A fine French gilt brass gorge cased calendar carriage clock with push-button repeat and alarm Probably by Jules Brunelot, Paris for retail by Conrad Felsing, Berlin, mid 19th century The two train eight-day bell striking movement with silvered platform lever escapement and alarm sounding on the same bell, the backplate stamped with trademark B within a circle to lower left hand corner and with oval retailer's mark CONRAD FELSING, HCF-UHRMACHER, BERLIN to centre, the rectangular white enamel Roman numeral dial inscribed CONRAD FELSING, Hof Uhrmacher, BERLIN to centre and with blued steel moon hands over subsidiary alarm setting dial flanked by day-of-the-week and date-of-the-month subsidiaries, the gilt brass bevel-glazed gorge case with hinged carrying handle over oval top glass and ogee top mouldings with complex angles, on conforming ogee outline skirt base, 15cm (6ins) high. Provenance: The beneficiary of the Estate of a private collector, East Midlands. The trademark stamped to the lower left hand corner of the backplate of the current lot (letter B within a circle) is noted in Allix, Charles and Bonnert, Peter CARRIAGE CLOCKS, Their history and development as possibly being for Jules Brunelot although no evidence has been found to confirm this.The Berlin firm of Conrad Felsing could trace their roots back to Conrad Voltzing whose family had been making clock since 1733. In around 1820 the family relocated to Berlin and Conrad changed his name from Voltzing to Felsing. He was subsequently joined by his son, Albert Karl Julius (who later changed his name to Conrad) and the business grew to become established as one of the leading retailers of clocks and watches in the city. Records indicate that the firm was still trading in 1936 but it is believed not to have survived the Second World War. The case of the current lot appears to be an early version of the gorge case with crisp multi-piece ogee top mouldings. According to Charles Allix (see Allix, Charles and Bonnert, Peter CARRIAGE CLOCKS, Their history and development page 165) the gorge case was 'current by 1867' however as the current case appears to be an earlier variant (having more complex primary top mouldings etc.) it would be reasonable to suggest that it was probably made closer to 1850. This belief is further supported by the fact that the clock strikes on a bell rather than a gong.