4,625 CHF
DROCOURT MINIATURE CARRIAGE CLOCK WITH PORCELAIN PANELS Drocourt, French, No. 21554. Made in the Eastern taste, circa 1890. Fine and rare, miniature gilt brass and painted porcelain, 8-day going carriage clock. Multi-piece, “Bamboo”, gilt-brass, the sides and back door set with porcelain panels decorated with painted scenes of Bedouin on horseback and a townscape, hinged “bamboo” handle. Porcelain with radial Arabic numerals, outer minute divisions, the dial mask decorated to match the case with a landscape. Blued steel spade and lozenge hands. Rectangular brass plates, going barrel, lateral lever escapement on a silvered platform, notched bimetallic compensation balance with temperature adjustment screws, blued steel fl at balance spring, index regulator. Movement punched with Drocourt’s trademark. Dim. 79.5 x 46 x 54 mm. Excluding handle
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2012-05-13
