Cloisonné gedecoreerde reisklok, case Anglaise, Richard, circa 1880.

No 191. Cloisonné gedecoreerde reisklok, case Anglaise, Richard, circa 1880.

Uurwerk van Richard (C.A. et Cie). De kast heeft mooie en kleurrijke cloisonné decoraties aan zijkanten, boven en handgreep, Korinthische zuilen. Achtdaags uurwerk, zichtbaar platvorm echappement, slagwerk van de uren en halfuur op een gong. Gesigneerd en gedistribueerd door Howell James & Co, London/Paris. Goud en cloisonné in prachtige condition. HXBXD: 17,5x10x9,5 cm.
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Literature: Allix, Charles & Peter Bonnert: ‘Carriage Clocks: Their History and Development’.

From http://mb.nawcc.org. About the clockmaker Richard.
According to Charles Allix (in his Carriage Clock book), this firm was founded in Paris in1848 under a different name and added a branch in London in 1857. Then in 1867 the branch became Richard & Co. of 24 Cannon Street, London. In France, this would be Richard et Cie. Loomes says that the London business lasted until 1881. Allix also says that the inscription "R & Co" (close to your R & C) without the full trademark probably denotes a clock handled by Richard but not made by them. The Richard trademark contains an R and C with a snake's head in between, all enclosed within an oval.