Important Wristwatches, Watches & Clocks
Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Oct 14, 1990
LOT 342
Drocourt, No. 17460, made for the British Market. Circa 1890
CHF 6,000 - 8,000
Fine "Mignonette" carriage clock with "Sèvres" style porcelain panels. GiIt brass "cannelée case with engraved bright-cut and floral decoration, panels on four sides decorated with polychrome landscape scenes and maidens, within gilt borders (refreshed), on royal blue ground black Roman hour chapters, blued steel hands. Rectangular brass movement with going barrel, gilt lateral lever platform escapement. Signed with the maker's punchmark on the backplate. In good condition. Dim. 8.3 x 5.1 x 4.6 cm. excluding handle.
