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

Lot 839 Dα

A Parisian ormolu officer's alarm clock

Auction 1086 - overview Cologne
19.05.2017, 17:00 - Selected Works of Art
Estimate: 8.000 € - 9.000 €

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.