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French 19th Century Belle Époque Period Bronze, Ormolu and Marble Clock
By Henry Dasson
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A stunning and extremely high quality French 19th century Louis XVI st. Belle Époque period patinated bronze, ormolu, and Rouge Griotte marble clock attributed to Henry Dasson. The c...
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19th Century French Belle Époque Antique Ormolu Clocks
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Marble, Bronze, Ormolu
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...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Clocks
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Carrara Marble, 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...
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Late 18th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Clocks
Materials
Malachite, Ormolu
Fine Antique French Tiffany & Co. Marble and Ormolu Bronze Clock Garniture
Located in Tarzana, CA
An elegant 19th century ormolu mounted marble 3 piece clock garniture.
This clock set was made in France for Tiffany & Company in the late 19th century.
The set comprised of a clock...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Ormolu Clocks
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Ormolu
$18,750 Sale Price / set
25% Off
French 19th Century Louis XIV Style Ormolu Clock Stamped ‘DENIERE A PARIS”
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A most impressive French 19th century Louis XIV st. ormolu clock stamped 'DENIERE A PARIS". The clock is raised by square tapered fluted feet with fine...
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19th Century French Louis XIV Antique Ormolu Clocks
Materials
Ormolu
French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Garniture Set Retailed by Tiffany & Co
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A stunning and extremely high quality French 19th century Louis XVI st. Belle Époque period ormolu, white Carrara marble, Lapis Lazuli, and Baccarat crystal garniture set retailed by...
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19th Century French Belle Époque Antique Ormolu Clocks
Materials
Crystal, Marble, Ormolu
French 19th century Belle Époque period Louis XVI st. patinated Bronze, clock
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A lovely and high quality French 19th century Belle Époque period Louis XVI st. patinated Bronze, Ormolu, and Rouge Griotte marble clock, signed Falconet. This stunning miniature tim...
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19th Century French Belle Époque Antique Ormolu Clocks
Materials
Griotte Marble, Bronze, Ormolu
Sèvres Style Ormolu Mounted Mantel Clock by Kreisser
Located in London, GB
This gilt bronze mounted mantel clock is formed about a beautiful sky-blue, parcel gilt Sèvres style porcelain vase. The enamel dial is mounted within a gilt bronze drum that is drap...
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1850s French Napoleon III Antique Ormolu Clocks
Materials
Ormolu, Bronze
Charles X "The Serpent and The Eagle" Ormolu Clock
Located in Astoria, NY
Charles X "The Serpent and The Eagle" Ormolu Clock, circa 1830, the circular dial with strike on bell movement, signed "Charles a Paris", surmounted by the serpent and the eagle from...
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1830s French Charles X Antique Ormolu Clocks
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
Large 19th Century French Louis XVI Style Mantel Clock Set
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very good quality 19th century French gilded ormolu, Champlevé enamel and onyx clock garniture. Having an impressive pair of six branch candelabra with white onyx urns, inset champ...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Clocks
Materials
Onyx, Enamel, Ormolu
Charles X Ormolu "Cupid" Mantel Clock
Located in Astoria, NY
Charles X Ormolu "Cupid" Mantel Clock, circa 1830, the blue painted globular clock surmounted by Cupid upholding a birds nest, standing on a cloud, the white enamel dial, with strike...
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1830s French Charles X Antique Ormolu Clocks
Materials
Bronze, Enamel, Ormolu
Large Gilt-Bronze and Malachite Charles X Style Mantel Clock
Located in London, GB
Large gilt-bronze and malachite Charles X style mantel clock
French, 19th Century
Height 74cm, width 53cm, depth 24cm
This superb and impressively large mantel clock...
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19th Century French Charles X Antique Ormolu Clocks
Materials
Malachite, Ormolu
Restauration Period Opaline Glass Clock Set by De Boussiard
Located in London, GB
From the Restauration period; comprising a central clock and a pair of flanking vases, the central vase shaped clock with circular dial signed 'AUG. de Boussiard' and twin ormolu swa...
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Early 19th Century French Restauration Antique Ormolu Clocks
Materials
Ormolu
Mantelpiece Clock in the Louis XVI Manner, Retailed by E & S Watson of London
Located in London, GB
Constructed in a fine quality two-tone ormolu case, and adorned with rose ground ‘Sevres’ style panels to both front and sides, depicting; rising from oblate toupie feet, the domed case is of modest breakfront form, with a flambeaux urn atop, having tea rose garlands conjoining the body; the clock face delineates the hours in Roman numerals in white cartouches, and is driven by an eight day movement, striking on a bell, with the backplate having the retailer’s stamp, ‘E & S Watson...
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19th Century English Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Clocks
Materials
Gold, Ormolu
$19,663 Sale Price
20% Off
19th Century Sevres Style Gilded Ormolu Mantel Clock
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A wonderful French 19th century gilded ormolu mantel clock, having a putti mounted to the top holding garlands of flowers, draping down the case, Rams heads and urns of flowers. The ...
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Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Clocks
Materials
Ormolu
Empire 19th Century Ormolu and Painted Bronze Mantel Clock with Young Sailor
Located in Palm Desert, CA
An Empire ormolu and painted bronze mantel clock attributed to Jean-Simon Deverberie. Fitted in an ormolu case shaped as a cotton bale, the round enamel dial features Roman numeral hours and Arabic fifteen-minute graduations, indicated by two pierced gilt bronze hands. Shirtless and barefoot, a young black sailor...
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19th Century French Empire Antique Ormolu Clocks
Materials
Ormolu, Bronze
Gilt-Bronze Clock with Enamel Numerals Attributed to Henri Picard
By Henri Picard
Located in London, GB
Gilt-bronze clock with enamel numerals attributed to Henri Picard
French, circa 1860
Measures: Height 73cm, width 45cm, depth 23cm
The elaborate case of this beautiful mantel clock has a large central circular dial with enamel Roman numerals for the hours and engraved on the edge with Arabic numbers for the minutes. The surmount is a gilt bronze group of Father Time, depicted as an elderly male figure seated on a circular globe. The quality throughout is exceptional, demonstrating the very best of 19th century craftsmanship.
This clock is after a design by André-Charles Boulle (French, 1642-1732) and similar to examples of equally fine quality and casting known to have been made by 19th Century bronzier Henri Picard (French, fl. 1831-1864), therefore we can attribute the case to Picard. The movement is stamped for Parisian clock...
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Mid-19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Ormolu Clocks
Materials
Ormolu, Bronze
French Three-Piece Tortoiseshell and Gilt Bronze Clock Set
Located in London, GB
French three-piece tortoiseshell and gilt bronze clock set
French, late 19th century
Clock: Height 55cm, width 26cm, depth 15cm
Candelabra: Height 46cm, width 22cm, depth 20cm
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Late 19th Century French Louis XV Antique Ormolu Clocks
Materials
Ormolu, Bronze
Beautiful and Great Quality Late 19th Century Gilt Bronze Cartel Clock
Located in Long Island City, NY
A Beautiful and Great Quality Late 19th Century Gilt Bronze Cartel Clock
The large bronze clock topped by an urn above a large mask of Apollo with ...
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Late 19th Century French Belle Époque Antique Ormolu Clocks
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
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 Ormolu Clocks
Materials
Ormolu, Bronze
Chinoiserie Style Gilt-Bronze and Enamel Figural Clock
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A rare Chinoiserie style gilt-bronze and enamel figural clock.
This elegant and sophisticated clock has a finely chiselled gilt-bronze case with gold and enamel highlights. It dep...
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19th Century French Chinoiserie Antique Ormolu Clocks
Materials
Ormolu
Fine quality antique 19th Century French ormolu mantle clock
Located in Ipswich, GB
Fine quality antique 19th Century French ormolu mantle clock, having a fine quality antique French Rococo style mantle clock, having a fantastic quality decorated case with ormolu de...
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19th Century French Rococo Antique Ormolu Clocks
Materials
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...
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19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Ormolu Clocks
Materials
Belgian Black Marble, Carrara Marble, Ormolu
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...
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18th Century French Neoclassical Antique Ormolu Clocks
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
French Early 19th Century Ormolu and White Carrara Marble Clock
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An impressive French early 19th century ormolu and white Carrara marble clock. The clock is raised by elegant scrolled foliate supports with dolphin heads. The rectangular white Carr...
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19th Century French Antique Ormolu Clocks
Materials
Carrara Marble, Ormolu
French 19th Century Neo-Classical St. Ormolu, Patinated Bronze, And Marble Clock
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A sensational French 19th century Neo-Classical st. Ormolu, patinated Bronze, and marble clock signed by Germain, Paris, 1825. The clock is elegantly raised on a white Carrara marble...
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19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Ormolu Clocks
Materials
Marble, Bronze, Ormolu
French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Ormolu Mantel Clock
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A spectacular and unique French early 19th century Louis XVI st. ormolu mantel clock, signed by Chapsal a Paris. The clock is raised on finely chased swan supports below a rectangula...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Clocks
Materials
Ormolu
19th Century French Louis XVI Style Clock Set
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A charming French 19th century Louis XVI style gilded ormolu and green marble clock garniture, having four ormolu cherubs supporting the urn clock a...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Clocks
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
$9,964 / set
French 19th Century Empire St. Vert Patricia Marble and Ormolu Clock
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A handsome French 19th century Empire st. Vert Patricia marble and ormolu clock. The clock is raised by fine rectangular ormolu supports below the Vert de Patricia marble base. A str...
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19th Century French Empire Antique Ormolu Clocks
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Marble, Ormolu
Imposing 19th Century French Ormolu Clock Garniture 29"(73cm) high
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A large and impressive, very good quality French gilded ormolu clock garniture. The clock supported by a pair of Caryatids, decorated with swags and classical motifs, four bevelled g...
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1860s French Antique Ormolu Clocks
Materials
Ormolu
French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Ormolu, White Carrara Marble and Crystal Clock
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A most exquisite French mid-19th century Louis XVI st. ormolu, white Carrara marble and crystal clock. The clock is raised on a moulded oval white Carrara marble base supported by ri...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Clocks
Materials
Crystal, Carrara Marble, Ormolu
Antique Italian Bronze Ormolu Neoclassical Style Desk Clock
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
Dimensions - H: 7 1/8 in W: 4 1/2 in D: 2 3/4 in
Elevate your interior with this exquisite antique Italian Neoclassical style bronze ormolu desk clock, a fine example of late 19th-...
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19th Century Italian Neoclassical Antique Ormolu Clocks
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Bronze, Ormolu
Empire Period Ormolu and Enamel Ceres Mantel Clock After Thomire
Located in London, GB
Empire period ormolu and enamel Ceres mantel clock after Thomire.
French, c.1810
Measures: height 46cm, width 38cm, depth 13cm.
This superb mantel clock was made in the First Fr...
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1810s French Empire Antique Ormolu Clocks
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Enamel, Ormolu
19th Century French Blue Porcelain Elephant Clock Set in the Chinoiserie Style
Located in London, GB
A French Garniture de Cheminée in the Chinoiserie Taste
Constructed in blue turquoise porcelain with gilt highlights, Algerian onyx and bronze, ...
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19th Century French Chinoiserie Antique Ormolu Clocks
Materials
Ormolu
A Large French Rouge Marble Gilt Patinated Bronze Mantel Clock by A. Beurdeley
Located in Tarzana, CA
A French Napoleon III Period Rouge Marble Gilt & Patinated Bronze Mantel Clock Alfred Emmanuel Louis Beurdeley
Movement marked: J. Lefebvre Fils Paris & Numbered1938
Movement stamped: Medaille De Bronze J. Marti & Cie & Numbered 92
Dial signed: A. Beurdeley Fila, Paris
France, Circa 1875
Dimensions: Height: 24" (61cm), Width: 22" (56cm) Depth: 11" (28cm)
Excellent Working Condition
Biography
French — Alfred Emmanuel Louis Beurdeley was a Parisian cabinetmaker who specialized in the manufacture of luxurious French furnishings...
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1870s French Napoleon III Antique Ormolu Clocks
Materials
Marble, Ormolu, Bronze
Attractive quality antique 19th century French ormolu mantle clock
Located in Ipswich, GB
Attractive quality antique 19th century French ormolu mantle clock, having a fine quality antique 19th century French ornate gilt mantle clock with beautiful ornate detailing with ac...
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19th Century French Antique Ormolu Clocks
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Ormolu
Exceptional French Tiffany & Co Gilt Bronze Mantel Clock with Marble Base
Located in Milford, NH
An exceptional French gilt bronze mantel clock marketed by Tiffany & Co, with classical cast gilt figures of a boy and girl reading on each side of the clock, a central raised panel ...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Ormolu Clocks
Materials
Marble, Bronze, Ormolu
Antique Victorian French Quality Ornate Ormolu and Bronze Mantle Clock
Located in Suffolk, GB
Antique Victorian French quality ornate ormolu and bronze mantle clock having a quality bronze cherub to the top ornate ormolu case with scroll, bow and leaf decoration, circular han...
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19th Century French Victorian Antique Ormolu Clocks
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
$3,192 Sale Price
20% Off
18th Century Louis XVI Cartel Clock By Le Nepveu
By Nicolas-Antoine Le Nepveu
Located in Amersham, GB
A rare 18th century ormolu cartel clock by Nicolas-Antoine Le Nepveu a Paris . This exceptional Cartel clock in a gilt bronze or Ormolu case still with its original mechanism. The 8 ...
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18th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Clocks
Materials
Enamel, Ormolu
Single Fusee Carriage Timepiece By Thomas Cole and James Cole, Retailed By Hunt
Located in Amersham, GB
A miniature carriage clock timepiece by Thomas Cole and his brother James Fergusson Cole. The eight day single fusee movement with english lever escapement.
The case is decorated with the ‘Rose and Trellis’ pattern as seen on another of Coles clocks retailed by Edward Dent with the same handle and case construction ( JB Hawkins, “The Hawkins Pictorial Survey of Cole Clocks...
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1840s English William IV Antique Ormolu Clocks
Materials
Brass, Steel, Ormolu
French 19th Century Louis XVI Ormolu & Marble Clock Set Retailed 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...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Clocks
Materials
Marble, 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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1720s French Louis XV Antique Ormolu Clocks
Materials
Ormolu
19th Century French Napoleon III Period Bardiglio Marble Japy Freres Clock Set
By Japy Frères
Located in Forney, TX
A fabulous over one hundred and sixty year old Parisian neoclassical style Bardiglio marble three piece mantel set.
Born in Paris, France in the mid 19th century, featuring an an...
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Mid-19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Ormolu Clocks
Materials
Marble, Bronze, Ormolu
French Louis XV Style Porcelain Gilt Mixed Metal Mantel Clock
Located in Forney, TX
A breathtaking antique French Belle Époque period (1871-1914) porcelain mounted mixed metal mantel clock.
Born in France in the late 19th / early 20th century, fine quality Parisian work, exceptionally executed in luxuriously opulent 18th century Louis XV Rocaille taste, finished on all sides so it can be placed anywhere in the room, featuring a visually striking sculptural floral fiolate adorned gilt metal case, heavily embellished with fine porcelain flowers...
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Late 19th Century French Louis XV Antique Ormolu Clocks
Materials
Metal, Brass, Bronze, Enamel, Ormolu
Late 19th Century Mathieu Planchon Belle Epoque French Cartel Clock
Located in Dublin, IE
A very fine late 19th century French Belle Epoque mounted bronze Dòre flame mahogany Cartel wall clock. The clock features a circular white enamel dial, which is inscribed with both Roman Numerals and Arabic Numbers. beautifully incised gilt hands and convex glass inscribed "Planchon A Paris".
Circa 1880
French
Mathieu Planchon apprenticed with his father, served several years with other clockmakers including Robert-Houdin and then went into business for himself eventually opening his shop at the Palais Royal in 1890. He was a skilled maker who was influenced by both earlier decorative trends and the ingenious clocks originally designed by Nicolas Grollier De Servierè that were illustrated in DeServierè’s catalog .
Antique cartel clocks...
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19th Century French Belle Époque Antique Ormolu Clocks
Materials
Ormolu
French Antique Ormolu Mantel Clock by Leroy Commemorating Napoleon Bonaparte
By LeRoy
Located in London, GB
This fine mantel clock is cast entirely in ormolu by celebrated Parisian clockmaker Leroy and commemorates the return of Napoleon's ashes to France in 1840. The clock is set on a rectangular, tiered base with four decorative feet. The lower tier is centred with a sleeping lion above a plaque showing the scarf, sword and hat of Napoleon. There is a relief plaque above the lion showing a ship off St Helena (the location of Napoleon's exile) and to either side further decorations formed as martial trophies. To the top of the plaque is a portrait medallion of Napoleon with winged cherubs and the letter 'N'. The circular dial of the clock, signed 'Leroy a Paris', is set to the centre above the base within an ormolu border and flanked by the figures of France and an eagle to either side. Between them they hold an urn, which bears the inscription 'Ste Helene / 5 Mai 1821'. The figure of France holds a flag inscribed 'France 1840.'
This clock was produced in 1840 by Parisian clockmaker Leroy et fils...
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1840s French Napoleon III Antique Ormolu Clocks
Materials
Ormolu
French Ormolu Bronze Sèvres Porcelain Mantle Clock Vincenti et Cie, Paris
Located in Dublin, Ireland
A fine early to mid-19th century French Ormolu and Porcelain Mounted mantel (fireplace) Clock of outstanding Quality and impressive proportions. Eight-day duration movement, striking...
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19th Century French Antique Ormolu Clocks
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
$2,597 Sale Price
24% Off
Industrial Series Nautical Desk Clock
Located in Amersham, GB
This stylish desk clock made in the last quarter of the 19th century has a french eight day movement with a lever platform escapement. the movement is housed in a drum forming the ce...
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Late 19th Century French Industrial Antique Ormolu Clocks
Materials
Griotte Marble, Brass, Enamel, Nickel, Ormolu
Rare French Empire ormolu and patinated bronze portefaix clock signed Alibert
Located in London, GB
Extremely rare antique French Empire ormolu and patinated bronze portefaix mantel clock signed in the bronze Alibert with two tune musical base also signed Alibert. This model is bas...
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1810s French Antique Ormolu Clocks
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
Fannières Frères Desk Clock "Time Allegory" circa 1860
By Fannière Frères
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Fannières Frères Desk Clock Time Allegory
Chased gilt and silvered bronze Desk Clock
With an allegorical theme of Time in the form of a cherub suppor...
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1860s French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Clocks
Materials
Marble, Bronze, Ormolu
$3,000 Sale Price
20% Off
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...
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1750s French Louis XV Antique Ormolu Clocks
Materials
Ormolu
19th century French decorative toleware garniture set
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
19th century French decorative toleware garniture set, circa 1880.
Fine example of a 3 piece garniture set, hand painted toleware decorated with ornate ormolu mounts. Clock fitted w...
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Late 19th Century French Victorian Antique Ormolu Clocks
Materials
Metal, Ormolu
19th Century Turquoise Sèvres Style Jeweled Porcelain and Ormolu Clock Set
Located in New York, NY
A high quality gilt bronze and Turquoise Sèvres style jeweled Porcelain clock set. The clock surmounted by a covered urn and flanked by lion masks on each side, en suite with a pair of painted turquoise porcelain vases...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Ormolu Clocks
Materials
Ormolu, Bronze
19th Century Burr Walnut Bracket Clock by Lenzkirch
By Lenzkirch
Located in Amersham, GB
A quarter striking bracket clock in a fine figured burr walnut case with ormolu mounts and sound frets backed in sage green silk. A gilded dial with s...
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1890s German Late Victorian Antique Ormolu Clocks
Materials
Brass, Steel, Ormolu
Charles X Ormolu Figural Clock
Located in Astoria, NY
Charles X Ormolu Figural Clock, circa 1830, the circular white enamel dial, with strike on bell movement, flanked by a standing muse resting besid...
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1830s French Charles X Antique Ormolu Clocks
Materials
Enamel, Ormolu
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 ...
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Late 18th Century French Neoclassical Antique Ormolu Clocks
Materials
Ormolu
French Louis XV Style Bronze Ormolu Mounted Tall Case Clock Manner of Zwiener
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
Dimensions - H: 92 1/2 in W: 24 in D: 17 in
This magnificent French Louis XV style tall case clock represents the pinnacle of turn of the century horological artistry, executed in ...
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Early 20th Century French Louis XV Ormolu Clocks
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Annular Signed Clock
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A most spectacular and extremely high quality French 19th century Louis XVI st. white Carrara marble, ormolu and patinated bronze annular clock, signed MARTI, circa 1840. Raised by a...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Clocks
Materials
Carrara Marble, Ormolu
French Gilt Bronze Mantel Clock with Classical Figures
Located in London, GB
French gilt bronze mantel clock with Classical figures
French, 19th century
Measures: Height 45cm, width 39cm, depth 17cm
This mantel clock feat...
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19th Century French Empire Antique Ormolu Clocks
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
A Homer bust ormolu empire clock in the manner of Thomire
Located in Harrington Park, NJ
AN EMPIRE ORMOLU BUST OF HOMER
After the Antique
The bearded bust of Homer on a rectangular clock decorate with lyres and gryphon heads on the side
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Early 19th Century French Empire Antique Ormolu Clocks
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
Antique Ormolu Clocks for Sale on 1stDibs
Antique ormolu clocks and other decorative objects can be incorporated into a variety of spaces, and while demand for the material and/or technique was at its peak in Europe during the 18th and 19th centuries — older French ormolu clocks are especially coveted today — ormolu is still widely loved by contemporary designers and collectors.
What is ormolu?
Ormolu is a brilliant form of decorative trickery. To the untrained eye, ormolu clocks, jewelry boxes and other ormolu furniture and decor look like they're made of solid gold. But those in the know recognize ormolu — or elaborate bronze gilding — as having been essential to French design in the 18th and 19th centuries as a cornerstone of the neoclassical and Empire styles.
“Most commonly, ormolu refers to a bronze object that has been covered with gold, typically 18 karat or 24 karat,” explains Jamie Sinai, director of the antiques specialist Mayfair Gallery, in London. “For that reason, ormolu is sometimes called gilt bronze or, in French, bronze doré. Strictly speaking, however, the term ormolu also denotes the technique of applying gold to a metal.”
“The word comes from the French or moulu, which translates as ‘ground or powdered gold’ — the form the gold takes before it is applied to a metal surface.”
From the court of King Louis XVI to that of Napoleon I, the French elite snapped up furniture mounted with ormolu, as well as sconces, candelabra and table lamps made from the material.
If you're looking to bring a touch of this 19th-century pizzazz to your desk, an antique ormolu desk clock is a decorative touch that blends ornament and functionality. The clamor for desk clocks arose as the Industrial Revolution transitioned labor from outdoors to indoors, and allowed for the mass production of clock parts in factories. Naturally, elaborate designs soon followed and clocks could be found made by artisans and luxury houses like Cartier. Indeed, an ormolu clock is an object to be admired in your home as much as it is a necessary functional element. (This is part of the reason clocks make such superb collectibles!)
Today, antiques collectors and interior designers seek out the finest in antique ormolu clocks and continue to prize ormolu for its extraordinary craftsmanship and history-infused glamour.
“This wondrous material was highly sought after in France as the ultimate luxury. It magically resembled solid gold and sparkled under candlelight,” says Sinai.
Find antique ormolu desk clocks, wall clocks, mantel clocks and other furniture and decorative objects on 1stDibs.
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