A French engraved gilt brass carriage clock with duplex
A French engraved gilt brass carriage clock with duplex escapement Silvani, Paris, mid 19th century The eight-day two train bell striking movement with underslung platform duplex escapement incorporating sprung split bimetallic balance and jewelled endstone to the fine foliate engraved balance cock, the inside of the backplate stamped SILVANI, PARIS, the rectangular white enamel Roman numeral dial with blued steel spade hands, the early multi-piece bevel glazed gilt brass case with unusual lions head pivot lugs for the hinged tied foliate bud handle to the foliate scroll engraved top over zig-zag decorated cushion cornice and leafy trail engraved rounded corner uprights, the rear with plain gilt back panel incorporating shuttered winding holes, on conforming foliate decorated skirt base, 13cm (5.125ins) high excluding handle. Although apparently not specifically recorded in the usual sources many clocks stylistically dating to the period 1835-60 signed/inscribed for Silvani or J. Silvani are known. A carriage clock made in the workshop of Paul Garnier but signed for Silvani et Cie is noted in Allix, Charles and Bonnert, Peter CARRIAGE CLOCKS, Their History and development on page 57 (footnote 22).
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A French engraved gilt brass carriage clock with duplex escapement Silvani, Paris, mid 19th century The eight-day two train bell striking movement with underslung platform duplex escapement incorporating sprung split bimetallic balance and jewelled endstone to the fine foliate engraved balance cock, the inside of the backplate stamped SILVANI, PARIS, the rectangular white enamel Roman numeral dial with blued steel spade hands, the early multi-piece bevel glazed gilt brass case with unusual lions head pivot lugs for the hinged tied foliate bud handle to the foliate scroll engraved top over zig-zag decorated cushion cornice and leafy trail engraved rounded corner uprights, the rear with plain gilt back panel incorporating shuttered winding holes, on conforming foliate decorated skirt base, 13cm (5.125ins) high excluding handle. Although apparently not specifically recorded in the usual sources many clocks stylistically dating to the period 1835-60 signed/inscribed for Silvani or J. Silvani are known. A carriage clock made in the workshop of Paul Garnier but signed for Silvani et Cie is noted in Allix, Charles and Bonnert, Peter CARRIAGE CLOCKS, Their History and development on page 57 (footnote 22).
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