97th Auction
2018/5/12
Lot 384
A collection of a Portable Alarum and a Pendule d'Officier "Capucine"
William Gossage, "Patent Alarum", Case No. 254, 78 x 37 mm, 339 g, circa 1823
Portable Alarum in its original tin with "Directions for Setting" instruction label in the base
Case: silver, rear bell. Dial: enamel. Movm.: full plate movement, 1 hammer, 1 barrel.
William Gossage’s "portable alarum to be attached to and detached from clocks and watches" was patented on February 11, 1823. As anecdote has it, Gossage invented the alarum to play a trick on his French tutor by jolting him out of his sleep unusually early.
William Gossage, "Patent Alarum", Case No. 254, 78 x 37 mm, 339 g, circa 1823
Portable Alarum in its original tin with "Directions for Setting" instruction label in the base
Case: silver, rear bell. Dial: enamel. Movm.: full plate movement, 1 hammer, 1 barrel.
William Gossage’s "portable alarum to be attached to and detached from clocks and watches" was patented on February 11, 1823. As anecdote has it, Gossage invented the alarum to play a trick on his French tutor by jolting him out of his sleep unusually early.
Sold
estimated
1.800—3.000 €
Price realized
2.200 €