Details
A French brass quarter repeating and hour striking carriage clock with alarm, circa 1880
The cannelee case with white enamel Roman dial with Arabic five minutes (some hairline cracking) and alarm ring below, signed HENRY CAPT, silvered lever platform to bimetallic balance, strike/repeat/alarm on two gongs, with repeat signature and stamp 4867 to the backplate -- 5¼in. (13.5cm.) high
See Colour Illustration (Plate 1)
The cannelee case with white enamel Roman dial with Arabic five minutes (some hairline cracking) and alarm ring below, signed HENRY CAPT, silvered lever platform to bimetallic balance, strike/repeat/alarm on two gongs, with repeat signature and stamp 4867 to the backplate -- 5¼in. (13.5cm.) high
See Colour Illustration (Plate 1)