19th Century French Gilt Bronze and Lapis Lazuli Figural Mantel Clock
Inventory Number: C2110001
Made circa 19th century in France, signed Vincenti & Cie 1855 on the movement, 32.5 cm. Lapis lazuli is used as the base and decorated with gilt bronze statues. The rectangular case with swept top, flanked by figures of Venus and Cupid, The base is embedded with a picture of a golden sculpture of a child and the goat were playing. White porcelain dial with the indistinctly signed 3'' enamel Arabic dial with floral garland painted decoration.
Functions: hours, minutes, hours and half-hours striking.
About “Vincenti & Cie”
Jean Vincenti founded the Vincenti & Ciewatch factory in Montbéliard in 1823. Vincenti developed for the most part its own production machines and equipment for the production of wheels, drives, raw movements (Roulant Blancs) as well as complete movements. After a few years, the company ran into financial difficulties and had to file for bankruptcy in 1828.
The plant manager Jean-Albert Roux took over part of the shares of Vincenti and his business partner James Thayer. In 1829, Vincenti & Cie was able to resume operations. Vincenti died of cancer in 1833. Six years after the bankruptcy, in 1834 in Paris, the company convinced the jurors with its watches that were rewarded with a silver medal. After the death of Jean Vincenti, Albert Roux took over the company. As the watches continued to be sold under the brand name Vincentie & Cie. In 1855 the company again won a gold medal.
The company traditionally continued to operate a representative office in Paris at Rue des Arquebusiers, later at Rue Vieille-du-Temple 110. From 1863, the companies Vincenti & Cie, Japy Frères & Cie, and S. Marti & Cie worked closely together in the production and marketing of watches. Proof of this is the biography of Emile Louis Japy.