A FINE MID 19TH CENTURY FRENCH GILT BRASS 'ONE PIECE' CARRIAGE CLOCK WITH SUBSIDIARY SECONDS INITIALLED PG FOR PAUL GARNIER the case surmounted by a slender, finned baton handle and raised on squat bun feet, with bevelled glass sides, the silvered 'watered silk' style, engine turned dial initialled PG and with Roman numerals, with subsidiary seconds dial, the twin barrel movement united by four finned pillars, with anchor escapement to the balance wheel, striking the half hour and the hours on a bell, with winder, 18cm high In working order but not fully tested or guaranteed. Related Literature: Paul Garnier is recorded in C. Allix & P. Bonnert, 'Carriage Clocks', as born 1801 and receiving Silver Medals in the Paris Exhibitions of 1827, 34, and 39; and gold medals in 1844 and 49. He worked from various addresses at Rue Taitbout, Paris and died in 1869 leaving the business to his son of the same name who was still exhibiting carriage clocks in the Paris Exhibition of 1889. Paul Garnier is widely considered to be the first maker of French carriage clocks in the form that we now recognise them.