18th Century Chantilly Porcelain and Ormolu Mantel Clock

French Chantilly porcelain and ormolu mantel clock 18th century,…
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French Chantilly porcelain and ormolu mantel clock 18th century, modelled as two polychrome Chinese musicians seating on a rocky foliate outcrop, the later movement signed 'Vital', c. 1910, enclosed in a porcelain drum and raised on a gilt metal palm tree with a surround of flowers, restored, height 40 cm. Provenance: Martyn Cook Antiques, c. 2005. The Collection of Mr and Mrs Matthew Handbury, Sydney

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  • Movement - The technical name for the workings of a clock or watch, and does not include the dial or case.
  • Polychrome - Made or finished in many colours. For furniture, it is used to indicated a painted finish.
  • Foliate - Decorated with leaves or leaf-like forms.
  • Ormolu - Ormolu was popular with French craftsmen in the 18th and 19th century for ornamental fittings for furniture, clocks and other decorative items. True ormolu is gilt bronze, that is bronze that has been coated with gold using a mercury amalgam. Due to the health risks associated with using mercury, this method of creating ormolu was discontinued in France in the 1830s. A substitute was developed consisting of about 75% copper and 25% zinc, however it was inferior to the bronze version. It was often lacquered to prevent it tarnishing.

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