Beschreibung:

A fine French engraved gilt brass oval repeating alarm carriage clock with painted porcelain panels Probably by Jules Brunelot, Paris, circa 1870 The eight-day gong striking movement with silvered platform lever escapement and sounding the alarm on the same gong, the backplate stamped with trademark B within a circle to lower left hand corner, the rectangular porcelain dial with Roman numeral hour numerals and gilt brass spade hands within a painted scene of a female in 18th century dress seated in a woodland landscape with cherub in flight above and incorporating white Arabic alarm setting dial to lower margin, the substantial engraved satin gilt oval case with hinged arched carrying handle over leafy scroll border engraved top and conforming foliate trail decorated upper mouldings, the front with thick curved bevel glass panel set into a foliate border-engraved frame and the sides inset with curved porcelain panels painted with scenes of 18th century courting couples within conforming frame surrounds, the rear with curved bevel-glazed pin-hinged door, on ogee profile skirt base adorned with a band of repeating leafy scrolls, 14cm (5.5ins) high excluding handle. Provenance: The beneficiary of the Estate of a private collector, East Midlands. The trademark stamped to the lower left hand corner of the backplate of the current lot (letter B within a circle) is noted in Allix, Charles and Bonnert, Peter CARRIAGE CLOCKS, Their history and development as possibly being for Jules Brunelot although no evidence has been found to confirm this.