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Material: Bronze
19th Century French Empire Style Bronze Mantel Clock, circa 1870
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Antique 19th century French Empire style gilt bronze mantle clock. The foliate and fruit engraved gilt-brass dial with enamel painted roman numerals. Inside with eight day movement w...
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19th Century French Empire Antique Bronze Mantel Clocks
Materials
Brass, Bronze, Enamel
Napoleon III French Bronze Mantel Clock Set from the 19th Century
Located in Opole, PL
Napoleon III French Bronze Mantel Clock Set from the 19th Century
A figural set featuring putti, known as a mantel clock set, consisting of a mantel ...
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19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Bronze Mantel Clocks
Materials
Brass, Bronze
$8,666 Sale Price
20% Off
French Louis XVI Cupid Mantel Clock
Located in Queens, NY
French Louis XVI-style (19th Century) bronze dore and white marble oval shaped mantel clock with 2 cupids reading book at top. (Not working)
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Bronze Mantel Clocks
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Antique 19th Century Vincenti & Cie French Boulle Style Mantle Clock
Located in Victoria, BC
A lovely antique 19th Century French Boulle Style Mantle Clock. Recently serviced and working well, this clock features a faux tortoise shell veneer and bronze gilded accents around the entire clock. Enamel roman numerals are featured on the clock face overlaying a nicely detailed gilded face. Signed "LEPAUVRE ROUEN" on face. Some minor loss to the veneer as seen in the pictures. Some of the gilded overlay is peeling up in some minor areas as seen in the pictures. The Lepauvre Rouen enamel...
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1860s French Antique Bronze Mantel Clocks
Materials
Bronze
Empire Clock in representing a Horse and a Dog in Gilt Bronze, 19th Century
Located in NICE, FR
Restoration-period bronze clock with brown and gilded patina depicting a horse playing with a small dog.
Beautiful mercury gilding, the alternating patinas give a nice balance to th...
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19th Century French Empire Antique Bronze Mantel Clocks
Materials
Bronze
Ormolu Clock "with a Swing", France, circa 1820
Located in PARIS, FR
Very fine floral and decorated Restauration period ormolu clock, figuring two baluster columns joint together by a floral arch, and topped by a crown of roses. Roman numbers indicate...
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1820s French Restauration Antique Bronze Mantel Clocks
Materials
Bronze
18th Century Carrara Marble and Dore Bronze Mantle Clock, F. Berthoud
Located in New York, NY
A fabulous and quite important 18th century Louis XVI period Carrara marble and dore bronze mantle clock, signed F. Berthoud, Paris. The body of the clock is exceptionally cast and f...
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1780s French Louis XVI Antique Bronze Mantel Clocks
Materials
Carrara Marble, Bronze
Rococo Style Gilt Bronze Mounted Porcelain Clock Garniture
Located in London, GB
Rococo style gilt bronze mounted porcelain clock garniture
French, late 19th century
Measures: Clock: Height 38cm, width 27cm, depth 13...
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Late 19th Century French Rococo Antique Bronze Mantel Clocks
Materials
Ormolu, Bronze
Rare Late 18th Century Neoclassical Louis XVI Ormolu Mantel Clock
Located in Worpswede / Bremen, DE
The circular white-enameled dial signed ”Detour Paris” with Roman hours and Arabic quarter marks, a further inner Arabic chapter ring for the day of month. Pierced gilt hands and a b...
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Late 18th Century French Neoclassical Antique Bronze Mantel Clocks
Materials
Marble, Bronze, Enamel
Large Neoclassical Style Marble and Gilt Bronze Circular Movement Mantel Clock
Located in London, GB
Large neoclassical style marble and gilt bronze circular movement mantel clock
French, late 19th century
Measures: Height 82cm, width 26cm, depth 26cm
Crafted from the finest of materials, including beautiful white marble, gilt bronze, and patinated bronze, this unusually large mantel clock is a superb piece of neoclassical design. The clock features a white marble vase-shaped case, which houses its circular movement. The vase is set above a plinth form base, which is inset with gilt bronze relief panels...
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Late 19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Bronze Mantel Clocks
Materials
Marble, Ormolu, Bronze
Large 19th Century French Doré Bronze Mantel Clock
Located in Los Angeles, CA
French 19th century doré bronze mantel clock.
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19th Century French Antique Bronze Mantel Clocks
Materials
Bronze
Important German Neoclassical Table Clock by David Roentgen
By David Roentgen
Located in Worpswede / Bremen, DE
An important and rare table clock from the workshop of David Roentgen. The case with an oval stepped plinth top with gilt bronze handle, decoration of the case with ormolu mille raie banding, beaded edges and brass fluted columns to the front flanking the square brass dial, foliate engraved spandrels to the corners, centred by the white enamel Arabic chapter ring, signed Delolme, pierced brass hands, convex glazed bezel, square plated eight-day movement with four back-pinned pillars, verge escapement, silk suspension, rack and count wheel strike, striking the hours and quarters on two bells above, the back plate also signed, glazed side panels.
There is only a small series of comparable table clocks from the workshop of David Roentgen known. The present clock seems to be the first example of the cooperation between David Roentgen and the court clockmaker Delolme in Brunswick. The case is meticulously crafted and both case and movement are of superb quality.
David Roentgen, called the "most celebrated ébéniste in Europe" by his contemporaries, was a successful entrepreneur who transformed the business founded by his father, Abraham Roentgen...
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Late 18th Century German Neoclassical Antique Bronze Mantel Clocks
Materials
Bronze
French 19th Century Gilt Bronze and Pink Porcelain Carriage Clock
Located in London, GB
A carriage clock in the Louis XV manner
The ornate and shaped gilt bronze case having putti at the angles, surmounted by two winged putti, one proffering a laurel wreath; dressed ...
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19th Century French Louis XV Antique Bronze Mantel Clocks
Materials
Bronze
Large Gilt Bronze Portico Clock, Restoration Period
By Lepine
Located in Paris, FR
Large gilt bronze portico regulator clock from the Restauration period. It takes the form of an antique architecture with four smooth Corinthian columns with acanthus leaf capitals. ...
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1820s French Restauration Antique Bronze Mantel Clocks
Materials
Bronze
French Bronze Dore Mantle Clock by Leveque Guéret, 19th Century
Located in Lisbon, PT
Louis XVI gilded bronze watch. Enamelled dial with hollow hands
White marble pedestal richly decorated with gilded bronze, and in the center a bas-relief with an ibex / goat symbol o...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Bronze Mantel Clocks
Materials
Marble, Metal, Ormolu, Bronze, Brass
$5,923 Sale Price
20% Off
Rare French Empire Clock in Gilt and Patinated Bronze Signed Lepaute
By Jean-André Lepaute 1
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
An extremely rare and important French Empire mantle clock signed by the master clock making dynasty of Jean-Andre Lepaute and his brother Jean-Baptiste Lepaute.
The case, in the form of an antique portal...
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Early 19th Century French Empire Antique Bronze Mantel Clocks
Materials
Bronze
Massive French Clock of Baccanalian Maiden Lying Naked on Lion's Skin
Located in London, GB
French patinated bronze and Sienna marble mantel clock of massive proportions. The subject being of a naked maiden lying down on a lion's pelt and leaning against the clock. The subj...
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1890s French Napoleon III Antique Bronze Mantel Clocks
Materials
Siena Marble, Bronze
Historical King Louis Philippe Ormolu Bronze Mantel Clock, Circa 1838
Located in New York, US
Our French ormolu bronze mantel clock, circa 1838, is entitled "Le Roi Louis Philippe saigne sa propre main & rappelle à la vie le courrier de cabinet Werner tombé de cheval sous les...
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Mid-19th Century French Louis Philippe Antique Bronze Mantel Clocks
Materials
Bronze
Antique Neoclassical Style Three-Piece Gilt Bronze Clock Set
Located in London, GB
Antique neoclassical style three-piece gilt bronze clock set
French, late 19th century
Measures: Clock: Height 57cm, width 74cm, depth 23cm.
Candelabra: Height 83cm, width 27cm, d...
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Late 19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Bronze Mantel Clocks
Materials
Ormolu, Bronze
French Louis XV Floral Mantel Clock
Located in Queens, NY
French Louis XV style (19th Cent) bronze dore and porcelain floral decorated mantel clock with four 18th Century style figures and cupids (Balthazar) *Not working
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19th Century French Louis XV Antique Bronze Mantel Clocks
Materials
Bronze
Sèvres Style Porcelain and Gilt Bronze Three-Piece Clock Set
Located in London, GB
This exquisite clock set is designed in an elegant 18th-Century Rococo manner, in the style of Sèvres porcelain wares. Rococo is characterised by its use of pastel colours, graceful ...
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19th Century French Rococo Antique Bronze Mantel Clocks
Materials
Ormolu, Bronze
Large Gilt, Patinated Bronze and Marble Clock Set by Raingo Frères
Located in London, GB
Large gilt, patinated bronze and marble clock set by Raingo Frères
French, Late 19th Century
Clock: height 73cm, width 29cm, depth 28cm
Candelabra: height 66cm, width 30cm, depth ...
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Late 19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Bronze Mantel Clocks
Materials
Marble, Bronze, Ormolu
Antique Gilt Bronze and Champlevé Enamel Clock Set
Located in London, GB
This beautiful clock set, which comprises of a mantel clock and a pair of vases, was designed in France in circa 1870 in a wonderful Renaissance Revival style. The set has been craft...
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Late 19th Century French Renaissance Revival Antique Bronze Mantel Clocks
Materials
Ormolu, Bronze, Enamel
$11,917 / set
19th Century Sèvres Style Ormolu-Mounted Porcelain Figural Clockset
Located in New York, NY
A fine quality 19th century Sèvres ormolu-mounted porcelain clockset.
Origin: French
Date: 19th century
Dimension: Clock: 25 in high; Urns: 24 in high.
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19th Century French Antique Bronze Mantel Clocks
Materials
Ormolu, Bronze
Sleigh-Form Silvered Bronze and Green Onyx Mantel Clock
Located in London, GB
Sleigh-form silvered bronze and green onyx mantel clock
French, late 19th century
Measures: Height 27cm, width 32cm, depth 29cm
This beaut...
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Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Bronze Mantel Clocks
Materials
Onyx, Bronze
Louis XVI Style Gilt-Bronze and White Marble Clock, François Linke
Located in London, GB
This playful Louis XVI style gilt-bronze and white marble clock, made by François Linke after a Clodion design, late 19th century.
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Late 19th Century French Antique Bronze Mantel Clocks
Materials
Bronze
Antique 19th Century French Ormolu Bronze Garniture, G. J. Levy, Paris c.1870
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Antique 19th Century French garniture, cast bronze in ormolu, a striking ensemble featuring a pair of seven-light candelabras and a mantel clock. The clock is adorned with foliage an...
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1870s French Other Antique Bronze Mantel Clocks
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
Napoleon III Style French Gilt Bronze & Patinated Three-Piece Clock Garniture
Located in Houston, TX
Exquisite set by Vincent &Cie Medaille d’ Argent circa 1855 clock works- the
Medallion in the center en verso. It is in great working condition with
Orig...
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Mid-19th Century French Antique Bronze Mantel Clocks
Materials
Bronze
Antique French Gilt Bronze Mounted Malachite Turning Mantel Clock
Located in London, GB
Antique French gilt bronze mounted malachite turning mantel clock
French, late 19th century
Measures: Height 75cm, width 28cm, depth 25.5cm
The malachite mantel clock case is st...
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Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Bronze Mantel Clocks
Materials
Malachite, Bronze, Ormolu
Early 19th Century Marble Clock Cupid Reading by Ledure and Hémon
Located in Paris, FR
Early 19th century Restauration-period green vert-de-mer marble clock with gilt bronze decoration. The clock is topped by a Cupid reading in patinated bronze. The ormolu face marks t...
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Early 19th Century French Restauration Antique Bronze Mantel Clocks
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Deniere Gilt Bronze Mantle Clock in the Louis XVI Taste, France, circa 1870
Located in Atlanta, GA
The case Jean-Francois and/or Guillaume Deniere (French, 1820-1901); the mechanism (Samuel Marti et Cie (French, 1841- ), circa 1870, finely cast gilt bronze and marble mantel clock in the Louis XVI taste, surmounted by a ribbon tied quiver and torch, the case decorated with swirling florals, the enameled dial with polychrome floral swags and Arabic numerals, the base with bundled acanthus garlands. and rising on toupie feet. The dial marked "Deniere/Ft de Bronzes" and "Paris", the mechanism stamped "Jx/Deniere/A Paris/1565',"Juveneaux", and "Medaille Bronze/S Marti & Cie". Note: The Deniere (Derniere) firm was noted for their exceptional bronze casting, exhibiting at the Paris 1855 World Fair and having multiple royal commissions including the coronation coach...
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1870s French Louis XVI Antique Bronze Mantel Clocks
Materials
Bronze
19th Century Bronze Clock
Located in Van Nuys, CA
This beautiful 19th Century clock has exquisite attention to detail. Cherubs are back to back at the top bell tower while a draped women holds the clock above her head.
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19th Century Antique Bronze Mantel Clocks
Materials
Bronze
$18,000
Allegorical French Empire Gilt Bronze Clock Depicting Earth’s Source of Water
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
A gilt bronze French Empire clock depicting an allegory to the earth’s water source. In this clock a classically draped nymph sits atop a rocky outcrop her right foot resting on the ...
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Early 19th Century French Empire Antique Bronze Mantel Clocks
Materials
Bronze
French Empire Gilt Bronze Clock Depicting the Lydian Queen Omphale
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
An early 19 century French Empire gilt bronze clock depicting the mythological Lydian Queen Omphale sitting astride on a draped drum th...
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Early 19th Century French Empire Antique Bronze Mantel Clocks
Materials
Bronze
$6,240 Sale Price
20% Off
French Early 19th Century Empire Gilt Bronze Mantel Clock by Claude Galle
By Claude Galle
Located in Worpswede / Bremen, DE
Claude Galle, (1759–1815, master in 1786) is one of the most renowned bronziers active during the Napoleonic period, such as Pierre-Philippe Thomire, André-Antoine Ravrio and Louis-S...
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Early 1800s French Empire Antique Bronze Mantel Clocks
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Belle Époque Period Ormolu and Porcelain Mantel Clock in Moorish Style
Located in London, GB
This beautiful clock, formed from gilt bronze and porcelain, is designed and decorated in a discernibly Moorish style. The clock is supported by a flat shaped gilt bronze base, the base supporting four gilt bronze columns that support the gilt bronze clock drum. The cylindrical drum contains a circular dial, the dial of porcelain and inscribed with Roman numerals.
The gilt bronze throughout is cast and chased with geometrical motifs—particularly evident on the front of the four vertical columns. These motifs are distinctively Moorish in scheme, the lattice-type geometrical sequences recalling Islamic decorative...
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Late 19th Century French Moorish Antique Bronze Mantel Clocks
Materials
Ormolu, Bronze
French Mantel Clock / Pendulum Clock, Fire-Gilt, Around 1870-1880
Located in Berlin, DE
French mantel clock / pendulum clock, fire-gilt, around 1870-1880
Solid bronze, fire-gilded, french around 1870-1880, original French historicism.
An absolute eye catcher.
Finely chiselled gold-plated bronze in the best quality.
Functional clockwork.
The mantel clock stands on an antique wooden base.
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1870s French Antique Bronze Mantel Clocks
Materials
Bronze
Period Louis XVI Bronze Dore' Clock
Located in New Orleans, LA
Important Louis XVI mantle clock with exceptional bronze detail and chasing.
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18th Century French Louis XVI Antique Bronze Mantel Clocks
Materials
Marble, Bronze
1920s Modernist Design Art Deco Oak, Coromandel and Bronze Mantle or Desk Clock
Located in Lisse, NL
Early 20th century, great design and well working Art Deco clock.
If you are looking for a great shape and condition Art Deco clock then this original 192...
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Early 20th Century Dutch Art Deco Bronze Mantel Clocks
Materials
Bronze
Bronze clock featuring enameled plaques with Roman numerals
Located in Atlanta, GA
Bronze clock featuring enameled plaques with Roman numerals, signed
Deniere a Paris.
Denière et Matelin were prominent French bronziers, producers of ornamental patinated and gilt-bronze objects and mounts working in Paris during the Directoire and First French Empire periods.
Named for Jean-François Denière (1774–1866) and François Thomas Matelin (1759–1815), the firm is known for the production of ormolu furniture mounts...
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1880s French Louis XV Antique Bronze Mantel Clocks
Materials
Bronze
Large Gilt Bronze Mantel Clock Commemorating Napoleon
Located in London, GB
Large gilt bronze mantel clock commemorating Napoleon
French, circa 1840
Measures: Height 57cm, width 40cm, depth 15cm
The gilt bronze m...
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Mid-19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Bronze Mantel Clocks
Materials
Ormolu, Bronze
French Gilt Bronze Figural Antique Clock w Renaissance Poet early 19th century
Located in Sweden, SE
Fine and elegant work of gold-plated bronze as mantel clock in the romantic style. Guilloche silvered dial covered with patina. The bronze sculpture was made using the casting techni...
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Early 19th Century Neoclassical Antique Bronze Mantel Clocks
Materials
Gold Plate, Brass, Bronze
Le Roy & Fils Baroque Revival Partial Gilt Clock
Located in Atlanta, GA
Le Roy & Fils (French 1785), Baroque Revival parcel gilt bronze mounted and mixed marble mantel clock, mid-19th century, having a foliate finial, domed hood with plaque reading "1640...
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1860s Baroque Revival Antique Bronze Mantel Clocks
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Leila and the Giaour Gilded Bronze Clock, France, Circa 1830
Located in PARIS, FR
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...
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1830s French Antique Bronze Mantel Clocks
Materials
Bronze
$12,999 Sale Price
55% Off
French Ormolu and White Marble Three-Piece Clock Set
Located in New York, NY
A very fine french ormolu and white marble three-piece clock set garniture. Comprising a mantel clock and a pair of matching urns with a pair of putti on ...
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19th Century French Antique Bronze Mantel Clocks
Materials
Carrara Marble, Bronze
$18,000 / set
Charles X Malachite and Ormolu Mantel Clock depicting Psyche and the Golden Box
Located in Dallas, TX
a very fine Charles X malachite and ormolu mounted mantle clock, depicting a seated Psyche, in patinated bronze, opening the golden box. France, circa 1830
21" H x 16" W x 6.5" D...
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Early 19th Century French Charles X Antique Bronze Mantel Clocks
Materials
Malachite, Bronze
Ormolu, White Marble and Tole Cercle Tournant Mantel Clock by Lepaute
By Francois Vion, Lepaute
Located in London, GB
This exceptional mantel clock was created in the early 20th century in France, inspired by an 18th century model by the famous metalworker, François Vion (French, 1737-1790). The clock’s design includes sculptures of the Three Graces holding up a spherical clock with a revolving, or ‘cercle tournant...
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Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Bronze Mantel Clocks
Materials
Marble, Ormolu, Tôle, Bronze
Stunning Antique Quality Bronze Marble Clock Garniture w. Bald Eagle Sculptures
Located in Lisse, NL
Unique and amazing 19th century mantel clock garniture.
If you are looking for a one of a kind and truly spectacular clock to grace your living space then this work of beauty could ...
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Late 19th Century French Belle Époque Antique Bronze Mantel Clocks
Materials
Marble, Bronze, Enamel
A Louis XVI Style Gilt-Bronze and Green Enamel Mantel Clock, Circa 1890
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A Fine Louis XVI Style Gilt-Bronze and Green Enamel Mantel Clock.
French, Circa 1890.
Stamped ‘Medaille d’Argent Vincenti & Cie 1855’ and with the initials ‘L.R’.
This fine clock or timepiece has a spring-driven eight-day twin train movement by Vicenti et Cie, striking on a gong.
The gilt-bronze case is of square-section with a stepped pediment surmounted by musical trophies above a Vitruvian scroll frieze and rosettes to each corner, below is a circular enamel dial with Arabic numerals and floral swags, set within a finely painted iridescent green enamel panel depicting a courting couple in conversation. The sides are similarly painted with fair maidens in a wooded landscape and the back cast with strap-work and Vitruvian scrolls; a circular hinged door opening to reveal the movement.
Vincenti was a much respected clock maker, a Corsican who set up in 1823 in Montbeliard using machinery of his own design.
Following his death in 1834 his business was carried on by Roux et Cie...
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Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Bronze Mantel Clocks
Materials
Enamel, Bronze
Exceptional Antique French Bronze Clock 1860-1890s
Located in Media, PA
Exceptional antique french clock with superb bronze workmanship. Created by hand in the late 19th century, with utmost craftsmanship. The way the bronze figure is made is unreal, if ...
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Late 19th Century French French Provincial Antique Bronze Mantel Clocks
Materials
Bronze
French Empire Ormolu and Patinated Bronze Mantel Clock
Located in London, GB
Antique French Charles X period "Au bon Sauvage" mantel clock. Very rare, this is not a model we have ever seen before, possibly a one off. Set upon f...
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1820s Antique Bronze Mantel Clocks
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
19th Century Napoleon III Gilt Bronze Clock in Rocaille Style
Located in Paris, FR
Small gilt bronze clock in Rocaille style, richly decorated with foliages, shells and foliated scrolls. The white enameled dial, with Roman numerals for hours and Arabic for minutes,...
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19th Century French Rococo Antique Bronze Mantel Clocks
Materials
Bronze
Baroque Style Bronze and Ormolu Cherub Mantel Clock
Located in London, GB
Baroque style bronze and ormolu cherub mantel clock
French, late 19th century
Measures: Height 69cm, width 35cm, depth 26.5cm
This dramatic a...
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Late 19th Century French Baroque Antique Bronze Mantel Clocks
Materials
Marble, Ormolu, Bronze
French Empire Gilt Bronze Allegorical Clock Depicting the Astronomical Sciences
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
A fine early 19th century French Empire gilt bronze clock representing an allegory of astronomy; featuring two classically draped maide...
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Early 19th Century French Empire Antique Bronze Mantel Clocks
Materials
Bronze
French Empire Ormulu Bronze Mantel Clock, Lepaute, Thomire, Paris, circa 1815
Located in Greven, DE
Ormulu pendule with depiction of friendship and love
Paris (Lepaute, Thomire)
fire-gilt bronze
Empire around 1815
Dimensions: H x W x D: 44 x 36 x 13 cm
French pendulum movement with eight days duration. Thread suspension and lock disc striking movement with strike on bell on the half and full hour.
White enamel dial with Roman hour numerals and Breguet hands.
Signature: LePaute & Fils / Hrl. du Roi (Pierre-Basile Lepaute (1750 - 1843) with his son Pierre-Michel Lepaute (1785-1849); from 1811 in joint workshop).
Description:
The extremely high quality pendulum shown here takes up a profound theme: Friendship, which combines with love and can thereby outlast time and death. As it is typical for the epoch of classicism, personifications and symbols are taken from the fund of ancient mythology and art and then developed further.
The main figure is a young woman in an antique, girded garment, standing barefoot and with crossed legs next to an altar, on which she is leaning with her left elbow. She gracefully bows her head towards a tempestuously approaching Cupid, grasps his right hand with her left and draws him to her bosom, the seat of the heart. The delicate ambivalence of flying towards and being held culminates in the trustingly intimate look that the two cast at each other.
The young woman personifies friendship, the winged Cupid love. As a sign of their intimate connection, two burning hearts appear on the altar next to the two, framed by the puffed scarf, which are closely bound together by a chain of flowers.
Next to them, on the altar slab, one can see an erected book with the title "Amitie" (French: amitie, friendship). Supporting the book is a pomegranate held by a ring of pomegranate flowers. The bursting seeds spill out of the cracked skin. Since ancient times, the pomegranate and its blossoms have been dedicated to the goddess Persephone, symbolizing the underworld and death, but also life and fertility. The myrtle interwoven in the pomegranate flower wreath of "friendship" also has a far-reaching symbolic power: the plant was dedicated to the goddess Aphrodite, stands for virginity, and was and is therefore obligatory in the bridal wreath...
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Early 19th Century French Empire Antique Bronze Mantel Clocks
Materials
Bronze, Enamel
Empire Period Gilt Bronze Mantel Clock
Located in London, GB
This truly stunning French mantel clock was crafted during the Empire period, and reflects the Neoclassical interests of the Emperor Napoleon I, whose influence over the decorative arts contributed toward a profound revival of beauties of the ancient empires.
The mantel clock is crafted entirely in gilt bronze, and features a stepped base on four block feet. The base depicts a Classical relief panel to the front, showing female dancing figures and putti, as well as musical instruments. Surmounting the base is an arch featuring a central mask fountain and basin...
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Early 19th Century French Empire Antique Bronze Mantel Clocks
Materials
Ormolu, Bronze
Porcelain Mounted Ormolu Antique French Three Piece Clock Set
Located in London, GB
Of porcelain mounted ormolu, the clock's dial marked 'Raingo Fres, Paris', the central clock decorated with a scene of traditional 19th century courtship, the two flanking candelabra...
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19th Century French Antique Bronze Mantel Clocks
Materials
Bronze
French Restauration Period Eagle Clock
By Claude Galle
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
A French restauration period mantle clock having a large patinated bronze eagle with outstretched wings standing on a wreath on top of the clock.
The stepped square patinated bronze...
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1820s French Restauration Antique Bronze Mantel Clocks
Materials
Bronze
Fine and Large French 19th Century Mantle Clock Louis XV by Raingo Fres Paris
Located in Dallas, TX
A very fine 19th century French Louis XV gilt bronze and patinated bronze clock by Raingo Fres Paris.
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Late 19th Century French Louis XV Antique Bronze Mantel Clocks
Materials
Bronze
Sèvres Porcelain with Doré Bronze Clock
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Sèvres Porcelain with doré bronze clock. Clock is not running.
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19th Century French Antique Bronze Mantel Clocks
Materials
Bronze
