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Baltazart: French White Marble & Ormolu Mantel Clock, C.1820-30
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Baltazart: French White Marble & Ormolu Mantel Clock, C.1820-30

19th century
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A good early 19th century French white marble and ormolu Mantel Clock, by maker 'Baltazart'. This fine example features four white marble columns, each decorated with flowers, leaves, ribbons and chains. Urns above each column and the clock itself features flowers and pineapples. The clock is supported on a white marble base with gold feet. The 8-day movement with hair-sprung adjustable pendulum, is concealed behind a glass panelled rear door and strikes hours and half-hours on a bell. The painted dial features roman numerals with gilded Fleur-de-Lis hands. Complete with original winding and pendulum adjustment keys.

The makers name 'Baltazart' is painted on the dial below the ‘6’ behind the convex front glass door.

The BALTAZART family of clockmakers are known to have worked in Paris from different addresses during the period 1786 to about 1830. Sometimes written Baltazar; Baltazard or Balthazard.

Dimensions:  Height: 16.5 inches; Width: 12 inches; Depth:  4 inches.   (42 x 30.5 x 10 cm)

Date:    c.1820-30

Physical Dimensions
Height
42cm (16.54")
Width
30.5cm (12.01")
Depth
10cm (3.94")
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Quiet Street Antiques of Bath has dated this French Marble Mantel Clock to the 19th Century.

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SA967691
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284/PFK
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A good early 19th century French white marble and ormolu Mantel Clock, by maker 'Baltazart'.
This fine example features four white marble columns, each decorated with flowers, leaves, ribbons and chains.
Quiet Street Antiques of Bath

Urns above each column and the clock itself features flowers and pineapples. The clock is supported on a white marble base with gold feet. The 8-day movement with hair-sprung adjustable pendulum, is concealed behind a glass panelled rear door and strikes hours and half-hours on a bell. The painted dial features roman numerals with gilded Fleur-de-Lis hands. Complete with original winding and pendulum adjustment keys.

fig 1. A French Restoration period white marble and gilt-bronze portico mantel clock featuring architectural columns, draped chain swags, and a white enamel dial.
fig 1. Baltazart: French White Marble & Ormolu Mantel Clock, C.1820-30

The makers name 'Baltazart' is painted on the dial below the ‘6’ behind the convex front glass door.

The BALTAZART family of clockmakers are known to have worked in Paris from different addresses during the period 1786 to about 1830. Sometimes written Baltazar; Baltazard or Balthazard.

Dimensions:  Height: 16.5 inches; Width: 12 inches; Depth:  4 inches.   (42 x 30.5 x 10 cm)

Date:    c.1820-30

Height
42cm (16.54")
Width
30.5cm (12.01")
Depth
10cm (3.94")
Date of Manufacture

Quiet Street Antiques of Bath has dated this French Marble Mantel Clock to the 19th Century.

Reference Numbers
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SA967691
Dealers Internal Ref
284/PFK
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A French Restoration period white marble and gilt-bronze portico mantel clock featuring architectural columns, draped chain swags, and a white enamel dial.
Baltazart: French White Marble & Ormolu Mantel Clock, c.1820-30
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A French portico mantel clock is an architectural timepiece featuring upright columns that support a central clock movement above a solid base. Popularised during the late 18th and early 19th centuries, these clocks draw inspiration from classical Greek and Roman temple facades.

High-end 19th-century French timepieces were constructed primarily from carved white marble, alabaster, or dark slate, augmented by mercury-gilded bronze mounts known as ormolu. The clock faces were typically made from fire-enamelled copper dials with hand-painted numerals.

Authentic pieces usually exhibit fine channelling and hand-chased detail on the gilded bronze fittings, alongside countwheel striking mechanisms and silk-thread or steel suspensions. The enamelled dial often bears the name of the clockmaker and their city, such as Paris.

Place the timepiece centrally on a fireplace mantelpiece, sideboard, or console table to establish a focal point. Combine it with contemporary artwork or minimalist ceramic vases to balance the detailed Neoclassical architecture of the clock.

Dust surfaces regularly with a soft, dry microfibre cloth or a fine camel-hair brush to clean recessed metalwork. Avoid chemical cleaners, abrasive pastes, or water on gilt bronze and porous marble, as moisture and solvents cause irreversible surface degradation.
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