Pennsylvania Mantel Clocks

A French folk-art figural mantel clock in carved wood and composite commemorating a fighting unit “Les Sections du Temple” in the French Revolution. The clock depicts a single figure “sans culots” with a walking stick flanked on one side by a drum and on the other by a black mortar...

FRENCH NEO-GREC BLACK MARBLE AND PATINATED BRONZE MANTEL CLOCK Edited by F. Barbedienne Fondeurs, Paris (faded engraving on dial), movement by Charles Boye circa 1880-1900 Item # 303...

Blending Neo-Classical sculpture and artistry with skilled horological craftsmanship, Alexandre Destape was awarded the silver medal in 1855. The bronze figure of the mythical Greek...

This superb quality Neo-Classical style clock features three putti supporting a star studded globe. The white Carrara marble base is mounted with finely cast gilt bronze, or ormolu. ...

A beautifully cast, chiseled and chased Napoleon III period mantel clock executed in the Neo-Grec taste, the case is surmounted by an urn with exquisitely detailed relief Bacchanalia...

This playful figural clock is a fine representation of the Romantic idealizing that dominated the animal sculptors of the first half of the 19th century. While roughly correct anatom...

An incredibly fine casting of Isis, this coveted model is a rare find on the open market. The queen is depicted with a cool and calm demeanor, her eyes betraying no emotion or sentiment as she looks to an infinite point in the distance. Her attire is regal with a golden crown stylized as a bird and a vast choker necklace with incised designs and tear-drop embellishments being finished in brilliant gold while the rest of her body is patinated in near black. The casting quality is typical of Servant with extraordinary care shown to even the slightest details, perfect skin and surfaces throughout, crisp eyelids and minute jeweler-grade incised detailing. The bust was retailed in many different configurations - set over a clock, standing alone as a bronze, standing alone as a bronze over an angular marble base and as a pair of bronze busts set over marble bases together with her pharaoh Ramses. The present model surmounts its original mantel clock, this a distinctly neoclassical trapezoidal form with stepped levels of alternating sienna marble and Egyptian black marble, the overall body being finished in the sienna marble with deep incised lines set at equal intervals around the black marble clock face gilt-incised with opposing Phoenix birds. The original movement is sealed with the Japy Freres marking and retains its original pendulum, though it has not been tested for operation, accuracy or duration. Pierre-Eugéne-Emile Hebert...

A superb Neo-Egyptian mantel clock characterized by a trapezoidal gilt bronze body with spandrels incised with twin phoenix motifs surmounted by a silver ...

A powerful expression of the cultural curiosity in the mysteries and discoveries of ancient Egypt during the late 19th century, this very finely decorated clock is incised with a ful...

An exceptional French Empire period mantel clock with finely chiseled elements throughout, this work captures Psyche placing a butterfly (now absent) into the open palm of cupid. Each figure is cast with incredible skill, this self evident in the difficult areas: the finishing of hair, eyes, finger nails, feathers and feet. They flank a dome top housing with a bronze dial decorated with a wavy engraved background and raised relief repeating anthemion around a beaded ring before the chapter ring of ebonized Roman numerals behind a domed glass door. The ormolu elements are typical motifs of the period: an oil lamp with a serpent’s head before a short dagger; and the primary motif is a pair of floral wreaths interwoven with cupid’s bow, the strings left loose and the bow unstretched. It is a powerful example of the period designed close in form to the more common “Psyche Crowning Cupid” example. The body rests over gilt bronze animal...

An exceptional Restauration period mantel clock with finely chiseled elements throughout, this work captures Psyche placing a butterfly into the open palm of Cupid. Each figure is ca...

An exceptional presentation piece depicting the Greek goddess Thetis, the figure is executed by Pierre Emile Hébert in collaboration with the bronze fonde...