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French Empire Ormolu-Mounted Mahogany Portico Clock, circa 1810

Estimate:: [restrict paid=ture]$8,000 – $12,000[/restrict]

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

Sold Price:: [restrict paid=ture]$6,250[/restrict]

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

French Empire Ormolu-Mounted Mahogany Portico Clock, circa 1810

Dial signed Victor Chatriot, Ru de Cliche, Paris 1800. At least 2 Month duration with calendar, equation of time. Movement housed in A frame, silvered dial with blued steel Breguet style hands, compensating gridiron pendulum. Pinwheel escapement.

Ht. 24 1/4 in. W 13 3/8 in. D 6 7/8 in.

Provenance: Jim Cipra, Horological Consultant, Long Beach, California.
The collection of Dr. William Thomas, Naples, Florida.

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Mahogany & Ormolu Swinging Portico Clock

Estimate:: [restrict paid=ture]$8,000 – $12,000[/restrict]

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

Sold Price:: [restrict paid=ture]$8,000[/restrict]

Sold Date:: [restrict paid=ture]8:00 AM – Nov 23, 2013[/restrict]

Mahogany & Ormolu Swinging Portico Clock. True gridiron pendulum has a temperature indication on the front, hangs and swings from a knife edge suspension at the top of the case, gilt bronze pendulum bob decorated with figural dolphins and filigree bezel around the 3.5 in. dial with black painted Roman hour numerals and blued open moon hands, the pendulums pointer swings within a mounted bronze well with beat indicator painted on the front and pin in the rear which engages the crutch of the movement. Has an half hour strike on a steel bell, movement is signed Bechot and the dial is signed Gittion a Paris. Mahogany portico style case with turned tapered columns and bronze ormolu mounts & capitols. In good condition, original finish. 22 in. high x 13 in. wide x 5.5 in. deep.

A good late 18th century French ormolu mounted white marble portico clock signed Baullier & Guyerdet

Estimate:: [restrict paid=ture]$1,200 – $1,600[/restrict]

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

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

Sold Date:: [restrict paid=ture]2018[/restrict]

Baullier & Guyerdet, Paris, a good late 18th century white marble portico clock, the case with footed, rectangular base with gilt anthemion and palmette frieze, supporting two marble pilasters with canephores, each on a stepped plinth with gilt floral medallions, and supporting an entablature with foliate finials featuring palmettes, and flanking the cylindrical clock case with ornamental, gilt lambrequin and surmounted by a marble plinth with gilt basket containing leaves, fruit, and flowers, and cascading ivy, signed roman numeral white enamel dial with gilt hands, and 8 day, two train pendule de Paris movement, with silk thread suspension and striking on a bell, with gilt Eagle of Zeus pendulum

A good late 18th century French ormolu mounted white marble portico clock signed Baullier & Guyerdet

Estimate:: [restrict paid=ture]$1,200 – $1,600[/restrict]

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

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

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

French Empire Mahogany Portico Clock

Estimate:: [restrict paid=ture]$300 – $500[/restrict]

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

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

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

French Empire Mahogany Portico Clock
mid-19th century
the mahogany veneer case with gilt brass mounts, large caliber 8-day spring driven time and count wheel strike movement, unsigned
18 1/2 x 11 1/2 x 7 1/2 inches

Rare A. Courbet, Ormolu-Mounted & Ebonized Striking Lyre Clock, circa 1815

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

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

Sold Price:: [restrict paid=ture]$5,000[/restrict]

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

Rare A. Courbet, Ormolu-Mounted & Ebonized Striking Lyre Clock, circa 1815

Ebonized lyre form with apollo mask and cockerel heads, 3 1/2 in. gilt dial with subsidiary seconds, bell striking movement with pin-wheel escapement. Knife-edge suspension, nine rod gridiron pendulum. Signed by A. Courbet of Paris.

Exhibition: Phoenix Art Museum, September 25, 1998 – January 10, 1999, Helen Wells Decorative Arts Gallery.

Ht. 22 3/4 in. W 9 3/4 in. D 6 1/2 in.

Provenance: Jim Cipra, Horological Consultant, Long Beach, California.
The collection of Dr. William Thomas, Naples, Florida.

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Hunziker French Empire Mahogany Portico Clock

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

Auctioneer:: [restrict paid=ture]Auctions at Showplace[/restrict]

Sold Price:: [restrict paid=ture]$150[/restrict]

Sold Date:: [restrict paid=ture]Oct 24, 2021[/restrict]

Hunziker French gilt bronze mounted mahogany portico mantel clock, 19th century, overall with Empire and Classical motifs, the white enamel dial with Roman numerals to the chapter ring and two wind holes, signed "Hunziker Rue deBussy No 22". 23” H x 11.75” W x 7.75” D.