Lot Essay
See note to lot 10 above.
LE ROY & FILS. NO. 11088. THIRD QUARTER 19TH. CENTURY
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A FRENCH GILT-BRASS PETITE SONNERIE STRIKING CARRIAGE CLOCK WITH MUSIC AND ALARM
le roy & fils. no. 11088. third quarter 19th. century
The anglaise riche case with Corinthian columns, with silvered mask to the circular white enamel Roman dial with Arabic five minutes, signed in the center Le Roy & Fils 13-15 Palais Royal Paris and 211 Regent Street, London, with alarm disc below, the silvered lever platform with bimetallic balance, strike/repeat/alarm on two gongs via three hammers to the backplate with repeat signature and numbered 11088, with two-position strike selection lever to the underside and two tune selection lever for the pinwheel musical movement in the base
7in. (17.5cm.) high
le roy & fils. no. 11088. third quarter 19th. century
The anglaise riche case with Corinthian columns, with silvered mask to the circular white enamel Roman dial with Arabic five minutes, signed in the center Le Roy & Fils 13-15 Palais Royal Paris and 211 Regent Street, London, with alarm disc below, the silvered lever platform with bimetallic balance, strike/repeat/alarm on two gongs via three hammers to the backplate with repeat signature and numbered 11088, with two-position strike selection lever to the underside and two tune selection lever for the pinwheel musical movement in the base
7in. (17.5cm.) high
Provenance
Sold Antiquorum, 14 November, 1993, lot 155, bought for $12,000