Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Geneva, Nov 11, 2012

LOT 306

NAPOLEON III CARRIAGE CLOCK Attributed to Drocourt, Paris, No. 3166. Made circa 1870. Fine and rare, large, ormolu and Sevres-style porcelain mounted, 8-day going, hour and half-hour striking carriage clock with repeating and alarm. To be sold without reserve

CHF 9,000 - 13,000

USD 9,500 - 14,000 / EUR 7,500 - 11,000

Sold: CHF 16,250

C. Gilt-brass, rococo, deeply cast and chased with scrolls and fl owers, a putto on each corner, cresting of two putti supporting a shield, glazed aperture in the top for viewing the escapement, hinged handle with cornucopia brackets, four Sevres-style fl orally painted panels around the base, the sides set with panels depicting young couples in landscapes in 18th century dress within Royal blue and gilt borders, sliding back door. D. Sevres-style porcelain to match the case with radial Roman numerals, outer dot minute divisions on a white ground, alarm setting dial below, Royal ble and gilt border. Steel Breguet hands. M. Rectangular brass with four pillars, going barrels for both trains, lateral lever escapement on a frosted silvered platform, bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel fl at balance spring, index regulator, striking on a bell, separate train for the alarm with further hammer. Dim. 21 x 14.2 x 13 cm.


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Grading System
Grade: AAA

Excellent
Case: 3

Good
Movement: 3*

Good

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

Good

HANDS Original

Notes

A clock signed Drocourt with identical case but differing panels is illustrated in : Carriage Clocks ? Their History and Development, Allix & Bonnert, plate VII/C1. Allix describes the clock as "an important clock in very ornate style?.this clock is so ornate, and so generally exaggerated in its conception and decoration, that the result is very impressive indeed".