Lot 17

A French engraved and silvered brass grande sonnerie carriage clock with moonphase, calendar, alarm and sweep centre seconds

DROCOURT, NO.25297, RETAILED BY SPAULDING & CO., CHICAGO. LATE 19TH CENTURY

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A French engraved and silvered brass grande sonnerie carriage clock with moonphase, calendar, alarm and sweep centre seconds
Drocourt, No.25297, retailed by Spaulding & Co., Chicago. late 19th century
The anglaise riche case with Corinthian columns and engraved with leafy scrolls, the cornice engraved with a presentation inscription R.S. WARNER FROM HIS FRIENDS OF THE REPUBLIC 1 & 9 CO. MAY 15TH 1900, with gilt-brass slip to the dial mask also engraved with leafy scrolls and flowerheads, the bone annular Arabic chapter ring with moonphase to the centre and retail signature SPAULDING & CO. CHICAGO, blued hands and sweep centre seconds, with conforming dials below for day of week, alarm and date, the twin barrel movement with high quality silvered and spotted platform to the cut bimetallic balance with lever escapement, strike/repeat/alarm on two gongs to the backplate stamped for Drocourt and numbered 25297, with three-position selection and moon adjustment levers to the base
6½in. (16.5cm.) high

Lot Essay

COMPARATIVE LITERATURE:
An almost identical clock, with gilded case and retail signature for L. Leroy & Cie. is illustrated in Joseph Fanelli and Charles Terwilliger A Century of Fine Carriage Clocks, Clock Trade Enterprises 1987, pp.16-17.
A clock matching the above example was sold Christie's London , 10 December 1980, lot 52.

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