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A FRENCH GILT-BRASS GRANDE SONNERIE GIANT CARRIAGE CLOCK
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A FRENCH GILT-BRASS GRANDE SONNERIE GIANT CARRIAGE CLOCK

JOSEPH SOLDANO, RETAILED BY LUND & BLOCKLEY, LONDON. CIRCA 1870

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A FRENCH GILT-BRASS GRANDE SONNERIE GIANT CARRIAGE CLOCK
JOSEPH SOLDANO, RETAILED BY LUND & BLOCKLEY, LONDON. CIRCA 1870
THE DIAL WITH ENGINE-TURNED GILT-BRASS MASK, WHITE ENAMEL CHAPTER DISC WITH BLUE ROMAN AND ARABIC NUMERALS WITH STAR HALF-HOUR MARKERS, SIGNED BY THE RETAILER LUND & BLOCKLEY 49 PALL MALL LONDON, BLUED STEEL SPADE HANDS, ALARM DISC BELOW, THE SUBSTANTIAL TWIN BARREL MOVEMENT WITH FOUR CONICAL PILLARS, HIGH QUALITY SILVERED PLATFORM STAMPED J.S. (JOSEPH SOLDANO), CUT BIMETALLIC BALANCE WITH GILT AND GOLD WEIGHTS, OVERCOILED BLUED HAIRSPRING AND FOLIATE ENGRAVED BALANCE COCK, STRIKE AND TRIP REPEAT ON TWO GONGS WITH THREE POSITION SELECTION LEVER IN THE BASE, THE BACKPLATE NUMBERED 5310 AND FURTHER STAMPED J.S. PARIS TO THE LOWER LEFT CORNER, GORGE CASE WITH HEAVY LEAD GLASS TO THE FOUR SIDES AND TO THE TOP WITH ENGINE-TURNED GILT-METAL OVAL ESCAPEMENT VIEWING MASK
8½ IN. (21.2 CM.) HIGH
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Lot Essay

JOSEPH SOLDANO WAS A FRENCH CARRIAGE CLOCK MAKER WHOSE WORK WAS ALWAYS OF THE HIGHEST QUALITY BUT ABOUT WHOM WE KNOW VERY LITTLE. HE IS PERHAPS BEST RECOGNISED FOR HIS ESCAPEMENT PLATFORMS WHICH, WHEN THEY CAN BE FOUND, ARE SIGNED J.S. AND WERE ARE ALWAYS OF THE VERY BEST WORKMANSHIP.

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