Napoleon III 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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Item Ships From: Europe
Style: Napoleon III
19th Century Table Clock in Finely Chiseled Gilt Bronze
Located in PALERMO, IT
Elegant table clock in finely chiseled and gilded bronze. Parisian figure at the top of the clock.
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19th Century French Antique Napoleon III Clocks
Materials
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 Clocks
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Marble, Brass
Attributed to L.Messagé (1842-1901) and F.Linke, "Source Allegory" Clock
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Attributed to Leon Messagé (1842-1901) and François Linke (1855-1946)
Gilt bronze clock surmounted by an allegory of the Source.
With rocaille decoration, resting on four cambered l...
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1890s French Antique Napoleon III Clocks
Materials
Ormolu, Enamel
French Rosewood and Satinwood Portico Clock
Located in Alessandria, Piemonte
Antique and elegant French clock, with bronze details and fine inlaid wood, perfectly working. Perfect in a studio room. It's the typical clock of European noble houses...
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Mid-19th Century French Antique Napoleon III Clocks
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Wood
A clock set 3 pieces imari porcelain and bronze
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Clock set three pieces in Imari porcelain and bronze . this clock set is rare ,you can use it with the candelabras , you can take off this candelabras and put the lid porcelain on th...
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1880s French Antique Napoleon III Clocks
Materials
Bronze
Napoleon III Fireplace Set with Bronze Greek Gods and Black Marble
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
Beautiful antique fireplace set consisting of a clock and a pair of cassolettes. The black marble clock rests on lions' feet and is surmounted by a bronze engraved Medici vase with eight faces of Greek...
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Mid-19th Century French Antique Napoleon III Clocks
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Marble, Bronze
French Napoleon III Bronze Bacchus Putti Clock, 1870s
By Claire Jeanne Roberte Collinet
Located in Saint-Amans-des-Cots, FR
French Napoleon III bronze Bacchus putti clock, France, 1870s Height: 7.4"(18.8cm), Width: 6.1"(15.5cm), Depth : 3.3"(8.4cm). In perfect working order. Ver...
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1870s French Antique Napoleon III Clocks
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Bronze
A French ‘Chariot’ Three-pieces Clock Garniture attributed to F.Linke circa 1890
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
A French Ormolu and Patinated-Bronze ‘Chariot’ Three-pieces Clock Garniture
Attributed to François Linke (1855 - 1946), Paris, Late 19th/ Century
The clock representing a putto on ...
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1890s French Antique Napoleon III Clocks
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Bronze, Ormolu, Enamel
Napoleon III Chimney Clock, 19th Century
Located in Lisbon, PT
A Napolean III period mantel chimney clock with a mark on the letterhead of the mechanism «horlogerie suisse 23 Rue d'Alsace Lorraine Toulouse» in french Rococo Revival style. Mechan...
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19th Century French Antique Napoleon III Clocks
Materials
Metal, Brass, Enamel, Pewter
A Napoleon iii Gilt Bronze & Enamel French Mantel Clock Circa 1870
Located in London, GB
Renaissance style gilt bronze and enamel mantel clock
French, late 19th century
This exquisite mantel clock is crafted in the idiosyncratic Renaissance Revival style that found its f...
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1870s French Antique Napoleon III Clocks
Materials
Bronze, Enamel
19th Century Enamel And Bronze Napoleon Clock
Located in Hoddesdon, GB
A Handsome 19th century, French Napoleon III mantle Clock of fine quality.
Black enamel & Gilt bronze case , lion masks to the sides sitting on claw feet . The clock and striking bel...
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1870s French Antique Napoleon III Clocks
Materials
Bronze, Enamel
Amazing Napoleon III Empire Clock 19th Century H: 58cm
Located in Madrid, ES
Amazing Napoleon III Empire Clock 19th Century
mahogany and mahogany veneer porch with gilt and chiseled bronze ornamentation.
White enamel dial signed FONTAINE in Avranches,
Roman n...
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19th Century French Antique Napoleon III Clocks
Materials
Bronze
Napoleon III Goddess Diana Mantel Clock, 19th Century
Located in Lisbon, PT
A complete and in working order metal mantel clock with an esteemed figure of the Roman Goddess Diana the Huntress with a nymph by her side, with Carrara marble details and a functio...
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19th Century French Antique Napoleon III Clocks
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Marble, Metal
19th Century Large Gilded Bronze Clock of the Napoleon III Period
Located in NICE, FR
We present you this large and exceptional clock in gilt bronze, measuring 61 cm in height and 31 cm in width. It is adorned with gilded bronze female busts on either side of the cloc...
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19th Century French Antique Napoleon III Clocks
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Bronze
Napoleon III French Peasant Mantel Clock, 19th Century
Located in Lisbon, PT
A complete and in working order metal mantel clock with an esteemed figure of the Revolutionary french peasant woman with Carrara marble details and a function swiss mechanism.
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19th Century French Antique Napoleon III Clocks
Materials
Marble, Metal
AMAZING GARNITURE SÉVRES 19th Century Napoleon III
Located in Madrid, ES
GARNITURE SÉVRES 19th Century Napoleon III
French,
composed of a clock and a pair of seven-light candelabra, in cobalt blue Sévres style pocella.
C...
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19th Century French Antique Napoleon III Clocks
Materials
Bronze
Mantel Clocks from the 19th Century, Napoleon III Period.
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
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...
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19th Century French Antique Napoleon III Clocks
Materials
Marble, Bronze
19th Century Mantel Set by Delettrez, Napoleon III Period.
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
19th century mantel set by Delettrez, Napoleon III period.
Gilt bronze and painted porcelain mantel set, porcelain dial, 19th century, Napoleon III period by Delettrez, simple overh...
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19th Century French Antique Napoleon III Clocks
Materials
Bronze
Royal fire-gilded mantel clock/Pendule Napoleon III, 1870, Paris, signed Lantier
Located in Berlin, DE
Royal fire-gilded mantel clock/Pendule Napoleon III, 1870, Paris, signed Lantier
A fantastic masterwork of perfection with beautiful fire-gilded bronze.
Bronze, gold plated. On vol...
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1870s French Antique Napoleon III Clocks
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Bronze
19th Century Sèvres Porcelain Mantel Set.
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
19th century Sèvres porcelain mantel set.
Original Sèvres porcelain and gilt bronze mantelpiece from the 19th century, consisting of a clock and its two candelabras. Allow for the c...
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19th Century French Antique Napoleon III Clocks
Materials
Bronze
19th Century Large C. Vernet Mantel Clock in Gilt Bronze
Located in NICE, FR
We present you this exquisite and rare 19th-century C. Vernet mantel clock, embodying a neoclassical design. Crafted with great precision and adorned with fine gilded bronze, the cl...
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19th Century French Antique Napoleon III Clocks
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Bronze
An elegant mantle piece clock with vases made in Paris circa 1860
Located in London, GB
An elegant mantle piece clock with its accompanying vases made in Paris circa 1860. Very much in the Jacob Petit style and most probably from his fa...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Napoleon III Clocks
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Porcelain
Fantastic quality Napoleon III Marquetry inlaid eight day longcase clock
Located in Ipswich, GB
Fantastic quality Napoleon III Marquetry inlaid eight day longcase clock having a quality bombe shaped case finely inlaid with boulle marquetry work of cut brass arabesque and enrich...
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19th Century Antique Napoleon III Clocks
Materials
Metal, Brass, Bronze
Napoleon III Mantel Clock or Console 180s Black Marble and Solid Brass Sculpture
Located in Palermo, Sicily
Napoleon III Mantel Clock or Console 180s Black Marble and Solid Brass Sculpture
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1870s French Antique Napoleon III Clocks
Materials
Marble, Brass
French Skeleton Mantel Clock
Located in Norwich, GB
French Skeleton clock with Gothic style brass frame standing on a marquetry inlaid rosewood base with bun feet.
Cherubs head pendulum bob, enamel dia...
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1850s French Antique Napoleon III Clocks
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Brass
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 Clocks
Materials
Bronze, Enamel, Ormolu
A French 19th Century Clock Garniture
Located in London, GB
A French 19th Century gilt bronze clock garniture. The clock has two cherubs, holding the clock, on a white marble and Ormolu mounted ba...
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Mid-19th Century French Antique Napoleon III Clocks
Materials
Marble, Bronze, Ormolu
Napolean iii French White Marble and Ormolu Mantel Clock
Located in Norwich, GB
Stunning Napolean III French Ormolu and white marble clock with gilded Baccanalian frieze decoration to the base and seated a classical lady standing on six gilded button feet.
Enam...
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1860s French Antique Napoleon III Clocks
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Marble
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 Clocks
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Griotte Marble, Bronze
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 Clocks
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Metal
Important Napoleon III Ormolu Cartel Louis XV Rocaille Style
Located in BARSAC, FR
Spectacular Napoleon III cartel in finely chiseled gilded bronze presenting an opulent Louis XV rococo style decoration composed of foliage, acanthus leaves, shells and flowers.
S...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Napoleon III Clocks
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Bronze
Empire Table Clock Napoleon III, 19th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
EMPIRE TABLE CLOCK Napoleon III 19th Century
In gilt bronze, relief and pierced decoration with plant elements, topped by a cup.
Enamel di...
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19th Century French Antique Napoleon III Clocks
Materials
Bronze
Napoleon III Gilt Bronze and Porcelain Three Piece Clock Garniture
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A fine Napoleon III gilt bronze and porcelain three piece clock garniture by Raingo Freres. The circular gilt and 'jewel' decorated porcelain dial of the clock with Roman numerals an...
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19th Century French Antique Napoleon III Clocks
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Ormolu
Gantry Clock French 19th Century Napoleon III
Located in Madrid, ES
Gantry clock
French 19th century
Napoleon III,
in mahogany wood with inlays.
Eight-day autonomy mechanism, strikes hours and half hours, white enamel dial with black Roman nume...
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19th Century French Antique Napoleon III Clocks
Materials
Bronze
Napoleon III Clock in Gilt Bronze Signed Benoît Félix Richond in Paris
By Richond Frères
Located in BARSAC, FR
Magnificent Napoleon III clock in finely chiseled gilt bronze with a lush decoration inspired by Louis XVI.
Enamelled dial signed Richond, Japy Frères movement in Paris.
Superb original gilding.
Benoît Félix Richond, born November 12...
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Mid-19th Century French Antique Napoleon III Clocks
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Ormolu
Large Napoleon III Clock in Black Belgian Marble and Gilt Bronze by Raingo Frère
Located in BARSAC, FR
Large and very elegant Napoleon III period mantel clock in black Belgian marble and rich ornamentation in finely chiseled gilt bronze.
Wire movement signed by the house Raingo Frère...
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Mid-19th Century French Antique Napoleon III Clocks
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Belgian Black Marble, Ormolu
Important French Table Clock, 19th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Important table clock
19th century
French, in marble and relieved bronze and golden enameled dial,
Roman numerals in black, eight days of autonomy, plays for hours and half hour...
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19th Century French Antique Napoleon III Clocks
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Gold, Bronze
Blue Opaline Clock and Its Base, 19th Century
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Blue opaline clock and its base, X19th century
Blue opaline, white and gold enamelled clock with its blue opaline stand, 19th century, Napoleon III period.
Clock - H: 27 cm, W: 18 ...
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19th Century European Antique Napoleon III Clocks
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Opaline Glass
Sèvres Porcelain Mantel Set, 19th Century
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Sèvres porcelain mantel set, 19th century.
A Sèvres porcelain and gilt bronze mantelpiece, Napoleon III period, 19th century.
Measures: clock - H: 56 ...
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19th Century French Antique Napoleon III Clocks
Materials
Bronze
Gilt bronze clock, 19th century
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Gilt bronze clock, 19th century
Large original gilt bronze clock, decorated with garlands of flowers and two hull heads to the right and left of the...
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1860s European Antique Napoleon III Clocks
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Bronze
Chiseled Bronze 'Ufficialina' Clock, Napoleon III
Located in Firenze, FI
Elegant officers' clock in chiseled bronze with swinging handle, mechanism that works with a great chime, key to wind the alarm and button to stop it.
Typical French manufacture, se...
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Mid-19th Century French Antique Napoleon III Clocks
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Bronze
Napoleon III Style Clock Made Out of Porcelain and Gilded Bronze
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
This beautiful clock was made out of porcelain and gilded bronze during Napoleon III period. The porcelain dial indicates the hours with Roman numerals. It is decorated with gilded r...
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19th Century French Antique Napoleon III Clocks
Materials
Bronze
Antique French Napoleon III chariot clock in ormolu & Verde Antico marble
Located in London, GB
A French ormolu and verde antico marble striking chariot clock, Circa mid 19th century.
The Clock is all original and still has it's important original ...
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1850s European Antique Napoleon III Clocks
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Bronze
Very Large 19th Century Clock Garniture
By Napoléon III
Located in London, GB
A wonderful garniture in marble and ormolu, the central clock face engraved in ormolu and surrounded by enameled numerals. The clock is adorned by two amorous ormolu figures of an an...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Napoleon III Clocks
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Bronze
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 Clocks
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Marble, Bronze
Important Trim in White Marble and Gilt Bronze, 19th Century
Located in VERSAILLES, FR
Spectacular trim consisting of a clock and its candelabras decorated with Cupid sits on a tree stump.
In Roman mythology, Cupid, son of Venus and Mars, is the god of love. The origi...
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1860s French Antique Napoleon III Clocks
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Marble, Bronze
Napoléon III Sèvres Style Clock Garniture
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A fine Napoléon III gilt-bronze and sèvres style cobalt blue ground 'Jewelled' Porcelain Three-Piece Clock Garniture
Comprising a mantel clock and a pair of five-light vase candel...
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19th Century French Antique Napoleon III Clocks
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Ormolu
Clock and Pair of Candlesticks, French 19th Century Napoleon III
Located in Madrid, ES
CLOCK AND PAIR OF CANDLESTICKS
French
19th Century
Napoleon III,
in relief and gilt bronze, allegory to music, with painted porcelain plaques, by Sévres.
Enamelled dial with b...
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19th Century French Antique Napoleon III Clocks
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Bronze
Important Garniture French, Late 19th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Garniture
French, late 19th century
in gilded bronze and red marble,
composed of: clock and two five-light candelabra.
Watch with enamel dial with Arabic numerals.
Clock machine...
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19th Century French Antique Napoleon III Clocks
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Marble, Bronze
19th Century Bronze Mantel Clock Paul and Virginia by Charles Cumberworth
Located in Marseille, FR
Rare and spectacular bronze mantel clock taking up the theme of the most famous 18th century novel "Paul and Virginia" written by Henri Bernardin de Saint Pierre and powerfully describes the feelings of love and the nostalgia of paradise lost. The model presented here is a very rare model, it represents a passage from the book, "Le passage du torrent", we find no trace of this model only in Pierre Kjellberg's book "Les Bronzes du XIXème siècle;" Metman points out Le passage du torrent, first cast by Boyer and also edited by SUSSE"
There are two Creole slaves as double patina chandeliers...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Napoleon III Clocks
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Griotte 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 Clocks
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Metal, Bronze, Enamel, Ormolu
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 Clocks
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Malachite, Bronze
Gilt Bronze Clock, 19th Century, Napoleon III Period
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Gilt bronze clock, with its gilt wood base on a blackened wood sicle, signed by Pellegrin in Marseille, 19th century, Napoleon III period
Measures: H: 49 cm, W: 36 cm, D: 17 cm
SM0...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Napoleon III Clocks
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Bronze
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 Clocks
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Bronze
Antique Bronze Mantel Set, 19th Century
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
"Antique bronze mantel set, 19th century"
Napoleon III period marble and patinated bronze mantel with its two cassolettes. Perfect condition. Cassolettes s...
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19th Century European Antique Napoleon III Clocks
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Mantel Clock 19th Century Napoleon III Period by Moreau Mathu
Located in Warsaw, PL
Mantel clock 19th century Napoleon III Period by Moreau Mathu.
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Mid-19th Century French Antique Napoleon III Clocks
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Silver, Bronze
Mantel Clock 19th Century Napoleon III Period
Located in Warsaw, PL
Mantel clock 19th century Napoleon III period.
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Mid-19th Century French Antique Napoleon III Clocks
Materials
Lapis Lazuli, 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 Clocks
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Malachite, Bronze
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