Important Modern and Vintage Timepieces

New York, Apr 25, 2012

LOT 194

GILT PAINTED PORCELAIN MINIATURE CARRIAGE CLOCK Fras Glading Importer, England, No. 94/13. Made for the Asian market circa 1900. Fine gilt and porcelain clock with painted scenes.

C. Rectangular, gilt case with four hand-painted scenes depicting fi gures in pastoral landscapes on each of the porcelain panels. D. White porcelain with radial Roman numerals, outer minute track. Blued steel cathedral hands. M. Frosted gilt brass, rectangular plates, four pillars, barrel for the going train, lateral lever escapement on a frosted gilt platform, cut bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel Breguet balance spring, index regulator. Case and movement numbered, the dial signed Fras Glading Importer, the painting signed Glading on the reverse and Droile on side panel. Dim. Height 7.2 cm., width 4.5 cm Property from the Saft Collection