A French gilt-brass and cloisonné enamel mounted striking and repeating carriage clock

GL, NO.424, PATENT SURETY POLLER. LAST QUARTER 19TH CENTURY

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A French gilt-brass and cloisonné enamel mounted striking and repeating carriage clock
GL, no.424, patent surety poller. last quarter 19th century
The anglaise riche case with reeded pilasters and rippled galleries, the enamel side panels with polychrome cloisonné figures standing on a green floor against a matted gilt enamel ground, both in Renaissance costume, of a soldier with halberd and a gentleman with sword respectively, the twin barrel movement with silvered platform to the bimetallic balance with lever escapement, strike/repeat on gong to the backplate stamped PATENT SURETY POLLER and also G.L. within an oval, probably for E.G. Lamaille, numbered 424
6.5/8in. (16.7cm.) high

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COMPARATIVE LITERATURE:
An almost identical example, with grande sonnerie and alarm, also stamped GL is illustrated in Joseph Fanelli and Charles Terwilliger A Century of Fine Carriage Clocks, Clock Trade Enterprises 1987, pp.68-69. The figures match those on the present clock but the ground upon which they stand is red rather than green. See also Derek Roberts Carriage and Other Travelling Clocks, Schiffer 1993, p.181, fig.11-9.

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