Swiss musical clock (Neuchateloises)

Case: Green / light blue lacquer case with flowers decorations. Fully decorated with gilt bronze friezes.

Movement: swiss with two barrels, verge escapement, wire silk suspention, hours and quarter striking at passage on two bells. Every 60 minutes the strike activate a carillon fusee mechanism on 19 hummers and 12 bells.

Dial: white enamel, with black enamel roman numbers for hours and arab for the minutes, gilt brass

perforated and engraved hands, two hole charge.

Period: Louis XVI, circa 1780.

Anonymus.

Notes: similar clocks are published on book: “Pendules Neuchateloises” of Alfred Chapuis,edition Reymond – Neuchatel,

at page 89 (two very similar clocks for shape and bronzes)and at page 109 (clock with very similar flowers decorations).