A Large French Gilt Bronze Figural Clock After Jean-Franacois-Theodore Gechter (1796-1844)

A Large French Gilt Bronze Figural Clock After Jean-Franacois-Theodore Gechter (1796-1844)
Circa 1900
the equestrian group depicting Charles Martel Fighting Abderame, King of the Saracens after the 1840 model, inscribed T. GECHTER; raised on a walnut and gilt bronze base; with a Brocot escapement and eight-day movement striking on a bell.
Height overall 29 3/4 x width of base 21 3/8 inches.
Property from the Estate of Michael L. Wilkie, Chicago, Illinois

Provenance:
Donrose Galleries, Inc., Chicago

Michael L. Wilkie (1941-2021) was the owner of one of the most renowned penthouses in both Chicago and the nation. Recently offered for sale for the first time in nearly fifty years, the penthouse occupies the entire top floor and roof terrace of 1500 Lake Shore Drive, which was built in 1927 by celebrated architect Rosario Candela.Wilkie, who grew up in Long Grove, Illinois as well as Montecito, California, played a critical role in expanding his family business, the DoALL Company, which came to include over 70 companies around the globe. His father, Leighton A. Wilkie, founded DoALL and invented the metal-cutting bandsaw, one of the most widely used tools in manufacturing today. Michael Wilkie worked for and ran the business for 60 years.

Photos courtesy of Andrew Miller and The Baines Group, Jameson | Sotheby's International Realty.

3 pc Large French Gilt Bronze Clock Garniture Set

Estimate:

[restrict paid=ture]$1,500 – $2,500[/restrict]

Auctioneer:

[restrict paid=ture]Amero Auctions[/restrict]

Sold Price:

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

Sold Date:

[restrict paid=ture]2022[/restrict]

Large gilt bronze mantle clock with figural putti crest, one with bow, arrow, and rabbit, the other holding fish, ornate cast lower half, center lower stand of arms with game birds, on foliate scroll feet. Enamel dial marked De Kemel, Lostende. Japy Freres time and bell strike movement, overall 17.5" h. x 23.25" x 7". Sold with matching 6 arm figural putti and foliate design candelabra garniture set, 26.25" h. x 9" x 7".

Achille Brocet and Jean Baptiste Deletrez, ”French Figural Porcelain Clock,” 19th c., with a large

Estimate:

[restrict paid=ture]$600 – $900[/restrict]

Auctioneer:

[restrict paid=ture]Crescent City Auction Gallery[/restrict]

Sold Price:

[restrict paid=ture]$425[/restrict]

Sold Date:

[restrict paid=ture]Sep 10, 2022[/restrict]

Achille Brocet and Jean Baptiste Deletrez, "French Figural Porcelain Clock," 19th c., with a large winged Cupid figure flanking a time and strike drum clock, impressed on the Movement "A. Brocet & J. Deletrez, Paris," flanked by applied doves and floral decoration, with his quiver of arrows at his feet, lacking the pendulum, H.- 15 5/8 in., W.- 15 in., D.- 7 in.

Jean Rennes French Figural Bronze Cartel Clock

Estimate:

[restrict paid=ture]$1,000 – $1,500[/restrict]

Auctioneer:

[restrict paid=ture]Amero Auctions[/restrict]

Sold Price:

[restrict paid=ture]$650[/restrict]

Sold Date:

[restrict paid=ture][/restrict]

Cast gilt bronze case, figural putti holding floral garland crest, rococo foliate scroll sides and lower case. Enamel dial with Roman and Arabic numerals, marked Jean Rennes. Time and bell strike movement marked Jean A Rennes, overall 31.5" h. x 16" x 9.75".

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

Estimate:

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

Auctioneer:

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

Sold Price:

[restrict paid=ture]$1,800[/restrict]

Sold Date:

[restrict paid=ture]2009[/restrict]

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 gilt and silvered bronze French figural mantel clock signed Charpentier

Estimate:

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

Auctioneer:

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

Sold Price:

[restrict paid=ture]$1,800[/restrict]

Sold Date:

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

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

Exceptional French Gilt Bronze Figural and Ocher Marble Mantel Clock, 19th c., with a large

Estimate:

[restrict paid=ture]$1,000 – $2,000[/restrict]

Auctioneer:

[restrict paid=ture]Crescent City Auction Gallery[/restrict]

Sold Price:

[restrict paid=ture]$750[/restrict]

Sold Date:

[restrict paid=ture]Sep 10, 2022[/restrict]

Exceptional French Gilt Bronze Figural and Ocher Marble Mantel Clock, 19th c., with a large allegorical figure of "Knowledge," a seated woman in classical robes leaning on a globe atop a stack of books, atop a rectangular marble block with a time and strike drum clock, with a central relief star and an enamel chapter ring, on a stepped sloping plinth with a bronze musical instrument frieze, above a sloping bronze mounted marble base, on scrolled patinated bronze feet, with pendulum, H.- 22 1/2 in., W.- 15 1/2 in., D.- 6 in.