Lot 521
  • 521

A French gilt brass repeating alarm carriage clock, Muirhead & Sons, circa 1880

Estimate
1,500 - 2,000 EUR
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Description

  • height 16.5cm handle down
7.5-cm light blue enamel dial with Roman numerals and gilt half hour marks signed Muirhead & Sons Paris & Glasgow, alarm subsidiary below, trip repeating rack gong striking movement numbered 1585 with ratchet tooth lever platform escapement and alarm on a gong, similarly numbered gilt brass 'Anglaise' case inset with bevelled glass panels surmounted by a shaped handle, fluted corners and moulded base raised on flat feet