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

NO.4999, CASE ATTRIBUTED TO JAMES MCCABE, RETAILED BY HUNT & ROSKELL, LONDON. CIRCA 1880

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a french gilt-brass minute-repeating and quarter-striking carriage clock with alarm
no.4999, case attributed to james mccabe, retailed by hunt & roskell, london. circa 1880
The English case with plain gilt mask to the white enamel dial with pale grey Roman chapter ring and outside Arabic five minutes, with retailer's signature HUNT & ROSKELL LONDON, blued hands, with alarm dial below, minute-repeat button to top, high quality gilt lever platform with diamond endstone to the free-sprung cut-bimetallic compensated balance, strike/silent selection lever to underside, strike/repeat/alarm on two gongs to the silvered backplate with repeat signature and numbered 4999
6 2/3in. (16.8cm.) high

Lot Essay

The present clock gives the outward appearance of a high quality McCabe carriage clock; however, inside it has an extremely rare French minute repeating and quarter striking movement. The combination of English case and French minute repetition makes this clock considerably rarer than were it to have had, for example, a McCabe twin fusee movement inside. See also footnote to lot 73 regarding the use of English cases with English movements.

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