Viennese Silver Gilt and Enamel Sphinx Clock, circa 1880
Located in New York, NY
In Renaissance style.
Antique 1880s Austrian Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Silver, Enamel
Viennese Silver Gilt and Enamel Sphinx Clock, circa 1880
Located in New York, NY
In Renaissance style.
Silver, Enamel
Egyptian Revival Bronze and Marble Mantel Clock
By Societe Clusienne
Located in Norwich, GB
Many of his clocks were exported to the United States where his Sphinx clocks were sold by Louis Tiffany Inc. and Hamann & Roche of New York.
Slate
Neo-Egyptian Bronze and Marble Clock Attributed to G.Servant, France, Circa 1870
By Georges Emile Henri Servant
Located in PARIS, FR
Servant, flanked by double columns inscribed with hieroglyphs and ornated with a winged uraeus, all made in two patina bronze. The clock is surmounted by a patinated bronze sphinx.
Marble, Bronze
19th Century French Empire Bronze Dore Mantel Clock with Sphinx
Located in Queens, NY
French Empire-style (19th Century) bronze dore mantel clock with claw feet and a sphinx on top. (Related item: 032442) (Not working)
Bronze
Egyptian Black Marble Sphinx Mantel Clock, Moorish Style, 19th Century
Located in Queens, NY
Egyptian-style (19/20th Century) black marble mantel clock with sphinx top (Not working)
Marble
Art Deco Gilt Bronze & Marble Mantel Clock w. Sphinx & Pharaohs Egyptian Revival
Located in Lisse, NL
The two Egyptian, Cleopatra-like female figures in gilt bronze are standing leisurely upon the rectangular footed base and with their arms stretched-out above it is as if they, toget...
Marble, Bronze, Gold Leaf, Metal
Fantastic Figural Maiden Sphinx 19th Century French Empire Clock Set
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
Crafted with meticulous detail, the centerpiece features a figural clock flanked by reclining sphinx maidens, symbolic of wisdom and strength, a favored motif in the Empire period in...
Bronze
19th Century French Empire Bronze & Ormolu Egyptian Style Clock Clock
Located in London, GB
A French Empire bronze and ormolu clock in the Egyptian style with 8 day silk-suspension striking movement by Hemon a Paris, also marked “Ledure Bronzier”, enclosed in bronze obelisk...
Bronze
Champleve enamel mantle clock, 19th Century.
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A fine quality late 19th Century French gilded ormolu Champleve enamel mantle clock, having an urn finial to the top, columns supported by winged sphinx's.
Enamel, Ormolu
Egyptian Revival Bronze and Marble French Mantle Clock
By Mermod Jaccard & Co.
Located in Bronx, NY
This wonderful 1920s Egyptian Revival clock is surmounted with an Assyrian style lamassau (human headed winged lion) and flanked by a pair of reclining sphinx.
Belgian Black Marble
French Neoclassical Style Lapis and Gilt Bronze Clock Set
Located in London, GB
Between these twin piers sits the clock drum and hangs the pendulum. The lapis throughout is mounted with gilt bronze elements: the front of the base is set with rinceaux motifs, the...
Lapis Lazuli, Ormolu, Bronze
19th French In Figure Clock Bronze Gold Egyptian Sphinx
Located in Paris, FR
19th French in figure clock bronze gold Egyptian Sphinx.
Bronze
19th Century Egyptian Revival Mantel Clock With Bronze Sphinx
Located in Hoddesdon, GB
An elegant 19th Century Egyptian Revival Clock, black marble , adorned with intricate Egyptian engravings with a bronze sphinx majestically mounted on the top .
Bronze
Sold
H 14.75 in W 12.75 in D 6.5 in
Antique Egyptian Revival Figural Slate & Bronze Sphinx Mantel Clock C1880
Located in Big Flats, NY
An antique Egyptian Revival figural mantel clock offers slate and bronze construction with sphinx over case having central clock face and flanking caryatides, c1880 Measures - 14.75...
Slate, Bronze
French Figural Egyptian Revival Sphinx Bronze & Slate Mantle Clock 20th C
Located in Big Flats, NY
A French figural Egyptian Revival mantel clock offers cast bronze sphinx over slate and marble clock with flanking griffins, working condition, 20th century Measures- 16''H x 20''W ...
Slate, Bronze
Sold
H 13.13 in W 9.25 in D 5.75 in
French Egyptian Revival Antique Bronze Mantel Clock with Sphinx, circa 1890
Located in Shippensburg, PA
A superb Neo-Egyptian mantel clock characterized by a trapezoidal gilt bronze body with spandrels incised with twin phoenix motifs surmounted by a silver plated bronze seated sphinx ...
Bronze
Sold
H 18.25 in W 8.25 in D 7.5 in
E.F. Caldwell Veined Black Marble and Dore Bronze Mounted Sphinx Legged Clock
By Edward F. Caldwell & Co.
Located in New York, NY
Caldwell black veined marble and dore bronze mounted sphinx legged clock. This is a beautiful mantle clock designed by the great, E.F.
Marble, Bronze
Sold
H 13.78 in W 9.45 in D 6.7 in
Early 19th Empire Mantel Clock, French Pendule, Retour d'Egypte, Mahogany
Located in Greven, DE
On the base are two sphinxes that support the actual clock case. Between the sphinxes is a viewing window in the center, which allows a view of the pendulum.
Mahogany
Sold
H 21.13 in W 11.25 in D 6 in
Rare Egyptian Revival Bronze Mantel Clock and Candelabra, Leroy & Fils
Located in Shippensburg, PA
The bold and muscular Sphinx figurals flanking the clock face outward under a raised urn, the lid of which lifts off to reveal the open well, ideal for storing the winding keys.
Brass, Bronze, Enamel
Burmantofts Faience Mantle Clock with Sphinx
By Burmantofts Pottery
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A rare Burmantofts Faience mantel clock of tall tapering rectangular form, cast in low relief with a heron wading in a river, with panels of tall flowering stems, the top surmounted ...
Pottery
Sold
H 16 in W 15.2 in D 7.3 in
Egyptian Revival French Marble Manlel or Table Clock w. Bronze Sphinx Sculpture
By Charvet-Delorme
Located in Lisse, NL
Every part of this clock, from the bronze Sphinx sculpture, to the black marble body, to the pyramid design layers made of onyx, to the hand-engraved scuptures in the marble, to the ...
Onyx, Marble, Bronze
Sold
H 31.11 in W 21.66 in D 4.34 in
19th Century Empire Clock Gold T Kluge Stockholm with Sphinxes on Each Side
Located in DE
A beautiful 19th century Empire clock gilded with sphinxes sitting on each side.
Wood
Antique Biedermeier Mantel Clock
Located in Forney, TX
A charming and most unusual late 18th / early 19th century German mantel clock. The antique clock case is of simple form, with a fine, rich wooden finish, beautiful patina, adding un...
Ormolu
Egyptian influenced clock garniture, 19th Century.
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very imposing 19th Century Egyptian influenced mantle clock garniture, the black and rouge marble having wonderful patinated bronze mounts depicting Egyptian sphinx like mounts to ...
Belgian Black Marble, Bronze
19th French In Figure Clock Bronze Gold Egyptian Sphinx
Located in Paris, FR
19th French In Figure Clock Bronze Gold Egyptian Sphinx
Bronze
Exceptional French early 19th century clock
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Exceptional French early 19th century marble and mercury bronze dore clock with sphinxes and highly detailed bronze dore decoration throughout.
Napoleon III Greek Revival Mantle Clock
Located in Salt Lake City, UT
Marble plinth decorated with ormolu and surmounted by two bronze sphinxes upholding the feather-suspension clock encased in gilt bronze and surmounted by a gilt bronze figure of Athe...
Bronze
Art Deco Mantel Clock Set with Sphinx Bronze Sculpture
Located in Madrid, ES
Art deco mantel clock, skyscraper style with garnitures and gilt bronze sphinx.
Marble, Brass, Bronze
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