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Technique: Gilt
19th Century, French Chiselled and Gilt Bronze Table Clock
Located in IT
19th century, French chiselled and gilt bronze table clock
This table clock was made of chiselled and gilded bronze in the early 19th centur...
Category
Early 19th Century French Empire Antique Gilt Clocks
Materials
Bronze
Mantel Clocks from the 19th Century, Napoleon III Period.
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Fireplace set from the 19th century, Napoleon III period.
Gilt bronze, patinated bronze and marble mantel set, 19th century, Napoleon III period, simple overhaul of the movement req...
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19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Gilt Clocks
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Griotte marble and gilt and patinated bronze clock garniture by Graux
Located in London, GB
Griotte marble and gilt and patinated bronze clock garniture by Graux
French, c. 1870
Clock: Height 80cm, width 40cm, depth 33cm
Candelabra: Height 82cm, width 40cm, depth 40cmvarious
This fine three-piece set includes a mantel clock and a pair of candelabra. The pieces are crafted from bronze—both gilt and patinated—and rich griotte marble. The clock features a griotte marble truncated column shaped base, which is adorned with gilt bronze mounts, such as a low relief plaque and beading. The front of the case is inset with a dial within a gilt bronze bezel and beneath glass. Strikingly, the clock case is surmounted by a large and impressive patinated bronze sculptural group after an original by Clodion, which depicts two nymphs carousing with musical instruments and bunches of grapes.
The candelabra are similarly decorated, each with a conforming marble base. The stem of each candelabrum is modelled as two patinated bronze figures holding aloft the candelabrum head, which issues seven gilt bronze branches: six scrolling branches and one central one.
The clock dial is signed 'Jules Graux...
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19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Gilt Clocks
Materials
Griotte Marble, Bronze
$61,913 Sale Price / set
30% Off
Early 19th Century Empire Mantel Clock by Ledure with Apollo or Eros
Located in Worpswede / Bremen, DE
The clock is signed on the enamel dial by the famous Parisian bronzier ”Ledure Bronzier à Paris” and the clockmaker ”Hedon Hr" (horloger). Patinated and fully sculpted bronze figure ...
Category
Early 19th Century French Empire Antique Gilt Clocks
Materials
Bronze
Very Large Antique Louis XV Style Mantel Clock by Beurdeley and Raingo Frères
Located in London, GB
Very large antique Louis XV style mantel clock by Beurdeley and Raingo Frères
French, Late 19th Century
Height 98cm, width 49cm, depth 24cm
This magnificent Louis XV style mantel cl...
Category
Late 19th Century French Louis XV Antique Gilt Clocks
Materials
Enamel, Ormolu
$61,913 Sale Price
30% Off
19th Century Louis XVI-Styl Ormolu and White Marble Mantel Clock
Located in New York, NY
A Fine Louis XVI-Style Gilt Bronze and White Marble Mantel Clock
After a model by Étienne-Maurice Falconet
The urn-form pendule à cercles t...
Category
Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Gilt Clocks
Materials
Marble, Ormolu, Bronze
French Empire Allegorical Clock Depicting "Venus Guided by Love" by Lesieur
By Pierre Lesieur
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
An important and rare French Empire gilt bronze mantel clock depicting "Venus Guided by Love" featuring a case by the noted bronzier Lesieur. The figures and clock plinth sit on a rectangular green marble base topped with a gilt bronze plinth, raised upon four flattened toupie feet.
The round enamel dial, signed “Lesieur à Paris”, indicates the Roman numeral hours and minute graduations. It is housed in a finely chased bronze altar whose pediment is decorated with egg and dart friezes, and be-ribboned torches on either side the façade is adorned with applied stylized butterfly and lyre motifs. The sides feature be-ribboned flower wreaths, and the plinth a leaf frieze. Two fine gilt bronze figures depict a winged and semi-nude cupid who is pointing to the time, while addressing Venus who is clothed in antique robes...
Category
Early 19th Century French Empire Antique Gilt Clocks
Materials
Bronze
$16,875 Sale Price
25% Off
19th Century French Fireplace Clock Onyx 1889 L.Marti et Cie Napoleon III
Located in Berlin, DE
French fireplace clock onyx 1889 L.Marti et Cie Napoleon III
Onyx marble case with fire-gilt fittings circa 1889. The movement is signed with the inscription "L.Marti et Lie ,, Meda...
Category
1880s French Antique Gilt Clocks
Materials
Onyx, Bronze
Art Nouveau Period Gilt Bronze Mounted Wooden Mantel Clock by Colin
Cie
Located in London, GB
This elegant antique mantel clock is of the Art Nouveau period, and is set within a fine rectangular wooden case embellished with gilt bronze (ormolu) borders and floral decorations.
The clock was made by renowned Parisian maker E. Colin & Cie, and its central circular wooden dial...
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Gilt Clocks
Materials
Bronze
$4,286 Sale Price
30% Off
19th Century French Enamel Clock Set
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A wonderful quality late 19th century French Louis XVI style gilded ormolu and Champlevé enamel clock garniture, the clock having a two handled turquoise enamel urn with swags above ...
Category
Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Gilt Clocks
Materials
Enamel, Ormolu
$12,246 / set
Large 19th Century French Mantel Clock by Gervais
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very impressive good quality 19th century French gilded ormolu, bronze and white marble mantel clock. Having scrolling foliate and ribbon decoration, two putti carrying the eight d...
Category
19th Century French Antique Gilt Clocks
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
Mantel Set with Clock and Two Candelabras, 19th Century.
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Garniture de cheminée en bronze doré et marbre, XIXème siècle, époque Napoléon III.
Pendule: H: 36cm, L: 15cm, P: 18cm
Candélabres: H: 26cm, L: 17cm, P: ...
Category
19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Gilt Clocks
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Monumental Gilt Bronze Clockset with Putti Playing with Flower Garlands
Located in New York, NY
The enamel dial signed ‘Marquis à Paris’ standing on oval base with exceptionally elaborate decoration all over.
Origin: French
Date: 19th century
...
Category
19th Century French Antique Gilt Clocks
Materials
Bronze
French Regence Style Cartel in Boulle Marquetry, circa 1870
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
French Regence style cartel in Boulle marquetry in première partie, with a red tortoise shell background. Architectural shaped case, standing on a base with four flattened balls foliaged feet with chiseled motifs on the middle.
On each side a glass shows the inner part of the clock and is framed with water leaves frieze in gilt and chiseled bronze. Other motif in gilt bronze such as flowers, beaded acanthus leaves, mascarons, pelmets, swags and music trophies...
Category
1870s French Régence Antique Gilt Clocks
Materials
Brass, Bronze
Rare Louis XVI Period with Marble Mantel Clock
Located in Montreal, QC
Rare Louis XVI period white marble mantel clock extensively decorated with very fine gilt bronze mounts, the white enamel dial flanked by two neoclassical urns, extensively decorated...
Category
18th Century and Earlier European Louis XVI Antique Gilt Clocks
Materials
Marble, Bronze
French Empire Mahogany and Cut Crystal Columned Portico Clock
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
A rare example of a late French Empire portico clock combining the use of mahogany casing with gilt bronze mounts and cut crystal. The four pillars linking the top and bottom section...
Category
Early 19th Century French Empire Antique Gilt Clocks
Materials
Crystal, Bronze
A French Antique Empire Gilt Bronze Silk Thread Mantel Clock, Circa 1820
Located in Tarzana, CA
A French Antique Empire Gilt Bronze Silk Thread Mantel Clock
The neoclassical theme with a lady and a mandolin.The clock retains its original blued steel Breguet style hands. The ...
Category
1820s French Empire Antique Gilt Clocks
Materials
Bronze
Bronze Doré and Rouge Marble Clock Garniture Set by Ferdinand Berthoud
Located in Houston, TX
Exceptional bronze doré and rouge griotte marble clock and candelabrum set by Ferdinand Berthoud.
Signed “Fd Berthoud/Paris on the face. 19th century, good working condition and has...
Category
1880s French Antique Gilt Clocks
Materials
Bronze
$28,500 Sale Price / set
25% Off
Monumental clock in gilded bronze representing Spartacus
Located in Paris, FR
Monumental clock in gilded and patinated bronze representing Spartacus freed from his chains.
Date of manufacture : circa 1850
Working condition, still maintained by the master watch...
Category
Mid-19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Gilt Clocks
Materials
Bronze
French Early 19th Century Empire Gilt Bronze Dragon Handled Urn Clock
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
An rare model French Empire mantle clock featuring a classical urn with dragon handles. The clock is entirely of gilded bronze with original fire gilding. The urn-shaped case is surm...
Category
Early 19th Century French Empire Antique Gilt Clocks
Materials
Bronze
A Gilt metal and blue enamel Boudoir Clock
Located in London, GB
A small blue guilloche enamel gilt metel sub miniature boudoir clock. With overpainted silver flowers on the engine turned enamel, the gilt dial engine turned with starburst effect a...
Category
1930s Swiss Vintage Gilt Clocks
Materials
Metal, Enamel
Three-Piece Clock Garniture 19th Century.
Located in Warsaw, PL
Signed Three-Piece Clock Garniture 19th Century.
Malachite is a gemstone known for its vibrant green color and unique banding. In feng shui and metaphysical beliefs, malachite is h...
Category
19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Gilt Clocks
Materials
Malachite, Bronze
$27,817 / set
Table Clock Empire Period France
Located in New York, NY
A mantel clock made during the Empire period 1790-1820 in France. Made from burnished gilt bronze. The Greek God Apollo is playing the lyre with his feet resting on a guilded stool.
Category
1790s French Empire Antique Gilt Clocks
Materials
Bronze
19th Century Turquoise Sèvres Style Jeweled Porcelain and Ormolu Clock Set
Located in New York, NY
A high quality gilt bronze and Turquoise Sèvres style jeweled Porcelain clock set. The clock surmounted by a covered urn and flanked by lion masks on each side, en suite with a pair of painted turquoise porcelain vases...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Gilt Clocks
Materials
Ormolu, Bronze
A Rare 18th C. French Dore Bronze Clock w/ Putti
Musician, Att. Robert Osmond
Located in New York, NY
A Magnificent and Rare French 18th-Century Doré Bronze Mantel Clock Attributed to Robert Osmond. The clock is designed in the form of an urn, supported by a central pedestal and a re...
Category
1750s French Louis XV Antique Gilt Clocks
Materials
Ormolu
Louis XV Style Gilt Bronze Mantle Clock in the Rocco Taste
Located in Montreal, QC
This charming and exuberant clock is highly ornamental. From the Bacchic group of bibulous cherubs on top, to the dolphin and scrolling feet, the maker has inserted scrolls, fruiting...
Category
Early 19th Century French Louis XV Antique Gilt Clocks
Materials
Bronze
Triptych Clock G. Philippe Palais Royal, 66-67, XIXth century
Located in Milano, IT
Triptych clock in gilded and chiseled bronze with carved and gilded wooden bases. The clock with a large rectangular base features finely worked burin d...
Category
19th Century French Other Antique Gilt Clocks
Materials
Bronze
Fine 19th Century French Empire Gilt Bronze and Patinated Bronze Mantle Clock
Located in Dallas, TX
A fine 19th century Empire gilt bronze figural mantle clock. Patinated bronze and gilt bronze fine details. Working condition.
Category
Late 19th Century French Empire Antique Gilt Clocks
Materials
Bronze
Antique French Neoclassical Style Ormolu Mantel Clock
Located in London, GB
This ormolu (gilt bronze) mantel clock is a stunning piece of design, which features beautiful neoclassical style low-relief decorations and three-dimensional sculptures.
The clock takes the form of a tall rectangular case with a circular white enamel dial near its top. This dial features black Roman Numerals and the maker’s signature, ‘Robin/ à Paris’. The dial is displayed behind a glass lens within a foliate bezel. The case is decorated in its upper corners with rosettes, and in the lower section with a stylised depiction of a swan. The case is topped by a sculpture of a wreath, propped up on a roll of paper or parchment. To the left of the case, there is a full-length statue of a man who wears a classical robe and holds a mirror. A lyre leans against the right side of the case.
The clock is set on a wide rectangular base which is decorated with a low-relief scene taken from the classical myth of Dido and Aeneas...
Category
Early 19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Gilt Clocks
Materials
Enamel, Ormolu, Bronze
$17,145 Sale Price
30% Off
Royal Empire Mantel Clock / Pendulum Clock, Fire-Gilt, Around 1805-1815, Paris
Located in Berlin, DE
Royal Empire mantel clock / pendulum clock, fire-gilt, around 1805-1815, Paris
Solid bronze, fire-gilded, Paris around 1805-1815, original French Empire from the first period.
...
Category
Early 1800s French Empire Antique Gilt Clocks
Materials
Bronze
French Pendulum Clock / Mantel Clock, Boulle Style Paris, circa 1870
Located in Berlin, DE
French pendulum clock / mantel clock, Boulle style Paris, circa 1870.
Paris, circa 1880
The waisted case, veneered with red tortoiseshell and...
Category
19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Gilt Clocks
Materials
Bronze
French Portico Clock – Black and White Marble, Gilt Bronze – Early 19th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Refined French Empire-style portico clock, dating from the early 1800s, in black and white marble, richly adorned with finely chiseled gilt bronze. The enameled dial with Roman numer...
Category
Early 19th Century French Empire Antique Gilt Clocks
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Marble and Gilt Bronze Clock Set, Signed Bonnet and Pottier, France, 1930
Located in Beirut, LB
Vintage French Art Deco mantle clock set in marble and bronze. Arch shaped and includes two ornamental "tazzas", and a key, with beautiful...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Gilt Clocks
Materials
Marble, Bronze
French Gilt Bronze Figural Antique Clock w Renaissance Poet early 19th century
Located in Sweden, SE
Fine and elegant work of gold-plated bronze as mantel clock in the romantic style. Guilloche silvered dial covered with patina. The bronze sculpture was made using the casting techni...
Category
Early 19th Century Neoclassical Antique Gilt Clocks
Materials
Gold Plate, Brass, Bronze
19th Century Greek Soldier Gilded Bronze Clock
Located in 263-0031, JP
A fine French fire-gilt bronze clock depicting a Greek warrior, Restauration Era, 1815-30. The silk-thread mechanism is in good working condition with key and pendulum.
Category
Early 19th Century French Restauration Antique Gilt Clocks
Materials
Bronze
$2,384 Sale Price
20% Off
Empire Gilt Bronze Clock of Standing Classical Lady Unveiling an Urn of Plenty
By A. Ravrio
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
A late French Empire mantle clock in gilded bronze depicting a standing classical lady on the left side of the clock plinth with her left ar...
Category
1820s French Empire Antique Gilt Clocks
Materials
Bronze
Mantel Clock 19th Century Styl Empire by Bonieris À Paris
Located in Warsaw, PL
This elegant mantel clock is a true collector's piece. It features a beautifully sculpted gilt bronze case adorned with delicate details, including floral garlands and putti.
The cen...
Category
Early 19th Century French Antique Gilt Clocks
Materials
Bronze
19 Century Figurative French Empire Gilt Bronze Clock of Caesar on His Throne
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
A French Empire gilt bronze clock showing a Caesar (resembling Napoleon), seated on a classical throne. He is slightly leaning to one s...
Category
Early 19th Century French Empire Antique Gilt Clocks
Materials
Bronze
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Book of Hours Clock
By Charles Hour
Located in Amersham, GB
An extremely stylish and beautifully made Livre D'heures Alarm clock, in the shape of a small book, the case made of gilded brass is engraved on all sides and beautifully fitted together. The eight day movement made by Angelus is in remarkable condition.
The case is stamp ‘JUST’ and was part of a limited number of clocks being produced Hour Lavigne in France with this trademark at the top end of the company’s production, this clock dates from the late 1940’s- early 1950’s.
Interestingly Just clocks...
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1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Gilt Clocks
Materials
Bronze, Steel
Early 19th Century French Directoire Gilt Bronze and Marble Clock by Deverberie
By Deverberrie
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
This is a classic Directoire period clock by the famous clock maker Deverberie. The drum-shaped clock is surmounted by an ormolu basket of flowers with festoons of foliage and flower...
Category
Early 19th Century French Directoire Antique Gilt Clocks
Materials
Marble, Bronze
A fine 19th century French Carrera marble and bronze clock set. Fine gilt bronze
Located in Dallas, TX
A fine 19th century French Carrera marble and gilt bronze cherub clock set. Three piece set with a pair of candelabra and a clock. The clock has a patinated bronze cherub holding a r...
Category
Late 19th Century French Louis Philippe Antique Gilt Clocks
Materials
Carrara Marble, Bronze
French 19th Century Louis XVI Style Mantel Clock Signed by J Marti
Located in Los Angeles, CA
French 19th century Louis XVI style mantel clock signed by J Marti. Made from marble and gilt bronze with porcelain dial.
Category
Mid-19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Gilt Clocks
Materials
Marble, Bronze
A Standing Figure French Restauration Era Fire-Gilt Clock
Located in 263-0031, JP
A French fire-gilt clock depicting a standing figure, Restauration Era, 1815-1830. The silk-thread mechanism is in good working condition with key and pendulum.
Category
Early 19th Century French Restauration Antique Gilt Clocks
Materials
Bronze
$3,184 Sale Price
20% Off
Sèvres Style Gilt Bronze and Porcelain Carriage Clock
Located in London, GB
This beautiful clock was crafted in circa 1870 in France. Known as a carriage clock, it was designed for use when travelling. Such clocks were crafted on a small scale with handles, ...
Category
Late 19th Century French Rococo Antique Gilt Clocks
Materials
Ormolu, Bronze
$6,191 Sale Price
30% Off
Bourdin À Paris Figural Ormolu Mantel Clock, circa 1890
By Bourdin
Located in New York, NY
A Monumental Bourdin French figural gilt bronze mantel clock, depicting two women seated on the plinth with garland decoration and a c...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Gilt Clocks
Materials
Ormolu
Empire Fire Gilded Mantel Clock, circa 1820
Located in Boven Leeuwen, NL
Beautiful fire gilded Empire mantel clock with a shepherdess on top with a wreath and ribbon. On the left a staff with pan flute.
At the bottom of the clo...
Category
Early 19th Century French Empire Antique Gilt Clocks
Materials
Bronze
Rare Orientalist Gilt Bronze Mantel Clock by Denière et Fils
Located in London, GB
Rare orientalist gilt bronze mantel clock by Denière et Fils
French, circa 1830
Measures: Height 54cm, width 40cm, depth 18cm
This beautiful mantel clock is crafted from gilt br...
Category
Early 19th Century French Charles X Antique Gilt Clocks
Materials
Ormolu, Bronze
$11,430 Sale Price
30% Off
French Ormolu Mantel Clock
Located in London, by appointment only
France, circa 1880
A fine French, gilt bronze ormolu mantel clock with its porcelain face, the case with elaborate garland decorations culminating in a volute krater of flowers ab...
Category
19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Gilt Clocks
Materials
Ormolu, Bronze
$18,369
Carrier-Belleuse Napoleon III Gilt and Patinated Bronze Figural Mantel Clock
Located in New York, NY
Movement by Auguste Lemaire, Paris. Stamped to backplate with maker's mark and numbered "411", with white enamel chapter ring surrounding a gilt center...
Category
19th Century French Antique Gilt Clocks
Materials
Bronze
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 iconography. Empire Era, 1800-1815. The gilding sh...
Category
Early 19th Century French Empire Antique Gilt Clocks
Materials
Bronze
18th Century Louis XVI Marble Gilt Bronze Dancing Girl Pendule after Falconet
Located in Berlin, DE
18th century French Louis XVI marble gilt bronze dancing girl pendule after Falconet, signed "Courvoisier à Paris"
An 18th century French gilt ...
Category
1770s French Louis XVI Antique Gilt Clocks
Materials
Carrara Marble, Enamel, Bronze
Large Gilt Bronze Portico Clock, Restoration Period
By Lepine
Located in Paris, FR
Large gilt bronze portico regulator clock from the Restauration period. It takes the form of an antique architecture with four smooth Corinthian columns with acanthus leaf capitals. ...
Category
1820s French Restauration Antique Gilt Clocks
Materials
Bronze
French Japonisme Mantel Clock and Candelabra Attributed to Edouard Lievre
Located in New York, US
Our mantel clock and candelabra with silvered, gilt and cloisonne enamel surfaces in the French Japonisme style dates from the 1870s and is in good condition. Attributed to the influ...
Category
Late 19th Century French Japonisme Antique Gilt Clocks
Materials
Bronze, Enamel
19th Century Patinated Bronze Putto Seated on a Gilt Mantel Clock
Located in New York, NY
A Majestic patinated bronze putto seated on a gilt mantel clock.
Modelled with a seated putto holding two doves, the putto leaning over a gilt mantel clock with garland, surmounted ...
Category
Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Gilt Clocks
Materials
Marble, Ormolu, Bronze
20C Le COUTURE LUXOR BRASS CLOCK
Located in Berlin, DE
Luxor Fire place clock high quality
gilted clock
Luxor
Category
20th Century European Gilt Clocks
Materials
Brass
$912 Sale Price
20% Off
Late 19th Century table clock, made in Stockholm by Auguste Bourdillon
Located in SE
A table clock made in Stockholm by Auguste Bourdillon, 1728- 1799. He were a manufacturer of clocks and watches in Geneva and then in Stockholm 1761 - 1...
Category
1770s Swedish Rococo Antique Gilt Clocks
Materials
Bronze
A French Empire Clock of the Roman Goddess Aurora Announcing a New Day
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
A period French Empire allegorical mantel clock with a case of finely chased and gilt bronze. Aurora stands to the left of the circular clock plinth draping a starry cloak over the g...
Category
Early 19th Century French Empire Antique Gilt Clocks
Materials
Bronze
$5,200 Sale Price
20% Off
Fine French Gilt-Bronze and Rouge Griotte De Campan Table Clock by Léon Messagé
Located in New York, NY
Maker: Léon Messagé (1842-1901)
Origin: Paris, France
Date: Early 20th century
Size: 11 3/4 in x 9 in x 6 1/4 in.
Signature: signed Messagé to the right side of the lion pelt...
Category
19th Century French Antique Gilt Clocks
Materials
Bronze
Orologio a Vaso Francia Primo Quarto XIX Secolo
Located in Milano, IT
Orologio a vaso in bronzo dorato poggiante su un plinto ornato con motivi a foglie susseguenti poggiante su quattro piedini a sfera. Il corpo dalla caratteristica forma a vaso biansa...
Category
1820s French Empire Antique Gilt Clocks
Materials
Bronze
$8,083 Sale Price
20% Off
Empire Clock in the Form of a Classical Urn, by Maison Lepautre, circa 1825
By Pierre-Basile Lepaute
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A gilt bronze Empire clock in the form of a classical urn, by Maison Lepautre.
French, circa 1825.
The dial signed 'Lepaute a Paris'.
The clock has an ornate cast bezel with a 3-inch porcelain dial with Roman numerals and Breguet style hands. The twin train eight-day movement with outside count wheel striking on a bell and silk thread suspension.
This elegant Empire style clock has a gilt bronze case in the form of a classical urn with swan neck handles and a winged cherub to the neck. The circular pedestal base is raised on a footed stepped square plinth.
The Lepaute family were the premier French clockmakers of their day. Their significance lies in their contribution to the clock making industry which had hitherto come under the trade of locksmiths. The family held the brevet Horlogers du Roi.
Jean-André Lepaute (1720–1789) arrived in Paris at an early age and in 1740 founded the family business. A skilled artist and mechanic, he quickly gained an excellent reputation. He was received as maître by the clockmakers guild in 1759, was granted royal lodgings from the king in The Luxembourg Palace, and was entrusted with the construction of the majority of the great public clocks of Paris. He executed, amongst others, those in The Luxembourg Palace, the Jardin des Plantes, the Château de Bellevue and the Château des Ternes. His clock at Paris’s École Militaire still works today. Three editions of his Traité d’Horlogerie were published in Paris in 1755, 1760 and 1767. A small volume, Description de Plusieurs Ouvrages d’Horlogerie appeared in 1764. Jean-André’s wife, Nicole-Reine Etable de la Brière (1723-1788), was a highly esteemed mathematician and astronomer. Her passion for science lent itself to Lepaute’s work and she played an active role in the scientific and mathematical aspects of the clock making.
Jean-André’s younger brother Jean-Baptiste Lepaute (1727-1802) joined him in Paris in 1747 and immediately started working for the family business. He was received as maître in 1776 and was known for the clocks he constructed for the Paris Hôtel de Ville (1780), destroyed in a fire of 1871, and for the Hôtel des Invalides (1784). Jean-Baptiste took over the workshop when Jean-André retired in 1775.
After Jean-Baptiste’s death in 1802, the firm was taken over by his nephew Pierre-Basil Lepaute (1750-1843) where he was duly joined by his own nephew Jean-Joseph (1768-1846) and son Pierre-Michel (1785-1849). By 1816, Pierre-Michel Lepaute was in charge of the business. His masterpieces include the astronomical clock in Paris’s Bureau...
Category
Early 19th Century French Empire Antique Gilt Clocks
Materials
Bronze
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