FRENCH EMPIRE JAPY FRERES

EBONIZED WOOD AND GILT

COLUMNAR MANTEL CLOCK

THIS ATTRACTIVE MANTEL CLOCK WAS MADE BY JAPY FRERES IN FRANCE, AT THE TURN-OF-THE CENTURY [1900 ].

THE WOODEN CASE IS OF EBONIZED VENEER WITH GILT BRASS ENRICHMENTS.

THE MOVEMENT STRIKES THE HOUR AND HALF HOUR ON A BRASS BELL AND IS OF EIGHT DAYS DURATION. ( RUNS JUST FINE)

THE CASE STYLE WAS QUITE POPULAR WITH FRENCH CLOCK MAKERS, WHO WERE INSPIRED BY BERNINI'S BALDACHIN PILLARED CANOPY ALTER AT SAINT PETER'S BASILICA IN ROME.

THE DIAL IS PORCELAIN AND, IT SHOULD BE NOTED, HAS SOME REPAIR WORK ON THE BOTTOM.