Ormolu Figural Table Clock
Empire Ormolu and Patinated Bronze Figural Clock
Located in Kittery Point, ME
In the form of a putto with a wheel barrow carrying a keg mounted with a clock face topped by a
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Antique Early 19th Century French Empire Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Materials
Bronze
German Mahogany and Ormolu Figural Bracket Clock. W. & H. Sch., Circa 1890
By Winterhalder and Hofmeier
Located in Hollywood, SC
German mahogany and ormolu bracket clock with gilt bronze pineapple finials, flanking figural
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Antique 1890s German Victorian Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Materials
Brass, Steel, Ormolu
H 16.5 in W 11 in D 9.5 in
George III Patinated Bronze and Ormolu Figural Mantel Clock Signed W. Glover
Located in London, GB
A superb quality and rare George III patinated bronze and ormolu figural mantel clock by W. Glover
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Antique Early 19th Century English George III Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Materials
Marble, Bronze
H 12.6 in W 4.34 in D 4.34 in
Table Clock, Ormolu, 19th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Table clock made of gilded bronze with a powerful base, enhanced with legs decorated with vegetal
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Antique 19th Century European Neoclassical Mantel Clocks
Materials
Bronze
Gilt Bronze Figural Mantle Clock
Located in New York, NY
for the quality of their ormolu. In 1824, Raingo was named the "Watchmaker-Mécanicien" by the Duke of
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Antique 19th Century French Mantel Clocks
Materials
Bronze
Fine French Louis XV Rocaille Style Sevres Porcelain Gilt Bronze Ormolu Clock
Located in Forney, TX
ormolu) shelf clock with signed Japy Freres eight-day time and strike movement.
Born in Paris, France
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Antique 19th Century French Rococo Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Materials
Bronze
H 13.75 in W 10.5 in D 5 in
A Rare 18th Century Ormolu Desk Clock by Etienne Le Noir, Paris
By Etienne LeNoir
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This French Louis XV ormolu bronze clock, crafted by Etienne Le Noir A Paris in the 18th century
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Antique 18th Century French Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Materials
Bronze
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H 11.75 in W 7.5 in D 4.5 in
Antique 19th Century Raingo Frères Ormolu Bronze Cartel Wall Clock with Cherub
By Raingo Frères
Located in Madrid, ES
back into fashion. The clock is crowned at top center by the figure of a putto or cherub, holding in
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Antique Mid-19th Century French Rococo Revival Wall Clocks
Materials
Bronze, Brass, Enamel, Ormolu
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H 41.34 in W 21.66 in D 5.91 in
French Boulle Clock
Located in New York, NY
Important French Boulle and ormolu table clock with all-over brass inlay. Face inset with numbers
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Antique 19th Century French Clocks
Victorian Ebonised Ting-Tang Chiming Bracket Clock
By Winterhalder and Hofmeier
Located in Norwich, GB
gilded finials and pad top with ormolu figure. The back door of the case still retains two original
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Antique 1890s German Victorian Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Materials
Fruitwood
Clock on the Desk, 19th Century, Napoleon III Period
Located in Warsaw, PL
Patriotic French 19th century ormolu bronze eagle standing on a globe malachite mantel clock. The
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Antique Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Materials
Malachite, Bronze
Mantel Clock 19th Century, Louis Philippe Charles X Style
Located in Warsaw, PL
Mantel clock 19th century Louis Philippe Charles X period ormolu pendulum with malachite plinth
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Antique Early 19th Century French Louis Philippe Table Clocks and Desk C...
Materials
Malachite, Bronze
French 19th Century Regence Style Ormolu & Kingwood Grandfather Tall Case Clock
By Charles Cressent
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A very fine and palatial French 19th century Regence style figural ormolu-mounted kingwood and
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Antique 19th Century French Regency Grandfather Clocks and Longcase Clocks
Materials
Bronze
H 106.5 in W 27.75 in D 15.75 in
Neoclassical Style Porcelain and Gilt Bronze Clock Set by Barbedienne
By Ferdinand Barbedienne
Located in London, GB
Neoclassical style porcelain and gilt bronze clock set by Barbedienne
French, late 19th Century
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Antique Late 19th Century French Neoclassical Mantel Clocks
Materials
Ormolu, Bronze
H 20.87 in W 10.63 in D 9.45 in
Fine and Rare French Empire Clock of Cupid as Magician Uncovering Flaming Hearts
Located in London, GB
Fine and rare French Empire ormolu clock of Cupid as magician, uncovering flaming hearts with the 3
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Antique 1810s French Empire Mantel Clocks
Materials
Ormolu
H 18 in W 12 in D 4.5 in
Louis XVI Style Gilt-Bronze Mantel Clock by Henri Picard & Fedinand Barbedienne
By F. Barbedienne Foundry
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A Very Fine French 19th Century Gilt-Bronze Figural Mantel Clock, Horloge à Poser, by Henri Picard
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Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Mantel Clocks
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
H 27.25 in W 22.5 in D 27.25 in
Antique French Gilt Bronze and Lapis Lazuli Mantel Clock after Falconet
By Étienne Maurice Falconet
Located in London, GB
figural table decorations which accompanied some of their most important dinner services.
This clock is
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Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Mantel Clocks
Materials
Lapis Lazuli, Ormolu, Bronze
H 24.81 in W 10.44 in D 10.44 in
Rare Monumental Marble and Gilt Bronze Clock Set by Jules Graux of Paris
By Graux Marly, Jean Didier Debut, Japy Frères
Located in London, GB
supreme quality, the mantle clock constructed from white Carrara marble, rising from ormolu supports and
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Antique 19th Century French Mantel Clocks
Materials
Marble, Carrara Marble, Ormolu, Bronze, Brass
Important and Very Rare Pair of Micromosaic, Malachite and Walnut Console Tables
By Antonio Deangelis
Located in London, GB
antique console tables in walnut, malachite, and applied with ormolu, feature mosaics which are attributed
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Antique Early 19th Century Italian Empire Console Tables
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Malachite, Ormolu
H 36.23 in W 41.93 in D 24.41 in
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1970s Nine Tube Mahogany Herschede Grandfather Clock with Brass Accents
By Herschede Clock Co.
Located in New York, NY
This is a nine tube Herschede grandfather clock, with Westminster, Canterbury, and Whittington chimes. The brass works with moon phase are housed in the mahogany Howard Miller Clock ...
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Vintage 1970s American Grandfather Clocks and Longcase Clocks
Materials
Brass
James Condliff Skeleton Table Regulator Clock
Located in New Orleans, LA
A horologic masterpiece of precision and beauty, this Victorian-era skeleton clock is an extraordinary example of 19th-century British clockmaking by the famed James Condliff of Live...
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Antique 19th Century English Victorian Mantel Clocks
Materials
Brass
French 19th Century Louis XV Style Gilt Bronze Cherubs & Rooster Mantel Clock
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A very fine French 19th century Louis XV style gilt bronze and white marble figural mantel clock. The finely chased ormolu body, with its original two-tone mercury gilt, centered wit...
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Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XV Mantel Clocks
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Marble, Ormolu, Bronze
H 20 in W 19.13 in D 8 in
Carved Swiss Black Forest Chalet Clock, circa 1880
Located in Evergreen, CO
Intricate, painstaking detail is featured in this rare and magnificent, hand-carved, Black Forest chalet clock, which has professionally restored woodwork. If you look closely at the...
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Antique 1880s Swiss Black Forest Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Materials
Walnut
19C Gustav Becker Vienna Wall Clock
Located in Dallas, TX
PRESENTING A GORGEOUS 19C Gustav Becker Vienna Wall Clock.
Made by the famous clockmaker, Gustav Becker circa 1880 in Germany.
The Clock, is in good original and untouched conditio...
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Antique Late 19th Century German Victorian Wall Clocks
Materials
Brass
German 19th Century Bracket Clock, Walnut with Westminster Chimes on 8 Bells
Located in Houston, TX
Very handsome walnut clock with ormolu mounts on the sides, front corners and paw feet.
Urn type finials grace the top center and top corners. Beveled glass front opening to a face
...
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Antique Late 19th Century German Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Materials
Walnut
Antique Wall Clock, Ansonia Clock Co.
By Ansonia Clock Company
Located in Chorzów, PL
Antique clock from the end of the 19th century.
Dimensions: H 65 cm / W 39 cm / D 11 cm.
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Antique Late 19th Century American Other Wall Clocks
Materials
Walnut
American Federal Mahogany Tall Case Clock, Silas Hoadley, CT, Circa 1820
By Silas Hoadley
Located in Hollywood, SC
American Federal mahogany one day tall case clock with the original brass ball finials resting on three carved upper capitals, decorative intertwined fret work, arched hood with bras...
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Antique 1820s American Federal Grandfather Clocks and Longcase Clocks
Materials
Brass
H 91.75 in W 20 in D 10.5 in
Tiffany & Co. 18kt Yellow Gold and Enamel Small Desk Clock 1920's
By Tiffany & Co.
Located in Long Beach, CA
FACTORY / HOUSE: Longines for Tiffany & Company
STYLE / REFERENCE: Art Deco / Small Desk Clock
METAL / MATERIAL: 18Kt Solid Yellow Gold with Kiln Fired Enamel Inlay
CIRCA / YEAR: 192...
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Vintage 1920s Swiss Art Deco Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Materials
Gold
19th Century French Silvered Bronze Three-Piece "Surtout de Table" Plateau
Located in Dallas, TX
Decorate a dining table with this important three-section antique "Surtout de Table". Crafted in France circa 1830 and made of silvered bronze, the spectacular centerpiece is over fo...
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Antique Early 19th Century French Restauration Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Silver Plate, Bronze
Victorian Walnut Cased Striking Mantel Clock
Located in Norwich, GB
Late Victorian walnut break arch mantel clock standing on a raised plinth and resting on four outswept gilded paw feet and surmounted by four flame finials and a central finial.
H...
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Antique 19th Century German Victorian Mantel Clocks
Materials
Walnut
Art Deco Clock and Garniture with Michel Decoux Sculpture of German Shepherd Dog
By Michel Decoux
Located in Amersham, GB
A very Stylish Onyx and Chrome Clock and Garniture is the epitome of Art Deco. This mantel clock, with an unusual pendulum, has an eight day Pendule de Paris movement striking on a ...
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Vintage 1920s French Art Deco Mantel Clocks
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Onyx, Belgian Black Marble, Brass, Chrome
H 20.08 in W 14.97 in D 4.73 in
German Wall Clock by Gustav Becker, Walnut, 19th C, carved eagle
Located in Houston, TX
This is a beautifully carved walnut case with a carved eagle surmounted at the crest.
Gustav Becker was well known in Europe for his fine clocks and clock cases.
He won at clock fa...
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Antique Mid-19th Century German Wall Clocks
Materials
Walnut
A French 19th-20th Century Ebonized Wood & Plated Surtout de Table Centerpiece
By Gianmaria Buccellati
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A very fine French 19th-20th century neoclassical revival style ebonized wood and figural silver plated mounted plateau Surtout de Table centerpiece in the manner of Buccellati. The ...
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Antique Early 1900s French Neoclassical Revival Centerpieces
Materials
Wood
H 5.25 in W 26 in D 22 in
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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Antique 19th Century French Napoleon III Mantel Clocks
Materials
Malachite, Bronze
Pair French 19th Century Napoleon III Empire Style Gilt-Bronze Urn Table Lamps
By Pierre-Philippe Thomire
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A fine pair of French 19th century Napoleon III Empire style patinated-bronze and gilt-bronze mounted allegorical covered urn vases lamps in the manner of Pierre-Philippe Thomire (Fr...
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Antique Late 19th Century French Empire Table Lamps
Materials
Bronze
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A rare French Empire ormolu and marble mantel clock, Sappho, circa 1800
Located in Amsterdam, NL
, placed in a classical table surmounted by an oil lamp, at the table sits the figure of Sappho, a 7th C
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Antique 19th Century French First Empire Clocks
Materials
Griotte Marble
H 12.41 in W 14.57 in D 5.91 in
Early 20th Century Miniature Clock Featuring Diana the Huntress
Located in Dublin, IE
Ormolu figure of Diana the huntress seated on fluted marble column, circa 1900.
This clock has
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Early 20th Century French Mantel Clocks
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
French Kingwood and Ormolu Bureau Plat Late 19th Century by Au Gros Chene, Paris
By Au Gros Chene
Located in Heathfield, East Sussex
A fine French kingwood and ormolu-mounted bureau plat by the renowned and luxury Parisian
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Antique 1890s French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
H 31.5 in W 79 in D 40 in
Exquisite French Charles X Ormolu Chinoiserie Figural Table Clock
By Charles X
Located in New York, NY
Exquisite French Charles X ormolu bronze chinoiserie figural table clock, early 19th century
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Antique Early 19th Century French Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
Exquisite French Charles X-Ormolu Jeweled Chinoiserie Figural Table Clock
Located in New York, NY
Exquisite French Charles X-Ormolu and jeweled bronze chinoiserie figural table clock, early 19th
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Antique Early 19th Century French Charles X Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
Louis XVI Ormolu and Marble Figural Mantel Clock
By Roger Vandercruse dit Lacroix
Located in New York, NY
Louis XVI ormolu and marble figural mantel clock
Roger Vandercruse Lacroix, Paris, circa 1800
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Antique 1790s French Louis XVI Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
Exquisite French Charles X Ormolu Chinoiserie Figural Table Clock
Located in New York, NY
Exquisite French Charles X ormolu bronze chinoiserie figural table clock, early 19th century
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Antique Early 19th Century French Charles X Mantel Clocks
Materials
Ormolu
Exquisite French Charles X Ormolu Chinoiserie Figural Table Clock
Located in New York, NY
Exquisite French Charles X ormolu bronze chinoiserie figural table clock, early 19th century
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Antique Early 19th Century French Charles X Mantel Clocks
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
Empire Ormolu Figural Mantel Clock Fidelity
Located in Paris, FR
Early 19th century Empire gilt bronze mantel clock with allegorical scene depicting a young woman
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Antique Early 1800s French Empire Mantel Clocks
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Bronze, Ormolu
Exquisite French Charles X Ormolu Orientalist Sultana Figural Table Clock
Located in New York, NY
Exquisite French Charles X ormolu and enamel orientalist sultana figural table clock, early 19th
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Antique Early 19th Century French Charles X Mantel Clocks
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Bronze, Ormolu
Pair of French Ormolu Bronze and Italian Pietra Dura Mosaic Figural Bust Clocks
Located in New York, NY
Pair of French ormolu and Italian Pietra Dura mounted table / mantel clocks with female busts in
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Antique 19th Century French Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
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Bronze
H 18 in W 8 in D 6 in
Viennese Classical Enamel Table Clock
Located in Newark, England
Stunning Viennese enamel table clock circa 1880. The table clock of fine form with four central
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Antique Late 19th Century Austrian Classical Roman Table Clocks and Desk...
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Metal, Enamel, Ormolu
Early 19th Century Empire Ormolu and Patinated Bronze Swan Table Clock
Located in Worpswede / Bremen, DE
The gilt bronze and patinated figural Napoleonic mantel clock, the drum mounted within a patinated
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Antique Early 19th Century French Empire Mantel Clocks
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Bronze, Enamel, Ormolu
H 14.97 in W 10.24 in D 4.73 in
Table Clock Ormolu Bronze Signed Dumont, Paris, 19th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Table clock. Ormolu. Signed Dumont, Paris, France, 19th century.
Table clock with white dial
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Antique 19th Century French Neoclassical Mantel Clocks
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Bronze
Stunning 19th Century French Boulle Clock Consul Table
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
A fine French boulle clock on a boulle consul table, the top having an ormolu figure, with ormolu
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Antique Late 19th Century French Victorian Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
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Ormolu
French Ormolu Mantle Clock with God Apoll Era Louis-Philippe I, circa 1840
Located in Vienna, AT
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French gorgeous mantel / mantle / table ormolu clock, main parts made of parcel-gilt
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Antique Mid-19th Century French Louis Philippe Mantel Clocks
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Ormolu
H 14.96 in W 10.23 in D 3.74 in
Fine Ormolu and Sèvres Porcelain Clock by Raingo Frères & Henri Picard of Paris
By Henri Picard, Zacharie Raingo
Located in Belper, Derbyshire
A very fine and early ormolu (finely gilded bronze) clock mounted with exquisite Sèvres style
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Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Mantel Clocks
Materials
Ormolu
H 15.5 in W 14 in D 5.5 in
Antique French Onyx and Bronze Clock by Moreau and Japy Freres
By Japy Frères, Hippolyte François Moreau
Located in Belper, Derbyshire
A stunning antique French clock circa 1890, the large ormolu mounted onxy columnar plinth housing
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Antique 19th Century French Neoclassical Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
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Onyx, Bronze, Ormolu
Restauration Gilt and Patinated Bronze Clock Featuring Hippolytus' Chariot
Located in Paris, FR
ormolu clock is reproduced in: Elke NichŸser, French bronze clocks 1780-1830, a study of a figural image
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Antique 1820s Restauration Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
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Bronze
H 22.05 in W 20.28 in D 5.91 in
Louis XVI Style Porcelain and Gilt Bronze Mantel Clock
By Ferdinand Barbedienne, Louis-Constant Sevin
Located in London, GB
are suspended from the table-form top. On the front, these enclose the circular porcelain clock dial
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Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Mantel Clocks
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Bronze, Ormolu
Napoleon III Gilt Bronze Mantel Clock with Girl Embracing a Cat, France, 1880s
Located in Milan, IT
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The bronze table clock only, without glass and bases, measures 40 cm high x 28 cm width x 11 cm deep
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Antique Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Mantel Clocks
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Ormolu
H 19.69 in W 14.18 in D 7.09 in
Louis XVI French Mantel Clock Tableclock, Balthazar París, Bronce, Marble
By Balthazar Lieutaud
Located in Valladolid, ES
One of a kind table clock in blued bronze and mercury gilt bronze "ormolu".
"The Study", Louis XVI
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Antique Early 1800s French Louis XVI Mantel Clocks
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Marble, Gold, Bronze
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French Napoléon III Ormolu-Mounted Pair of Lamps, circa 1860
By Victor Paillard
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
where he presented two large candelabras, a clock with the figure of the Virgin with the goldfinch and a
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Antique 1860s French Napoleon III Table Lamps
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Onyx, Ormolu, Bronze
Pair of Ormolu and Cut Crystal Candelabra, attr. L’Escalier De Cristal, ca. 1810
Located in Berlin, DE
in 1923.
A pair of ormolu bronze five-light candelabrum, each with a classical female figure in
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Antique Early 19th Century French Empire Candelabras
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Crystal, Ormolu
H 25.6 in W 8.27 in D 8.27 in
French Ormolu and Bronze Elephant Chinoiserie Clock
Located in Montreal, Quebec
This exquisite French ormolu and bronze clock of a chinoiserie figure holding an umbrella and
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Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XV Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
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Bronze, Ormolu
Palatial 19th Century Louis XV Style Ormolu Mantel Cherub Clock Attr. Beurdeley
By Alfred Emmanuel Louis Beurdeley, Graux Marly
Located in Los Angeles, CA
, lot 272 for $108,000
A Gilt-Bronze Figural Clock "Pendule à la Gloire du Roi" Circa 1870 by Graux
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Antique 19th Century French Louis XV Mantel Clocks
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Marble, Bronze, Ormolu
H 25.75 in W 26.5 in D 11.25 in
Antique French White Marble and Ormolu Mantel Clock, circa 1860
Located in London, GB
This is a fabulous white marble and ormolu-mounted figural mantel clock c.1860 in date.
The 3.5
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Antique 1860s French Mantel Clocks
French Empire Miniature Mantel Clock of Cupid Carrying Time
Located in London, GB
one of my all time favourite French Empire mantel clocks. Entirely original fire gilded mercury ormolu
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Antique Early 1800s French Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
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Ormolu
Vienna Biedermeier Mantel Table Clock Alabaster Columns Cherub Blacksmith
By Viennese Manufactory
Located in Vienna, AT
Viennese Gorgeous mantle (Mantel) / table chiming clock, having alabaster columns.
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Antique 1830s Austrian Biedermeier Mantel Clocks
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Alabaster, Brass, Enamel, Ormolu
Neoclassical Style Gilt Bronze 'Wine Themed' Mantel Clock
Located in London, GB
piece.
The clock takes the form of a gilt bronze figural group on the top of an octagonal patinated
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Antique 19th Century French Neoclassical Mantel Clocks
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Bronze, Ormolu
French 19th Century Bronze, Marble and Ormolu Sculptural Table Clock
Located in Suffolk, GB
A 19th century fine quality bronze, marble and ormolu sculptural table clock.
This clock
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Antique Late 19th Century French Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
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Marble, Bronze, Ormolu
French Empire figural shelf clock with a maiden at a needlework.
Located in Sharon, MA
ormolu case depicts a maiden seated in a Classical chair at a finely draped table. The figure is shown
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Antique 19th Century French Clocks
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Ormolu
French Precision Table Regulator Clock by Lépine, 19th Century
By Lepine
Located in Braine-le-Chateau, BE
precision table regulator clock, circa 1840. Movement of exquisite quality, similarly signed Lépine a Paris
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Antique 1840s French Louis Philippe Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
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Ormolu
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A Louis XVI Style Bronze and Mahogany Clock from France c.1870
Located in Houston, TX
An enchanting Louis XVI style gilt bronze and mahogany table clock made to be seen from all
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20th Century French Clocks
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Ormolu
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Ormolu Figural Table Clock For Sale on 1stDibs
Find many varieties of an authentic ormolu figural table clock available at 1stDibs. A ormolu figural table clock — often made from metal, bronze and ormolu — can elevate any home. A ormolu figural table clock made by neoclassical designers — as well as those associated with Empire — is very popular. A well-made ormolu figural table clock has long been a part of the offerings for many furniture designers and manufacturers, but those produced by Ferdinand Barbedienne, Graux Marly and Charles X are consistently popular.
How Much is a Ormolu Figural Table Clock?
A ormolu figural table clock can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price 1stDibs is $12,280, while the lowest priced sells for $2,250 and the highest can go for as much as $124,500.
Finding the Right clocks for You
A sophisticated clock design, whether it’s a desk clock, mantel clock or large wall clock for your living room, is a decorative object to be admired in your home as much as it is a necessary functional element. This is part of the reason clocks make such superb collectibles. Given the versatility of these treasured fixtures — they’ve long been made in a range of shapes, sizes and styles — a clock can prove integral to your own particular interior decor.
Antique and vintage clocks can whisk us back to the 18th and 19th centuries. When most people think of antique clocks, they imagine an Art Deco Bakelite tabletop clock or wall clock, named for the revolutionary synthetic plastic, Bakelite, of which they’re made, or a stately antique grandfather clock. But the art of clock-making goes way back, transcending continents and encompassing an entire range of design styles and technologies. In short, there are many kinds of clocks depending on your needs.
A variety of wall clocks can be found on 1stDibs. A large antique hand-carved walnut wall clock is best suited to a big room and a flat background given what will likely be outwardly sculptural features, while Georgian grandfather clocks, or longcase clocks, will help welcome rainswept guests into your entryway or foyer. An interactive cuckoo clock, large or small, is guaranteed to bring outsize personality to your living room or dining room. For conversation pieces of a similar breed, mid-century modern enthusiasts go for the curious Ball clock, the first of more than 150 clock models conceived in the studio of legendary architect and designer George Nelson.
Minimalist contemporary clocks and books pair nicely on a shelf, but an eye-catching vintage mantel clock can add balance to your home library while drawing attention to your art and design books and other decorative objects. Ormolu clocks dating from the Louis XVI period, designed in the neoclassical style, are often profusely ornate, featuring architectural flourishes and rich naturalistic details. Rococo-style mantel clocks of Meissen porcelain or porcelain originating from manufacturers in cities such as Limoges, France, during the 18th and 19th centuries, exude an air of imperial elegance on your shelves or side tables and can help give your desk a 19th-century upgrade.
On 1stDibs, find a range of extraordinary antique and vintage clocks today.
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