i have an old clock,

on the mechanism is a stamp written "Japy Frares & C - G Med. D'Honneur" could anyone please give me some information regarding the age of the clock mechanism from this stamp?

also on the face of the clock is the retailers name "Ellis" i have searched the internet far and wide and the only thing i can find that slightly matches is "Tiffany, Young & Ellis". does anyone by any chance have any info on the retailer "Ellis",

all you help would be very much appreciated,

i would upload some images but im not sure how to on this post,

thanks again,

Stu

Japy founded one of the first mass-production clockworks factories, and sold just the movements to various companies who put the works into clocks of theiur design ... and then the clocks were sold on to others who often had them marked with their shop names.

Thus you can have a clock with a movement marked Japy, case marked by John Doe, and the whole thing marked "Baily, Banks and Biddle".

They were usually sold to high-end case makers and eventually sold by posh retailers, so they are well worth tracking down.

Pictures of the clock and the marks would help narrow the date a bit.

That leaves you a lot of possible small jewelers and shops who could have sold it in the US, Canada, or the UK ...