A rare mid 19th century engraved gilt brass grande and petite sonnerie striking carriage clock P...

A rare mid 19th century engraved gilt brass grande and petite sonnerie striking carriage clock Possibly by Lamy & Lacroix The Corniche case with delicate handle with tear-drop shaped terminals and internal pommels over a bevelled glass inspection panel with repeat button through the glass, framed by a foliate border, the tall side panels and doors on a high base with lozenge-shaped engraved details, the white enamel Roman dial with minute track and Breguet style moon hands over subsidiaries for the alarm and date of the month, the silvered platform with bimetallic balance to a jewelled club-foot lever escapement striking the hours and quarters on a pair of horizontal bells mounted in the base, (the alarm also sounding on the larger bell), offering the options G, S, P for grande sonnerie, silence or petite sonnerie, Footnotes: This clock is similar to those made by Lamy & Lacroix, the French manufacturers based in the Franche-Comte area on the border with Switzerland. Others with comparable dials and strike work are illustrated in D. Roberts, (1993) Carriage and Other Travelling Clocks. Pennsylvania: Schiffer Publishing, Figs. 4-3 and 15-5a, b and c. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing