Drocourt
Beautiful and rare Carriage clock, with date, alarm clock and striking mechanism every half hour on a round gong.
The clock case is in Corniche style (cleaned and lacquered), the large and small dials are set in a beautifully engraved gilded mask.
The 2 (outer) little dials indicate left and right: the day of the week and date, the middle one is for the alarm clock.
The alarm clock, as well as the day and date are set on the back with the help of a special key.
Signed on the dial by the then retailer: "Shreve Crump & Low"
On the back plate the famous mark of the famous master clockmaker "Drocourt".
Dating at the end of the 19th century.
Dimensions: HxWxD: 18 cm (with the handle up) x 9.5 cm x 8.5 cm.
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Pierre Drocourt and his son, Alfred, were amongst the finest carriage clock makers of their time. They were located at Rue Debelleyme 28 and Rue de Limoges in Paris. They also had workshops at Saint-Nicolas-d’Aliermont. Pierre is recorded as exhibiting at the Great Exhibitions in the 1860s and Alfred 1880 and 1889. They were awarded a bronze medal at the Besançon Exhibition in 1860, an Honourable Mention in London 1862 and in Paris a bronze medal in 1867, silver in 1878 and gold in 1889. Alfred succeeded Pierre in 1880.Their trademark, which can normally be found on the backplate, is a ‘D’ and a ‘C’ either side of a carriage clock within
an oval.
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Est 1796 Shreve Crump & Low America's oldest purveyor of diamond jewelry,
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