Carriage clock with quarter repeaterand alarm
Carriage clock with quarter repeaterand alarm
Great Britain
circa the 1880's
C. Marcks & Co
Brass, glass, enamel; gold-plating, painting, casting
Height - 18 cm with a dropped handle
Seller's mark on the dial: "C. Marcks & Co./Bombay & Paris", on the movement mounting plate: "1660"
Mechanical carriage clock, in a right-angled gilt-brass case with glassed front and side panels, a rear access door, on a profiled base with a carrying handle.
The clock case facets are decorated with Corinthian channelled columns with capitals in the shape of acanthus leaves, the "cornice" is shaped with a row of small right-angle wedges - denticles.
The clock case corners are crowned with four pine-cone decorated small vases.
The main dial and the alarm dial are black enamel; the hour scale marking is red on white enamel surface, clock hands are metal.
The dial features two scales: a minute scale is split into 60 divisions; an hour scale is split into 12 divisions, with Roman numerals. The small dial of the alarm is split into 12 divisions featuring Arabic numerals. The dials are decorated with a floral pattern painting.
Pendulum movement with English escapement, three barrel drums, a quarter repeater, two gongs for chime/repeater/alarm with eight days power reserve.
A three position selector switch (Silent/Juarties only/Hoursand quartist) is in the clock base.
The clock is winded with a key, which is also used to set the hands.
Double-haed winding key.
Инв.1695/ММП