Richard et Cie, Paris, a striking carriage clock the eight-d...

Hammer

£130

Richard et Cie, Paris, a striking carriage clock the eight-day duration movement having a platform lever escapement and striking the hours and half-hours on a gong, the backplate stamped with the serpent trademark of Richard et Cie of Paris along with the hand setting arrow design as used by Couaillet frères of Saint-Nicolas d'Aliermont and numbered 638 with the white enamel having black Roman numerals and blued steel spade hands, the brass Corniche case having a three-bale handle, height 16.5cm/13.5cm, handle up/down. Biography Richard et Cie are recorded as working in Paris at Rue Bondy, 32 having originally being known as Lemaitre & Bergmann in 1848. They received an Honourable Mention at the Paris Exposition of 1889 having opened a retail outlet at 24 Cannon Street, London in 1867.