An unusual French cloisonné panel inset brass and ebony miniature carriage timepiece Probably by A. Dumas, Paris, late 19 th century The eight-day single train movement with silvered platform lever escapement and backplate stamped with oval trademark AD over number 1336 to the lower left hand corner, the dial with fine engraved gilt brass and polychrome cloisonné enamel mask decorated in light and dark blue stylised foliate designs incorporating simulated agate accents around a recessed circular white enamel Roman numeral dial with Arabic five minutes to outer track and fine blued steel spade hands, the case of Mignonette No. 1 size with hinged brass carrying handle over rectangular panel centred ebony top panel moulded brass cornice with canted angles continuing down the ebony uprights, the sides with conforming blue and simulated agate accented cloisonné enamelled engraved gilt brass panels and the rear with bevel-glazed door, ebony skirt base with brass cavetto top mouldings and disc feet, 3.25ins high excluding handle. The AD oval trademark stamped to the backplate of the current lot is noted in Allix, Charles and Bonnert, Peter CARRIAGE CLOCKS, Their history and development as appearing on the gong blocks of French carriage clocks. Allix also notes in his biographical entry for A. Dumas that the eminent French horologist, Claudius Saunier, commented that Dumas specialised in Mignonettes and that he also even made cases and gongs. With this in mind it would be logical to speculate the oval AD stamp that appears on gong blocks as well as the backplate of the current lot is for A. Dumas. Miniature carriage clocks are called Mignonettes or little darlings and come in three graded sizes with No. 1 being the smallest. The current lot is extremely unusual in that the case is ebony and brass as the mixing of case materials used for miniature carriage clocks is very rarely seen however a timepiece with a closely related case albeit in ivory rather than ebony is illustrated in Roberts, Derek CARRIAGE and Other Travelling CLOCKS on page 139 (Fig. 9-5). Y - The lot may be subject to CITES regulations when exported
An unusual French cloisonné panel inset brass and ebony miniature carriage timepiece Probably by A. Dumas, Paris, late 19 th century The eight-day single train movement with silvered platform lever escapement and backplate stamped with oval trademark AD over number 1336 to the lower left hand corner, the dial with fine engraved gilt brass and polychrome cloisonné enamel mask decorated in light and dark blue stylised foliate designs incorporating simulated agate accents around a recessed circular white enamel Roman numeral dial with Arabic five minutes to outer track and fine blued steel spade hands, the case of Mignonette No. 1 size with hinged brass carrying handle over rectangular panel centred ebony top panel moulded brass cornice with canted angles continuing down the ebony uprights, the sides with conforming blue and simulated agate accented cloisonné enamelled engraved gilt brass panels and the rear with bevel-glazed door, ebony skirt base with brass cavetto top mouldings and disc feet, 3.25ins high excluding handle. The AD oval trademark stamped to the backplate of the current lot is noted in Allix, Charles and Bonnert, Peter CARRIAGE CLOCKS, Their history and development as appearing on the gong blocks of French carriage clocks. Allix also notes in his biographical entry for A. Dumas that the eminent French horologist, Claudius Saunier, commented that Dumas specialised in Mignonettes and that he also even made cases and gongs. With this in mind it would be logical to speculate the oval AD stamp that appears on gong blocks as well as the backplate of the current lot is for A. Dumas. Miniature carriage clocks are called Mignonettes or little darlings and come in three graded sizes with No. 1 being the smallest. The current lot is extremely unusual in that the case is ebony and brass as the mixing of case materials used for miniature carriage clocks is very rarely seen however a timepiece with a closely related case albeit in ivory rather than ebony is illustrated in Roberts, Derek CARRIAGE and Other Travelling CLOCKS on page 139 (Fig. 9-5). Y - The lot may be subject to CITES regulations when exported
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