case very good, with minor losses to gilding, rear glass with chips at lower left and right, repeat button replaced, dial with a few faint hairlines, masks good, movement with staining, running, striking, and repeating correctly, alarm mainspring broken, hammers with repairs, gongs with minor oxide, alarm bell repaired, low balance amplitude, striking sluggish, needs service. The Drocourt firm produced some of the finest and most decorative carriage clocks for high end retailers; Hamman & Koch, established in 1861, were importers of French clocks and bronzes, Dutch hall clocks, and dealt in fine watches and jewelry. For many years, the H.L. mark was thought to have been that of Henry Lemaile. Recent research by Leigh Extence has reattributed the mark to Holingue Freres, suppliers of blancs to Drocourt and others. research into the Jacot and Drocourt firms can be found at www.extence.co.uk.
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Drocourt, Paris, for Hamann & Koch, New York, an impressive, Gorge cased, grand sonnerie striking giant carriage clock, the massive gilt case with bevelled glasses, the top glass with engine turned mask with an oval aperture for viewing the escapement, Roman numeral white enamel dial also with gilt, engine turned mask, blued steel spade hands, 8 day time, strike, and alarm movement with large lever platform and cut, bimetallic balance, sounding grand or petit quarters in passing, and repeating the last hour and quarter on demand, the front plate marked "H.L.", gong bases marked "F.D." within an oval, serial #1813 case very good, with minor losses to gilding, rear glass with chips at lower left and right, repeat button replaced, dial with a few faint hairlines, masks good, movement with staining, running, striking, and repeating correctly, alarm mainspring broken, hammers with repairs, gongs with minor oxide, alarm bell repaired, low balance amplitude, striking sluggish, needs service. The Drocourt firm produced some of the finest and most decorative carriage clocks for high end retailers; Hamman & Koch, established in 1861, were importers of French clocks and bronzes, Dutch hall clocks, and dealt in fine watches and jewelry. For many years, the H.L. mark was thought to have been that of Henry Lemaile. Recent research by Leigh Extence has reattributed the mark to Holingue Freres, suppliers of blancs to Drocourt and others. research into the Jacot and Drocourt firms can be found at www.extence.co.uk.
