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Noga Hilton Hotel, Nov 13, 2005

LOT 242

?Grande Sonnerie Calendar? Henri Jacot, Rue Montmorency 31, Paris, No. 324. Made circa 1870. Very fine and rare, eight day going gilt brass grande and petite sonnerie striking and repeating carriage clock with date, day of the week indication, alarm, fine mahogany and brass inlaid traveling case and numbered key.

CHF 10,000 - 12,000

EUR 6,500 - 8,000 / USD 8,000 - 10,000

Sold: CHF 21,275

C. Multi-piece, glazed on four sides, entirely cast and chased gilt brass decorated with foliate scrolls, portrait masks, birds and cherubs, concave cornice with overhanging scroll corners, bombé base with central snake and phoenix, the corners with winged female figures, glazed top, cast and chased hinged handle composed of two dogs flanking a cartouche and with coiled snake terminals. Mahogany traveling case inlaid with brass stringing, hinged handle and door, hinged lid with lock. D. White enamel with radial Roman numerals, outer minute track, white enamel alarm disc below with Arabic numerals, foliate engraved gilt brass dial mask with curved apertures for the days of the week and date on silvered discs. Gilt brass ?trefoil? hands. M. 9 x 6.8 cm., rectangular gilt brass, four ring-turned pillars, going barrels, platform escapement with lateral lever, jewelled impulse pin, cut bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel flat balance spring, index regulator, polished steel endplate, striking and repeating with two hammers on two bells. Dial signed, movement and key numbered. Dim. 16.5 x 10 x 8 cm. Including handle.


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Grade: AA

Very good
Case: 3-5

Good

Poor
Movement: 3*

Good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense
Dial: 3-14-01

Good

Damaged

HANDS Original

Notes

Henri Jacot. 31, Rue Montmorency, Paris. Also said to have had a factory at Saint-Nicolas-d?Aliermont. The company won Bronze medals at the Paris Exposition of 1855 and the London Exhibition of 1862. At Paris in 1867 they won a silver medal for carriage clocks and movements and a silver medal in Paris 1878. At the Paris Expositions of 1889 and 1900 they won Gold medals for carriage clocks. The first Henri Jacot died in 1868, he was succeeded by a nephew of the same name who was responsible for the production of superb carriage clocks. According to Saunier and Sire, Jacot made all parts of his own clocks. The firm ceased business around 1920.