A Grande Sonnerie quarter-striking repeater alarm carriage clock

BY DROCOURT

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A Grande Sonnerie quarter-striking repeater alarm carriage clock
by Drocourt
The movement with three hammers striking on two coiled gongs with white enamel dial, indistinctly signed, with black Roman hour numerals and black Arabic minute numerals, subsidiary alarm dial below with black Arabic numerals, in bevelled-glazed brass-framed case, the rounded rectangular cornice surmounted by a folding octagonal-section loop handle, on rounded rectangular base, the underside incorporating a lever inscribed Striking, Silent and Full Striking and numbered 24782
6in. (15.2cm) high

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