An exceptional late 19th century French hour repeating carriage clock with Limoges panels
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France, an exceptional hour repeating carriage clock with Limoges panels and dial, the Anglaise case with bombe molded, stepped base, the corners with fluted columns having Corinthian capitals, and supporting a molded top with turned carrying handle and thick beveled glass, the case sides with polychrome opaque and transparent enamel scenes on a dark plum colored ground, featuring hunters in colorful Elizabethan costume and with hounds at their feet, the roman numeral dial with landscape, castle, and male figure with spear and blowing a horn, and rinceau spandrels above the chapter ring, 8 day, three train movement with lever platform, sounding the hours and half hour on a gong, and repeating the last hour on demand