Twenty-one carriage clock platform escapements , mid 19th century and later

Twenty-one carriage clock platform escapementsMid 19th century and laterIn varying states of repair comprising a gilt Jules type with helical sprung bimetallic balance; six 19th century platforms with separate perpendicular cocks for the pallets and escape wheel (one lacking balance); five with single curved bridge for the pallet and escape wheel pivots concealed under the balance including one stamped JS and engraved No. 912; another with shaped bridge stamped THEVENON, ENGHIEN, PARIS to underside, and eight modern replacement platforms together with a pair of German wall clock weights, (23). The platform stamped with the initials 'J.S.' indicates that it was probably supplied for use on a carriage clock by Joseph Soldano who, according to Charles Allix (see Allix, Charles and Bonnert, Peter CARRIAGE CLOCKS Their history and development page 450), probably had escapements especially made for him clocks in Switzerland.