A fine mid 19th century small engraved gilt carriage timepiece Probably by Aubert & Klaftenberger, London, No. 4361, the case signed L. Lange, No. 1098 The case engraved all over with leafy scrolls set against a hatched ground, the handle with leaf-cast uprights over ball finials and foliate-cast pillars to each corner, on a shaped base and button feet, the silvered Roman dial with Breguet style blued steel hands against a foliate engraved centre, the movement with rectangular plates joined by six pillars, fusee and chain to a lever escapement, the monometallic balance mounted vertically on the numbered backplate Size: 5 ½ in (14cm) high including handle Footnotes: Provenance: The collection of Dr Eugene Antelis. Little is known of L. Lange save for the fact that he was an early maker of carriage clock cases. Allix and Bonnert (Carriage Clocks, ACC 1984, p.443) note numbers from 108 up to 968, and mention is made of the fact that in the later multi-piece cases each of the glazed panels is first set in its own frame before it is slotted into the main case. Roberts (Roberts, D. (1993) Carriage and Other Travelling Clocks. Pennsylvania: Schiffer Publishing, p347) further notes that Lange supplied the cases for some of the English carriage clock makers and illustrates an example numbered 1601. This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: * * VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com