Early French Louis XIV Religieuse Clock, by Theodore De Mire, circa 1662-ClockPrices.Com

Early French Louis XIV Religieuse Clock, by Theodore De Mire, circa 1662

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

Auctioneer:: [restrict paid=ture]Cottone Auctions[/restrict]

Sold Price:: [restrict paid=ture]$7,000[/restrict]

Sold Date:: [restrict paid=ture]Mar 31, 2023[/restrict]

Early French Louis XIV Religieuse Clock, by Theodore De Mire, circa 1662

Built within the first five years of Christian Huygens' invention, simple and plain in appearance with the case veneered throughout with ebony, surmounted with a flat-surfaced curved pediment edged with a molding. The steel dial plate is covered in black velvet with a pewter chapter ring with lovely gilt, pierced, and engraved hands. The cast and engraved cartouche signed Theodore De Mire. A crown verge escapement movement, with silk thread suspension.

Ht. 14 3/4 in. W 10 1/2 in. D 5 1/2 in.

Provenance: Georges Prin (Paris, 1885-1959) astronomical instrument manufacturer for Maison P. Gautier and later Lerebours et Secretan.
Hotel Drout Sale: 3rd June 1987, Paris.
William J.H. Andrewes, Sundial Architect & Horological Consultant, Rockford, Illinois.
Jim Cipra, Horological Consultant, Long Beach, California.
The collection of Dr. William Thomas, Naples, Florida.

French Hartingue Louis XVI-style Mantel Clock

Estimate:: [restrict paid=ture]$400 – $800[/restrict]

Auctioneer:: [restrict paid=ture]Briggs Auction, Inc.[/restrict]

Sold Price:: [restrict paid=ture]$325[/restrict]

Sold Date:: [restrict paid=ture]Oct 22, 2021[/restrict]

A 19th Century French Louis XVI style mantel clock in gilt bronze and white marble, with a cherub figural-mounted finial over a porcelain dial signed Hartingue, Paris. 9-3/4in tall x 6in wide x 3-3/4in deep.

French Louis XV Style Gilt Bronze Mantel Clock

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

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

Sold Price:: [restrict paid=ture]$550[/restrict]

Sold Date:: [restrict paid=ture][/restrict]

French Louis XV Style Gilt Bronze Mantel Clock
late 19th century
8-day brass movement signed "Brueget et Fils, a Paris / Marti," dial is signed "(illegible), Paris"
23 x 18 x 8 inches

French Religieuse Style Mantel Clock

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

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

Sold Price:: [restrict paid=ture]$650[/restrict]

Sold Date:: [restrict paid=ture]2017[/restrict]

France, a 19th century Religieuse style mantel clock, the case with tortoise shell veneers, brass moldings and cast foliate ornament, corners mounted with half Atlantes figures, and the top with gadrooned flame finials, velvet lined, repousse style brass dial set with Roman numeral enamel cartouches, and with foliate mask below, with cartouche signed "Martinot a Paris", 8 day, time and strike movement with square plates

French Religieuse Style Mantel Clock

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

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

Sold Price:: [restrict paid=ture]$650[/restrict]

Sold Date:: [restrict paid=ture]Jun 12, 2022[/restrict]

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

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

Auctioneer:: [restrict paid=ture]Hindman[/restrict]

Sold Price:: [restrict paid=ture]$4,250[/restrict]

Sold Date:: [restrict paid=ture]Oct 18, 2022[/restrict]

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.

A mantle clock in Louis XV style, Samuel Marti & Cie, MontbÃ©liard, circa 1890

Estimate:: [restrict paid=ture]€500 – €1,000[/restrict]

Auctioneer:: [restrict paid=ture]Hermann Historica GmbH[/restrict]

Sold Price:: [restrict paid=ture]€500[/restrict]

Sold Date:: [restrict paid=ture]Oct 22, 2022[/restrict]

A mantle clock in Louis XV style, Samuel Marti & Cie, MontbÃ©liard, circa 1890Geschweiftes GehÃ¤use mit Palisanderfurnier und Blumenintarsien in Obstholz. Reich reliefierte MessingbeschlÃ¤ge mit Resten von Vergoldung. Emailliertes Ziffernblatt mit rÃ¶mischen Stunden und arabischen Minuten. GeblÃ¤ute Zeiger. Messingwerk bezeichnet "Marti & Cie", Schlagwerk mit Stunden- und Viertelstundenschlag. HÃ¶he 34 cm.