J.D. (unrecorded maker), France, No. 2291, circa 1890. Fine and very rare gilt bronze "Petite Sonnerie" carriage clock with unusual Westminster Carillon on four bells. | Important Watches, Wristwatches and Clocks & Ulysse Nardin Jubilee | Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, 12th October 1996

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Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Oct 12, 1996

LOT 491

J.D. (unrecorded maker), France, No. 2291, circa 1890. Fine and very rare gilt bronze "Petite Sonnerie" carriage clock with unusual Westminster Carillon on four bells.

CHF 7,000 - 9,000

Sold: CHF 8,050

C. Gilt bronze "Anglaise riche" with plain colmns, glazed four sides and top. D. White enamel with Roman numerals and outer Arabic minute ring. Blued steel Breguet hands. Plain frosted and silvered dial plate. M. Brass rectangular with going barrels, frosted and silvered platform with lateral lever escapement, uncut bimetallic balance, flat balance spring. Striking the hours on a gong, the quarter, Westminster carillon on four bells in the base. Trademark on the back plate. Subsidiary Trade mark "F.D." on the block supporting the gong. In very good condition. Dim. 15 x 10 x 9,5 cm., excluding the handle.

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Although "J.D." is not recorded in any book on carriage clocks, this clock is undoubtedly of French origin. According to Charles Allix in Carriage Clocks, the subsidiary "F.D." mark is usually punched on brass blocks supporting the gongs and should therefore refer to a gong maker. Due to the most unusual arrangement of the Westminster carillon of this clock, "F.D." more probably was the striking work maker. No other clock with such a carillon arrangement is known to exist.