Gilt Clocks

French sculptor Etienne-Maurice Falconet (1716-1791) is the inspiration for this beautiful, sumptuous mantel clock. His clock, crafted in the late 18th Century and now on display at the Louvre Museum, caused such a stir when it was exhibited over 100 years later, at the Great Exhibition in Paris in 1900 that one reviewer claimed that it "attracted so much admiration from the crowds gathered around that the pressure was sufficient at times to endanger its safety." As well as this famed 'Three Graces...

Very large antique Louis XV style mantel clock by Beurdeley and Raingo Frères French, Late 19th Century Height 98cm, width 49cm, depth 24cm This magnificent Louis XV style mantel cl...

A rosewood and ormolu mounted bracket clock. With an eight day twin fusee movement, signed Adams of Lombard Street on the 5 inch silvered dial and movement back plate. Striking on a ...

This exceptionally detailed clock set consists of a mantel clock and a pair of accompanying vases, which are all crafted in ormolu and extensively decorated in vibrant cloisonné enam...

This exceptional carriage timepiece made by one of Englands greatest clockmakers is highly unusual. The single fusee eight day movement regulated by a large fully jewelled lever esca...

This vintage mid-19th century French 3-piece garniture clock set is wonderfully designed in the Louis XVI style. The over size set includes an exceptional gilt bronze clock accented with attached detailed patinated sculpted putti figures on both sides. The clock rests on a platform embellished with elaborate florals and scrolls that complement its white enamel face with Roman numerals and featuring the maker, Raingo Freres, Paris. The clock has a French bell movement. A pair of sculpted gilt bronze candelabra with similar patinated bronze putti figures accompany this beautiful clock. Each of these figures holds an elaborate seven branch lily bouquet...

A wonderful and important mid-19th century gilt bronze and turquoise sevres porcelain 'Jeweled' three-piece clock set. By Raingo Frères. ...

This spectacular clock set is based on the works of the esteemed Neoclassical artist James Pradier (French, 1790-1852), whose sculptures can be found in nearly all of Paris's major m...

A Fine Louis XVI-Style Gilt Bronze and White Marble Mantel Clock After a model by Étienne-Maurice Falconet The urn-form pendule à cercles t...

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...

Vintage Hermes Brown Leather Desk/Table Clock, 1930s This is a beautiful Art Deco style table/desk clock. Original leather with gold brass details. hand-stitched by Hermès echappeme...

An extremely rare and important French Empire mantle clock signed by the master clock making dynasty of Jean-Andre Lepaute and his brother Jean-Baptiste Lepaute. The case, in the form of an antique portal...

Restauration Gilt Metal Figural Mantel Clock, circa 1830, the circular enamel dial, with strike on bell movement, surmounted by a seated woman resting on a cushion, the rectangular b...

French Regence style cartel in Boulle marquetry in première partie, with a red tortoise shell background. Architectural shaped case, standing on a base with four flattened balls foliaged feet with chiseled motifs on the middle. On each side a glass shows the inner part of the clock and is framed with water leaves frieze in gilt and chiseled bronze. Other motif in gilt bronze such as flowers, beaded acanthus leaves, mascarons, pelmets, swags and music trophies...

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...

Elegant table clock with an arched case, crafted from hand-carved and ebonized wood, decorated with lost-wax cast and gilded bronze details. Further refinement is provided by the bra...

An Exceptional and Large Skeleton Clock Attributed to Evans of Handsworth The multi-tiered pierced gilt brass frame of the skeleton clock after the design of the famous York Minster...

Russian Black Marble and Malachite Clock Stand, 19th century, gilt metal mounted. 14.5" H x 8.25" W x 3.5" D.

A good French Napoleon III period chariot clock of antique vert marble and ormolu. The subject is of cupid riding a fine chariot drawn by a pair of livel...

Swedish black lacquered and gilt Chinoiserie tall case clock with arched decorative floral hood, flanking finials, turned bulbous columns, ormolu and steel engraved face, figural flo...

Large Napoleon III period gilt bronze mantel set, cloisonné with red and pink enamel, 19th century. Napoleon III period mantel set, 19th century, in gilt bronze, cloisonné with red ...

Wall bracket for the Jaeger-LeCoultre Atmos clock. Gold-plated brass. Manufactured in the 1970s for the Atmos V Caliber 526, but also compatible with other models. Surface features a...

A very large and impressive 19th century Empire style gilt and patinated bronze malachite mantel clock depicting 'Psyche Crowning Cupid.' Psyche crown...

Victorian Antique Gilt Bronze Sèvres Style Porcelain Mantel Clock H. Bright Leamington English, Late 19th Century Height 39cm, width 24cm, depth 12cm This attractive late 19th-centu...

This exquisite mantel clock was designed in the 19th century in France, inspired by an earlier model by François Vion, a famous Parisian metalworker of the 18th century. In this design, as in Vion’s, the Three Graces are depicted holding up a spherical clock...

This beautiful clock was crafted in France in the late 19th century. The clock is a monument to this period of industrialisation and technological innovation, being decorated with an...

Impressive mahogany longcase clock with gilt and sculpted decorative bronze elements such as fantastic animals, diamond-shaped patterns, scrollwork, and foliage. This floor clock is ...

This English George II period 18th century table clock consists in a scarlet-japanned and parcel-gilt rectangular case with elaborate chinoiserie decoration and pierced frets to the sides. Resting on a molded base with a shaped apron and bracket feet, the case presents an inverted bell top with a brass fold-down handle flanked by four vase-shaped finials as well as a foliate engraved backplate. The door opens on a break arch brass dial featuring a Roman chapter ring with Arabic minutes, nicely laid out with gilt foliate corner spandrels and a subsidiary strike/silent dial within the arch. The matted centre presents a date aperture as well as the signature of the well-known British clockmaker William...

Antique Belle époque sculptural three-piece clock set after Auguste Moreau French, early 20th century Measures: Clock height 81cm, width 40cm...

Charles X Patinated Bronze and Brass Mounted Verde Antico Marble Figural Clock, circa 1830, surmounted by a seated woman resting on a pedestal with a harp, the circular silver dial, ...

An exceptional early 19th-century French mantel clock by Raingo Frères, in collaboration with Sèvres, one of France’s most celebrated porcelain manufacturers. Created in Paris circa ...

This unusual clock signed Blanc Fils Palais Royal is modelled as a library, flanked by two seated children engrossed in books with a bookcase in the background. It is crisply modelle...

This is a French figural patinated and gilt bronze sculpture mantel clock of a lady. The elegant lady is seated over a chaise adorned with acanthus leaves, garland of fruits and a wind god mask. She is dressed with an 18th century dress adorned with bows and laces. She is holding a fan in her hand. The sculpture stands over a bronze pagoda top shaped base that is decorated with scrolls of flowers and urns. This base is supported by a rectangular dark brown wood pedestal...

The circular white-enameled dial signed ”Detour Paris” with Roman hours and Arabic quarter marks, a further inner Arabic chapter ring for the day of month. Pierced gilt hands and a b...

Fine aesthetic movement clock in cloisonné enamel and gilded bronze, decorated with polychromed birds and flowers, and geometric gilded ornaments on a ...

The globe-form clock case surmounted by a putto and flanked by allegorical figures, on a spreading base cast with floral garlands. Origin: French Date: 19th century Dimension: 3...

Small gilt bronze clock in Rocaille style, richly decorated with foliages, shells and foliated scrolls. The white enameled dial, with Roman numerals for hours and Arabic for minutes,...

Antique (late 19th century) French Louis XV style three-piece garniture (set) of the highest quality, including large wall clock with matching pair of wall lights (sconces) with Vern...

Empire Mantel Clock Claude Galle Circa 1810 This Empire period mantel clock by Galle exemplifies the sophisticated allegorical artistry of early 19th-century French horology. Repres...

A late French Empire mantle clock in gilded bronze depicting a standing classical lady on the left side of the clock plinth with her left ar...

This fantastic porcelain clock garniture contains three vases, one of which has been mounted with a ormolu clock dial with jewels surrounding it. The vases are decorated in the style of the Sèvres Porcelain manufacturers, with cartouches to the front and back. The panels on the front depict ladies and putti in a landscape, while the reverse sides depict riverbanks. The vases are set on ormolu bases with canted angles, and feature twin ormolu handles which take the form of masks. The central vase is surmounted by an ormolu putti...

French gilt bronze mounted marine themed automaton mantel clock French, circa 1850 Measures: With glass dome and base height 90 cm, width 70 cm, depth 33 cm Clock without dome and...

A magnificent Sèvres-style gilt bronze and jeweled porcelain clock set. The fine pair of Sèvres-style ormolu mounted covered cobalt blue ground porcelain vases with hunting scene. ...

A Garniture de Chemineé in the Louis XVI taste By Arnold & Lewis (late Simmons) The mantle clock, and its two matched vases, are constructed in jewelled 'Sèvres' style porcelain, hand and polychrome decorated, with gilt highlights and finely gilt bronze. The clock, rising from toupie feet, supports a rectangular base frame with rounded ends, set with cast stiff leaf decoration, and having inset Roi de Bleu and gilt work panels; over, the circular porcelain dial, signed by the maker (qv) has Roman numerals and blued steel hands, and is set over a central porcelain panel with a bucolic scene, and flanked by elliptical female portraits; the ends are curved and conformingly polychrome and gilt decorated; the whole is surmounted by a decorated twin handled urn, having a pine cone finial, set on an addorsed acanthi gilt bronze base. The two train clock...

Gilded bronze Louis XV-style mantelpiece set, 19th century, Napoleon III period. 19th-century mantelpiece set from the Napoleon III period, in the Louis XV style, consisting of a cl...

Dimensions: Height: 4 1/4 in Width: 5 1/2 in Depth: 2 1/2 in This antique early 20th century French Art Deco bronze ormolu desk clock is made of the highest quality and perfect for ...

An unusual gilt metal and purple guilloche enamel boudoir clock with superb inlaid designs of flowers and swags and a hand painted picture to the...

French architecturally formed ormolu mantel clock French, 19th Century Height 52cm, width 28cm, depth 17cm This beautiful Baroque style mantel clock is crafted from gilt bronze. The highly detailed case takes the form of a piece of miniaturised architecture: a campanile of sorts, the top level contains the clock dial while the lower level, approached by shallow steps, is flanked by figurative sculptures and culminates in a bas relief frieze...

Bring a radiant touch to your home with this eye-catching gilt wood sunburst battery operated clock. Hand-carved in Spain circa 1970, the vintage clock features a circular center tim...

Portal clock Vienna around 1825 with integrated musical mechanism Signed: “A.Olbrich in Wien” and number 215719157. Alabaster columns, blackened wood, gilded carving in the form of...

A small, svelte French portico clock from the Directory Era, 1795-99. In the "Retour d’Egypte” style that became quite the hot thing following Napoleon’s - ahem! - incursion into Egy...

Amusing bronze with double patina and porcelain clock in the shape of a covered jar. This clock, with a dial with Arabic numerals decorated in its center with a seated lute player, i...

An antique French bronzed spelter clock set with its pair of matching gilt candelabra / garniture. The finely cast figurine of a lady holding a manuscript is entitled Poésie and ...

A magnificent 19th-century French clock garniture set in gilt bronze, richly ornamented in the Louis XVI Revival style All working 7 day duration Great patina to the gilt Circa 1880 ...

A table clock in the Louis XVI Manner By Japy Frères The finely chased ormolu case is dressed with pink 'Sèvres' style hand decorated polychrome panels to the face and sides, dep...

Exquisite mantel clock made of fire-gilded and patinated bronze from the early 19th century: Structure in the form of a rectangular gilded base on four conical feet with chiselling, ...

A very fine French 19th century Louis XV style gilt-bronze figural Cartel Barometer by A. Crin, A Paris. The wall mounting cartel barometer crowned with a figure of a seated maiden a...

Very large Louis XV style gilt bronze mantel clock by Beurdeley French, circa 1880 Measures: Height 102cm, width 48cm, depth 29cm This very large mantel clock...

Gilt and patinated bronze mantel clock depicting Amphitrite's chariot drawn by Dolphins attributed to F. Like. Origin: French Date: 19th century Dimension: 21 x 18 x 8 inches.

An unusual english single fusee mantel clock in a Louis XV style rocaille ormolu case in the french taste. The eight day fusee movement is of superb quality with a pendulum descendin...