M.O., Northeast Portland Don't Edit A. Both of your clocks are French mantel clocks, small clocks first developed in France in the mid-1700s and meant to be placed on the shelf, or mantel ...

The French manufactured clocks and watches showing both decimal time and standard time on their faces (allowing for conversion and confusion). The system proved unpopular. People were unfamiliar ...

Some of the earliest were in Switzerland, a premium timepiece center ever since. French clocks were heavily ornamented with less emphasis on timekeeping and more on hand-painted porcelain ...