French gilt-painted spelter and white marble figural mantel clock
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
early 20th c.
This French mantel clock is crafted from gilt-painted spelter and white marble, designed in the style associated with the French sculptor Auguste Moreau. The clock features an elaborate figural composition, with a winged female figure holding a draped floral garland standing beside the clock housing.
The clock itself is surmounted by a sculptural element depicting a cherub seated in a flowering basket. The dial is white with Arabic hour numerals, protected by a glazed window. The structure is supported by columns, resting on a rectangular marble platform accented with foliate wreath feet. The clock utilizes a time-and-strike movement, which is marked "Made in France". It includes a pendulum and stands approximately 22.5 inches high, 15.5 inches wide, and 7 inches deep, with a total weight of 22 pounds.
The design reflects an early 20th-century aesthetic common in decorative French horological pieces of this period.
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Physical characteristics
- Weight
- 22lbs
- Material
- gilt-painted spelter, white marble
- Dimensions
- 22.5"h, 15.5"w, 7"d
Technical characteristics
- Dial
- white with Arabic hour markers
- Markings
- Made in France
- Movement
- time-and-strike
Design
- Motifs
- seated cherub in flowering basket, winged female figure with floral garland, columnar supports, foliate wreath feet
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.
Catalogue references
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