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Drocourt Reiseuhr um 1885 French Giant Engraved Gilt-Bronze Paneled Carriage Clock On Original Base, Drocourt, 11856.

A very rare late-nineteenth century French engraved porcelain carriage clock by Drocourt with the original engraved base. The gilt-bonze gorge case has extremely well executed floral and geometric engraving on both smooth and chased grounds, a beveled oval glass above to view the balance platform, a hinged handle and porcelain panels to the front and sides. The outstanding polychrome panels depict couples in the various pursuits of courting and are framed with blue borders adorned with tooled gilt floral decoration. It stands on the original engraved gilt-bronze base that has identical engraving and four wonderfully cast and finished winged dragons at the corners.

The front porcelain panel depicts a courting scene below with the alarm dial in the center and incorporates the hours dial above with well lettered black Roman numerals for the hours set within a black and gilt minute chapter that has a floral trophy at the center and two well finished steel cut hands that are very reminiscent of English work.

The large and robust eight-day time, strike, alarm and hour repeat movement retains its original balance platform with a bi-metallic screwed balance wheel, Geneva stops on both trains, is wound and set out the back, is stamped with the maker's mark and serial number, "11,856" and strikes on a gong. The dial plate is also engraved by the maker, "Drocourt, carriage clockmaker, 8 Rue Debelleyme 28, Paris" and the frontplate is stamped "HL".

Although we've had several Drocourt carriage clocks with the original stands, this is the only giant engraved porcelain carriage clock we've seen with the original matching base.

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