Rare And Beautiful Antique Bracket Clock For Sale On eBay UK..Posted by admin on October 19th, 2011
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Very Large Antique French Rococo Clock Set AD MouginPosted by admin on October 19th, 2011
www.dragon-antiques.com Stunning Large Antique French Gilt Brass Rococo Clock Set, by AD Mougin ~French – Circa 1880 ~ ~~ Excellent condition, fully overhauled ~~ A stunning and large original antique French gilded brass clocks set. It is of the most beautiful Rococo style, waisted case decorated with ‘C’ scrolls, acanthus leaves and floral swags. Candelabra have 5 elaborate acanthus arms and large original snuffers to match the final of the clock. The pendulum can be glimpsed swinging below the front of the case. This is a stunning, very large clock set with a superb original gild. The beautiful, large enamel dial is lettered with the Brussels retailers name and is complete with the original finely cut gilt brass hands and convex glass. The French movement is by AD Mougin and has the clockmakers mark on the movement backplate. It is of excellent quality and is in very good clean and running condition having been fully overhauled by our clockmaker. Pendulum is a replacement. It runs for 8 days and strikes the hours and halves on a large sonorous bell. Click the video clip below to hear the bell and watch the clock running! Condition of the case is excellent, the original gilding is beautifully clean and bright with hardly any wear or discolouration and there are no losses. The dial is also in excellent condition just a small nibble next to the right hand winding hole and a couple of faint hairlines and scratches Candelabra arms are slightly distorted. Complete with …
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comitti clock grasshopperPosted by admin on October 19th, 2011
antique clock with special movement
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Fine Early Ormolu Antique French Clock the Vintner by VincentiPosted by admin on October 18th, 2011
Stunning Early Ormolu Clock The Vintner ~French – Circa 1860 ~ ~~ Excellent condition, fully working ~~ A fine and early original antique French ormolu (gilded bronze) clock by Vincenti and retailed by Rollin of Paris. It features a beautifully modelled scene of a Vintner crushing grapes to make wine. It is exquisitely detailed and of excellent quality, being gilded bronze rather then the more usual gilt spelter. The original gilding is in stunning condition with hardly any wear and has a lovely bright and clean finish. The dial is enamel on copper with original blued steel breguet hands and floral bezel. This type of clock does not have a glazed bezel. The French movement is of high quality and has both the Vincenti (Medaille D’Argent 1855) clockmaker’s mark and also the retailer’s mark of Rollin Paris on the backplate. It is the earlier version of Pendule De Paris movement with outside hammer return spring. The clock case unusually has the movement serial number stamped into it confirming the case and movement to be original to each other. It is in excellent clean and running condition having been fully overhauled by our clockmaker. Pendulum is a replacement. It runs for 8 days and strikes the hours and halves on a bell. Click the video clip below to hear the bell and watch the clock running! Condition of the case is stunning, the original gilding is beautifully clean and bright with hardly any wear or discolouration and there are no losses. We have gently removed years …
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Marquetry longcase/grandfather clocks from www.british-antiqueclocks.comPosted by admin on October 18th, 2011
A fine London marquetry longcase clock by John Farwell of London. Just one of many longcase clocks that are available to view on our website or at our galleries in Wiltshire. www.british-antiqueclocks.com
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Verge and Foliot ClockPosted by admin on October 17th, 2011
A reproduction verge and foliot clock. This was the first kind of mechanical clock to be invented, popular from 1300 – 1800 they represented an amazing leap forward in technology and made possible the invention of all modern oscillating clocks, including the now ubiquitous quartz clock.
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