A large and impressive French figural mantel clock

France, a large and impressive black slate and cast bronze figural mantel clock, the heavy, molded base with break front and rounded ends and conforming, molded top, with gilt panels showing crowds of putti, cast in high relief, and engaged in allegorical representations of the arts, education, agriculture and industry, and flanking the roman numeral white enamel dial with exposed Brocot escapement and blued steel Breguet style hands, surmounted by a large, seated female figure with flanking putti, one seated on an overflowing cornucopia and offering harvest bounty, the other engrossed in study and seated on items representing education, arts, and industry, with 8 day, two train pendule de Paris movement striking on a bell

A large gilt and silvered bronze French figural mantel clock signed Charpentier

Charpentier, Paris, a large gilt and silvered bronze figural mantel clock, the semi elliptical base on scroll feet with classical ornament, and central, front foot with leopard mask below the two tone roman numeral dial with floral center, silvered spade hands, and cascading ivy festoons, surmounted by a seated female figure in a pensive pose, on a stool with hoof feet and draped with an animal skin, signed 8 day, two train pendule de Paris movement striking the hours and half hour on a bell

A large and impressive mid 19th century French figural clock with annular dial

Estimate:

[restrict paid=ture]$7,000 – $10,000[/restrict]

Auctioneer:

[restrict paid=ture]Schmitt Horan & Co.[/restrict]

Sold Price:

[restrict paid=ture]$3,600[/restrict]

Sold Date:

[restrict paid=ture]2021[/restrict]

France, a large and impressive mid 19th figural clock with annular dial, at the right a mottled marble plinth surmounted by a cobalt blue porcelain sphere decorated with small gold stars, at it's equator a silvered roman numeral chapter ring marked with hours and minutes, at the left, a bisque, seated female figure in ancient Grecian dress, her left hand held above the sphere, and the right holding a pair of gilt brass dividers, the point indicating the time on the silvered ring, 8 – 15 day brass timepiece movement with silk suspension and Brocot escapement, all on a rectangular Portoro marble base

A large and impressive mid 19th century French figural clock with annular dial

Estimate:

[restrict paid=ture]$7,000 – $10,000[/restrict]

Auctioneer:

[restrict paid=ture]Schmitt Horan & Co.[/restrict]

Sold Price:

[restrict paid=ture]$3,600[/restrict]

Sold Date:

[restrict paid=ture]Jun 12, 2022[/restrict]

France, a large and impressive mid 19th figural clock with annular dial, at the right a mottled marble plinth surmounted by a cobalt blue porcelain sphere decorated with small gold stars, at it's equator a silvered roman numeral chapter ring marked with hours and minutes, at the left, a bisque, seated female figure in ancient Grecian dress, her left hand held above the sphere, and the right holding a pair of gilt brass dividers, the point indicating the time on the silvered ring, 8 – 15 day brass timepiece movement with silk suspension and Brocot escapement, all on a rectangular Portoro marble base

A very large and impressive Victorian era French gilt bronze mantel clock

Estimate:

[restrict paid=ture]$3,000 – $4,000[/restrict]

Auctioneer:

[restrict paid=ture]Schmitt Horan & Co.[/restrict]

Sold Price:

[restrict paid=ture]$2,200[/restrict]

Sold Date:

[restrict paid=ture]Nov 20, 2022[/restrict]

France, a very large and impressive Victorian era gilt bronze mantel clock, the base on ornamental feet and decorated with Vitruvian wave frieze, oak leaf and acorn medallions and moldings, and large acanthus leaf castings, two caryatids flanking a gilt dial with roman numeral cartouches, beaded bezel, and fancy blued steel hands, molded egg and dart, guilloche, and leaf cornice, surmounted by a plinth below a bulbous urn, the front with cartouche, and supported by three cornucopias, the plinth with flanking scrolls from which issue forth acanthus and fruit clusters, all ornament finely chased, and 8 day, two train pendule de Paris movement with pin wheel escapement and striking on a bell

A very large and impressive Victorian era French gilt bronze mantel clock

Estimate:

[restrict paid=ture]$3,000 – $4,000[/restrict]

Auctioneer:

[restrict paid=ture]Schmitt Horan & Co.[/restrict]

Sold Price:

[restrict paid=ture]$2,200[/restrict]

Sold Date:

[restrict paid=ture]Nov 20, 2022[/restrict]

France, a very large and impressive Victorian era gilt bronze mantel clock, the base on ornamental feet and decorated with Vitruvian wave frieze, oak leaf and acorn medallions and moldings, and large acanthus leaf castings, two caryatids flanking a gilt dial with roman numeral cartouches, beaded bezel, and fancy blued steel hands, molded egg and dart, guilloche, and leaf cornice, surmounted by a plinth below a bulbous urn, the front with cartouche, and supported by three cornucopias, the plinth with flanking scrolls from which issue forth acanthus and fruit clusters, all ornament finely chased, and 8 day, two train pendule de Paris movement with pin wheel escapement and striking on a bell