Antique Eclectic Candle-Holder Carved Wood Italy XIX Century - Italy, Late XIX Century

France, Early XIX Century

Robert & Courvoisier temple table clock in gilded bronze, finely chiselled and engraved. Decorations with lion heads, winged dragons and plant motifs. The enamelled metal display with hours and minutes in Arabic numerals is held by a gilded bronze frame with the twelve zodiac signs. In the center of the dial signature of the well-known watchmakers. Movement with striker for the hours and quarters, on two bells.

Italy, Late XIX Century

Pair of obelisks in red granite surmounted by two terrestrial and celestial globes in gilded bronze. The obelisks rest on two granite plinths with a base and capital in Giallo di Siena marble resting on gilded bronze feet; the two obelisks rest on plinths supported by 4 gilded bronze turtles. The bronze turtles are later embellishments.

Camillo Borghese

The gilt bronze mantel clock has a base decorated on the front with leafy phytomorphic motifs and a central floral element, and is supported by elaborate spinning top feet that streamline its shape. On the base rests a large plinth in which the dial is housed and on the side the figure of a young man leaning against the plinth. The display of the clock in Roman numerals for the hours and Arabic numerals for the minutes bears the writing at the top “Lu. Lacroix H.er. " and under the heading "De S. A. I. Lu Prince Camille, A Turin". Under the dial, in gilded and chiseled bronze, there is a panoply with a basket overflowing with fruit and vegetables, above which a shovel and a lituo are crossed and from which two rich vegetable garlands hang; on the side a mask with female features within a crown consisting of two cornucopias and laurel branches. To the left of the plinth there is a young man with a short cassock and a long shovel held in his hands, in a relaxed attitude and leaning with his left arm against the structure of the clock, above which a bagpipe is placed. The mechanism is original. to the wind. The quadripartite tops, always in striped walnut, have an almond-shaped reserve in the center with floral decorations that is started inside by two fans and a central rose window. The feet are in the shape of a truncated pyramid.

19th Century / 1801 - 1900

On a round base is placed the nativity scene composed of the Holy Family with the ox and the donkey, three cherubs flying in the sky. The seated Madonna and standing Saint Joseph turn an adoring gaze to the baby Jesus placed in a sheet on the manger, the faces of the two animals appear between them, while three cherubs hang in flight on a sort of architectural capriccio with a column. Missing protective glass case. The figurines are typically made with a terracotta bust and limbs with glassy eyes joined together in an integral manner with an iron and cloth mannequin, covered in silk clothes. The architecture is made of wood, cork and various materials.