A rare mid 19th century French carriage clock with cylinder escapementLaine a Paris, circa...

A rare mid 19th century French carriage clock with cylinder escapement

Laine a Paris, circa 1840-50

The silvered face with 3.75-inch Roman chapters, minute track and spade hands over engraving "Laine a Paris", the eight-day two-train movement with outside countwheel-strike on a bell, the silvered rectangular dial with Roman numerals and inscribed Laine a Paris, in a brass multi-piece case with large bevelled roof glazing, the plain brass back with shuttered winding arbours for the trains and the hands respectively, opening via a single catch, beneath Slow/Fast slot, 5.5", (14cm) high excluding handle.

See Britten's Old Clocks and Watches (9th Edition, 1982) where Laine, Paris is listed from c. 1790.

An inferior example with lever platform escapement, one-piece case and soldered handle was sold at auction in September 2006.