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has gloss | eng: A carriage clock is a small, spring-driven clock, designed for travelling, developed in the early 19th century in Austria. The case, usually plain or gilt-brass, is rectangular with a carrying handle and often set with glass or more rarely enamel or porcelain panels. A feature of carriage clocks is the platform escapement, sometimes visible through a glazed aperture on the top of the case. |
lexicalization | eng: carriage clock |
instance of | (noun) any piece of furniture or decorative object or the like produced in a former period and valuable because of its beauty or rarity antique |
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