Napoleon III More Clocks
NAPOLEON III STYLE
Under Napoleon III’s rule, Paris underwent a great rebuilding overseen by Baron Georges-Eugène Haussmann, which created grand avenues and lavish landmarks like the Paris Opera. Antique Napoleon III–style furniture was flamboyant and eclectic. It was also known as Second Empire style since it followed and referenced the Empire style of his uncle Napoleon I.
Developing from 1852–70, Napoleon III furniture was plush and ornate, matching the fashion for masked balls and socializing in salons. It borrowed freely from earlier French styles including Louis XIV, Louis XV and Louis XVI as well as aesthetics from around the world, from antiquity to Asian art. As writer Gustave Claudin remarked in 1867, the country’s architects worked in “a style which one would be tempted to call neo-Greco-Gothico-Pompadour-Pompeian.”
Napoleon III chairs were completely covered with velvet and lined with tassels; pouf footstools invited people to put up their feet. Sofas were upholstered with tapestries, and beds were adorned with gilt bronze and theatrical canopies. The addition of conservatories to homes led to new indoor-outdoor furniture, while the spirit of hygiene promoted by Baron Haussmann inspired bright, floral motifs.
Although the most ostentatious designs were for the elite, as seen in the Napoleon III apartments preserved in the Louvre, where red velvet, gilding and chandeliers create a cacophony of luxury, these trends influenced homes across classes as manufacturing made design increasingly accessible. Papier-mâché furniture allowed for elaborate shapes that would have been difficult to carve in wood. The malleable material was painted with chinoiserie patterns and decorative designs. It was mass-produced by factories such as Jennens and Bettridge with varnishing and mother-of-pearl inlays creating an effect reminiscent of Asian lacquer. (Surfaces that had been “japanned” — a specialty of Jennens and Bettridge — were intended to resemble lacquer work that was created in East Asia.)
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Style: Napoleon III
A Napoléon III Marble Mantle Clock
By J. Pradier
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A Napoléon III Marble Mantle Clock With A Patinated Bronze Figure of 'Phryné' by James Pradier. France, Circa 1860.
Surmounted by a finely cast pa...
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19th Century French Antique Napoleon III More Clocks
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Griotte Marble, Bronze
Antique French Bronze & Marble Three-Piece Mantel Set Clock Napoleon III
Located in Labrit, Landes
Napoleon III French two marbles mantel clock late 19th century circa 1890.
Set of a clock and two pedestals.
Mercury pendulum
The French movement of the clock will be checked befor...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Napoleon III More Clocks
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Marble, Brass
Antique French Bronze and Marble Mantel Set Clock Cherub Putti Napoleon III
Located in Labrit, Landes
Napoleon III French clock named "The hour will ring" (visible inscription) signed by the sculptor Lorenzo Vergnano with stamp and number 553 on the back.
It represents a building p...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Napoleon III More Clocks
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Metal
Napoleon III Period Gilt and Patinated Bronze Clock by Delafontaine
Located in London, GB
The acclaimed French bronze foundry, Delafontaine, created this remarkable mantel clock. At the time this piece was crafted, in c.1860, the company was directed by Auguste-Maximilien Delafontaine (1813-1892). The firm was famous for its high-quality artistic bronzes, which can today be viewed in major art collections, such as the Louvre in Paris.
Shaped like an upside down ‘T’, this gilt bronze...
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1860s French Antique Napoleon III More Clocks
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Bronze, Enamel, Ormolu
Antique French Bronze and Marble Mantel Set Clock Cherub Putti Napoleon III
Located in Labrit, Landes
Napoleon III French gilded bronze mantel clock with putti cherub on the top of the clock late 19th century circa 1890.
Set of a clock and two amphora...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Napoleon III More Clocks
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Marble, Bronze
French Gilded & Champleve Clock Garniture
Located in Newark, England
Fine French late 19th century three-piece clock garniture comprising of a pair of candle sticks and clock in a matching set. The garniture boldly cast with rococo influence in the Lo...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Napoleon III More Clocks
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Metal, Bronze, Enamel, Ormolu
Cloisonné Bronze Watch-Holder
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
A 19th century cloisonné bronze watch-holder, onyx base, Napoleon III period.
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1870s European Antique Napoleon III More Clocks
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Bronze
Important French Gilt Bronze and Porcelain Garniture from Sèvres 19th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Important gilt bronze and porcelain Garniture from Sèvres, 19th century French school.
In gilt bronze and porcelain. With a pair of cherubs holding a garland and handles in the sh...
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19th Century French Antique Napoleon III More Clocks
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Bronze
Mantel Clock 19th Century, Napoleon III Period
Located in Warsaw, PL
A beautiful clock made of bronze and malachite in an intense green and blue color. The clock stands on four decorated feet in the shape of paws. At the foot of the dial there is a cu...
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19th Century French Antique Napoleon III More Clocks
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Malachite, Bronze
Mantel Clock 19th Century, Napoleon III Period
Located in Warsaw, PL
Late 19th century neoclassical style clock crafted from gilt bronze with The malachite clock case is supported by ormolu toupie feet, which were very common in that period of time.Th...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Napoleon III More Clocks
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Malachite, Bronze
Rare French Napoleon III Oeil De Boeuf Hand Painted Wall Mounted Pendulum Clock
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this stunning original Napoleon III Oeil De Boeuf wall mounted clock with hand painted rural scene
An absolutely stunning hand painted piece, it would look amazing in any setting
I bought this from a clock dealer in Belgium...
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1860s French Antique Napoleon III More Clocks
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Wood
Mantel Clock, 19th Century, Napoleon III Period
Located in Warsaw, PL
Antique late 19th c. French mantel clock crafted in Louis XVI style richly ornamented with ormolu flower garlands, bows and beaded lines all around the clock’s case. The main feature of this mantel clock is two putti figures reading a book made with brown patinated bronze sitting on a gilded rock-like ground with acanthus leaves. Putti are nude child...
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19th Century French Antique Napoleon III More Clocks
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Malachite, Bronze
Mantel Clock 19th Century Napoleon III Period
Located in Warsaw, PL
This mantel clock is crafted in a neoclassical style of the Napoleon III period (1824-1830). The mantel clock’s pedestal is made from turquoise malachite and golden ormolu. Malachit ...
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19th Century French Antique Napoleon III More Clocks
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Malachite, Bronze
19th Сentury Napoleon III Period Clock
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
A 19th century Napoleon III period clock in Griotte marble and Regula.
Measures: H: 43 cm, W: 25 cm, D: 17 cm.
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1870s European Antique Napoleon III More Clocks
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Griotte Marble
Clock on the Desk, 19th Century, Napoleon III Period
Located in Warsaw, PL
Patriotic French 19th century ormolu bronze eagle standing on a globe malachite mantel clock. The eagle is a symbol of power as well as a recognizable sign of the Empire style. The d...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Napoleon III More Clocks
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Malachite, Bronze
Napoleon III Period Three-Piece Gilt Bronze Clock Set by Lerolle Frères
Located in London, GB
Napoleon III period three-piece gilt bronze clock set by Lerolle Frères
French, c. 1860
Clock: Height 59cm, width 52cm, depth 23cm
Candelabra: Height...
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1860s French Antique Napoleon III More Clocks
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Ormolu, Metal, Bronze
Majestic 19th Century French Gilt Bronze Candelabras and Clock Garniture
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Wonderful imperial antique french gilt bronze garniture with clock and a pair of candelabras very finely hand worked with nice floral design and ...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Napoleon III More Clocks
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Bronze
French, Napoleon III Boulle Clock, 19th Century, S. Marti & Cie
By Samuel Marti
Located in Belmont, MA
French Napoleon III Boulle clock, Paris second half of 19th century. The clockwork was made by the famous company Samuel Martin & Cie, circa 1870-1890. (Makers Mark on the back).
The cases beautifully designed with bronze details and Boulle technique inlays. A detailed sculpted bronze victory...
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1880s French Antique Napoleon III More Clocks
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Bronze
Monumental Ormolu Bronze Clock Mantel by Maison Marquis Movement by Languereau
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A very fine and monumental 19th century French ormolu bronze mantel clock by Maison Marquis.
The movement by Languereau.
Paris, Circa 1855
The dial signed 'Marquis A Paris...
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1850s French Antique Napoleon III More Clocks
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Bronze, Ormolu
French Clock Napoléon III Original Label on the Back, 1867
By Napoléon III
Located in Milano, IT
French watch Napoléon III Original label on the back 1867
Important French watch III with original label of the retailer beautiful back of the watch.
The ...
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1860s French Antique Napoleon III More Clocks
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Bronze
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 Antique Napoleon III More Clocks
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Ormolu, Bronze
Second Empire Period Patinated and Gilt Bronze Three-Piece Clock Set
Located in London, GB
This three-piece mantel clock set contains a clock and two candelabra. The set was produced circa 1860, during the Napoleon III period, and demonstrates the eclecticism typical to de...
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Mid-19th Century French Antique Napoleon III More Clocks
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Ormolu, Bronze
Monumental Antique French Louis XVI Style Ormolu Mantel Clock by Maison Marquis
Located in New York, NY
A very unusual and quite monumental antique French Louis XVI style Napoleon III ormolu mantel clock by Maison Marquis, the Movement by Languereau, Paris, 1860: surmounted by an urn i...
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1860s French Antique Napoleon III More Clocks
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Enamel, Bronze
Gilt and Patinated Bronze Antique French Clock Set by Picard
By Henri Picard
Located in London, GB
Comprising a central clock and a pair of flanking candelabra, the central circular dial surrounded by a laurel wreath and bow ormolu mount, with plaques depicting biblical scenes in relief on either side, surmounted by a large patinated bronze group, the pair of ten light candelabra similarly decorated with patinated bronze male...
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19th Century French Antique Napoleon III More Clocks
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Marble, Bronze
French Annular Dial Mantel Clock
Located in New Orleans, LA
This important Napoleon III annular dial mantel clock is distinguished by its pendulum movement–a feature rarely seen in annular dial clocks. The pe...
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19th Century French Antique Napoleon III More Clocks
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Bronze, Enamel
Important Napoleon III Period Cartel, 1870, Dial Signed by Gorini Daleau
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
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.
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1870s French Antique Napoleon III More Clocks
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Bronze
Important Cercles Tournants Rotary Clock set by Deniere
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Very Large Important and Rare Napoleon III Period Ormolu And Patinated Bronze Sculptural rotary 3-piece clock set ("Pendule A Cercles Tournants") compr...
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19th Century French Antique Napoleon III More Clocks
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Bronze
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Napoleon Iii more clocks for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Napoleon III more clocks for sale on 1stDibs. Many of these items were first offered in the 19th Century, but contemporary artisans have continued to produce works inspired by this style. If you’re looking to add vintage more clocks created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include decorative objects and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with metal, bronze and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Napoleon III more clocks made in a specific country, there are Europe, and France pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original more clocks, popular names associated with this style include Languereau, Maison Marquis, Europa Antiques, and Henri Picard. It’s true that these talented designers have at times inspired knockoffs, but our experienced specialists have partnered with only top vetted sellers to offer authentic pieces that come with a buyer protection guarantee. Prices for more clocks differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $1,054 and tops out at $225,000 while the average work can sell for $9,291.
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