Items Similar to French Mid 18th Century Louis XV Period Tall Case Clock, circa 1740

French Late 19th Century Louis XV Grandfather Clock

20th Century Louis XVI Style Museum Pedestal Clock after Jean-Henri Riesener

19th Century French Tall Case Clock or Horloge de Parquet

Superb 19th Century Grandfather Clock by Haentges Freres

19th Century French Tall Case Clock or Horloge de Parquet

French 19th Century Louis XV St. Grandfather Clock

Want more images or videos?

Request additional images or videos from the seller

1 of 6

French Mid 18th Century Louis XV Period Tall Case Clock, circa 1740

$87,500

£66,347.02

€76,630.05

CA$122,767.84

A$136,760.63

CHF 72,139.08

MX$1,658,265

NOK 917,713.13

SEK 854,907.90

DKK 572,226.38

About the Item

A sensational French Louis XV period, circa 1740, tall case clock with an extremely rare mechanism movement signed Jean Charost. The original case in kingwood, ebony and rosewood veneer is highly decorated by impressive ormolu mounts with a female figure, scrolls, acanthus leaves and foliage. The original pendulum is a compensation type with three separate bars which adjust for temperature changes, which keeps the clock running through winter & summer. The outer ring of the dial is manually adjusted to the date the it will read when the minute hand corresponds to solar time as on a sundial.

Dimensions:
Height: 87.5 in (222.25 cm)Width: 24.5 in (62.23 cm)Depth: 9.5 in (24.13 cm)
Style:
Louis XV (In the Style Of)
Materials and Techniques:
Ebony,Kingwood,Ormolu
Place of Origin:
France
Period:
18th Century
Date of Manufacture:
1700s
Condition:
Wear consistent with age and use.
Seller Location:
West Palm Beach, FL
Reference Number:
Seller: 31531stDibs: LU949927398762

More From This Seller

View All

French 19th Century Louis XV St. Grandfather Clock

Located in West Palm Beach, FL

A spectacular and extremely high quality French mid-19th century Louis XV st. kingwood, tulipwood, and ormolu grandfather clock. The clock is raised by a fine scalloped shaped kingwo...

Category

Antique 19th Century French Louis XV Grandfather Clocks and Longcase Clocks

Materials

Ormolu

French 19th Century Louis XV St. Grandfather Clock

$78,500

French 18th Century Louis XVI Period Oak Grandfather Clock

Located in West Palm Beach, FL

A most elegant Danish 18th century Louis XVI period oak grandfather clock. The clock is raised by fine bun feet below a mottled finally carved foliate band. The case displays one doo...

Category

Antique 18th Century French Louis XVI Grandfather Clocks and Longcase Cl...

Materials

Oak

French 18th Century Louis XVI Period Oak Grandfather Clock

$14,900

French 19th Century Louis XIV St. Cartel Clock Signed F.Lesage Paris

Located in West Palm Beach, FL

A stunning French 19th century Louis XIV st. tortoiseshell, brass and ormolu Cartel Clock signed F.Lesage Paris. The beautiful clock is raised on its orig...

Category

Antique 19th Century French Louis XIV Table Clocks and Desk Clocks

Materials

Brass, Ormolu

French 19th Century Louis XIV St. Cartel Clock Signed F.Lesage Paris

$19,800

French 18th Century Coromandel and Ormolu Grandfather Clock

Located in West Palm Beach, FL

A magnificent large scale French 18th century Coromandel and ormolu Grandfather Clock, by André Furet. This very unique and high quality clock is raised by rectangular base with a li...

Category

Antique 18th Century French Grandfather Clocks and Longcase Clocks

Materials

Ormolu

French 18th Century Coromandel and Ormolu Grandfather Clock

$165,000

French Early 19th Century Louis XVI Style Ormolu Clock, 'Signed Lepaute Paris'

Located in West Palm Beach, FL

An extremely high quality French mid 19th century Louis XVI st. signed 'Lepaute, Paris' ormolu clock. The clock with a superb chasing throughout has all of its original gilt. Raised ...

Category

Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Mantel Clocks

Materials

Ormolu

French Early 19th Century Louis XVI Style Ormolu Clock, 'Signed Lepaute Paris'

$18,900

French 18th Century Louis XV Period Tortoiseshell and Ormolu Boulle Cartel Clock

Located in West Palm Beach, FL

A large and important French 18th century Louis XV period Tortoiseshell and ormolu Boulle cartel clock signed Le Faucheur, A Paris. The clock is ra...

Category

Antique 18th Century French Louis XV Wall Clocks

Materials

Ormolu

French 18th Century Louis XV Period Tortoiseshell and Ormolu Boulle Cartel Clock

$39,500

Antique Late 19th Century French Grandfather Clocks and Longcase Clocks

Materials

Wood

French Late 19th Century Louis XV Grandfather Clock

$62,000

20th Century Louis XVI Style Museum Pedestal Clock after Jean-Henri Riesener

By Jean-Henri Riesener

Located in Berlin, DE

A Model of Jean Henri Riesener (Received Master in 1768) executed in 1785. (Inv. OA 5501 in Louvre Museum). 19th century. This fine and sumptuous “Regulateur de Pendule” presents a fine amaranth. Of Sycamore oeuil de vermeuil, ebony and buis stringing marquetry. The base and the gaine are decorated with diamond shapes. The hours are inscribed in Roman numerals and the munutes in Arabic. It takes place in a magnificent gilt décor of three winged children playing with garlands on clouds. The regulator is enriched with a delicate garniture of bronze. The dial and each panel are framed by an elegant frieze of palms and pearls. The top of the gaine is enhanced with a frieze of palms and ovums, foliages and garlands of flowers. Each corner is ornated with fleurons. The front of the gaine is embellished by an Apollo mask (Sun Symbol) and each side with laurel crowns. Under the mask the cartouche is decorated by a stylized vase of flowers. Folliated scrolls, flowers, garlands, cornucopias and musical instruments such as a harp (Apollo Reference) The cherubs are underlined by pearls, scrolls of Acanthus Leaves and garlands dawning out in foliages, framed with ropes until the lions feet. The feet rest on a base ornated with fleurons and foliages with buds of flowers ending in four conical feet with acanthus leaves. With André-Charles Boulle (1642-1732) and Charles Cressent (1685-1768), Riesener was arguably one of the three greatest French ébénistes of the 18th century. Eventually taking over the workshop after Oeben’s death in 1763, and marrying his widow some four years later. He is renowned for completing the famous bureau du Roi...

Category

20th Century Louis XVI Grandfather Clocks and Longcase Clocks

Materials

Bronze

20th Century Louis XVI Style Museum Pedestal Clock after Jean-Henri Riesener

$46,170

19th Century French Tall Case Clock or Horloge de Parquet

Located in Winter Park, FL

A 19th century French Country Louis XV style horloge de parquet, or tall case clock from Burgundy. The case is made of walnut and cherry with burl of elm panels. In two parts, with a...

Category

Antique 19th Century French Louis XV Grandfather Clocks and Longcase Clocks

Materials

Brass, Enamel

19th Century French Tall Case Clock or Horloge de Parquet

$4,500

Superb 19th Century Grandfather Clock by Haentges Freres

By Haentges Freres

Located in Los Angeles, CA

A superb quality 19th century French Louis XV Style Ormolu Mounted Mahogany and King-wood Parquetry "Re´gulateur de Parquet" Grandfather longcase Clock by Haentges Freres. The drum...

Category

Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Grandfather Clocks and Longca...

Materials

Ormolu

Superb 19th Century Grandfather Clock by Haentges Freres

$118,000

19th Century French Tall Case Clock or Horloge de Parquet

Located in Winter Park, FL

A 19th century French Country horloge de parquet, or tall case clock. The case is made of oak and beechwood with raised pearwood panels. In two parts, with a curved shaped body and p...

Category

Antique 19th Century French Louis XV Grandfather Clocks and Longcase Clocks

Materials

Enamel, Brass

19th Century French Tall Case Clock or Horloge de Parquet

$4,650

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 tulipwood floral marquetry long-case regulator, after a Model by Charles Cressent (Fren...

Category