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Gilt bronze cartel clock in Louis XV style with a putto
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Pre 1900 item# 1140976 (stock# 1353)
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5600 USD
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A violin-shaped cartel in gilded and chiseled bronze adorned with flowers, waves and volutes. The white enameled dial with Roman numerals is surmounted by a putto holding a compass and a sundial. Flare and quiver bas-relief beneath the dial. With the Louis XV style, largely imitated in the second half of the nineteenth century, the bronze decoration takes its full extent. Some objects are only adorned with a stunning symphony of rococo patterns that intersect and overlap. Foliage and flowers are involved in this movement full of vitality and yet perfectly balanced. Original movement in working condition. Bibliography: Pierre Kjellberg, Encyclopédie de la pendule française du Moyen Age au XIXe siècle, Paris, Les Editions de l’Amateur, 1997, pp. 82, 465.
Circa :1880
Dim: W: 11,8 in - D: 6,7in - H: 16,5in.
Dim: L:30cm, P:17cm, H:42cm.
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A gilded and chiseled jewel box with enameled plaques s
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Pre 1900 item# 1140973 (stock# 1352)
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A gilded and chiseled jewel box with its key, surmounted by a child seated and holding his dog in his arms. The cambered lid is decorated with enameled garlands of flowers and turquoise porcelain. The casket is punctuated by small figures in niches, dressed in the style of the seventeenth century. Garlands of flowers in gilded bronze are set around the edge of the box which itself is carved with floral motifs. Signed TAHAN in Paris. The origin of the Tahan Company dates back to the early nineteenth century, in Belgium, when Pierre Lambert Tahan founded a workshop producing various objects based on Spa wood. Shortly before 1806, he decides to leave Spa for Paris, where he worked as cabinet-maker. In 1825, Pierre Lambert and his son, Jean Pierre Alexandre (1813-1892), are at the head of two factories, producing the same types of objects. In 1844, Pierre Lambert Tahan ceased his activities leaving the direction of his shop to his son who will completely revolutionize the company's organization by separating factory and store, located at 32 Rue de la Paix. A year later, it is already known as "Supplier of the King and Princes," and in 1855 he holds the title of "Supplier of the Emperor." The Court shall pass a large amount of commands for libraries and pedestal tables. Moreover, Pierre Alexandre Tahan participated at the greatest World Exhibitions of his time. After the fall of the Empire, it is difficult to dissociate the Tahan House from the figure of the Emperor. In 1882, the company ceased its production and the store closed its doors.
Circa :1870
Dim: W: 7,9 in - D: 5,9in - H: 6,3in.
Dim: L:20cm, P:15cm, H:16cm.
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Romantic period gilded bronze Pendulum representing Cup
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Pre 1837 VR item# 1140459 (stock# 1342)
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9400 USD
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A gilded and chiseled bronze pendulum representing Cupid and Psyche holding a crown. The couple animated by turbulent draperies sits on the dial with Roman numerals, adorned with stylized clouds and flanked by garlands of flowers and heads of putti. The rectangular base takes up the motif of the guirland ended in scrolls and rests on four feet. The front legs are decorated with acanthus leaves and scrolls. Early nineteenth century. Original movement with a thread in working condition.
Circa :1815
Dim: W: 13 in - D: 4,7in - H: 19,7in.
Dim: L:33cm, P:12cm, H:50cm.
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Early 19th century Paris porcelain coffee set in blue m
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Pre 1837 VR item# 1123576 (stock# 1364)
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3200 USD
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A First Empire Paris Porcelain set, called "tête à tête", in mat blue enamel and enhanced with gold motifs of palmettes and foliage. It consists of a tray, two cups with their saucers, the sugar bowl, the milk jug and the coffee pot.
Circa :1800
Dim: W: 7,1 in - D: 7,1in - H: 5,9in.
Dim: L:18cm, P:18cm, H:15cm.
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Sculpture in Bronze after the Marly Horses by Guillaume
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Pre 1837 VR item# 1122409 (stock# 1343)
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2150 USD
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Famous representation of the two sculptures representing "Les Chevaux de Marly" with a horse rearing and groom trying to control it. Resting on a Siena marble base and a patinated and chiseled bronze base. The Marly Horses are two sculpted groups representing rearing horses and their grooms. The original in Carrara marble, executed between 1743 and 1745 by Guillaume Coustou are now in the Louvre. They were commissioned by Louis XV to decorate the watering place located at the entrance of the castle of Marly. In 1794 they were transferred Place de la Concorde. In 1984, partly due to the fact that the parade of armored vehicles of July 14 was fragilizing them, they were replaced by concrete copies. Latest works of Guillaume Coustou, the Marly Horses had a great success (with reduced scale replicas) and announced the popularity of the Romantic artists for equestrian subjects, such as Théodore Géricault.
Circa :1820
Dim: W: 7,1 in - D: 4,3in - H: 10,2in.
Dim: L:18cm, P:11cm, H:26cm.
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Two sculptures in bronze representing Mercury and Fortu
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Pre 1900 item# 1121088 (stock# 1336)
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14500 USD
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Set of two bronze sculptures representing Fortune and Mercury. The general movement of the pair is identical, Fortune has his foot on a wheel and holds in one hand a cornucopia filled with jewelry and coins. Mercury appears propelled into the air by a blowing cupid. The base consists of a cylindrical frieze of putti working the arts, based on a marble base. Signed Fulconis on one of the sculptures and Jean de Bologne on the other. Louis Guillaume Fulconis (1818-1873) is a French sculptor of the nineteenth century. Model after Jean de Bologne (Giambologna), French sculptor born in 1524 and died in Florence in 1608.
Circa :1880
Dim: W: 9,8 in - D: 9,8in - H: 33,1in.
Dim: L:25cm, P:25cm, H:84cm.
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French early 19th century clock in ormolu with a cherub
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Pre 1837 VR item# 1121079 (stock# 1337)
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5800 USD
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NIce Empire mantle clock with its original mercury gilding, decorated with a beautiful putti suspended on a cloud next to a fountain, surmounted by a basket of flowers. Resting on a cut sides rectangular base with a decorative frieze of birds, quiver and torch. Original mechanism with a thread in good working condition. Enamel dial and Roman numerals.
Circa :1810
Dim: W: 8,7 in - D: 3,1in - H: 11,8in.
Dim: L:22cm, P:8cm, H:30cm.
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