Henry Capt, mignonette ‘Grande Sonnerie’ Carriage Clock.

A fine and perfectly proportioned small ‘Grande Sonnerie’ carriage clock with alarm, strike and push repeat. What makes this one quite interesting is the size. This is a very small example by Henry Capt of Geneva. The gorge case is wonderful and has an outer protective leather covered travel case. The dial is perfect and painted with Roman numerals and outer Arabics for the minutes, which is always attractive. The backplate is engraved with the number 95.  Henry Capt was an exceptional maker and his father who bears the same name. Father and son were based in Geneva, Switzerland from the early 1840’s and produced many exceptional and highly decorative carriage clocks for the discerning customer.