18th Jul, 2020 9:30 GMT/BST

Country House & Fine Sale including Jewellery, Watches & Silver (Day Two)

 
Lot 450
 

450

A Brass Striking and Repeating Alarm Carriage Clock, signed Drocourt, retailed by Reid & Sons,...

A Brass Striking and Repeating Alarm Carriage Clock, signed Drocourt, retailed by Reid & Sons, Paris, circa 1890, carrying handle and repeat button, enamel dial with Roman and Arabic numerals, alarm dial, twin barrel movement with a silvered platform lever escapement, striking on a gong, movement backplate stamped with maker's mark DC for Drocourt and numbered 33996, case numbered 33996, 18.5cm high over handle see illustration

Sold for £750
Estimated at £250 - £350


 

18.03.20 Case surfaces are discoloured, dial looks clean, strike and repeat are fuctioning, going train is not working, original platform escapement, movement needs cleaning.

 


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Auction: Country House & Fine Sale including Jewellery, Watches & Silver (Day Two), 18th Jul, 2020

Country House & Fine Sale including Jewellery, Watches & Silver (Day Two)

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