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Louis XVI Ormolu Clock Showing Henry IV Catalogue: Antiques: Instruments and Implements: Timepieces: Clocks: Pre 1837 VR item# 709182 (stock# 6607)
click for details		Gordon S. Converse and Co. 610.722.9004 $12,500.00
A late eighteenth or early 19th century fine and interesting ormolu mantel clock depicting Henry IV in a fabled setting with an innkeeper peering at him at night. The white porcelain dial is signed Chretien, a Parisian maker. This type of clock was particularly popular about 1810, especially with figures at various pursuits- sometimes suggesting a profession or trade. The ormolu surface is original and in excellent condition. 15 1/2" high, 11 3/4" wide. RL*

FRENCH CLOCK OF AMERICAN INTEREST Catalogue: Antiques: Instruments and Implements: Timepieces: Clocks: Pre 1837 VR item# 709168 (stock# 5639)
click for details		Gordon S. Converse and Co. 610.722.9004 $11,500.00
A black slate or marble and ormolu mounted mantel clock of American interest measuring 22" X 16 1/2" X 6". After our Revolution and until the mid 1800s the French exported clocks to this country. Some were adapted to American tastes with patriotic symbols. This clock was probably made between 1790 and 1810. It has the Federal eagle cast into the pendulum bob. Handsome clocks like this were found in the wealthiest households of the young United States' citizens. In excellent co ...click for details

Anglo Lion Clock Catalogue: Antiques: Instruments and Implements: Timepieces: Clocks: Pre 1900 item# 709138 (stock# 7021)
click for details		Gordon S. Converse and Co. 610.722.9004 $12,500.00
A fine bronze gilt mantel of cabinet clock showing a lion carrying the clock within an exotic forested environment with a frog, a snail and a lizard. This rare clock is what one would expect from post Renaissance France, yet the clock is apparently English, with a balance wheel mechanism and fusee and a yet to be determined repeat mechanism of some kind. 15" High by 11" X 7". The case has been re gilt, and a number of the case screws are obviously not of an 18th century origin. R ...click for details

RARE MYSTERY CLOCK ATTRIBUTED TO ROBERT-HOUDIN Catalogue: Antiques: Instruments and Implements: Timepieces: Clocks: Pre 1837 VR item# 709132 (stock# 7741)
click for details		Gordon S. Converse and Co. 610.722.9004 $21,000.00
Jean Eugene Robert-Houdin (1806- 1871)was a master clockmaker who known for his mystery clocks. He was active in the mid 1800s, and had a double life as an both inventor of remarkable mechanical devices, including his famous mystery clocks, and as one of the first conjurers, or magicians, in history. (In fact, Ehrich Weiss took the name Harry Houdini in the 20th century to honor the famous Robert-Houdin.) This clock was sold by Promolu of Paris, the name inscribed on the dial, it was under the R ...click for details

PENNSYLVANIA TALL CLOCK BY JOHN MURPHY Catalogue: Antiques: Instruments and Implements: Timepieces: Clocks: Pre 1837 VR item# 708455 (stock# 6773)
click for details		Gordon S. Converse and Co. 610.722.9004 $27,000.00
A very handsome solid walnut Lehigh Valley, Pennsylvania tall clock by John Murphy. There are several John Murphys listed as working in Pennsylvania, but we favor the attribution to Johannes Murphy (who signed as "John"). Johannes Murphy, worked in Allentown and Northampton between 1790 and 1810. The subtleties of the case distinguish this as Lehigh Valley: the tapered molded scrolls of the bonnet, the use of five finials on the bonnet, the use of very thick solid woods in construction ...click for details

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