Large French bronze table clock from the late 19th century (92 cm high) - Working

French mantel clocks from the late 19th and early 20th centuries have a surprising variety of styles and decorations. These stylistic diversities are marked by both the elegant Neoclassical influence as well as the exuberance of the 17th-century and Rococo periods. This can be clearly seen in our clock, which looks both to the 17th-century Berninian sculptures and to Canova and Thorwaldsen, typical examples of Neoclassicism. In the late 19th century, among the most common compositional stylemes, we find the colonnade and other architectural forms with groups of figures of refined plastic workmanship, just as in our case. French clocks of this period were mainly produced in Paris. The sculptural quality of the gilded and burnished bronze is surprisingly realistic and of absolute scenic effect. The mechanism, placed in the center of the clock, strikes the hours and half hours on a bell with sweet and light chimes. In gilded and burnished bronze and various metals. Perfectly working, it is in excellent condition. France - late nineteenth century Provenance: France Measurements: Height 92 cm Width 48.5 cm Depth 36 cm