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Bronze and Ormolu Clock, 19th Century, French, Silk Suspension Striking
Located in London, GB
An early 19th century French bronze and ormolu eight day silk suspension striking clock contained
Category
Antique Early 19th Century French Regency Mantel Clocks
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
H 12.8 in W 5.91 in D 3.94 in
Antique Malachite Ormolu & Bronze Mantel Clock Silk Suspension Movement, 19th C
Located in London, GB
serial number 29, made and signed by Japy Fils 1849. It has an early French silk suspension movement
Category
Antique 1850s French Mantel Clocks
Materials
Malachite, Bronze, Ormolu
H 22.84 in W 17.33 in D 7.49 in
1880 French Silk Suspension Ormolu Empire Bronze Mantel Clock by Angevin A Paris
Located in Danville, CA
Antique French Ormolu Empire bronze mantel clock by Angevin A Paris
Movement: 8 day wind up mechanism
Function: time with half hour and hour striking
Size: 16" H x 7" W x 5"...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Mantel Clocks
Materials
Bronze
H 16 in W 7 in D 5 in
Ormolu Mantel Clock, Belgium, circa 1810-1820
Located in Belmont, MA
shepherd scene. Strikes the hour and half hour on a bell. With enamel clock face and silk suspension. In
Category
Antique 1810s Belgian Empire Mantel Clocks
Materials
Ormolu
French Directoire Egyptian Style Mantel Clock Signed Leclerc
Located in London, GB
striking movement with silk suspension. The fine white enamel dial surrounded by fine cast ormolu bezel
Category
Antique 1790s French Mantel Clocks
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
French Figural Bronze Pandora Mantel Shelf Clock
Located in Dallas, TX
-strike movement, stamped Japy Freres, silk suspension, rising on scrolled feet, retaining pendulum, bell
Category
Antique 19th Century French Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Materials
Bronze
Early 19th Century French Bronze and Ormolu Eight Day Striking Clock
Located in London, GB
An early 19th century French eight day silk-suspension, striking clock, contained in ormolu case
Category
Antique Early 19th Century French Neoclassical Revival Mantel Clocks
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
Art Nouveau Hand Painted Glass Lamp
Located in PARIS, FR
inspiration for Mariano FORTUNY who created the "scudo saraceno" silk suspensions.
Three inner sockets. The
Category
Antique 1890s Italian Art Deco Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Art Glass
19th Century French Empire Bronze & Ormolu Egyptian Style Clock Clock
Located in London, GB
A French Empire bronze and ormolu clock in the Egyptian style with 8 day silk-suspension striking
Category
Antique 19th Century French Egyptian Clocks
Materials
Bronze
French Ormolu Mantel Clock
Located in Norwich, GB
numerals and original ‘blued’ steel ‘Moonpoise’ hands.
Eight day French movement with silk suspension
Category
Antique 19th Century French Mantel Clocks
Materials
Ormolu
19th century French ormolu and marble figural mantel clock
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
and mace and various armorial plaques and armour.
Movement complete with bell and original silk
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Victorian Mantel Clocks
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
Elaborate 19th Century French Clock by T H Re Le Roy
Located in London, GB
An impressive early 19th century French clock by T H re Le Roy, having 8 day striking silk
Category
Antique 19th Century French Empire Mantel Clocks
Materials
Ormolu
French Empire Ormolu Mantel Clock
Located in Norwich, GB
movement with outside countwheel striking and silk suspension.
The whole surmounted by a gilded winged
Category
Antique 19th Century French Empire Mantel Clocks
Materials
Ormolu
18th Century Viennese Dark Green Painted and Giltwood Mantle Clock
Located in Berlin, DE
clocks rings the full hours, half hour and quarter hour, equipped with two bells and silk suspension.
Category
Antique 1790s Austrian Empire Clocks
Materials
Giltwood, Wood
French Empire Bisque Porcelain and Ormolu Mantel Clock
Located in Norwich, GB
and original ‘blued’ steel Moonpoise hands.
Eight day French movement with silk suspension and outside
Category
Antique 1780s French Empire Mantel Clocks
Materials
Porcelain
French Ormolu Lyre Mantel Clock
Located in Norwich, GB
surmounted by the bust of a man.
Eight day movement of fine quality with silk suspension and marked S.S. and
Category
Antique 1840s French Mantel Clocks
Materials
Ormolu
Large Giltwood Cartel Wall Clock by Gustav Becker
Located in Norwich, GB
.
Eight day movement by Gustav Becker with silk suspension striking the hours and halves on a bell, circa
Category
Antique 1890s German Victorian Wall Clocks
Materials
Giltwood
French Greek Revolutiom Ormolu Mantel Clock
Located in London, GB
form. The movement is of 8 day duration, regulated by a silk suspension, is key wound and strikes the
Category
Antique 1830s French Mantel Clocks
Materials
Ormolu
French Ormolu Figural Mantel Clock with Glass Dome, circa 1820
Located in Los Angeles, CA
original ormolu clock, with 8 day duration, silk suspension movement, strikes the hours and halves on a
Category
Antique 1820s French Charles X Mantel Clocks
Materials
Ormolu
French Empire Ormolu and Patinated Bronze Mantel Clock Signed Vaillaint a Paris
Located in London, GB
. White enamel dial signed Vaillant a Paris. 8 day bell striking movement with silk suspension. Unusually
Category
Antique Early 1800s French Empire Mantel Clocks
Materials
Ormolu, Bronze
H 19.3 in W 11.82 in D 5.91 in
French Ormolu Mantel Clock
Located in Norwich, GB
, Roman numerals and original ‘blued’ steel Moonpoise hands.
Eight day French movement with silk
Category
Antique 1870s French Mantel Clocks
Materials
Ormolu
Antique French Louis XVI Period Dore Bronze Striking Cartel Clock, 18th Century
Located in New York, NY
Arabic minutes, the twin-barrel movement with verge escapement, silk suspension and count wheel strike to
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Louis XVI Clocks
Materials
Bronze
H 33 in W 15 in D 4.25 in
French Bronze & Ormolu Clock with Automation
Located in Norwich, GB
day movement of fine quality with silk suspension with outside countwheel striking the hours and
Category
Antique 1830s French Mantel Clocks
Materials
Bronze
Louis XVI White Marble and Gilt-Bronze Mantle Clock
Located in Berlin, DE
feet.
Clock with silk suspension, bell on half hour and hour.
Comparative literature:
Pierre Kjellberg
Category
Antique Late 18th Century French Louis XVI Mantel Clocks
Materials
Carrara Marble, Bronze, Enamel
Charles X Ormolu French Mantel Clock Surmounted by Lion
Located in London, GB
pierced blued steel hands of a fine and early design. 8 day silk suspension movement, striking the hours
Category
Antique 1830s French Mantel Clocks
Materials
Ormolu
French Directoire Marble Pillar Mantel Clock
Located in Norwich, GB
Roman numerals signed ‘Viven Fils a Epernay’ with chased gilt bezel.
Bell striking silk suspension
Category
Antique 1790s French Directoire Mantel Clocks
Materials
Ormolu
Early 19th Century French Sienna Marble Mantle Clock
Located in Dublin, IE
design and the hour chapters are Roman Numerals. The 8 day silk suspension movement strikes the hours and
Category
Antique Early 19th Century French Restauration Mantel Clocks
Materials
Siena Marble, Ormolu
19th Century French Skeleton Clock of Ormolu and Marble from Directoire Period
Located in London, GB
silk suspension two train movement strikes on a bell.
French, circa 1800.
Literature:
Kjellberg
Category
Antique Early 19th Century French Directoire Mantel Clocks
Materials
Carrara Marble, Ormolu, Bronze
H 16 in W 8.5 in D 4.5 in
French Empire Ormolu and Patinated Bronze Mantel Clock
Located in London, GB
decorating the bezel. 8 day silk suspension movement striking the hours and halves on a bell. A very rare
Category
Antique 1820s Mantel Clocks
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
French Empire Mantle Clock
By Negrier a Gueret
Located in Norwich, GB
’.
Eight day movement with outside countwheel striking and silk suspension. C.1815
(The armillary
Category
Antique 1810s French Mantel Clocks
Materials
Bronze
Large 18th Century French Louis XVI White Marble Mantel Clock with Pallas Athena
Located in Berlin, DE
ball feet.
Clock of elegant design and size, with silk suspension, bell on half-hour and hour, with
Category
Antique Late 18th Century French Louis XVI Mantel Clocks
Materials
Carrara Marble, Bronze
H 19.69 in W 12.6 in D 7.49 in
Charles X Ormolu Mantel Clock by Mongin, Paris
By Mongin 1
Located in Norwich, GB
silk suspension and outside countwheel striking the hours and halves on a silvered bell. C.1830
Category
Antique 1840s French Mantel Clocks
Materials
Ormolu
French Directoire Marble and Ormolu Mantel Clock
Located in London, GB
movement with flat bottomed plates, silk suspension, original numbered pendulum, striking the hours and
Category
Antique 1810s French Mantel Clocks
Materials
Belgian Black Marble, Carrara Marble, Ormolu
French Porcelain and Ormolu Mantel Clock Stamped in Bronze H. Picard
By Henri Picard
Located in London, GB
silk suspension, striking the hours and halves on a bell with white enamel dial. Henri Picard, a famous
Category
Antique 1850s French Napoleon III Mantel Clocks
Materials
Ormolu
French Empire Antique Black Marble and Ormolu Borne Clock by Maniere
By C. Maniere
Located in London, GB
1806. The dial surrounded by gilt bronze stars. Large 8 day silk suspension movement striking the hours
Category
Antique Early 1800s French Empire Mantel Clocks
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
French Empire Ormolu Mantel Clock of Aurora in Her Chariot Pulled by Her Winged
Located in London, GB
annular and so reveals the front plate work of the movement. The movement is a silk suspension 8 day going
Category
Antique Early 1800s French Empire Mantel Clocks
Materials
Ormolu
H 18.12 in W 19.3 in D 6.3 in
French Empire Ormolu Mantel Clock
Located in Norwich, GB
Fils, Palais Royale’.
Eight day movement with silk suspension, outside countwheel striking the hours
Category
Antique Early 1800s French Empire Mantel Clocks
Materials
Ormolu
Palace Size Louis XVI Style Dore, Patinated Bronze Carrara Marble Figural Clock
Located in New York, NY
on six circular gilt bronze feet. With pendulum (silk suspension) and key.
This clock is of
Category
Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Mantel Clocks
Materials
Carrara Marble, Bronze, Enamel
H 27 in W 22 in D 10 in
18thC Louis XVI French Gilt Bronze & Marble Clock By Rouvière A Paris c.1785
By Rouvière À Paris
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
star-cut count wheel and silk suspension. Characterized by its open-backed design, the clock bears the
Category
Antique 1780s French Louis XVI Mantel Clocks
Materials
Marble, Bronze, Ormolu
H 16.93 in W 16.93 in D 4.73 in
Louis XV Cartel D'applique
Located in Amersham, GB
a silk suspension.
This charming clock is in the late Louis XV style and demonstrates the
Category
Antique 1760s French Louis XV Wall Clocks
Materials
Brass, Enamel, Steel, Ormolu
French Empire Allegorical Clock Depicting Roman Triumph and Power
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
frames the gilded dial painted with Roman numerals, and the original eight day, silk suspension movement.
Category
Antique Early 19th Century French Empire Mantel Clocks
Materials
Bronze
Louis XVI Ormolu and Sèvres Porcelain Table Clock by Antoine Crosnier
Located in Miami, US
, adjustable silk suspension, and a star-cut outside count wheel that strikes on a bell (bell lacking).
The
Category
Antique Late 18th Century French Louis XVI Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Materials
Bronze
Fine Antique 19th Century French Rococo Gilded 8 Day Clock Sevres Porcelain 1830
Located in Portland, OR
, circa 1830.
An early French silk suspension clock, with an eight day time and strike movement, gently
Category
Antique 1830s French Rococo Mantel Clocks
Materials
Gold Leaf
H 18.25 in W 10.5 in D 4.375 in
“Horatius & the Fall of Rome” French Empire Antique Bronze Mantel Clock
Located in Shippensburg, PA
Paris, circa 1820; silk-suspension movement signed "Etablissement Barbot de Paris"
Item # 010CVX22A
An
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Antique 19th Century French Empire Mantel Clocks
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
H 21.13 in W 15.12 in D 5.12 in
White Marble French Clock, Dial Signed Lepaute, Marble Signed Franco Franchi
By Lepaute
Located in London, GB
, a lyre and books. The 8 day silk suspension movement with an outside count wheel striking on a bell
Category
Antique 1820s French Charles X Mantel Clocks
Materials
Carrara Marble
French Empire Mantel Clock in Ormolu, Patinated Bronze and Marble, Signed Picnot
By Picnot
Located in London, GB
is further stamped Picnot, and is an 8 day, silk suspension movement with outside countwheel, that
Category
Antique 1810s French Empire Mantel Clocks
Materials
Marble, Bronze, Ormolu
H 18.5 in W 11.1 in D 5 in
Chinoiserie Style Gilt-Bronze and Enamel Figural Clock
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
Numerals and an eight day movement with silk suspension, outside count wheel striking on a bell
Category
Antique 19th Century French Chinoiserie Mantel Clocks
Materials
Ormolu
French Clock, Directoire Period, Portico Form, Signed Revel Paris
Located in London, GB
concentric circles of beading and acanthus leaf decoration. The movement of early form with silk suspension
Category
Antique 1790s French Mantel Clocks
Materials
Belgian Black Marble, Ormolu
Suspension Hans Agne Jakobsson HAJ Silk Fringes T603 Beige
By Hans-Agne Jakobsson
Located in Ternay, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Large Scandinavian suspension lamp model T603 by the famous Swedish designer Hans Agne Jakobsson
Category
Vintage 1960s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Brass
Antique French Empire Ormolu Striking Library Clock
Located in London, GB
silk suspensions anchor escapement, striking the hours and half hours on a bell.
Clocks featuring
Category
Antique Early 19th Century French Empire Mantel Clocks
Materials
Steel, Ormolu
Important German Neoclassical Table Clock by David Roentgen
By David Roentgen
Located in Worpswede / Bremen, DE
, silk suspension, rack and count wheel strike, striking the hours and quarters on two bells above, the
Category
Antique Late 18th Century German Neoclassical Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Materials
Bronze
French Mantel Clock and Candelabra of Gilt Bronze and Blue ‘Sèvres’ Porcelain
Located in London, GB
hours, and the maker’s name, Oudin with a ‘Depose’ (registered) mark; the eight day silk suspension
Category
Antique 19th Century French Mantel Clocks
Materials
Ormolu
French Louis XV Ormolu Clock of Hannibal and Scipio Signed Amant
Located in London, GB
and a lion skin adorn the case of the clock, around the warriors feet. The movement is an 8 day silk
Category
Antique 1770s French Louis XVI Mantel Clocks
Materials
Ormolu
Large French Empire Period Gilt Bronze Figural Mantel Clock of Exceptional Quali
Located in Benington, Herts
Pacinoti of Lavourne. It is a French movement (silk suspension) striking the hour and half hour. The case
Category
Antique 1820s French Empire Mantel Clocks
Materials
Bronze
H 20 in W 13.75 in D 6 in
Fine and Rare French Empire Clock of Cupid as Magician Uncovering Flaming Hearts
Located in London, GB
. Surrounding the dial is a large 10 pointed star in ormolu and within each point is a flower. The silk
Category
Antique 1810s French Empire Mantel Clocks
Materials
Ormolu
H 18 in W 12 in D 4.5 in
French Charles X Period Mantel Clock in Ormolu and Patinated Bronze
Located in London, GB
signed for Mallet. The movement is a fine and large 8 day silk suspension movement striking the hours and
Category
Antique 1820s French Mantel Clocks
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
French Charles X miniature mantel clock of Cupid carrying time
Located in London, GB
and is ormolu. The timepiece movement with silk suspension pendulum and running for 8 days. Stamped on
Category
Antique 1820s French Mantel Clocks
Materials
Ormolu
Fine and Early Bronze and Sienna Marble Horses, Mare Tending Her Foal circa 1820
Located in Belper, Derbyshire
early movement design with silk suspension and hammer stop spring. Pendulum is a replacement. It runs
Category
Antique Early 19th Century French Restauration Mantel Clocks
Materials
Siena Marble, Bronze
H 18 in W 12.5 in D 6 in
Naranza SP G Suspension Light in Silk Glass by Vistosi
By Vistosi
Located in Mogliano Veneto, Treviso
An impressive focal point, with a unique shape, inspired by the jellyfish and made of two glass components that require state of the art glass blowing and cutting techniques.
Spe...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Blown Glass
Calypso Antigua Suspension Lamp in Satin Brass Structure, Braided Green Silk
By Servomuto
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Calypso is a collection of suspensions inspired by the Art Deco period, with fabrics whose textures
Category
2010s Italian Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Brass
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Silk Suspension For Sale on 1stDibs
At 1stDibs, there are many versions of the ideal silk suspension for your home. Each silk suspension for sale was constructed with extraordinary care, often using metal, fabric and ormolu. There are 12 variations of the antique or vintage silk suspension you’re looking for, while we also have 5 modern editions of this piece to choose from as well. Whether you’re looking for an older or newer silk suspension, there are earlier versions available from the 19th Century and newer variations made as recently as the 21st Century. A silk suspension is a generally popular piece of furniture, but those created in Mid-Century Modern, Regency and Empire styles are sought with frequency. Servomuto, Danese Milano and Bruno Munari each produced at least one beautiful silk suspension that is worth considering.
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The average selling price for a silk suspension at 1stDibs is $3,480, while they’re typically $1,450 on the low end and $8,255 for the highest priced.
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