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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;afantiques, post: 732998, member: 25&quot;]It would help to see it. The fact that you have no idea indicates it may be gilded metal. Do not try to polish it without establishing if it is gilded. You will just rub the gilding off.</p><p>The only bronze examples you will find tend to be 19th C. French (or earlier and fire-gilt) with cheaper but similar spelter examples of similar design clocks.</p><p>The easy test is turn the thing upside down (after removing the pendulum if any) and with a sharp steel point, scratch under a foot, a good deep scratch, no one will ever see it, and look at the metal. If it is silvery, it is spelter, if it is golden, it is bronze.</p><p>About the only time you will find gilt brass in in carrage clocks.</p><p><br /></p><p>There were simple brass clocks made, they are easy to spot visually if you know what&#039;s what in clocks. Otherwise it is show and we tell.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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