a french gilt-brass striking and repeating carriage clock with calendar and alarm

JOSEPH SOLDANO, PARIS, NO.4945, RETAILED BY HUNT & ROSKELL, LONDON. CIRCA 1880

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a french gilt-brass striking and repeating carriage clock with calendar and alarm
joseph soldano, paris, no.4945, retailed by hunt & roskell, london. circa 1880
The gorge case with white enamel Roman dial with Arabic five minutes, retailer's signature for HUNT & ROSKELL LONDON, blued hands, with subsidiary rings for day/date/alarm, silvered lever platform to the cut bimetallic balance, strike/repeat/alarm on gong to the backplate with repeat signature, stamped for Joseph Soldano and numbered 4945
5¾in. (14.5cm.) high

Lot Essay

Joseph Soldano was renowned for the quality of his clocks. Charles Allix quotes the Révue Chronométrique of 1880: 'The Exhibition of this establishment showed substantial progress in the art of case decoration. On show were a group of carriage clocks ornamented with great taste and originality. The finish of these movements was conventional, but the escapements appeared to us to have been treated with particular care.' See Carriage Clocks, Antique Collectors' Club 1974, p.450.

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