C.1860, French, Bronze and Marble Figural clock of Love and Time.

C.1860, French, Bronze and Marble Figural clock of Love and Time. This is a wonderful clock for the serious clock and art collector, with a well-executed theme. The bronze are quite simply marvelous; Chronos, or Father Time is resting a gilt hour glass on his knee while being paddled in the boat by a young, strong boy. The boat, with detailed goose heads at each end and open mouthed boars at the water line, is mounted to a heavy mottled yellow marble base with ormolu "water" dripping from the top edge and marine theme mounts: a trident, paddle and shells. The well made striking movement with name of the original retailer on the dial: Camerden and Forster, New York. The dial with some wear to the Roman numerals. See nearly identical clock in Elke Niehuser's book French Bronze Clocks (1999), page 43, with a full story on the inspiration for the clock. Similar clocks have sold in New York decorative arts sales for substantially more than our estimate. Width 22 inches, Height 18.5 inches