Antiques Roadshow

GUEST: I inherited this from my grandparents.

They had it on their mantle, I have it on my mantle now, but I was with them when they bought it in 1967.

My grandfather fell in love with this clock because of the horses, and I'm so pleased that I have it on my mantle like they had it on theirs.

APPRAISER: Do you remember what your grandparents paid for this clock, back in 1967?

GUEST: I do not.

APPRAISER: And do you actually run it in your house and, and... yeah.

GUEST: Oh, yes.

Oh, yes, it has a really nice ting.

In fact, since we've been here, it's been tinging just a little bit.

It's a 14-day clock, and it keeps regular time.

It's still viable.

APPRAISER: I think it's an eight-day clock, not 14.

GUEST: Oh!

APPRAISER: What do you love most about this clock?

GUEST: I think I like it because it's so pretty, it's eye-catching, and I love the, the scene on top.

We believe that this is the Battle of Vouill... APPRAISER: Right.

GUEST: ...in 500, I think, A.D. APPRAISER: Right.

GUEST: And, uh, Clovis here is getting ready to defeat this guy.

So he was fighting a lot of the, the districts in, at that time, Gaul, and I think this guy was the last one standing.

APPRAISER: Right.

GUEST: ...so he got this one, and so he's the first Catholic king of France.

APPRAISER: Right.

It's interesting, these sculptures are hardly ever signed, and this one holds true to form, so we don't really know who did it.

This clock was made in 1850.

There are a lot of what I call French figural clocks that come in...

GUEST: Uh-huh.

APPRAISER: ...that are completely out of fashion these days, but I would dare to say that this one is not out of fashion.

GUEST: (chuckles) APPRAISER: It's so well done and so over-the-top.

Fancy French, just beautiful.

GUEST: Thank you.

APPRAISER: Interestingly, it's-it's a combination of the bronze sculpture, and then you have these brass elements here and this military motif with bows and arrows.

There's a bow here, swords coming out, uh, the dog at the bottom.

GUEST: Mm-hmm.

APPRAISER: Just great.

And then you have these brass elements that are really a different color from the bronze.

It just sort of ages differently.

It probably was all the same color at one time, but now it's a little bit two-toned.

The case is made of Belgian slate, and it's heavy, as you know, but great quality.

GUEST: Yes.

APPRAISER: And I love the dial, the dial is-is Belgian slate as well.

Fancy French hands.

Just beautiful.

Really, really first-rate quality.

What do you think the-the value of this clock is?

GUEST: I have no idea, when you said it's over the top, I don't know!

(chuckles) APPRAISAL: Yeah, if you were to sell this clock, I think you would really want to find a high-end store like on Madison Avenue or Royal Street, New Orleans, which is where I think it would do the best, priced at a retail value of $8,000 to $10,000.

GUEST: (softly): Wow.

I'm surprised.

That's great.

My grandparents would really like that.

APPRAISER: I mentioned that it strikes.

Maybe we can make it strike.

(clock striking discordantly) APPRAISER: (chuckles) I guess we can make it strike, but it's....

Needs a little fine tuning.