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Period: 18th Century
Mantel Clock 19th Century Transitional Period
Located in Warsaw, PL
This elegant mantel clock is a fine example of the Empire style, a period characterized by its grandeur and inspiration from classical antiquity. The clock showcases a masterful comb...
Category
French Industrial Antique 18th Century Mantel Clocks
Materials
Bronze
18th Century Antique Ebonized Bracket Clock by William Kipling of London
Located in Devon, GB
A good early 18th century bracket timepiece with quarter – repeat by this well-known London clockmaker. The well proportioned compact ebonized inverted bell-top case has a brass carrying handle with pierced wood frets to the front and rear doors. The attractive brass dial has date and mock pendulum apertures with signed shallow arch. The movement with verge escapement...
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English George II Antique 18th Century Mantel Clocks
Materials
Wood
Mantel Clock 18th Century Louis XV Period
Located in Warsaw, PL
This exquisite mantel clock is a masterpiece of classical design and craftsmanship. The centerpiece is a finely detailed bronze figure of a woman in a relaxed pose, adorned with grap...
Category
French Louis XV Antique 18th Century Mantel Clocks
Materials
Marble, Bronze
$3,082 Sale Price
25% Off
Mantel Clock 18th Century Louis XVI Period by Baillon À Paris
Located in Warsaw, PL
This exceptional mantel clock was crafted by Jean-Baptiste Baillon III, one of the most renowned and innovative horologists of his era. Baillon served an elite clientele, including t...
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French Louis XVI Antique 18th Century Mantel Clocks
Materials
Marble, Bronze
$5,548 Sale Price
28% Off
Louis XVI Clock Depicting L’Etude 'Learning' et La Philosophie 'Philosophy'
By François Rémond
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
A Louis XVI mantle clock depicting “L’Etude et La Philosophie” (Learning and Philosophy). The clock is comprised of a circular white-enamelled dial wi...
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French Louis XVI Antique 18th Century Mantel Clocks
Materials
Marble, 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...
Category
French Neoclassical Antique 18th Century Mantel Clocks
Materials
Marble, Bronze, Enamel
French Louis XVI Ormolu Mounted Mantel Clock, Leroy
Located in New York, NY
Louis XVI ormolu-mounted Mantel Clock
signed Julien Leroy A Paris
France, 18th century
A similar clock sold at Sothebys New York for $81,250 (Important ...
Category
French Antique 18th Century Mantel Clocks
Materials
Marble, Bronze, Enamel, Ormolu
Louis XVI Architectural Gilt Bronze and Malachite Clock
Located in London, GB
Louis XVI architectural gilt bronze and malachite clock
French, late 18th century
Measures: Height 53cm, width 35.5cm, depth 11cm
Crafted from ormolu and a later malachite venee...
Category
French Louis XVI Antique 18th Century Mantel Clocks
Materials
Malachite, Ormolu
$11,275 Sale Price
30% Off
Mantel Clock 18th Century Louis Xv Period by Estienne Menu À, Paris
Located in Warsaw, PL
This stunning antique bracket clock is a fine example of luxurious 18th-century European design, combining meticulous craftsmanship with timeless...
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French Louis XV Antique 18th Century Mantel Clocks
Materials
Bronze
Louis XVI Period Carved Marble Clock by Bruel of Paris
By Bruel
Located in London, GB
A Louis XVI period mantel (fireplace) clock by Bruel of Paris
Constructed in Carrara marble and ormolu, rising from an ormolu dressed elliptical base supported by bronze toupie feet, the figures of Psyche and Cupid rest on a rocaille ground, housing the eight day twin train clock...
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French Louis XVI Antique 18th Century Mantel Clocks
Materials
Carrara Marble
French 18th Century Louis XVI Period Ormolu and Marble Clock
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An extremely elegant and very high-quality French 18th century Louis XVI period ormolu, Bleu Turquin and white Carrara marble clock signed by Jean-Baptiste Dutertre. The clock is rai...
Category
French Louis XVI Antique 18th Century Mantel Clocks
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
Antique 18th Century Boulle Bracket Clock by Brezagez and Marchand
By Marchand
Located in London, GB
Antique 18th century Boulle bracket clock by Brezagez and Marchand
French, circa 1740
Measures: Clock: Height 87cm, width 47cm, depth 21cm
Bracket: Height 40cm, width 53cm, depth 24cm
Total: Height 127cm
This beautiful 18th century French bracket clock...
Category
French Louis XV Antique 18th Century Mantel Clocks
Materials
Brass, Enamel, Ormolu
$32,886 Sale Price
30% Off
Fine Georgian Eight Day Bracket Clock
Located in London, GB
A fine Georgian walnut bracket clock by John Greaves of Newcastle (born c.1725 and active between 1745-94) with an eight day five pillar twin train fusee movement and anchor escapeme...
Category
English George III Antique 18th Century Mantel Clocks
Materials
Walnut
Louis XVI Period Gilt Bronze Mounted Malachite Clock
Located in London, GB
Louis XVI period gilt bronze mounted malachite clock
French, late 18th century
Measures: Height 50cm, width 34.5cm, depth 13.5cm
This fine mantel clock was produced during the e...
Category
French Louis XVI Antique 18th Century Mantel Clocks
Materials
Malachite, Ormolu, Bronze
$11,275 Sale Price
30% Off
Flame Mahogany 18th Century Georgian Bracket Clock by T Coxworthy
Located in London, GB
A fine 18th century eight day bracket or table clock by Thomas Coxworthy, with a brass bound flame mahogany veneered case and silvered dial. The arched silvered dial has both Roman and Arabic numerals, which at its centre has the smaller calendar dial, and above, a strike/silent dial.
The eight day movement has a verge escapement - a feature of early clocks...
Category
English Georgian Antique 18th Century Mantel Clocks
Materials
Mahogany
Louis XVI Marble Mantle Clock by Jean-Nicolas Schmit
Located in New Orleans, LA
A horologic masterpiece of precision and beauty, this neoclassical marble and ormolu mantle clock is an extraordinary example of late 18th-century French clockmaking by the famed Jea...
Category
French Neoclassical Antique 18th Century Mantel Clocks
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
French 18th Century Louis XVI Period Carrara Marble and Ormolu Garniture Set
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A striking and high quality French 18th century Louis XVI period white Carrara marble and ormolu garniture clock set signed by Jean-Simon Bourdier. The clock is raised by elegant mot...
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French Louis XVI Antique 18th Century Mantel Clocks
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
Austrian 18th Century Giltwood and Mecca Blind Mans Clock
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A handsome early 18th century Austrian giltwood and mecca blind mans clock. The clock , with two separate chimes, one for quarter hour and the other f...
Category
Austrian Antique 18th Century Mantel Clocks
Materials
Giltwood
Ormolu and Patinated Bronze French Directoire Striking Clock, c1790
Located in valatie, NY
This graceful gilt bronze striking clock is from France’s Directoire period. The clocks white enameled face has black Roman numerals and is framed with ...
Category
French Directoire Antique 18th Century Mantel Clocks
Materials
Bronze
French Clock, Directoire Period, Portico Form, Signed Revel Paris
Located in London, GB
A French Directoire ormolu mounted black marble portico clock of Egyptian temple form. Set upon ormolu toupee feet with a rectangular black marble base. Black marble columns rise up ...
Category
French Antique 18th Century Mantel Clocks
Materials
Belgian Black Marble, Ormolu
Rare 18th Century Louis XVI Ormolu and White Marble Inclined Plane Mantel Clock
Located in Worpswede / Bremen, DE
An extremely rare Louis XVI mantel clock 'a cremaillere', a movement driven by its own weight, where the moving drum barrel is running down an inclined whi...
Category
French Louis XVI Antique 18th Century Mantel Clocks
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
French Empire Bisque Porcelain and Ormolu Mantel Clock
Located in Norwich, GB
French Empire Ormolu and Bisque Porcelain Mantel Clock
French Empire ormolu mounted Bisque porcelain mantel clock surmounted by a winged...
Category
French Empire Antique 18th Century Mantel Clocks
Materials
Porcelain
Bronze and Marble Mantel Clock
Located in New York, NY
Bronze and marble mantel clock from 18th century signed De Bontems a Pairs:
Measures: 13.5" x 4.5" x 21.5"
Weighs: 23
Category
Antique 18th Century Mantel Clocks
Materials
Marble
Italian Neoclassical Parcel-Gilt Clock
Located in New York, NY
Italian neoclassical parcel-gilt clock. Roman military Empire period mantel clock of obelisk form topped by an extraordinary eagle with outs...
Category
Italian Empire Antique 18th Century Mantel Clocks
Materials
Metal
A Rare 18th C. French Dore Bronze Clock w/ Putti & Musician, Att. Robert Osmond
Located in New York, NY
A Magnificent and Rare French 18th-Century Doré Bronze Mantel Clock Attributed to Robert Osmond. The clock is designed in the form of an urn, supported by a central pedestal and a re...
Category
French Louis XV Antique 18th Century Mantel Clocks
Materials
Ormolu
$38,400 Sale Price
20% Off
Louis XVI Neo-Classical Style Figural Ormolu Clock by Charpentier & Cie
Located in Pittsburgh, PA
This large and impressive clock is by the renown French Bronzier Lemerle Charpentier & Cie. It features Classical maidens holding a large urn form case surmounted by Cupid with his ...
Category
French Neoclassical Antique 18th Century Mantel Clocks
Materials
Ormolu
Louis XV Tortoiseshell Boulle Clock by St Martin, Paris, circa 1720
Located in Norwich, GB
Louis XV tortoiseshell Boulle Timepiece with ‘Silent’ pull quarter repeat by St. Martin, Paris, circa 1720
Waisted case with fine ormolu mounts and cut brass inlay to the stained tortoiseshell with ‘mother of pearl’ and coloured floral decoration. Gilded top surmounted by a cherub feeding through a straw from a scallop shell over leafy corner mounts. Shaped bead-bordered glazed door applied with an apron mount of a child chromos holding a sandglass and staff, set within a leafy trail surround. Brass lined recessed arch windows to the sides, the interior of the case with symmetrical Rococo panel...
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French Louis XV Antique 18th Century Mantel Clocks
Materials
Ormolu
18 C. Louis XVI French Ormolu Mtd. Queen’s Manufacture Porcelain Clock, F. Godon
By François-Louis Godon
Located in New York, NY
An Incredible and Quite Rare 18th Century Louis XVI Period French Ormolu Mounted Queen’s Manufacture Porcelain Clock, known as the Marie-Antoinette Clock, The movement by François-L...
Category
French Louis XVI Antique 18th Century Mantel Clocks
Materials
Bronze
$38,544 Sale Price
20% Off
19th-Century Flame Mahogany Mantel Clock by Breguet Raised by Lion Paw Feet
Located in Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
An extremely rare mantel clock with a figured mahogany-veneered case by A-L Breguet
Abraham-Louis Breguet (1747-1823), who was of Swiss origin, is undoubtedly the most celebrated clockmaker of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries in France. He is responsible for the invention of the self-winding watch, the tourbillon and the sympathetic watch ( a watch that is placed in a cradle of a special clock. It is then linked by means of a pin fixed behind the clock dial. Built into the motion work which, when released by the clock, automatically sets the hands to the clock's time as well as correcting the watch's regulator necessitated by any degree of inaccuracy registered at the moment of synchronisation) and many other horological improvements and developments. Around the year 1807 Breguet brought in his son, Antoine-Louis (born 1776), as a business partner, and from this point, the firm became known as Breguet et Fils. Breguet had previously sent his son to London to study with the great English chronometer maker John Arnold...
Category
French Empire Antique 18th Century Mantel Clocks
Materials
Brass
18th Century Louis XVI Ormolu and Marble Obelisk Mantel Clock
Located in Worpswede / Bremen, DE
Signed: Joseph Gay Horloger du Roy A Turin
The movement is contained in a white marble obelisk which is surmounted by an armillary sphere finial. The front with a panel chased wit...
Category
Italian Louis XVI Antique 18th Century Mantel Clocks
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
Neoclassical 18th Century Ormolu and Marble Lyre Clock
Located in London, GB
Neoclassical 18th Century ormolu and marble lyre clock
French, Louis XVI period
Height 64m, width 27cm, depth 12cm
This exquisite mantel clock was ...
Category
French Louis XVI Antique 18th Century Mantel Clocks
Materials
Marble, Ormolu, Bronze
$8,926 Sale Price
30% Off
Louis XVI Ormolu Mounted Black and White Marble Mantel Clock, Paris, 1800
Located in Belmont, MA
Louis XVI ormolu-mounted black and white marble mantel clock, Paris, 1800.
The white enamel dial with black Arabic numerals is contained ...
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French Louis XVI Antique 18th Century Mantel Clocks
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
$4,720 Sale Price
20% Off
18th Century Bacchante Bronze Dore’ Mantel Clock
Located in New Orleans, LA
Louis XVI ormolu mantel clock depicting a Bacchanal figure with grapes above two seated cupids on patinated goats.
Category
French Louis XVI Antique 18th Century Mantel Clocks
Materials
Bronze
Philosophical Clock of the 18th Century by Piezze Rive À Colmaer
Located in Warsaw, PL
"Mantel clock 18th century Louis XVI study And Philosophy Ormolu Mantel Clock by Piezze Rive A Colmaer. Ormolu mantel clock entitled "L’Etude et La Philosophie", This clock was an en...
Category
French Louis XVI Antique 18th Century Mantel Clocks
Materials
Marble, Bronze
$11,855 Sale Price
35% Off
French Restauration Period Mahogany and Gilt Bronze Lyre Clock
By Lamy
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
A high quality Restauration period mahogany and gilt bronze lyre mantel (fireplace) clock in the shape of a lyre. The mahogany case is highly decorated in ...
Category
French Restauration Antique 18th Century Mantel Clocks
Materials
Bronze
$2,800 Sale Price
30% Off
English Flame Mahogany George III Bracket Clock by James Duncan, London
By James Duncan
Located in London, GB
A fine and unusual English, George III mahogany and satinwood inlaid bracket clock. The twin fusee movement most unusually chiming the quarters on two bells as well as striking the hours. Signed on the dial and the backplate James Duncan...
Category
British George III Antique 18th Century Mantel Clocks
Materials
Mahogany, Satinwood
18th Century Louis XVI Marble Gilt Bronze Dancing Girl Pendule after Falconet
Located in Berlin, DE
18th century French Louis XVI marble gilt bronze dancing girl pendule after Falconet, signed "Courvoisier à Paris"
An 18th century French gilt ...
Category
French Louis XVI Antique 18th Century Mantel Clocks
Materials
Carrara Marble, Bronze, Enamel
$5,520 Sale Price
20% Off
Louis Seize Mantel Clock in a Giltwood Case, End of 18th Century
Located in Greding, DE
Louis Seize mantel clock or pendule, housed in a gold-patinated wooden case featuring intricate openwork rings and a round clock case. The design depicts a young undressed woman lean...
Category
French Louis XVI Antique 18th Century Mantel Clocks
Materials
Brass
French Directoire Egyptian Style Mantel Clock Signed Leclerc
Located in London, GB
Beautiful antique French Directoire period Egyptian or Gout d'Egypt ormolu and patinated bronze mantel clock. Superb quality and condition of the entir...
Category
French Antique 18th Century Mantel Clocks
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
Late 18th Century French Marble and Gilt Bronze Clock
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
A fine example of a late 18th century Directoir marble and gilt bronze clock after a model by Deverberie. The dial is signed a Paris but the maker is not known. The clock sits on...
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French Directoire Antique 18th Century Mantel Clocks
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Louis XVI Period Neoclassical Ormolu and Malachite Mantel Clock
Located in London, GB
Louis XVI period neoclassical ormolu and malachite mantel clock
French, Late 18th Century
Measures: Height 53cm, width 36cm, depth 14cm
Encaps...
Category
French Louis XVI Antique 18th Century Mantel Clocks
Materials
Malachite, Ormolu
$14,094 Sale Price
30% Off
Directoire Gilt and Patinated Bronze Mantel Clock
Located in Kittery Point, ME
The oval base raised on toupie feet, centered with a panel of hunting dogs with hunting trophies on each side, the case supported by a landscaped scenery of water and rocks and surmo...
Category
French Directoire Antique 18th Century Mantel Clocks
Materials
Bronze
Clock Mantle Gilt Bronze Neoclassical Empire French 19th Century France
Located in New York, NY
Clock Mantle Gilt Bronze Neoclassical Empire French 19th Century France. A French mantel clock in gilt bronze. Neoclassical symbols such Cup...
Category
French Neoclassical Antique 18th Century Mantel Clocks
Materials
Ormolu
$4,500 Sale Price
40% Off
French Louis Xvith Period Lyre Clock
Located in London, GB
A very attractive Louis XVIth period French antique mantel clock of lyre form. Set on four shaped feet the sharp ended oval base with inset ormol...
Category
French Antique 18th Century Mantel Clocks
Materials
Ormolu
Large 18th Century French Louis XVI White Marble Mantel Clock with Pallas Athena
Located in Berlin, DE
Large 18th Century French Louis XVI White Marble Mantel Clock with Pallas Athena
A large late 18th century white marble and gilt-bronze mantel clock, th...
Category
French Louis XVI Antique 18th Century Mantel Clocks
Materials
Carrara Marble, Bronze
$7,840 Sale Price
20% Off
18th Century Louis XVI Period Figurative Bisque Clock
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
A late 18th century French Louis XVI bisque shepherdess mantel clock. The tableau modelled in bisque porcelain (unglazed porcelain), showing a shepherdess on the left holding her sho...
Category
French Louis XVI Antique 18th Century Mantel Clocks
Materials
Marble
$4,875 Sale Price
25% Off
Louis XVI Allegorical Figurative Clock Depicting Venus Being Crowned by Amour
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
A fine and rare model of a period Louis XVI white marble and gilt bronze mantel (fireplace) clock, the dial signed Dhemant A Paris. The clock features two large gilded classically dr...
Category
French Louis XVI Antique 18th Century Mantel Clocks
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Louis XVI Ormolu-Mounted Black and White Marble Mantel Clock by Thiéry, Paris
By Thiéry Paris 1
Located in Tarzana, CA
A Louis XVI ormolu-mounted black and white marble mantel clock by Thiéry, Paris.
Thiery Paris, late 18th century.
The drumcase con...
Category
French Empire Antique 18th Century Mantel Clocks
Materials
Belgian Black Marble, Carrara Marble, Bronze
18th Century Viennese Dark Green Painted and Giltwood Mantle Clock
Located in Berlin, DE
18th century Viennese dark green painted and giltwood pendule of unusual size in the form of a classical urn, the gilt-bronze dial with Roman numerals, surmounted by giltwood flowers...
Category
Austrian Empire Antique 18th Century Mantel Clocks
Materials
Giltwood, Wood
$3,840 Sale Price
20% Off
Mantel Clock 18th Century Louis XV
Located in Warsaw, PL
This striking mantel clock is a testament to the exquisite craftsmanship and refined aesthetic of the Empire period in 19th-century France. The clock showcases a harmonious blend of ...
Category
French Louis XV Antique 18th Century Mantel Clocks
Materials
Marble
Bisquit Porcelain and Gilt Bronze Figural Clock of Perseus Freeing Andromeda
By Francois Ageron
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
A fine and rare Bisquit porcelain and gilt bronze Louis XV figural clock f depicting a famous scene in Greek Mythology of Perseus freeing Andromeda. The clock case is made of Bisquit (unglazed) porcelain. The figural group is presented on a rocky outcrop with waves lapping at their feet. She is shown lying over the clock dial with one leg and one arm chained to a rock behind her. Perseus leans agains the other side of the dial reaching to untie Andromeda from the rock behind her. Medusa's severed head is shown at his feet. The base is decorated with a gilt bronze frieze across the front showing cupids playing with stars and sun rays. The rounded sides of the clock are also decorated with gilded panels. The case sits on six toupie feet. The 6.5" white enamel dial is signed Ageron at the top and Paris at the bottom. The dial has Roman numerals with enamelled stars between the numerals; the hands are pierced and gilded. There is also a subsidiary steel hand pointing to the days of the month. The silk string suspension system has been replaced with a steel suspension system. The clock rings the hours and halfs on a bell.
The movement for this magnificent clock was made by François Ageron (d. after 1783), who was one of the leading 18th century Parisian clockmakers. Ageron’s establishment was famous and known for his horological genius he created both clocks and watches, many of which had complicated movements. He was born at Arbigny and was received as a Parisian maître-horloger in 1741, at which date he was established at Place du Pont Saint-Michel.
By 1747 he had moved to Quai des Augustins, five years later he was at rue Saint-Louis au Palais and then in 1763 at place Dauphine. Like other great clockmakers of the period he used cases by the finest bronziers notably Philippe and Jacques Caffiéri, Jean-Joseph de Saint-Germain, Robert and Jean-Baptiste Osmond, Jacques Dumont...
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French Louis XV Antique 18th Century Mantel Clocks
Materials
Bronze
French Directoire Marble Pillar Mantel Clock
Located in Norwich, GB
A Directoire Ormolu with black marble French pillar clock, three and a half inch enamel dial with Roman numerals signed ‘Viven Fils a Epernay’ with...
Category
French Directoire Antique 18th Century Mantel Clocks
Materials
Ormolu
Urn Shaped Louis XVI Period Gilt Bronze Rams Head Clock
Located in Montreal, QC
Urn shaped Louis XVI period gilt bronze rams head clock signed on dial: "Boisselet à Paris.
Category
French Antique 18th Century Mantel Clocks
Materials
Bronze
French Directoire or Empire Clock with Cupid Riding a Dog
Located in London, GB
Magnificent and very rare French Directoire or Empire clock in patinated bronze and the finest highly worked ormolu. Set upon toupee feet below a rectangular ormolu base with applied...
Category
French Antique 18th Century Mantel Clocks
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
18th Century Antique Georgian Ebonized Bracket Clock by William Scafe of London
By William Scafe
Located in Devon, GB
A good quality antique, ebonized brass dial bracket clock by this 18th century 'maker of repute'. The moulded and veneered case has an inverted bell top, which is surmounted by five ...
Category
English Georgian Antique 18th Century Mantel Clocks
Materials
Brass
Mantel Clock 19th Century Louis XV Period
Located in Warsaw, PL
An exquisite 19th-century Louis XV-style mantel clock, showcasing a harmonious blend of Neoclassical and Rococo influences. This elegant timepiece features a finely crafted white ena...
Category
French Louis XV Antique 18th Century Mantel Clocks
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Mantel Clock 18th Century Louis XV Period by Lepine À Paris
Located in Warsaw, PL
This exquisite mantel clock is a testament to the pinnacle of French horological artistry during the Louis XV period. Attributed to the renowned clockmaker Lépine, it showcases a har...
Category
French Louis XIV Antique 18th Century Mantel Clocks
Materials
Marble
Gilt Bronze and Malachite Louis XVI Clock
Located in London, GB
Gilt bronze and malachite Louis XVI clock
French, late 18th century
Measures: Height 69cm, width 36cm, depth 13.5cm
This fine Louis XVI mantel clock is wrought from malachite and gilt bronze. The malachite veneer is a later, beneficial refinishing. The clock features a plinth-form malachite base supporting four malachite columns, each with a gilt bronze capital. The columns raise an ornately shaped top, which is inset with a circular white enamel dial and is surmounted by urn-form finials. Beneath the dial is suspended an ornately cast and finished gilt bronze drapery...
Category
French Louis XVI Antique 18th Century Mantel Clocks
Materials
Malachite, Ormolu
$11,275 Sale Price
30% Off
Mantel Clock 18th Century Louis XV Period by Kinable À Paris
Located in Warsaw, PL
"Late 18th Century - Kinable A Paris"
Along a winding dirt path, the blind Belisarius carries his young guide. The boy has been bitten by a snake, which remains coiled around his bleeding leg. With his right arm wrapped limply around Belisarius's neck and his eyes closed, the youth balances precariously between life and death. Belisarius's eyes are also closed, but guided by his stick he moves forward with determination and purpose. He rises heroically against the spectacular sunset, a monumental figure creating a powerful outline against the sky. But the flaring sunset also signals a chill night and the uncertainty of the path ahead.
Belisarius was a popular Byzantine general of the Roman Empire whose promising career was sabotaged by the jealous Emperor Justinian I. In 1767, a novel by Jean-François Marmontel revived interest in Belisarius. In Marmontel's novel, the emperor has the heroic general blinded, reducing Belisarius to begging. He is eventually rediscovered and aided by former officers and his family. This dramatic tale of patriotism, injustice, and redemption was widely embraced in revolutionary and post-revolutionary France and was a popular subject for artists--including Jacques-Louis David (François Gérard...
Category
French Louis XV Antique 18th Century Mantel Clocks
Materials
Bronze
French Empire Ormolu and Marble Mantel Clock, ca.1790
Located in Warsaw, PL
This exquisite mantel clock exemplifies the refined aesthetic and masterful craftsmanship of the French Empire period. Crafted primarily from marble, this clock showcases a harmonio...
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French Regency Antique 18th Century Mantel Clocks
Materials
Marble
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