Hall Nicoll & Granbery

Hall Nicoll & Granbery, New York, French, made for the American Market, circa 1890. "Les Amants du Lac" Fine gilt bronze, eight day going quarter-repeating Grande and Petite Sonnerie, carriage clock, Westminster carillon on four gongs and porcelain dial. Gilt bronze, glazed, "Anglaise Riche " glazed four sides and top. Porcelain with Roman numerals, finely painted with a Romantic scene on a barge. Brass, eight-day going with going barrels both on the going and the striking trains, nickel plated platform escapement with straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic balance, blued-steel Breguet balance spring. Four quarter striking and repeating on four gongs with button on the top, Grande and Petite Sonnerie/Silent, optional lever in the base. Signed on the dial. Dim. 15 x 10 x 9 cm., excluding the handle. Notes According to Charles Allix and Peter Bonnert in Cordage clocks, 1974, p. 196, Grande Sonnecle carriage clocks, with Westminster carillon are very rare.