A very fine silvered and gilt petite sonnerie repeating carriage clock with Limoges enamel panels personifying Astronomy
A very fine silvered and gilt petite sonnerie repeating carriage clock with Limoges enamel panels personifying Astronomy
The panels signed CP for Claudius Popelin, the movement with trademark P M in an anchor
Date: Last quarter 19th century
Movement: With platform lever escapement, striking the hours and quarters and quarter repeating on two gongs, alarm with white enamel setting dial planted on the backplate, selection lever for Sonnerie / Silence, no. 13290
Dial: Roman chapters and gilt fleur de lis hands on a panel depicting Astronomy holding the Celestial Sphere beneath an arch with the figures of the Zodiac
Case: Cannalee with silvered dolphins and swags of fruit to the corners, the arched side panels with figures of the Sun and Moon, within silvered masks, silvered leaf capped handle, no. 13290
Size: 7 ½ in (19cm) high with handle
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A very fine silvered and gilt petite sonnerie repeating carriage clock with Limoges enamel panels personifying Astronomy
The panels signed CP for Claudius Popelin, the movement with trademark P M in an anchor
Date: Last quarter 19th century
Movement: With platform lever escapement, striking the hours and quarters and quarter repeating on two gongs, alarm with white enamel setting dial planted on the backplate, selection lever for Sonnerie / Silence, no. 13290
Dial: Roman chapters and gilt fleur de lis hands on a panel depicting Astronomy holding the Celestial Sphere beneath an arch with the figures of the Zodiac
Case: Cannalee with silvered dolphins and swags of fruit to the corners, the arched side panels with figures of the Sun and Moon, within silvered masks, silvered leaf capped handle, no. 13290
Size: 7 ½ in (19cm) high with handle