Louis Philippe Bronze Clock, France, circa 1830

French Louis XVI-style (19th Century) floor lamp. Gilt and black patinated bronze. 4 candelabra arms, later wired. Resting on a tripod base with each leg ending in paw feet. Finely...

French side table crafted from gilt bronze mounted Kingswood. Slightly raised top in Rosso Levanto marble in shades of red, green and grey. France c. 1890. This exquisite quality sid...

A refined set of four French Louis XVI style gilt bronze wall lamps. Made in France in the late 19th century by Henri Vian. Very high quality. Each fitted with two lights held by a ...

The two-door armoire or wardrobe has a cherry wood veneer with walnut fluting. Pierce-carved crown with dentil molding. Canted corners adorned with emerald green Egyptian caryatid pi...

Dial signed Polti Frères Measures: With base or glass: Height 61 cm (24 in.), width 51,5 cm (20.3 in.), depth 23.5 cm (9,2 in.) Without base: Height 52 cm (20,5 in.), width 42 cm (16.5 in.), depth 12.5 cm (4.9 in.) Important philhellenic clock in burnished and amati gilded bronze, finely chiseled, representing on the terrace a couple elegantly dressed in "the turkish style", and richly decorated with foliage, scrolls and flowers. The feet, decorated with water leaves, rest on an oval wooden base covered with a globe. The theme of the clock comes from The Giaour, a fragment of a Turkish Tale, an English poem by Lord Byron published in may 1813 which tells the thwarted love of a Venetian, the Giaour – term by which the Turks designate infidels and especially Christians – and of Leila, a slave belonging to Hassan’s seraglio, military leader of a Turkish province. The betrayal of Leila discovered, she will be thrown into the sea and her lover will avenge her by killing Hassan, then taking refuge in a monastery. Symbol of prestige and modernity, the decorative clocks are a reflection of the taste of the era of a wealthy bourgeoisie and may be the subject of diplomatic gifts or between individuals. Beyond the purely decorative aspect of such objects, watchmaking in the 19th century is part of a subtle mix of political, historical and literary references. This philhellenic movement converning the West finds a particular echo in France, one of the countries with the United Kingdom and Russia having suported the Greeks during their war of independance (1821-1830) to free oneself from the grip of the Ottoman Empire. Many clocks...

A large and impressive French Louis Philippe portico clock with complications. The ebonized wood case richly embellished with gilded bronze mounts; the 5? silvered dial with roman nu...

A very good decorated Empire clock. It has gilded bronze mounts.

Large French gilt and burnished bronze table clock with male nude figure, probably David armed with a sword (David and Goliath story), placed beside a tree trunk inside which the cl...