A fine gilt and silvered porcelain panel repeating carriage clock with alarm
A fine gilt and silvered porcelain panel repeating carriage clock with alarm
With the trademark of Louis Fernier et Frère, Paris
Date: Last quarter 19th century
Movement: Silvered platform lever escapement, striking the hour and half hour and repeating the hour on gong
Dial: Porcelain panel depicting a Turkish interior with white Arabic chapter ring and subsidiary alarm ring, blued hands
Case: Molded base supporting fluted corner columns rising from leaf calyx, similarly molded pediment, leaf capped handle, the side panels depicting exotic courtesans in Turkish interior
Signed: Movement
Size: 8 in (20.3cm) high including handle
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A fine gilt and silvered porcelain panel repeating carriage clock with alarm
With the trademark of Louis Fernier et Frère, Paris
Date: Last quarter 19th century
Movement: Silvered platform lever escapement, striking the hour and half hour and repeating the hour on gong
Dial: Porcelain panel depicting a Turkish interior with white Arabic chapter ring and subsidiary alarm ring, blued hands
Case: Molded base supporting fluted corner columns rising from leaf calyx, similarly molded pediment, leaf capped handle, the side panels depicting exotic courtesans in Turkish interior
Signed: Movement
Size: 8 in (20.3cm) high including handle