MUSICAL CARRIAGE CLOCK
I.L. Brown, French. Made circa 1880.
Fine, rare and unusual, 8-day going, hour and half-hour
striking, gilt-brass and silver carriage clock with musical
movement, day, date and moon phases.
Multi-piece, Anglaise riche, gilt-brass, fluted corinthian
pillars, molded top and base, the top with glazed aperture to
view the escapement, glazed on four sides, the base containing
the musical movement with triangular feet.
White enamel annular chapter ring with radial Roman
numerals, outer minute track, painted with clouds and a
starry sky with aperture for the moon phases, three white
enamel dials below for the date, days of the week. Blued
steel Breguet hands.
Rectangular brass plates, going barrels for both trains,
lateral lever escapement on a frosted silvered platform, cut
bimetallic compensation balance, flat balance spring, index
regulator, striking on a gong, the musical movement activated
via a lever in the base, single-piece steel comb with tuned
teeth, fly governor.
DIM. 16.5 x 11.3 x 10 cm.