Louis XVI Style Figural Clock Garniture, Marti et Cie
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An ormolu figural clock garniture in the Louis XVI style, circa 1900, with maker's mark for Samuel Marti et Cie, a richly ornamented mantle clock with cupids bearing attributes and festoons surrounding a drum head enclosing an enamel dial with Arabic numerals and marked Margarin Freres, Palenciennes, raised on marble based trimmed with bead borders and neoclassical ornaments, with conforming boy and girl candelabrum sidepieces, height 36 cm, width 30 cm, depth 12 cm
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- 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.
- Circa - A Latin term meaning 'about', often used in the antique trade to give an approximate date for the piece, usually considered to be five years on either side of the circa year. Thus, circa 1900 means the piece was made about 1900, probably between 1895 and 1905. The expression is sometimes abbreviated to c.1900.
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