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A fine and rare mid 19th century French engraved brass striking and repeating carriage clock wit...
A fine and rare mid 19th century French engraved brass striking and repeating carriage clock wit...
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Description
A fine and rare mid 19th century French engraved brass striking and repeating carriage clock with helical balance spring
Stevenard Horloger Mecanicien a Boulogne sur Mer
The tall rectangular case with shaped handle over bevelled glass panels and canted corners, signed white enamel Roman dial over subsidiaries for date and alarm, the signed movement with blued steel helical hairspring over a cut and compensated bimetallic balance to a club foot lever escapement, with rack striking on a bell. 19cms (7ins) high.
Footnotes:
Pierre Stevenard (1801-1883) was a fine maker of automata and moving dolls, which he often set with clocks. His automata masterpiece was a wizard within a palace; it was exhibited in Paris and visited by King Louis Philippe.
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Condition
The engraved gilt case is finely preserved, all glass panels are free of flaws. The enamel dial is fine, all notations are sharp and clear with blued steel hands. The movement with original club-tooth escapement, the striking is intermittent and out of synchronisation - this will require attention along with a full sympathetic service of the movement.
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A fine and rare mid 19th century French engraved brass striking and repeating carriage clock wit...

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