NO.2908. LAST QUARTER 19TH CENTURY
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A French gilt-brass striking and repeating musical carriage clock mounted with porcelain erotic panels
no.2908. last quarter 19th century
The anglaise riche case with Corinthian columns, the side panels painted with bathing naked nymphs at the water's edge within woodland scenes, the Roman dial painted with a reclining naked lady within a classical pastoral scene with a folly in the background, the twin barrel movement with silvered platform to bimetallic balance with lever escapement, strike/repeat on gong to the backplate numbered 2908, with enamel alarm disc at the base tripping off the initial alarm on a gong which at the end of its cycle trips off the two-air musical cylinder movement in the base, also with manual trip release lever
6¾in. (17cm.) high
no.2908. last quarter 19th century
The anglaise riche case with Corinthian columns, the side panels painted with bathing naked nymphs at the water's edge within woodland scenes, the Roman dial painted with a reclining naked lady within a classical pastoral scene with a folly in the background, the twin barrel movement with silvered platform to bimetallic balance with lever escapement, strike/repeat on gong to the backplate numbered 2908, with enamel alarm disc at the base tripping off the initial alarm on a gong which at the end of its cycle trips off the two-air musical cylinder movement in the base, also with manual trip release lever
6¾in. (17cm.) high