French Brass Clock on Gilt Gesso Base
- Estimate:
- [restrict paid=ture]$200 – $300[/restrict]
- Auctioneer:
- [restrict paid=ture]Kaminski Auctions[/restrict]
- Sold Price:
- [restrict paid=ture]$100[/restrict]
- Sold Date:
- [restrict paid=ture]Nov 27, 2021, 2021[/restrict]
French brass clock on gilt gesso base, 17 1/2" H x 12" W x 6" D. on stand. Includes key and pendulum. Provenance: Estate of August van der Becq, Westport, Connecticut.
French Gilt Gesso Marble Dial Picture Frame Clock
- Estimate:
- [restrict paid=ture]$300 – $800[/restrict]
- Auctioneer:
- [restrict paid=ture]Tom Harris Auctions[/restrict]
- Sold Price:
- [restrict paid=ture]$450[/restrict]
- Sold Date:
- [restrict paid=ture]8:00 AM – May 07, 2011[/restrict]
French Gilt Gesso Marble Dial Picture Frame Clock: cartouche numerals; molded floral gesso; 12″ marble dial; time and strike.
(Has a couple cracks in wood and gesso panel.)
5 1/2″ x 29 1/2″ square
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A fine 19th century French gilt brass carriage clock
- Estimate:
- [restrict paid=ture]£3,000 – £5,500[/restrict]
- Auctioneer:
- [restrict paid=ture]Bonhams[/restrict]
- Sold Price:
- [restrict paid=ture]£6,000[/restrict]
- Sold Date:
- [restrict paid=ture]Dec 15, 2021, 2021[/restrict]
A fine 19th century French gilt brass carriage clock with calendar in the manner of Abraham Louis Breguet
The Classically inspired case with folding bud handle and four bud finials on an engine turned ground over rosettes and reeded columns to a matching base on button feet, the white enamel dial with blue Roman numerals, minute track and blued steel trefoil hands over a subsidiary date dial within an engine turned mask, the movement with twin barrels driving a gilt platform with bimetallic balance to a lever escapement, the strike and repeat on a bell behind a shuttered rear panel. Together with an associated mid 19th century leather covered travel case and a double ended key. 16cms (6.25ins) high.
Footnotes:
This carriage clock is closely modelled on the early travel clocks by the great Abraham Louis Breguet. Comparable examples by Breguet were sold in these rooms 11 December 2019, lot 106 (Breguet number 2889, circa 1804), lot 107 (Breguet number 4248, circa 1837) and lot 109 (Breguet number 2963, circa 1820).
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19thC French Gilt Chariot Clock with Marble Base
- Estimate:
- [restrict paid=ture]$200 – $300[/restrict]
- Auctioneer:
- [restrict paid=ture]Kaminski Auctions[/restrict]
- Sold Price:
- [restrict paid=ture]$300[/restrict]
- Sold Date:
- [restrict paid=ture]Nov 27, 2021, 2021[/restrict]
19th century French gilt metal chariot clock with white marble base, 8" H x 7" W x 3" D. Provenance: Estate of August van der Becq, Westport, Connecticut.
French Brass Overlay Shelf Clock and Matching Base
- Estimate:
- [restrict paid=ture]$500 – $1,500[/restrict]
- Auctioneer:
- [restrict paid=ture]Tom Harris Auctions[/restrict]
- Sold Price:
- [restrict paid=ture]$200[/restrict]
- Sold Date:
- [restrict paid=ture]October 3, 2015[/restrict]
French Wood and Gesso Mantel Clock
- Estimate:
- [restrict paid=ture]$500 – $1,000[/restrict]
- Auctioneer:
- [restrict paid=ture]Tom Harris Auctions[/restrict]
- Sold Price:
- [restrict paid=ture]$350[/restrict]
- Sold Date:
- [restrict paid=ture]8:00 AM – May 03, 2014[/restrict]
French Wood and Gesso Mantel Clock: With a T&S movement marked “Made in France”; an unmarked porcelain concave dial and the pendulum. In a case decorated with a bow, arrows, flowers and ribbons.
(The clock is not running or striking at this time.)
(There is no key with the clock.)
15″ Tall x 13″ Wide
Sells as is, where is.
French Mantle Clock, Wood & Gesso
- Estimate:
- [restrict paid=ture]$300 – $500[/restrict]
- Auctioneer:
- [restrict paid=ture]Tom Harris Auctions[/restrict]
- Sold Price:
- [restrict paid=ture]$275[/restrict]
- Sold Date:
- [restrict paid=ture]8:00 AM – May 01, 2010[/restrict]
French Mantle Clock, Wood & Gesso: 8 day time with half hour bell striking movement, numbered 237. The porcelain convex dial is 4 3/4″ wide. The carved mahogany case has a very nice gesso decoration with original gold paint. With key.
(The dial has a chip at the 60 minute mark, on the edge.)
14 3/4″ x 12 7/8″ and running at this time