Gilt Mantel Clocks

Large fire-gilded bronze pendulum clock on lion's paws with a rectangular pedestal featuring lyre and torch motifs. Above it rises the full-figure depiction of the god Apollo with a ...

The gilt bronze mantel clock has a base decorated on the front with leafy phytomorphic motifs and a central floral element, and is supported by elaborate spinning top feet that streamline its shape. On the base rests a large plinth...

A wonderful French Empire doré and patinated bronze Cherub Putti wreath clock, not currently in working order, back cover is missing as is bel...

Signed on the dial A. Beurdeley Paris Mechanism signed J LEFEBVRE FILS PARIS Rare Louis XVI style clock in mercury-gilded and patinated chiseled bronze and white marble. In the form of an arched pediment, it is decorated with four Cupids, two carrying a garland of flowers highlighting the dial, and two others symbolizing the coronation of Science. The molded base in white marble, with a double recess, is decorated with a ribboned torus, a frieze of ribboned oak leaves and interlacing, and rests on six flattened ball feet. Related work : In 1774, the bronze-caster Robert Osmond (1711-1789) designed a first model known as “architectural drawing” illustrating The Coronation of Science. Also called The Children of France, it is decorated with a putti crowning a young girl drawing with a compass and delivered to Versailles by Lépine, clockmaker to the King since 1762, for the apartment of Madame Royale in the Princes’ Wing, on December 28, 1778. (see photo attached) This clock is described in the inventory of Versailles clocks...

English Gothic Revival style (19th Cent) gilt mantle clock with silver plate decoration and supported by 2 gnome figures with a pediment having a fi...

Charles X Gilt and Patinated Figural Bronze Clock, circa 1830, the circular silver dial, with strike on bell movement, surmounted by a Grecian Soldier standing on a rocky outcrop poi...

A French 19th-20th Century Gilt-Metal Three-Piece Clock and Candelabra Garniture Set in a Chippendale-Arabesque flavor. The urn shaped clock with a scalloped body flanked by lion mas...

Exceptional gilt bronze mantel clock with its key depicting a winged Cupid in a chariot. The chariot is pulled by two doves that are resting on a platform adorned with water-leaf. Th...

Fireplace set from the 19th century, Napoleon III period. Gilt bronze, patinated bronze and marble mantel set, 19th century, Napoleon III period, simple overhaul of the movement req...

Clock in gilt and patinated bronze, period Napoleon III, 19th century. Good working condition Contact us before ordering to confirm product ...

Important Cartel d'époque Napoléon III, 1870, cadran signé par Gorini Daleau, à Poitiers. Bronze d'or original Measures: H 91cm, L 44cm, P 20cm. Contact us before ordering to confir...

Fine quality Louis XVI gilt and patinated bronze figural mantel clock of Venus with cherubs. Fine quality Louis XVI gilt and patinated bronze figural mantel clock of Venus with cher...

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...

A fine quality gilt bronze and porcelain figural mantel clock. The figure of a maiden placing a garland of flowers over the cherub’s head. Origin: French Date: circa 1880 Dimen...

Louis XVI Style Gilt Bronze and Sevres Bisque Porcelain Clock Set, after models by Francois Boucher (French 1703-1770), the clock with a courting couple standing either side of a bar...

Unusual late 18th century patinated and gilt bronze girandole form clock. Two removable arms with different branch and leaf form motif, thistle and rose stems. Crystal drops surrounding center fluted column. Clock with gilt dial set in rotating frame mount. Movement signed James Stoddart...

Fine giltwood mantel or shelf clock with carved floral basket crest, the enamel dial with gilt hour and minute hands, surmounted by carved grape vines and standing on platform base w...

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 ...

French Empire Gilt Metal Figural Clock, circa 1840, in two parts, the upper section with a seated lute player aside the circular metal dial, the movement strike on bell, the lower se...

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...

Bronze gilt French mantel clock with Sevres style porcelain painted with cherubs. A centered urn At the crest with floral and foliate design. A petite bird centered at the top. Two ...

Beautiful 18th century Rococo manner gilt bronze mantel clock with elegant Sèvres style bleu / navy colored porcelain. The porcelain is very delicately hand painted with a landscape on one side of the vases and figures on a staircase on the other. Gorgeous gold details on a deep blue and jeweled background. The clock has a painting on the top with 2 ladies...

This clock was made in France during the period when science and Astrology were being explored and brought to the attention of the Populace. The putto that sits at the upper portion ...

A Regency monumental doré and patinated bronze ormolu-mounted on marble base clock adorned with figures of a Cherub and a Maiden, extremely large an...

A fine example of a period French Empire mantle clock in finely chased and gilded bronze made in France in the first quarter of the 19thC. One of the Greek muses with a star atop h...

A very fine and delicate directoire style gilt-bronze marble mounted chariot clock. Exquisite bronze work depicting a winged charioteer guiding a pair of...

Clock in gilded and chiseled bronze representing a young woman sitting sideways dressed in the antique style, wearing a laurel crown and flowers, holding a veil above her head. She i...

A beautiful, classically designed antique French gilt bronze clock set by Japy Frères. It features oval panels to the sides showing Fortun...

Charles X Gilt Bronze Figural Mantel Clock, circa 1830, the circular enamel dial with strike on bell movement, surmounted by a seated figure of a woman at her dressing table, on a re...

Louis XVI Style Cupid Patinated and Gilt Bronze Clock, late 19th century, the circular enamel painted dial, with strike on bell movement, surmounted by Cupid shooting his arrow, on a...

French 19th century Louis XVI style figural clock. Gilt and patinated putti on bronze base supporting ball form clock with porcelain dial.

A very impressive Victorian period ebonised, chimming three train mantle clock on bells and gong. The eight day duration movement strikes on the hour and half hour. (strike silent op...

An early 19 century French Empire gilt bronze clock depicting the mythological Lydian Queen Omphale sitting astride on a draped drum th...

French Venus and Cupid Gilt Bronze and White Marble Mantle Clock by Planchon - Au Palais-Royal  Crafted in the Louis XV style this gilt bronze and white marble mantle clock depicts Venus and Cupid mounted on a marble pedestal base with floral garlands, ribbon bows, acanthus leaf scroll forms and beading, all resting on bun feet. The white enamel clock face...

A symbolic skeleton clock from the French Directoire period. A rectangular Carrara marble plinth with bronze toupie feet with knurled decoration supports an ormolu 'arc-de-ciel', wi...

Large Louis XVI-style pendulum clock France, late 19th century Bronze, gilt. On gyratory feet, a tapered, partially latticed case with lion masks, drapery, and scale decoration on th...

French Empire Style Philosopher Gilt and Patinated Bronze Clock Mount, mid-19th century, depicting Socrates seated on rocky outcropping, writing "Oui / Lame / est / immortalle" [Yes ...

Gilt bronze clock with patinated bronze figures of two angels sitting on the Crest of the clock. One holding an artist pallet and the other holding a sculptors Chisel depicting the...

A rare Louis XVI style mantel clock after a late 18th century original inspired by the novel ‘Paul and Virginia’ written in 1788 by Bernardin de Sain...

Finest quality period French Empire clock depicting a seated winged cupid holding a rose; the case in gilt and patinated bronze. The clock show a gilt cupid...

Antique Empire Gold Gilt Patinated Bronze Ormolu Mantel Clock French, c. 1810 Height 48cm, width 31cm, depth 20cm A superb example of early 19th-century French decorative arts, thi...

Striking carriage clock with a gilt-brass corniche case by Grohé, circa 1880. A most attractive eight-day striking carriage clock, signed on...

Late 19th century gilt bronze and turquoise Sèvres porcelain 'Jeweled' three-piece clock set The clock surmounted by a covered urn, the c...

A very good quality 19th century French gilded ormolu and Sevres style porcelain mantel clock. Having a blue porcelain urn to the top with ormolu swags, scrolling gilded ormolu folia...

Noble Pendule/Mantel Clock Napoleon III "Gros à Lyon" Paris France, circa 1850/60 Bronze, matte-gilt with polished edges. On a high base decorated with vines and a putto as Mars in f...

Elegant three-piece bronze doré garniture set Finely chased bronze with original gilding Fine detail work.

Restauration gilt bronze mounted crystal lyre mantel clock French, circa 1820 Measures: Height 67cm, width 23cm, depth 14cm This superb mantel c...

Elegant three-piece bronze doré garniture set Finely chased bronze with original gilding Fine detail work.

A fine quality chased and gilded French Empire mantle clock depicting a standing winged cupid to the right of the clock plinth playing a lute. He looks to his right reading his sheet music and other elements including a torch, flambeau, wreath etc. On the left side of the clock plinth is a three legged...

A very fine quality 19th century Louis XVI style gilded ormolu and champlevé enamel clock garniture, the four sided clock having four enamel col...

This Grecian style mantel clock was crafted at the end of the 19th century and retailed by the acclaimed Maison Marnyhac, which was based on the Rue de la Paix in Paris. Founded ...

A fine example of a period French Empire mantle clock which depicts the argument between Achilles and Agamemnon in Homer’s Iliad. The case is of matte and burnished gilded bronze, th...

Rare Japanese clock in double patina bronze with suspended dial. The portico and dial, with calligraphic Kanji numerals complemented by hands featuring an undulating dragon, are deco...

This mantel clock beautifully illustrates the classical myth of ‘The Abduction of Europa’. In this story, the god Zeus falls in love with a mortal woman called Europa. To seduce her, Zeus transforms himself into a white bull. Europa then mounts the bull and Zeus whisks her away from her home to Crete. Europa becomes the Queen of Crete and bears Zeus several children. The clock takes the form of a patinated bronze bull which is saddled with a gilt bronze (ormolu) clock case. This case features a circular white enamel dial with black Roman and Arabic Numerals, as well as the maker’s name ‘Michel Baltazar...

An exceptional Louis XVI style champlevé enamel and gilt-bronze mantel clock with finely painted neoclassical scenes by Leroy & Fils. French, circa 1880. Stamped to the movement ‘LEROY & FILS A PARIS, 823’. This fine gilt-bronze and champlevé enamel clock has an arched case with outset bulbous columns to the angles, it is surmounted by a drum top with a pierced scroll and ball finial and applied with expressive cherub mounts. The front and sides of the clock are all exceptionally finely painted with neoclassical scenes of figures in an architectural setting and the top and base enriched with fine polychrome champlevé enamel. The clock has an enamelled chapter ring with Roman numerals interspersed with anthemion devices and a twin barrelled, eight-day movement striking on a bell. The firm of Leroy et Fils was founded by Bazile Charles Leroy in 1789. He was a clockmaker to the Emperor Napoléon, The Duke of Orleans, The Duke of Bourbon and Princess Pauline. In 1823, he filed a patent for self-winding atmospheric clock operated by weathervane and in 1840 a patent for wind clocks. When Charles Louis died in 1865 his son Louis Leroy...

The combination of sumptuous, lustrous ormolu and finely decorated Sevres style porcelain makes this mantel clock an exceptional piece. Built in France and retailed by the prestigiou...

Made of bisque porcelain in the middle of 19th century, presumably by Royal French Porcelain Manufacture de Sevres, the clock in the form of a scene where an elegant officer was depi...

France, circa 1880 A fine French, gilt bronze ormolu mantel clock with its porcelain face, the case with elaborate garland decorations culminating in a volute krater of flowers ab...

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...

French porcelain and ormolu mantel clock with silver highlights mantel clock. A superb Napoleon III clock in the Louis XVIth style. The original fire/mercury gilt ormolu in very good...