A VICTORIAN ENGRAVED GILT BRASS REPEATING CARRIAGE CLOCKSIGNED FOR HARDING, SMITH ANDPANY, LONDON, CIRCA 1860The French rectangular eight-day bell striking movement with unual oval engine-turned silvered platform lever escapement regulated by split bimetallic balance, the circular silvered Roman numeral dial with blued steel arrow hands set into a rectangular gilt mask engraved with rococo scroll decoration set behind thick beveled glass, the case with fixed double-balter turned handle to the Dent type sunken top centred with a rectangular beveled glass panel within scroll engraved surround behindplex architectural cornice over rounded herringbone engraved uprights to angles, the sides panels engraved with further genero rococo foliate scrolls and the rear with fixed panel incorporating regulation adjtment slot, n/s strike silent selection switch, shuttered winding and hand adjtment squares and signed Harding Smith & Co., Pall Mall, LONDON to centre, on cavetto moulded skirt base further engraved with scrollwork and with rounded angles.15cm (6ins) high, 9,5cm (3.75ins) wide, 7.5cm (3ins) deep.Provenance: Private collection, East Midlands.The firm Harding, Smith andpany of Pall Mall, London do not appear to be recorded in the ual sources however, judging from the high profile address, it would be reasonable to suggest that they were most likely high-end retailers of jewelry, silverwares, watches and clocks. The sunken top section to the case of the current lot is reminiscent of examples made by Edward John Dent both alone and in partner with John Roger Arnold during the 1830/40's (see Roberts, Derek CARRIAGE and other Travelling Clocks pages 304-05).