FRENCH ONE-PIECE BRASS CASED CARRIAGE CLOCK
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
CIRCA 1835
Garnier is generally credited for being the first maker to essentially standardise the 'petit pendule portative' which was in effect to become the prototype for the archetypal French carriage clock.
The current lot utilises Garnier's 'chaffcutter' escapement - the design of which is based on Sully and Debaufre's frictional rest watch/chronometer escapements. In addition to the escapement, the provision of an engine turned 'watered-silk' dial and the design of the squat one-piece case (incorporating a wooden block insert to underside) conforms to Paul Garniers 'Series I' carriage clocks as described by Charles Allix (see CARRIAGE CLOCKS Their history and development pages 56-7).
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 1
- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 0
Counts describe this entry’s documentation, not authenticity, rarity or completeness. Photographs may show one specimen; check each caption and licence.
Physical characteristics
- Material (listing wording)
- BRASS
- Dimensions or weight (listing wording)
- 15cm (6ins) high with handle down, 12cm (4.75ins) wide, 10cm (4ins) deep.
Identification
- Source note
- Auction-house description published on Invaluable. Attribution and measurements are the auction house’s statements about the photographed example; independent type authentication remains research required.
- Listing object ID
- 205843798
Catalogue references
No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.
Research required
- Independent confirmation of type attribution and auction-house statements remains research required.