Antique American Clocks January 2020
415. $150
Japy Freres marble portico with candelabras, ca. 1896. Entitled “Les Deux Pigeons” (note the
two birds on the base), a 16.5-inch high white marble portico-style clock with draped brass ornamentation, four marble columns, and
three marble finials on a marble base on brass feet. The porcelain dial is decorated with garlands and brass hands. The
8-time and half-hour strike movement is running and striking a nickel bell, regulated by a French sunburst pendulum. It is signed
in back; there is a bezel on the back but no glass. The marble is clean, with no chips or cracks, the brass is reasonably bright. The dial glass is beveled and convex. There are two small matching candelabra, both unmarred. $150-$250.