French Pinwheel Portico Clock

French Pinwheel Portico Clock
French Pinwheel Portico Clock
French Pinwheel Portico Clock
French Pinwheel Portico Clock
French Pinwheel Portico Clock

French Pinwheel Portico Clock

Estimate:
[restrict paid=ture]$4,000 – $6,000[/restrict]
Auctioneer:
[restrict paid=ture]Fontaine's Auction Gallery[/restrict]
Sold Price:
[restrict paid=ture]$4,250[/restrict]
Sold Date:
[restrict paid=ture]8:00 AM – May 17, 2014[/restrict]

French Marble & Bronze Portico Clock. 4.5 in. porcelain dial has black Roman hour numerals, dore bronze bezel, open moon hands and sweep seconds hand; quality brass spring driven movement has a pinwheel escapement with large gridiron pendulum, hanging from a knife edge suspension, half hour strike on a steel bell. Rouge marble case has an arched top, reverse tapered columns and stepped base, dore bronze doves mounted at the top, pineapple finials, capitols and turned feet. Case has a repair to the rear left column, few minor corner chips, filled hole around the base which once had a bronze trim piece and single chip on the dial under the strike arbor hole. 18 in. high x 11 in. wide x 5 in. deep.

French Empire Pinwheel Portico Clock

French Empire Pinwheel Portico Clock
Estimate:
[restrict paid=ture]$3,000 – $5,000[/restrict]
Auctioneer:
[restrict paid=ture]Fontaine's Auction Gallery[/restrict]
Sold Price:
[restrict paid=ture]$3,500[/restrict]
Sold Date:
[restrict paid=ture]8:00 AM – Nov 23, 2013[/restrict]

French Empire Pinwheel Portico Clock. A fantastic birds-eye maple case with 4 turned columns, bronze dore capitols, trim and bezel around the dial, which has a 5 in. porcelain chapter ring with black Roman hour numerals, engraved dore bronze center, open moon hands and sweep seconds hand. Large, round brass movement is signed Rieussec, Hger Du Roi; has a pinwheel escapement, long heavy brass, gridiron pendulum hangs from a knifepoint suspension in the rear of the case. 22.25 in. high x 11.25 in. wide x 6.75 in. deep.

French Empire Portico Calendar Clock

French Empire Portico Calendar Clock
Estimate:
[restrict paid=ture]$7,000 – $9,000[/restrict]
Auctioneer:
[restrict paid=ture]Fontaine's Auction Gallery[/restrict]
Sold Price:
[restrict paid=ture]$5,250[/restrict]
Sold Date:
[restrict paid=ture]8:00 AM – May 17, 2014[/restrict]

Signed L. Dubois French Empire 4 Columns Portico Calendar Clock. 6 in. silvered and damascened dial has black painted Roman hour numerals with open moon hands, 2 sub dials with French abbreviations for Day & Month and open aperture exposing the date, dore bronze filigree decorated bezel; round brass spring driven movement with deadbeat escapement, count wheel half hour strike mechanism with a steel bell, large quality gridiron pendulum, in good running condition. In a beautiful French empire 4 column case with ebonized lacquered finish, dore bronze trim, capitols and overhanging cornice top. 28.5 in. high x 14.5 in. wide x 7.75 in. deep.

French Empire Portico Clock

French Empire Portico Clock
Estimate:
[restrict paid=ture]$1,200 – $1,400[/restrict]
Auctioneer:
[restrict paid=ture]Fontaine's Auction Gallery[/restrict]
Sold Price:
[restrict paid=ture]$1,000[/restrict]
Sold Date:
[restrict paid=ture]7:00 AM – Nov 17, 2012[/restrict]

French Empire Portico Clock. 3.5 in. porcelain dial with black Roman hour numerals, open moon hands and fancy dore bronze bezel; early round,brass spring driven French movement, has count wheel half hour strike mechanism and steel bell. In an ebonized, portico style case with spiral turned columns and heavily embellished with dore bronze floral mounts with swirled filigree and central medallions, fancy gridiron pendulum, with figural & relief molded dore bronze bob. Clock attr: to Louis Philippe (c.1840) and is in very good overall condition with only a few very minor losses to the mounts. 20.5 in. high x 10 in. wide x 6 in. deep.

French Pinwheel Column Clock

French Pinwheel Column Clock
Estimate:
[restrict paid=ture]$1,000 – $2,000[/restrict]
Auctioneer:
[restrict paid=ture]Tom Harris Auctions[/restrict]
Sold Price:
[restrict paid=ture]$2,000[/restrict]
Sold Date:
[restrict paid=ture]8:00 AM – May 01, 2010[/restrict]

French Pinwheel Column Clock: Bronze dore, 8 day time with ball striking, movement has a pinwheel escapement and free swinger style suspension. The 4 1/2″ porcelain dial has “Frisard” and “A Rouen” on it. The Empire style case of bronze dore has bands of roses in relief around all four columns.

(Dial has small chips and fractures; the strike hammer is not attached. The pendulum needs a good cleaning. There are 2 unexpected holes in the platform directly below the pendulum.)

21 1/4″ x 11 1/2″

French Mahogany Pinwheel Table Regulator

French Mahogany Pinwheel Table Regulator
Estimate:
[restrict paid=ture]$4,000 – $6,000[/restrict]
Auctioneer:
[restrict paid=ture]Fontaine's Auction Gallery[/restrict]
Sold Price:
[restrict paid=ture]$3,500[/restrict]
Sold Date:
[restrict paid=ture]8:00 AM – Nov 22, 2014[/restrict]

French Mahogany Pinwheel Table Regulator. 5 in. porcelain dial signed “Ls. Mallet, a Paris” (Louis), has black Roman hour numerals, open moon hands, sweep seconds hand and hinged brass door bezel with convex glass; large round brass 8 day spring driven movement, pinwheel escapement has silvered levers, half hour count wheel strike on a coiled gong, beat adjustment at the bottom of the crutch and a large high quality brass gridiron pendulum hanging from a knife edge suspension. In a beautiful mahogany case with arched top with 7 gilt brass stars mounted on the front, turned front posts with gilt brass capitols and pilaster rear posts, gilt brass swan & filigree mount on the front of the base. In very good condition, running and original finish, has small chips around the winding holes. 18 in. high x 10.25 in. wide x 5.25 in. deep.

French Figural Pinwheel Mantle Clock

French Figural Pinwheel Mantle Clock
Estimate:
[restrict paid=ture]$2,000 – $2,500[/restrict]
Auctioneer:
[restrict paid=ture]Fontaine's Auction Gallery[/restrict]
Sold Price:
[restrict paid=ture]$1,700[/restrict]
Sold Date:
[restrict paid=ture]8:00 AM – Nov 23, 2013[/restrict]

French Figural Pinwheel Mantle Clock. Bronze figure of a putti in a medium dark brown patina seated on a dore bronze rock with musical instruments at his feet, wears a floral wreath on his head; over a cream colored marble base with bronze feet. The clock is contained in a cylindrical brass tub resting on the figures head. Has a gilt brass 3.5 in. dial with black Roman hour numerals, open moon hands and fancy bezel, dial signed Canchy A. Paris. Unusual brass spring driven silk thread movement has a pinwheel escapement and count wheel half hour strike mechanism on a steel bell. In good condition with no breaks or repairs. 18 in. high

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