Japy Freres Silver Plated Bronze Bracket Clock. A beautiful and unusual bronze bracket clock, Baroque in style and silver plated with contrasting gild.
It is profusely decorated with fabric backed fretted panels with goddess masks, cornucopia and stylised acanthus. To the top are four beautifully modelled dolphins. The rear door is also beautifully modelled allowing the clock to be displayed in the round.
The dial is heavily cast in bronze with an armorial motif to the centre and 12 porcelain enamel cartouche letters. It is complete with original blued steel hands and convex glass. The French movement is by. And is of high quality.
It is in excellent clean and running condition with original pendulum. It runs for 8 days and strikes the hours and halves on a bell.
Condition of the case is excellent, the silvering and gild are clean and bright with only occasional discolouration and marks. The dial is also in excellent condition with no damage. The clock has previously been restored with fresh fabric fitted to the sound frets. Clockmaker's mark on the movement backplate. Complete with original pendulum, bell and a suitable key. Full setting up instructions supplied if required. Listed in UKP and USD, please see our store for your prefered currency. Height 17 1/2", Width 10", Depth 7 1/4.Height 44.5 cm, Width 25.5 cm, Depth 18.5 cm. All of our clocks are original antiques , we source most of our clocks in France, Belgium, the Netherlands and the UK.
We then clean the cases using a technique we have developed over many years. We employ two qualified clockmakers who overhaul the movements.Movements are thoroughly tested until we are satisfied that they will run trouble free. We use a premium courier such as UPS, DHL etc or a dedicated/specialist antiques courier.
>> See more in our Shop >>. The item "Japy Freres Antique French Silver Plated Bronze Bracket Clock" is in sale since Sunday, July 21, 2019. This item is in the category "Antiques\Decorative Arts\Clocks". The seller is "dragon-antiques" and is located in Belper. This item can be shipped worldwide.