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Achille Brocet and Jean Baptiste Deletrez, ”French Figural Porcelain Clock,” 19th c., with a large
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Achille Brocet and Jean Baptiste Deletrez, "French Figural Porcelain Clock," 19th c., with a large winged Cupid figure flanking a time and strike drum clock, impressed on the Movement "A. Brocet & J. Deletrez, Paris," flanked by applied doves and floral decoration, with his quiver of arrows at his feet, lacking the pendulum, H.- 15 5/8 in., W.- 15 in., D.- 7 in.
A Large French Gilt Bronze Figural Clock After Jean-Franacois-Theodore Gechter (1796-1844)
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A Large French Gilt Bronze Figural Clock After Jean-Franacois-Theodore Gechter (1796-1844)
Circa 1900
the equestrian group depicting Charles Martel Fighting Abderame, King of the Saracens after the 1840 model, inscribed T. GECHTER; raised on a walnut and gilt bronze base; with a Brocot escapement and eight-day movement striking on a bell.
Height overall 29 3/4 x width of base 21 3/8 inches.
Property from the Estate of Michael L. Wilkie, Chicago, Illinois
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Donrose Galleries, Inc., Chicago
Michael L. Wilkie (1941-2021) was the owner of one of the most renowned penthouses in both Chicago and the nation. Recently offered for sale for the first time in nearly fifty years, the penthouse occupies the entire top floor and roof terrace of 1500 Lake Shore Drive, which was built in 1927 by celebrated architect Rosario Candela.Wilkie, who grew up in Long Grove, Illinois as well as Montecito, California, played a critical role in expanding his family business, the DoALL Company, which came to include over 70 companies around the globe. His father, Leighton A. Wilkie, founded DoALL and invented the metal-cutting bandsaw, one of the most widely used tools in manufacturing today. Michael Wilkie worked for and ran the business for 60 years.
Photos courtesy of Andrew Miller and The Baines Group, Jameson | Sotheby's International Realty.
Exceptional French Gilt Bronze Figural and Ocher Marble Mantel Clock, 19th c., with a large
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Exceptional French Gilt Bronze Figural and Ocher Marble Mantel Clock, 19th c., with a large allegorical figure of "Knowledge," a seated woman in classical robes leaning on a globe atop a stack of books, atop a rectangular marble block with a time and strike drum clock, with a central relief star and an enamel chapter ring, on a stepped sloping plinth with a bronze musical instrument frieze, above a sloping bronze mounted marble base, on scrolled patinated bronze feet, with pendulum, H.- 22 1/2 in., W.- 15 1/2 in., D.- 6 in.
French Sevres-Style Gilt Bronze & Porcelain Mantel Clock, Achille Brocot
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French Sevres-Style Gilt Bronze & Porcelain Mantel Clock, Achille Brocot
circa 1865
the clock with enameled porcelain panels decorated with classical figures, flanking the dial are two winged figures above acanthus-relief moldings and raised on stepped feet, movement marked "AB" inside star
17 x 11 1/2 x 6 inches
Jean Rennes French Figural Bronze Cartel Clock
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Cast gilt bronze case, figural putti holding floral garland crest, rococo foliate scroll sides and lower case. Enamel dial with Roman and Arabic numerals, marked Jean Rennes. Time and bell strike movement marked Jean A Rennes, overall 31.5" h. x 16" x 9.75".
A large and impressive mid 19th century French figural clock with annular dial
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France, a large and impressive mid 19th figural clock with annular dial, at the right a mottled marble plinth surmounted by a cobalt blue porcelain sphere decorated with small gold stars, at it's equator a silvered roman numeral chapter ring marked with hours and minutes, at the left, a bisque, seated female figure in ancient Grecian dress, her left hand held above the sphere, and the right holding a pair of gilt brass dividers, the point indicating the time on the silvered ring, 8 – 15 day brass timepiece movement with silk suspension and Brocot escapement, all on a rectangular Portoro marble base
A large and impressive mid 19th century French figural clock with annular dial
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France, a large and impressive mid 19th figural clock with annular dial, at the right a mottled marble plinth surmounted by a cobalt blue porcelain sphere decorated with small gold stars, at it's equator a silvered roman numeral chapter ring marked with hours and minutes, at the left, a bisque, seated female figure in ancient Grecian dress, her left hand held above the sphere, and the right holding a pair of gilt brass dividers, the point indicating the time on the silvered ring, 8 – 15 day brass timepiece movement with silk suspension and Brocot escapement, all on a rectangular Portoro marble base