French Bronze and Marble Figural Orbital Clock, E.F. Caldwell, circa 1870

With two classical figures on a stepped markble base surmounted on a pair of yellow marble urn shaped supports, flanking a rectangular plaque with a gilt bronze bas relief of ribbons...

The base with bronze bacchus masks.

Bronze and champleve clock, E.F. Caldwell and Co., circa 1900.

The face of the clock surrounded by eight applied panels (four round and four rectangular), All surmounted on the backs of four lions, above a platform with additional applied plaque...

Bronze and crystal clock. Signed E.F. Caldwell Co. New York.

Three piece French bronze and marble clock garniture, circa 1875.

Our mantel clock in the Greek Revival style is crafted from marble and gilt bronze and features a large dial with Roman numerals supported on each side by satyr figures. Signed on th...

A gorgeous and large E.F. Caldwell black veined marble and dore bronze mounted sphinx legged clock. This is a beautiful mantle clock designed by the great, E.F. Caldwell and Co. The ...

French gilt-bronze and carrara marble clock garniture by E.De. Labroue, Paris, circa 1890. emblematic of the cloth of dusk being drawn over the earth, three putti and two doves ra...

A bronze figural clock by Deniere, Paris, circa 1870. Modeled as Cupid seated on his bow and quiver, a dove at his rear, the enamel dial signed Deniere Ft...

A very fine gilt bronze, patinated bronze and marble clock by Marlin & Cottin, 26 rue Amelot, Paris. The body of the clock made rouge marble ornate with gilt bronze garlands raised o...

A black and red marble clock in the shape of an Egyptian temple attributed to G. Servant, flanked by double columns inscribed with hieroglyphs and ornated with a winged uraeus, all made in two patina bronze. The clock is surmounted by a patinated bronze sphinx. Resting on four bronze faces wearing the nemes and terminating in lion paw feet. Georges Emile Henri Servant (circa 1828-1890) who took over his father in 1855 at their foundry, rue Vieille-du-Temple, in Paris, specialized in the production of neo-Egyptian style clocks, very popular in France since 1860s, and also the making of Greek style decorative objects. He drew considerable attention to the high quality of his bronzes at the 1855 Paris Universal Exhibition and then at the 1862 London Exhibition. At this time Servant exported up to 40% of his production, principally to the United States, where for instance, his sphinx clocks were sold with great success by Louis Tiffany Inc. or Hamann & Roche of New York (A similar clock is now exposed at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York). But his success came really at the 1867 Paris Universal Exhibition, where he was awarded a gold medal for his neo-Greek and Egyptian works (Les Merveilles...