A late 19th century French cast brass wall clock with thermometer, having 4.5″ white enamelled Roman dial with moon hands, the two-train bell-striking movement with lever platform escapement, the cast case surmounted by a basket of fruit over zoomorphic foliate scrolls issuing flaming torches and flanking an ethanol thermometer, marked “THERMOMETRE”, with Centigrade and Reaumur scale over spiral terminal, the rear cast “DEPOSE” and “LG”, 24.5″ (62cm) high, sold with winder.
Condition
Dial – flake chips around winding squares (especially right), faint crack over hands, haircracking around III, IX and XII. Movement – sound. Case-some minor rusting to surmount, minor cracks to thermometer plate, tarnishing to rear cover and bruising to rim of rear cover. Fellows do not guarantee the working order or accuracy of any clocks sold.
French Small Gilt Brass Repousse Table Clock, Circa 1860, 3″ enamel dial, 8-day, brass spring driven movement with silk thread suspension, gilt embossed brass with porcelain flowers, very decorative , good condition with a few flakes from the porcelain flowers. Height 14″.
A 19th century French cast brass mantel clock
- Estimate:
- [restrict paid=ture]£300 – £400[/restrict]
- Auctioneer:
- [restrict paid=ture]Fellows[/restrict]
- Sold Price:
- [restrict paid=ture]£340[/restrict]
- Sold Date:
- [restrict paid=ture]2:00 AM – Apr 02, 2012[/restrict]
A 19th century French cast brass mantel clock. Japy Freres, retailed by Raison & Thomas. Having a 3.5″ cellular Roman dial with foliate scroll centre, the two-train movement with Japy Freres exhibition stamp, numbered 1035, and stamped “ANC’NE M’ON FRANJUS RAISON & THOMAS SUCCESSEURS”, the case with cast pine cone finial over swan neck pediment and pierced waisted body with winged female terms and central figure raised on scroll feet, the sides with hinged leaf-cast supports, 16″, (40.5 cm) high.
Condition
Dial – chipping to numeral V. Greenish residue around III-IIII. Movement – in good order but no bell, nut or pendulum. Case – good throughout. Fellows do not guarantee the working order or accuracy of any clocks sold.
A late 19th century French brass mantel clock
- Estimate:
- [restrict paid=ture]£150 – £200[/restrict]
- Auctioneer:
- [restrict paid=ture]Fellows[/restrict]
- Sold Price:
- [restrict paid=ture]£300[/restrict]
- Sold Date:
- [restrict paid=ture]2:00 AM – Apr 02, 2012[/restrict]
A late 19th century French brass mantel clock. Attributed to Achille Brocot, circa 1880, having a 3″ Roman dial, the engine-turned centre with two-train movement stamped AB flanking a star and numbered 3554, the case with a break-arched top over scrollwork friezes and uprights, raised on cast bun feet, 12″, (30.5cm) high (Charles Allix records this AB stamp on carriage clocks by Brocot).
Condition
Dial – minor tarnishing to lower half. Movement lacks bell, nut and pendulum. Case, minor rubbing to corners. Fellows do not guarantee the working order or accuracy of any clocks sold.
A 19TH CENTURY FRENCH BRASS CARRIAGE CLOCK, E.M. AND
- Estimate:
- [restrict paid=ture]£300 – £400[/restrict]
- Auctioneer:
- [restrict paid=ture]John Nicholson Auctioneers[/restrict]
- Sold Price:
- [restrict paid=ture]£350[/restrict]
- Sold Date:
- [restrict paid=ture]6:00 AM – Nov 08, 2013[/restrict]
A 19TH CENTURY FRENCH BRASS CARRIAGE CLOCK, E.M. AND COMPANY. 5 inches high