A rare third quarter of the 19th century French engraved gilt brass bell-striking and repeating carriage clock with chaff cutter escapement Paul Garnier, Hgr. du Roi, Paris, 2444
Paul Garnier, Hgr. du Roi, Paris, 2444The numbered case with folding handle over bevelled glass sides, the uprights, cornice and base all engraved with foliate scrollwork, the signed white enamel Roman dial with minute track enclosing the matching trefoil hands, the twin train movement with Garnier's chaff cutter escapement and monometallic brass balance, the rack strike acting on a bell mounted on the signed backplate, wound and set through the shuttered engraved rear door 16cms (6.5ins) high.