Bidspirit auction | F.COURVOISIER & CO No 1508,


F.COURVOISIER & CO No 1508, A 19TH CENTURY SWISS CAST GILT BRASS GRANDE SONNERIE OFFICER'S CLOCK the case with leaf cast borders, flowerhead corners and folding handle above a circular glazed window, lyre panelled sides and stepped plinth base on lion's paw feet, the signed white enamel Roman dial with alarm setting hand and engine turned bezel, fronting a repeating eight-day spring-driven movement with cylinder escapement and hour/quarter-hour bell striking mechanism mounted externally on the backplate; with signed pull alarm setting and strike selection lever beneath base (22cm high handle up)