the timepiece movement signed 'J.D Bte SGDG' and numbered 1028, the corniche case with enamel panels to sides and top with blue borders containing landscapes or figures in 18th century style, the dial of Roman numerals painted with similar figures below and signature above 'Examd. by / LUND & BLOCKLEY / London', with its (distressed) blue velvet carrying case gilt stamped for the retailer and containing the key, clock 7.1cm high excluding swing handle

The J.D backplate stamp has been noted on several ‘mignonette’ clocks; see another very similar clock also for retail by Lund & Blockley, sold Bonham’s, London (Knightsbridge), 14 September 2010, lot 218. Although not recorded in the usual sources, the mark may well be for J. Dejardin, cited by Saunier in 1880 as 'one of our youngest but one of our cleverest of our good manufacturers of clocks...' (Charles Allix, ‘Carriage Clocks: their history and development’, Woodbridge, 1974, p.436).