A type of late 18th and early 19th-century travelling clock, predecessor of the true pendule de voyage, also sometimes called a foncine or lantern clock. These rectangular brass clocks, surmounted by an open bell and stirrup handle, stand up to 12 inches high and were made with leather-covered travelling cases. Their tall thin shape suggests Gothic chamber clocks, which may be in their pedigree as they seem to have originated in the St. Claude district of France. The name may derive from the hooded appearance of the clock. Capucines had eight- or 15-day movements, alarms, hour and half-hour striking and sometimes pull-repeat.