Skip to main content
Want more images or videos?
Request additional images or videos from the seller
1 of 10

French 19th Century Louis XVI Style Marble and Ormolu Clock, By E. Lemoine

$19,700
£15,095.18
€17,362.98
CA$28,163.85
A$30,591.05
CHF 16,195.40
MX$369,367.91
NOK 202,183.12
SEK 191,536.39
DKK 129,647.95

About the Item

The impressive and unusual clock is designed in an architectural form, featuring a cylindrical drum case mounted on a white marble pedestal and surmounted by a red marble urn finial with a gilt acorn top, flanked by gilt-bronze handles and floral swags. The white enamel dial, signed “E. Lemoine,” is encircled by a beaded gilt-bronze bezel and framed by a laurel wreath. The dial displays Arabic numerals for hours and minutes, with painted floral garlands between the numerals and pierced gilt-bronze hands. Four small red marble urns with gilt-bronze finials and handles are arranged around the base of the dial section, set on a circular gallery of openwork scrolling foliage. Below, eight spiral red marble columns with gilt-bronze oak-leaf garlands support the upper section, joined by suspended gilt chains with tassels, and resting on a white marble stepped platform centered by a gilt-bronze female figure holding a cornucopia. The base is further enriched with applied gilt-bronze leaf friezes and rests on an oval green marble plinth with gilt-bronze rope-twist edging and toupie feet. This clock is signed on the dial by E. Lemoine, a known French clockmaker active in the 19th century. The signature is visible on the white enamel dial, which is also decorated with delicate floral garlands typical of the period. The design and execution reflect the precision and luxury materials favored by French makers of the Louis XVI revival style in the 1800s. The use of multiple colored marbles combined with detailed gilt-bronze mounts is consistent with the elaborate presentation clocks of the time. E. Lemoine’s work aligns with the tradition of Parisian clockmaking in the 19th century, where cases were often produced by specialized bronziers and fitted with movements from established horologists. The combination of red, white, and green marble with ormolu mounts recalls the opulent style developed during the reign of Louis XVI and revived in the mid-to-late 1800s. The architectural columned design and figural ornamentation seen here are hallmarks of this style, emphasizing symmetry, classical motifs, and the integration of sculpture into functional decorative art.
  • Creator:
    Lemoine (Clockmaker)
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 24 in (60.96 cm)Width: 13 in (33.02 cm)Depth: 9 in (22.86 cm)
  • Style:
    Louis XVI (In the Style Of)
  • Materials and Techniques:
  • Place of Origin:
  • Period:
  • Date of Manufacture:
    19th century
  • Condition:
    Wear consistent with age and use.
  • Seller Location:
    New York, NY
  • Reference Number:
    Seller: BB-1021stDibs: 1409101066629

More From This Seller

View All
French 19th Century Louis XVI Style Rouge Griotte Marble and Ormolu Clock Set
By Raingo Frères
Located in New York, NY
A Magnificent Large Antique French 19th Century Ormolu and Rouge Griotte marble clock set of exquisite craftsmanship. This spectacular clock set is comprising a pair of very large ni...
Category

Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Mantel Clocks

Materials

Griotte Marble, Bronze

French 19th Century Louis XVI Ormolu & Marble Clock Set Retailed by Tiffany & Co
By Tiffany & Co.
Located in New York, NY
An exceptional and supremely refined large French Louis XVI style Ormolu and White Marble Clock Garniture, dating to the 19th century and proudly retailed by the esteemed Tiffany & C...
Category

Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Mantel Clocks

Materials

Marble, Ormolu

Antique French Louis XVI Style Gilt Bronze and White Marble Lyre Form Clock Set
Located in New York, NY
The exquisite and fine set comprises a central lyre-form mantel clock and a pair of matching candelabra, all constructed in white marble mounted with gilt bronze. The clock’s lyre-sh...
Category

Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Mantel Clocks

Materials

Carrara Marble, Ormolu

French 19th Century Baccarat Crystal and Ormolu Empire Style Mantel Clock
By Baccarat
Located in New York, NY
An exquisite and finely crafted Large 19th century Baccarat crystal and ormolu French Empire style Neoclassical mantel clock. This elegant timepiece features a striking architectural...
Category

Antique 19th Century French Empire Mantel Clocks

Materials

Crystal, Bronze

Large French Japonisme Ormolu Garniture Clock Set Attributed to Edouard Lievre
By Edouard Lievre
Located in New York, NY
A magnificent and finely cast palatial and very large French 19th century Japonisme three-piece ormolu garniture clock set attributed to Edouard Lievre. This striking and extremely u...
Category

Antique 19th Century French Japonisme Table Clocks and Desk Clocks

Materials

Bronze

Antique French Empire Neoclassical Gilt Bronze Figural Clock By Jouquet a paris
Located in New York, NY
An exquisite antique French Empire neoclassical gilt bronze figural clock signed by Jouquet a Paris.. This unusual clock is surmounted by a s...
Category

Antique Early 19th Century French Empire Clocks

Materials

Ormolu, Enamel

You May Also Like

French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Marble and Ormolu Clock, Signed Simona a Paris
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A spectacular and extremely high quality French early 19th century Louis XVI st. white Carrara marble and ormolu clock, signed Simona à Paris, circa 1819. The clock is raised by six elegant topie shaped feet below the exceptional and most decorative scallop shaped white Carrara marble base. The base displays an exceptional stepped design and beautiful pierced baluster like wrap around ormolu gallery with a fine twisted ribbon fillet and central rosette. Leading up each side are impressive columns raised by square supports with exceptional concave sides decorated with fitted pierced foliate ormolu mounts, and rosettes encased by unique posts and chains. The columns are each adorned with lovely swaging ormolu fabrics, tassels, and an exquisite array of beaded and twisted ribbon ormolu fillets leading upwards to the superb ball and chain pendants. Above the beautiful pendulum with two intricately detailed rooster heads and central sun mask is the elegant enameled clock face with Arabic hour and minute markers with pieced hands with the rare inclusion of a second hand framed within an outstanding and finely detailed ormolu band of intertwined ropes. Above is a handsome richly chased Roman soldier wearing a cape and holding a dagger and sheath...
Category

Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Mantel Clocks

Materials

Carrara Marble, Ormolu

Large French, Louis XVI Period Marble and Ormolu Portico Clock
By Gavelle l'ainé à Paris
Located in Montreal, QC
A Louis XVI ormolu and marble portico clock, the enameled dial with Roman numerals, and subsidiary calendar and minute chapter rings, signed Gavelle L'Aine (1753-1802) The barrel-shaped case surmounted by a gilt bronze figure of a Guerrier, in martial attitude, flanked by chained black marble pillars...
Category

Antique Late 18th Century French Louis XVI Mantel Clocks

Materials

Marble

French 18th Century Louis XVI Period Ormolu and Marble Clock
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A charming and high quality French 18th century Louis XVI period ormolu, Gris St. Anne and white Carrara marble clock, signed 'Mailland, a Paris'. The clock is raised by six mottled ...
Category

Antique 18th Century French Louis XVI Mantel Clocks

Materials

Marble, Ormolu

French 19th Century Louis XVI Style Marble and Ormolu Clock
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A striking French 19th century Neo-Classical st. ormolu, black Belgian and white Carrara marble clock, signed Vaillant à Paris. The clock is raised by a black Belgian marble base with fine ormolu topie feet and striking fitted ormolu plaques...
Category

Antique 19th Century French Neoclassical Mantel Clocks

Materials

Belgian Black Marble, Carrara Marble, Ormolu

French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Ormolu and White Carrara Marble Clock
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An elegant French 19th century Louis XVI st. ormolu and white Carrara marble clock. The clock is raised by fine circular ormolu supports below the demi lune shaped white Carrara marb...
Category

Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Mantel Clocks

Materials

Carrara Marble, Ormolu

French Mid-19th Century Louis XVI Style Marble and Ormolu Clock
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A spectacular French mid 19th century Louis XVI st. white Carrara marble and ormolu clock in the manner of Clodion. The clock is raised by elegant reeded topie shaped feet below the ...
Category

Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Mantel Clocks

Materials

Carrara Marble, Ormolu