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Chinese Chippendale Mahogany Mantel Clock

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English Georgian Chinese Chippendale-style (19th Century) mahogany mantel clock with pagoda top and lattice design trim & column side (signed: Thomas Turner, London) (Not working)

Creator:

Thomas Turner(Clockmaker)
Dimensions:

Height: 28.5 in (72.39 cm)Width: 16 in (40.64 cm)Depth: 9.5 in (24.13 cm)
Style:

Chinese Chippendale(Of the Period)
Materials and Techniques:

Mahogany
Place of Origin:

England
Period:

19th Century
Date of Manufacture:

Unknown
Condition:

GoodWear consistent with age and use.
Seller Location:

New York, NY
Reference Number:

Seller: 020785Seller: LU977913573912

“Chinese” Giltwood Clock After a Design by Thomas Johnson, England, circa 1860

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Important giltwood clock with a mirror background of Rococo inspiration with a rich sinuous and asymmetrical decoration representing a Chinese couple above a cave, in an environment formed by scrolls, arches and columns. The scene is topped by a winged dial engraved with a hunting scene. A radiant masked sun rising from the clouds dominates the whole.

This clock has an ingenious mechanism with two melodies striking the quarter-hour, half-hour and hour.

This impressive clock has been created after a design by the Londonian woodcarver Thomas Johnson, published first in 1758 then in 1761 in One Hundred and Fifty New Designs (plate 13). Thomas Johnson (1714-1778) was one of the main proponents of the French-inspired Rococo taste in English decorative arts during the 1750s, along with Matthias Lock and Thomas Chippendale.

Provenance : Charles Scarlett Jr., Whitehall, Annapolis, USA
Whitehall was built by Horatio Sharpe, the last governor of the colony of Maryland, on the Chesapeake Bay east of Annapolis starting in 1763-1769. He went to London on family business in 1773 and was prevented from returning by the Revolution. The house was sold to Sharpe’s former secretary John Ridout and remained in the Ridout family until 1895. It was acquired by the Baltimore businessman Charles Scarlett Jr. in 1946, who completely restored the property and furnished the interiors. The estate is now managed by a foundation with the Mission of preserving the house and supporting educational and conservation initiatives.

Similar to:

Thomas Johnson, London 1 (Designer)
Dimensions:

Height: 79.53 in (202 cm)Width: 67.33 in (171 cm)Depth: 8.67 in (22 cm)
Style:

Chinese Chippendale(In the Style Of)
Materials and Techniques:

Giltwood
Place of Origin:

England
Period:

1860-1869
Date of Manufacture:

circa 1860
Condition:

GoodWear consistent with age and use.
Seller Location:

PARIS, FR
Reference Number:

Seller: 1725Seller: LU3860321574732

1830′ Clock Portico Charles X Crystal Baccarat and Golden Bronze

pkversion — Fri, 11 Oct 2024 11:53:38 +0000

Corinthian capitals and golden bronze bases. They support the silvery dial has l allegory of the vineyard Roman numerals, in working order

Dimensions:

Height: 21.26 in (54 cm)Width: 9.85 in (25 cm)Depth: 5.91 in (15 cm)
Style:

Charles X(Of the Period)
Materials and Techniques:

BronzeCrystalFaceted,Gilt
Place of Origin:

France
Period:

1820-1829
Date of Manufacture:

1825
Condition:

GoodWear consistent with age and use.
Seller Location:

Paris, FR
Reference Number:

Seller: Baccarat clockSeller: LU101303720132

Charles X Period Ormolu Mounted Jacob Petit Porcelain Mantel Clock

pkversion — Fri, 11 Oct 2024 11:51:04 +0000

Charles X Period Ormolu Mounted Jacob Petit Porcelain Mantel Clock
French, c.1825
Height 36cm, width 18.5m, depth 10.5cm

Set within a beautiful porcelain case, parcel gilt, and florally decorated against a black ground, this fine mantel clock, with a central circular dial surrounded by an ormolu foliage wreath, was made in the Charles X period by the leading maker, Jacob Petit. The base which it is raised upon, below a rich ormolu mounted frieze, is decorated in line with the top, combining Neoclassical elements with a delightful Rococo floral aspect. It is marked to the base, ‘J. P.’
Jacob Petit, born Jacob Mordecai, was a well-known and celebrated French manufacturer of porcelain in the 19th Century.

After studying drawing in the studio of Antoine-Jean Gros, a follower of Jacques-Louis David, Petit joined the famous Sevres Manufactory in 1822, where he painted porcelain wares. After travelling and studying throughout Europe , upon his return to France in 1830-31 he published a complete collection of interior decorations. Together with his brother, Petit bought a porcelain factory in Fontainebleau and, later, a workshop in Paris, where his work became distinctive for their ornamental character, delicate, pastel colours and their reinterpretation of the neo-Rococo of the early 19th Century.

Creator:

Jacob Petit(Clockmaker)

Dimensions:

Height: 14.18 in (36 cm)Width: 7.29 in (18.5 cm)Depth: 4.14 in (10.5 cm)

Style:

Charles X(Of the Period)

Materials and Techniques:

OrmoluPorcelain

Place of Origin:

France

Period:

Early 19th Century

Date of Manufacture:

circa 1825

Condition:

FairWear consistent with age and use.

Seller Location:

London, GB

Reference Number:

Seller: 14422Seller: LU95632908192

French Empire Gilt Bronze Mantel Clock

pkversion — Fri, 11 Oct 2024 11:50:38 +0000

This unusual clock

Dimensions:

Height: 16 in (40.64 cm)Width: 12 in (30.48 cm)Depth: 7 in (17.78 cm)

Style:

Charles X(Of the Period)

Materials and Techniques:

BronzeGilt

Place of Origin:

France

Period:

Early 19th Century

Date of Manufacture:

1810

Condition:

GoodWear consistent with age and use. One Book being read has been replaced.

Seller Location:

Montreal, CA

Reference Number:

Seller: D2966Seller: LU875310620251

Charles X Figural Ormolu Mantel Clock Depicting Urania

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This elegant clock is distinguished by its crisply modeled subject and the extraordinary completeness of its original finish. The seated figure is of Urania, muse of astrology, leaning on a globe. The clock face is centered by a raised star surrounded by Roman numerals. The base is applied with a central raised trophy with telescope, chart and a finely cast band depicting the zodiac. The case is tastefully decorated with stylized acanthus. The mechanism has the silk escapement which so dominated this period.
There is no evident signature on the case, but the works are signed Douillon. for Nicholas Douillon fl 1830.

Creator:

Nicholas Douillon (Clockmaker)

Dimensions:

Height: 18.5 in (46.99 cm)Width: 13 in (33.02 cm)Depth: 5 in (12.7 cm)

Style:

Charles X(Of the Period)

Materials and Techniques:

BronzeGilt

Place of Origin:

France

Period:

1830-1839

Date of Manufacture:

1835

Condition:

GoodWear consistent with age and use. Silk string Suspension
Movement In good working order.

Seller Location:

Montreal, CA

Reference Number:

Seller: D2761Seller: LU875311902103

French Gilt Bronze Ottoman Chinoiserie Mantel Clock

pkversion — Fri, 11 Oct 2024 11:49:09 +0000

A 19th century gilt bronze clock with a seated lady in Ottoman dress resting on cushions with her arm raised possibly originally holding a bird or similar. Raised on an ogee base with rich ornament of flower baskets, pagodas and rockeries o a stamped ground. The frieze apron and base hung with gilt bells among bees and birds.

Measures: Height 45cm
Width 35cm
Depth 13cm.

Dimensions:

Height: 17.72 in (45 cm)Width: 13.78 in (35 cm)Depth: 5.12 in (13 cm)
Style:

Charles X(Of the Period)
Materials and Techniques:

Ormolu
Place of Origin:

France
Period:

Early 19th Century
Date of Manufacture:

1820-1830
Condition:

GoodWear consistent with age and use. Minor losses. A bird is missing from her hand.
Seller Location:

London, GB
Reference Number:

Seller: LU120429368623

Large French Charles X Period Ormolu Clock Representing Ceres

pkversion — Fri, 11 Oct 2024 11:47:44 +0000

Large French Charles X period ormolu clock representing Ceres. A monumental clock of very fine quality and with totally original fire gilded ormolu. The clock represents Ceres, the Roman goddess of corn and harvests. She was the daughter of Saturn and Vesta and had a daughter by Jupiter called Prosperine. From this came the story of the “Rape of Prosperine” and the search by Ceres for her daughter all-over Sicily. On the clock Ceres is represented by the standing figure to the left of the clock. On her head she has a garland of corn and in her left hand she carries the seed head of a poppy and some ears of corn. The clock stands on bracket feet with floral decoration. The rectangular base has a scene in deep relief of Ceres and her votaries drawn in a chariot behind two bulls (sacred to her). She is carrying a sheaf of corn and sowing seed with the other hand. A votary sits beside her with a lighted torch (representing the search for Prosperine). A man leads the bulls and may represent Triptolemus to whom she showed the secrets of farming and who in turn enlightened the world. Finely decorated mouldings of Amthemion and stiff leaf separate the base and the drum case. A fine applied ormolu mount below the dial is of two dancing maidens holding a torch between them. The gilt bronze dial is surrounded by a bezel of flowering cornucopia and the hands are of blued steel. The movement is of 8 day duration, regulated by a silk suspended pendulum and strikes the hours and halves on a cast bell by means of count wheel strike.

Dimensions:

Height: 25 in (63.5 cm)Width: 16.5 in (41.91 cm)Depth: 6.1 in (15.5 cm)

Style:

Charles X(Of the Period)

Materials and Techniques:

Ormolu

Place of Origin:

France

Period:

1820-1829

Date of Manufacture:

1820

Condition:

Good

Seller Location:

London, GB

Reference Number:

Seller: LU2015316201382

French Monumental Version of Psyche and Cupid in Rouge Marble, Patinated Bronze

pkversion — Fri, 11 Oct 2024 11:47:12 +0000

Magnificent monumental version of the iconic clock depicting Psyche and Cupid. This verson dating from circa 1820-1830 is by JB Marchand a re-knowned bronzier and it differs from the more common Claud Michalon version. The Michalon clock has Cupid and Psyche entwined over the clock while this one has the two lovers talking across the clock. Marchand has used a fine combination of rouge marble and fire gilded ormolu with the patinated bronze figure to great efect. The marble is in excellent condition and of a lovely colour. Both the finishes to the ormolu and patinated bronze are original. The clock face of gilt bronze with gilt bronze hands is flanked by two flaming torches of ormolu. The base has an applied ormolu mount of Cupids arrow passing through a wreath and ribbon. The clock stands on a further ormolu base with stiff leaf and dart decoration and has fine ormolu winged paw feet. The movement is of 8 day duration and regulated by a silk suspended pendulum, striking the hours and halves on a fine cast bell by means of the count wheel. The dial is signed J B Marchand 57 Rue Richelieu. Tardy has him working at this address until 1850 but the family had been working in Paris since the early 18th century.

Creator:

J B Marchand (Clockmaker)

Dimensions:

Height: 24 in (60.96 cm)Width: 19.3 in (49.03 cm)Depth: 7 in (17.78 cm)

Style:

Charles X(Of the Period)

Materials and Techniques:

BronzeMarbleOrmoluPatinated

Place of Origin:

France

Period:

1820-1829

Date of Manufacture:

1820

Condition:

Good

Seller Location:

London, GB

Reference Number:

Seller: LU2015316201562

French Charles X Crystal and Ormolu Mantel Clock Signed Lepine et Cie a Paris

pkversion — Fri, 11 Oct 2024 11:46:28 +0000

French Charles X crystal and ormolu mantel clock signed Lepine et Cie a Paris. This is a fabulous and very unusual mantel clock from circa 1820. The glass is certainly Baccarat and in perfect condition. The dish has a watertight fit and could be used to hold flowers in water if required. The ormolu is original and the casting very Fine. Lovely early 8 day movement with silk suspended pendulum, bell strike on the hour and half by means of countwheel. Gilt dial with white convex porcelain annular ring. Dial signed Lepine et Cie a Paris working at “Place des Victoires”.

Creator:

Lepine(Clockmaker)

Dimensions:

Height: 11.6 in (29.47 cm)Width: 8.4 in (21.34 cm)Depth: 6 in (15.24 cm)

Style:

Charles X(Of the Period)

Materials and Techniques:

GlassOrmolu

Place of Origin:

France

Period:

1820-1829

Date of Manufacture:

1820

Condition:

Good

Seller Location:

London, GB

Reference Number:

Seller: LU2015316202322