A FRENCH GILT BAMBOO CASED REPEATING ALARM CARRIAGE CLOCK WITH PAINTED FIRED ENAMEL PANELS UNSIGNED, PARIS, LATE 19th CENTURYThe eight-day gong striking movement with silvered platform lever escapement regulated by split bimetallic balance and sounding the alarm on the same gong, the rectangular polychrome country landscape painted enamel dial panel incorporating Vertical Arabic numerals to chapter ring and blued steel spade hands over conforming alarm setting dial to lower margin flanked by a pair of figures in 18th century dress conversing, the gilt brass bevel glazed bamboo case with frame modelled to resemble sections of bamboo overlapping at the corners, the top with conforming hinged carrying handle and bevel-glazed-glazed escapement aperture and the sides inset with additional painted enamel Watteauesque scenes of 18th century figures within wooded landscapes, the rear door with further conforming panel depicting a courting couple, on canted T-shaped bamboo stump feet.17cm (6.75ins) high, 11cm (4.375ins) wide, 10cm (4ins) deep.Provenance: Private collection, East Midlands.