Louis XVI Style French Lyre Clock
- Estimate:
- [restrict paid=ture]$3,000 – $7,000[/restrict]
- Auctioneer:
- [restrict paid=ture]Tom Harris Auctions[/restrict]
- Sold Price:
- [restrict paid=ture]$2,750[/restrict]
- Sold Date:
- [restrict paid=ture]8:00 AM – Oct 01, 2011[/restrict]
Louis XVI Style French Lyre Clock: with Paste Brilliants Pendulum; heavy marble and bronze accents;
19″
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Louis XVI Style Lyre Clock, For Tiffany & Co.
- Estimate:
- [restrict paid=ture]$5,000 – $10,000[/restrict]
- Auctioneer:
- [restrict paid=ture]Tom Harris Auctions[/restrict]
- Sold Price:
- [restrict paid=ture]$4,500[/restrict]
- Sold Date:
- [restrict paid=ture]8:00 AM – Oct 05, 2013[/restrict]
Louis XVI Style Lyre Clock, For Tiffany & Co.: The bell striking movement is marked “Made in France 4668”. The porcelain dial is marked “Tiffany & Co.” The 7 rod pendulum is connected to a ring of paste brilliants that is around the case and also to an inner pendulum in the back. The bronze and white marble case has floral garlands, ladies masks, bell flowers, acanthus leaves and fruit on it.
The clock is running at this time.
Dial – 4 3/4″ Diameter; Case – 24″ Tall
Sells as is, where is.
**Please note, this item ships F.O.B. which means you, the buyer, must make all of your own packing and shipping arrangements.
Louis XVI Style Lyre Clock w/Calendar
- Estimate:
- [restrict paid=ture]$3,000 – $7,000[/restrict]
- Auctioneer:
- [restrict paid=ture]Tom Harris Auctions[/restrict]
- Sold Price:
- [restrict paid=ture]$5,500[/restrict]
- Sold Date:
- [restrict paid=ture]8:00 AM – Oct 05, 2013[/restrict]
Louis XVI Style Lyre Clock w/Calendar: The bell strike movement is unmarked or numbered. The porcelain chapter ring with visible escapement has Arabic and Roman numerals plus, in red, a 31 day ring of numbers. In a bronze and marble case. Both springs are good.
(The clock is not running at this time.)
Chapter Ring – 5 1/2″ Diameter; Case – 20 1/2″ Tall
Sells as is, where is.
**Please note, this item ships F.O.B. which means you, the buyer, must make all of your own packing and shipping arrangements.
French Louis XVI Lyre Clock
- Estimate:
- [restrict paid=ture]$4,000 – $7,000[/restrict]
- Auctioneer:
- [restrict paid=ture]Tom Harris Auctions[/restrict]
- Sold Price:
- [restrict paid=ture]$4,500[/restrict]
- Sold Date:
- [restrict paid=ture]7:00 AM – May 05, 2007[/restrict]
French Louis XVI Lyre Clock with time and strike movement and a 4 1/2″ floral decorated convex porcelain dial with seconds and quarters numbered 3623. The mock gridiron pendulum simulates the strings of a lyre and a ring of paste brilliants encircle the dial and are part of the pendulum. The hands also form as a lyre. The clock is white marble and decorated with a gilt metal floral garlands and torches. Clock is running at this time.
(The initials on the movement are non legible.)
24″ T x 9 1/2″ W
Louis XV style mantel clock
- Estimate:
- [restrict paid=ture]$250 – $450[/restrict]
- Auctioneer:
- [restrict paid=ture]Converse Auctions[/restrict]
- Sold Price:
- [restrict paid=ture]$1,000[/restrict]
- Sold Date:
- [restrict paid=ture]11:15 AM – Dec 29, 2009[/restrict]
A 19th Century French tortoise veneer and cast bronze gilt decorated mantel clock in the style of the late 17th /early 18th century “Religious” style.
Jacob Petit, Porcelain Clock in Louis XV Style, France,
- Estimate:
- [restrict paid=ture]€340 – €442[/restrict]
- Auctioneer:
- [restrict paid=ture]Auctionata Paddle 8 AG[/restrict]
- Sold Price:
- [restrict paid=ture] €450[/restrict]
- Sold Date:
- [restrict paid=ture]9:00 AM – Nov 11, 2015[/restrict]
White porcelain body, glazed, polychrome painting, gild dcor, enamel, blackened steel
France, around 1840
Jacob Petit (1796-1868) – French porcelain manufacturer
Signed brass movement with spring balancer, escapement, half-hour strike on bell and mounting for the pendulum
Penny mark ÂH I Marc Paris and numbering Â11567 on the movement
White enamel dial with Roman indices, blackened steel hands, profiled bezel, hinged housing cover
Dial inscribed ÂHry Marc ParisÂ
Base with underglaze blue manufactory mark ÂJ.P.Â
Rocaille-shaped case on low rectangular base
Contrasted revolving with gilt accents, floral motifs and fruits
Pendulum and winding key available
Dimensions with base: 30.5 x 20 x 11.5 cm
Good condition, fully functional
Estimate by Auctionata Expert: 700 Euro
Condition:
The mantel clock is in good condition. Painting and gild dcor are slightly rubbed in places. The dial show fine hairlines cracks. During in house testing, the clock was fully functional; no guarantee on long term precision and regularity. The dimensions of the case are 30.5 x 20 x 11.5 cm.
Jacob Petit (1796-1868)
The porcelain manufactory of Jacob Petit was one of the most important and well-known manufacturers in the 19th century, becoming one of the major producers of Rococo style ware in the 1830s. Between 1830 and 1850, new manufacturing techniques were developed under Petit, he modernized production process, without sacrificing the craftsmanship. In 1834 he showed his skills at the exhibition in Paris, with varied new forms that revolutionized the manufacture of porcelain. His highly decorative porcelains, shaped in Louis XV style were very popular in England and France. (bde)
French Louis XVI style parlor clock
- Estimate:
- [restrict paid=ture]$275 – $400[/restrict]
- Auctioneer:
- [restrict paid=ture]Bruhn's Auction Gallery[/restrict]
- Sold Price:
- [restrict paid=ture]$300[/restrict]
- Sold Date:
- [restrict paid=ture]10:00 AM – Jan 15, 2012[/restrict]
Ebonized porcelain dial. 11″ w x 13″ t. Ca. 1880