19th Century Austrian Silver-Gilt & Painted Enamel Clock, Karl Bender, c.1880

Antique late-19th Century Austrian exceptional solid silver gilt & lapis lazuli miniature clock, At the top, a cherub feeds grapes to a panther, while a pair of lion masks adorn the ...

Antique 19th Century Austrian exceptionally rare solid silver gilt, enamel and rock crystal drinking horn, by Hermann Ratzersdorfer, Vienna, circa 1880s. The drinking horn is made of...

A Monumental 19th Century Regency Style Gilt-Bronze Inlaid Grand Cartel de Applique, In the Manner of André-Charles Boulle. This impressive and large cartel clock has a circular, arabesque chased, brass dial with Roman numerals on enamelled cartouches, with engraved seconds and steel hands. The rear of the clock is open cased. The dial sits within a waisted case, with large acanthus mounted gilt-bronze volutes, surmounted by a palmette mascaron and a figure of Jupiter as a child and an enamel cartouche signed ‘Thuret A PARIS’. It is supported on large foliate mounted scrolls and decorated to the sides with Boulle marquetry panels and lion mask mounts. An eighteenth-century version of this clock by ‘Mynuel A Paris’ (Maitre 1720) is illustrated by Tardy in ‘La Pendule Francaise’, 1ere partie, p. 141. Initially conceived by C. Cressent, the design was further refined by A.C. Boulle before being embraced by J.J. de Saint-Germain. The earliest examples of this distinctive style bear the signature of clockmaker J. III Thuret. Only a handful of identical specimens of this model are known to exist. One such identical piece resides in the Frick Collection in New York, originating from the Dalva Brothers...

Antiques 19th Century French Rococo-style gilt-bronze mantle clock crafted by Raingo Frères. The clock boasts intricate decoration throughout, with birds resting on floral foliage ad...

A rare and very fine Viennese (Austrian) table/desk figurative silver standing clock, finely hand-painted with enamel depicting allegorical scenes to base, each roundel spaced with ...

Highly sculptural Austrian Empire hand carved gilt-wood clock depicting an eagle holding a fabric piece. The center of the piece has a clock situated in it with Roman numerals. Made ...

Antique 19th Century Viennese Austrian Enamel & Silver Rock Crystal Desk Clock by Hermann Böhm. Vienna, c.1880, the egg-shaped case surmounted by the figure of a putto, opening to re...

Gilt bronze clock, 19th century Large original gilt bronze clock, decorated with garlands of flowers and two hull heads to the right and left of the...