A Parisian ormolu officer's alarm clock - image-1

Lot 638 Dα

A Parisian ormolu officer's alarm clock

Auction 1107 - overview Cologne
15.05.2018, 11:00 - Decorative Arts
Estimate: 6.500 € - 8.000 €

A Parisian ormolu officer's alarm clock

White enamel dial with Arabic numerals under glass, blued hands, the textile replaced. Day-running movement with verge escapement, date and alarm functions, and quarter-hourly strike on a bell. Inscribed Meuron & Compie to the dial. Minor wear to the gilding, the glass scratched. H 22.7 cm.
Meuron & Compagnie, late 18th C.

Literature

This clockmaker in: Baillie, Watchmakers and Clockmakers of the World, London 1966, p. 218.