Curious Rococo Mantel Clock in Ebonized Wood and Brass Sconces, ca.1900.

This is a beautiful Rococo mantle clock from 1900, it resembles grandfather clocks, made of an ebonized decorative wood with inlays in brass. Its shape resembles a large clock, but that, due to its size, is a mantle clock, with a sinuous outline made of fine and decorative wood. Certainly, we must highlight the golden brass vegetable decorations that are distributed around the clock, in clear contrast with the dark wood, through plaques and inlays located at the corners, feet and crest. The beautiful upper face is made of white enamel, with black enamelled Roman numerals and sword hands. This clock has the great peculiarity of leaving the machinery at sight through a circumference in the centre of the face that allows you to see the golden machinery. The pendulum shows at its centre the figure of the sun, from which ray light depart in all directions displayed behind a glass which, like the one that protects the area, is the original one. This fantastic clock is in perfect condition, with the revision made and machinery working perfectly. There are no traces of damage and it seems like new. The first clocks were made to hang on a wall, but thanks to the spring mechanism was possible to pick it up and move them from one place to another. These early clocks did not appear in France until 1750, and had to wait a decade to be consolidated in England. They were commonly called "fireplace clocks" because they were located in the fire in the firehouse, around which the whole family sat together. The first samples followed the lines of the French Regency style, following later other styles such as Rococo that showed a great ornamentation and also used the contrast in colours as an ornament device.Size: 7 cm (diameter sphere), 49 x 15 cm.