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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;aaroncab, post: 325706, member: 3974&quot;]I picked up this carriage clock for not very much today. Hope I&#039;m using the term &quot;carriage clock&quot; correctly - it does strike/chime the hour and half hour. </p><p><br /></p><p>Face says Kirby Beard &amp; Co.&nbsp; ~~ Paris </p><p><br /></p><p>The movement is covered and has buit in keys/knobs. Top knob is to wind the chime, bottom to wind the clock, middle knob to adjust the time. The back of the cover is marked:</p><p><br /></p><p>METAL DORE ( I think this means more or less &quot;gold plated&quot;)</p><p>SF (Inside of an arch)</p><p>15</p><p>ON the inside of the door are some numbers - assuming were made to match up parts during assembly. </p><p><br /></p><p>It is 5&quot; high, and 3 1/4&quot; wide and 3&quot; deep. All of the glass is beveled at the edges. Weighs 2 pounds 5 ounces, or just over a kilo.</p><p><br /></p><p>Perhaps [USER=25]@afantiques[/USER] (or anyone else that knows this type of thing) could comment on the age/style shape of this. I did search Kirby Beard &amp; Co. and found a couple other small clocks/timepieces, and I think they started off as a pin/needle manufacturer? Not altogether sure they are the same company that makes the clocks. Anyhow - am excited that I stumbled on this today and snatched it up - hoping it actually is what it appears to be. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":)" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Oh what looks to be verdigris in the top left corner of the front is actually some gunk that I wiped right off after taking the pics. </p><p><br /></p><p>~</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]108647[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]108648[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]108649[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]108650[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]108651[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]108652[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]108653[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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