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A very fine gilt and silvered grande sonnerie striking and quarter repeating Limoges enamel paneled giant carriage clock with alarm Date: Last quarter 19th century Movement: Lever escapement on silvered platform, striking the hour and half hour and quarter repeating on two gongs, alarm, no. 19840 Dial: White roman chapters within gilt minute ring and a subsidiary alarm dial on an enamel panel with scrolls and flowerheads in the corners Case: With molded silvered base and plain gilt corner columns supporting a silvered and gilt shallow glazed caddy top and handle, the finely painted panels depicting Cupid with his bow Size: 9 ¾ in (25.7cm) high including handle