RETAILED BY BAILEY, BANKS AND BIDDLE, PHILADELPHIA. CIRCA 1900
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a french brass quarter-striking and minute-repeating carriage clock with alarm
retailed by bailey, banks and biddle, philadelphia. circa 1900
The oval variant case with Corinthian columns and ripple cornices, glazed D-end side panels, the white enamel Arabic dial with retailer's signature BAILEY, BANKS & BIDDLE PHILADELPHIA, blued hands, with alarm ring below, silvered lever platform to the cut bimetallic balance, two-position sonnerie adjustment lever to underside engraved Ours (sic) and Quarters/Silent, strike/repeat/alarm on two gongs to the backplate
5 1/3in. (13.5cm.) high
retailed by bailey, banks and biddle, philadelphia. circa 1900
The oval variant case with Corinthian columns and ripple cornices, glazed D-end side panels, the white enamel Arabic dial with retailer's signature BAILEY, BANKS & BIDDLE PHILADELPHIA, blued hands, with alarm ring below, silvered lever platform to the cut bimetallic balance, two-position sonnerie adjustment lever to underside engraved Ours (sic) and Quarters/Silent, strike/repeat/alarm on two gongs to the backplate
5 1/3in. (13.5cm.) high