Signature: [1] L. FALIZE./INV.&./EXECVT/Paris/1881 (on lapis panel to right of plinth with initials JR)
[2] L. Chedeville sculp. (on molding below enamel depicting Law, on front)
[3] LE ROY ET FILS/Horologers/fournisseurs brevetés/de S.M. la Reine/à Londres; Retard: Avance; Quantième (engraved on brass plate)
Inscription: On front (below single dial):
[1] in panels, in gold: ECCLESIA (left); ORATIO (right)
[2] on plinth: LA flanking porcupine; motto COMINUS ET EMINUS
[3] engraved on lapis panels flanking plinth: Abizal/1442 (left); Paris 1515 (right)
On right:
[1] in panels, in gold: SAPIENTIA (top); LIBERATIO (left); INVESTIGATO (right)
[2] on plinth: HR flanking a portcullis, motto ALTERA SECURITAS
[3] engraved on lapis panels flanking plinth: Greenwich/1491 (left), Londres 1547 (right)
On back:
[1] upper dial, enameled: LUNDI/MARDI/MERCREDI/JEVDI/VENDREDI/SAMEDI/DIMANCHE
[2] left dial, enameled: JANV.FEVR.MAR/JVIN.MAI.AVR/SEPT.AOVT.JVILL/OCT.NOV.DEC
[3] right dial, enameled: 2•4•6•8•10•12•14•16•18•20•22•24•26•28•30•31-1
[4] engraved on banderoles in gold frame: HERI (left), HODIE (right),; CRAS (below)
[5] engraved on silver frame of rock crystal cover: Vulnerant onmes ultima necat
[6] in enamel panels in gold: LABOR (left); LEX (right)
[7] on plinth: AM flanking a grasshopper, motto PRAETIO PRUDENTIA PRAESTET
[8] engraved on lapis panels flanking plinth: L.FALIZE/INV.&/EXECVT (left); 1513 Rome (right)
On left:
[1] in panels in gold: FIDES (top), CARITAS (left), SPES (right)
[2] on plinth: JR flanking a papal tiara, motto POST TENEBRAS LUX
[3] engraved on lapis panels flanking plinth: Blois/1462 (left); Paris 1881 (right)
Various code marks and numbers appear. On Justice: 11 scratched inside edge of drapery on back, 1 on silver fitment; on Fortitude: 111 scratched inside front, 3 on silver; on Prudence: 1111 scratched inside front, 2 11 on silver; on Temperance: 1111 inside drapery, 4 on silver. On the reverse of the rim of the pierced-work plaque framing the three dials are indented circles: . .. ...
Marking: [1] BF flanking ring with rose-cut diamond, pendent pearl (firm mark of Bapst and Falize)
[2] EN in an oval (see image)
[3] London import mark for foreign work, 1906
[4] 925 in oval
[5] D in rectangle with canted corners
[6] stamped on key: FRANCE; 12
Location of marks:
1: enameled in center of upper dial on back
2-5: inside rim near foot of bottom section
3,4: also on silver rim of rock crystal cover on back and on silver shaft of figure of Truth
4: on silver bar fitted inside bottom of each gold figure
