Rare ormolu and patinated bronze French clock, Consulate period (1799-1804),
representing Amphitrite agreeing to marry Poseidon; she is here together with dolphins,
seated on a rock of patinated bronze.
The base rests on six toupee feet with fine knurling,
the centre representing Poseidon on a background
of Prussian blue applied on a polished silvered plate.
The sides with reeds, the top of the table with
a waterfall, shells and dolphins. Exquisite enamel dial
signed Armingaud l'Aîné à Paris, with days
of the week and their zodiacal signs in the inner circle,
followed by the Roman hourly numerals,
the minute rail marking and the 30-day Revolutionary
period calendar on the outside.
Finely cut gilt hands, blued steel hands for the various calendars.
Flat-bottomed round movement with anchor-recoil escapement and silk
suspension, half-hourly countweel strike on a silvered bell.
Height 53cm, width 45cm

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L'Amérique, a French Consulate period (1799-1803) ormolu and
patinated bronze 'au bon sauvage' mantel clock.
America is represented by a woman, partially covered
 in a feather dress, the kaiman crocodile
is a caracteristic of the New World.
This unique version of this  model is possibly one of the
very first made, with a pink ormolu base with matted garlands
 held by ribbon-snakes on a white marble plinth.
Also to be noted on this particular model are the wider ankle bracelets,
 the tight necklace and the blue eyes,
all indicating a very early model made by Jean-Simon de Verberie
for the clockmaker BauSse, established here Cour Mandar N° 7.
Enamel dial with Arabic numerals, extra outer quarter-hours markers
and inner indications for a Revolutionary period
30-day calendar. Very finely pierced guilt hands for the hours and minutes,
blued steel hand for the calendar.
Silk suspension and anchor recoil escapement, countwheel strike
on a silvered bell. Autonomy 3 weeks.
Height 46cm

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Good neo-classical cartonnier French Louis XVI ormolu and bronze sculptural mantel clock,
signed Mercier à Paris, circa 1770, 13-cm enamel dial with Roman numerals,
pierced and engraved gilt hands, flat bottomed countwheel striking anchor
movement with silk suspended pendulum, the mainsprings signed Richard and dated 1777.
Ormolu case flanked by two patinated bronze classical ladies
personifying Justice and Wisdom, as designed by Antoine Foullet
and executed by Augustin Pajou. The two female green patinated antique bronze female
figures: on the right, Justice, very graciously resting on her elbow with a sword in
one hand and a balance in the other; on the left: Wisdom, with a snake symbolising
intelligence rolled around the left arm, and a mirror symbolising thinking and
self-knowledge. Rectangular base with acanthus leaves and pomegranate high relief
on matted background, on toupee feet.
The overall equilibrium of this composition and the refinement of its execution, along
with the exquisite quality of the original gilding and chafing make it a particularly
sought after model from the neo-classical period in the decorative arts.
Height 37cm

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Le Rapt de la Rose, signed Romain A Paris, circa 1810.
Extremely fine and rare, two-week going, hour and half-hour striking,
gilt bronze and marble mantle clock with date.
The top with very finely executed gilt bronze figure of a semi-nude
young woman holding a rose, on a couch with ormolu draperies, four winged
caryatides with female heads and horse’s legs on each side, each side with
three-legged ormolu pedestal athéniennes with irregular cloud ornament typical of Romain,
clusters of grapes below, each pedestal leg finished with a woman’s head.
Below the dial two putti with torches against a patinated bronze background
surmounting a plaque with the words “Le Rapt de la Rose”, ormolu putti below,
ormolu acanthus bezel, oval marble base with six bun feet.
White enamel with radial Roman numerals, outer minute divisions,
outermost 31-day Arabic date ring. Elaborate gilt “laurel-leaf” hands.
Circular movement with anchor recoil escapement, pendulum with silk suspension,
count wheel on the back plate, striking on a bell.
Dial signed Romain à Paris.
Height 51 cm.

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"The Love Letter", extremely fine ormolu and patinated bronze French
Empire-period clock, signed Lory à Paris, circa 1805.
The young woman who holds a wax stamp
has given her message of love to a carrier pigeon. The narrative portrayal
is centered around a pastoral setting, the relief showing the receiver to be
a young shepherd, surrounded by his dog and lambs. The details of the foot
on the cushion, the armchair with its griffin armrests and the sphynge-supported
table with the inkwell, book and feathers are particularly noteworthy.
Bronzework by Jean-Louis Savart, from the design at the Bibliothèque Nationale,
Cabinet d'Estampes. (Ref Ottomeyer/Proschel and Niehüser).
The movement with anchor recoil escapement and silk suspended pendulum,
countwheel strike on a silvered bell, 15 days duration.
Height 48cm

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French ormolu mounted white marble portico
clock from the Lyon region, late 18th Century.
Enamel dial with arabic numerals, pierced
gilt hands, flat bottomed movement with
verge escapement, quarter rack strike on
two bells, fitted in a drum case topped
by an urn, supported by two ormolu relief
mounted white marble columns, ormolu
mounted rectangular base raised on five
turned feet, sunburst pendulum.
Height 52cm

EUR 4500.-
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French Obelisk Louis XVI-period clock, white marble
and ormolu. High relief depicting two graces holding
a sphere surmounted by a putti with the attributes of
love above the dial, a very fine marble sphere topping
the whole structure. Below the dial another relief
with five puttis, acanthus leaves and roses, four ormolu
feet under the base.
White enamel dial with horizontal Arabic numerals, more
Arabic numerals marking the four quarters. Finely
cut and engraved gilt hands.
Circular movement with anchor recoil escapement
on 4 1/2 teeth, silk suspended pendulum, countwheel
strike on a silvered bell.
Height 51cm

EUR 7900.-
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French Empire-period clock, circa 1810, "The Cup-and-Ball Lesson". Black marble
and ormolu of exquisite qality, signed Dautel, Rue de Thionville à Paris.
The charming scene representing a young woman sitting on an armchair with
winged sphynges armrests, flanked by her cat and dog, explaining the
intricacies of the game to a young boy perched on a stool and cushion.
Fine enamel dial with Roman numerals and Arabic quarter markers, blued
steel Breguet hands. 8-day duration movement with anchor recoil
escapement and silk suspended pendulum, countwheel strike on a silvered bell.
Height 39cm

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French Empire-period ormolu sculptural mantel clock, circa 1805.
Enamel dial signed Le Jeune à Paris, with Roman numerals,
still with its original Dubuisson label on the back. Gilt pierced hands,
countwheel bell striking anchor movement with silk suspended
pendulum, ormolu case in the shaped of a classical daybed
surmounted by a elegant lady reading a book,
rectangular plinth with acanthus moulding raised on turned feet.
Height 34cm.

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French Directoire-period
ormolu and white marble clock depicting
'The Seduction of Callisto'.
White enamel dial with gilt hands,
one extra blued steel hand indicating
the day of the month on a 30-day calendar,
signed Drouot à Paris.
8-day movement with countwheel
strike on a silvered bell.
Height 40cm

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French Louis XVI period (circa 1780) ormolu clock by Imbert l'Aîné à Paris.
(Jean-Gabriel Imbert, master in 1776, established Passage de la Roquette, 1778).
Beautiful representation of Venus asleep, languishing for her lover. To her left
are two kissing doves, at her feet the putti holding the curtain open and
on top another putti presenting a wreath of roses to the onlooker, the whole
scene being an invitation to love.
Signed enamel dial with Roman numerals and five-minute arab numerals, very finely
cut-out gilt hands. The movement similarly signed, with anchor recoil
escapement and silk suspended pendulum, countwheel strike on a silvered bell,
15 days duration.
Dial signed by the enameler Barbezat on the reverse.
Height 39cm

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French Louis XVI ormolu mounted white
marble four-glass table clock.
Ring enamel dial signed by
the enameler Coteau with arabic numerals,
31-day calendar, pierced
gilt hands, blued steel hand
for the calendar, visible
skeletonized movement with
anchor recoil escapement, countwheel
strike on a silvered bell, unusual
circled sunburst pendulum.
Height 33cm

EUR 11000,-
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French Louis XVI gilt and patinated bronze
Urn Mantel clock, late 18th Century.
Enamel dial with Roman numerals signed
Kinable, Palais Egalitée 131, gilt pierced hands,
movement with anchor escapement, silk
suspended pendulum, countwheel striking
on a bell, fitted in a gilt and
patinated bronze urn shaped case topped by
an ancillary sphere, four acorns to the sides, square
moulded base on four bun feet, bronzework
of good quality.
Height 40cm

EUR 5500.-
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