A FINE FRENCH ENGRAVED GILT BRASS AND CLOISONNE ENAMELLED REPEATING CARRIAGE CLOCKDROCOURT, PARIS, CIRCA 1875The two train eight-day gong striking movement with platform lever escapement regulated by split bimetallic balance, the backplate stamped with oval D.C. trademark next to the gong block and serial number 15937 to the lower left-hand corner. The rectangular gilt brass and champleve enamelled dial with cobalt blue ground polychrome rosette to centre within gilt Roman numeral chapter ring over conforming floral infill to lower apron and with further motifs to upper spandrel areas within a powder-blue ground repeating red flower decorated border, the gilt cannelee case with hinged carrying handle over thick bevelled oval glass to the scroll engraved top panel incorporating repeat plunger to front edge, with geometric band and repeating leaf decorated top mouldings and channelled uprights enclosing side panels also decorated in the Hispano-Moresque style with polychrome floral designs onto a cobalt ground within red flowerhead border, the rear with bevel-glazed door, on fine repeating foliate scroll engraved ogee-shaped base.15cm (6ins) high, 10cm (4ins) wide, 9cm (3.5ins) deep. Provenance: Private collection, East Midlands. Pierre Drocourt is recorded in Allix, Charles and Bonnert, Peter CARRIAGE CLOCKS, Their history and development with further additions and corrections from research undertaken by Leigh Extence (available online) as born in 1819 and setting up in business as a clockmaker in Paris in 1853. He initially worked from Rue Limoges (later called 28 Rue Debelleyme after the rationalisation and merger of Streets in 1865), Paris and was succeeded by his son, Alfred (born 1847), in 1872. The blancs roulants, rough movements, were made in Saint-Nicolas-d'Aliermont, a town outside Dieppe, where Drocourt had workshops until their sale in 1904, being premises purchased from Holingue frères in 1875 who had previously supplied Drocourt. The firm was awarded numerous international exhibition medals and mentions including Silver in Paris 1878 and Gold in 1889.
A FINE FRENCH ENGRAVED GILT BRASS AND CLOISONNE ENAMELLED REPEATING CARRIAGE CLOCKDROCOURT, PARIS, CIRCA 1875The two train eight-day gong striking movement with platform lever escapement regulated by split bimetallic balance, the backplate stamped with oval D.C. trademark next to the gong block and serial number 15937 to the lower left-hand corner. The rectangular gilt brass and champleve enamelled dial with cobalt blue ground polychrome rosette to centre within gilt Roman numeral chapter ring over conforming floral infill to lower apron and with further motifs to upper spandrel areas within a powder-blue ground repeating red flower decorated border, the gilt cannelee case with hinged carrying handle over thick bevelled oval glass to the scroll engraved top panel incorporating repeat plunger to front edge, with geometric band and repeating leaf decorated top mouldings and channelled uprights enclosing side panels also decorated in the Hispano-Moresque style with polychrome floral designs onto a cobalt ground within red flowerhead border, the rear with bevel-glazed door, on fine repeating foliate scroll engraved ogee-shaped base.15cm (6ins) high, 10cm (4ins) wide, 9cm (3.5ins) deep. Provenance: Private collection, East Midlands. Pierre Drocourt is recorded in Allix, Charles and Bonnert, Peter CARRIAGE CLOCKS, Their history and development with further additions and corrections from research undertaken by Leigh Extence (available online) as born in 1819 and setting up in business as a clockmaker in Paris in 1853. He initially worked from Rue Limoges (later called 28 Rue Debelleyme after the rationalisation and merger of Streets in 1865), Paris and was succeeded by his son, Alfred (born 1847), in 1872. The blancs roulants, rough movements, were made in Saint-Nicolas-d'Aliermont, a town outside Dieppe, where Drocourt had workshops until their sale in 1904, being premises purchased from Holingue frères in 1875 who had previously supplied Drocourt. The firm was awarded numerous international exhibition medals and mentions including Silver in Paris 1878 and Gold in 1889.
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