Pitched at £500-800, this grand sonnerie carriage clock came with little information for bidders at Jacobs & Hunt’s (22% buyer’s premium) sale in Liss other than plentiful illustrations and the name C Marcks & Co, Bombay and Poona engraved to the silvered dial.

Extracted from Antiques Trade Gazette | Terence Ryle

Marcks, which still exists as a re-booted operation in Mumbai, was the late 19th-early 20th century retailer to maharajahs and the military and the name virtually guarantees quality.

Although the auctioneers could find no maker’s name, the clock would probably have been by one of the better French or Swiss makers whom Marcks favoured.

This 8in (20cm) tall example, which came in a leather carrying case, sold for £3000 at the August 23 Hampshire sale.