Grand Sonnerie Carriage Clock

Description:

Grand Sonnerie Carriage Clock, Paris, c. 1890, brass and beveled glass Corniche case with carrying handle and repeat button on top, porcelain Arabic numeral dial with alarm dial below marked Lepine, Paris, Place des Victoires, selector under base marked Grande Sonnerie, Silence, Petite Sonnerie, eight-day, time, strike and alarm movement, regulated by a silvered platform escapement, ht. with handle extended 7 in.
Estimate $1,000-1,500

Clock is currently running. Glasses free of chips.


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