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Place of Origin: French
Art Deco Mantel Clock with Bird Sculpture, Marble, France circa 1930
Located in Regensburg, DE
Original, well-preserved Art Deco mantel or table clock from France around 1930. Marble base in dark (Porto) and light marble. At the top a spelter cast of an albatross bird sculptur...
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1930s Art Deco Vintage French Clocks

Materials

Marble, Brass, Spelter

Beautiful ATO glass transparent electric pendulum, Art Deco, France, Circa 1930
By Léon Hatot
Located in Paris, FR
Exceptional electric clock (powered by a standard round LR14 battery) in Art Deco style, transparent glass with a round nickel-plated case on a glass base featuring three steps, with...
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1930s Art Deco Vintage French Clocks

Materials

Glass

Unusual French Gilt Bronze Chinoiserie Clock of Lovers
Located in New York, NY
19th c. French Gilt Dore Bronze Chinoiserie Clock possibly made for the Chinese market. The intricately dressed figures are highly detailed wi...
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19th Century Louis XVI Antique French Clocks

Materials

Ormolu

1990s Gorgeous Cartier Alarm Clock Pendulette. Made in France.
By Cartier
Located in Milano, IT
1990s Gorgeous Cartier alarm clock pendulette with white dial in perfect condition, steel hands, roman hour markers on gold-plated frame. Made in France. Quartz movement. Clock case...
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1990s Mid-Century Modern French Clocks

Materials

Gold Plate

Antique French Brass & Champleve Combination Desk Carriage Clock Barometer 1900
Located in Portland, OR
A good antique French brass & champleve combination eight day carriage clock and barometer desk set, France, circa 1900. Twin dials in cream porcelain with black markings, the time ...
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Early 1900s Edwardian Antique French Clocks

Materials

Brass, Enamel

Rare Stainless Steel Table Clock, 1970
Located in Saint-Amans-des-Cots, FR
Striking mid-century table clock, France, circa 1970. This elegant brushed stainless steel table clock embodies the chic Parisian avant-garde design. The clock’s sleek, minimalist de...
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1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage French Clocks

Materials

Stainless Steel

Exceptional C19th French Boulle Mantle Clock
By André-Charles Boulle
Located in London, GB
A very Important French Ormolu Mounted Boulle Mantel Clock Inlaid Brass in The Regency Style Each Corner Decorated with Recumbent Horses Nice Large Dial 8 and a half inches surround...
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19th Century Regency Antique French Clocks

Materials

Brass, Ormolu

Art Deco Gilt Bronze & Marble Mantel Clock w. Sphinx & Pharaohs Egyptian Revival
Located in Lisse, NL
Large and stunningly figural Egyptian design, style marble clock garniture, circa 1920. If you are looking for a statement piece for your mantel and you have an interest in worldly ...
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Early 20th Century Art Deco French Clocks

Materials

Marble, Bronze, Gold Leaf, Metal

Boulle ta Table Clock in Wood and Brass from the Second Half of the 20th Century
By André-Charles Boulle
Located in Milano, MI
Boulle Table Clock, with red background and brass inlays, brass dial with white enamel cartouches and black Roman numerals, crowned with rocailles and pendulum movement. Ø 31.5 cm ...
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1950s Louis XIV Vintage French Clocks

Materials

Brass

Antique Ormolu French Cartel Clock on its Stand, Mantle Clock, Napoleon III Era
By Ecole Boulle, Napoléon III
Located in Bochum, NRW
Antique Ormolu French Cartel Clock on its stand, Napoleon III Era. This is a good-sized French mantel clock dating from around 1880. It has a waisted case with applied brass decoration and brass and tortoiseshell-style inlaid panels. The white enameled dial has fancy pierced brass hands and a beaded bezel. It is hand-painted with Arab numerals and decorated with garlands of flowers and leaves. The clock has a center window showing the pendulum shaped like a fairy. It drives the movement that seems to strike the hours and halves on a bell. This gorgeous antique cartel clock...
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Late 19th Century Napoleon III Antique French Clocks

Materials

Brass

19th Century French gilt mantle clock with sevres plaques
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
19th century French gilt mantle clock with sevres plaques circa 1890. Fine quality ornate french clock surmounted with a lady in traditional french dress leaning on an architectural window and ship building tools.  Enamel clock face...
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Late 19th Century Rococo Antique French Clocks

Materials

Enamel, Ormolu

French 19th Century Tall Case Clock
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
This French 19th century banjo shaped case clock is an eye catching piece in any space. Topped by an ornately carved cornice above the dial faced door. Supported by an intricate bras...
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19th Century French Provincial Antique French Clocks

Materials

Metal, Brass, Bronze, Iron

Antique French Bronze & Marble Three-Piece Mantel Set Clock Napoleon III
Located in Labrit, Landes
Napoleon III French two marbles mantel clock late 19th century circa 1890. Set of a clock and two pedestals. Mercury pendulum The French movement of the clock will be checked befor...
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Late 19th Century Napoleon III Antique French Clocks

Materials

Marble, Brass

Antique French Marble Clock
Located in New York, NY
A circa 1920's French black marble mantel clock. Measurements: Height: 15" Width: 12.5" Depth: 6"
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1920s Vintage French Clocks

Materials

Marble

19th Century Parisian Mantel Clock in Louis XVI Style, signed Lepine, circa 1870
By Guillaume Denière, Lepine, Samuel Marty
Located in Greven, DE
Mantel Clock in Louis XVI style Paris Ormolu, glass, marble around 1870 Dimensions: H x W x D: 46 x 24 x 17 cm Description: Extremely high quality and finely crafted Parisian pend...
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1870s Louis XVI Antique French Clocks

Materials

Carrara Marble, Ormolu

"Parrots & Flowering Branches", Rare, Fine Art Deco Glass Clock by Maurice Model
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Virtually glowing as light passes through its satiny glass, this highly rare Art Deco clock by Maurice Model features two parrots grooming their feathers amidst a profusion of flower...
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1930s Art Deco Vintage French Clocks

Materials

Glass

Cartel en bronze Louis XV
By Julien Le Roy
Located in VILLENEUVE-LÈS-AVIGNON, FR
Cartel d'applique d'époque Louis XV par Julien Le Roy à Paris Bronze doré et ciselé, cadran émaillé à chiffres romains et arabes Meccanisme Napoleon III signé aussi Le Roy
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18th Century Louis XV Antique French Clocks

Materials

Bronze

Alriz collection: A Homer bust ormolu empire clock in the manner of Thomire
By Pierre-Philippe Thomire
Located in Harrington Park, NJ
AN EMPIRE ORMOLU BUST OF HOMER After the Antique The bearded bust of Homer on a rectangular clock decorate with lyres and gryphon heads on the side
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Early 19th Century Empire Antique French Clocks

Materials

Bronze, Ormolu

Comtoise Morbier Tall Case Clock
Located in Bradenton, FL
A very nice Comtoise Morbier tall clock in a floral paint decorated Pine case, France - late 19th century. Rings on the hour and two minutes after the hour...
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1870s French Provincial Antique French Clocks

Materials

Pine

French 19th Century Painted Case Clock
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
This French 19th Century banjo shaped case clock is an eye-catching piece in any space. Topped by a smartly carved cornice above the dial face door. Supported by an intricate brass r...
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19th Century Other Antique French Clocks

Materials

Metal, Brass, Iron

Vintage French Red Bakelite Wall Clock from Trophy, 1990s
Located in Kojetice, CZ
Vintage bakelite wall clock was made by Trophy in France during the 1990s. It features a red bakelite body and a plastic clear glass cover....
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1990s Industrial French Clocks

Materials

Plastic, Bakelite

French bronze clock of star studded cloak empire c 1815, Pierre-Philippe thomire
Located in Houston, TX
This fine clock is made by the French bronzier thomire It depicts a story about Aurora which is the advisary Of Amor. She stops darkness by pulling the star studded cloak From th...
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Early 19th Century Antique French Clocks

Materials

Marble, Bronze

French 19th Century Napoleon III Mother-of-Pearl Inlay Wall Clock
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
This 19th century clock is stunning with its diamond shaped rippling clock frame of ebony painted wood. Mother-of-pearl floral and foliate designs are inlaid in differently stained m...
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Mid-19th Century Napoleon III Antique French Clocks

Materials

Hardwood, Mahogany, Porcelain, Mother-of-Pearl

Rocaille Clock In Gilt Bronze, Napoleon III, 19th Century
Located in MARSEILLE, FR
Beautiful gilded bronze clock with lively decoration in the rococo style: flowers and foliage, putti Clock which is composed to be seen from all sides; dial with numbers in porcelai...
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19th Century Napoleon III Antique French Clocks

Materials

Bronze

Vintage Cartier Circular Quartz Movement Desk Clock Gilt Metal and Brown Enamel
By Cartier
Located in Reading, Berkshire
An Elegant Cartier Circular Quartz Movement Desk Clock Gilt Metal and Brown Enamel Table Alarm Clock With White Dial & Roman Numerals Supplied With A Red Box. Clock Is Made in Sw...
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20th Century Art Deco French Clocks

Materials

Brass

Cartier Tank Desk Clock Two-Tone Gold and Steel
By Cartier, Must De Cartier
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Cartier Santos 24-karat gold-plated and steel Art Deco travel quartz desk clock with alarm. Les Must de Cartier travel quartz alarm clock, rectangular white dial with Roman numerals....
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Late 20th Century Art Deco French Clocks

Materials

Gold Plate, Silver

French miniature brass carriage clock in case
Located in Delft, NL
French miniature brass carriage clock in case The carriage clock in black leather case has an enamel dial with Roman numerals. The mechanism with an anchor escapement and is of a la...
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Early 20th Century French Clocks

Materials

Brass

19th Century Large Marble and Ormolu Clock Garniture
Located in LA CIOTAT, FR
Elegant antique clock garniture set, crafted from striking pink-veined marble and adorned with ornate gilded bronze details. This exquisite...
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19th Century Antique French Clocks

Materials

Marble, Bronze, Ormolu

19th Century Black Marble Mantel Clock
Located in LA CIOTAT, FR
This elegant antique French mantel clock is crafted from exquisite black marble, showcasing timeless sophistication and 19th-century charm. The clock features a circular enamel dial ...
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19th Century Antique French Clocks

Materials

Marble, Brass

20th Century Gilt Bronze and Antimony French Table Clock, 1930
Located in Vicoforte, Piedmont
French clock from the first half of the 20th century. Gilt bronze and antimony object, patinated and chiseled adorned with sculptures, mahogany-colored lacquered wooden base. Clock s...
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Mid-20th Century French Clocks

Materials

Bronze

Bronze and Enamel Barbedienne Paris Clock with Figural Ladies’ Faces & Hoof Feet
By Ferdinand Barbedienne, Japy Frères
Located in Boston, MA
Let me say that I feel this is the most amazing clock I have seen in over 30 years. The clock case is signed Barbedienne Paris. The clock works are signed with a medallion from Japy ...
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1850s Rococo Antique French Clocks

Materials

Bronze, Enamel

Monumental Antique French Louis XVI Style Ormolu Mantel Clock by Maison Marquis
By Languereau, Maison Marquis
Located in New York, NY
A very unusual and quite monumental antique French Louis XVI style Napoleon III ormolu mantel clock by Maison Marquis, the Movement by Languereau, Paris, 1860: surmounted by an urn i...
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1860s Napoleon III Antique French Clocks

Materials

Enamel, Bronze

Baccarat Crystal Hypnos Pendulette Table Clock, France
By Baccarat
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This stunning 20th Century "Hypnos" table clock by France's renowned Baccarat company has quartz movement, a glass case, a white dial, and black Arabic numerals. The clock has a few ...
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20th Century Modern French Clocks

Materials

Crystal, Quartz

Art Deco Bakelite Skyscraper Alarm Table Clock and Lamp by Bayard France 1930s
By Bayard
Located in Bochum, NRW
Art Deco Bakelite Skyscraper Alarm Table Clock and Lamp by Bayard France 1940s Dimensions: 21x11x30cm Gorgeous design this alarm clock was made by the French clock makers Bayard. Ver...
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1930s Art Deco Vintage French Clocks

Materials

Brass

19th Century French Comtoise Grandfather Clock
Located in Winter Park, FL
A 19th century Country French comtoise, or grandfather clock, with polychrome painted pine case and embossed brass pendulum. Seven day Morbier movement, professionally cleaned and in...
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19th Century French Provincial Antique French Clocks

Materials

Brass, Enamel

Vintage Design Clock with Mustard & Brown Hues by Japy, New Old Stock 1970s
By Japy
Located in San Benedetto Del Tronto, IT
Striking 70s space age clock by Japy France perfectly blending retro futurism with bold visual flair. Featuring a large rectangular frame softened by curvaceous edges, it sports a vi...
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1970s Space Age Vintage French Clocks

Materials

Plastic

Ariadne and the Panther Bronze After Johann Heinrich Dannecker, Mantel Clock
Located in Toronto, CA
A lovely, solid bronze mantel clock depicting Ariadne and the Panther, after the famous sculpture by Johann Heinrich Dannecker (1758-1841). Here the princess Ariadne, wife of Dionysi...
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Late 19th Century Classical Greek Antique French Clocks

Materials

Bronze

Black and White Flip Clock Large Station, Factory Clock, 1970s, France
By Bodet
Located in Antwerp, BE
Timeless Bodet black and white flip-flap station clock designed by the company that has been equipping French and Belgium stations for their big clocks for several decades. They inform travelers of the time that is running! This pretty specimen from the 1970s and 80s will ensure your punctuality while offering a beautiful Industrial and modern look to your interior decor. The flip-flap clock...
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1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage French Clocks

Materials

Plastic, Lucite

Space Age Design Clock with Cream & Brown Hues by Japy of France, 1970s
By Japy
Located in San Benedetto Del Tronto, IT
This 70s vintage clock by Japy France exudes retro charm with its black, brown and cream color scheme. Featuring a rectangular frame with curved details, it captures the essence of m...
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1970s Space Age Vintage French Clocks

Materials

Plastic

A Gilt and Chased Bronze Clock, a Marble Base, Napoleon III Period, 19th Century
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
An ormolu and chased bronze clock with a marble base, Napoleon III period, 19th century. An ormolu and chased bronze clock representing two children sitting on a rock, 19th century,...
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19th Century Napoleon III Antique French Clocks

Materials

Bronze

French 19th Century Napoleon III Mother of Pearl Inlay Wall Clock
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
A stunning 19th century wall clock, diamond in shape, with rippling clock frame of ebony-painted wood. mother of pearl astral and filigree designs is inlaid in differently stained ma...
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19th Century Napoleon III Antique French Clocks

Materials

Mother-of-Pearl

Large and Hand Carved Gothic Revival with Carillon Sound Wall Clock, ca 1900
Located in Lisse, NL
Stunning clock for the collectors of rare and truly stylish Gothic antiques. Gothic wall clocks are a rare find and this more than three feet tall specimen probably is the best an...
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Early 20th Century Gothic Revival French Clocks

Materials

Wrought Iron, Brass, Enamel

CARTIER Paris 1909 Belle Epoque Enamel Repeater Carriage Clock In Sterling Agate
By Cartier
Located in Miami, FL
Belle époque quarter hour repeater carriage clock designed by Cartier. This luxurious and very rare table clock is the essence of Art Deco style. A very important and magnificent ca...
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Early 1900s Belle Époque Antique French Clocks

Materials

Multi-gemstone, Silver, Gold, Sterling Silver, Enamel

French Mystery Gravity Driven Gilt Incline Rolling Clock - No Spring or Battery
Located in Danville, CA
French Style Mystery Gravity Driven Gilt Incline Rolling Clock - No Spring or Battery This very unusual clock is never wound with a key, but does featur...
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1980s Vintage French Clocks

Materials

Brass

Cronier Paris Louis XVI Period Gilt Bronze Wall Clock France
Located in New York, NY
A rare and important Louis XVI clock by Cronier, Paris, France circa 1790. Crafted in fire-gilt bronze with a round convex white enamel face with black Roman numerals for the hours A...
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Late 18th Century Antique French Clocks

Materials

Bronze

Roger Capron Wall Mounted Ceramic Clock, circa 1960
By Roger Capron
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Roger Capron wall mounted ceramic clock, circa 1960. By Roger Capron, signed. (France). In original condition with minor wear consistent of age and use, preserving a beautiful pa...
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1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage French Clocks

Materials

Ceramic

A Louis XV Style Desk Travelling Cartel Clock circa 1875
By Etienne LeNoir
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Desk Travelling Cartel Clock in chiseled and gilded bronze Rocaille decoration of scrolls, acanthus leaves and lyre Enamel dial signed Lenoir in Paris Plate mechanism No. 13287 and w...
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1870s Louis XV Antique French Clocks

Materials

Enamel, Ormolu

Original French Art Deco Table Clock in Briar Root, 1930s
Located in Milan, IT
Amazing original French Art Deco table clock in Briar Root, 1930. It works very well.
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1930s Art Deco Vintage French Clocks

Materials

Wood

1930s French Art Deco Table Clock in Red Parchment
Located in Milan, IT
1930s Original French Art Deco Table Clock in Red Parchment, It works perfectly.
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1930s Art Deco Vintage French Clocks

Materials

Wood

French Antique Gilded Chiseled Bronze Clock
Located in LA CIOTAT, FR
A superb quality 19th century French bronze gilt mantel clock, retaining its original glass dome, and adorned with a finely detailed rustic female figure in period dress, reclining o...
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19th Century Antique French Clocks

Materials

Bronze

Louis XVI Style Gilt Bronze Mantel Clock
Located in Bradenton, FL
A very good quality Louis XVI Style Gilt Bronze Mantel Clock. French gilt bronze clock with enamel face, fruit and lion motif, on plinth. H 22.3 cm (8.8 in.), All clocks sold as is w...
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19th Century Louis XVI Antique French Clocks

Materials

Bronze

19th Century French Antique Round Wooden Clock - Napoleon III Wall Décor
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A round, antique French large dimensional clock face with its original metal clock made of hand crafted painted Wood from the Napoleon III period. In good condition, enhanced by deta...
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Late 19th Century Napoleon III Antique French Clocks

Materials

Metal

Large 19th Century Louis XVI Style Bronze Ormolu Mantel Clock Guibal Paris
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
A fine and large Louis XVI style French mantel clock, from the end of the Napoleon III period, 1870-1880. The clock is bronze casted and has a fire-gilded finish, the dial is enamele...
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1870s Louis XVI Antique French Clocks

Materials

Ormolu, Brass, Bronze, Enamel

Rare Art Deco Marble & Onyx Mantle Clock w. Bronze Dog & Cat, Ball Playing Theme
By Japy Frères
Located in Lisse, NL
Very rare, perfectly running and sculptural, French Art Deco marble pendulum clock. Movement: Japy Frères (1806-1930) If you are looking for an attractive antique mantel clock to g...
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Early 20th Century Art Deco French Clocks

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Onyx, Marble, Brass, Bronze, Metal

French 19th Century Provincial Horloge Case Clock
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
A carved crest of a basket with flowers crowns this heavily carved oak case clock, c. mid 1800’s. A glazed-panel door just below the crest is flanked by sides with pierced half-moon...
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20th Century French Provincial French Clocks

Materials

Wood

French 19th Century Boulle-Inlay Table Clock Under Glass Dome
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
An absolutely stunning antique French boulle-work table clock on a domed Stand, circa 1840s. In the manner of André Charles Boulle, it is ebonized and inlaid with mother of pearl, et...
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Mid-19th Century Antique French Clocks

Materials

Wood

Rare Antique Gothic Revival Gilt Bronze Wall Cartel Clock with Griffin Sculpture
Located in Lisse, NL
Stunning and perfect running Gothic architectural design bronze wall clock, from circa 1880. If you like rare antiques in general and one of a kind clocks in particular then this handcrafted specimen for wall mounting could be the perfect addition to your collection or Gothic (inspired) interior. This fine quality antique...
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Late 19th Century Gothic Revival Antique French Clocks

Materials

Brass, Bronze

Magnificent Historicism Clock or Mantel Clock from circa 1890
Located in Berlin, DE
Magnificent historicism clock or mantel clock from circa 1890 On the pedestal there is a figure of a noble lady with a diadem and book at a Gothic table, with writing utensils on it...
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19th Century Antique French Clocks

Materials

Alabaster, Bronze

Comtoise Morbier Wall Clock
Located in Bradenton, FL
Morbier wall clock movement with the weights, key and balance. Strikes on the hour and two minutes after and on the half hour. This clock has just been professionally cleaned and se...
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Mid-19th Century French Provincial Antique French Clocks

Materials

Brass

Art Deco Stylish French Marble Clock, c1930
Located in Devon, England
For your consideration is this very visually appealing Art Deco clock. Originates from France and dates to the 1930's this clock ticks all the boxes ( pun intended ) that admirers of...
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Mid-20th Century Art Deco French Clocks

Materials

Marble, Brass

Important Gilt Bronze Clockset by Raingo Frères
By Raingo Frères
Located in New York, NY
This exquisite 19th-century fine gilt-bronze clocks garniture by Joseph Raingo is a masterpiece of craftsmanship and design. The set features a central clock adorned with intricate f...
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19th Century Antique French Clocks

Materials

Bronze

Fannières Frères Desk Clock "Time Allegory" circa 1860
By Fannière Frères
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Fannières Frères Desk Clock Time Allegory Chased gilt and silvered bronze Desk Clock With an allegorical theme of Time in the form of a cherub suppor...
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1860s Louis XVI Antique French Clocks

Materials

Marble, Bronze, Ormolu

Alriz collection: an empire mantel clock "AU PORTEFAIX" after Jean andre reiche
Located in Harrington Park, NJ
MANTEL CLOCK "Au bon sauvage" or "PORTEFAIX", late Empire, after a design by J.A. REICHE (Jean-Andre Reiche, 1752-1817), Paris, 19th century. Gilt and blackened bronze with brass. ...
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1810s Empire Antique French Clocks

Materials

Bronze, Ormolu

Superb, Unique "Father Time" Art Deco Clock, Wood Inlay
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Extremely fine, made in America, Germany or France, this "Father Time" electric wall clock is a masterpiece of wood and brass inlay. Using a series of hard...
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1930s Vintage French Clocks

Materials

Brass

French Directoire Bronze Skeleton Clock
Located in Rome, IT
Extremely fine quality Directoire/Empire gilt bronze mounted gilt brass skeleton clock with enameled chapter ring and openwork movement. Roman numerals for the hours and outer half...
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1790s Empire Antique French Clocks

Materials

Ormolu

Maison Lancel Paris Desk Clock Gold and Irish Green Enamel Travel Alarm Clock
By Maison Lancel
Located in North Hollywood, CA
LANCEL Paris Classic Polished Brass Gold and Dark Irish Green Enamel Desk Clock or Travel Alarm Clock. Maison LANCEL France travel clock in square...
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Late 20th Century Art Deco French Clocks

Materials

Brass, Enamel

Large 18th Century French Louis XV Gilt Bronze Boulle inlaid Mantel Clock
Located in New York, NY
Very large (40 inch tall) ormolu bronze mantel clock from the Louis XV period with Boulle style inlaid brass and enamel decorations with original pendulum. By the Paris maker, Denis ...
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18th Century Louis XV Antique French Clocks

Materials

Bronze, Enamel

Louis XVI Antique French Ormolu and Bronze Cartel Wall Clock
By Samuel Marti
Located in Belper, Derbyshire
A large and superb cartel wall clock in the style of Louis XVI by Samuel Marti. It as formed as a round bronze body housing the movement suspended from an ormolu ribbon swag with a b...
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19th Century Louis XVI Antique French Clocks

Materials

Bronze, Ormolu

Japy Freres Louis XV Baroque Gilt Bronze Antique French Clock
By Japy Frères
Located in Belper, Derbyshire
A stunning original antique French clock by Japy Frères. It is beautifully made in gilded bronze in the Louis XV style. Waisted case with a fretted front to allow a glimpse of the pe...
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19th Century Baroque Antique French Clocks

Materials

Bronze

A Monumental Renaissance Revival Clock Garniture, Attributed to Feuchère
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A Large and Important Louis Philippe Period Gilt-Bronze Three-Piece Clock Garniture. Attributed to the Feuchère family. The clock movement by Hémon. In the Renaissance revival style. Comprising a clock and a pair of nine-light candelabra. The clock case of architectural out-shape with cherubic term figures supporting a rectangular pediment centred by an urn. The sides of the clock tower cast in relief with strapwork and foliage. The dial inset with enamel Roman numeral chapters. The twin-barrel clock movement with tic-tac escapement, silk suspension and countwheel strike to bell. Pendulum and winding key. The candelabra as twin-handled vases supporting tiered branches with candle nozzles. Modelled en suite with naturalistic scrolls and foliage. Surmounted by finials modelled as an eagle toying with a serpent. The scrolled handles flanked by cherubic figures and serpents. The bodies fronted by bacchic masks and supported on socles bearing angels. France, Circa 1835. The clock movement signed ‘HEMON A PARIS’. The clockmaker Claude Hémon was established at rue de St. Martin circa 1810-1820. Dimensions, the clock: Height : 106 cm 42 inches Width : 58 cm 23 inches Depth : 38 cm 15 inches Weight : 72 kg Dimensions, the candelabra: Height : 104 cm 41 inches Width : 36 cm 14 inches Depth : 36 cm 14 inches Weight : 28 kg (each) This magnificent clock garniture of palatial size is designed in the Renaissance revival style and dates to the Louis Philippe period. Executed in sculptural gilt-bronze with leaves, scrolls, masks and exotic birds, the naturalistic ornament represents an elaborate system of allegories and mythological iconography which recall the influence of Italian Mannerist art in France. The distinctive design reflects a new style which replaced the neoclassism of the French Empire period. With the fall of Napoleon Bonaparte, artists and designers sought a new decorative vocabulary with which to aggrandise the Bourbon restoration. With the French revolution and Louis XVI’s execution still within living memory, it seemed too soon for a revival of the style of the Grand Siècle. Instead they looked further back to the time of François I, whose patronage of Italian artists had brought the Renaissance to France. The idea of a renaissance revival appealed to the new Bourbon monarchs and their patronage ignited great creativity in the arts. The reigns of Louis XVIII and Charles X, who were brothers of the late King, Louis XVI, and later of Louis Philippe I, nicknamed the Citizen King, coincided with the enlightenment and the dawn of the industrial age. Great technical progress was made in metallurgy and casting which raised the art of bronze making to new heights in the hands of great masters such as Pierre-Philippe Thomire (1751-1843) and Pierre- Jean-François Denière (1774-1866). The renaissance provided a rich and varied source book in architecture, furniture and other decorative arts for designers such as Claude Aimé Chenavard (1798-1838) whose Album de l’ornemaniste (1835) became a reference work. Léon Feuchère (1804-1857) also produced drawings of interiors, silver, bronzes and furniture and was a scion of the prominent family of bronze castors established by his grandfather Pierre-François Feuchère (1737-1823) who had worked as a gilder for the bronze caster Pierre Gouthière before setting up a bronze foundry that would become one of the largest in Paris under the management of his son Lucien-François (d. 1841) and grand-son Armand (1797-1866). A number of drawings by Léon Feuchère have recently been discovered by the Rijksmuseum and probably belonged to the collection of Louis-Philippe-Albert, duc d’Orléans, comte de Paris (1838-1894). Louis-Philippe-Albert was the grandson of the French king, Louis-Philippe I (1773-1850), who granted him the title of comte de Paris, and the son of Ferdinand-Philippe, duc d’Orléans (1810-1842). Ferdinand-Philippe was an important collector and sponsored many young artists to create metalwork objets d’art, notably a celebrated surtout de table made by Claude-Aimé Chenavard and Jean-Jacques Feuchère (1807-1852), a cousin of Armand and Léon. Principally remembered as a sculptor, Jean-Jacques Feuchère trained in the family foundry and designed small objects, cigar boxes...
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