A charming miniature mantel clock timepiece in walnut case with and engraved gilded mask and silvered dial. The eight day spring driven movement with pendulum locking knut and adjustable pendulum, the back plate is stamped with the distinctive V.A.P. trade mark as is the door lock. The clock has the retail label of John Carter Clockmaker to the Royal Navy.Victor-Athanase Pierret (1806 - 1893)Victor-Athanse Pierret was born 1806 in Bucy-les-Pierrepont. He began his five year apprenticeship with Rolin at the age of 13. Later he moved to Paris and settled in the Rue des Bons-Enfants no. 21 when he was 24. Pierret created pendulum clocks with and without calender indicator, cases for ship’s chronometers, chronometer escapements with temperature compensation and night light clocks with pendulum. At the London Exhibition of 1851 he presented an alarm clock and a pendulum clock with a globe. In 1853 Pierret applied for a patent for a new date indication device, in 1855 he patented an ...