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Empire-style portal clock, France, early 19th century, black
Located in Berlin, DE
Empire-style portal clock, France, early 19th century. Open portal case made of black stone with
Category
Antique 1820s Empire Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Materials
Belgian Black Marble
French Empire-era Ormolu bronze mantle watch of Demeter, circa 1820
Located in Berlin, DE
Empire Bronze Pendant "Demeter"
Beautiful bronze fireplace pendant from the Empire period, debuted
Category
Antique 1820s French Empire Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Materials
Gold, Bronze
Fantastic Figural Maiden Sphinx 19th Century French Empire Clock Set
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
This exquisite 19th century French Empire clock set embodies the grandeur and opulence of
Category
Antique 1890s French Empire Revival Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Materials
Bronze
19th Century French Bronze Empire Clock
Located in Los Angeles, CA
19th Century French dore bronze empire clock. With original key.
Category
Antique 19th Century French Neoclassical Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Materials
Bronze
Antique French Empire bronze and marble watch holder - 19th century
Located in GRENOBLE, FR
Antique French Empire watch holder, early 19th century circa 1820.
The watch holder allows
Category
Antique Early 19th Century French Empire Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Materials
Siena Marble, Bronze
$801 Sale Price
25% Off
Empire Mantel Clock in Mercury-Gilt Bronze, France, early 19th century
Located in Madrid, ES
Empire mantel clock in mercury-gilt bronze,
France, early 19th century
Magnificent French Empire
Category
Antique Early 19th Century French Empire Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Materials
Bronze
French Escritoire Desk Mahogany Antique Chest
Located in Potters Bar, GB
This rather imposing escritoire stands upon turned feet.
The bottom panelled doors open to reveal an inner oak lined drawer.
The writing section having a drop down fall with a leat...
Category
Antique 1860s Empire Desks
Materials
Mahogany
Empire Mantel Clock in Mercury-Gilt Bronze, France, early 19th century
Located in Madrid, ES
Mercury-gilt bronze mantel clock, Empire style, France, early 19th century
Magnificent mercury-gilt
Category
Antique Early 19th Century French Empire Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Materials
Bronze
Empire Style Table Clock and Inkwell
Located in Buenos Aires, Argentina
Empire style table clock and inkwell
Origin France Circa 1900
The watch has a Paris machine and
Category
Antique Early 1900s French Empire Inkwells
Materials
Bronze
$1,440 Sale Price
20% Off
Seated Female Figure in French Fire-Gilt Clock from Empire Era
Located in 263-0031, JP
A French fire-gilt clock depicting a seated female figure - Urania, I presume, judging from the
Category
Antique Early 19th Century French Empire Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Materials
Bronze
Empire period gilt bronze obelisk inkwell
Located in Paris, FR
Chased and gilded bronze inkwell on a canted base with a frieze of interlacings centered on rosettes. Leobelisk model, topped by a seeded fruit. It features two covered cups decorate...
Category
Antique 1810s French Empire Inkwells
Materials
Bronze
19th Century Napoleonic French Empire Style Bronze and Marble Inkwell
Located in New York, NY
Our client's large antique (19th century) French inkwell in the Empire style features vessel lids
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Neoclassical Revival Inkwells
Materials
Marble, Bronze
French early 19th century Empire st. white Carrara marble and Ormolu clock
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A charming and high quality French early 19th century Empire st. white Carrara marble and Ormolu
Category
Antique 19th Century French Empire Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
Italian Empire Bronze Sienna Marble Ink Well
Located in Scottsdale, AZ
Italian Empire Bronze Sienna Marble Ink Well. Unique piece purchased in France. Age appropriate
Category
Antique Early 19th Century French Empire Inkwells
Materials
Siena Marble, Bronze
$960 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique Empire ink set, gold-plated bronze with swans, France
Located in Berlin, DE
Antique Empire ink set, gold-plated bronze with swans, France
Solid bronze, partially gold-plated
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Inkwells
Materials
Bronze
Empire Gilt and Patinated Bronze Inkstand
Encrier
Located in Kittery Point, ME
The rectangular base mounted with a round lidded ink pot with a porcelain container and a sand pot, each raised on winged lion feet, centered by a palm decorated columnar carrying ha...
Category
Antique 19th Century French Empire Inkwells
Materials
Bronze
Miniature French Empire Ormolu Mantel Clock of Soldier
Located in London, GB
Fine miniature French Empire clock in ormolu. Dating from the First French Empire period with
Category
Antique 1810s French Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Materials
Ormolu
French First Empire Period, circa 1805, ‘Secretaire Abattant’
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A most powerful and of the highest quality French First Empire period, Circa. 1805, "Secretaire
Category
Antique 19th Century French Desks
Materials
Ormolu
French 19th century Empire st. Gris st. Anne, Carrara marble, and Ormolu clock
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A stunning and high quality French 19th century Empire st. Gris st. Anne, white Carrara marble, and
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Antique 19th Century French Empire Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
French Empire Bronze Inkwell After the Roman Oil Lamps, c. 1815–25
Located in Atlanta, GA
A richly detailed French Empire bronze and brass inkwell conceived in the archeological revival
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Antique Early 19th Century French Egyptian Revival Inkwells
Materials
Brass, Bronze
Empire Style Gilt-Bronze Mounted Bureau Plat by Maison Forest, circa 1900
By Maison Forest
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
himself Emperor of France, ending years of political instability and signalling the dawning of the Empire
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Empire Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Empire Mahogany Fauteuil de Bureau, Early 19th Century
Located in Spencertown, NY
The early 19th century desk chair with ram's head arms and turned legs, is attributable to Jacob
Category
Antique Early 1800s French Empire Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
Materials
Mahogany
Brisbart In Paris - Empire Period Clock
Located in Beaune, FR
Early 19th century Empire period vase-shaped clock in gilded and patinated bronze. It rests on a
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Antique 19th Century French Empire Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Materials
Bronze
Empire Style Gilt Bronze Mounted Green Glass Inkwell Bottle
Located in Guaynabo, PR
This is an Empire style parallelogram shaped emerald green glass heavy inkwell. It’s guilt bronze
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Empire Inkwells
Materials
Glass
$720 Sale Price
20% Off
French Empire Antique Clock Set Garniture Cherub Gilt Candelabras
Located in Potters Bar, GB
Gorgeous French Empire three piece clock / garniture set
Clock is crafted from marble, gilt and
Category
Vintage 1980s Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Materials
Marble
Empire style Mahogany secretaire abattant, circa 1840
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very good quality 19th Century French Mahogany marble topped Empire style Secretaire Abattant
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century French Empire Revival Desks
Materials
Mahogany
A 19th century French Empire green figured marble and ormolu inkstand C 1870
Located in Central England, GB
This very stylish French Empire gilt bronze and marble inkstand is a fine example.
It is made from
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century French Napoleon III Inkwells
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
Elegant 19th Century Bronze Clock Empire
Located in Madrid, ES
Elegant 19th century bronze clock.
19th Century French clock in gilded bronze. The machinery works
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Antique 19th Century French Empire Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Materials
Bronze
French Restauration Antique Mahogany Cylinder Roll-Top Desk circa 1830
Located in Shippensburg, PA
FINE RESTAURATION PERIOD ORMOLU-MOUNTED FLAMED MAHOGANY BUREAU À CYLINDER
France, circa 1830
Item
Category
Antique 19th Century English Empire Desks
Materials
Marble, Brass, Ormolu
Empire Inkwell in Mahogany and Walnut with Gilt Bronze Mounts, circa 1820
Located in Knivsta, SE
Empire Inkwell in Mahogany and Ebonized Walnut with Gilt Bronze Mounts, circa 1820
A rare and
Category
Antique 1820s French Empire Inkwells
Materials
Bronze
Lidded Service Terrine in Empire Style after J.B. Claude Odiot
Located in Berlin, DE
Silver engraved and silvered. Four columns with full moulded and finely
engraved swans.
Diameter:26cm,
height: 28 cm.
Category
20th Century French Empire More Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
French Mantel Clock In Bronze Decorated With Female Figure In Empire Style
Located in Lejre, DK
French bronze mantel clock from the 1820s. Empire style with female figure, radiant crown and book
Category
Antique 1820s French Mid-Century Modern Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Materials
Bronze
19th Century Empire Bronze Fire-Gilded Pendule
Located in Berlin, DE
Great bronze pendulum. Base and pedestal with lavish floral and figurative embellishments such as rocaille, acanthus leaves, cartouches, garlands, putti and central masks. Additional...
Category
Antique 19th Century French Empire Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Materials
Bronze
$2,546 Sale Price
20% Off
Set Vase Clock 19th Century Style Empire
Located in Warsaw, PL
French porcelain revived in the early 19th century.
The structure of this beautiful Empire style clock
Category
Antique 19th Century French Empire Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Materials
Bronze
$5,558 Sale Price / set
33% Off
Gilt Bronze and Griotte Red marble inkwell, Empire Period, early 19th century
Located in Paris, FR
Elegant Empire-period inkwell featuring a rectangular base in griotte red marble, embellished with
Category
Antique 1810s French Empire Inkwells
Materials
Griotte Marble, Bronze
Early 19th Century French Empire Gilt and Silvered Bronze Mantel Clock
Located in Madrid, ES
Early 19th Century French Empire Gilt and Silvered Bronze Mantel Clock
Description:
Decorative and
Category
Antique Early 1800s Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Materials
Bronze
Empire Ormolu and Patinated Bronze Figural Clock
Located in Kittery Point, ME
In the form of a putto with a wheel barrow carrying a keg mounted with a clock face topped by a crane, on a rectangular chased plinth ending in bun feet.
Category
Antique Early 19th Century French Empire Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Materials
Bronze
$8,000 Sale Price
20% Off
Early 19th Century French Empire Pendule Portefaix circa 1810 Paris
Located in Münster, DE
Paris, Empire, c. 1810, bronze body, fire-gilt and patinated, designed by Jean-André Reiche in 1808
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Materials
Bronze, Enamel
Grandvoinnet In Paris - Bronze Clock From The Empire Period
Located in Beaune, FR
Very beautiful gilded bronze pendulum from the Empire period (18th century) representing Cupid
Category
Antique 18th Century French Empire Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Materials
Bronze
19th Century Clock Empire Clock in Siena Marble
Located in Madrid, ES
XIX CENTURY CLOCK EMPIRE CLOCK IN SIENA MARBLE AND DECORATED WITH BRONZE. SUSPENSION MECHANISM WITH
Category
Antique 19th Century French Empire Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Materials
Marble
Empire Style Gilt Bronze Clock from the 19th Century.
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Empire style gilt bronze clock from the 19th century.
19th century Empire style gilt bronze clock
Category
Antique 19th Century French Empire Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Materials
Bronze
Napoleon Bronze Sculpture Desk Inkwell, Signed Emile Pinedo
By Émile Pinedo
Located in Buenos Aires, Olivos
Napoleon Bonaparte bronze desk inkwell, signed Pinedo with foundry mark. Mounted over a Green Alps
Category
Antique 1890s French Empire Inkwells
Materials
Bronze
19th Century Empire Gilt Bronze and Porcelain Table Clock
Located in Madrid, ES
19th Century Empire Gilt Bronze and Porcelain Table Clock
19th century French.
in gilded bronze
Category
Antique 19th Century French Empire Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Materials
Bronze
Antique Grand Tour Victorian Classical Marble
Bronze Three Piece Desk Set
Located in Reading, Berkshire
A Beautiful 19th Century Classical Marble & Bronze Mounted Three Piece Grand Tour Desk Set
Six
Category
Antique 19th Century French Empire Revival Desk Sets
Materials
Marble, Bronze
19th Century Empire Style Gilt Bronze and Cobalt Glass Compote
Located in Dallas, TX
The product is a 19th century Empire style compote featuring gilt bronze accents and cobalt glass
Category
Antique 19th Century French Desk Sets
Materials
Bronze
Important Empire Clock in Bronze with Two Patinas Alexander the Great 19th Cen
Located in Madrid, ES
Important Empire clock in bronze with two Patinas Alexander the Great 19th century
Weight: 11.00
Category
Antique 19th Century French Empire Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Materials
Bronze
Empire Era Fire-Gilt Bronze Clock Representing a Figure in Neo-Egyptian Style
Located in 263-0031, JP
A French patinated and fire-gilt clock depicting a standing figure in the neo-Egyptian style
Category
Antique Early 19th Century French Empire Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Materials
Bronze
$1,984 Sale Price
20% Off
Empire Mahogany Clock with Gilded Ormolu
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Empire mahogany clock with gilded ormolu clock is in working condition.
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Materials
Mahogany
Important Pendulum in Gilded Bronze and Onyx, 19th Century
By France"
Located in Madrid, ES
Important pendulum in gilded bronze and onyx from the nineteenth century.
The enamel dial.
Made for the russian market.
Large: 60 x 55 x 18 cm..
With pendulum and key 6550 euros.
Category
Antique 19th Century French Empire Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Materials
Bronze
Empire Mantel Clock by H.Robert-Horloger De La Reine, Paris, circa 1820
Located in Madrid, ES
An Empire Mantel Clock by H.Robert-Horloger De La Reine, Paris, date circa 1820-1830
A superb
Category
Antique 19th Century French Empire Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Materials
Bronze
Empire Gilt Bronze Clock Mantel, circa 1800
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
An Empire gilt bronze clock mantel, circa 1800
The case surmounted by an Alexander the Great bust
Category
Antique Early 1800s French Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Materials
Bronze
19th Century Desk, Antique Bonheur du Jour, Gamichon a Paris
By Jean-Baptiste Gamichon
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a French antique bonheur du jour by Jean-Baptiste Gamichon dating to circa 1810.
A piece
Category
Antique Early 19th Century French Empire Desks
Materials
Mirror, Mahogany
19th Century Napoleon III Empire Marble Top Console
Located in Dallas, TX
19th century Empire Napoleon III gilt bronze and marble topped console with two drawers and bronze
Category
Antique 19th Century French Desks
Materials
Ormolu
Beautiful Empire clock in ormolu and patinated bronze
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Fils. Watchmaker to the King in Paris"
Very good ormolu condition.
France. Early 19th century
Category
Antique Early 19th Century French Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Materials
Bronze
19th Century French Bronze Inkwell with Roman Figure on Brown Marble Base
Located in Dallas, TX
Decorate your office desk with this large Empire style inkwell. Created in France circa 1870 and
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century French Empire Inkwells
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Empire Secretary Desk, France 19th century
Located in Belmont, MA
French Empire Secretary Desk, 19th Century – Mahogany Veneer, Marble Top, Bronze Details
This
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Antique 1810s French Empire Secretaires
Materials
Marble
French mantel clock made of white marble
Located in Berlin, DE
French mantel clock made of white marble
Enamel dial with blue Roman numerals and gilt hands
Category
Antique 1850s French Empire Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Materials
Carrara Marble
$5,285 / item
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Find a variety of French empire desks available on 1stDibs. Each of these unique French empire desks was constructed with extraordinary care, often using metal, wood and bronze. French empire desks have been made for many years, and versions that date back to the 18th Century alongside those produced as recently as the 21st Century. French empire desks bearing Empire or Regency hallmarks are very popular at 1stDibs. Many French empire desks are appealing in their simplicity, but Empire Furniture, Baccarat and Christofle produced popular French empire desks that are worth a look.
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- 1stDibs ExpertMarch 3, 2023In French, the term for a writing desk that often featured a drop-down writing surface is secretaire. This type of desk is called a secretary desk in English. Simply put, a secretary desk is a multifunctional piece of furniture with a hinged writing surface that folds open or drops down. When the leaf is folded out, small inner storage compartments, which are called pigeonholes, cubbies, recesses or drawers, are revealed. On 1stDibs, shop antique secretary desks from some of the world's top sellers.
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