.25in x 4in x 3.5in
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