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Place of Origin: French
French 19th Century Louis XVI Style Ormolu Clock Signed by Denière
By Jean-François Denière
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A stunning French 19th century Louis XVI st. ormolu clock signed by Denière. The clock is raised by elegant topie shaped feet below beautiful block rosettes. At the center is a richl...
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19th Century Louis XVI Antique French Mantel Clocks
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Ormolu
Exquisite 19th Gothic Revival Mantle Clock of Young Girl Holding Spire by Pons
By Honoré Pons
Located in Palma de mallorca, IB
Exquisite gothic revival ormolu mantle clock depicting a young girl holding a gothic spire by Pierre-César Honoré Pons 1827
This clock has the extremel...
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Early 19th Century Gothic Revival Antique French Mantel Clocks
Materials
Ormolu
19th Century Marble and Ormolu Lyre Clock in the Louis XVI Style
Located in London, GB
A French Clock Garniture
in the Louis XVI Manner
The clock and its accompanying candelabra constructed in gilt bronze mounted Italian Carrara marble; the timepiece with stepped elli...
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19th Century Louis XVI Antique French Mantel Clocks
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
19th Century French Louis XVI Style Revolving Mantel Clock
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A wonderful late 19th century French Annular Louis XVI style gilded ormolu revolving mantel clock, depicting putti representing the arts and music, either side of a rotating tole urn...
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Late 19th Century Louis XIV Antique French Mantel Clocks
Materials
Ormolu
Chinoiserie Style Gilt-Bronze and Enamel Figural Clock
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A rare Chinoiserie style gilt-bronze and enamel figural clock.
This elegant and sophisticated clock has a finely chiselled gilt-bronze case with gold and enamel highlights. It dep...
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19th Century Chinoiserie Antique French Mantel Clocks
Materials
Ormolu
Important Louis XVI Period Clock with Wedgewood Decorations
By Wedgwood
Located in Paris, FR
Large Louis XVI period portico clock in white marble, gilt bronze and blue earthenware in the Wedgwood style. The two posts are decorated with chased and gilt bronze motifs represent...
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1790s Louis XVI Antique French Mantel Clocks
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Rare Skyscraper Rouge Marble Art Deco Mantel Clock
By Bonnet and Pottier
Located in Norwich, GB
A rare skyscraper rouge marble Art Deco mantel clock.
A rare and unusual Art Deco Skyscraper mantel clock housed in a rouge marble case with exceptionally fine figuring with b...
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1920s Art Deco Vintage French Mantel Clocks
Materials
Marble
19th Century Empire Thomire Gilt Bronze Mantel Clock Pendule French
By Pierre-Philippe Thomire
Located in Wommelgem, VAN
Antique French 1st Empire pendulum clock fire gilded bronze.
Attributed to Pierre-Philippe Thomire.
Depicting Laura de Noves
Laura was the wife of Count Hugues de Sade.
She married in the year 1325 at the age of 15.
Laura had a great influence on the life and work of the Italian Poet Fransesco Petrarca.
He sang about her in his work Il Canzoniere
The fineness of the casting and the original fire gilding and varied chasing show the highest quality.
Like almost all pendulums of this period it isn't signed.
The quality , the bronze work, the composition, the gilding and the chasing allow to consider Pierre-Philippe Thomire (1751 - 1843) as maker.
Origin France about 1810 - 1820.
An identical clock was part of the the Louvre collection...
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Early 19th Century Empire Antique French Mantel Clocks
Materials
Gold Plate, Bronze
French, Gilt and Brass Eiffel Tower Mantel Clock
Located in London, GB
A magnificent French antique clock in the style of The Eiffel Tower. It was produced in the late 19th Century as a souvenir to celebrate the build...
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Late 19th Century Belle Époque Antique French Mantel Clocks
Materials
Marble, Bronze, Enamel
Antique French Louis XVI Blue Sèvres Porcelain and Ormolu Clock, Circa 1875-85
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique French Louis XVI Blue Sèvres Porcelain and Ormolu Mounted Clock, circa 1875-85.
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Late 19th Century Louis XVI Antique French Mantel Clocks
Materials
Ormolu
Mantel Clock 19th Century Styl Empire by Hartmann À Paris
Located in Warsaw, PL
The clock is in excellent and perfect working condition. In addition, it was recently cleaned and serviced by a professional clockmaker who specializes in maintaining museums.
The e...
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Early 19th Century Empire Antique French Mantel Clocks
Materials
Bronze
French Tortoiseshell Boulle Mantel Clock
By Aubert & Klaftenberger
Located in Norwich, GB
French tortoiseshell Boulle clock with ormolu mounts and surmounted by a brass finial.
Enamel dial with Roman numerals and original ‘blued’ ste...
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19th Century Victorian Antique French Mantel Clocks
Materials
Tortoise Shell
19th Century AD Mougin Parisian Napoleon III Clock & Garniture Set
By A.D. Mougin
Located in Forney, TX
A magnificent, large, and original, French three piece mantel set from the late 19th century.
The Napoleon III Second Empire period, Neoclassical style antique clock having an urn form finial with sculptural gilded bronze mounts, over architectural case made of the most beautiful variegated specimen marble, with various shades of salmon pink and white, black and silver veining, pierced flower blossom ormolu mounted columns flank the hand enameled fancy dial with Provincial figural scene, signed Guinchard & Martin, Castres, glass door with beaded gilt brass bezel, housing the high-quality eight day time and strike movement stamped AD Mougin...
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Late 19th Century Napoleon III Antique French Mantel Clocks
Materials
Marble, Brass, Bronze, Ormolu
Unusual French Ormolu and Jeweled Clock Made for the Ottoman Turkish Market
Located in New York, NY
An Unusual French Louis Philippe Ormolu and Jeweled Clock Made for the Ottoman Turkish Market, circa 1840.
The scrollwork case suspending a ribbon-tie...
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19th Century Islamic Antique French Mantel Clocks
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
Fine Sevres Porcelain and Ormolu Antique French Clock
By Vincenti et Cie
Located in Belper, Derbyshire
A fine, early antique French clock by André Hoffmann of Paris, the movement by Vincenti et Cie, circa 1850. It is beautifully made in ormolu (fir...
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19th Century Louis XVI Antique French Mantel Clocks
Materials
Ormolu
Antique Mantel Clock from around 1850, France, Fire-Gilded
Located in Berlin, DE
Antique mantel clock from around 1850, France, fire-gilded.
Fire-gilt and partially black-brown patinated bronze. Figurative attachment in the form of a poet leaning against a tre...
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1850s Antique French Mantel Clocks
Materials
Bronze
Japy Freres Louis XVI Antique French Gilt Bronze Clock Set
By Japy Frères
Located in Belper, Derbyshire
A beautiful, classically designed antique French gilt bronze clock set by Japy Frères. It features oval panels to the sides showing Fortun...
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19th Century Louis XVI Antique French Mantel Clocks
Materials
Bronze
Fine Gilt Bronze and Glass Clock with Sun Pendulum, Floral and Urn Details
By Balthazard
Located in New York, NY
Gilt bronze and glass clock. Rectangular clear glass body showcases an internal sun shaped pendulum. Adorned with foliage, floral and drapery details, the clock is crowned by an urn ...
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19th Century Antique French Mantel Clocks
Materials
Bronze
French 19th Century Bronze with Marble Base Mantel Clock, Pendule
Located in Delft, NL
French 19th century Bronze with marble base mantel clock, pendule
A 19th century French mantel clock with bronze putti on a brown, red, whi...
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19th Century Antique French Mantel Clocks
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Edwardian Mahogany Mantel Clock
Located in Norwich, GB
Edwardian mahogany mantel clock standing on a raised stepped plinth and resting on four brass ball feet with satinwood line inlay.
Enamel dial with Roman numerals and original ‘bl...
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Early 1900s Edwardian Antique French Mantel Clocks
Materials
Mahogany
Monumental 19th Century French Three-Piece Ormolu Clock Garniture
Located in New York, NY
A fine quality monumental gilt bronze three-piece clock garniture.
Comprising a fine quality large gilt bronze eight-arm figural rococo candelabra a...
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Late 19th Century Antique French Mantel Clocks
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
Early 19th Century Ormolu Mantel Clock, Atala freeing Chactas, Paris, circa 1810
Located in Greven, DE
Mantel Clock "Atala and Chactas"
Paris
Bronze (fire-gilt and patinated), enamel
Empire around 1810
Dimensions: H x W x D: 40 x 32 x 11 cm
Description:
Very rare and extremely high quality French mantel clock, so-called Pendule Au Bon Sauvage.
Depicted are scenes from the love story "Atala or the love of two savages in the desert" written by Francois René Vicomte de Chateaubriand in 1801. At the beginning of the 19th century, this was probably the most famous love story in Europe, but today it has been forgotten.
The story, set in present-day Louisiana (USA), is roughly rewritten about the forbidden love between Chactas, a young Indian, and Atala, the beautiful daughter of a Spaniard.
Chactas is captured in a battle between two Indian tribes, chained to a palm tree and is to be sacrificed. Atala wants to save his life and convert him to Christianity. She unties him from the palm tree at night and they flee together into the wilderness of North America. Their love for each other grows stronger and stronger and they have prospects for a future together.
The story takes a tragic turn when Atala, who must remain a virgin due to a vow made by her mother, can no longer withstand the conflict of her feelings and commits suicide.
The main group of characters thus shows Chacta's liberation through Atala. Atala is leaning against a pile of logs. The animal fur thrown over the logs and the weapons leaning against the stack on the right give the impression of a night camp.
The bronze is of rarely beautiful quality, finely chiselled and makes the scene appear very lively. The contrast of fire-gilded and patinated bronze adds tension to the composition.
In the base we see the Entombment as the end of the tragic love story. This bronze work is also very detailed, the interplay of bright and matt gilding makes the flat relief appear much deeper than it is.
The depiction of the mantel clock presented here shows that the exotic was only known from stories and that the bronzier had his own ideas about the appearance of this distant world. The Indian, for example, has very European facial features and his skin was not black in reality, of course. The palm tree was also certainly not found in the North American wilderness.
The heart of the clock is a French pendulum movement, integrated into the wooden pile, with an eight-day power reserve and a lock plate striking a bell on the half and full hour. The pendulum is suspended on a thread, typical of the period. The classically shaped hands, so-called Breguet hands, are also typical of the time.
The enamelled dial has black Roman hour numerals, Arabic quarter hours and bears the signature: Le Roy hr. de Madame A PARIS.
Interesting facts:
The period from 1795 to about 1815 saw the creation of probably the most spectacular group of bronzes: The "Au bon Sauvage" pendulums - depictions of the "Noble Savage".
Today's viewers react to these objects with both fascination and irritation. Enthusiastic on the one hand about the obvious quality of the detailed bronzes and the allure of the exotic, on the other hand distanced and cautious because of the possible discrimination that is suspected behind them. The ambivalence of this feeling motivates the search for the conditions of origin of these pendulums.
Europeans found their new ideal of the natural man primarily in fictional and realistic travelogues about the Indians of North America...
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Early 19th Century Empire Antique French Mantel Clocks
Materials
Ormolu
Early 19th Century Gilt Bronze Figural Mantel Clock
Located in Tarry Town, NY
Early 19th century Charles X style gilt bronze with figural design detail mantel clock. The clock features a surmounted soldier holding a shield. Eight day spring driven brass moveme...
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Early 19th Century Charles X Antique French Mantel Clocks
Materials
Bronze
Very Impressive French 19th Century Neoclassical Lyre-Form Clock
By Etienne LeNoir
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
An impressive French 19th century Neoclassical Lyre-form clock with jeweled pendulum.
Amazing quality white and yellow marble 19th century French Lyre-Form clock mounted all over with gilt bronze...
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1850s Louis XVI Antique French Mantel Clocks
Materials
Crystal, Marble, Enamel, Ormolu
Fine French Tortoiseshell Boulle Clock
By Aubert & Klaftenberger
Located in Norwich, GB
Fine French Tortoiseshell Boulle clock
Waisted case with red tortoiseshell inlaid with fine brass decoration surmounted by an ormolu finial, ...
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1870s Antique French Mantel Clocks
Materials
Tortoise Shell
French Clock, Directoire Period, Portico Form, Signed Revel Paris
Located in London, GB
A French Directoire ormolu mounted black marble portico clock of Egyptian temple form. Set upon ormolu toupee feet with a rectangular black marble base. Black marble columns rise up ...
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1790s Antique French Mantel Clocks
Materials
Belgian Black Marble, Ormolu
Antique French Gold Mantel Clock, circa 1900
Located in Chorzów, PL
A fireplace clock from the beginning of the 20th century. The clock is functional after the review
Year: around 1910
Origin: France
dimensions:
height 28 cm
width 28 cm
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Early 20th Century Louis XV French Mantel Clocks
Materials
Metal
Art Deco Mahogany Mantel Clock
By Japy Frères
Located in Norwich, GB
Art Deco Mahogany Mantel Clock
Art Deco mahogany mantel clock housed in a break arch case with geometric fan inlay standing on block feet.
Chrome b...
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1920s Art Deco Vintage French Mantel Clocks
Materials
Mahogany
French Louis XVI Style Mantel Clock + Candelabra, 19th Century
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very good quality mid 19th Century French gilded ormolu Louis XVI style mantel clock with a matched pair of classical five brach candelabra, with putti supporting cornucopia. The c...
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19th Century Louis XVI Antique French Mantel Clocks
Materials
Ormolu
Gilt Bronze & Alabaster Gothic Revival Mantel Clock with Crusade Theme Sculpture
Located in Lisse, NL
Cathedral design, sculptural gilt bronze and zinc clock.
This sizable, handcrafted, impressive and meaningful clock comes with a variety of Gothic church elements. As a matter of fa...
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Late 19th Century Gothic Revival Antique French Mantel Clocks
Materials
Alabaster, Bronze, Enamel, Pewter
Mantel Clock 19th Century Styl Empire
Located in Warsaw, PL
This ormolu clock from the 19th century has a rectangular base with four feet carved with small patterns. The figure on top represents a lady playing on the spinet and on sides of th...
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Early 19th Century Empire Antique French Mantel Clocks
Materials
Bronze
Rare 19th Century Ormolu Elephant Clock in the Louis XV Style
Located in London, GB
An important mantle Clock 'à l'éléphant'
in the Louis XV style.
Constructed from gilt, hand-chased, and burnished bronze with patinated detail, the mantle clock on an asymmetric Rococo scrolling base with naturalistic features; the main body modelled as an elephant astride, mounted with a turbaned figure of a mahout (elephant keeper) in charge and his companion monkey, the elephant's back supporting a bamboo houdah enclosing the white enamelled dial marking the hours and minutes in Roman and Arabic numerals respectively, a tasselled cushion perched atop with two oriental figures holding parasols.
French, circa 1840
Clocks incorporating animals reigned supreme during the Louis XV period, at a time when curiosity for new cultures was at its height. The exoticism found expression in the accounts of explorers describing rhinoceros, lions and elephants, which were enthusiastically absorbed into European decorative arts.
The elephant acquired a particular aura following the diplomatic gift of the King of Siam to King Louis XIV of an elephant in 1686. Elephants had been used as motifs in horology since the Renaissance period, representing the theme of 'rulership' in the Kunstkammer, as seen in the Augsburg Automaton in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum. The Elephant Clock...
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19th Century Louis XV Antique French Mantel Clocks
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
Art Deco Marble Mantel Clock
Located in Norwich, GB
Art Deco mantel clock
Art Deco mantel clock standing on a cream and grey marble base resting on four brass bun feet supporting an ovoid shaped top housing a gilded diamond shaped ...
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1920s Art Deco Vintage French Mantel Clocks
Materials
Marble
Antique Fireplace Mantel Clock, France, circa 1900
Located in Chorzów, PL
Antique fireplace clock from the turn of the century.
Dimensions: height 41 cm / width 30 cm / depth 14 cm.
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Early 1900s Louis XVI Antique French Mantel Clocks
Materials
Bronze
Charles X Ormolu French Mantel Clock Surmounted by Lion
Located in London, GB
A French antique Charles X period ormolu mantel clock. The ormolu in excellent original condition and the case of very heavy, dense construction. All parts are beautifully cast. The ...
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1830s Antique French Mantel Clocks
Materials
Ormolu
Large Gilt Bronze Portico Clock, Restoration Period
By Lepine
Located in Paris, FR
Large gilt bronze portico regulator clock from the Restauration period. It takes the form of an antique architecture with four smooth Corinthian columns with acanthus leaf capitals. ...
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1820s Restauration Antique French Mantel Clocks
Materials
Bronze
Mantel Clock 19th Century Styl Empire
Located in Warsaw, PL
Empire style figural mantle clock from the beginning of the 19th century. This mantel clock is known also as the “Allegory of love”, as the woman featured in this clock is holding on...
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Early 19th Century Empire Antique French Mantel Clocks
Materials
Bronze
Charles X French Patinated Bronze and Ormolu Clock Celebrating Hero and Leander
Located in London, GB
French Charles X period patinated bronze and original mercury gilded ormolu "Borne" clock. Fine clock with superb ormolu in the shape of a borne (or milestone). The subject that of Hero and Leander. He sits by an altar as Hero anoints his hair. The clock takes its inspiration directly from the superb paiting "Hero et Leandre" by Pierre-Claude-Francois Delorme ( 1783-1859) presented to the Salon in Paris in 1814. Superb modelling, finishing and gilding. The patinated bronze case is surrounded at the front by a very fine ormolu moulding decorated with Acanthis leaf and Amthemion outside of a beaded border. The feet are decorated with a flaming torch passing through two wreaths. The fine dial decorated again with an outer border of stiff leaf and dart pattern, then Acanthus and Amthemion to the middle circle while to the inside the decoration is laurel leaf and forget-me-not flowers. The dial is signed " Charles Oudin...
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1820s Antique French Mantel Clocks
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
French Charles X Clock with Bust of Apollo
Located in London, GB
French Charles X patinated bronze, ormolu and black marble clock with bust of Apollo. Very well proportioned clock with a fine bronze taken from the classical marble of Apollo. The bronze was created by the feted Paris bronziers of Choiselat and Gallien who also made some of the fine bronze clocks of "Jason and the Golden fleece...
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1830s Antique French Mantel Clocks
Materials
Belgian Black Marble, Siena Marble, Bronze, Ormolu
French Restauration Period Mahogany and Gilt Bronze Lyre Clock
By Lamy
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
A high quality Restauration period mahogany and gilt bronze lyre mantel (fireplace) clock in the shape of a lyre. The mahogany case is highly decorated in ...
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Early 18th Century Restauration Antique French Mantel Clocks
Materials
Bronze
Antique 19th Century French Spelter and Onyx Three Piece Clock Garniture
Located in Suffolk, GB
Antique 19th century French spelter and onyx three piece clock garniture having a quality painted dial, original hands and eight day movement striking on the hour and half hour on a bell. A beautiful quality onyx case surmounted by a spelter figure of amphitrite after Auguste Moreau raised on ornate feet and flanked by a pair of spelter figures...
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19th Century Antique French Mantel Clocks
Materials
Onyx
French Tortoiseshell Boulle Mantel Clock
By A.D. Mougin
Located in Norwich, GB
French Tortoiseshell Boulle clock with ormolu mounts surmounted by an ornate central finial.
Gilded dial with segmented blue enamel Roman numer...
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19th Century Victorian Antique French Mantel Clocks
Materials
Tortoise Shell
Mantel Clock 19th Century Louis Philippe Charles X Period
Located in Warsaw, PL
Mantel clock 19th century Louis Philippe Charles X period, Red natural stone.
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Mid-19th Century Charles X Antique French Mantel Clocks
Materials
Carrara Marble, Bronze, Gold Leaf
Deniere Gilt Bronze Mantle Clock in the Louis XVI Taste, France, circa 1870
Located in Atlanta, GA
The case Jean-Francois and/or Guillaume Deniere (French, 1820-1901); the mechanism (Samuel Marti et Cie (French, 1841- ), circa 1870, finely cast gilt bronze and marble mantel clock in the Louis XVI taste, surmounted by a ribbon tied quiver and torch, the case decorated with swirling florals, the enameled dial with polychrome floral swags and Arabic numerals, the base with bundled acanthus garlands. and rising on toupie feet. The dial marked "Deniere/Ft de Bronzes" and "Paris", the mechanism stamped "Jx/Deniere/A Paris/1565',"Juveneaux", and "Medaille Bronze/S Marti & Cie". Note: The Deniere (Derniere) firm was noted for their exceptional bronze casting, exhibiting at the Paris 1855 World Fair and having multiple royal commissions including the coronation coach...
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1870s Louis XVI Antique French Mantel Clocks
Materials
Bronze
19th Century French Louis XV Hand Painted Faience Mantel Clock Signed HB Quimper
By Grande Maison HB Quimper
Located in Dallas, TX
Decorate a mantel or a shelf with this elegant and colorful antique clock. Crafted in Brittany France circa 1890, the ceramic clock stands on an attached base ending with scroll feet...
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Late 19th Century Louis XV Antique French Mantel Clocks
Materials
Ceramic, Faience
Mid-19th Century French Napoleon III Mahogany Portico Mantel Clock
Located in Dallas, TX
Keep time in your office, study, or atop your mantel with this elegant antique potico clock. Crafted in France, circa 1860 and standing on bun feet over a rectangular base, the sophi...
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Mid-19th Century Napoleon III Antique French Mantel Clocks
Materials
Brass
Late 19th Century Louis XVI Style Bronze Ormolu Mantel Clock by Charpentier
By Charpentier et Cie
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
A large and richly decorated ormolu bronze mantel clock on a white carrara marble base. The clock is embellished all around with bronze ornaments in Louis XVI style; a lidded coupe w...
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1870s Louis XVI Antique French Mantel Clocks
Materials
Carrara Marble, Ormolu, Bronze
19th Century Miniatur Mantel Clock, Gare La Bombe, Cupido, France, Gilded Bronze
Located in Greven, DE
Pendulette "Gare La Bombe"
France
gilded bronze
first half 19th century
Dimensions: H x W x D: 20 x 15 x 7 cm
Description:
Antique miniature mante...
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Early 19th Century Empire Antique French Mantel Clocks
Materials
Bronze
Edwardian Oak Cased Mantel Clock
Located in Norwich, GB
Oak cased mantel clock c.1900
Oak cased mantel clock, the case with stepped top surmounted by a decorative brass carrying handle. Applied carved decoration either side of the di...
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Early 1900s Edwardian Antique French Mantel Clocks
Materials
Oak
Frenc Marble Clock with Patinated Bronze Grand Tour Sculpture of the Arrotino
Located in London, GB
Antique French Sienna marble and ormolu clock with patinated bronze Grand Tour sculpture of the Arrotino (the "Blade-Sharpener"). From the late Charles X period the clock is construc...
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1820s Antique French Mantel Clocks
Materials
Siena Marble, Bronze, Ormolu
Rare French Empire Ormolu Clock of Astronomy Lesson Signed Lafollie a Paris
Located in London, GB
A very rare French Empire ormolu mantel clock of an Astronomy Lesson. I have never seen this model before and it is larger than the other models by Jean Andre Reich. The clock has its original fire/mercury gilt ormolu or bronze doree. The clocks rectangular...
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1810s Antique French Mantel Clocks
Materials
Ormolu
Gilt Bronze and Malachite Louis XVI Clock
Located in London, GB
Gilt bronze and malachite Louis XVI clock
French, late 18th century
Measures: Height 69cm, width 36cm, depth 13.5cm
This fine Louis XVI mantel clock is wrought from malachite and gilt bronze. The malachite veneer is a later, beneficial refinishing. The clock features a plinth-form malachite base supporting four malachite columns, each with a gilt bronze capital. The columns raise an ornately shaped top, which is inset with a circular white enamel dial and is surmounted by urn-form finials. Beneath the dial is suspended an ornately cast and finished gilt bronze drapery...
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Late 18th Century Louis XVI Antique French Mantel Clocks
Materials
Malachite, Ormolu
Rococo Style Gilt Bronze Mantel Clock with Sèvres Style Porcelain Plaques
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in London, GB
Rococo style gilt bronze mantel clock with Sèvres style porcelain plaques
French, late 19th Century
Measures: Height 45cm, width 32cm, depth 15cm
This fine mantel clock is a cha...
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Late 19th Century Louis XV Antique French Mantel Clocks
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
Antique 19th Century French Gilded Bronze Mantel Clock
Located in Vilnius, LT
Large antique 19th century French gilded bronze mantel clock surmounted with two angels holding the dial.
The enamel dial numerals are hand...
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19th Century Antique French Mantel Clocks
Materials
Bronze, Enamel
French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Garniture Set Retailed by Tiffany & Co
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A stunning and extremely high quality French 19th century Louis XVI st. Belle Époque period ormolu, white Carrara marble, Lapis Lazuli, and Baccarat crystal garniture set retailed by...
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19th Century Belle Époque Antique French Mantel Clocks
Materials
Crystal, Marble, Ormolu
Mantel Clock 19th Century Styl Empire by Ferdinand Berthoud À Paris
Located in Warsaw, PL
Ormolu bronze mantel clock flanked by a troubadour and musical instruments, signed 'Ferdinand Berthoud a Paris'.
The end of the 18th and beginning of the 19th century was a crucial time in which new technological advances helped to make watches more accurate and more portable. During the 1790s, the production of gilded bronze increased considerably as working conditions improved. The freedom of trade initiated by the French Revolution allowed many casters to develop large factories. The new factory environment gave them a chance to execute all stages of bronze work including drawing, casting, gilding, assembly, and trade of art objects. While the bronzers took creative liberty in creating all kinds of clocks in contrast to the noble and rigorous structure carried by the movement of neoclassicism. Under the reign of Empire, the case designs started gradually to develop away from a proportionate and strict classicism towards a baroque style and revival style. The rediscovery of medieval civilization was one of the intellectual curiosities of the beginning of the 19th century, with much input from the Ancien Régime and its institutions, rites and the medieval churches in which family ceremonies occurred.
This early nineteenth-century figural mantel clock is surmounted by a medieval musician. To be more precise, it is a french troubadour. Troubadours were known for composing and performing lyric poetry for the nobility back during medieval times. The clock is featuring a chiselled bronze troubadour, dressed in medieval fashion while holding a flute, playing a tune from sheet music called "Du Troubadour" that is resting on top of the rectangular clock case. In addition to that, the clock features a gilt bronze lute or vielle resting on a small stool on the opposite side of the clock’s case. The white enamel dial features the inscription Berthoud and is underlined by a bronze entourage chiselled with palmette motif, plus encompassed by c-scrolls and wreaths. The original hands are in blued steel and encircled by Roman numerals indicating hour next to Arabic numerals indicating minutes.
The small details that adorn the hexagonal plinth are reliefs, depicting two water fountains or basins on both sides with a lyre in between. The sculpted image of a lyre raised above the background features also foliage garlands tied on top with ribbons. The clock rests on seven spinning feet.
The clock was made in the well-known workshop of the Berthoud’s family that was recognized for their excellent work by the King.
Berthoud Clockmakers History.
Ferdinand Berthoud was a horologist and author of extensive treatises on timekeeping as well as a Swiss clockmaker serving the king of France, that produced many marine clocks, including a weight-driven version that inspired the first American sea-going clock. He was born in Plancemont, Switzerland, the son of an architect and judiciary. In 1741 he began a three-year apprenticeship as a clockmaker under his brother, Jean-Henri. He made his first marine chronometer in 1754 (sent for trial in 1761) and in 1764 was appointed a member of the Royal Society, London and Horloger Mécanicien de Sa Majesté et de la Marine ayant l'inspection de la construction des Horloges Marines. In 1769, Ferdinand Berthoud sent for his nephew Pierre-Louis Berthoud (1754–1813), commonly known as Louis Berthoud, a talented young watchmaker and clockmaker, inviting him to come to Paris from Couvet, Switzerland, to pursue his apprenticeship. Louis helped Ferdinand manufacture and repair the sea clocks...
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