Lot 225

Vienna/Swiss, Height 140 mm, circa 1820
An ornamental drum-shaped carriage clock with quarter hour/hour self strike "Grande Sonnerie", repeater and alarm
Case: brass, firegilt. Dial: silvered, engine-turned centre. Movm.: circular brass full plate movement, chain/fusee, 3 barrels, 3 hammers / 2 gongs, bell, finely ground rack strike levers applied on the back side, verge escapement, three-arm brass balance.
The engine-turned case is resting on four ball and eagle claw feet. The striking mechanism offers three options: grande sonnerie, petit sonnerie or silence.

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