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Portico mantel clock Empire-style from the Napoléon III period
| Materials: | Gilt bronze |
|---|---|
| Era: | Napoléon III 1852 - 1870 (Second Empire) |
| Period: | XIXe siècle |
| Provenance: | French |
- Restored to original condition with original appearance.
- Full overhaul of watch movement, perfect working order.
- Perfect authenticity, without modification.
- Original gilding.
- Winding key & pendulum
- Operating instructions, how to start your clock.
- Certificate of authenticity, invoice.
- Ringtone on ancient bell, hour and a half-hour
Height: 43 cm
Width: 23 cm
Depth: 13 cm
Description
Elegant Napoléon III portico mantel clock, made around 1860, in blackened wood veneer and richly adorned with gilt bronze. Its movement, stamped “Japy Frère”, is referenced in Tardy’s renowned Dictionnaire des horlogers français, adding further interest to this elegant creation. The blackened veneer has been finished with traditional French pad polishing, providing remarkable depth of colour, a beautiful lustre and lasting protection, while enhancing the spectacular contrast between the black case and the brilliance of the gilt bronze.
Architecturally designed, the clock rests on a substantial moulded rectangular base, richly decorated on the front with gilt-bronze foliage scrolls, volutes and rocaille motifs arranged around a central cartouche. Four cylindrical columns in blackened wood structure the composition, each resting on a square gilt-bronze base and topped with finely chased capitals decorated with fluting, friezes and vegetal motifs. The whole is surmounted by an imposing stepped entablature, highlighted by a broad moulded cornice and architectural finial. At the centre is the circular white enamel dial with black Roman numerals, surrounded by a spectacular gilt-bronze frame of animated contours, richly sculpted with foliage, shells, scrolls and acanthus-like motifs. The finely pierced gilt hands complete the composition with elegance. Beneath the dial is the pendulum, itself richly ornamented, featuring a remarkable openwork lyre and a central medallion decorated with a multi-pointed star, forming a true focal point of the composition.
Par son architecture, la qualité de son décor en bronze doré et l’association particulièrement réussie du bois noirci et de l’or, cette pendule offre une présence décorative exceptionnelle. Son esthétique, à la fois sobre dans ses lignes architecturales et opulente dans le traitement de ses ornements, illustre parfaitement le goût raffiné du Second Empire pour les compositions inspirées de l’Antiquité et enrichies d’un vocabulaire décoratif foisonnant. L’authenticité de sa structure, la conservation remarquable de son placage et de ses bronzes, ainsi que la qualité de son mécanisme estampillé « Japy Frère » en font une pièce particulièrement séduisante pour un amateur averti. Une pendule de caractère, élégante et spectaculaire, dont le contraste saisissant entre le noir profond du placage et la richesse lumineuse des bronzes dorés lui confère une présence remarquable dans un intérieur.
The original mechanism remains unchanged, striking the hours and half-hours on an antique bell.
Questions
Easily pay for your purchases using our highly protected bank card system with SSL certificate and 256 bit encryption, ensuring confidentiality when any information is transferred. On a web browser, the OVH SSL certificate activates the HTTPS protocol and displays a padlock in the navigation bar. This shows that any transaction is encrypted and confidential, and that your website address has been authenticated.
Our items mainly stem from the inheritance of objects, preciously looked after over numerous generations. There is a stringent selection process for each object ensuring perfect authenticity and the optimal amount of gilding
We do not use the term “Restoration”, which implies a significant transformation or major repair that modifies an object’s authenticity or original appearance. Each object is completely dismantled, then thoroughly cleaned part by part; our cleaning technique restores shine without adversely affecting the gold. We then put the clock back together, returning all the various parts to their origin location, as well as all the nuts and screws. Subsequently, the item is inspected to ensure it is perfectly even, symmetrical, and smooth, etc.
The clock’s movement undergoes a complete overhaul; it is totally dismantled, cleaned and each individual part is polished. The duration of this procedure affects the shine: we prefer to obtain a brilliant shine, in keeping with the gilding of the object. To increase the strength and quality of the gears, we apply a very important procedure, known as bouchonnage, to correct for wear accumulated over years of operation, consisting in the placing cork of stoppers in any pivot holes that have become deformed by wear. After the clock has been completely reassembled, it is tested over a long period of time to ensure that the movement, as well as the hour and half-hour strikes, are operating correctly.
- Akzeptierte Kreditkarten: Visa, MasterCard, American Express, JCB, Discover und Diners Club.
- Bank transfer: You can also send us a copy of the bank transfer order to speed up the processing of your order.
Upon dispatch of your order, you will be sent a parcel tracking number by email.
Delivery anywhere in the world.
France: - Clocks: 3 days preparation work + 2 days for delivery - Total: 5 business days - Decorative objects: 1 days preparation work + 2 days for delivery - Total: 3 business days
Europe - Clocks: 3 days preparation work + 3 days for delivery - Total: 6 business days - Decorative objects: 1 day preparation work + 3 days for delivery - Total: 6 business days
Other countries - Clocks: 3 days preparation work + 3-8 days for delivery - Decorative objects: 1 days preparation work + 3-8 days for delivery
Easily pay for your purchases using our highly protected bank card system with SSL certificate and 256 bit encryption, ensuring confidentiality when any information is transferred. On a web browser, the OVH SSL certificate activates the HTTPS protocol and displays a padlock in the navigation bar. This shows that any transaction is encrypted and confidential, and that your website address has been authenticated.
You will receive—by email and a paper version—an explanatory document containing all the necessary instructions and recommendations for operating your clock. We also provide assistance over the phone to guide you through the start-up procedure. Of course, we will continue to be available—by both telephone and email—to answer any questions you may have. For calls in German or English, please make an appointment first via email, providing us with your telephone number, and the date and time you wish to contact us. Contact.
- Click on the button “add to basket” to add an object. - Once you have finished your order, click on “view contents of basket” located at the bottom of the screen or on small the “shopping trolley” icon at the top right. - click “Complete my order” or “order” - Fill in the invoicing address details, you also have the possibility to send the parcel to a different address. - Select the payment method - To confirm your order, click “order now”
By email, you will be sent: - confirmation of your order & payment - Parcel tracking information
Every purchase comes with a certificate of authenticity and an invoice
High quality certificate of authenticity printed on photo paper with text and photos providing all the information concerning your object. Detailed invoice indicating the price paid for the object.
