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France, attributed to Bontems, automata with three caged, singing birds, the gilt cage having a rectangular wooden base with canted corners, decorated with foliate ornament, and containing the keywound mechanism, the cage containing brightly colored, life size songbirds who vocalize, turn their heads and flick their tails in turn when activated -
France, marble and bronze, a large and monumental depiction of Joan of Arc (battle c1430) with axe in hand, ready to strike a male warrior with his shield held in defense. With a good bell strike movement w/ silk thread suspension (adjust above dial) silvered dial and moon hands. -
Leroy & Fils, Paris, a good, Gorge cased hour repeating carriage clock with alarm, gilt, glazed case with carrying handle, signed Roman numeral white enamel dial, bearing the firms addresses in Paris and London, blued steel Breguet style hands, 8 day time, strike and alarm movement with lever platform, and repeating the last hour on demand, the back plate marked "Repassee par Leroy & Fils Palais Royal 13 & 15, Paris", and also with the mark of Drocourt, serial #8909 -
France, a large, Anglaise cased carriage clock with grand sonnerie striking, the glazed, gilt case with molded top and base, the corners with fluted pilasters, Arabic numeral white enamel dial with gilt center and mask, blued steel distaff hands, 8 day time, strike, and alarm movement with lever platform, sounding grand or petit quarters in passing, and repeating the last hour and quarter on demand -
French. bronze & ormolu figural clock, depicting a French Barrister with his law books atop pedestal, and reading scrolls held in his left hand. The well made bell strike movement, with silk thread suspension, with bezel and glazed door intact over dial, the brass dial center embossed, and the silvered chapter ring with painted Roman Numerals. -
France, for Tiffany & Co., New York, a rare five minute repeating carriage clock, glazed Corniche case, signed Roman numeral white enamel dial, blued steel hands, 8 day, time and strike movement with lever platform and cut bimetallic balance, counting the hours in passing, and repeating the last hour and five minute interval on demand, together with its leather covered wooden travel case -
France, attributed to Jules, earlier "one piece" carriage clock, time and strike on a bell with hour repeat, the case lightly engraved, 8 day. -
France, marble & bronze, monumental figure clock of Johann Gutenberg (1399--1468), standing next to his printing press, and a large chase with a line of type. He is holding a page just printed showing the reverse of the type in the chase. To the right of his foot is an open book, with the title 'BIBLIA LATINA', and beyond his left foot the ink tool or spreader. And with a well made bell strike movement, silk thread suspension. fancy gilt bezel and glazed dial cover. The porcelain dial signed Gorini Freres & Cie, a Paris. -
Drocourt, Paris, for Henry Capt, Geneva, a Cannelee cased hour repeating carriage clock, glazed, gilt case with molded top and base, signed Roman numeral white enamel dial, blued steel Breguet style hands, 8 day time, strike, and alarm movement with lever platform, repeating the last hour on demand, the back plate with Drocourt's mark, serial #10018 -
Delcamp, a Paris, portico clock, the ebonized case with classical, gilt mounts, the top with a figure of a boy and his dog, acanthus ornamented bezel with Roman numeral, engine turned silvered dial, blued steel Breguet style hands, 8 day, time and strike pendule de Paris movement, fancy gridiron pendulum with swans and foliate decoration -
Cailly Freres, Paris, a bronze and griotte marble figural mantel clock, the stepped marble case with gilt, classical ornament, and surmounted by a patinated, seated male figure with robe and laurel crown, in a contemplative pose, the clock dial also of red marble and with applied, gilt Roman numerals and arrow form hands, signed, 8 day, time and strike pendule de Paris movement, originally with silk thread suspension -
France, a miniature carriage timepiece with enamel panels and travel case, gilt case with carrying handle, the sides and back with polychrome enamel decorated copper panels, the dial with teal blue enamel ground, and decorated with polychrome birds and foliage, gilt Roman numeral chapter ring with fancy gilt hands, 8 day timepiece movement with lever platform, with original leather covered wooden travel case -
France, for Bigelow, Kennard & Co., Boston, a sienna marble, gilt and patinated bronze mantel clock, the stepped stone base on gilt feet and supporting a patinated lyre form clock with gilt, naturalistic ornament, surmounted buy a gilt eagle finial, and with flanking, patinated putto gesturing toward the timepiece, Roman numeral white enamel dial with engine turned center, blued steel Breguet style hands, 8 day timepiece movement with lever platform and cut bimetallic balance -
France, an unusual, five minute repeating carriage clock with single gong, gilt Corniche case with bevelled glasses, Roman numeral white enamel dial, blued steel distaff hands, 8 day, time and strike movement with lever platform, counting the hours in passing, repeating the hours when activated by top pusher, and repeating the last five minute interval through the pusher at case back -
Marti Marble and Ormolu Figural Mantel Clock, Paris, with variegated marble, brass and beveled glass case, porcelain roman numeral dial, and marble plinths for Cupid and probably Aphrodite, the Greek goddess of love flanking a stepped top with ormolu trim and doves in a love nest at the top, all on a raised base with Putti on the facade and gargoyle feet, eight-day round French movement cast Marti emblem on the back plate, count-wheel hour and half hour strike on a bell and brass bob pendulum. -
Lorenz Furtwangler & Sohne a "Minstrel" moving eye novelty clock, the front cast in the form of an early 20th century stereotype of the strumming, drinking African- American, his clothing brightly painted, and his large, glass eyes, connected to the pallet arbor, moving to and fro as the clock runs, signed, Arabic numeral celluloid dial, blued steel spade hands, thirty hour timepiece movement -
France, a gilt bronze mounted marble lyre clock, the case richly ornamented with classical ornament and with outward facing "le coq gaulois", Arabic numeral white enamel dial with floral garlands, pierced and engraved Louis XV style hands, and pendulum with Medusa mask suspended above the 8 day, time and strike pendule de Paris movement -
France, extra large patinated spelter figural clock, depicting a tall woman in classic Greek gown, (figure is 25"), standing beside a fluted pedestal with footed accents, and with a good bell strike movement. -
France, Variegated Pink Marble Figural Clock Garniture, the clock with off-white arabic numeral dial within a brass bezel and beveled glass set within the marble case with scroll work dial surround, on raised feet and and plinth for the statue titled "La Cigale" a sculpture first presented by Sylvain Kinsburger, the patinated figure of a young maiden no doubt playing the 'Song of the Cicada' on her lute, eight-day spring powered, round French movement with count-wheel hour and half hour strike on a bell, together with two matching and imposing ewers with floral facades and carrying handles on raised pink marble bases with gilt feet. -
France, a bronze and black slate figural mantel clock, the stone case with canted corners, and replete with gilt masks and naturalistic ornament, surmounted by a figure of a hunter in a rustic landscape, Roman numeral white enamel dial, blued steel hands, and 8 day, time and strike pendule de Paris movement with silk thread suspension, signed "Gonin Aine"