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19th Century Sterling Silver ‘Necessaire De Voyage’ by Leuchars and Son
By Leuchars & Son
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
An exceptional and rare leather covered wooden case the top with the embossed silver family initials BAB in monogram under a nine pointed crown cartouche; the case is lined with crim...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century English Early Victorian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Crystal, Sterling Silver
Chinese Carved Soapstone Lamp
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
A carved soapstone lamp base, unusual because of the color of the stone; reddish, brown and black. The carving is in the shape of a vase which i...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Table Lamps
Materials
Sandstone
Pair of French 19th Century Figurative Patinated Bronze Candelabra Lamps
By J. Pradier
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
A beautifully cast pair of French 19th century neoclassical patinated figural bronze nine arm candelabra after a model by Jaen Jacques Pradier They are signed J. Pradier and were converted into lamps in the 20th century. Each candelabra is cast as classically draped maiden with one representing Phyrne and the other unknown, standing on a circular stepped dark green marble socle base. There are no visible foundry marks on the bronzes.
Born in Geneva in 1792 in Switzerland, Pradier was the son of a Protestant family from Toulouse. He left for Paris in 1807 to work with his elder brother, Charles-Simon Pradier, an engraver, and also attended the École des Beaux-Arts beginning in 1808. He won a Prix de Rome that enabled him to study in Rome from 1814-1818 at the Villa Médici. Pradier made his debut at the Salon in 1819 and quickly acquired a reputation as a competent artist. He studied under Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres in Paris. In 1827 he became a member of the Académie des beaux-arts and a professor at the École des Beaux-Arts.
At the Salon of 1834, Pradier's Satyr and Bacchante...
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Antique Late 19th Century French Neoclassical Table Lamps
Materials
Bronze
"Listening To The Wind" Bronze by Lee Gass
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
A sensuous looking modern bronze sculpture on a black marble base called "Listening to the Wind" by British Columbia born artist Lee Gass. Lee Gass has been carving as a hobby for ov...
Category
Early 2000s Canadian Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
19th Century Grand Tour Bronze Statue of Venus of Milo
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
A very fine Grand Tour bronze study of the famous Venus de Milo with excellent rich brown patina and good hand finished surface detail. The casting is unusual in that it does not pretend to hide the many imperfections on the original.
It is signed on the base with "Reduction Mechanique Ronald Collas, and for the foundry F.Barbidienne Fondeur. Foundry stamp on the base
Considered by any to be the most beautiful Hellenistic statue to survive fro antiquity, the Venus of Milos...
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Antique Late 19th Century French Neoclassical Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Rare 19 Century Bronze Statue Titled "Mutualite" by Maurice Constant Favre
By Maurice Constant Favre
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
A very rare and beautifully cast late 19th century bronze by Maurice Constant Favre (1875-1915), titled " Mutualite" depicting two bare chested muscular blacksmiths, an older stockie...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Romantic Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Early 19th Century Neoclassical ‘Old Paris’ Porcelain Vases
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
A fine pair of early French Empire porcelain vases, (unsigned but attributable to either the Nast or Dagoty factories in Paris). Each vase has a large gilded satyr’s heads to the sid...
Category
Antique 1830s French Empire Urns
Materials
Porcelain
French Louis XVI Style Allegorical Clock of “Paul and Virginie"
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
A rare Louis XVI style mantel clock after a late 18th century original inspired by the novel ‘Paul and Virginia’ written in 1788 by Bernardin de Sain...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Mantel Clocks
Materials
Marble, Bronze
A Patinated Bronze Sculpture of Napoleon after Guillemin
By Émile Guillemin
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
A small solidly cast nicely patinated bronze statue of a uniformed standing Napoleon arms crossed and wearing his iconic bicorne hat after a model by late 19 Century French sculpto...
Category
Early 20th Century French Neoclassical Revival Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
A Patinated Bronze Statue of a Seated Classical Scholar Signed Doriot
By Theodore Doriot
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
A finely cast bronze sculpture of an expressive classically draped Greek scholar seated on a curule chair holding a lyre in one hand and an an open scroll in the other, both symb...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Neoclassical Revival Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
A 19 Century Bronze Statue of St Joan of Arc in full body armour on horseback
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
An small but exquisitely cast and highly detailed bronze statue of St Joan of Arc in full body battle armour including the horse with one hand holding ...
Category
Antique Mid-18th Century French Renaissance Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Magnificent Louis XV Style Patinated and Gilt Bronze Urn
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
A magnificent large French XV rococo style patinated and gilt bronze urn. The fluted body of the urn, (almost ewer shaped) is of patinated bronze, the flutes inset at the top and bot...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Rococo Urns
Materials
Bronze
Empire Bronze and Sienna Marble Clock with a bust of Apollo Belvedere
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
A fine example of a French Empire period mantle clock, circa 1830. The rectangular stepped case is made of yellow Sienna marble and is decorated on the top and bottom with patinated ...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century French Empire Mantel Clocks
Materials
Siena Marble, Bronze
Allegorical French Louis Philippe Clock of Clio the Greek Muse of History
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
A French Louis Philippe allegorical gilt bronze and marble mantle clock depicting Clio, The Greek Muse of History. The standing figure of a gilded Clio is ...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century French Louis Philippe Mantel Clocks
Materials
Bronze
French Empire Bronze Clock Depicting Urania Greek Muse of Astronomy
By Lesieur
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
A magnificent large gilded and patinated bronze period French Empire mantle clock depicting Urania the Greek Muse of Astronomy standing on a stepped rectangular gilded bronze base her left elbow resting on a large gilded globe of the heavens with a central band showing the signs of the zodiac...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century French Empire Mantel Clocks
Materials
Bronze
18th Century French Louis XV Boulle and Gilt Bronze Bracket Clock
By André-Charles Boulle
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
A Period Louis XV Boulle mantle clock The case is inlaid with brass and is further decorated with Rococo scrollwork and gilded bronze mounts. The det...
Category
Antique Late 18th Century French Louis XV Mantel Clocks
Materials
Bronze
Grand Tour Bronze of the Equestrian Statue of Colleoni After Verrocchio
By Andrea del Verrocchio
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
A very finely cast late 19 century Grand Tour bronze replica of the renowned statue of Bartolomeo Colleoni on horseback set on a verde antico marble base after the life sized bronze statue by the Renaissance sculptor Andrea Del Verrocchio...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Italian Renaissance Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
A Modern Stylised Bronzed Resin Bust of Venus
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
A stylized classical bronzed resin bust of Venus after The Venus de Medici a Hellenistic marble sculpture depicting the Greek Goddess of love Ap...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Classical Greek Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Resin
French Empire Gilt Bronze Clock Depicting the Lydian Queen Omphale
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
An early 19 century French Empire gilt bronze clock depicting the mythological Lydian Queen Omphale sitting astride on a draped drum th...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century French Empire Mantel Clocks
Materials
Bronze
French Empire Clock Depicting Apollo God of Music and the Arts
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
A gilt bronze and griotte marble French Empire clock depicting Apollo Greek God of Music Art Literature and Sciences. The clock shows a a gilt bronze winged figure of Apollo leaning against a griotte marble altar pedestal decorated with gilt bronze garlands. At the center of the pedestal is the clock’s dial and movement. Sitting on top of the pedestal is a standing harp, a mallet and a scroll. The whole is supported by a griotte marble base with a gilt bronze frieze showing a number of frolicking and dancing cupids playing music, drinking wine waving laurel wreaths, carrying a standard and even crowning a bust of Athena. The base sits on two owl feet...
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Antique Early 19th Century French Empire Mantel Clocks
Materials
Griotte Marble, Bronze
Second Empire Gothic Cathedral Clock and Garniture
By Pierre-François Feuchère
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
A mid 19 century French Gilt Bronze Gothic style mantel clock and garniture which the French call " A la Cathedrale". The three pieces are of finely chased and gilded bronze; the cl...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century French Gothic Revival Mantel Clocks
Materials
Bronze
19thC French Signed "Bleu Celeste" and Gold Sevres Vase with gilt bronze mounts
By Cristalleries De Sevres
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
A magnificent large scale 19thC French "bleu celeste"and gold Sevres porcelain vase mounted with decorative gilt bronze handles and gilt bronze base. The 'bleu celeste' coloured porc...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Vases
Materials
Bronze
Early 19th Century Austrian Biedermeier Wall Clock
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
A traditional Austrian Biedermeier wall clock featuring a rectangular carved and gilded wood frame clock face; surmounted by a gilt bronze winged eagle. The decorations on the frame ...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Austrian Biedermeier Wall Clocks
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Louis XVI Style Verde Antico Marble and Gilt Bronze Lidded Cassolettes
By Pierre Gouthiere
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
A pair of lidded urns in the Louis XVI style, the bronzes very much in the manner of the famous French sculptor Gouthiere. The tri-form base richly...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Urns
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Pair of 19 Century Russian Empire Figural Gilt and Patinated Bronze Candelabra
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
A pair of Russian Empire figural candelabra featuring a patinated bronze caryatid holding a gilt bronze urn mounted with a torch atop her head, with two ...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Russian Empire Candelabras
Materials
Bronze
French Empire Gilt Bronze Allegorical Clock Depicting the Astronomical Sciences
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
A fine early 19th century French Empire gilt bronze clock representing an allegory of astronomy; featuring two classically draped maide...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century French Empire Mantel Clocks
Materials
Bronze
A Patinated Bronze Statue of a Seated Greek Scholar signed Moreau
By Mathurin Moreau
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
A patinated cast bronze statue of a classically draped Greek scholar sitting sideways on a Klismos chair with the trademark griphons as front leg supports, the subject holding a pen in his right hand and an open scroll on the other left signed "Moreau" inscribed on one side of the chair. There are no visible foundry marks.
Presumably the signature stands for Mathurin Moreau, a 19 Century French sculptor born 1822, and son of noted sculptor Jean Baptiste Moreau. In 1841, the 19 year old Mathirin entered the École des Beaux Arts in Paris and, the following year, won the Second Grand Prix de Rome with his sculpture Diodemus removing the Palladium. Several of his works remain on public display in Paris, among them on the facade of the Gare du Nord...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century French Neoclassical Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
A Late 19 Century Malachite clock Topped by a Gilt Bronze Bust of Napoleon
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
A simple yet elegant relatively rare malachite cased clock topped by a gilt bronze bust of a young Napoleon in uniform after the marble original work by Jean Antoine Houdon.
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Empire Mantel Clocks
Materials
Malachite, Bronze
French Empire Gilt Bronze Allegorical Clock of the Astronomical Sciences
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
A fine example of a period French Empire mantle clock in finely chased and gilded bronze made in France in the first quarter of the 19thC. One of the Greek muses with a star atop h...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century French Empire Mantel Clocks
Materials
Bronze
Imperial Russian Crystal Cobalt Blue Glass and Gilt Bronze Girandoles Tsar Era
By Johann Zech
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
A pair of very rare exquisite Imperial Russian crystal girandoles, each with five scrolling candle branches set in a cobalt blue glass baluster vase mounted in gilt bronze, the centr...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Russian Gustavian Candelabras
Materials
Crystal, Marble, Bronze
18th Century Louis XVI Period Figurative Bisque Clock
By Jean-Simon Deverberie
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
A late 18th century French Louis XVI bisque shepherdess mantel clock. The tableau modelled in bisque porcelain (unglazed porcelain), showing a shepherdess on the left holding her sho...
Category
Antique Late 18th Century French Louis XVI Mantel Clocks
Materials
Marble
A French Empire Clock of the Roman Goddess Aurora Announcing a New Day
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
A period French Empire allegorical mantel clock with a case of finely chased and gilt bronze. Aurora stands to the left of the circular clock plinth draping a starry cloak over the g...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century French Empire Mantel Clocks
Materials
Bronze
A Pair of Small 19 Century Chinese Patinated Bronze Statues of Gods or Deities
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
A pair of exceptional small patinated bronze castings of a male and female Chinese Deities or Gods possibly representing Shouxing God of Longevity Immortality and Good Fortune, and G...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Chinese Ming Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Bronze Bust of an African Mother Breastfeeding her Child signed Gardon
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
A beautifully cast Art Nouveau dark brown patinated bronze bust of a young African mother tenderly holding and breastfeeding her baby. The bronze is signed Gardon an unlisted scul...
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Busts
Materials
Bronze
19th Century Louis XVI Style Regulator Gilt Bronze Clock by Prosper Roussel
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
A French Louis XVI style gilt bronze regulator clock, the finely cast rectangular case with four beveled glass sides; the large white enamel dial with Roman numerals is decorated above and below with gilt bronze garlands. The dial is signed Prosper Roussel...
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Antique Mid-19th Century French Louis XVI Mantel Clocks
Materials
Bronze
19th Century Bronze Statue of a Nymph by A. Carrier
By Albert-Ernest Carrier-Belleuse
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
A very fine cast and chased bronze showing a beautiful standing nude nymph, parting and emerging from between tall bull rushes at the edge of a stream. At her feet is a water jug. Th...
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Antique Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
French Early 19th Century Empire Gilt Bronze Dragon Handled Urn Clock
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
An rare model French Empire mantle clock featuring a classical urn with dragon handles. The clock is entirely of gilded bronze with original fire gilding. The urn-shaped case is surm...
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Antique Early 19th Century French Empire Mantel Clocks
Materials
Bronze
Napoleon III Gilt Bronze Clock of a Victorious Crusader Knight in Battle
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
A finely cast gilt bronze figurative clock showing knight crusader stranding on rocky terrain after battle. The knight has a spear in one hand, a battle axe in the other, his helmet ...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century French Napoleon III Mantel Clocks
Materials
Bronze
French Empire Gilt and Patinated Bronze Clock of a Seated Roman Emperor
By Claude Galle
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
A late French Empire period mantel (fireplace) clock showing a seated Roman emperor in finely chased patinated bronze holding a sword in one hand and a Roman banner in the other. He ...
Category
Antique 1810s French Empire Mantel Clocks
Materials
Bronze
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...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century French Empire Mantel Clocks
Materials
Crystal, Bronze
French Louis XVI Ormolu and Marble Monument Clock
By Charles Bertrand
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
A period Louis XVI Ormolu black and white marble mantel clock made in the last quarter of the 18th century. The white enamel dial with bl...
Category
Antique Late 18th Century French Louis XVI Mantel Clocks
Materials
Marble, Bronze
French Empire Figurative Gilt Bronze Clock of a Roman Youth Holding a Scroll
By Rossel in Rouen
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
A French Empire figurative clock of a Roman youth holding a scroll in gilded bronze showing a seated classically draped youth sitting atop the clock case holding a lyre in one hand a...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century French Empire Mantel Clocks
Materials
Bronze
French Late 19 Century Pink Porcelain Cartel Clock Attributed to Samson and Cie
By Samson & Cie
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
A finely decorated pink porcelain Cartel clock in the Louis XVI style; the predominantly pink case surmounted by a classical urn with goats heads and colored enamel swags. Below the ...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Wall Clocks
Materials
Porcelain
Rare Patinated Bronze Statue of a Native American Indian Archer on the Hunt
By Pierre Jules Mêne
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
A rare bronze of a bare chested sinewy Native American Indian warrior/ archer in a crouching position with one leg out for support and the other in a kneeling position as he is in throes of shooting an arrow skywards presumably hunting for a bird. The Indian is dressed in full traditional garb with patterned cotton woven loin cloth, a head band with a single feather. Buckskin leather frilly pants and moccasins. Slung on his back is a leather sheath holding a quiver of arrows. A belt holds a feathered tomahawk on one side and a sheated hunting knife...
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Antique Late 19th Century French American Colonial Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Napolean III Patinated Bronze Figural Candelabra
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
Very well cast models of classical maidens standing on decorated stepped rectangular black marble bases, the upper base mounted with an Etruscan style frieze; the bases have gilt bro...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century French Napoleon III Candelabras
Materials
Bronze
A Rare Bronze of a Baboon by Sirio Tofanari
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
An Art Deco patinated bronze sculpture of a baboon by acclaimed Italian early 20th century Florentine sculptor Sirio Tofanari, (1886-1969). The bronze i...
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Antique Early 19th Century Italian Art Deco Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Figural Bronze Statue Depicting L' Amazon Captive by A. Carrier Belleuse
By Albert-Ernest Carrier-Belleuse
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
The subject is a young voluptuous partially draped nude Amazon woman who stands on a rocky outcrop, her left foot on top of an open Helmet, a quiver with arrows beside her; her torso...
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Antique Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Allegorical Gilt Bronze Clock Depiction Clio, the Muse of History and Music
By Louis-Charles Boileau
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
An Allegorical gilt bronze French Empire clock Depiction Clio, the the Greek Muse of History and Music. Clio is shown here sitting on the clock plinth playing her harp. To the left of the clock dial are placed wreaths, and a plaque with the names of Roman Poets “Pline”, “Homere”, “Tasse”, and “Virgile”. The lower section of the clock is decorated with a large mount and a relief of Apollo.
The finely chased and gilt bronze clock has its original movement. The white enamel dial signed Boileau a Paris, with its silk string suspension system ringing the hours and halfs on a bell. An identical clock sitting on a white and gilt console...
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Antique Early 19th Century French Empire Mantel Clocks
Materials
Bronze
Louis XVI Style Gilt Bronze and White Marble Clock with Bacchante and Satyrs
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
Louis XVI style clock with Bacchante and musical satyrs. The body of the clock features two young satyrs in gilded bronze each holding twin horns; they lean back against the shaped w...
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Antique Mid-19th Century French Louis XVI Mantel Clocks
Materials
Carrara Marble, Bronze
Marble statue of Napoleon Crossing the Alps after a painting by Jacques L David
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
A rare late 19th century marble statue of Napoleon on horseback crossing the Alps (also known as Napoleon at the Saint-Bernard Pass or Bonaparte Cros...
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Antique Late 19th Century Italian Other Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Napoleon III French Marble and Bronze Astronomical Sciences Clock
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
Napoleon III figural astronomical sciences clock. The patinated bronze winged putto stands beside the ‘blued’ bronze globe of the world housing the movement; he holds scientific inst...
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Antique Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Mantel Clocks
Materials
Bronze
Allegorical Rococo Revival Clock Depicting a Gilt Water Sprite with Putti
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
A late 19th century French gilded bronze clock on a gilded wood base. On the left side of the Rococo-style base which resembles rolling wave...
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Antique Late 19th Century French Rococo Revival Mantel Clocks
Materials
Bronze
French Empire Clock Depicting Psyche Playing with a Butterfly After Canova
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
A French Empire Clock depicting Psyche playing with a butterfly after a marble statue by Canova displayed in the Louvre. A patinated bronze Psych...
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Antique Early 19th Century French Empire Mantel Clocks
Materials
Bronze
19th Century French Empire Skeleton Clock with Vestal Virgins
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
A Classic two dimensional French Empire skeleton clock, the finely chased and mercury gilded case depicts Amour holding a flaming torch and a banner, symbol of war, seated on a quiver full of arrows and set on top of the dial and movement. The dial is framed by two vestal virgins...
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Antique Early 19th Century French Empire Mantel Clocks
Materials
Bronze
Griotte Marble and Gilt Bronze Clock Mounted by a Classical Female Bronze Bust
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
A finely cast gilt bronze clock base mounted with of a classical patinated bronze bust of a maiden after a model by James Pradier. The maiden has her curly haired head turned demurely to one side resting on her bare shoulders, and hands clasped across her partly exposed breasts...
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Antique Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Mantel Clocks
Materials
Griotte Marble, Bronze
18th Century Dutch 'Utrecht' Longcase or Grandfather Clock by W.V. Dadelbeek
By W.V. Dadelbeek
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
A walnut, burr-walnut and inlaid Dutch longcase clock by W.V Dadelbeek, Utrecht. The case of typical form, trunk door with feather banding, bombe ...
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Antique Mid-18th Century Dutch Louis XV Grandfather Clocks and Longcase ...
Materials
Walnut
Pair of Italian Terracotta Eagles After a 1 st Century AD Roman Marble Original
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
A life-Size pair of finely cast 19th century Italian terracotta eagles standing on an oval terracotta base, each facing the other with their wings par...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Italian Neoclassical Revival Animal Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Bisquit Porcelain and Gilt Bronze Figural Clock of Perseus Freeing Andromeda
By Francois Ageron
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
A fine and rare Bisquit porcelain and gilt bronze Louis XV figural clock f depicting a famous scene in Greek Mythology of Perseus freeing Andromeda. The clock case is made of Bisquit (unglazed) porcelain. The figural group is presented on a rocky outcrop with waves lapping at their feet. She is shown lying over the clock dial with one leg and one arm chained to a rock behind her. Perseus leans agains the other side of the dial reaching to untie Andromeda from the rock behind her. Medusa's severed head is shown at his feet. The base is decorated with a gilt bronze frieze across the front showing cupids playing with stars and sun rays. The rounded sides of the clock are also decorated with gilded panels. The case sits on six toupie feet. The 6.5" white enamel dial is signed Ageron at the top and Paris at the bottom. The dial has Roman numerals with enamelled stars between the numerals; the hands are pierced and gilded. There is also a subsidiary steel hand pointing to the days of the month. The silk string suspension system has been replaced with a steel suspension system. The clock rings the hours and halfs on a bell.
The movement for this magnificent clock was made by François Ageron (d. after 1783), who was one of the leading 18th century Parisian clockmakers. Ageron’s establishment was famous and known for his horological genius he created both clocks and watches, many of which had complicated movements. He was born at Arbigny and was received as a Parisian maître-horloger in 1741, at which date he was established at Place du Pont Saint-Michel.
By 1747 he had moved to Quai des Augustins, five years later he was at rue Saint-Louis au Palais and then in 1763 at place Dauphine. Like other great clockmakers of the period he used cases by the finest bronziers notably Philippe and Jacques Caffiéri, Jean-Joseph de Saint-Germain, Robert and Jean-Baptiste Osmond, Jacques Dumont...
Category
Antique Late 18th Century French Louis XV Mantel Clocks
Materials
Bronze
Louis XVI Clock Depicting L’Etude 'Learning' et La Philosophie 'Philosophy'
By François Rémond
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
A Louis XVI mantle clock depicting “L’Etude et La Philosophie” (Learning and Philosophy). The clock is comprised of a circular white-enamelled dial wi...
Category
Antique Late 18th Century French Louis XVI Mantel Clocks
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Allegorical Sevres Bisque Porcelain Figural Clock Titled La Larcin De La Rose
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
A fine example of sevres biscuit porcelain showing an allegorical group of three classically draped young figures, two embracing; all standing beside the clock case which is surmount...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century French Neoclassical Mantel Clocks
Materials
Porcelain
