A French Gilt-Brass repeating carriage clock with alarm, 19th century, the rectangular gilt-brass case engraved with foliate scrolls, inset with bevelled glass panels. With lever platform, bell strike, subsidiary alarm dial, seconds centre sweep, inscribed on back plate J.D. BRte, the case 14 cm high, 10 cm wide, 8 cm deep. Provenance: Sotheby's Australia, 'The Connoisseur Collection- Part2', May 28 2008, lot 403. Contents of Toorak mansion, Trawalla.