Attributed to Drocourt, Paris, a rare and extremely decorative giant carriage clock in the rococo style, the gilt case replete with scrolls, foliate ornament, and putti, and set with eight gilt and polychrome enamel porcelain plaques featuring garden

Attributed to Drocourt, Paris, a rare and extremely decorative giant carriage clock in the rococo style, the gilt case replete with scrolls, foliate ornament, and putti, and set with eight gilt and polychrome enamel porcelain plaques featuring garden scenes and frolicking amorini, each on a deep blue field with gilt, foliate border, the Roman numeral dial with blued steel hands, case back with sliding glass panel to allow access for winding and setting, 8 day time, strike, and alarm movement with lever platform, repeating the last hour on demand, gong base marked "A.D." within an oval, serial #29268 case dirty, and with minor verdigris, gilding with minor losses and polish residue, some case components loose, porcelain panels very good, top panel with crazing and minor losses to gilding, hands good, rear glass with crack at top, scratches, and chips at lower left and right, running and striking correctly, rod attached to repeat button too short, will not release strike train, repeating is functional, alarm functional, hammer needs adjustment. Our attribution is based on the fact that a number of these clocks are known bearing Drocourt's mark; the A.D. mark on the gong base may be that of Alfred Drocourt. See "A Century Of Fine Carriage Clocks", by Fanelli, page 92, and "Carriage Clocks" by Allix and Bonnert, page 161, for illustrations of identical examples by this maker