Important Modern and Vintage Timepieces.

Geneva, Nov 13, 2010

LOT 256

Dejardin ? Orientalist Cloisonné Enamel Quarter-Striking Carriage Clock J. Dejardin, French. Made in the Oriental style, circa 1880. Extremely fine and very rare, gilt-bronze, gold-wire cloisonné enamel, jadeite and parcel-gilt bronze, 8-day going, quarterstriking and repeating carriage clock with alarm.

C. Rectangular, single-body, entirely overlaid with cloisonné enamel, decorated with chickens, cranes, flowers and foliage in gold cloisonnes, gilt brass bezels for the dial and alarm apertures, the back with shuttered winding, hand-setting and regulation apertures, parcel-gilt bronze Chinese temple dog finial on a jadeite platform, jadeite and gilt-bronze base with pierced panel to the front. d. Solid jadeite with incised red Orientalist Roman numerals, outer minute track, alarm dial below. Blued steel Orientalist hands. M. 9.2 x 6.7 cm., gilt brass with four ring-turned pillars, going barrels for both trains, lateral lever escapement on a silvered platform, cut bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel flat balance spring, index regulator, striking and repeating on two coiled gongs, separate alarm train with a further hammer. Backplate punched ?JD?, case punched ?PM?. Dim. 21.3 x 10.2 x 9 cm.