Cut Glass Carriage Clocks and Travel Clocks

Travel alarm clock in a high-quality brass case With facet-cut enamelled glass and hand-painted dial the clockwork has to be taken over by the buyer himself and made to run

This superb gorge cased carriage clock is beautifully gilded, with a crisp white enamel dial and a roman chapter ring and outer arabic minutes. The eight day two train movement is regulated by a slivered English lever platform escapement, striking on a blued steel gong, with hour repeat button. The case is numbered 10135 throughout, this coupled with the maker’s mark showing the dates of awards on the front plate, means we can date the clock to between 1878 and 1889. The front and back plates are both marked with Jacot stamps. The front with the medal stamp listing the exposition awards Jacot had won. Bronzes in 1855 and 1862, and silver medals in 1867 and 1878. This stamp did not change until 1889 when Jacot junior won the companies first gold medal. The back plate shows the parrot trademark stamp with the initials HJ which came into use in 1878. The back of the dial is also signed by the enameller and numbered with the serial number. This is a very thoroughly marked and numbered clock in excellent condition. Henri Jacot...

An exceptional English fusee carriage clock timepeice by two of the nineteenth centuries greatest clock makers. The eight day single chain fusee movement with maintaining power and jewelled underslung English lever escapement, the back plate numbered 151. The movement is housed in a unique gilt case with unusual faceted feet and finials surmounted by a sprung cruciform finial. The case is undoubtedly the work of Thomas Cole the engraved panels depicting scenes from Sir Walter Scott’s Waverley novels, the figures contrasted with Cole’s unique horizontally lined background technique. The layered plate construction of the case with concave faceted columns is also typical the brothers’ period of collaboration. The silver engine turned dial with breguet style moon hands suggest the work of J.F. Cole as does the distinctive bridge on the back of the movement that gives extra strength to the mainspring and is documented in several other Cole clocks. We believe this clock is unique the finial and key are a distinctive cross shape, the finial is ingeniously sprung so that if knocked it will not snap but yield and spring back into place (see video). The Cole Brothers worked together supplying clocks to other retails after J.F. Cole narrowly avoided bankruptcy, their work was retailed by Garrards, James McCabe, Arnold and...