19th Century Viennese Ormolu Mantle Clock with Music Box
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- Ormolu - Ormolu was popular with French craftsmen in the 18th and 19th century for ornamental fittings for furniture, clocks and other decorative items. True ormolu is gilt bronze, that is bronze that has been coated with gold using a mercury amalgam. Due to the health risks associated with using mercury, this method of creating ormolu was discontinued in France in the 1830s. A substitute was developed consisting of about 75% copper and 25% zinc, however it was inferior to the bronze version. It was often lacquered to prevent it tarnishing.
This item has been included into following indexes:
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clocks, mantle & shelf, material or style
- gilt metal / ormolu 536
- musical 57
- clocks, mantle & shelf, period or origin - Victorian 477
- clocks, type - under glass dome 187
- meat covers / food covers / dish covers - pewter 1,562
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