Lot 1739 Dα

A French travel alarm clock

Ormolu, cut glass, white enamel dial with black Latin numerals and blued steel hands. Eight-day running with cylinder escapement, alarm and half-hourly striking on a bell. Engraved on the dial "Hie. Supérieure Breveté à Paris", numbered 137 upper right. H with folded handle 13.5 cm.
Paris, mid-19th C.