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Large Napoleon III Rouge Griotte Marble, Silvered and Gilt Bronze Clock
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A large Napoleon III Rouge griotte marble, silvered and gilt bronze clock garniture
Paris, circa 1880
cast after a model by Mathurin Moreau (1822-1912)
Comprising a clock and pair...
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1880s Antique Bronze Mantel Clocks
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Bronze
French Bronze & Marble Cupid Mantle Clock Louis XV Lemerie Charpentier, 1885
Located in Cathedral City, CA
A very fine French, 19th century Louis XV style gilt bronze and white marble figural mantel clock by Lemerie Carpentier Bronzier. The finely chased ormolu body, with its original two...
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1880s American Rococo Revival Antique Bronze Mantel Clocks
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Mantel Clock 19th Century Styl Empire by Drouot Place Moubert
Located in Warsaw, PL
The clock is in excellent and perfect working condition. In addition, it was recently cleaned and serviced by a professional clockmaker who specializes in maintaining museums.The eig...
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Early 19th Century French Empire Antique Bronze Mantel Clocks
Materials
Bronze
Charles X Pendule, France around 1830
Located in Greding, DE
Portal clock on rectangular stepped base in mahogany veneer with small squeeze feet and fire-gilded applications in the form of rose festoons. The stepped...
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1830s French Charles X Antique Bronze Mantel Clocks
Materials
Bronze
Large Gilt Bronze Portico Clock, Restoration Period
By Lepine
Located in Paris, FR
Large gilt bronze portico regulator clock from the Restauration period. It takes the form of an antique architecture with four smooth Corinthian columns with acanthus leaf capitals. ...
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1820s French Restauration Antique Bronze Mantel Clocks
Materials
Bronze
Antique French Auguste Moreau Gilt Bronze Mantel Garniture Clock Candelabra
Located in Dayton, OH
"Monumental Antique French Art Nouveau Auguste Moreau garniture clock set. Made of bronze with gilt accents featuring a peasant woman and child carrying a shieth of wheat flanked by large candelabra urns...
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Late 19th Century Art Nouveau Antique Bronze Mantel Clocks
Materials
Bronze
Huge Mantel Clock in Bronze Style Neoclassical
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A very unsual clock in the style neoclassical in ormolu bronze each detail on the side bronze clock and front are stunning.
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1930s French Neoclassical Vintage Bronze Mantel Clocks
Materials
Bronze
Antique Victorian French Quality Bronze and Marble Eight Day Mantle Clock
Located in Suffolk, GB
Antique Victorian French quality bronze and marble eight day mantle clock by P L Hausburg Paris having a fantastic quality bronze figure leaning on the drum case with a signed white enamel dial, Roman numerals and original hands, twin train eight day French movement striking on the hour and half hour on a bell above a black marble moulded...
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19th Century European Victorian Antique Bronze Mantel Clocks
Materials
Marble, Bronze
19th Century French Napoleon III Period Bardiglio Marble Japy Freres Clock Set
By Japy Frères
Located in Forney, TX
A fabulous over one hundred and sixty year old Parisian neoclassical style Bardiglio marble three piece mantel set.
Born in Paris, France in the mid 19th century, featuring an an...
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Mid-19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Bronze Mantel Clocks
Materials
Marble, Bronze, Ormolu
Cartel and its Console in Boulle Marquetry and Gilt Bronze, Louis XV Period
Located in Paris, FR
Cartel with its base in Boulle marquetry and gilt bronze. The gilded bronze in moving foliage and scrolls of flowers are of rocaille style. The circular frame in finely chiseled bron...
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1750s French Louis XV Antique Bronze Mantel Clocks
Materials
Bronze
Rare 19th Century Ormolu Elephant Clock in the Louis XV Style
Located in London, GB
An important mantle Clock 'à l'éléphant'
in the Louis XV style.
Constructed from gilt, hand-chased, and burnished bronze with patinated detail, the mantle clock on an asymmetric Rococo scrolling base with naturalistic features; the main body modelled as an elephant astride, mounted with a turbaned figure of a mahout (elephant keeper) in charge and his companion monkey, the elephant's back supporting a bamboo houdah enclosing the white enamelled dial marking the hours and minutes in Roman and Arabic numerals respectively, a tasselled cushion perched atop with two oriental figures holding parasols.
French, circa 1840
Clocks incorporating animals reigned supreme during the Louis XV period, at a time when curiosity for new cultures was at its height. The exoticism found expression in the accounts of explorers describing rhinoceros, lions and elephants, which were enthusiastically absorbed into European decorative arts.
The elephant acquired a particular aura following the diplomatic gift of the King of Siam to King Louis XIV of an elephant in 1686. Elephants had been used as motifs in horology since the Renaissance period, representing the theme of 'rulership' in the Kunstkammer, as seen in the Augsburg Automaton in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum. The Elephant Clock...
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19th Century French Louis XV Antique Bronze Mantel Clocks
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
Mantel Clock 19th Century Styl Empire
Located in Warsaw, PL
This ormolu clock from the 19th century has a rectangular base with four feet carved with small patterns. The figure on top represents a lady playing on the spinet and on sides of th...
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Early 19th Century French Empire Antique Bronze Mantel Clocks
Materials
Bronze
Antique Bronze Mantel Set, 19th Century
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
"Antique bronze mantel set, 19th century"
Napoleon III period marble and patinated bronze mantel with its two cassolettes. Perfect condition. Cassolettes s...
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19th Century European Napoleon III Antique Bronze Mantel Clocks
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Fine Gilt and Patinated Bronze Mantel Clock with Putti by A Paris
Located in New York, NY
An exquisite figural bronze mantel clock with Putti leaning on clock face which sits on a fluted column draped in garlands and fabrics. Sitting on a r...
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19th Century French Antique Bronze Mantel Clocks
Materials
Bronze
Gilt Bronze Clock with Winged Genie, Charles X Period
Located in Paris, FR
A Charles X period ormolu clock representing a winged genie playing the lyre in acanthus leaves populated by dolphins. The dial, decorated with two nymphs carrying a lyre on an altar, indicates the hours in black Roman numerals. The oval base is decorated with music trophies...
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1820s French Charles X Antique Bronze Mantel Clocks
Materials
Bronze
19th Century Rare French Mantel Clock by F. Barbedienne with Bronze Figures
Located in Sofia, BG
French mantel clock by Ferdinand Barbedienne consisting of a terminal clock in the form of a fluted column in white marble and de...
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Mid-19th Century French Antique Bronze Mantel Clocks
Materials
Marble, Bronze
French Empire Clock in Ormolu and Patinated Bronze Signed Revel Rue De Richelieu
Located in London, GB
French Empire period ormolu and patinated bronze mantel clock representing Ceres. The crowning of Ceres is a stunning clock of very fine quality and with totally original fire gilded...
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Early 1800s French Antique Bronze Mantel Clocks
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
English Regency Antique Miniature Mantel Clock in Patinated Bronze and Ormolu
Located in London, GB
A small and unusual patinated bronze and ormolu English Regency mantel clock. Set on four feet the shaped base with ormolu mounts. A putti stands beside the clock housing with his arm raised. The clock is surmounted by a gilt bronze finial. The convex white enamel dial is in fine condition. The 30 hour fusee...
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1810s English Antique Bronze Mantel Clocks
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
Very Fine Directoire Style French Gilt Bronze and Marble Mantel Clock
Located in Atlanta, GA
A very fine French Directoire style gilt bronze and marble (Rosso Levanto) Mantel Clock. 19th Century.
movement stamped 1075.
Measures: height 16 1/2" x width 18" x depth 5 1/2"
C...
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1860s French Directoire Antique Bronze Mantel Clocks
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Antique French Neoclassical Revival Mantel Clock & Urn Garniture Set
Located in Forney, TX
A magnificent turn of the late 19th / early 20th century French three piece mantel set, retailed by the renowned Bailey Banks and Biddle, with movement by Samuel Marti of Paris.
The stunning antique...
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Early 20th Century Bronze Mantel Clocks
Materials
Marble, Bronze, Ormolu
French Directoire Egyptian Style Mantel Clock Signed Leclerc
Located in London, GB
Beautiful antique French Directoire period Egyptian or Gout d'Egypt ormolu and patinated bronze mantel clock. Superb quality and condition of the entir...
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1790s French Antique Bronze Mantel Clocks
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
French Gilt Bronze and Mable Three Graces Clock by Samuel Marti & Cie
Located in New York, NY
Important and charming three graces clock with garlanded and roses, supporting a globe with twin cercles tournant dials enameled with Roman and roma...
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19th Century French Antique Bronze Mantel Clocks
Materials
Bronze, Enamel
Mantel Clock 18th Century Louis XV Period by Diot À Paris
Located in Warsaw, PL
The Ancient Roman personifications of love and desire, Venus and Cupid, feature on this this fantastic Louis XVI mantel clock. Finely cast in resplendent gilt bronze, they are shown with a dove on Venus's hand, another ancient symbol of love. Venus is shown in draped clothing...
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18th Century French Louis XV Antique Bronze Mantel Clocks
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Mantel Clock 19th Century Styl Empire by Chaussee D'aulin À Paris
Located in Warsaw, PL
Very beautiful Empire clock on the theme of music. rare model, signed “Caillouet in Paris” Watchmaker referenced in the Tardy at the date of 1810. Scene decorated with a musician sit...
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19th Century French Empire Antique Bronze Mantel Clocks
Materials
Bronze
Mantel Clock 18th Century Louis XV Period
Located in Warsaw, PL
The clock is in excellent and perfect working condition. In addition, it was recently cleaned and serviced by a professional clockmaker.
The eight-days going movement has a wire sus...
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18th Century French Louis XV Antique Bronze Mantel Clocks
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Fine Gilt Bronze and Glass Clock with Sun Pendulum, Floral and Urn Details
By Balthazard
Located in New York, NY
Gilt bronze and glass clock. Rectangular clear glass body showcases an internal sun shaped pendulum. Adorned with foliage, floral and drapery details, the clock is crowned by an urn ...
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19th Century French Antique Bronze Mantel Clocks
Materials
Bronze
Restoration Period Clock in Gilt Bronze with a Young Woman
Located in Paris, FR
Clock in gilded and chiseled bronze representing a young woman sitting sideways dressed in the antique style, wearing a laurel crown and flowers, holding a veil above her head. She i...
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1830s French Restauration Antique Bronze Mantel Clocks
Materials
Bronze
English Regency Neo-Classical Mantel Clock of Psyche and Cupid
Located in London, GB
English Regency neo-classical mantel clock of Psyche and Cupid. A fine case of rouge marble, patinated bronze and original ormolu. The superb rouge marble breakfront base with D ends...
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Early 1800s English Antique Bronze Mantel Clocks
Materials
Marble, Bronze, Ormolu
19th French Empire Mantel Clock, Pendule, Mercury, Gilded Bronze, circa 1815
Located in Greven, DE
19th century French pendule, mantel clock - Mercury the messenger of the gods
France
Bronze gilded
Empire around 1815
Dimensions: H x W x D: 37 x 30 x 10 cm
Description:
French Empire...
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Early 19th Century French Empire Antique Bronze Mantel Clocks
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Bronze
French Mantel Clock of Empire Period of "Borne" Form
Located in London, GB
Attractive french Empire clock in patinated bronze and ormolu of milestone or "borne" form. Having very fine applied ormolu mounts to the front and side of the case with also a fine ...
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1810s French Antique Bronze Mantel Clocks
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
Austrian Art Deco Bronze Sculpture Mantel Clock by Anton Grath circa 1925
By Anton Grath
Located in Shippensburg, PA
ART DECO FIGURAL MANTEL CLOCK
Anton Grath (Austrian, b. 1881) patinated and burnished bronze over marble signed "Anton Grath" and foundry marking monogrammed "HW" within an "H" to right side of base Circa 1925
Item # 203AXG01W
A powerful figural clock of a partially nude male and female raising offerings of a laurel wreath and an empty vessel, they face one another before the bold architectural display of the clock flanked by coned finials. They are loosely symmetrical in garb, the burnished bronze capes flowing gently around and before them.
The circular face of the clock rests on a pair of sleeping lions over a textured bronze rectangular plinth with a burnished bronze bas-relief of a young woman lying in the grasses of a setting sun raised on a variated marble base. This model was acquired formerly at the Sotheby's, New York sale on April 14th 2008, [Sale N08427, lot 155, achieved $ 5,000 USD] and the patina was enhanced at some point in the last fourteen years to include the parcel-burnished highlights in the figures. The right side of the base includes the signature and a monogrammed foundry mark (HW within an H). A very fine period example.
Artist Listings & Bibliography:
*E. Benezit Dictionary of Artists, Vol. VI, Gründ, 2006, p. 592-593
*The Dictionary of Western Sculptors in Bronze, Mackay, Baron, 1977, p. 166
*Art Bronzes...
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20th Century German Art Deco Bronze Mantel Clocks
Materials
Marble, Bronze
French Directoire or Empire Clock with Cupid Riding a Dog
Located in London, GB
Magnificent and very rare French Directoire or Empire clock in patinated bronze and the finest highly worked ormolu. Set upon toupee feet below a rectangular ormolu base with applied...
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1790s French Antique Bronze Mantel Clocks
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
Antique French Empire Style Ormolu Bronze 'Ceres' Mantel
Clock, After Thomire
Located in Madrid, ES
Following a model by early 19th century Paris sculptor and bronzier Pierre-Philippe Thomire, and showcasing many of the neoclassical design elements common to the Empire Style popula...
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19th Century French Empire Antique Bronze Mantel Clocks
Materials
Bronze
Very Large Louis XV Style Gilt Bronze Mantel Clock by Beurdeley
Located in London, GB
Very large Louis XV style gilt bronze mantel clock by Beurdeley
French, circa 1880
Measures: Height 102cm, width 48cm, depth 29cm
This very large mantel clock...
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Late 19th Century French Louis XV Antique Bronze Mantel Clocks
Materials
Ormolu, Bronze
Deniere Gilt Bronze Mantle Clock in the Louis XVI Taste, France, circa 1870
Located in Atlanta, GA
The case Jean-Francois and/or Guillaume Deniere (French, 1820-1901); the mechanism (Samuel Marti et Cie (French, 1841- ), circa 1870, finely cast gilt bronze and marble mantel clock in the Louis XVI taste, surmounted by a ribbon tied quiver and torch, the case decorated with swirling florals, the enameled dial with polychrome floral swags and Arabic numerals, the base with bundled acanthus garlands. and rising on toupie feet. The dial marked "Deniere/Ft de Bronzes" and "Paris", the mechanism stamped "Jx/Deniere/A Paris/1565',"Juveneaux", and "Medaille Bronze/S Marti & Cie". Note: The Deniere (Derniere) firm was noted for their exceptional bronze casting, exhibiting at the Paris 1855 World Fair and having multiple royal commissions including the coronation coach...
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1870s French Louis XVI Antique Bronze Mantel Clocks
Materials
Bronze
Mantel Clock 19th Century Styl Empire by Lefevre De Belle
Located in Warsaw, PL
The clock is in a excellent and perfect working condition. Also it has recently been cleaned and serviced by a professional clock maker.
The eight-days going movement has a wire su...
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Early 19th Century French Empire Antique Bronze Mantel Clocks
Materials
Bronze
Mantel Clock 19th Century Transitional Period
Located in Warsaw, PL
The clock is in excellent and perfect working condition. In addition, it has been cleaned and maintained by a professional watchmaker specializing in museum maintenance. The eight-da...
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Early 18th Century French Industrial Antique Bronze Mantel Clocks
Materials
Bronze
French Fluorspar and Ormolu Clock Garniture
Located in New Orleans, LA
This beautiful French clock garniture, styled in the Louis XV taste, is a charming work of artistry and craftsmanship. Crafted of richly veined and brightly-hued fluorspar mounted wi...
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19th Century French Rococo Antique Bronze Mantel Clocks
Materials
Stone, Bronze
French 19th Century Louis XV Style Ormolu Bronze and Rouge Griotte Marble Clock
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A stunning and high quality French 19th century Louis XV. st. ormolu, patinated bronze and Rouge Griotte marble clock. The clock is raised b...
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19th Century French Louis XV Antique Bronze Mantel Clocks
Materials
Marble, Bronze, Ormolu
Louis XVI Marble And Ormolu Portico Clock
Located in Essex, MA
In fine condition with eagle finial over an enameled clock dial signed Degre, a fine Paris maker listed in Tardys book of French clockmakers. Flanked by two pairs of urns one white marble and the other black over marble columns wrapped in spiraling gilt bronze vines...
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Late 18th Century French Louis XVI Antique Bronze Mantel Clocks
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Mantel Clock 19th Century Styl Empire by Petit Pizze À Dijon
Located in Warsaw, PL
Early 19th century Empire clock crafted of gilt bronze, or ormolu, featuring an allegorical scene with a woman sitting at her work table play...
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Early 19th Century French Empire Antique Bronze Mantel Clocks
Materials
Bronze
Cupid and Psyche Clock after Claude Michallon
Located in Paris, FR
Clock representing the Coronation of Love or Love and Psyche after Claude Michallon. Psyche, dressed in a wet drapery held by a belt, leans over the central pillar in griotte marble to crown Amour, recognizable by his wings and his quiver at his waist. The gilded bronze dial with Roman numerals is set in the pillar decorated with a lyre surrounded by oak leaves. The rectangular base is decorated with leaves, crowns, garlands, trophies of arms and rosettes motifs. The ensemble is supported by four small winged claw feet in gilded bronze.
This figure created by Michallon (1751-1799) during the Directoire period, after an antique marble from the Capitol in Rome, was a great success due to its elegance and the popularity of the subject of Love and Psyche in the 19th century. It was declined many times notably by Feuchère and Thomire. Some examples are kept in renowned museums such as the Château de Fontainebleau, the Musée Marmottan-Monet, the Hôtel de la Marine...
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1810s French Empire Antique Bronze Mantel Clocks
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Bronze
French 19th Century Napoleon III Period Marble, Ormolu and Bronze Garniture Set
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A handsome and high quality French 19th century Napoleon III period black Belgian marble, ormolu and patinated bronze garniture set. The three pi...
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19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Bronze Mantel Clocks
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Belgian Black Marble, Bronze, Ormolu
Mantel Clock 18th Century Louis XV Period by Kinable À Paris
Located in Warsaw, PL
"Late 18th Century - Kinable A Paris"
Along a winding dirt path, the blind Belisarius carries his young guide. The boy has been bitten by a snake, which remains coiled around his bleeding leg. With his right arm wrapped limply around Belisarius's neck and his eyes closed, the youth balances precariously between life and death. Belisarius's eyes are also closed, but guided by his stick he moves forward with determination and purpose. He rises heroically against the spectacular sunset, a monumental figure creating a powerful outline against the sky. But the flaring sunset also signals a chill night and the uncertainty of the path ahead.
Belisarius was a popular Byzantine general of the Roman Empire whose promising career was sabotaged by the jealous Emperor Justinian I. In 1767, a novel by Jean-François Marmontel revived interest in Belisarius. In Marmontel's novel, the emperor has the heroic general blinded, reducing Belisarius to begging. He is eventually rediscovered and aided by former officers and his family. This dramatic tale of patriotism, injustice, and redemption was widely embraced in revolutionary and post-revolutionary France and was a popular subject for artists--including Jacques-Louis David (François Gérard...
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Late 18th Century French Louis XV Antique Bronze Mantel Clocks
Materials
Bronze
Mantel Clock 19th Century, Napoleon III Period
Located in Warsaw, PL
A beautiful clock made of bronze and malachite in an intense green and blue color. The clock stands on four decorated feet in the shape of paws. At the foot of the dial there is a cu...
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19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Bronze Mantel Clocks
Materials
Malachite, Bronze
Exceptional French Tiffany & Co Gilt Bronze Mantel Clock with Marble Base
Located in Milford, NH
An exceptional French gilt bronze mantel clock marketed by Tiffany & Co, with classical cast gilt figures of a boy and girl reading on each side of the clock, a central raised panel ...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Bronze Mantel Clocks
Materials
Marble, Bronze, Ormolu
Sleigh-Form Silvered Bronze and Green Onyx Mantel Clock
Located in London, GB
Sleigh-form silvered bronze and green onyx mantel clock
French, late 19th century
Measures: Height 27cm, width 32cm, depth 29cm
This beaut...
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Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Bronze Mantel Clocks
Materials
Onyx, Bronze
Antique 19th Century French AD Mougin Gilt Bronze Mantel Garniture Clock & Urns
By A.D. Mougin
Located in Dayton, OH
"Antique AD Mougin French figural garniture clock and mantel urns. Made of marble and bronze with gilt accents and neoclassical styling featuring a figural b...
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Late 19th Century French Provincial Antique Bronze Mantel Clocks
Materials
Marble, Bronze
19th Century Silvered Bronze / Rouge Marble Clock Garniture Set
Located in Tarry Town, NY
Mid 19th Century French silvered bronze and rouge marble three piece decorative clock garniture set . The clock features a classical figured woman with draping garments and flanked by two matching urns...
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Mid-19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Bronze Mantel Clocks
Materials
Marble, Silver Leaf, Bronze
Clock in Gilt and Patinated Bronze
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Clock in gilt and patinated bronze, period Napoleon III, 19th century.
Good working condition
Measures: H: 38 cm, W: 28 cm, D: 8 cm.
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1870s French Napoleon III Antique Bronze Mantel Clocks
Materials
Bronze
Rare Model Empire Clock Depicting Faustulus Discovering Romolus and Remus
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
The highest quality late French Empire/Charles X mantle clock in terms of bronze casting, chasing, and gilding. The partially clad figure of Fau...
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Early 19th Century French Empire Antique Bronze Mantel Clocks
Materials
Griotte Marble, Bronze
Mantel Clock 18th Century Louis XV Period by Gavelle Le Paris
Located in Warsaw, PL
Antique French portico clock in Louis XVI style signed on the dial Gavelle Le, Rue aux Ours. This 18th c. style marble clock is composed of two columns in a shape of a obelisks in white marble and a statue of Goddess...
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18th Century French Louis XV Antique Bronze Mantel Clocks
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Edward F. Caldwell, An Extremely Fine and Rare Ormolu-Mounted Malachite Clock
Located in New York, NY
Edward F. Caldwell and Co., An extremely fine and rare American ormolu-mounted malachite clock with the prince of wales's feathers, circa early 20th century
The shape, design, and...
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Early 20th Century American Bronze Mantel Clocks
Materials
Malachite, Bronze, Ormolu
Mantel Clock 19th Century Styl Empire by Ferdinand Berthoud À Paris
Located in Warsaw, PL
Ormolu bronze mantel clock flanked by a troubadour and musical instruments, signed 'Ferdinand Berthoud a Paris'.
The end of the 18th and beginning of the 19th century was a crucial time in which new technological advances helped to make watches more accurate and more portable. During the 1790s, the production of gilded bronze increased considerably as working conditions improved. The freedom of trade initiated by the French Revolution allowed many casters to develop large factories. The new factory environment gave them a chance to execute all stages of bronze work including drawing, casting, gilding, assembly, and trade of art objects. While the bronzers took creative liberty in creating all kinds of clocks in contrast to the noble and rigorous structure carried by the movement of neoclassicism. Under the reign of Empire, the case designs started gradually to develop away from a proportionate and strict classicism towards a baroque style and revival style. The rediscovery of medieval civilization was one of the intellectual curiosities of the beginning of the 19th century, with much input from the Ancien Régime and its institutions, rites and the medieval churches in which family ceremonies occurred.
This early nineteenth-century figural mantel clock is surmounted by a medieval musician. To be more precise, it is a french troubadour. Troubadours were known for composing and performing lyric poetry for the nobility back during medieval times. The clock is featuring a chiselled bronze troubadour, dressed in medieval fashion while holding a flute, playing a tune from sheet music called "Du Troubadour" that is resting on top of the rectangular clock case. In addition to that, the clock features a gilt bronze lute or vielle resting on a small stool on the opposite side of the clock’s case. The white enamel dial features the inscription Berthoud and is underlined by a bronze entourage chiselled with palmette motif, plus encompassed by c-scrolls and wreaths. The original hands are in blued steel and encircled by Roman numerals indicating hour next to Arabic numerals indicating minutes.
The small details that adorn the hexagonal plinth are reliefs, depicting two water fountains or basins on both sides with a lyre in between. The sculpted image of a lyre raised above the background features also foliage garlands tied on top with ribbons. The clock rests on seven spinning feet.
The clock was made in the well-known workshop of the Berthoud’s family that was recognized for their excellent work by the King.
Berthoud Clockmakers History.
Ferdinand Berthoud was a horologist and author of extensive treatises on timekeeping as well as a Swiss clockmaker serving the king of France, that produced many marine clocks, including a weight-driven version that inspired the first American sea-going clock. He was born in Plancemont, Switzerland, the son of an architect and judiciary. In 1741 he began a three-year apprenticeship as a clockmaker under his brother, Jean-Henri. He made his first marine chronometer in 1754 (sent for trial in 1761) and in 1764 was appointed a member of the Royal Society, London and Horloger Mécanicien de Sa Majesté et de la Marine ayant l'inspection de la construction des Horloges Marines. In 1769, Ferdinand Berthoud sent for his nephew Pierre-Louis Berthoud (1754–1813), commonly known as Louis Berthoud, a talented young watchmaker and clockmaker, inviting him to come to Paris from Couvet, Switzerland, to pursue his apprenticeship. Louis helped Ferdinand manufacture and repair the sea clocks...
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Late 18th Century French Louis XVI Antique Bronze Mantel Clocks
Materials
Bronze
Bronze Ansonia "The Composer " Figural Mantel Clock
Located in Tarry Town, NY
Bronze Ansonia " The Composer" figural mantel clock, with a seated figure surmounted on a Rococo style base. Clock is signed 4-inch porcelain dial with Roman numerals and stamped ste...
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Early 1900s North American Antique Bronze Mantel Clocks
Materials
Bronze
Mantel Clock 19th Century Napoleon III Period
Located in Warsaw, PL
This mantel clock is crafted in a neoclassical style of the Napoleon III period (1824-1830). The mantel clock’s pedestal is made from turquoise malachite and golden ormolu. Malachit ...
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19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Bronze Mantel Clocks
Materials
Malachite, Bronze
Charles X Gilt and Patinated Bronze Figural Mantel Clock
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
The dial signed 'Ritter Aîné à Rouen',
The case surmounted by a seated figure of Mars holding a scroll marked 'Marathon', seated on a cushioned throne with lion-paw feet, below hi...
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19th Century French Charles X Antique Bronze Mantel Clocks
Materials
Bronze
Mantel Clock 18th Century Louis XVI Period by Baillon À Paris
Located in Warsaw, PL
This clock was made by Jean-Baptiste Baillon III, one of the most skilled and innovative makers of his day. He supplied the most illustrious clientele, not least the French and Spanish royal family as well as distinguished members of Court and the cream of Parisian society. This is a unique, authentic antique French table or mantel clock, which is in finely chiseled and gilded bronze. The dial has outer Arabic numerals and inner Roman numerals with a fine pair of pierced gilt brass hands for the hours and minutes. Next to the clock is a tall lady figurine, accompanied by a child. The woman is holding a book in her right hand and a feather pen...
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18th Century French Louis XVI Antique Bronze Mantel Clocks
Materials
Marble, Bronze
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