19th Century Ormolu Louis XV Large Clock, circa 1880

A French Ormolu and Patinated-Bronze ‘Chariot’ Three-pieces Clock Garniture Attributed to François Linke (1855 - 1946), Paris, Late 19th/ Century The clock representing a putto on ...

Diana the Huntress A Louis Philippe Neo-Gothic Style Ormolu Inkwell Rectangular in brown patina bronze and gilt bronze. The tier presents in its center a statuette of Diana the ...

A 19th century French polychromed lacquered wood eight-light chandelier Lacquered gloss cream wood with green, red and brown highlights Contained vase ending in foliated seed welcoming eight arms forming semicircles. The top has a frieze of red flowers in green interlacing and is topped with leaves and a painted egg cream...

A French 19th Century Restauration Psyche Coiffeuse mirror Patinated and gilt bronze rectangular Psyche Coiffeuse Mirror designed with Greek frieze, palmettes, oves, strings of p...

Pair of polychromed hand painted porcelain with Japonisme floral decoration Ormolu-mounted with open-worked base and rim Louis XVI Style circa 1880.

A twelve lights green patinated metal, bronze and ormolu restauration period chandelier.

An exceptional and very high quality French 19th century Louis XV st. ormolu clock. The clock is raised by most elegant scroll acanthus leaves centering a beautiful foliate reserve. ...

A stunning and most impressive large size antique French cartel clock. Exquisitely hand-crafted in France in the 19th century, very fi...

An exceptional and most decorative French 19th century Louis XV st. Meissen porcelain and ormolu clock signed Meissen and Crosnier. The clock is raised by a beautiful scrolled ground...

A stunning and extremely high quality French 19th century Louis XV st. ormolu wall mounted clock and barometer signed by Barbedienne. Each is set in...

An important mantle Clock 'à l'éléphant' in the Louis XV style. Constructed from gilt, hand-chased, and burnished bronze with patinated detail, the mantle clock on an asymmetric Rococo scrolling base with naturalistic features; the main body modelled as an elephant astride, mounted with a turbaned figure of a mahout (elephant keeper) in charge and his companion monkey, the elephant's back supporting a bamboo houdah enclosing the white enamelled dial marking the hours and minutes in Roman and Arabic numerals respectively, a tasselled cushion perched atop with two oriental figures holding parasols. French, circa 1840 Clocks incorporating animals reigned supreme during the Louis XV period, at a time when curiosity for new cultures was at its height. The exoticism found expression in the accounts of explorers describing rhinoceros, lions and elephants, which were enthusiastically absorbed into European decorative arts. The elephant acquired a particular aura following the diplomatic gift of the King of Siam to King Louis XIV of an elephant in 1686. Elephants had been used as motifs in horology since the Renaissance period, representing the theme of 'rulership' in the Kunstkammer, as seen in the Augsburg Automaton in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum. The Elephant Clock...

An Elegant Mantle Clock In the Louis XV Manner The clock and its plinth executed in gilt bronze in a dynamic rococo style, rising from scrolling foliage, the dial in the shape of a ...