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A good hour repeating carriage clock with brass bound wooden case signed James McCabe
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James McCabe, Royal Exchange, London, a good hour repeating giant carriage clock, the gilt case with thick bevelled glasses, decorative, canted, projecting corners on a conforming molded base, and surmounted by a stepped top with reeded, Anglaise style carrying handle, signed, roman numeral, dead silvered dial with seconds at 12:00, and blued steel fleur de lis hands, and signed, 8 day, two train fusee movement with 15 jewel lever platform, and striking the hours on a gong, together with its original, green baize lined, brass bound mahogany case with flush folding, campaign style carrying handle
A good hour repeating carriage clock with brass bound wooden case signed James McCabe
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James McCabe, Royal Exchange, London, a good hour repeating giant carriage clock, the gilt case with thick bevelled glasses, decorative, canted, projecting corners on a conforming molded base, and surmounted by a stepped top with reeded, Anglaise style carrying handle, signed, roman numeral, dead silvered dial with seconds at 12:00, and blued steel fleur de lis hands, and signed, 8 day, two train fusee movement with 15 jewel lever platform, and striking the hours on a gong, together with its original, green baize lined, brass bound mahogany case with flush folding, campaign style carrying handle
A fine and rare mid 19th century hour repeating carriage clock by James McCabe
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James McCabe, Royal Exchange, London, a fine and rare hour repeating carriage clock, the gilt brass case beautifully engraved with floral and foliate motifs on a matted ground, and set with four thick bevelled glasses, and back with shuttered winding and setting apertures, and strike – silent slide, signed roman numeral electroformed dial with floral and foliate ornament and blued steel fleur de lys hands, signed, two train fusee movement with lever platform, striking the hours on a blued steel gong, and repeating the last hour on demand, serial #2836, the case bottom with label of Camerer, Cuss & Co.
A fine and rare mid 19th century hour repeating carriage clock by James McCabe
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James McCabe, Royal Exchange, London, a fine and rare hour repeating carriage clock, the gilt brass case beautifully engraved with floral and foliate motifs on a matted ground, and set with four thick bevelled glasses, and back with shuttered winding and setting apertures, and strike – silent slide, signed roman numeral electroformed dial with floral and foliate ornament and blued steel fleur de lys hands, signed, two train fusee movement with lever platform, striking the hours on a blued steel gong, and repeating the last hour on demand, serial #2836, the case bottom with label of Camerer, Cuss & Co.
James McCabe, No. 1895, Giant Patinaed Brass Striking Carriage or Mantel Clock
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James McCabe, No. 1895, Giant Patinaed Brass Striking Carriage or Mantel Clock
James McCabe, Royal Exchange, London, circa 1835. The case with stepped and molded top, chamfered front angles terminating in volutes, with arched glazed side panels, on base with molded gallery and projecting front angles, raised on bun feet, the arched silvered dial within a silvered sight ring, with engraved Roman chapter ring, signed above James McCabe, Royal Exchange, London and numbered to the centre 1895, blued steel moon hands, with five tapering pillars to the twin chain fusee movement, large gilt platform with plain gilt balance to underslung lever escapement, maintaining power, trip repeat, strike on bell, with repeat signature and number to the rear, with numbered key and original wooden travelers case.
Literature: Derek Roberts Carriage and Other Travelling Clocks, Schiffer 1993, p.292, Fig.20-4.
Ht. 8 1/2 in.
Provenance: Paul Hackamac, LA chapter no. 52 or 56, study clock in LA.
Purchased from renowned horology scholar Jim Cipra of Long Beach, California.
The collection of Dr. William Thomas, Naples, Florida.
French Gilt Brass Hour Repeating Carriage Clock with Alarm
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French Gilt Brass Hour Repeating Carriage Clock with Alarm
late 19th century
brass and beveled glass case with pierced dial mask decorated with birds and foliate, 8-day brass time, strike and alarm movement with lever platform escapement and repeat strike, unsigned
7 1/4 x 4 1/4 x 3 1/2 inches
A good late 19th century quarter repeating carriage clock with engraved gorge case signed Leroy
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Leroy, Paris, a good late 19th century quarter repeating carriage clock, gilt Gorge case with C scroll, foliate, and floral engraving on a matted ground, five bevelled glasses, and engraved, folding handle, signed roman numeral white enamel dial with subsidiary alarm chapter, and blued steel Breguet style hands, and 8 day, three train movement with lever platform, striking on two bells, and repeating the last hour and quarter on demand, with associated travel case