A. Duminil French Bronze Silk Thread Clock-ClockPrices.Com

A. Duminil French Bronze Silk Thread Clock

Estimate:: [restrict paid=ture]$2,500 – $3,500[/restrict]

Auctioneer:: [restrict paid=ture]Fontaine's Auction Gallery[/restrict]

Sold Price:: [restrict paid=ture]$2,250[/restrict]

Sold Date:: [restrict paid=ture]8:00 AM – Nov 22, 2014[/restrict]

A. Duminil French Bronze Silk Thread Clock. 3 in. porcelain dial has black Roman hour numerals & pierced black hands, signed by the retailer Henard A. Paris. Typical round French brass 8 day spring driven silk thread movement signed A. Duminil, half hour strike on a silvered bell. Quality 2 tone gilt and patinated bronze case has a figure of a black musician on one side and a standing tree to the left side, central dore bronze clock tower resembles a bookshelf with a music stand finial; the base has a brown patina with mounted dore bronze instruments, leafy trim and round feet. In very good condition. 15 in. high x 10.5 in. wide x 4 in. deep.

A. Duminil French Bronze Silk Thread Clock

Estimate:: [restrict paid=ture]$2,000 – $3,000[/restrict]

Auctioneer:: [restrict paid=ture]Fontaine's Auction Gallery[/restrict]

Sold Price:: [restrict paid=ture]$2,750[/restrict]

Sold Date:: [restrict paid=ture]8:00 AM – Apr 27, 2013[/restrict]

A. Duminil French Bronze Silk Thread Clock. 3 in. porcelain dial has black Roman hour numerals & pierced black hands, signed by the retailer Henard A. Paris. Typical round French brass 8 day spring driven silk thread movement signed A. Duminil, half hour strike on a silvered bell. Quality 2 tone gilt and patinated bronze case has a figure of a musician on one side and a standing tree to the left side, central dore bronze clock tower resembles a bookshelf with a music stand finial; the base has a brown patina with mounted dore bronze instruments, leafy trim and round feet. In very good condition. 15 in. high x 10.5 in. wide x 4 in. deep.

French Silk Thread Marble & Bronze Mantle Clock

Estimate:: [restrict paid=ture]$800 – $1,200[/restrict]

Auctioneer:: [restrict paid=ture]Fontaine's Auction Gallery[/restrict]

Sold Price:: [restrict paid=ture]$450[/restrict]

Sold Date:: [restrict paid=ture]8:00 AM – Nov 22, 2014[/restrict]

French Silk Thread Marble & Bronze Mantle Clock. Black marble case with chamfered front corners, dore bronze figure of an French painter seated on a boulder, he holds a pallet in one hand and a box of paints at his feet, case is highlighted with dore bronze corner mounts, bezel, base trim and shield style feet. 3.5 in. porcelain dial with black Roman hour numerals, gilt pierced lyre shaped hands; typical French round brass 8 day spring driven silk thread suspension movement signed ÂJapy FreresÂ & ÂEtabt. Bazelaire, De ParisÂ, has an half hour strike on a bell. In good condition and running; case is clean and in beautiful original condition. 19 in. high x 11 in. wide x 6 in. deep.

French Bronze Silk Thread Mantle Clock

Estimate:: [restrict paid=ture]$1,200 – $1,500[/restrict]

Auctioneer:: [restrict paid=ture]Fontaine's Auction Gallery[/restrict]

Sold Price:: [restrict paid=ture]$800[/restrict]

Sold Date:: [restrict paid=ture]8:00 AM – May 21, 2016[/restrict]

French Bronze Silk Thread Mantle Clock. Gilt bronze case with a figure of a woman seated on a hill and a Frenchman kneeling beside her to give her a flower; the base has applied filigree and leafy feet with a gilt finish. 3.25 in. porcelain dial with black Roman hour numerals and open moon hands; round French brass 8 day spring driven silk thread movement signed ÂJapy Freres & CieÂ has an half hour strike on a bell, in running condition. 17.5 in. high x 14 in. wide x 5 in. deep. Weight: 16.5 lbs.

French Bronze Silk Thread Mantle Clock

Estimate:: [restrict paid=ture]$700 – $900[/restrict]

Auctioneer:: [restrict paid=ture]Fontaine's Auction Gallery[/restrict]

Sold Price:: [restrict paid=ture]$450[/restrict]

Sold Date:: [restrict paid=ture]8:00 AM – Nov 22, 2014[/restrict]

French Bronze Figural Silk Thread Mantle Clock. 2 tone bronze case with dark brown patina and gold dore, case top in the form of a boulder with a Scottish highlander kneeling at the top holding his sword in his left hand and pointing his pistol with his right. Has a 3 in. silvered dial with black painted hour numerals, open moon hands and brass bezel; brass 8 day spring driven silk thread movement is unsigned, has an half hour strike on a bell. 14.25 in. high x 10.5 in. wide x 4 in. deep.

French Silk Thread Bronze Cupid Clock

Estimate:: [restrict paid=ture]$5,000 – $7,500[/restrict]

Auctioneer:: [restrict paid=ture]Fontaine's Auction Gallery[/restrict]

Sold Price:: [restrict paid=ture]$5,250[/restrict]

Sold Date:: [restrict paid=ture]8:00 AM – May 17, 2014[/restrict]

French Empire Silk Thread Figural Bronze Cupid Clock. Gilt bronze of a figural standing winged cupid beside a whetstone grinding wheel, he smiles as he sharpens the arrow of love; the clock is contained in the body below with French Empire period designed tables on either side, one with a jug and cup, the other with a basket of flowers, the scene in the arched panel of the base depicts a dog seated on a rock and watching cupid string his bow. 4 in. porcelain dial has black hour numerals and blued open moon hands; brass spring driven 8 day movement has a silk thread suspension and half hour strike on a bell. In very good condition, beautiful finish, no breaks or repairs, tip of the arrow is missing. 18 in. high x 12.5 in. wide x 5 in. deep.

French Silk Thread Bronze Mantle Clock.

Estimate:: [restrict paid=ture]$2,000 – $3,000[/restrict]

Auctioneer:: [restrict paid=ture]Fontaine's Auction Gallery[/restrict]

Sold Price:: [restrict paid=ture]$1,750[/restrict]

Sold Date:: [restrict paid=ture]7:00 AM – Nov 17, 2012[/restrict]

French Figural Silk Thread Bronze Mantle Clock. The case depicts the classic winged figure of Amour in a medium dark brown patina, he is standing beside a pedestal, draped with a robe, holding a shield which reads Amour et Gloire (Love & Glory), behind the shield is a helmet with a pair of doves representing the theme of love; has a turned bronze finial over a green marble platform with wreath mounts and a bronze base with turned feet, beautiful dore finish. 4.5 in. Convex porcelain dial with black Roman hour numerals and Arabic 15 minute markers, hairline at 12 OÂclock and blued open moon hands; early, round, brass, silk thread movement has half hour count wheel strike mechanism with a steel bell. In very good condition with a clean finish, no breaks or repairs, movement is running. 16.5 in. high x 11.5 in. wide x 5 in. deep.

Condition

The finial on the right side of the case does not appear to be original.