| If you are into French culture and you collect antique | | | | clock garniture. It has a clock with circular dial, twin |
| clocks, chances are you are on a look out for antique | | | | winding holes, numerals, and eight-day movement. |
| French clock. You shouldn't have to look any further | | | | It strikes on a bell and the square tapered base has |
| because the Internet will provide you with the | | | | an applied ormolu decoration on the plinth base has a |
| information you need on the clock that you want to | | | | cast brass feet. The two-light candelabra are also |
| buy. | | | | modeled as flowering and leafy stems. |
| Take for example, a French ormolu mounted veined | | | | The fine French brass-cased four glass mantel is the |
| marble portico clock. Now this antique French clock is | | | | trademark of most designs. Most of these models |
| a best seller simply because of its elaborate designs | | | | have white-enamelled Arabic chapter rings with swag |
| and detailed finishing. | | | | decorations. |
| It also has a history behind these. The numbers on | | | | The framing of the gilt centers the designs and |
| this particular clock are inspired by Arabic art. The | | | | literally shows the collector that this is a piece worth |
| mechanisms consist of a two train movement that | | | | obtaining. |
| allows the bell to be struck every half hour. | | | | The arched cases come up with a beveled glazing |
| The case surmounts the wreath that is the | | | | and cast foliage and the flaming torches and quivers |
| trademark of this specific antique French clock. | | | | of arrows on four block feet of the h mercury and |
| There is another one that comes with cast flowering | | | | two-jar pendulum. |
| plants on a galleried demi lune platform that is | | | | Finally, the late 19th century rouge of the marble |
| supported by columns. Together, the designs are | | | | clock garniture of an antique French clock is |
| surmounted by wreaths, and enameled dials with the | | | | surmounted by gilt that has a bronze eagle and |
| matching pair of urns. | | | | serpent with an applied ormolu floral decoration. |
| Now these designs are very eye catching and they | | | | The pair of classical rouge marble urns are then upon |
| literally declare the antique French clock to anyone | | | | square molded rouge marbles. These elaborate |
| who wants to include these to their collections. | | | | decorations are what set the antique French clock |
| Another one that stands out in anyone's collection is | | | | apart from the rest. |
| the 19th century French ormolu and white marble | | | | |