French Louis XV-Style Gilt Bronze Mantel Clock, Louis Moinet, Paris

Neoclassical French patinated and gilt bronze chime clock, the movement by Louis Moinet (1758-1853), the case likely by Pierre-Philippe Thomire (1751-1843), featuring a Roman goddess figure, probably Minerva, the goddess of Wisdom and War, leaning against a bronze plinth topped with books and decorated with a rooster and torches. The plinth is raised on a larger rectangular base with bas-relief ornamentation including a winged figure with tablet and cherub, a globe and other objects emblematic of learning and education. Silvered circular dial with Roman numerals and steel hands, enclosed in gilt anthemion banding. Works marked "L Moinet A. Paris". 22"H x 15"W x 6"D. Circa 1825. Note: Both Presidents Thomas Jefferson and James Monroe purchased clocks made by Louis Moinet. Jefferson's clock was used in the White House and now resides at Monticello; in 1817 Monroe commissioned the "Minerva" clock (somewhat similar to this one but entirely in gilt bronze), which has adorned the White House Blue Room for more than 2 centuries. Louis Moinet was an important horologist, scholar and inventory who served as President of the Chronometry Society in Paris and taught at the Academie des Beaux-Arts. He was secretary to the eminent clockmaker Abraham Louis Breguet and in 1851 presented a chronometer at the Great Exhibition of London. He and bronzier Pierre-Philippe Thomire produced a number of important clocks for world leaders in the first half of the 19th century, including Napoleon Bonaparte, George IV of England and Tsar Alexander of Russia.

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French Louis XVI-Style Gilt Bronze & Onyx Figural Mantel Clock

French Louis XVI-Style Gilt Bronze & Onyx Figural Mantel Clock
late 19th century
decorated with a cherub standing beside two birds, 8-day brass movement with bell strike, movement marked "Charpentier Ft De Bronzes / 213 / A Paris"
17 x 13 1/2 x 6 1/4 inches

French Louis XVI-Style Gilt Bronze & Porcelain Lyre-Form Mantel Clock

Estimate:

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

Auctioneer:

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

Sold Price:

[restrict paid=ture]$1,600[/restrict]

Sold Date:

[restrict paid=ture]Oct 22, 2022[/restrict]

French Louis XVI-Style Gilt Bronze & Porcelain Lyre-Form Mantel Clock
late 19th century
decorated with eagle heads holding fruit and floral garland in their beaks above blooming sunflower plants, filigree, ribbons, garland and beaded trim, round French 8-day movement marked "Samuel Marti, Medaille D'or Paris 1900"
23 x 11 x 5 1/2 inches

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:

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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 Louis-XVI Style Gilt Bronze & Marble Mantel Clock

Estimate:

[restrict paid=ture]$400 – $600[/restrict]

Auctioneer:

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

Sold Price:

[restrict paid=ture]$350[/restrict]

Sold Date:

[restrict paid=ture]Oct 22, 2022[/restrict]

French Louis-XVI Style Gilt Bronze & Marble Mantel Clock
mid-19th century
surmounted by doves and a torch above corbels, 8-day French ebauche time and strike movement, movement marked "Medaille D'argent, 1855"
9 x 7 1/2 x 4 inches

French Louis XVI-Style Gilt Bronze & Bisque Mantel Clock

Estimate:

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

Auctioneer:

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

Sold Price:

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

Sold Date:

[restrict paid=ture]Oct 22, 2022[/restrict]

French Louis XVI-Style Gilt Bronze & Bisque Mantel Clock
late 19th century
decorated with seated figures and doves, surmounted by a bust of a putto, 8-day brass time only pendulum movement, movement signed with Japy FrËres mark, bisque artist signed "A. Baudry"
16 1/4 x 12 1/4 x 5 inches