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<p>[QUOTE="Bronwen, post: 766078, member: 5833"]Was hoping this was a clue:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.antiquers.com/attachments/8cd4d0b3-595a-42cb-8f2c-438578247356-jpeg.190235/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>and briefly got excited over this:</p><p><br /></p><p><font size="6"><b>R & C (Biographical details)</b></font></p><p><b>R & C</b> (manufacturer/factory; clockmaker/watchmaker)</p><p><br /></p><p><font size="4"><b>Also known as</b></font></p><p>R & C</p><p><br /></p><p><font size="4"><b>Biography</b></font></p><p>Clock movement manufacturers; possibly Richard & Cie of Paris. <a href="https://www.britishmuseum.org/research/search_the_collection_database/term_details.aspx?bioId=31042" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.britishmuseum.org/research/search_the_collection_database/term_details.aspx?bioId=31042" rel="nofollow">Trade mark consists of R & C flanking a caduceus.</a> This trade mark appears on a mantel clock movement in Clocks and Watches. The mark is also recorded in Thorpe, 'The French Marble Clock', 1990, p. 259-260.</p><p>A similar trade mark Q & R is illustrated in Tardy, Dictionnaire des Horlogers Français, 541 for Quinet & Richard.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Bronwen, post: 766078, member: 5833"]Was hoping this was a clue: [IMG]https://www.antiquers.com/attachments/8cd4d0b3-595a-42cb-8f2c-438578247356-jpeg.190235/[/IMG] and briefly got excited over this: [SIZE=6][B]R & C (Biographical details)[/B][/SIZE] [B]R & C[/B] (manufacturer/factory; clockmaker/watchmaker) [SIZE=4][B]Also known as[/B][/SIZE] R & C [SIZE=4][B]Biography[/B][/SIZE] Clock movement manufacturers; possibly Richard & Cie of Paris. [URL='https://www.britishmuseum.org/research/search_the_collection_database/term_details.aspx?bioId=31042']Trade mark consists of R & C flanking a caduceus.[/URL] This trade mark appears on a mantel clock movement in Clocks and Watches. The mark is also recorded in Thorpe, 'The French Marble Clock', 1990, p. 259-260. A similar trade mark Q & R is illustrated in Tardy, Dictionnaire des Horlogers Français, 541 for Quinet & Richard.[/QUOTE]
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