Bronze Gilt
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 Louis XVI French Empire Empress Alexandra Cherubs Statue Mantel Clock  US $139.00
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 French Crystal Glass Gilt Bronze Portico Clock Baccarat Column Neoclassical Cut US $2,900.00
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 Caldwell and Co Mantel Clock – c1900works perfectly 15 OFF 25 DAYS ONLY US $4,000.00
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 Superb Unique Antique Two Cherubs Circa 1800 Gilt Bronze French Clock US $16,000.00
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 Miniature Dore Bronze aneroid Barometer Thermometer Cartel Clock Antique 1880 US $950.00
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 Gorgeous Antique Japy Freres Gilt Bronze Clock approx 1880 US $9,895.00
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 AMAZING L XVI STYLE PORCELAIN GILT BRONZE 19C FRENCH CLOCK MUSEUM PIECE US $7,500.00
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 european bronze art deco traveling clock porcelain face arabic curve side french US $2,225.00
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 european bronze art deco traveling clock porcelain face arabic numbers french II US $1,650.00
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 european bronze art deco traveling clock porcelain face arabic numbers french US $1,350.00
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 Antique French Napoleon III Boulle Inlaid 13 Mantel Clock Enamel Dial Pannard US $2,195.00
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 A BEAUTIFUL FRENCH KARTEL BRONZE CLOCK LOUIS XV 1855 US $1,199.00
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 Exceptional 19th C FRENCH GILT BRONZE CLOCK with Sweet CHERUB Sevres HP panel US $1,500.00
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 Artikelbild Artikelbild Outstanding figural Bronze Gilt Mantel Cloc US $1,390.00
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 CRAWFISH FISHER A RAR MUSE ENLIGHTENMENT FRENCH FIGURAL CLOCK ca1845 1850 US $2,295.00
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 MINI DELICATE 19TH C FRENCH BRONZE MOUNTED DESK CLOCK US $950.00
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 CHILD CHICK FIGURAL FRENCH BRONZE CLOCK RICHLY ORNATE ca1855 1865 US $1,495.00
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 CHARLES X FANTASTIC EMPIRE KARTEL FULL BRONZE 1810 1830 US $4,695.00
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 LEICA M3 SPECIAL EDITION ca1953 1955 US $979.00
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 Fantastic and Exclusive Bronze Mantel Clock US $2,550.00
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 Outstanding and Gorgeous Bronze Gilt Mantel Clock US $2,700.00
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 French Empire marble and Bronze golded clock US $589.00
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 Antique Napoleonic Marble Bronze Mantel Clock 1835 Neoclassical French Portico US $1,358.00
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 CIRCUS OUTSTANDING VERY VALUABLE FIRE GILT FRENCH FULL BRONZE CLOCK 1855 1860 US $3,495.00
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 19thc FRENCH GILT BRONZE SWINGING CHERUB MYSTERY CLOCK US $2,900.00
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 Antique French clock set signed Auguste Moreau US $1,250.00
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 Antique French Beautiful Ormolu Gilt Bronze Cartel Wall Clock 19th Century US $3,250.00
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 c1900 Unknown French Black Marble Bronze Mantle Clock Classical US $595.00
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 Antique Bronze Clock w Birds Porcelain in the Sevres Manner Ship from Paris US $992.50
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 Antique French Miniature Mantel Clock 3 Figural Enamel Plaques Gilt Bronze US $1,095.00
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 Bonhams 5 11 10 antique Japanese Timekeepers Read coll US $40.00
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 c1795 Veron A Paris Antique Dore Gilt Bronze Carrara Marble Clock w Cameos US $5,945.00
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 Gilt bronze LOVE AND FAITH CLOCK c1830 Lady with Dog Clock US $3,450.00
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 Gilt bronze marble VENUS AMOR POODLE CLOCK c1790 Innocence and Faith US $4,950.00
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 XL Gilt Bronze Boulle work Clock SUPPORT Goat heads c1800 US $2,950.00
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 A MASTERFUL OF CHEMINEE FIRE GILT SOLID BRONZE c1855 70 US $2,695.00
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 Breathtaking and Exclusive Bronze Clock Set US $3,150.00 |
 Antique 3 pc Gilt Bronze Marble Clock Set 2 Matching Candelabras US $880.00
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 Art Nouveau Sculptural Metal Clock Jennings Br c1910s US $165.00
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 1st EMPIRE GILT BRONZE ORMOLU STRIKING MANTLE CLOCK AU CHARIOT Circa 1815 1820 US $9,000.00 |
 Louis XV style gilt bronze and enamel pendulum clock US $2,800.00
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 Massive Antique French Gilt Bronze Marble Figural Clock w Writer Scholar US $2,795.00
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 MAY SALE 25 OFF GILDED BRONZE CARTEL CLOCK CHERUB IN CHARIOT w DOVES US $9,500.00 |
 Antique Bronze German Barometer Sturm Veranderlich US $5,000.00
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 Antique French Clock Late 18th C Silk Susp Figural US $3,725.00
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 Antique cherub French Bronze clock part topper top figurine sconce lamp part gil US $187.00
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 1800s Bronze French Gilt Ormolu Clock Air du Troubadour US $8,500.00
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 FRENCH 19thC ORMOLU MOUNTED WITH STRIATED BLACK WHITE MARBLE MANTLE CLOCK US $2,850.00 |
 Antique Gilt French Castle Clock Candelabra Set by Vincenti c1855 US $1,953.22
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 FRENCH Wonderful BOULLE CLOCK sign Marlinol Paris ca1870 very good conditition US $3,499.00
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 Empire Style Neo Egyptian Bronze Marble Mantle Clock US $23,500.00
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 NICE 19th C ELABORATE FRENCH GILT BRONZE SHELF CLOCK US $1,299.99
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 FRENCH 19th C ANTIQUE MARBLE BRONZE MANTLE CLOCK US $1,499.99
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 An Antique Stunning French Late 19th Century Louis XV Style Clock US $33,000.00
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 SEVRES BRONZE GILT PORCELAIN 3PC GARNITURE LOUIS XVI US $6,495.00
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 Antique French Guyenot Islamic Gilt Metal Mantle Clock US $6,000.00
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 FANTASTICALLY BEAUTIFUL FRENCH ART DECO CLOCK DIVA DOVE ca1900 1910 US $1,295.00
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 Absolutely Amazing Bronze Gilt Mantel Clock US $2,750.00 |
 Fine Antique French LOUIS XV Bronze Mantel Clock Signed HC Paris 19th Century US $2,800.00
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 Antique gilt bronze figural clock with a man on support ca 1870 US $890.00
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 Louis XV style gilt bronze clock US $5,000.00
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 19 Century French Marble Roman Pillar Clock US $12,000.00
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 Paris Allegory of Love Gilt Bronze Mantle Clock c1850 Retail $1500000 US $6,000.00
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 Altar night clock of museum qualityJakob Hermann 17th century US $499,000.00
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 Antique French Louis XV Sevres Style Figural PH Mourey Gilt Bronze Clock Set US $2,495.00
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 MAGNIFICENT AND RARE BLACK FOREST MANTEL CLOCK US $3,850.00 |
 Magnificent Antique Cherub 3 Piece Clock Set US $16,000.00
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 Antique Circa 1800 Gilt Bronze Clock with Lady Cherub US $7,500.00
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 Pons Gilt Bronze Clock Winged Lady of the Moon French circa 1830 Retail $22500 US $9,000.00
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 Extraordinary Circa 1800 French Angel Clock US $11,500.00
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 Antique French Gilt Bronze Porcelain 3 Piece Clock Set US $15,000.00
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 Ultimate Signed Circa 1800 Gilt Bronze Angel Clock US $25,000.00
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 Superb Circa 1800 French Angel Clock With Lady US $16,000.00
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 Exquisite Circa 1800 French Angel Arrow Maker Clock US $20,000.00
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 SMALL FRENCH LOUIS XV STYLE GILT BRONZE CARTEL CLOCK 1860 US $2,900.00
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 Splendid Antique 19thC Four Glass Striking Mantle Clock With Figures Twin Tubes US $2,250.00
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 Unusual Antique French Gilt Bronze Burl Walnut Empire Mantel Clock US $743.75
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 French Bronze Gothic Clock Reims Cathedral Circa 1830 40 Peterhof US $17,500.00
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 French Antique Bronze Marble Portico Clock Japy Freres Clockworks US $795.00
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 A 19th C French Gilt Bronze Chinoiserie Figural Clock US $19,500.00
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Antique Lamps - Peking Glass
In our modern world, glass is an every day part of life, but this was not always so.
The elegant and ethereal medium known as “glass” is simply and basically made of sand, and or, silica and a flux; sodium or potassium. These elements fuse together when melted at a very high temperature, resulting in the product readily recognised as glass.
Glass is an ancient invention, having been produced for the past 5000 years and particularly since the development of techniques in the 18th century. The first glass makers were found in ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia, 5000 years ago with examples of this early glass surviving today. At the time, it was seen as a very exotic product and study has shown that the simple techniques used were held as secret by those ancient artisans.
The first glass products were rather crude bottles and flasks, produced by moulding the basic shape from mud. The modelled shape was held by inserting a short metal rod into one end with the shape then dipped into molten glass thus forming the "core" of the flask shape. Long molten threads of glass, known as "canes", were then wound around this basic shape until the flask or bottle was complete.
Before its fall, Egypt held the monopoly on glass making throughout the known world. When the Romans invaded Egypt, they quickly adopted the glass making secrets discovered. It was, in fact, the Romans who continued the development of glass making with the introduction of glass blowing, around the 1st century BC. It was from this Roman development of glass making that led to the production of glass through out the Western world.
In the meantime, the Chinese had discovered glass which, in ancient China, was attributed with special properties such as the ability to keep evil spirits away. It was also considered to have healing properties being associated with gemstones and crystals, however, prior to the 17th century, the Chinese found little use for this product. It should be remembered that, up until the 19th century, architecture worldwide used very little glass in windows, with the Chinese favouring sheets of translucent paper. Nor was glass required for storage purposes due to China’s highly developed and refined production of porcelain.
While China had been producing glass since about 700 BC with various small glass workshops operating throughout the country, most of these workshops with their small random outputs, were short lived. It is also apparent that glass did not rate Imperial patronage until the late 17th century with the Kang Xi Emperor (1662-1722) establishing the first state glass factory as an Imperial workshop in 1696. The workshop was located within the palace walls of the Forbidden City and was staffed with the best craftsmen to be found in China.
The beautiful Chinese glass, so well known in the West as "Peking glass", was in fact, introduced to the Chinese by a 17th century German Jesuit missionary priest. The missionary supervised the establishment of the Imperial workshop and brought many Western techniques of glass and enamel work to the Chinese court. As a result, Peking glass has been correctly described as a "stepchild" in the great family of Chinese decorative arts.
Interestingly, it was the introduction of snuff, or, finely powdered tobacco, that led to the establishment of the Imperial workshop. When Europeans first arrived in China, not only did they discover new and exciting things, but the Chinese, equally unaware of the Western world, discovered ideas new to China and snuff taking was one of them!
Due to the fast developing habit of using snuff at the Imperial court and it quickly gaining popularity in high society, glass snuff bottles were produced. The Imperial workshop commenced production of tiny bottles specifically, for the purpose of containing snuff or powdered tobacco being for use by the Imperial family, or, given as gifts to civil and military ministers of the Imperial court and foreign diplomats.
A Chinese “Peking Glass” table lamp, the lamp of typical thick walled, heavy construction, weighing just over 4 lb / 1.8kg. The mustard yellow lamp standing on a custom made, gilt wood base and seated in a gold plated bronze ring, the lamp fitted with a gold plated bronze cap. Circa 1900. Overall height (including shade) 22"/56cm
A Chinese “Peking Glass” table lamp.The glass of a rich cobalt blue and of typical Peking glass type, thick walled and a heavy base with a weight of 4.2 lb / 2 kg.
The down light of the lamp producing an effective illumination of the cobalt blue glass, (more widely known in the West as Bristol blue). The lamp fitted with a turned, gold plated bronze cap and standing on a turned Maple wood base burnished with Dutch gilding. Circa 1900 Overall height (including shade) 20”/50cm
These early productions were monochromes or, single colours in Imperial egg yolk yellow, ruby red and opaline green. They were of simple shape, or, ''scholar's taste'', ranging from plain to highly decorative pieces with multicolored glass overlays, the glass being either carved or faceted.
Overlay glass was later developed. This involved dipping a glass item into a vat of molten glass of contrasting colour. The shape was then cooled, requiring a 3 day period after which it was decoratively carved revealing the original coloured layer of glass. Glass carving is a lengthy and tedious process, both time consuming and labour intensive. The final shaping and polishing is done by hand in the traditional jade-cutting process of methodical grinding and polishing.
The Peking glass lamp illustrated is a single color example and was produced by repeatedly dipping the glass shape into a vat of molten glass until the required shape was produced and finally finished and polished.
Today, Peking glass is found in many forms both functional and purely decorative.
The Antique & Vintage Table Lamp Co specialise in antique lamps with an on-line range of over 100 unique, antique lamps. Lamps are shipped ready wired for the US the UK and Australia.
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About the Author
Maurice Robertson, principal of The Antique and Vintage Table Lamp Co , has had a lifetime’s association with antique porcelain and pottery,with his commercial experience spaning a period of 40 years,including as a valuer to the Australian Government’s Incentive to the Arts Scheme. His long experience with antique ceramics and glass also includes dealing with leading museums and numerous international private collections. He has extended his ceramics expertise into the quality table lamps seen on the company’s site, he is well known to local and international interior designers who have included many of his table lamps in their projects and has also supplied items of national interest to the official Sydney residence of the Australian Prime Minister.
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