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A FRENCH BRASS CARRIAGE CLOCK WITH PUSH-BUTTON REPEAT AND FOLIATE CAST ONE-PIECE CASE, HENRY ET CIE, PARISCIRCA 1840The two-train eight-day bell striking movement with Jules-type three-tier platform lever escapement regulated by helical sprung bimetallic balance, the backplate inscribed HENRY, PARIS to lower margin, the rectangular white enamel Roman numeral dial inscribed HENRY & CIE, PARIS to lower margin, with fine blued steel trefoil hands and set within rectangular brass surround, the one-piece caddy moulded bevel-glazed case with hinged double baluster-turned carrying handle over full-width top glass drilled for the repeat button and frame cast in relief with trails of flowering ivy, on cavetto moulded skirt base with inset rounded angles and further cast with conforming foliate decoration.14cm (5.5ins) high with handle down, 10cm (4ins) wide, 8.5cm (3.375ins) deep. Although a handful of clocks dating to around 1840 signed by Henry et Cie are known there appears to be no known records of the maker. Indeed, in Allix Charles and Bonnert, Peter CARRIAGE CLOCKS, Their history and development it is noted only that this name appears on the back plate of a typical 'Bolvillier-type' early carriage clock (page 441). The escapement fitted to the present clock is of 'sub-lift divided plate' type most often seen in clocks by Jules, Paris (see CARRIAGE CLOCKS, Their history and development page 73, plate II/47).