Pinwheel Portico Clock
Located in Stamford, CT
A French Empire pinwheel portico clock with figured amboyna wood. Signed Rieussec, Horlogier du Roi.
Antique 19th Century French Directoire Clocks
Amboyna
Pinwheel Portico Clock
Located in Stamford, CT
A French Empire pinwheel portico clock with figured amboyna wood. Signed Rieussec, Horlogier du Roi.
Amboyna
$2,450
H 18.5 in W 11.25 in D 8.75 in
24K Gold Plated Pinwheel Moon Dial Calendar Fusee Chain Skeleton Clock
Located in Danville, CA
24K Brass Pinwheel Moon Dial Calendar Fusee Chain Skeleton Clock with Front Door Here we are
Brass
Patinated Bronze Elephant Clock, France, 1880
Located in Chicago, IL
, eight day, pinwheel movement. Jungham clock, movement made in Germany.
Bronze, Ormolu
German Regulator Pinwheel Clock with Wood Pendulum
Located in New Orleans, LA
This exceptionally rare German pinwheel regulator clock is almost certainly the only one of its
Mirror, Wood
Sold
H 19.5 in W 8 in D 8 in
Mystery Pinwheel Upside Down Skeleton Hanging Swinging Clock with Marble Base
Located in Danville, CA
Mystery pinwheel upside down skeleton swinging clock with marble base. Here is a very nice
Brass
Sold
H 18 in W 11 in D 3.5 in
French Thin Glass Pinwheel Escapement Big Wheel Marble Base Skeleton Clock
Located in Danville, CA
French Style Thin Glass Pinwheel Escapement Great Wheel Skeleton clock with marble base. Here is
Glass
$18,500
H 17.75 in W 17.75 in D 8.75 in
Rare Vintage French Style Mystery 8 Day Waterwheel Rolling Ball Industrial Clock
Located in Danville, CA
For your consideration is a mystery Water Wheel Industrial Ball Bearing Clock. It comes with an 8 day movement and keeps very good time!! This water wheel industrial clock has a big ...
Brass, Stainless Steel
French Portico Timber Clock, circa 1815
Located in Pymble, NSW
A brilliant French portico clock with ormolu mounts and pendulum mounted with 2 swans with 'blackened' necks and wings. The timber is gleaming with its original finish. The timber i...
Burl
$161,592
H 47.64 in W 25.2 in D 11.03 in
Very Large Ormolu Marble Regulator Calendar Mantle Clock Barbedienne
By Louis-Constant Sevin, Ferdinand Barbedienne
Located in London, GB
Very Large Ormolu Marble Regulator Calendar Mantle Clock Barbedienne French, Late 19th Century Height 121cm, width 64cm, depth 28cm Expertly produced in France during the final de...
Griotte Marble, Enamel, Ormolu
$4,050
H 24 in W 12.75 in D 8 in
Very Large French 19th Century Empire Period Ormolu Bronze Portico Mantel Clock
Located in New York, NY
French Empire Ormolu Bronze Portico Mantel Clock by Gaston Jolly, Paris, Circa 1810s, with original pendulum.
Bronze
French 19th Century Empire Portico Clock
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
This elegant white marble portico clock with gilt bronze appliques dates to the French Empire period, circa 1830. The floral-and-foliate ormolu-mounted frieze sits above four Doric c...
Marble, Bronze
$40,330
H 21.26 in W 11.42 in D 8.67 in
French Empire Gout d'Egypt Mantle Clock Depicting the Goddess Isis
Located in London, GB
A rare French Empire Gout d'Egypt mantle clock depiciting the Goddess Isis, in ormolu, red or rouge griotte marble and patinated bronze, known as the Thomas Hope Clock. This very rar...
Griotte Marble, Bronze, Ormolu
Portico clock
Located in Atlanta, GA
Superb gilt bronze portico clock signed M. Morer, Rue Dauphine, Paris. L Dalton signed by hand on the pendulum.
Ormolu
$2,850Sale Price|40% Off
H 17.5 in W 9.25 in D 5 in
French Restauration Period Patinated and Gilt Bronze Clock
Located in Montreal, QC
Restauation period gilt and patinated bronze clock.
Bronze
Month-Going Regulator Clock by Deshays à Paris
Located in New Orleans, LA
This Louis-Philippe-period month-going longcase regulator clock is an exceptional example of French clockmaking, and its complicated mechanism marks several different aspects of pass...
Steel
French Mid 19th Century Empire St. Ormolu Portico Clock
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An exquisite French mid 19th century Empire st. ormolu portico clock. The clock raised on a rectangular base with finely chased borders and satin and burnish finish interlocking circ...
Ormolu
An Extremely Fine Ormolu Portico Mystery Clock
By Breguet a Paris
Located in Amersham, GB
This extremely rare swinging portico clock by Béchot Paris, in an ormolu case of exquisite quality, finely cast and gilded with its original burnished and chased finish, this clock i...
Ormolu
$74,063
H 26.38 in W 21.26 in D 7.49 in
Large Antique Empire Period Gilt-Bronze Mantel Clock by Deverberie
By Jean-Simon Deverberie
Located in London, GB
Antique Empire period gilt-bronze mantel clock by Deverberie French, c.1805 Measures: Height 67cm, width 54cm, depth 19cm This exceptional timepiece was made in Empire period Fr...
Ormolu
French Empire Mahogany and Cut Crystal Columned Portico Clock
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
A rare example of a late French Empire portico clock combining the use of mahogany casing with gilt bronze mounts and cut crystal. The four pillars linking the top and bottom section...
Crystal, Bronze
Rosewood Portico Regulator Mantel Clock
Located in Norwich, GB
Rosewood Portico Regulator Mantel Clock Housed in a fine quality Rosewood portico case with boxwood stringing, turned pillars with brass capitals, gilded cast foliate bezel and stan...
Rosewood
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