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Bronze Classical Style Clock, Napoleon III Period

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  • Napoleon III Period Gilt Bronze and Sèvres Style Porcelain Mantel Clock
    By Miroy Frères
    Located in London, GB
    This sophisticated gilt bronze mantel clock is an elegant piece of mid-19th century design, beautifully cast and gilded and set with two delicate Sèvres style porcelain panels. The clock case's finest feature is the charmingly naturalistic scene at its top, showing a full-length sculpture of a female figure sitting with a basket and two doves. They are displayed on a naturalistic, oval-shaped plinth, which is decorated all around its exterior with painstakingly intricate foliate motifs. Either side of the plinth there are two Sevres style porcelain panels, each of which shows a winged putto. One putto is shown writing, while the other is shown holding a dove. Each is set inside a turquoise blue border decorated with delicate gilt scrolls. In the centre of the plinth sits the clock dial, which is enamelled and contains Roman numerals. It is signed 'Prize Medal 1851 / Miroy Fres Brevetes / Paris' after the clock's maker, Miroy Freres...
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    Antique 19th Century French Napoleon III Mantel Clocks

    Materials

    Ormolu, Bronze

  • Napoleon III Period Onyx and Gilt Bronze Clock Set
    By Ferdinand Barbedienne
    Located in London, GB
    The white onyx and gilt bronze three-piece set consists of a central clock, accompanied by two six-light candelabra. The three items were crafted in the 19th century, during the reig...
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    Antique 19th Century French Neoclassical Mantel Clocks

    Materials

    Onyx, Ormolu, Bronze

  • Gilt Bronze Clock, 19th Century, Napoleon III Period
    Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
    Gilt bronze clock, with its gilt wood base on a blackened wood sicle, signed by Pellegrin in Marseille, 19th century, Napoleon III period Measures: H: 49 cm, W: 36 cm, D: 17 cm SM0...
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    Antique Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Table Clocks and Desk Clocks

    Materials

    Bronze

  • Napoleon III Bronze Clock XIXth
    Located in Beaune, FR
    Large clock in gilded and patinated bronze from the Napoleon III period dating from the 19th century. This clock is of very high quality, complete and in very good condition. Dimens...
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    Antique 19th Century French Napoleon III Table Clocks and Desk Clocks

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    Bronze

  • Napoleon III Period Neoclassical Style Three-Piece Clock Set
    Located in London, GB
    Napoleon III Period neoclassical style three-piece clock set. French, 19th century Dimensions: Height 58cm, width 47cm, depth 19cm Comprised of a mantel clock and two flanking c...
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    Antique 19th Century French Napoleon III Mantel Clocks

    Materials

    Malachite, Enamel, Ormolu

  • Napoleon III Period Gilt and Patinated Bronze Clock by Delafontaine
    Located in London, GB
    The acclaimed French bronze foundry, Delafontaine, created this remarkable mantel clock. At the time this piece was crafted, in c.1860, the company was directed by Auguste-Maximilien Delafontaine (1813-1892). The firm was famous for its high-quality artistic bronzes, which can today be viewed in major art collections, such as the Louvre in Paris. Shaped like an upside down ‘T’, this gilt bronze...
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    Antique 1860s French Napoleon III Mantel Clocks

    Materials

    Bronze, Enamel, Ormolu

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