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Billiet & Cottebrune Paris

A late 19th century, French, brass inlaid scarlet red tortoiseshell and ormolu mounted mantel clock. The finial modelled as a basket of fruit above a waisted shaped case, the sides and front inlaid  with engraved scrolling brass and mounted with rococo gilt bronze. The circular gilt dial with twelve piece enamel tablets, an eight day movement with brocot suspension, rack striking the hour and half hour on a bell. Movement and pendulum numbered 8559.

Height 12″ (30.5cm)

Width 6 1/2″ (16.5cm)

Depth 4″ (10.3cm)

French

Circa 1880

Aubert et Klaftenberger

Genève

A late 19th century red tortoiseshell and cut brass inlaid ormolu mounted Boulle clock. The circular gilt dial with white enamel centre and roman numeral tablets inset a waisted Louis XV style case with scrolling cut brass marquetry. The eight day movement rack striking the hour & half hour on a bell, numbered 10037.

Height 11 3/4″ (30cm)

Width 6 1/4″ (16cm)

Depth 3 3/4″ (9.5cm)

French

Circa 1880

T Cox Savory Paris

A Napoleon III red Boulle and ormolu mounted mantel clock in the Louis XV style. Of waisted form the shaped case with allover cut brass and tortoiseshell marquetry, mounted with finely cast and chased gilt bronze. The eight day movement with Brocot suspension, rack striking the hour and half hour on a gong. The circular gilt dial with enamel Roman numeral tablets marking the hours. Movement and case numbered 7059.

Primarily a retailer and silversmith, Thomas Cox Savory is recorded at 47 Cornhill, London in 1838 when he exhibited in his front window a mystery clock by Robert-Houdin. Loomes records him there 1851-1857 and also as having premises in Paris from the mid to late 19th Century.

Height 35cm

Width 23cm

Depth 14cm

French

Circa 1880

Achille Brocot and Delettrez

A late 19th century green tortoiseshell and engraved brass inlaid clock in the Louis XV style. Of small waisted form, the case finely inlaid to all four sides and with original gilt bronze mounts. The eight day movement stamped ABD for Achille Brocot and Delettrez, rack striking the hour and half hour on a bell with Brocot suspension. The gilt dial with enamel cartouche roman numerals. Movement and case numbered 22176.

Jean-Baptiste Delettrez (1816-1887) went into business with A Brocot at 62 Rue Charlot in Paris in 1851. They exhibited together at the 1857 Universal Exhibition.

Height 11 3/4″

Width 6 1/2″

Depth 4″

French

Circa 1880

A late 19th century, French, ormolu mounted tortoiseshell, brass and pewter inlaid Religieuse clock in the Louis XIV style. The stepped top with balustraded frieze containing the bell, above a glazed door flanked by turned columns and outset corners, standing on toupie feet. The circular gilt dial with Roman numeral enamel tablets and minute markers, with a twin train spring driven movement rack striking the hour & half hour on a bell. Month going movement.

Height 16 1/2” (42cm)

Width 12” (30.5cm)

Depth 5 1/4” (13.4cm)

French

Circa 1880

A late 19th century red tortoiseshell and engraved brass inlaid mantel clock in the Louis XV style. The waisted case of small form inlaid to the sides and front with brass and mounted with gilt metal. The eight day Charles Vincennes movement with Brocot suspension, visible starburst pendulum, striking the hour & half hour on a bell. The movement numbered 33677. Mounts regilded.

Height 12 1/4″

Width 6 1/2″

Depth 4″

French

Circa 1890

 A Napoleon III, French, red tortoiseshell and cut brass inlaid Boulle clock, with gilt metal mounts. The clock case of waisted form in the Louis XV style, decorated to the front and sides with boulle marquetry and mounted with scrolling acanthus gilt bronze. The Japy Freres & Cie movement with circular white enamel dial and roman numerals, with eight day brocot escapement striking the hour & half hour on a gong, with sunburst bob. Numbered 5714. The Japy Seal struck with ‘GDE Med D’Honneur’, which they won at both the ”Expo Universelle Paris’ in 1855 and 1867.

Height 12″

Width 6 1/2″

Depth 4″

French

Circa 1865

J B Delettrez

Probably retailed by Charles Frodsham

A late 19th century red tortoiseshell and engraved brass inlaid clock in the Louis XV style. Of small waisted form, the case finely inlaid to all four sides and with original gilt bronze mounts. The eight day Delettrez movement rack striking the hour and half hour on a bell with Brocot suspension. The gilt dial with enamel cartouche roman numerals. Movement stamped JBD and numbered 33044. The rubbed dial signed Chas Frodsham.

Height 11 3/4″

Width 6 1/2″

Depth 4″

French

Circa 1880

Jean Baptiste Delettrez

A Napoleon III red Boulle and ormolu mounted mantel clock in the Louis XV style. Of waisted form the shaped case with allover cut brass and tortoiseshell marquetry, mounted with finely cast and chased gilt bronze. The eight day movement with Brocot suspension, rack striking the hour and half hour on a gong. The circular gilt dial with enamel roman numeral enamel tablets marking the hours and  Arabic 5 minutes. Movement and case numbered 31542.

Jean-Baptiste Delettrez (1816-1887) went into business with A Brocot at 62 Rue Charlot in Paris in 1851. They exhibited together at the 1857 Universal Exhibition. This innovative and fruitful partnership continued until the death of Brocot fils in 1878, after which event Delettrez continued on his own. His typical later product was a conventional 8-day mantle clock that struck the hours and half-hours, still based on the standard Brocot escapement and suspension that he had helped to refine. These elegant and much-admired timepieces were typically made to order for retailers, including several in Britain, with dials carrying the name of the retailer rather than that of their maker, but whose mechanism was stamped with the cartouche (JBD).

Height 35cm

Width 23cm

Depth 14cm

French

Circa 1880

J B Delettrez

Retailed by Klaftenberger

A late 19th century green tortoiseshell and engraved brass inlaid clock in the Louis XV style. Of small waisted form, the case finely inlaid to all four sides and with original gilt bronze mounts. The eight day Delettrez movement rack striking the hour and half hour on a bell with Brocot suspension. The gilt dial with enamel cartouche roman numerals. Movement and case numbered 26533.

Height 11 3/4″

Width 6 1/2″

Depth 4″

French

Circa 1880

A late 19th century, French, red tortoiseshell and brass inlaid boulle clock in the Louis XV style. Of waisted form, the engraved brass inlaid body mounted with gilt bronze. The eight day Japy Freres movement with Brocot suspension striking the hour and half hour on a gong via a rack strike. The gilt dial with enamel tablet roman numerals, the XII dated to the reverse 1895. The movement & pendulum numbered 1036.

Height 19 1/2″

Width 13″

Depth 7″

French

Circa 1895

Miroy Fres A Paris

A Napoleon III green tortoiseshell, cut brass and ormolu mounted, Boulle, mantel clock. The shaped oak carcase decorated to front and sides with scrolling brass marquetry, standing on a stepped plinth base with acanthus scroll feet, the sides with pierced panels backed in red silk. The eight day Vincenti movement numbered 912, with Brocot suspension and outside countwheel striking the hour & half hour on a bell.

French

Circa 1870

A late 19th century, French, scarlet red tortoiseshell and brass inlaid mantel clock with rococo gilt bronze mounts. The shaped case with straight sides, mounted with pierced metal & material lined panels, surmounted by a flame finial with a glazed front panel and visible starburst pendulum. The circular enamel dial with blue roman numerals and pierced brass hands, with an eight day Japy Freres movement and Brocot suspension, rack striking the hour and half hour on a bell. Mounts regilded. Movement numbered 8145.

French

Circa 1890