DROCOURT GRANDE & PETITE SONNERIE
CARRIAGE CLOCK RETAILED BY TIFFANY
Drocourt, No. 8741, retailed by Tiffany & Co., New York. Made
circa 1890.
Very fine, engraved gilt brass, grande and petite sonnerie
striking and repeating, 8 day-going carriage clock with alarm,
original traveling case and key.
Gilt brass, "gorge", engraved with flowers and foliage,
glazed sides and back door, the top glazed to view the
escapement, hinged carrying handle.
White enamel with radial Roman numerals, outer
minute track and Arabic five-minute numerals, alarm dial
below with Arabic numerals, flower and foliate engraved gilt
mask. Blued steel "Breguet" hands.
Gilt brass, rectangular plates, four pillars, barrels for the
going, striking and alarm trains, straight-line lever escapement
on a silvered platform, cut bimetallic compensation
balance, blued steel Breguet balance spring, index regulator,
striking the hours and quarters on two bells, striking/
silence/ full strike selection lever in the base.