Louis XVI Clocks
LOUIS XVI STYLE
Reflecting the final era of royal opulence before the upheaval of the French Revolution, antique Louis XVI furniture features more angular shapes than the Rococo curves of the Louis XV style, harkening back to the imposing grandeur of Louis XIV.
Dating between 1750 and 1800, an era that overlapped with the last king of France whose reign was cut short by the guillotine, Louis XVI furniture, known as the goût grec, is emblematic of the neoclassical revision that French furniture underwent during the second half of the 18th century.
Authentic Louis XVI furniture characteristics include clean lines and carved details such as scrolls and acanthus flourishes that were inspired by ancient Greece and Rome. This was informed by a burgeoning interest in antiquity in the 18th century, owing to new archaeological excavations at sites including Pompeii and Herculaneum. It largely eclipsed the more East Asian–influenced ornamentation of Louis XV for something more geometric and symmetrical.
The Louis XVI style was defined by what was being created for the palatial rooms at Versailles and Fontainebleau, particularly for the queen, with cabinetmaker Jean-Henri Riesener being a favorite of Marie-Antoinette’s for his luxurious pieces accented with gilded bronze and marquetry. Furniture maker Jean-Baptiste-Claude Sené was also a major designer of the period, with his pieces for the royal residences adorned with giltwood and neoclassical touches like tapered columns for chair legs and laurel leaf carvings. Cabinetmaker Adam Weisweiler occasionally incorporated into his furniture porcelain panels produced by Sèvres, a popular manufacturer of European ceramics that served the crown with serveware, vases and other decorative objects.
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Style: Louis XVI
Louis XVI Style Clock of the XIXth Century
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Louis XVI style clock of the XIXth Century
Important clock of the XIXth century of Louis XVI style, in gilded bronze and porcelain.
Dimensi...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Clocks
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Bronze
Large Louis XVI Style Cartel Signed Raingo
Located in BARSAC, FR
Imposing finely chiseled gilt bronze cartel decorated with mistletoe garland, rams heads and pine cones, firepot on the pediment.
Signed Raingo Frères in Paris on the enamelled di...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Clocks
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Ormolu
Superb 19th Century Grandfather Clock by Haentges Freres
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A superb quality 19th century French Louis XV Style Ormolu Mounted Mahogany and King-wood Parquetry "Re´gulateur de Parquet" Grandfather longcase Clock by Haentges Freres.
The drum...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Clocks
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Ormolu
Antique French Louis XVI Style Gilt Bronze Wall Clock, 19th Century
Located in Dallas, TX
Crafted in France in the 1800s, this high quality gilt bronze wall clock has elements in the style of Louis XVI. The white clock face with blue numbers re...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Clocks
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Metal, Bronze
Louis XVI Style Ormolu Mantel Clock Freres Paris
Located in New York, NY
Style of Robert Osmond, circa 1776. Movement signed 'Freres, Paris,' third quarter of the 19th century.
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Clocks
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Bronze
21st Century, Violet Porcelain and Silver Bronze Table Clock
Located in Calenzano, FI
21st Century violet porcelain and silver bronze table clock. This clock is finely chiseled lost wax castings and the porcelain is decorated in plati...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Louis XVI Clocks
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Bronze
Late 18th Century Louis XVI Period Bronze Ormolu Mantel Clock with Candelabras
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
A finely bronze fire-gilded ormolu mantel clock set with matching candelabras. Rich ornate with typical Louis XVI mounts, floral garlands, scrolls, ribbons and bow. The case is made ...
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1770s French Antique Louis XVI Clocks
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Carrara Marble, Enamel, Bronze, Ormolu
French Sevres Style Porcelain and Ormolu-Mounted Lyre Clock
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A French Sevres style cobalt blue lyre clock with finely cast ormolu sunburst and floral swagged mounts with jewelled bezel, pretty floral swa...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Clocks
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Ormolu
Large 19th Century French Ormolu Clock Garniture in the Louis XVI Style
Located in Dublin, IE
Measures: H: 25 1/2 in / 64.7 cm ; W: 22 1/4 in / 56.5 cm ; D: 9 1/2 in / 24.2 cm
An exceptional quality three-piece clock set designed in a grand neoclassical.
The set is compri...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Clocks
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Ormolu
21st Century, Hand Carved Ambert Crystal and Silver Bronze Clock
Located in Calenzano, FI
21st century Hand carved amber crystal and silver bronze clock. This clock is in hand-carved amber crystal and the dial is in black porcelain dec...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Louis XVI Clocks
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Crystal, Bronze
Antique French Ormolu and Sevres Porcelain Clock
Located in Belper, Derbyshire
A lovely early antique French ormolu clock by Louis Japy, part of the great Japy clockmaking dynasty. It is of Louis XVI design and mounte...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Clocks
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Ormolu
Clock Set in Marble and Bronze by F.Gervais
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Truly unique clock set in pink marble and bronze decorative piece of art
the clock is modelled in the image of an 18 century sedan chair that is covered ...
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1870s French Antique Louis XVI Clocks
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Marble, Bronze
21st Century, Hand Carved Clear Crystal and Golden Bronze Clock
Located in Calenzano, FI
21st century hand carved clear crystal and golden bronze clock. This clock is finely chiseled lost wax castings and hand-grounded crystal. This clock has a mechanical 8 days wind mov...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Louis XVI Clocks
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Crystal, Bronze
French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Ormolu Clock by Roque, Paris
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A stunning and most impressive French 19th century Louis XVI st. ormolu clock by Roque, Paris. The clock is raised by elegant circular mottled feet with fine wrap around foliate band...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Clocks
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Marble, Ormolu
French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Ormolu and Marble Clock Signed Raingo Frères
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A stunning and very high quality French 19th century Louis XVI st. ormolu and Rouge Griotte marble clock signed Raingo Frères. The clock is raised by two elegant rectangular reeded supports at the front and circular spiral fluted feet behind below striking richly chased elongated rosettes centering a fine pierced fitted intertwined laurel branch also repeated at the rounded sides. At the center is an impressive pierced fitted ormolu mount with Rinceau shaped scrolled acanthus leaves and berried laurel garlands flanked by striking fluted columns with fitted decorative ormolu chandelles and stunning lightly curved richly chased cornucopias with ribbons at each side. The enamel dial displays Roman numeral hour markings and Arabic numeral minute markings with elegant pierced foliate ormolu hands framed within an elegant mottled bezel with foliate and beaded designs. Above is the remarkable top crown a richly chased berried laurel wreath, a quiver, arrows, a bow and the eternal flame all tied with a flowing ribbon and displaying a wonderful satin and burnished finish. All original gilt throughout.
Raingo Fréres, established in 1813 in Paris, specialized in the high precision clock...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Clocks
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Marble, Ormolu
Louis XVI Style Ormolu and Rouge Griotte Marble Clock Set
Located in London, GB
Louis XVI style ormolu and rouge griotte marble clock set
French, 1867
Clock: height 67cm, width 46cm, depth 28cm
Candelabra: height 81cm...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Clocks
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Griotte Marble, Ormolu
French Louis XVI style Bronze and Marble Mantel Clock by Ferdinand Gervais
Located in New York, NY
Very fine quality French 19 century Louis XVI style Cherub motif Bronze and Marble Mantel Clock by Ferdinand Gervais
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Clocks
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Marble, Bronze
Antique French Gilt Bronze & Champleve 'Marie Antoinette' Mantel or Table Clock
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This 'Marie Anoinette' antique clock is signed on the face by an unknown maker, and originated from France and dating to approximately 1880 and done in the period Louis XVI style. Th...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Clocks
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Bronze
Louis Seize Lyre Mantel Clock, Probably Paris, circa 1780
Located in Greding, DE
Lyre-shaped mantel clock on marble base with crowning head of sun god Apollo and swan heads holding a flower festoon in their beaks. The dial is decorated with round enamel numerals....
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1780s French Antique Louis XVI Clocks
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Marble
French Early 19th Century Louis XVI St. Marble And Ormolu Clock By Raingo Frères
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A spectacular and very important French early 19th century Louis XVI st. white Carrara marble and ormolu clock by Raingo Frères. The clock is raised by elegant topie shaped feet with fine wrap around berried laurel bands below the white Carrara marble base with rounded sides decorated with richly chased pierced intertwined berried laurel and blooming flower bands, and a finely detailed central plaque depicting charming cherubs playing musical instruments. Above are two exquisite patinated bronze maidens sitting on a mottled support with lovely foliate designs each draped in wonderfully executed garments and holding a wreath and flowers with a charming winged cherub extending his arms up. At the center is the elegant enameled dial with Arabic hour numerals amidst lovely floral garlands and numbers indicating the date at the border with delicate pierced ormolu hands with a remarkable pieced foliate design at the back. Above is the lightly curved fluted top crown with a stunning array of richly chased branches and blooming flowers in a superb satin and burnished finish. All original gilt and patina throughout.
Raingo Fréres, established in 1813 in Paris, specialized in the high precision clock...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Clocks
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Bronze, Ormolu
A French Napoléon III Ormolu Cartel Clock by Susse Frères Paris circa 1870
By Susse Freres
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
A French 19th Century Cornucopia Gilt-Bronze Cartel, by Susse Frères Paris
An Ormolu Cartel in the shape of an escutcheon, with a circular white enamel dial, signed Susse Frères/A Paris, Arabic numerals for the hours and for the minutes.
It's bordered by a frieze of pearls and surmounted by a falling laurel knot with a drapery in the lower part and flanked by cornucopias adorned with flowers and fruits.
Rectangular base decorated with a garland of knotted flowers dying in a tapered, fluted
barrel and damping, in the upper part, a flowery Medici vase.
Louis XVI Style
Circa 1870
Original gilding uncleaned
The Susse company, a worldwide reknown foundry, began to cast pieces as soon as the first half of the 19th Century. Awarded medals...
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1860s French Antique Louis XVI Clocks
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Ormolu
Louis XVI Period Neoclassical Ormolu and Malachite Mantel Clock
Located in London, GB
Louis XVI period neoclassical ormolu and malachite mantel clock
French, Late 18th Century
Measures: Height 53cm, width 36cm, depth 14cm
Encaps...
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Late 18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Clocks
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Malachite, Ormolu
18th Century England George III Mahogany Painted Grandfather Clocks Longcase
Located in Roma, RM
A Neoclssical Oak and mahogany long-case clock by B.Dernadromes, case by C.L.Clare, musical mechanism by G.Welte.
The 18th Century was a time of increasing prosperity, and numerous ...
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1790s European Antique Louis XVI Clocks
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Oak
French Louis Xv1 Style Striking Figural Ormolu-Mounted White Marble Clock
Located in London, GB
A wonderful French Louis XV1 style striking figural ormolu-mounted white marble clock.
The beautifully cast figures of Venus and Cupid are springi...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Clocks
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Marble, Ormolu
Louis XVI Style Ormolu Mounted Malachite Column Mantel Clock
Located in London, GB
Louis XVI style ormolu mounted malachite column mantel clock.
French, late 19th century.
Measures: height 52cm, width 23cm, depth 20cm.
With the cir...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Clocks
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Malachite, Ormolu
French 19th Century Louis XVI Style Plum-Mahogany Ormolu Mounted Tall Case Clock
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A Very Fine French 19th Century Louis XVI Style Plum-Mahogany and Ormolu Mounted Tall-Case Regulator attributed to Revollon. The Roman numeral dial signed: Revollon - M. Lion, with h...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Clocks
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Ormolu
Set of a Barometer and a Clock, 19th Century
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Set of a barometer and a clock, 19th century
Set of a barometer and a clock in carved wood, from the 19th century, Louis XVI style, Napoleon III period, great decoration.
The mechanism of the clock is missing, but it is possible on request to put an old clock...
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1870s European Antique Louis XVI Clocks
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Wood
Rare Louis XVI Period Portico Clock by Jacques-Claude-martin Rocquet
Located in Paris, FR
Rare Louis XVI period portico clock in white marble and gilded and chiseled bronzes with antique-inspired decoration. This important Neo-classical clock of the late 18th century is c...
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18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Clocks
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Carrara Marble, Bronze
19th Century Louis XVI Style Ormolu Bronze Clockset
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
A refined Louis XVI style mantel clock with matching candelabras. The case is made of gilt brass and bronze ormolu casted ornaments, the dial is enameled iron. Resting on a white marble base. Richly embellished with neoclassical ornaments, flower garlands and ribbons. The clock is made in France 1870-1880. The clock is in good condition, it have original gilding. On a wooden carved gilded pedestal. The clockwork have a 8-day movement and strikes every half our on a bronze silver plated bell...
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1870s French Antique Louis XVI Clocks
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Carrara Marble, Bronze, Enamel
Very Impressive French 19th Century Neoclassical Lyre-Form Clock
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
An impressive French 19th century Neoclassical Lyre-form clock with jeweled pendulum.
Amazing quality white and yellow marble 19th century French Lyre-Form clock mounted all over with gilt bronze...
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1850s French Antique Louis XVI Clocks
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Crystal, Marble, Enamel, Ormolu
Mantel Clock 18th Century Louis XVI Period by Arnoux À Paris
Located in Warsaw, PL
This elegant portico clock crafted in transitional Louis XVI – Empire style from ormolu, white and black marble, is signed on the dial “Arnoux à Paris”. Decorative motifs of Louis XV...
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Late 18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Clocks
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Marble, Bronze
French 19th Century Dore Bronze Chinoiserie Figural Clock for Chinese Market
Located in New York, NY
A French 19th Century Dore Bronze Chinoiserie Style Figural clock with a Woman Resting on a Seat. This is a beautiful example of French dore bronze craftsmanship mixed with the Chino...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Clocks
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Bronze
French 19th Century Louis XVI Gilded Bronze and Marble Mantel Clock
Located in Vilnius, LT
Antique 19th century French Louis XVI style gilded bronze and white marble mantel clock.
The circular case is decorated with a floral elements and surmounted by the figures of Venus...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Clocks
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Marble, Bronze
French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Marble, Ormolu and Patinated Bronze Clock
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A beautiful and large scaled French 19th century Louis XVI st. Brèche Violette marble, ormolu and patinated bronze clock signed Balthazard. The clock is raised by a square Brèche Vio...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Clocks
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Marble, Bronze, Ormolu
Wall Clock and Matching Barometer with Sèvres Plaques
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A very fine gilt-bronze wall clock and matching barometer with Sèvres Plaques.
The dial of the clock signed ‘JULIEN LEROY A PARIS’, the barometer dial signed ‘PASSEMANT AU LOUVRE’.
The eight day strike Wall Clock and its matching Barometer, both have a terminal in the form of a pineapple drop with acanthus leaf scroll detail. Above this is a Sèvres panel of a cherub in a garden, rising to a white enamelled dial with Arabic and Roman numerals flanked by cascading relief moulded fruit from a further Sèvres panel of a cherub in flight below a ribbon tied pediment.
This companion clock and barometer are fine nineteenth century examples of a pair originally supplied to Madame du Barry in 1769 by the marchand mercier Simon-Philippe Poirier. They were then described as ‘Un Baromètre & Thermomètre, de Passement, montés très richement en bronze dorés d’or moulu et ornés de trois plaques de porcelaine de france à Enfants en miniature cy 10561I.’ It is interesting to note that the original design was made to allow either of three porcelain plaques, depicting putti with astrolabes. Eighteenth century models are now in the permanent collection of the Victoria & Albert Museum in London, the Musée du Louvre in Paris, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.
French, Circa 1880.
Literature:
De Bellaigue, G. The James A. de Rothschild Collection...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Clocks
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Bronze
19th Century French Alabaster / Gilt Mantel Clock
Located in Tarry Town, NY
19th Century John Bennett , Paris alabaster with Gilt brass design detail mantel clock . The clock features an alabaster case with turned columns and gilt brass metal mounts on a det...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Clocks
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Alabaster, Brass
French 19th Century Belle Époque Period Marble Clock By Charpentier & Cie.
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A stunning and extremely high quality French 19th century Louis XVI st. Belle Époque period ormolu, patinated bronze and white Carrara marble clock by Charpentier...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Clocks
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Marble, Bronze, Ormolu
20th Century Louis XVI Style Museum Pedestal Clock after Jean-Henri Riesener
By Jean-Henri Riesener
Located in Berlin, DE
A Model of Jean Henri Riesener (Received Master in 1768) executed in 1785. (Inv. OA 5501 in Louvre Museum). 19th century. This fine and sumptuous “Regulateur de Pendule” presents a fine amaranth. Of Sycamore oeuil de vermeuil, ebony and buis stringing marquetry. The base and the gaine are decorated with diamond shapes. The hours are inscribed in Roman numerals and the munutes in Arabic. It takes place in a magnificent gilt décor of three winged children playing with garlands on clouds. The regulator is enriched with a delicate garniture of bronze. The dial and each panel are framed by an elegant frieze of palms and pearls. The top of the gaine is enhanced with a frieze of palms and ovums, foliages and garlands of flowers. Each corner is ornated with fleurons. The front of the gaine is embellished by an Apollo mask (Sun Symbol) and each side with laurel crowns. Under the mask the cartouche is decorated by a stylized vase of flowers.
Folliated scrolls, flowers, garlands, cornucopias and musical instruments such as a harp (Apollo Reference) The cherubs are underlined by pearls, scrolls of Acanthus Leaves and garlands dawning out in foliages, framed with ropes until the lions feet. The feet rest on a base ornated with fleurons and foliages with buds of flowers ending in four conical feet with acanthus leaves.
With André-Charles Boulle (1642-1732) and Charles Cressent (1685-1768), Riesener was arguably one of the three greatest French ébénistes of the 18th century. Eventually taking over the workshop after Oeben’s death in 1763, and marrying his widow some four years later. He is renowned for completing the famous bureau du Roi...
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20th Century Louis XVI Clocks
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Bronze
19th Century Marble and Ormolu Lyre Clock in the Louis XVI Style
Located in London, GB
A French Clock Garniture
in the Louis XVI Manner
The clock and its accompanying candelabra constructed in gilt bronze mounted Italian Carrara marble; the timepiece with stepped elli...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Clocks
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Marble, Ormolu
Antique French Louis XVI Blue Sèvres Porcelain and Ormolu Clock, Circa 1875-85
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique French Louis XVI Blue Sèvres Porcelain and Ormolu Mounted Clock, circa 1875-85.
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Clocks
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Ormolu
Important Louis XVI Period Clock with Wedgewood Decorations
By Wedgwood
Located in Paris, FR
Large Louis XVI period portico clock in white marble, gilt bronze and blue earthenware in the Wedgwood style. The two posts are decorated with chased and gilt bronze motifs represent...
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1790s French Antique Louis XVI Clocks
Materials
Marble, Bronze
French Louis XVI Style Mantel Clock + Candelabra, 19th Century
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very good quality mid 19th Century French gilded ormolu Louis XVI style mantel clock with a matched pair of classical five brach candelabra, with putti supporting cornucopia. The c...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Clocks
Materials
Ormolu
Late 19th Century Louis XVI Style Bronze Ormolu Mantel Clock by Charpentier
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
A large and richly decorated ormolu bronze mantel clock on a white carrara marble base. The clock is embellished all around with bronze ornaments in Louis XVI style; a lidded coupe w...
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1870s French Antique Louis XVI Clocks
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Carrara Marble, Ormolu, Bronze
Gilt Bronze and Malachite Louis XVI Clock
Located in London, GB
Gilt bronze and malachite Louis XVI clock
French, late 18th century
Measures: Height 69cm, width 36cm, depth 13.5cm
This fine Louis XVI mantel clock is wrought from malachite and gilt bronze. The malachite veneer is a later, beneficial refinishing. The clock features a plinth-form malachite base supporting four malachite columns, each with a gilt bronze capital. The columns raise an ornately shaped top, which is inset with a circular white enamel dial and is surmounted by urn-form finials. Beneath the dial is suspended an ornately cast and finished gilt bronze drapery...
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Late 18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Clocks
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Malachite, Ormolu
The Clock is in a Excellent and Perfect Working Condition, Also it Has Recently
Located in Warsaw, PL
Portico clock signed “Persevalle à Reims”
This refined portico clock crafted in transitional Louis XVI – Empire style from ormolu and black marble is signed on the dial “Persevalle à Reims”. The Empire style was based on elements of the Roman Empire and its culture, which had been rediscovered starting in the eighteenth century. Bronze was the main material used in Empire style timepieces and both the patina and ormolu techniques were vastly used for ornamentation during this period. As for the source of inspiration for decorative motifs of Louis XVI style, it was coming from nature and antiquity thus many characteristic elements would reoccur in architecture, interior decoration and furniture. Many ornaments were borrowed from flora, and this love for nature appeared into decoration by the presence of a wreath of roses, baskets, palmettes, bows and ribbons.
The portico clock is mainly crafted from black marble and ormolu bronze embellishments, which with their minimalistic touch compliments one another. As mentioned before, the source of inspiration for this portico clock derived from antiquity. The columns which are a key feature of portico clocks are constructed in Greco-Roman architecture. The two front black pillars are made in Tuscan style with gilded capital and base, they are also entwined with an acanthus spiral around the pillar. The back columns, in contrast to the front one, are square and has only a face adorned with a gilded bronze floral garland. The four columns are connected on top with an entablature with a cylinder-shaped dial in the middle cast from bronze. The entablature is adorned on both sides with gilded lyres and flower vases.
The dial of the clock is signed ‘Persevalle à Reims’ and consists of blue Breguet-style hands that indicate hours laid out in Roman numerals and minutes in Arabic numerals on the enamel dial. The Breguet hands have a circle with a filled crescent shape on the side and have been featured its founder's watch hands for over two centuries now. This unique shape is sometimes referred to by the French word for apple, pomme.
Above the dial is situated a small black marble plinth and a marble medicis vase...
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Late 18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Clocks
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Marble, Bronze
Antique Fireplace Mantel Clock, France, circa 1900
Located in Chorzów, PL
Antique fireplace clock from the turn of the century.
Dimensions: height 41 cm / width 30 cm / depth 14 cm.
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Early 1900s French Antique Louis XVI Clocks
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Bronze
Fine Sevres Porcelain and Ormolu Antique French Clock
Located in Belper, Derbyshire
A fine, early antique French clock by André Hoffmann of Paris, the movement by Vincenti et Cie, circa 1850. It is beautifully made in ormolu (fir...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Clocks
Materials
Ormolu
Exceptional Louis XVI Style Gilt Bronze and Malachite Grandfather Clock
Located in London, GB
Exceptional Louis XVI style gilt bronze and malachite grandfather clock
French, late 19th century
Measures: Height 250cm, width 54cm, depth 33cm
This superb longcase clock is a wonderful example of the Belle Époque impetus to draw inspiration from the styles of the past. The clock, crafted during the late nineteenth century—though the malachite finish is later—is inspired by a famous eighteenth-century original. The clock is of traditional form, which a cubic clock case inset with an enamel dial and a gilt bronze bezel cast with signs of the zodiac. The central section of the clock includes a window, which reveals the pendulum inside, while the lower section is in the form of a plinth. The malachite veneer is wonderfully varied, with lighter and darker shades of the stone utilised to add visual interest. The clock is surmounted by a sculpture in gilt bronze of Apollo in his chariot, pulled by a quadriga of horses. The dial is signed for Rosel Bruxelles...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Clocks
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Malachite, Ormolu
Deniere Gilt Bronze Mantle Clock in the Louis XVI Taste, France, circa 1870
Located in Atlanta, GA
The case Jean-Francois and/or Guillaume Deniere (French, 1820-1901); the mechanism (Samuel Marti et Cie (French, 1841- ), circa 1870, finely cast gilt bronze and marble mantel clock in the Louis XVI taste, surmounted by a ribbon tied quiver and torch, the case decorated with swirling florals, the enameled dial with polychrome floral swags and Arabic numerals, the base with bundled acanthus garlands. and rising on toupie feet. The dial marked "Deniere/Ft de Bronzes" and "Paris", the mechanism stamped "Jx/Deniere/A Paris/1565',"Juveneaux", and "Medaille Bronze/S Marti & Cie". Note: The Deniere (Derniere) firm was noted for their exceptional bronze casting, exhibiting at the Paris 1855 World Fair and having multiple royal commissions including the coronation coach...
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1870s French Antique Louis XVI Clocks
Materials
Bronze
French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Cobalt Blue Porcelain and Ormolu Clock
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A striking and most elegant French 19th century Louis XVI st. cobalt blue porcelain and ormolu clock. The clock is raised by a square ormolu base with cut corners with fine rosettes ...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Clocks
Materials
Ormolu
Antique Neoclassical Louis XVI Gilt Bronze and Malachite Clock
Located in London, GB
Antique Neoclassical Louis XVI gilt bronze and malachite clock
French, late 18th Century
Measures: Height 56cm, width 35cm, depth 12cm
Crafted from gilt bronze and a later malac...
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Late 18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Clocks
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Malachite, Ormolu
French 18th Century Louis XVI Period Oak Grandfather Clock
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A handsome French 18th century Louis XVI period oak grandfather clock. The clock is raised by a square mottled base with an elegant carved recessed design. At the center is a finely ...
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18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Clocks
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Oak
Large 19th Century Louis XVI Style Bronze Ormolu Mantel Clock Guibal Paris
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
A fine and large Louis XVI style French mantel clock, from the end of the Napoleon III period, 1870-1880. The clock is bronze casted and has a fire-gilded finish, the dial is enamele...
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1870s French Antique Louis XVI Clocks
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Ormolu, Brass, Bronze, Enamel
Mantel Clock 18th Century Louis XVI Period by Baillon À Paris
Located in Warsaw, PL
This clock was made by Jean-Baptiste Baillon III, one of the most skilled and innovative makers of his day. He supplied the most illustrious clientele, not least the French and Spanish royal family as well as distinguished members of Court and the cream of Parisian society. This is a unique, authentic antique French table or mantel clock, which is in finely chiseled and gilded bronze. The dial has outer Arabic numerals and inner Roman numerals with a fine pair of pierced gilt brass hands for the hours and minutes. Next to the clock is a tall lady figurine, accompanied by a child. The woman is holding a book in her right hand and a feather pen...
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18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Clocks
Materials
Marble, Bronze
French 18th Century Louis XVI Period Carrara Marble and Ormolu Garniture Set
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A striking and high quality French 18th century Louis XVI period white Carrara marble and ormolu garniture clock set signed by Jean-Simon Bourdier. The clock is raised by elegant mot...
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18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Clocks
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
French 19th Century Louis XVI St. White Carrara Marble and Ormolu Clock
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An exquisite French early 19th century Louis XVI st. white Carrara marble and ormolu mounted clock. Raised on ormolu supports the rectangular marble base with beaded trim and Clodion...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Clocks
Materials
Carrara Marble, Ormolu
19th Century Silvered Bronze / Rouge Marble Clock Garniture Set
Located in Tarry Town, NY
Mid 19th Century French silvered bronze and rouge marble three piece decorative clock garniture set . The clock features a classical figured woman with draping garments and flanked by two matching urns...
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Mid-19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Clocks
Materials
Marble, Silver Leaf, Bronze
Neoclassical Style Gilt Bronze and Malachite Mantel Clock
Located in London, GB
Neoclassical style gilt bronze and malachite mantel clock
French, late 19th Century
Measures: Height 47cm, width 19cm, depth 19cm
This wonderful Louis XVI style mantel clock is designed in malachite and gilt bronze—with the malachite being a later veneer. The clock takes after a famous original 1775 model by Brécourt, known as 'Vase pendule...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Clocks
Materials
Malachite, Ormolu
Louis Xvi clocks for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Louis XVI clocks for sale on 1stDibs. Many of these items were first offered in the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artisans have continued to produce works inspired by this style. If you’re looking to add vintage clocks created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include decorative objects, more furniture and collectibles, wall decorations and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with metal, bronze and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Louis XVI clocks made in a specific country, there are Europe, France, and Italy pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original clocks, popular names associated with this style include Raingo Frères, Oggetti D'Arte, Ferdinand Berthoud, and Maison Deniere. It’s true that these talented designers have at times inspired knockoffs, but our experienced specialists have partnered with only top vetted sellers to offer authentic pieces that come with a buyer protection guarantee. Prices for clocks differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $345 and tops out at $527,473 while the average work can sell for $11,409.
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