French Empire ormolu and rouge marble portico mantel clock
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
early 19th c.
This French Empire period portico mantel clock is crafted from bronze dore (ormolu) and rouge marble. The architectural design features dual turned-form columns and squared supports resting on a shaped base with circular feet.
The clock face is a white porcelain dial with black Roman numeral hour markers, signed "Lucin, Rue des Deux Ponts No. 14 a Paris." It is surmounted by a vasiform finial flanked by flowering urns. Beneath the dial, the movement is decorated with an openwork floral spray featuring wreath and grape cluster motifs. The timepiece utilizes a time-and-strike movement with a silk suspension system. Accessories included with the clock are its original pendulum and winding key.
It measures approximately 20 inches in height, 12 inches in width, and 4 inches in depth, with a total weight of 21 pounds. The piece displays distinct late Neoclassical ornamentation, characteristic of the French Empire style, and is in operating condition, noting stable hairlines to the dial.
Evidence at a glance
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- Catalogue references
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Physical characteristics
- Depth
- 4 inches
- Width
- 12 inches
- Height
- 20 inches
- Weight
- 21 lbs
- Materials
- bronze dore, rouge marble, porcelain
Technical characteristics
- Movement
- time-and-strike
- Suspension
- silk suspension
Design
- Dial
- porcelain with Roman numeral hour markers
- Ornamentation
- vasiform finial, flowering urns, openwork floral spray, wreath and grape cluster motifs, stars
Identification
- Source note
- Described from a single auction-house listing published on Invaluable (reproduced with Invaluable's permission). Details apply to that one example; other examples of the type may differ, and the listing is supplementary evidence, not authentication.
- Maker named in listing
- Lucin
Catalogue references
No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.