Bronze Sedan Chair Hour Repeater Carriage Clock

Bronze Sedan Chair Hour Repeater Carriage Clock

Estimate:
[restrict paid=ture]$4,000 – $6,000[/restrict]
Auctioneer:
[restrict paid=ture]Fontaine's Auction Gallery[/restrict]
Sold Price:
[restrict paid=ture]$4,500[/restrict]
Sold Date:
[restrict paid=ture]8:00 AM – May 21, 2016[/restrict]

Bronze Sedan Chair Hour Repeater Carriage Clock. Rare clock has an inset brass silvered dial with black Roman hour numerals and blued hands, gilt and engraved border panel. Typical carriage clock movement has lever & platform escapement with a good balance wheel, half hour strike on a coiled gong and hour repeater button on top. Bronze case in the form of a sedan chair, 2 tone silvered and gilt bronze finish with beveled glass on 3 sides, oval repousse panels with figural putti and a scrolled crest with fleur-de-lis finial. Has key. 11 in. high x 4.5 in. wide x 8 in. deep. Weight: 8 lbs.