French Bronze Figural Mantel Clock with Sphinx Supports, Late 19th Century Binding: Full contemporary mottled calf

Binding: Full contemporary mottled calf

feeding from a hayrack beneath a small window

Frame is solid with wear to gilding consistent with age

Ink or graphite on paper

and Val Saint Lambert produced some of the world’s most luminous glass

French Bronze Figural Mantel Clock with Sphinx Supports, Late 19th Century Binding: Full contemporary mottled calfFrench Bronze Figural Mantel Clock with Sphinx Supports, Late 19th Century A striking late 19th century French mantel clock, cast in solid bronze and richly decorated with mythological and classical ornament, dating to circa 18701890. The case is exceptionally sculptural, supported by winged sphinx figures, their female heads and feathered wings blending human and mythical form. These are not decorative afterthoughts but structural elements, grounding